| Ref ID | 550 |
| First Author | J. B. Koffel |
| Journal | PLOS ONE |
| Year Of Publishing | 2016 |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27669416/ |
| Keywords |
• Surgery • Cardiology • Paediatrics • Reproducibility |
| Problem(s) |
• Methods not described to enable replication • Search strategy not provided |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | United States |
| Aim | To assess the reporting of search strategies in systematic reviews published in Paediatrics, Surgery or Cardiology journals in 2012 |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Only 22% of articles provided at least one reproducible search strategy and 13% provided a reproducible strategy for all databases searches in the article. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 272 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 765 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |