1ReviewManager5.2TutorialforDiagnostictestaccuracyreviewsSeptember2012WelcometotheRevManDiagnostictestaccuracy(DTA)Tutorial.ThistutorialisdesignedtogiveCochranereviewauthorsanintroductiontotheprocessofwritingaCochranesystematicreviewoftheaccuracyofdiagnostictestsusingRevMan.ThetutorialdoesnotprovidealltheinformationnecessarytowriteaCochraneDTAreview,anddoesnotaddressothertypesofCochranesystematicreviewssuchasreviewsofinterventionstudiesoroverviewsofreviews.FordetailedinstructionsonhowtoconductaCochraneDTAreview,pleaserefertotheCochraneHandbookforDiagnosticTestAccuracyReviews,availablefromthefollowingwebsite–Gettingstarted....................................................................................5Openingyourreview..................................................................................................5Settingupuserdetails...............................................................................................6TheRevMan5.2interface..........................................................................................6Savingareview..........................................................................................................8Addingauthorstoareview........................................................................................8AccessingtheCochraneHandbookforDiagnosticTestAccuracyReviews...............9PART2–Workingwithtext..............................................................................11Addingtexttoareview............................................................................................11Formattingtext........................................................................................................11Makingchangestoheadings....................................................................................11Addingnotes............................................................................................................12Trackingchangesinthetext....................................................................................12Checkingyourspelling.............................................................................................13PART3–Addingstudiesandreferences............................................................15Addingstudiestoareview.......................................................................................15Addingreferencestoastudy...................................................................................15Editinganexistingreference...................................................................................17Importingreferencesfromatextfile......................................................................18Movingreferences...................................................................................................18Addinglinkstoreferencesinthetext......................................................................19Removingalink........................................................................................................20Addingmultiplelinksautomatically.........................................................................20PART4-Tables................................................................................................21Characteristicsofincludedstudiestables...............................................................21Patientselection......................................................................................................21IndexTest,ReferenceStandard,andFlowandTiming...........................................22EditingtheCharacteristicsofincludedstudiestable...............................................22Addinguser-defineditems...........................................................