Protocol: a systematic review of studies developing and/or evaluating search strategies to identify prognosis studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prognosis research is on the rise, its importance recognised because chronic health conditions and diseases are increasingly common and costly. Prognosis systematic reviews are needed to collate and synthesise these research findings, especially to help inform effective clinical decision-making and healthcare policy. A detailed, comprehensive search strategy is central to any systematic review. However, within prognosis research, this is challenging due to poor reporting and inconsistent use of available indexing terms in electronic databases. Whilst many published search filters exist for finding clinical trials, this is not the case for prognosis studies. This systematic review aims to identify and compare existing methodological filters developed and evaluated to iden

SUBMITTER: Corp N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5399431 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature