scholarly journals Developing a Comprehensive Search Strategy for Evidence Based Systematic Reviews

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia B. DeLuca ◽  
Mary M. Mullins ◽  
Cynthia M. Lyles ◽  
Nicole Crepaz ◽  
Linda Kay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Reference List ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Manual Search ◽  
Comprehensive Search ◽  
Comprehensive Search Strategy ◽  
Automated Search ◽  
Hiv Aids

Objective: As the health care field moves towards evidence-based practice, it becomes ever more critical to conduct systematic reviews of research literature for guiding programmatic activities, policy-making decisions, and future research. Conducting systematic reviews requires a comprehensive search of behavioral, social, and policy research to identify relevant literature. As a result, the validity of the systematic review findings and recommendations is partly a function of the quality of the systematic search of the literature. Therefore, a carefully thought out and organized plan for developing and testing a comprehensive search strategy should be followed. Methods: The comprehensive search strategies, including automated and manual search techniques, were developed, tested, and implemented to locate published and unpublished citations to build a database of HIV/AIDS and STD literature for the CDC’s HIV Prevention Research Synthesis Project. The search incorporates various automated and manual search methods to decrease the chance of missing pertinent information. The automated search was implemented in MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts and AIDSLINE some of the key databases for biomedical, psychological, behavioral science, and public health literature. These searches utilized indexing, keywords including truncation, proximity, and phrases. The manual search method includes physically examining journals (hand searching), reference list checks, and researching key authors. Results: Using automated and manual search components, the PRS search strategy retrieved 17,493 HIV/AIDS/STD prevention focused articles for the years 1988-2005. The automated search found 91% and the manual search contributed 9% of the articles reporting on HIV/AIDS or STD interventions with behavior/biologic outcomes. Among the automated search citations, 48% were found in one database only (20% MEDLINE, 18% PsycINFO, 8 % EMBASE, 2% Sociological Abstracts). Conclusions: A comprehensive base of literature requires searching multiple databases and methods of manual searching in order to locate all relevant citations. Understanding the project needs, the limitations of different electronic databases, and other methods for developing and refining a search are vital in planning an effective and comprehensive search strategy. Reporting standards for literature searches as part of the broader push for procedurally transparent and reproducible systematic reviews is not only advisable, but good evidence-based practice.

What databases should we include in a comprehensive search strategy protocol for systematic reviews of artificial intelligence? (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Mordaunt
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Safety Outcomes ◽  
Comprehensive Search ◽  
Comprehensive Search Strategy

UNSTRUCTURED This is a commentary of the article by Choudhury and Asan entitled, “Role of Artificial Intelligence in Patient Safety Outcomes: Systematic Literature Review”.

Evidence-Based Practice: The Cochrane Collaboration, and Occupational Therapy

1998 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Hayes ◽  
John J. McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trials ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Cochrane Collaboration ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
The Cochrane Collaboration

This paper describes how occupational therapists can become involved in the Cochrane Collaboration — a well-developed tool for facilitating the involvement of health professionals and lay people in evidence-based practice. The Cochrane Collaboration is a growing international project intended to systematically locate, conduct systematic reviews (including metaanalyses) of, and disseminate information on all available randomised controlled trials of interventions in any area of health. In particular, occupational therapists can use the Cochrane Collaboration to become better informed about best practice and evaluate research in their areas of interest, and learn skills related to conducting randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.

scholarly journals Systematic Review and its Relationship with Evidence-Based Practice in Health

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 824-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenia Urra Medina ◽  
René Mauricio Barría Pailaquilén
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Clinical Effectiveness ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The World

Systematic reviews (SR) have gained relevance in the world and Latin America because of their credibility in the search, compilation, arranging and analysis of the information obtained from research about health interventions, during a period of time. Consequently, evidence-based practice uses SR as a way to capture the best evidence of clinical effectiveness. This article reviews SR methodology, process, and its usefulness in health professions like nursing and medicine.

Using systematic reviews for evidence-based practice

AORN Journal ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-363
Author(s):  
Peggy Edwards ◽  
Allyson Lipp
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Evidence Based

Evidence-Based I–O Psychology: Not There Yet

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob B. Briner ◽  
Denise M. Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The Future ◽  
Oriented Research

Evidence-based practice is now well established in several fields including medicine, nursing, and social policy. This article seeks to promote discussion of whether the practice of industrial–organizational (I–O) psychologists is evidence based and what is needed to make I–O psychology an evidence-based discipline. It first reviews the emergence of the concept of evidence-based practice. Second, it considers the definitions and features of evidence-based practice, including evidence-based management. It then assesses whether I–O psychology is itself an evidence-based discipline by identifying key characteristics of evidence-based practice and judging the extent these characterize I–O psychology. Fourth, some key strategies for promoting the use of evidence in I–O psychology are considered: practice-oriented research and systematic reviews. Fifth, barriers to practicing evidence-based I–O psychology are identified along with suggestions for overcoming them. Last is a look to the future of an evidence-based I–O psychology that plays an important role in helping consultants, in-house I–O psychologists, managers, and organizations become more evidence based.

Fad, Frenzy, or Future? A Review of the Institute of Medicine’s Report on the Direction of Evidence-Based Practice

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
Joan Renaud Smith ◽  
Ann Donze
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Dual Purpose ◽  
The Past

OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, this column has had a dual purpose: presenting systematic reviews of neonatal clinical practice issues and providing readers with tools needed to utilize the evidencebased practice (EBP) process. We presented detailed examples of applying EBP to answer these reallife clinical practice problems:

Evidence-Based I–O Psychology: Not There Yet but Now a Little Nearer?

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob B. Briner ◽  
Denise M. Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
First Category ◽  
Second Category

Our focal article sought to promote discussion of evidence-based approaches to practice in industrial–organizational (I–O) psychology. It did so by describing the meanings and origins of evidence-based practice, evaluating the extent to which I–O psychology practice is currently evidence-based, and considering the role of systematic reviews in promoting evidence-based practice. The commentaries on our focal article raised many interesting and important points. In our response, we divide them into two broad categories. The first category consists of comments and objections that arise from what we believe to be misinterpretations of evidence-based practice and our focal article. The second category contains those comments that in various ways extend and elaborate the issues raised in our focal article. Although we are not there yet, we hope that these commentaries will take us a little nearer to an evidence-based approach to I–O psychology.

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