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Table 1 Performance of bibliographic databases identifying relevant systematic reviews of interventions for treating hypertension

From: A comparison of the performance of seven key bibliographic databases in identifying all relevant systematic reviews of interventions for hypertension

Database

Reviews relevant

Reviews missed

Total citations

Sensitivity (s) %

Precision (Pr) %

Unique records

EMBASE

276

124

3836

69.0

7.2

43

Cochrane

240

160

802

60.0

29.9

7

DARE

228

172

1098

57.0

20.8

0

MEDLINE

228

172

2374

57.0

9.6

0

PubMed Health

212

188

899

53.0

23.6

0

Epistemonikos

195

205

1017

48.8

19.2

2

TRIP

131

269

1355

32.8

9.7

0

  1. Reference set of included systematic review (n = 400)