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Table 2 Vincent Filter Search conducted in MEDLINE (OVID SP) from 1996 to June Week3, 2011

From: Should methodological filters for diagnostic test accuracy studies be used in systematic reviews of psychometric instruments? a case study involving screening for postnatal depression

Searches

Results

1. exp Depression, Postpartum/

2427

2. postnatal depress$.mp.

1022

3. post-natal depress$.mp.

54

4. postpartum depress$.mp.

1067

5. post partum depress$.mp.

66

6. (maternal adj3 depress$).mp.

1203

7. (maternal adj3 mental health).mp.

221

8. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7

3872

9. patient health questionnaire-2.mp.

14

10. PHQ-2.mp.

47

11. (2 question or 2 questions).mp.

199

12. (two question or two questions).mp.

1305

13. 2 item$.mp.

338

14. two item$.mp.

648

15. (brief adj3 question$).mp.

1120

16. (case finding adj3 question$).mp.

18

17. (case finding adj3 tool$).mp.

42

18. (screening adj3 question$).mp.

2299

19. (screening adj3 tool$).mp.

7429

20. 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19

12931

21. exp "Sensitivity and Specificity"/

289302

22. sensitivity.mp.

444219

23. specificity.mp.

440513

24. (predictive adj3 value$).mp.

114342

25. diagnostic error.mp. or exp Diagnostic Errors/

47352

26. ((false adj positiv$) or (false adj negativ$)).mp.

34994

27. (observer adj variation$).mp.

21765

28. (roc adj curve).mp.

20277

29. (likelihood adj3 ratio$).mp.

5304

30. likelihood functions.mp. or exp Likelihood Functions/

11888

31. 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30

776221

32. 8 and 20 and 31

31

  1. [Annotation mp (multiple posting) = protocol supplementary concept, rare disease supplementary concept, title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word, unique identifier]