Table 7.

Results of the sensitivity analysis for the disease classification method (sample = 107)

Element of the analysis	Number	Percentage
A disease classification was attributed	87/107	81%
Accuracy of the results
General	79/87	91%
Based on the grant’s title	42/43	98%
Based on the grant’s abstract	37/44	84%
Among misclassified or unclassified grants
Primary disease was not mentioned first	1/28	4%
Unspecific or highly technical language used with no disease mentioned	11/28	39%
General topics with no specific disease focus	7/28	25%
New synonyms discovered that were not included	9/28	32%