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Table 1 Overview of feature analysis

From: Software tools to support title and abstract screening for systematic reviews in healthcare: an evaluation

Themes

Features

Code

Weightinga

Economic

The tool does not require financial payment to use.

T1-F1

HD

Ease of Introduction and Setup

The tool has straightforward system requirements

T2-F1

HD

There is an installation guide (where applicable)

T2-F2

D

There is a tutorial/help section

T2-F3

D

The software does not require user to code

T2-F4

HD

There is an app for mobile/tablet

T2-F5

D

Systematic Review Support

Supports deduplication

T3-F1

D

Supports title and abstract screening

T3-F2

Supports full text screening

T3-F3

D

Supports data extraction

T3-F4

N

Supports other stages of the review

T3-F5

N

Process Management

Support for multiple users

T4-F1

M

Support for multiple projects

T4-F2

D

Choice of single or double screen before progression

T4-F3

HD

Work Allocation

T4-F4

HD

Management of roles

T4-F5

D

Reference Management

Import of References

T5-F1

Export of References

T5-F2

M

Export of Decisions

T5-F3

M

Import of .pdfs

T5-F4

D

Workflow

The tool is flexible to varying workflow

T6-F1

HD

Short User Set-up (before screening can begin)

T6-F2

D

Progress is monitored and fed back to user

T6-F3

HD

Screening Features

Include/Exclude Option

T7-F1

Key word highlighting (or similar)

T7-F2

D

Can filter citations by category

T7-F3

D

Can search citations (i.e. search engine)

T7-F4

D

Further categorize/label references

T7-F5

HD

Blind screeners to decisions of others.

T7-F6

HD

Conflict Resolutions

T7-F7

HD

Citation classification/ranking tool (clustering/ML)

T7-F8

N

Security

Insecure website

T8-F1

HD

  1. Features without a weighting are covered by the inclusion criteria and are found in all the included software tools
  2. aAbbreviations: M Mandatory, HD Highly Desirable, D Desirable, N Nice to Have, I Irrelevant