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. 2021 Oct 1;109(4):599–608. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2021.1219

Table 3.

Overview of the original intervention study search filter's performance in PubMed and Embase in the derivation reference gold standard

PubMed
Relevant records in a retrospective search (= gold standard, a+b): 116 Irrelevant records in a retrospective search (c+d): 9,717
Records retrieved with search filter (a+c): 3,218 True positives (a): 98 False positives (c): 3,120
Records not retrieved with search filter: 6,615 False negatives (b): 18 True negatives (d): 6,597
Embase
Relevant records in a retrospective search (= gold standard, a+b): 103 Irrelevant records in a retrospective search (c+d): 14,484
Records retrieved with search filter (a+c): 5,437 True positives (a): 85 False positives (c): 5,352
Records not retrieved with search filter: 9,150 False negatives (b): 18 True negatives (d): 9,132