Scientific Literature Database Coverage of Randomized Clinical Trials for Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.

biomedical literature database central serous chorioretinopathy evidence synthesis methodology indexing randomized clinical trials

Journal

Journal of personalized medicine
ISSN: 2075-4426
Titre abrégé: J Pers Med
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101602269

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 Jun 2023
Historique:
received: 05 05 2023
revised: 05 06 2023
accepted: 09 06 2023
medline: 28 6 2023
pubmed: 28 6 2023
entrez: 28 6 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Systematic literature searches are the cornerstone of systematic reviews. In this study, we evaluated database coverage of randomized clinical trials for central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). We searched 12 databases (BIOSIS Previews, CINAHL, the Cochrane Central, Current Contents Connect, Data Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, EMBASE, KCI-Korean Journal Database, MEDLINE, PubMed, SciELO Citation Index, and Web of Science Core Collection) on 10 April 2023 for randomized clinical trials for CSC. After identifying all eligible studies across all databases, we investigated the coverage of these studies within each database, including the coverage of any combination of two databases. The 12 databases yielded 848 records for screening, of which 76 were randomized clinical trials for CSC. No single database provided full coverage. The most comprehensive coverage was provided by EMBASE (88%), the Cochrane Central (87%), and PubMed (75%). A combined search in the Cochrane Central and PubMed led to complete coverage (100%) while reducing the number of records for screening from 848 to 279. Systematic review search design should include multiple databases. For randomized clinical trials for CSC, the combination of the Cochrane Central and PubMed provides an excellent balance between coverage and workload.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Systematic literature searches are the cornerstone of systematic reviews. In this study, we evaluated database coverage of randomized clinical trials for central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).
METHODS METHODS
We searched 12 databases (BIOSIS Previews, CINAHL, the Cochrane Central, Current Contents Connect, Data Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, EMBASE, KCI-Korean Journal Database, MEDLINE, PubMed, SciELO Citation Index, and Web of Science Core Collection) on 10 April 2023 for randomized clinical trials for CSC. After identifying all eligible studies across all databases, we investigated the coverage of these studies within each database, including the coverage of any combination of two databases.
RESULTS RESULTS
The 12 databases yielded 848 records for screening, of which 76 were randomized clinical trials for CSC. No single database provided full coverage. The most comprehensive coverage was provided by EMBASE (88%), the Cochrane Central (87%), and PubMed (75%). A combined search in the Cochrane Central and PubMed led to complete coverage (100%) while reducing the number of records for screening from 848 to 279.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Systematic review search design should include multiple databases. For randomized clinical trials for CSC, the combination of the Cochrane Central and PubMed provides an excellent balance between coverage and workload.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37373972
pii: jpm13060983
doi: 10.3390/jpm13060983
pmc: PMC10305376
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Lars C Boberg-Ans (LC)

Department of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet, DK-2600 Copenhagen, Denmark.

Oliver N Klefter (ON)

Department of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet, DK-2600 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.

Marie L R Rasmussen (MLR)

Department of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet, DK-2600 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.

Elon H C van Dijk (EHC)

Department of Ophthalmology, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Department of Ophthalmology, Alrijne Hospital, 2353 GA Leiderdorp, The Netherlands.

Yousif Subhi (Y)

Department of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet, DK-2600 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark.

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