Reporting methodological search filter performance comparisons: a literature review. (1st August 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Reporting methodological search filter performance comparisons: a literature review. (1st August 2014)
- Main Title:
- Reporting methodological search filter performance comparisons: a literature review
- Authors:
- Harbour, Jennifer
Fraser, Cynthia
Lefebvre, Carol
Glanville, Julie
Beale, Sophie
Boachie, Charles
Duffy, Steven
McCool, Rachael
Smith, Lynne - Abstract:
- <abstract abstract-type="main" id="hir12070-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="hir12070-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>Methodological search filters are tools for retrieving database records reporting studies which use a specific research method. Choosing a filter is likely to be based on filter performance data. This review examines which measures are reported, and the way that filter performance is presented, in filter comparisons.</p> </sec> <sec id="hir12070-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Methods</title> <p>Studies were identified from the current content and pending update (2010) of a filter website. Eligible studies compared two or more methodological search filters designed to identify randomised controlled trials, diagnostic test accuracy studies, systematic reviews or economic evaluations.</p> </sec> <sec id="hir12070-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>Eighteen studies met the inclusion criteria. The number of filters compared in a single study ranged from 2 to 38. The most commonly reported measures were sensitivity/recall and precision. All studies displayed results in tables and gave results as percentages or proportions. Two studies supplemented results tables with graphical displays of data: a bar graph of the proportion of retrieved and missed gold standard references per filter; a forest plot of the overall sensitivity and specificity of each filter.</p> </sec> <sec id="hir12070-sec-0004"<abstract abstract-type="main" id="hir12070-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="hir12070-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>Methodological search filters are tools for retrieving database records reporting studies which use a specific research method. Choosing a filter is likely to be based on filter performance data. This review examines which measures are reported, and the way that filter performance is presented, in filter comparisons.</p> </sec> <sec id="hir12070-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Methods</title> <p>Studies were identified from the current content and pending update (2010) of a filter website. Eligible studies compared two or more methodological search filters designed to identify randomised controlled trials, diagnostic test accuracy studies, systematic reviews or economic evaluations.</p> </sec> <sec id="hir12070-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>Eighteen studies met the inclusion criteria. The number of filters compared in a single study ranged from 2 to 38. The most commonly reported measures were sensitivity/recall and precision. All studies displayed results in tables and gave results as percentages or proportions. Two studies supplemented results tables with graphical displays of data: a bar graph of the proportion of retrieved and missed gold standard references per filter; a forest plot of the overall sensitivity and specificity of each filter.</p> </sec> <sec id="hir12070-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusions</title> <p>Sensitivity/recall and precision are the most frequently reported performance measures. This review highlights the potential for presenting results in novel and innovative ways to aid filter selection.</p> </sec> </abstract> … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Health information and libraries journal. Volume 31:Number 3(2014:Sep.)
- Journal:
- Health information and libraries journal
- Issue:
- Volume 31:Number 3(2014:Sep.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 31, Issue 3 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0031-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 176
- Page End:
- 194
- Publication Date:
- 2014-08-01
- Subjects:
- Medical libraries -- Periodicals
Public health libraries -- Periodicals
Life sciences libraries -- Periodicals
Medical libraries -- Great Britain -- Periodicals
Public health libraries -- Great Britain -- Periodicals
Information science -- Periodicals
026.61094105 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1471-1842 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/hir.12070 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1471-1834
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