Title |
EMBASE search strategies for identifying methodologically sound diagnostic studies for use by clinicians and researchers
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Published in |
BMC Medicine, March 2005
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DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-3-7 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Nancy L Wilczynski, R Brian Haynes, the Hedges Team |
Abstract |
Accurate diagnosis by clinicians is the cornerstone of decision making for recommending clinical interventions. The current best evidence from research concerning diagnostic tests changes unpredictably as science advances. Both clinicians and researchers need dependable access to published evidence concerning diagnostic accuracy. Bibliographic databases such as EMBASE provide the most widely available entrée to this literature. The objective of this study was to develop search strategies that optimize the retrieval of methodologically sound diagnostic studies from EMBASE for use by clinicians. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 77 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 3 | 4% |
Spain | 3 | 4% |
Italy | 2 | 3% |
Peru | 2 | 3% |
India | 1 | 1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
Belgium | 1 | 1% |
United States | 1 | 1% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 62 | 81% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 15 | 19% |
Librarian | 12 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 10% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 8 | 10% |
Student > Master | 8 | 10% |
Other | 20 | 26% |
Unknown | 6 | 8% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 41 | 53% |
Social Sciences | 5 | 6% |
Psychology | 4 | 5% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 3 | 4% |
Other | 9 | 12% |
Unknown | 12 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
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