Evidence mapping for decision making: feasibility versus accuracy - when to abandon high sensitivity in electronic searches.

CONCLUSIONS: Evidence mapping with the intention of gaining an overview of a research field does not require high level accuracy in contrary to systematic reviews. Keeping this distinction in mind, a mass of extraneous information will be avoided by using specific instead of highly sensitive search strategies. PMID: 27499726 [PubMed - in process]
Source: GMS German Medical Science - Category: Journals (General) Tags: Ger Med Sci Source Type: research