Impact of librarians on reporting of the literature searching component of pediatric systematic reviews

Ref ID 325
First Author D. Meert
Journal JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: JMLA
Year Of Publishing 2016
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5079487/pdf/mlab-104-04-267.pdf
Keywords • Paediatrics
• Searching
Problem(s) • Literature searches not validated by information specialist
Number of systematic reviews included 495
Summary of Findings Of the 186 reviews that met inclusion criteria, 44% of the authors indicated the involvement of a librarian in conducting the systematic review. With the presence of a librarian as co-author or team member, the mean methodological checklist score for literature searches was 8.40, compared to 6.61 (p<0.001) for reviews without a librarian.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? N/A
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? No