Table 3 Single search terms with the highest sensitivity in DARE (Quasi Gold Standard = 256)
From: Identifying systematic reviews of the adverse effects of health care interventions
Search Term | Field Searched | No of Papers Retrieved | No of Relevant Papers | Sensitivity (%) | Precision (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
'adverse-effects' ('floating' subheading) | indexing | 898 | 198 | 77% | 22% |
'chemically-induced' ('floating' subheading) | indexing | 201 | 85 | 33% | 42% |
RISK FACTORS | indexing | 336 | 69 | 27% | 21% |
risk | title | 140 | 55 | 21% | 39% |
risk | outcomes Assessed | 168 | 54 | 21% | 32% |
'drug-effects' (floating subheading) | indexing | 273 | 42 | 16% | 15% |
'complications' (floating subheading) | indexing | 550 | 36 | 14% | 7% |
adverse | outcomes assessed | 78 | 32 | 13% | 41% |
safety | title | 96 | 29 | 11% | 30% |
adverse | title | 40 | 26 | 10% | 65% |