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Table 3 Proportion missed, workload savings, and estimated time savings for each systematic review

From: Decoding semi-automated title-abstract screening: findings from a convenience sample of reviews

Systematic review

Records missed, single reviewer, n (%)

Records missed, simulation, n (%)

Workload savings, n (%)

Estimated time savings, h (d)

Activity and pregnancy

11 (11)

1 (1)

2536 (43)

21 h (3 d)

Antipsychotics

4 (3)

3 (2)

10508 (43)

88 h (11 d)

Brain injury

2 (5)

0 (0)

4193 (33)

35 h (4 d)

Concussion

0 (0)

0 (0)

635 (22)

5 h (< 1 d)

Digital technologies for pain

0 (0)

0 (0)

2271 (43)

19 h (2 d)

Experiences of bronchiolitis

12 (43)

3 (11)

389 (30)

3 h (< 1 d)

Experiences of UTIs

0 (0)

0 (0)

448 (15)

4 h (< 1 d)

Treatments for bronchiolitis

10 (7)

1 (1)

5300 (45)

44 h (6 d)

VBAC

5 (24)

3 (14)

3750 (37)

31 h (4 d)

Visual acuity

0 (0)

0 (0)

7418 (33)

62 h (8 d)

  1. d days, h hours, UTI urinary tract infection, VBAC vaginal birth after cesarean
  2. The diabetes review was excluded because the screening data were not in a format amenable to analysis