Error rates of human reviewers during abstract screening in systematic reviews

Ref ID 722
First Author Z. Wang
Journal PLOS ONE
Year Of Publishing 2020
URL https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227742
Keywords Author
Error
General medical
Single reviewer
Problem(s) Single reviewer / lack of double checking
Number of systematic reviews included 25
Summary of Findings The error rate (false inclusion and false exclusion) during abstract screening was 10.76%, which varied from 5.76% to 21.11%, despite the reviewers who conducted these systematic reviews having a wide range of content knowledge and methodological experience (from minimum 1 year to over 10 years).
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? Yes