Journal article
An efficient strategy allowed English-speaking reviewers to identify foreign-language articles eligible for a systematic review
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess English-speaking reviewers' accuracy in determining the eligibility of foreign-language articles for a systematic review.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTINGS: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials of therapy for fibromyalgia. Guided by 10 questions, English-speaking reviewers screened non-English-language articles for eligibility. Teams of two native-language speakers provided reference standard judgments of eligibility.
Authors
Busse JW; Bruno P; Malik K; Connell G; Torrance D; Ngo T; Kirmayr K; Avrahami D; Riva JJ; Ebrahim S
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 67, No. 5, pp. 547–553
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.07.022
ISSN
0895-4356