Development of a PubMed Based Search Tool for Identifying Sex and Gender Specific Health Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An effective literature search strategy is critical to achieving the aims of Sex and Gender Specific Health (SGSH): to understand sex and gender differences through research and to effectively incorporate the new knowledge into the clinical decision making process to benefit both male and female patients. The goal of this project was to develop and validate an SGSH literature search tool that is readily and freely available to clinical researchers and practitioners.

Methods

PubMed, a freely available search engine for the Medline database, was selected as the platform to build the SGSH literature search tool. Combinations of Medical Subject Heading terms, text words, and title words were evaluated for optimal specificity and sensitivity. The search tool was then v

SUBMITTER: Song MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4761798 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature