How to identify existing literature on patients' knowledge, views, and values: the development of a validated search filter.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The research sought to establish validated search filters for retrieval of studies on patients' knowledge and values.

Setting

Two nonprofit organizations in the Netherlands were studied for guideline development.

Methods

An existing filter was adapted to three bibliographic interfaces. After defining the scope, a reference database was built for the development of the new filters. The performance of the new filters was validated in different disease categories.

Results

Sensitivity, specificity, precision, negative predictive value, and accuracy were (%): 90.5/98/77/99.2/97 (MEDLINE-Ovid), 90.1/98.8/79.3/99.5/98.3 (PubMed), and 93.1/98.4/81.8/99.6/98.7 (Embase).

Conclusions

The filters provide pragmatic tools for searching for patients' issues.

SUBMITTER: Wessels M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5079497 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature