Information retrieval in systematic reviews - Challenges in the public health arena
Information retrieval in systematic reviews - Challenges in the public health arena
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DOI：
10.1016/s0749-3797(00)00135-5
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发表时间：
2000-05-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Trapp, NI
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作者：
Beahler, CC;Sundheim, JJ;Trapp, NI
背景资料：职业伤害和其他公共卫生领域的系统综述的信息检索比临床医学综述的检索更难以捉摸，这是由于该领域的跨学科性质和缺乏重要的评价性文献。目的：本研究的目的是为系统评价策略的有效性提供有关文献检索的挑战和方法的信息，方法：来自伤害控制研究中心和农业健康与安全中心的参与者确定了12个职业伤害领域，并评估了每个领域干预措施的有效性。进行了系统的文献回顾，结果进行了严格的审查和summarized.Results：检索策略捕获41,871摘要或标题在所有的研究主题。筛选后，1356份文件被确定为可能合格的研究。通过收集参考文献和与该领域的专业人士联系，也确定了相关文章。结论：在职业伤害领域的文献综述不能局限于数据库搜索。许多文献没有很好的索引，图书馆员必须采用数据库搜索以外的信息检索方法来检索该领域的相关文献。
Background: Information retrieval for systematic reviews in occupational injuries and other public health areas is much more elusive than retrieval for reviews in clinical medicine, due to the interdisciplinary nature of the field and the lack of a significant body of evaluative literature.Objective: The objective of this study is to provide information about challenges and methodology in relevant literature retrieval for systematic reviews in the effectiveness of strategies to prevent occupational injury.Methods: Participants from Injury Control Research Centers and Agricultural Health and Safety Centers identified 12 areas of occupational injury and evaluated the effectiveness of interventions in each area. A systematic review of the literature was conducted, and results were critically reviewed and summarized.Results: The search strategy captured 41,871 abstracts or titles across all research topics. After screening, 1356 documents were identified as being potentially eligible studies. Relevant articles were also identified through gleaning references and contact with professionals in the field.Conclusions: Literature reviews in the field of occupational injury cannot be limited to database searches. Much of the literature is not well-indexed, and librarians must employ information retrieval methods other than database searching to retrieve relevant literature in the field.