| Ref ID | 73 |
| First Author | J. L. Jackson |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE |
| Year Of Publishing | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6667563/pdf/11606_2019_Article_4976.pdf |
| Keywords |
• General medical • Language |
| Problem(s) |
• Language restriction |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | United States |
| Aim | To assess the frequency that systematic reviews are limited to studies published in English in PubMed through December 15, 2018. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From 250 included systematic reviews 84 (34%) explicitly excluded non-English articles, 80 (32%) had no statement about excluding non-English trials, though none included non-English articles, and 86 (34%) indicated that they did their search without language restriction. Of the 86 reviews without language restrictions, only 19 (22%) included non-English trials, representing 2% of the total articles included in these studies. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 63 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 224 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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