Unique Relevant Retrieved Hits
• The two databases with the most unique hits were SCOPUS and Social Care Online and
they had 18 unique hits resulting in sensitivity being high and precision low.
• Ideally you don't want to have too many unique hits and try to get the balance between
precision and sensitivity.
• In this systematic search is has been beneficial to use twelve databases demonstrating
the difference in breadth and range of results.
• Hand searching was also very beneficial in retrieving unique material not identified in
databases 13 articles were reviewed and included in the selection.