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Average Weighted Accuracy (AWA) offers a better way to compare diagnostic tests, considering disease prevalence and clinical impact. AWA provides a consistent criterion for selecting optimal thresholds and interpreting diagnostic test performance.

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  • Medical Diagnostics
  • Biostatistics
  • Health Economics

Background:

  • Diagnostic test performance relies on sensitivity and specificity.
  • Accuracy and Area Under the Curve (AUC) are common composite measures.
  • Existing measures may not fully capture clinical utility and cost-effectiveness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce Average Weighted Accuracy (AWA) as a novel statistical measure for diagnostic test evaluation.
  • Develop statistical methods for comparing diagnostic tests using AWA across various scenarios.
  • Assess the impact of key factors on the power and cost-effectiveness of diagnostic test comparisons.

Main Methods:

  • Derived variance/covariance estimators and testing procedures for four comparison scenarios.
  • Conducted simulation studies to examine the influence of sample size, prevalence, and relative importance.
  • Applied AWA to a clinical trial comparing assays for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis detection.

Main Results:

  • Accuracy demonstrated the highest statistical power in comparisons.
  • AWA provided a consistent criterion for optimal threshold selection and diagnostic test comparison.
  • Simulation studies revealed the impact of sample size, prevalence, and relative importance on study outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • AWA offers a clinically interpretable metric for evaluating and comparing diagnostic tests.
  • AWA aids in selecting optimal thresholds and identifying superior diagnostic strategies.
  • The proposed methods and AWA are applicable to real-world clinical trial evaluations.