| Ref ID | 5 |
| First Author | A. C. Weller |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION |
| Year Of Publishing | 2004 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC385293/ |
| Keywords |
• Reproducibility • General medical • Expertise • Searching |
| Problem(s) |
• Weaknesses identified in some Cochrane reviews • Insufficient literature searches • Errors or omissions in search strategy • Errors in study inclusion or omission of relevant studies • Methods not described to enable replication |
| Article Type | Editorial |
| Article Subtype | Comment/letter |
| First Author Country | United States |
| Aim | Discusses a Cochrane methodology review (Jefferson 2003) where a number of errors in the literature searches were noted. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Inadequate free word terms; no criteria for database selection or for the years searched, and not all databases were searched fully; did not explain their selection criteria; missed relevant studies; no information specialist consulted; not reproducible |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 1 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 1 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | No |
| Interpretation impacted description |