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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
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Cooper, Chris; Lovell, Rebecca; Husk, Kerryn; Booth, Andrew; Garside, Ruth – Research Synthesis Methods, 2018
Background: We undertook a systematic review to evaluate the health benefits of environmental enhancement and conservation activities. We were concerned that a conventional process of study identification, focusing on exhaustive searches of bibliographic databases as the primary search method, would be ineffective, offering limited value. The…
Descriptors: Public Health, Conservation (Environment), Online Searching, Bibliographic Databases