Inadequate diversity of information resources searched in US-affiliated systematic reviews and meta-analyses: 2005-2016

Ref ID 617
First Author R. Pradhan
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2018
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6250602/pdf/nihms-990256.pdf
Keywords Grey literature
General medical
Searching
Problem(s) Grey literature excluded
Number of systematic reviews included 817
Summary of Findings Searching Medline, EMBASE, and the Cochrane libraries form the most used triad. Such practice may provide a false sense of security about the comprehensiveness of the search because there is a considerable overlap between published literature resources like Medline and EMBASE. searching data resources diverse in their study coverage should be the aim of the review strategy
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