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Table 4 Summary table of the performance of the three search strategies

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

Search Strategy

Total number of records retrieved

Number of reference set studies missed

Sensitivity (%)

(95% CI)*

Precision (%)

(95% CI)*

Cochrane search

105

0

100

(61, 100)

5.7

(2.6, 11.9)

CRD filter search

105

0

100

(61, 100)

5.7

(2.6, 11.9)

Vincent filter search

31

2

66.6

(30, 90)

12.9

(5.1, 28.6)

  1. *[95% confidence interval]