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Table 1 Sensitivity and specificity of review of reviews approach compared with traditional review approach

From: Comparison of a traditional systematic review approach with review-of-reviews and semi-automation as strategies to update the evidence

  

Traditional review approach

 
  

Include

Exclude

Total

Review of reviews approach

Include

33

0

33

 

Exclude

26

3122

3148

 

Total

59

3122

3181

  

Sensitivity 0.56

Specificity 1.00

 
  1. *Of the 3122 excluded studies, 92 were excluded after full-text review and 3030 were citations not retrieved through the review of reviews approach