Publication Type |
pre-print |
School or College |
School of Medicine |
Department |
Biomedical Informatics |
Creator |
Mitchell, Joyce A. |
Other Author |
Patrick, Timothy B.; Demiris, George; Folk, Lillian C.; Moxley, David E.; Tao, Donghua |
Title |
Evidence-based retrieval in evidence-based medicine |
Date |
2004-01-01 |
Description |
Objective: Clinical decisions based on a meta-analysis that is based on an ineffective retrieval strategy may have serious negative consequences for patients. The study objective was to investigate the extent to which meta-analyses report proof of their retrieval strategies' effectiveness. Methods: The authors examined a random sample (n 5 100) of articles in the 1996 to 2002 full-text subset of Ovid MEDLINE indexed as ‘‘meta-analysis.'' We classified the articles in three ways: the article (A) reported both a retrieval strategy in sufficient detail (such that it could be repeated) and with evidence of the strategy's effectiveness, (B) reported a retrieval strategy in sufficient detail but not with evidence of the strategy's effectiveness, or (C) neither reported a strategy in detail nor evidence of the strategy's effectiveness. Articles classified as (A) were further classified according to the level of evidence reported. Results: Of the eighty-nine articles in our final analysis, six (6.7%) were classified as category (A), fifty-seven (64%) as (B), and twenty-six (29%) as (C). Articles in category (A) reported a previously validated search, a published strategy, or strategy based on expert opinion. Conclusion: Peer-review standards must be developed that require authors of meta-analyses to report evidence for the effectiveness of their retrieval strategies. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
Medical Library Association |
Volume |
92 |
Issue |
2 |
First Page |
196 |
Last Page |
199 |
Dissertation Institution |
University of Utah |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Patrick, T. B., Demiris, G., Folk, L. C., Moxley, D. E., Mitchell, J. A., & Tao, D. (2004). Evidence-based retrieval in evidencebased medicine. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 92(2), 196-9. |
Rights Management |
(c)Medical Library Association |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Format Extent |
141,013 bytes |
Identifier |
uspace,17833 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6sj24ch |
Setname |
ir_uspace |
ID |
708145 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sj24ch |