在搜索MEDLINE和Epistemonikos的过程中,除了参考检查之外,还获得了检索系统审查的最佳方法:方法验证研究
Lena Heinen1,2, Käthe Goossen3, Carole Lunny4
1Institute for Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology (IGKE), School of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
BMC medical research methodology
|November 10, 2024
概括
这项研究发现,将MEDLINE和Epistemonikos数据库与参考检查相结合是检索系统审查 (SRs) 的最有效策略. 这种方法最大限度地确定了医疗保健决策的相关SR.
科学领域:
- 健康科学 卫生科学 卫生科学
- 信息科学 信息科学 信息科学
背景情况:
- 系统性审查对于基于证据的医疗保健决策至关重要.
- 在数据库中优化相关SR的检索仍然是一个挑战.
- 之前的研究已经确定了最佳的数据库组合;这项研究通过新的数据验证了这些发现.
研究的目的:
- 验证先前关于最佳数据库组合的发现,以检索系统审查.
- 确定最大限度地提高SR回忆的最有效的搜索策略.
主要方法:
- 评估了一套来自100个综述综述的2276个SR.
- 纳入率计算了MEDLINE,Embase和Epistemonikos的个别和组合.
- 加入了参考检查,以评估其对召回的影响.
主要成果:
- 个别数据库包含率高且相似 (中线:94.3%,Embase:94.4%,Epistemonikos:94.4%).
- 将MEDLINE与参考检查相结合,提醒能力提高到95.5%.
- 最佳的MEDLINE和Epistemonikos与参考检查的组合实现了98.1%的回忆,识别了大多数SR,但显着排除了来自中国的出版物.
结论:
- 使用MEDLINE,Epistemonikos和参考检查的综合方法是获取生物医学SRs的最有效策略.
- 这种组合为证据综合提供了高回忆力和高效率.
- 观察到地理偏见,一些中国期刊出版物被遗漏,突出了局限性.
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