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A Study of Search Strategy Availability Statements and Sharing Practices for Systematic Reviews: Ask and You Might Receive
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Christine J. Neilson; Zahra Premji – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
The literature search underpins data collection for all systematic reviews (SRs). The SR reporting guideline PRISMA, and its extensions, aim to facilitate research transparency and reproducibility, and ultimately improve the quality of research, by instructing authors to provide specific research materials and data upon publication of the…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Information Retrieval, Guidelines, Computer Software
Retrieving Cochrane Reviews Is Sometimes Challenging and Their Reporting Is Not Always Optimal
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Pieper, Dawid; Hoffmann, Falk – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
Cochrane reviews are known to be a high-quality source of evidence synthesis supporting health care decisions. In a recently conducted study, we analyzed the trends in epidemiology and reporting of published systematic reviews over the last 20 years. This sample of 1132 systematic reviews included 84 Cochrane reviews. We have learned several…
Descriptors: Evidence, Health Services, Decision Making, Medical Research
Ten Questions to Consider When Interpreting Results of a Meta-Epidemiological Study--The MetaBLIND Study as a Case
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Moustgaard, Helene; Jones, Hayley E.; Savovic, Jelena; Clayton, Gemma L.; Sterne, Jonathan AC; Higgins, Julian PT; Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn – Research Synthesis Methods, 2020
Randomized clinical trials underpin evidence-based clinical practice, but flaws in their conduct may lead to biased estimates of intervention effects and hence invalid treatment recommendations. The main approach to the empirical study of bias is to collate a number of meta-analyses and, within each, compare the results of trials with and without…
Descriptors: Epidemiology, Evidence, Medical Research, Intervention
Potential Technologies Review: A Hybrid Information Retrieval Framework to Accelerate Demand-Pull Innovation in Biomedical Engineering
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Schmitz, Tom; Bukowski, Mark; Koschmieder, Steffen; Schmitz-Rode, Thomas; Farkas, Robert – Research Synthesis Methods, 2019
Launching biomedical innovations based on clinical demands instead of translating basic research findings to practice reduces the risk that the results will not fit the clinical routine. To realize this type of innovation, a meta-analysis of the body of research is necessary to reveal demand-matching concepts. However, both the data deluge and the…
Descriptors: Innovation, Biomedicine, Medical Research, Meta Analysis
Reporting Standards for Literature Searches and Report Inclusion Criteria: Making Research Syntheses More Transparent and Easy to Replicate
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Atkinson, Kayla M.; Koenka, Alison C.; Sanchez, Carmen E.; Moshontz, Hannah; Cooper, Harris – Research Synthesis Methods, 2015
A complete description of the literature search, including the criteria used for the inclusion of reports after they have been located, used in a research synthesis or meta-analysis is critical if subsequent researchers are to accurately evaluate and reproduce a synthesis' methods and results. Based on previous guidelines and new suggestions, we…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Reports, Meta Analysis, Evaluation Methods