Table 1.

Single Term with the Best Sensitivity (Keeping Specificity ≥50%), Best Specificity (Keeping Sensitivity ≥50%), and Best Optimization of Sensitivity and Specificity (Based on the Lowest Possible Absolute Difference between Sensitivity and Specificity) for Detecting Studies of Prognosis in EMBASE in 2000

Search Term Ovid Search*	Sensitivity (%) (95% CI) (n = 148)	Specificity (%) (95% CI) (n = 27,621)	Precision (%) (95% CI)†	Accuracy (%) (95% CI) (n = 27,769)
Best sensitivity
exp general aspects of disease	86.5 (81.0–92.0)	55.7 (55.1–56.3)	1.0 (0.9–1.2)	55.7 (55.3–56.5)
Best specificity
exp disease course	59.5 (51.6–67.4)	86.3 (86.0–86.8)	2.3 (1.8–2.8)	86.2 (85.8–86.6)
Best optimization of sensitivity and specificity
exp physical disease by body function	51.4 (43.3–59.4)	58.7 (58.1–59.3)	0.7 (0.5–0.8)	58.7 (58.1–59.3)

CI = confidence interval; exp = exploded subject heading.

^*The search strategy is reported using Ovid's search engine syntax for EMBASE.

^†Denominator varies by row.