Software tools to support title and abstract screening for systematic reviews in healthcare: an evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systematic reviews are vital to the pursuit of evidence-based medicine within healthcare. Screening titles and abstracts (T&Ab) for inclusion in a systematic review is an intensive, and often collaborative, step. The use of appropriate tools is therefore important. In this study, we identified and evaluated the usability of software tools that support T&Ab screening for systematic reviews within healthcare research.

Methods

We identified software tools using three search methods: a web-based search; a search of the online "systematic review toolbox"; and screening of references in existing literature. We included tools that were accessible and available for testing at the time of the study (December 2018), do not require specific computing infrastructure and provi

SUBMITTER: Harrison H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6958795 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature