- Framework of problems / Comprehensive
- Errors or omissions in search strategy
- Errors in search strategies used in systematic reviews and their effects on information retrieval
| Ref ID | 326 |
| First Author | J. A. Salvador-Oliván |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: JMLA |
| Year Of Publishing | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466507/pdf/jmla-107-210.pdf |
| Keywords |
General medical Searching |
| Problem(s) |
Errors or omissions in search strategy |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 137 |
| Summary of Findings | 92.7% of included reviews contained some type of error. Errors that affected recall were the most frequent (78.1%), and the most common search errors involved missing terms in both natural language and controlled language and those related to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) search terms and the non-retrieval of their more specific terms. |
| Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | Not Applicable |
| Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? | No |