Strategies to optimize MEDLINE and EMBASE search strategies for anesthesiology systematic reviews. An experimental study
| Autor: | José Eduardo Guimarães Pereira, Regina El Dib, Rodrigo Bazan, Marluci Betini, Luciane Dias de Oliveira, Antonio José Maria Cataneo, Maria Eduarda dos Santos Puga, Arnav Agarwal, Enilze de Souza Nogueira Volpato, Leandro Gobbo Braz |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), University of Toronto, McMaster University |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Evidence-based medicine MEDLINE lcsh:Medicine Information Storage and Retrieval Sample (statistics) Field (computer science) Databases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Anesthesiology Controlled vocabulary medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Bibliographic Subject Headings Information retrieval business.industry 030503 health policy & services lcsh:R General Medicine Databases bibliographic Search Engine Review Literature as Topic Search terms Systematic review Medical subject headings 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | São Paulo Medical Journal, Iss 0 (2018) Sao Paulo Medical Journal, Issue: ahead, Published: 15 JAN 2018 Scopus Repositório Institucional da UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) instacron:UNESP Sao Paulo Medical Journal v.136 n.2 2018 São Paulo medical journal Associação Paulista de Medicina instacron:APM Sao Paulo Medical Journal, Volume: 136, Issue: 2, Pages: 103-108, Published: 09 JAN 2018 |
| ISSN: | 1806-9460 1516-3180 |
| Popis: | Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:20:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-03-01. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2019-10-09T18:31:44Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S1516-31802018000200103.pdf: 123374 bytes, checksum: 04972300c2bfb3ac480efc4d999ade67 (MD5) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) BACKGROUND: A high-quality electronic search is essential for ensuring accuracy and comprehensiveness among the records retrieved when conducting systematic reviews. Therefore, we aimed to identify the most efficient method for searching in both MEDLINE (through PubMed) and EMBASE, covering search terms with variant spellings, direct and indirect orders, and associations with MeSH and EMTREE terms (or lack thereof). DESIGN AND SETTING: Experimental study. UNESP, Brazil. METHODS: We selected and analyzed 37 search strategies that had specifically been developed for the field of anesthesiology. These search strategies were adapted in order to cover all potentially relevant search terms, with regard to variant spellings and direct and indirect orders, in the most efficient manner. RESULTS: When the strategies included variant spellings and direct and indirect orders, these adapted versions of the search strategies selected retrieved the same number of search results in MEDLINE (mean of 61.3%) and a higher number in EMBASE (mean of 63.9%) in the sample analyzed. The numbers of results retrieved through the searches analyzed here were not identical with and without associated use of MeSH and EMTREE terms. However, association of these terms from both controlled vocabularies retrieved a larger number of records than did the use of either one of them. CONCLUSIONS: In view of these results, we recommend that the search terms used should include both preferred and non-preferred terms (i.e. variant spellings and direct/indirect order of the same term) and associated MeSH and EMTREE terms, in order to develop highly-sensitive search strategies for systematic reviews. Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (FMB) Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Coordenadoria da Rede de Bibliotecas da UNIFESP (CRBU) Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) School of Medicine University of Toronto Department of Health Research Methods Evidence and Impact McMaster University Department of Surgery and Orthopedics Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis Institute of Science and Technology Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Department of Neurology Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Department of Anesthesiology Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Institute of Urology McMaster University Health Sciences Library Evidence-Based Medicine Unit Department of Anesthesiology Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (FMB) Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Department of Surgery and Orthopedics Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Department of Biosciences and Oral Diagnosis Institute of Science and Technology Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Department of Neurology Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Department of Anesthesiology Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Health Sciences Library Evidence-Based Medicine Unit Department of Anesthesiology Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) CNPq: #310953/2015-4 |
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