Search strategy for PubMed | Sensitivity (%) (95% CI) | Specificity (%) (95% CI) | Precision (%) (95% CI) | Accuracy (%) (95% CI) |
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*Truncation; tw, text words (word in title, abstract, or keywords); ti, title; sh, subheading. | ||||
Most sensitive search strategy | ||||
(effect* [tw] OR control* [tw] OR evaluation* [tw] OR program* [tw]) AND (work* [tw] OR occupation* [tw] OR prevention* [tw] OR protect* [tw]) | 89 (84.3 to 94.2) | 78 (77.3 to 78.8) | 5.3 (4.9 to 5.7) | 78 (71.6 to 84.8) |
Most specific search strategy | ||||
(program [tw] OR “prevention and control” [sh]) AND (occupational [tw] OR worker*) [tw] | 47 (39.0 to 55.0) | 98 (97.9 to 98.4) | 26.2 (25.4 to 27.0) | 98 (95.0 to 100.0) |