Table 2.
Performance of Our Filters Compared With That of Other Published Filters for Family Medicine/ General Practice
| Our Filters | Other Published Filters | |||||||
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| Standard Useda | Sensitive Filter | Specific Filter | Primary Health Care Search Filter4 | Jelercic et al7 | Glanville et al6 | Gill et al5 High Sensitivity | Gill et al5 Balanced | Gill et al5 High Specificity |
| Review | ||||||||
| Sensitivity, % | 100.0 | 90.7 | 81.4 | 46.5 | 95.3 | 95.3 | 93.0 | 88.4 |
| Specificity, % | 69.2 | 97.9 | 99.0 | 94.4 | 77.0 | 61.0 | 99.1 | 99.5 |
| Reference | ||||||||
| Sensitivity, % | 95.4 | 83.9 | 65.9 | 78.0 | 84.3 | 85.9 | 68.9 | 57.0 |
| Specificity, % | 69.5 | 94.8 | 96.3 | 89.4 | 89.4 | 47.6 | 96.7 | 98.6 |
| Questionnaire | ||||||||
| Sensitivity, % | 97.4 | 96.0 | 81.4 | 87.4 | 97.0 | 96.2 | 92.2 | 78.0 |
| Specificity, % | 89.5 | 99.3 | 99.0 | 97.8 | 96.1 | 84.9 | 99.4 | 99.8 |
| Overall | ||||||||
| Sensitivity, % | 96.8 | 90.3 | 80.8 | 81.9 | 92.3 | 91.9 | 83.7 | 70.9 |
| Specificity, % | 74.9 | 97.4 | 98.3 | 94.3 | 83.6 | 65.0 | 98.7 | 99.4 |
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Review: created during the screening process of a family medicine–relevant systematic review. Reference: created by 2 independent reviewers (D.H.J.P. and F.A.L.). Questionnaire: created by sending an e-mail to the list of the Cochrane Primary Health Care Field.