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. 2021 Jul 1;109(3):388–394. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2021.1150

Table 1.

Relative recall of conceptual framework elements using text words or subject headings in PubMed and CINAHL

Conceptual framework element PubMed Text words (%) CINAHL Text words (%) PubMed MeSH terms (%) CINAHL Subject headings (%)
Patient/population 97.0 97.0 88.1 84.2
Intervention/phenomenon of interest 65.3 64.4 40.6 38.6
Second intervention/phenomenon of interest 14.3 14.3 7.1 7.1
Research type 86.1 85.1 51.5 94.1
Outcome 60.7 58.9 35.7 39.3
Context 54.8 51.6 48.4 45.2