Identifying Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Search Terminology: A Systematic Review of Health Systematic Reviews.
Identifying Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Search Terminology: A Systematic Review of Health Systematic Reviews.
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识别女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和变性者搜索术语： 健康系统综述》系统综述。
DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0156210
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发表时间：
2016
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Lackey M
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作者：
Lee JG;Ylioja T;Lackey M
对女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者 (LGBT) 人群健康的研究可以为解决现有的健康不平等问题提供重要信息。由于使用的术语过多，查找 LGBT 健康方面的现有研究可能具有挑战性。我们试图描述现有的搜索策略并确定更全面的 LGBT 搜索术语。我们迭代创建了一个搜索字符串来识别有关 LGBT 健康的系统评价和荟萃分析，并于 2015 年 5 月 28 日至 29 日在 Embase、PubMed/MEDLINE 和 PsycINFO 数据库中实施。我们手工检索了 LGBT Health 杂志。纳入标准是：针对 LGBT 健康问题的系统评价和荟萃分析，使用系统搜索，并使用独立编码员进行纳入。每条记录中已发布的搜索术语以及作者根据要求提供的搜索字符串与我们的原始搜索交叉引用，以识别其他术语。我们的检索过程确定了 19 条符合纳入标准的系统评价。用于识别 LGBT 相关记录的搜索词数量从 1 到 31 个不等。从纳入的研究中，我们识别出 46 个与 LGBT 健康相关的新搜索词。我们删除了五个不适当的搜索词，并添加了该领域使用的五个搜索词。生成的搜索字符串包含 82 个术语。 LGBT 健康系统评价的检索和报告质量还有提高的空间。未来的工作应尝试提高 LGBT 健康搜索的积极预测价值。我们的研究结果可以帮助 LGBT 健康审查人员在搜索时捕捉 LGBT 术语的多样性。
Research on the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations can provide important information to address existing health inequalities. Finding existing research in LGBT health can prove challenging due to the plethora of terminology used. We sought to describe existing search strategies and to identify more comprehensive LGBT search terminology. We iteratively created a search string to identify systematic reviews and meta-analyses about LGBT health and implemented it in Embase, PubMed/MEDLINE, and PsycINFO databases on May 28–29, 2015. We hand-searched the journal LGBT Health. Inclusion criteria were: systematic reviews and meta-analyses that addressed LGBT health, used systematic searching, and used independent coders for inclusion. The published search terminology in each record and search strings provided by authors on request were cross-referenced with our original search to identify additional terminology. Our search process identified 19 systematic reviews meeting inclusion criteria. The number of search terms used to identify LGBT-related records ranged from 1 to 31. From the included studies, we identified 46 new search terms related to LGBT health. We removed five search terms as inappropriate and added five search terms used in the field. The resulting search string included 82 terms. There is room to improve the quality of searching and reporting in LGBT health systematic reviews. Future work should attempt to enhance the positive predictive value of LGBT health searches. Our findings can assist LGBT health reviewers in capturing the diversity of LGBT terminology when searching.