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Searching for Medical Devices -- Practical Guidance
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Cooper, Chris; Dawson, Sarah; Lefebvre, Carol – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
Systematic reviews of medical devices have generally adopted the same methodology for the conduct of their reviews as reviews of other clinical interventions, in particular, medicines. It has been suggested that these methods may need to be developed to account for the challenges of reviewing the evidence for medical devices when compared to…
Descriptors: Equipment, Medical Services, Search Strategies, Bibliographic Databases
Efficient Searching for NICE Public Health Guidelines: Would Using Fewer Sources Still Find the Evidence?
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Levay, Paul; Heath, Andrea; Tuvey, Daniel – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
Systematic searches are integral to identifying the evidence that is used in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) public health guidelines (PHGs). This study analyses the sources, including bibliographic databases and other techniques, required for PHGs. The aims were to analyse the sources used to identify the publications…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Public Health, Guidelines, Information Sources