Reporting quality of search methods in systematic reviews of HIV behavioral interventions (2000–2010): are the searches clearly explained, systematic and reproducible?

Ref ID	622
First Author	M. M. Mullins
Journal	RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS
Year Of Publishing	2014
URL	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/jrsm.1098?download=true
Keywords	• Searching • Language • Reproducibility • General medical
Problem(s)	• Methods not described to enable replication • Language restriction • Literature searches not validated by information specialist • Search strategy not provided
Number of systematic reviews included	102
Summary of Findings	Six elements were found to be less well reported across systematic reviews: describing the interface used to search each database, the years included in the electronic search, a complete search strategy for at least one or more of the databases, the language limitations applied and consulting or including an experienced searcher
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