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Published online 2011 Jun 15. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000233
Table 4
Methods terms used in diagnosis questions by study participants ranked by sensitivity
| Qualifier terms used in searches and removed before submission to clinical queries | Frequency (n=58) | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Precision (%) |
| clinical queries Diagnosis filter (specificity[Title/Abstract]) | 65 | 98 | 11 | |
| Diagnosis | 9 | 96.6 | 53.8 | 0.6 |
| Sensitivity | 6 | 85.7 | 93.8 | 4.0 |
| Sensitivity and specificity | 4 | 85.0 | 94.9 | 4.8 |
| Diagnosis, sensitivity | 5 | 83.7 | 95.1 | 4.8 |
| Diagnosis [Mesh] | 1 | 82.3 | 60.9 | 0.6 |
| ‘Sensitivity and specificity’ | 1 | 66.7 | 97.2 | 6.7 |
| (Specificity[Title/Abstract]) | 1 | 64.6 | 98.4 | 10.8 |
| Diagnosis and ‘sensitivity and specificity’ | 1 | 64.6 | 97.6 | 7.4 |
| ‘Diagnosis’ | 1 | 51.0 | 91.3 | 1.7 |
| Test | 1 | 45.6 | 79.1 | 0.7 |
| Diagnostic accuracy | 2 | 29.3 | 98.9 | 7.7 |
| Diagnostic test, diagnosis | 1 | 19.1 | 99.5 | 9.6 |
| Diagnostic test AND sensitivity OR test characteristics | 1 | 17.7 | 99.7 | 15.6 |
| Evaluation, diagnosis, accuracy | 1 | 12.9 | 99.5 | 7.4 |
| Diagnosis, sensitive | 1 | 6.1 | 99.1 | 2.0 |
| Meta-analysis | 1 | 0.7 | 98.9 | 0.2 |
| Randomized control trials | 1 | 0 | 99.2 | 0 |
| Systematic review | 1 | 0 | 90.6 | 0 |
| Blind comparison | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
The first entry is the actual Clinical Queries specific diagnosis search filter.