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. 2014 May 27;2(1):e11. doi: 10.2196/medinform.3037

Table 7.

Summary linking each hypothesis, expected manifestation, and literature screening stage.


Hypothesis A:
Increased workload
Hypothesis B:
Increased target class heterogeneity
Hypothesis C:
Decreased suitability of metadata
Total articles screened Increase - Increase
5144.2 DTA > 1799.0TR
(P=.002)
5144.2 DTA > 1799.0TR
(P=.002)
Full-text articles obtained Increase - Decreased as a % of total articles screened
191.9DTA> 71.9TR
(P<.001)
0.087DTA< 0.100TR
(P=.65)
Included Articles Decrease as a % of total articles screened Decreased as a % of full-text articles obtained -
0.021DTA< 0.033TR
(P=.14)
0.191DTA< 0.394TR
(P<.001)