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. 2020 Jun 3;20:139. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-01031-w

Table 3.

Proportion missed, workload savings, and estimated time savings for the single reviewer simulations

Review name Proportion missed, single reviewer, n (%) a Single reviewer, fully automated simulation Single reviewer, semi-automated simulation
Proportion missed, n (%) Workload savings, n (%) Time savings, hours (days) Proportion missed, n (%) Workload savings, n (%) Time savings, hours (days)
Systematic reviews
Biomarkers 1 (2) 6 (13) 3424 (94) 29 (4) 20 (44) 2921 (85) 24 (3)
Brain injury 2 (5) 2 (5) 12,324 (98) 103 (13) 11 (28) 10,198 (81) 85 (11)
Activity and pregnancy 11 (11) 12 (12) 5656 (97) 47 (6) 17 (17) 5337 (91) 44 (6)
Concussion 0 (0) 0 (0) 2678 (93) 22 (3) 1 (20) 2040 (71) 17 (2)
Antipsychotics 4 (3) 35 (28) 24,112 (99) 201 (25) 37 (29) 21,995 (90) 183 (23)
Digital technologies for pain 0 (0) 7 (11) 5124 (96) 43 (5) 9 (14) 4803 (90) 40 (5)
Treatments for bronchiolitis 10 (7) 7 (5) 11,522 (98) 96 (12) 7 (5) 10,866 (93) 91 (11)
VBAC 5 (24) 8 (38) 9984 (98) 83 (10) 8 (38) 8494 (83) 71 (9)
Visual acuity 0 (0) 0 (0) 22,258 (99) 185 (23) 0 (0) 18,619 (83) 155 (19)
Experience of bronchiolitis 12 (43) 8 (29) 1102 (85) 9 (1) 9 (32) 991 (76) 8 (1)
Experiences of UTIs 0 (0) 0 (0) 2786 (93) 23 (3) 0 (0) 1940 (65) 16 (2)
Rapid reviews
Preterm delivery Not applicable 1 (3) 251 (56) 2 (< 1) 1 (3) 161 (36) 1 (< 1)
Community gardening Not applicable 3 (9) 1336 (87) 11 (1) 3 (9) 1197 (78) 10 (1)
Depression safety Not applicable 0 (0) 764 (79) 6 (< 1) 0 (0) 315 (41) 3 (< 1)
Depression treatments Not applicable 25 (14) 1383 (87) 12 (1) 25 (14) 479 (30) 4 (< 1)
Patient education for cancer Not applicable 0 (0) 2213 (92) 18 (2) 0 (0) 803 (33) 7 (< 1)
Workplace stress Not applicable 13 (22) 567 (74) 5 (< 1) 13 (22) 357 (47) 3 (< 1)

UTI urinary tract infection; VBAC vaginal birth after caesarean section

aProportion missed (retrospective) had the screening been completed by the second reviewer in isolation