Librarian co-authors correlated with higher quality reported search strategies in general internal medicine systematic reviews

Ref ID 590
First Author M. L. Rethlefsen
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2015
URL https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(15)00057-8/fulltext
Keywords • Expertise
• Reproducibility
• Team
• General medical
• Author
• Searching
Problem(s) • Literature searches not validated by information specialist
Number of systematic reviews included 270
Summary of Findings Librarian or information specialist authorship was significantly correlated with higher quality systematic review search strategies and reporting. The level of participation was significantly associated with search reproducibility.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? N/A
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? Yes