Optimized search strategy for detecting scientifically strong studies on treatment through PubMed

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-287

  Corrao, Salvatore ^a   Colomba, Daniela ^a   Argano, Christiano ^b   Calvo, Luigi ^a   Scaglione, Rosario ^a   Licata, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Divisione di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bibliographic; Databases; Information storage and retrieval; Medline; PubMed; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862216574     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-012-0773-1     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Haynes RB, Wilczymski N, McKibbon KA, Walker CJ, Sinclair JC (1994) Developing optimal search strategies for detecting clinically sound studies in MEDLINE. J Am Inform Assoc 1: 447-458.
2. Hedges Team, Haynes RB, McKibbon KA, Wilczynski NL, Walter SD, Werre SR (2005) Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of treatment from MEDLINE: analytical survey. BMJ 330(7501): 1179.
3. Robinson KA, Dickersin K (2002) Development of a highly sensitive search strategy for the retrieval of reports of controlled trials using PubMed. Int J Epidemiol 31: 150-153.
4. Nwosu CR, Khan KS, Chien PF (1998) A two-term MEDLINE search strategy for identifying randomized trials in obstetrics and gynecology. Obstet Gynecol 91: 618-622.
5. Marson AG, Chadwick DW (1996) How easy are randomized controlled trials in epilepsy to find on MEDLINE? The sensitivity and precision of two MEDLINE searches. Epilepsia 37: 377-380.
6. Adams CE, Power A, Frederick K, LeFebvre C (1994) An investigation of the adequacy of MEDLINE searches for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of the effects of mental health care. Psychol Med 24: 741-748.
7. Dumbrigue HB, Esquivel JF, Jones JS (2000) Assessment of MEDLINE search strategies for randomized controlled trials in prosthodontics. J Prosthodont 9: 8-13.
8. Jadad AR, McQuay HJ (1993) A high-yield strategy to identify randomized controlled trials for systematic reviews. Online J Curr Clin Trials No 33.
9. LeFebvre C, Clarke MJ (2001) Identifying randomised trials. In: Egger M, Smith GD, Altman DG (eds) Systematic reviews in health care: meta-analysis in context. BMJ, London, pp 69-86.
10. Li Zhang, Ajiferuke I, Sampson M (2006) Optimizing search strategies to identify randomized controlled trials in MEDLINE. BMC Med Res Methodol 6: 23.
11. Corrao S, Colomba D, Arnone S, Argano C, Di Chiara T, Scaglione R, Licata G (2006) Improving efficacy of PubMed clinical queries for retrieving scientifically strong studies on treatment. J Am Inform Assoc 13(5): 485-487.
12. Team Hedges, McKibbon KA, Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB (2009) Retrieving randomized controlled trials from MEDLINE: a comparison of 38 published search filters. Health Info Libr J 26(3): 187-202.