使用自动化技术进行映射练习,以制定搜索策略,以确定系统审查工具
Anthea Sutton1, Hannah O'Keefe2, Eugenie Evelynne Johnson2,3
1Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, School of Medicine and Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Research synthesis methods
|September 5, 2023
概括
开发自动搜索策略有效地识别了系统审查的新工具,减少了手动搜索的负担. 这种方法显著增加了系统审查工具箱中目录的工具数量.
科学领域:
- 信息科学 信息科学 信息科学
- 健康科学 卫生科学 卫生科学
- 证据综合 证据综合
背景情况:
- 识别用于系统审查工具的出版物具有挑战性,导致高选负担.
- "系统审查工具箱"旨在列出系统审查和证据综合的工具.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个自动搜索策略,用于识别系统审查工具箱的合格记录.
- 为了减少与手动识别系统审查工具相关的时间和负担.
主要方法:
- 一个映射练习确定了系统审查工具箱中的论文的PubMed ID.
- 文本挖掘软件 (耶鲁MeSH分析器,VOS查看器) 识别了常见的MeSH和文本单词.
- 布尔运算符将术语组合成Ovid MEDLINE的搜索策略.
主要成果:
- 在策略之前,包括81个软件和55个"其他"工具.
- 自实施以来,工具箱中增加了146个新工具.
- 在建立搜索策略和自动警报后,观察到工具添加量的增加.
结论:
- 从绘图实践中开发的搜索策略有效地识别了系统审查的新工具.
- 这种方法减少了审查员的负担,并增强了系统审查工具箱.
- 进一步的研究可以优化记录优先级,并适应非医疗保健学科的策略.
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