Journal article
PsycINFO search strategies identified methodologically sound therapy studies and review articles for use by clinicians and researchers
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated search strategies for finding high-quality studies on treatment and systematic reviews in PsycINFO.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Sixty-four journals were hand searched at McMaster University. Methodologic criteria were applied to clinically relevant articles to identify "pass" and "fail" articles; 4,985 candidate terms were compiled, 7,463 combinations for therapy articles, and 5,246 combinations for reviews. …
Authors
Eady AM; Wilczynski NL; Haynes RB; Team FTH
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 34–40
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.09.016
ISSN
0895-4356