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ArticleCampbell systematic reviews2024

Searching for studies: A guide to information retrieval for Campbell systematic reviews.

Heather MacDonald, Cozette Comer, Margaret Foster, Patrick R Labelle, Scott Marsalis, Kate Nyhan, Zahra Premji, Morwenna Rogers, Ryan Splenda, Claire Stansfield and 1 more

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Article in Campbell systematic reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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74citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

74 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Heather MacDonaldMacOdrum Library Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9480-2677
Cozette ComerUniversity Libraries, Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA.
Margaret FosterMedical Sciences Library Texas A&M University College Station Texas USA.
Patrick R LabelleUniversity of Ottawa, Library Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Scott MarsalisUniversity Libraries, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis Minnesota USA.
Kate NyhanCushing/Whitney Medical Library Yale University New Haven Connecticut USA.
Zahra PremjiAdvanced Research Services University of Victoria Libraries Victoria British Columbia Canada.
Morwenna RogersNIHR ARC South West Peninsula (PenARC) University of Exeter Medical School Exeter UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6039-238X
Ryan SplendaCarnegie Mellon University Libraries Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA.
Claire StansfieldEPPI Centre, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London London UK.
Sarah YoungCarnegie Mellon University Libraries Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This guide outlines general issues in searching for studies; describes the main sources of potential studies; and discusses how to plan the search process, design, and carry out search strategies, manage references found during the search process and document and report the search process.

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searchsystematic reviews

Identifiers

PMID39258215
PMCPMC11386270

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.