Crowdsourcing citation-screening in a mixed-studies systematic review: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Crowdsourcing engages the help of large numbers of people in tasks, activities or projects, usually via the internet. One application of crowdsourcing is the screening of citations for inclusion in a systematic review. There is evidence that a 'Crowd' of non-specialists can reliably identify quantitative studies, such as randomized controlled trials, through the assessment of study titles and abstracts. In this feasibility study, we investigated crowd performance of an online, topic-based citation-screening task, assessing titles and abstracts for inclusion in a single mixed-studies systematic review.

Methods

This study was embedded within a mixed studies systematic review of maternity care, exploring the effects of training healthcare professionals in intrapartum

SUBMITTER: Noel-Storr AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8077753 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature