ArticleJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2019
A failed attempt at developing a search filter for systematic review methodology articles in Ovid Embase.
Article in Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Healthcare outcomes assessed with observational study designs compared with those assessed in randomized trials: a meta-epidemiological study.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The effectiveness of adjunctive measures in managing peri-implant mucositis: an umbrella review.International journal of implant dentistry · 2022Pooled it
- Meeting a need: development and validation of PubMed search filters for immigrant populations.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2024Article
- Search strategies (filters) to identify systematic reviews in MEDLINE and Embase.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- The NICE OECD countries' geographic search filters: Part 2-validation of the MEDLINE and Embase (Ovid) filters.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2021Article
- Development of an efficient search filter to retrieve systematic reviews from PubMed.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis paper describes the development, execution, and subsequent failure of an attempt to create an Ovid Embase search filter for locating systematic review methodology articles.
methodsThe authors devised a work plan, based on best practices, for search filter development that has been outlined in the literature. Three reference samples were gathered by identifying the OVID Embase records for specific articles that were included in the PubMed Systematic Review Methods subset. The first sample was analyzed to develop a set of keywords and subject headings to include in the search filter. The second and third samples would have been used to calibrate the search filter and to calculate filter sensitivity and precision, respectively.
resultsTechnical shortcomings, database indexing practices, and the fuzzy nature of keyword terminology relevant to the topic prevented us from designing the search filter.
conclusionCreating a search filter to identify systematic review methodology articles in Ovid Embase is not possible at this time.
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