Citizen scientists help to expand Cochrane Library ’s trial register to include more nursing and allied health research

TheCochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) is a highly concentrated source of reports of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that publishes each month as part of Cochrane Library. CENTRAL assists Cochrane authors and other systematic reviewers around the world quickly find evidence to determine whether a treatment works.We ' re pleased to announce that the May issue of CENTRAL on Cochrane Library includes approximately 14,000 references to RCTs identified fromCINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature) and published under license with EBSCO. CINAHL is an essential source of nursing research and publications on 17 allied health disciplines, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, nutrition and dietetics. Along with the RCTs in CENTRAL from PubMed, Embase, ClinicalTrials.gov, the World Health Organization ’s International Clinical Trial Registry Platform (ICTRP), KoreaMed, and the individual registers of Cochrane Review Groups, CINAHL RCT records expand the subject area coverage of CENTRAL, making it an even more comprehensive source of RCTs.  The project to include CINAHL RCTs in CENTRAL began in September 2018 with the help of our citizen scientist platform,Cochrane Crowd. Cochrane Crowd is a global community of volunteers who are helping to classify the research needed to support informed decision-making about health care.  The job of the Cochrane Crowd community is to review descriptions of research s...
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