Search strategies (filters) to identify systematic reviews in MEDLINE and Embase.

作者：C. E. Escobar Liquitay, L. Garegnani, V. Garrote, I. Solà, Juan V A Franco · 发表于：Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1002/14651858.mr000054.pub2 · 被引用次数：5 · 研究领域：Medicine

BACKGROUND Bibliographic databases provide access to an international body of scientific literature in health and medical sciences. Systematic reviews are an important source of evidence for clinicians, researchers, consumers, and policymakers as they address a specific health-related question and use explicit methods to identify, appraise and synthesize evidence from which conclusions can be drawn and decisions made. Methodological search filters help database end-users search the literature effectively with different levels of sensitivity and specificity. These filters have been developed for various study designs and have been found to be particularly useful for intervention studies. Other filters have been developed for finding systematic reviews. Considering the variety and number of available search filters for systematic reviews, there is a need for a review of them in order to provide evidence about their retrieval properties at the time they were developed. OBJECTIVES To review systematically empirical studies that report the development, evaluation, or comparison of search filters to retrieve reports of systematic reviews in MEDLINE and Embase. SEARCH METHODS We searched the following databases from inception to January 2023: MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) and Science Citation Index (Web of Science). SELECTION CRITERIA We included studies if one of their primary objectives is the development, evaluation, ...