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Table 6 Time taken to find a systematic review for all participants for pre-defined questionsa

From: A comparative evaluation of PDQ-Evidence

  

Time in minutes

Database

N

Mean

Standard deviation

Minimum

Maximum

PDQ-Evidence

83

5.24

3.83

1

19

PubMed

64

6.48

7.53

1

60

Cochrane Library

57

5.79

2.66

1

12

Google Scholar

21

5.81

3.04

1

10

Health Systems Evidence

10

8.2

6.65

2

25

Trip

10

6.90

9.68

1

34

EVIPNet

3

7

3.46

3

9

  1. aAssuming 10 minutes for participants who did not find a systematic review