Analysis of the reporting of search strategies in Cochrane systematic reviews

Ref ID 328
First Author A. Yoshii
Journal JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: JMLA
Year Of Publishing 2009
URL https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/156119/Yoshii Plaut McGraw Anderson Wellik JMLA 2009.pdf?sequence=1
Keywords Cochrane
General medical
Searching
Problem(s) Insufficient literature searches
Weaknesses identified in some Cochrane reviews
Number of systematic reviews included 65
Summary of Findings None of the included reviews included all 7 recommended elements of describing electronic database search strategies. 6% included 6 elements. 32% included 5 or more elements, with 68% including 4 or fewer. The 65 included reviews represented 41 different Cochrane review groups.
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