Table 1 Sensitivity, specificity, and precision, their respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI), and number needed to read for the comparison between the search strategy under evaluation and the set of gold-standard articles
From: Validation of a search strategy for randomized clinical trials related to periodontitis
Indicator | Value | 95%IC |
|---|---|---|
Sensitivity (%) | 93.2 | 83.8–97.3 |
Specificity (%) | 99.9 | 99.8–99.9 |
Precision (%) | 77.5 | 66.5–85.6 |
NNR * (absolute value) | 1.3 | – |