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Verfasst von: | Goossen, Käthe [VerfasserIn]  |
| Tenckhoff, Solveig [VerfasserIn]  |
| Probst, Pascal [VerfasserIn]  |
| Grummich, Kathrin [VerfasserIn]  |
| Mihaljevic, André Leopold [VerfasserIn]  |
| Büchler, Markus W. [VerfasserIn]  |
| Diener, Markus Karl-Moritz [VerfasserIn]  |
Titel: | Optimal literature search for systematic reviews in surgery |
Verf.angabe: | Käthe Goossen, Solveig Tenckhoff, Pascal Probst, Kathrin Grummich, André L. Mihaljevic, Markus W. Büchler, Markus K. Diener |
Umfang: | 11 S. |
Fussnoten: | Gesehen am 03.04.2018 |
Titel Quelle: | Enthalten in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery |
Jahr Quelle: | 2018 |
Band/Heft Quelle: | 403(2018), 1, S. 119-129 |
ISSN Quelle: | 1435-2451 |
Abstract: | BackgroundThe aim of the present study was to determine empirically which electronic databases contribute best to a literature search in surgical systematic reviews.MethodsFor ten published systematic reviews, the systematic literature searches were repeated in the databases MEDLINE, Web of Science, CENTRAL, and EMBASE. On the basis of these reviews, a gold standard set of eligible articles was created. Recall (%), precision (%), unique contribution (%), and numbers needed to read (NNR) were calculated for each database, as well as for searches of citing references and of the reference lists of related systematic reviews (hand search).ResultsCENTRAL yielded the highest recall (88.4%) and precision (8.3%) for randomized controlled trials (RCT), MEDLINE for non-randomized studies (NRS; recall 92.6%, precision 5.2%). The most effective combination of two databases plus hand searching for RCT was MEDLINE/CENTRAL (98.6% recall, NNR 97). Adding EMBASE marginally increased the recall to 99.3%, but with an NNR of 152. For NRS, the most effective combination was MEDLINE/Web of Science (99.5% recall, NNR 60).ConclusionsFor surgical systematic reviews, the optimal literature search for RCT employs MEDLINE and CENTRAL. For surgical systematic reviews of NRS, Web of Science instead of CENTRAL should be searched. EMBASE does not contribute substantially to reviews with a surgical intervention. |
DOI: | doi:10.1007/s00423-017-1646-x |
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Verlag: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00423-017-1646-x |
| Verlag: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00423-017-1646-x |
| DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-017-1646-x |
Datenträger: | Online-Ressource |
Sprache: | eng |
K10plus-PPN: | 1571664297 |
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Optimal literature search for systematic reviews in surgery / Goossen, Käthe [VerfasserIn] (Online-Ressource)