Table 3 Sensitivity of finalised strategy against validation set
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No. in set | No. retrieved | Sensitivity (95% CI) | No. in set | No. retrieved | Sensitivity (95% CI) | |
Specific terms | 150 | 126 | 0.84 (0.77, 0.89) | 150 | 131 | 0.87 (0.81, 0.92) |
Non-specific terms | 150 | 99 | 0.66 (0.57, 0.74) | 150 | 97 | 0.65 (0.56, 0.72) |
Combined strategya | 150 | 138 | 0.92 (0.86, 0.96) | 150 | 141 | 0.94 (0.89, 0.97) |