Table 4 Results for sensitivity, specificity, precision, NNR and NNS of the filter evaluated in each review
From: Development and evaluation of a search filter to identify prognostic factor studies in Ovid MEDLINE
Study | Number of included studies in SR | Number of studies retrieved in original SR search | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Precision (%) | NNR | Time saved (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kamiya [33] | 12 | 120 | 100 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 42 |
Pinheiro [34] | 3 | 1314 | 100 | 37 | 0.4 | 278 | 37 |
Westby [29] | 16 | 784 | 31.25 | 70 | 2 | 47 | 70 |
Aldin [30] | 22 | 5562 | 100 | 35 | 0.6 | 164 | 35 |
Yang [32] | 13 | 565 | 100 | 44 | 4 | 26 | 41 |
Takagi [31] | 7 | 100 | 100 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 13 |