CCA

Corrected Covered AreaClinical

Statistic quantifying how much primary studies overlap across reviews.

CCA measures the degree to which the same primary studies are repeated across the multiple systematic reviews feeding an umbrella review, expressed as a percentage where higher values mean more redundant overlap. A high CCA warns that apparent agreement between reviews may reflect repeated citation of the same trials rather than independent replication.

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