Use of a search summary table to improve systematic review search methods, results, and efficiency.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systematic reviews are comprehensive, robust, inclusive, transparent, and reproducible when bringing together the evidence to answer a research question. Various guidelines provide recommendations on the expertise required to conduct a systematic review, where and how to search for literature, and what should be reported in the published review. However, the finer details of the search results are not typically reported to allow the search methods or search efficiency to be evaluated.

Case presentation

This case study presents a search summary table, containing the details of which databases were searched, which supplementary search methods were used, and where the included articles were found. It was developed and published alongside a recent systematic review. T

SUBMITTER: Bethel AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7772975 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature