Journal article
Retrieving randomized controlled trials from medline: a comparison of 38 published search filters
Abstract
BACKGROUND: People search medline for trials of healthcare interventions for clinical decisions, or to produce systematic reviews, practice guidelines, or technology assessments. Finding all relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with little extraneous material is challenging.
OBJECTIVE: To provide comparative data on the operating characteristics of search filters designed to retrieve RCTs from medline.
Authors
McKibbon KA; Wilczynski NL; Haynes RB; Team FTH
Journal
Health Information & Libraries Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 187–202
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 2009
DOI
10.1111/j.1471-1842.2008.00827.x
ISSN
0265-6647