Development and evaluation of a search filter to identify prognostic factor studies in Ovid MEDLINE.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systematic reviews (SRs) are valuable resources as they address specific clinical questions by summarizing all existing relevant studies. However, finding all information to include in systematic reviews can be challenging. Methodological search filters have been developed to find articles related to specific clinical questions. To our knowledge, no filter exists for finding studies on the role of prognostic factor (PF). We aimed to develop and evaluate a search filter to identify PF studies in Ovid MEDLINE that has maximum sensitivity.

Methods

We followed current recommendations for the development of a search filter by first identifying a reference set of PF studies included in relevant systematic reviews on the topic, and by selecting search terms using a word

SUBMITTER: Stallings E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8996648 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature