Are MEDLINE searches sufficient for systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the diagnostic accuracy of depression screening tools? A review of meta-analyses

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 7-13

  Rice, Danielle B ^a,b   Kloda, Lorie A ^c   Levis, Brooke ^a,b   Qi, Bill ^a   Kingsland, Emily ^b   Thombs, Brett D ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression screening; Diagnostic test accuracy; MEDLINE; Meta analyses; Search strategies

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCINFO; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MASS SCREENING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84973497569     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.06.002     Document Type: Article

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