| Ref ID | 434 |
| First Author | T. Aagaard |
| Journal | BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5120411/pdf/12874_2016_Article_264.pdf |
| Keywords |
• Musculoskeletal • Searching • Cochrane |
| Problem(s) |
• Lack of supplementary searches beyond databases |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Denmark |
| Aim | To assess implementation of the MECIR recommendations to use MEDLINE, EMBASE and CENTRAL combined for reviews published by the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Review Group up to 2013 and to examine the yield of studies retrieved by the database searching. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Cumulative median recall for combined searching in MEDLINE, EMBASE and CENTRAL was 88.9% of relevant references, which increased to 90.9% when adding 10 additional databases. It is possible that searching databases is not sufficient to identify all relevant references, and that reviewers must rely upon additional sources in their literature search. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 23 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 164 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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