Methodological and users' surveys on the use of the LILACS database in Cochrane reviews identified desirable improvements to the database.

Autor: Escobar-Liquitay CM; Research Department, Cochrane Associate Centre, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Vergara-Merino L; Medicine School, University of Valparaíso, Associated Cochrane Centre, Valparaíso, Chile., Verdejo C; Medicine School, University of Valparaíso, Associated Cochrane Centre, Valparaíso, Chile., Kirmayr M; Medicine School, University of Valparaíso, Associated Cochrane Centre, Valparaíso, Chile., Schuller-Martínez B; Medicine School, University of Valparaíso, Associated Cochrane Centre, Valparaíso, Chile., Madrid E; Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Studies (CIESAL), Cochrane Associate Centre, School of Medicine, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile., Meza N; Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Studies (CIESAL), Cochrane Associate Centre, School of Medicine, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile., Bracchiglione J; Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Studies (CIESAL), Cochrane Associate Centre, School of Medicine, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile., Franco JVA; Institute of General Practice, Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Health information and libraries journal [Health Info Libr J] 2024 Mar; Vol. 41 (1), pp. 76-83. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 13.
DOI: 10.1111/hir.12505
Abstrakt: Background: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS) is the main reference database in the region; however, the way in which this resource is used in Cochrane systematic reviews has not been studied.
Objectives: To assess the search methods of Cochrane reviews that used LILACS as a source of information and explore the Cochrane community's perceptions about this resource.
Methods: We identified all Cochrane reviews of interventions published during 2019, which included LILACS as a source of information, and analysed their search methods and also ran a survey through the Cochrane Community.
Results: We found 133 Cochrane reviews that reported the full search strategies, identifying heterogeneity in search details. The respondents to our survey highlighted many areas for improvement in the use of LILACS, including the usability of the search platform for this purpose.
Discussion: The use and reporting of LILACS in Cochrane reviews demonstrate inconsistencies, as evidenced by the analysis of search reports from systematic reviews and surveys conducted among members of the Cochrane community.
Conclusion: With better guidance on how LILACS database is structured, information specialists working on Cochrane reviews should be able to make more effective use of this unique resource.
(© 2023 The Authors Health Information and Libraries Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Health Libraries Group.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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