Use of 'Pharmaceutical services' Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in articles assessing pharmacists' interventions.

ABSTRACT: Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus contribute towards efficient searching of biomedical information. However, insufficient coverage of specific fields and inaccuracies in the indexing of articles can lead to bias during literature retrieval. This meta-research study aimed to assess the use of 'Pharmaceutical Services' MeSH terms in studies evaluating the effect of pharmacists' interventions. An updated systematic search (Jan-2022) to gather meta-analyses comparing pharmacists' interventions vs. other forms of care was performed. All MeSH terms allocated to the MEDLINE record of each primary study included in the selected meta-analyses were systematically extracted. Terms from the 'Pharmaceutical Services' branch, including its descendants, as well as other 26 pharmacy-specific MeSH

SUBMITTER: Tonin FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9445408 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature