Efficacy of searching in biomedical databases beyond MEDLINE in identifying randomised controlled trials on hyperbaric oxygen treatment.

IF 0.8 4区医学 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Diving and hyperbaric medicine Pub Date : 2024-03-31 DOI:10.28920/dhm54.1.2-8

Hira Khan, Mohammad Sindeed Islam, Manvinder Kaur, Joseph K Burns, Cole Etherington, Pierre-Marc Dion, Sarah Alsayadi, Sylvain Boet

{"title":"Efficacy of searching in biomedical databases beyond MEDLINE in identifying randomised controlled trials on hyperbaric oxygen treatment.","authors":"Hira Khan, Mohammad Sindeed Islam, Manvinder Kaur, Joseph K Burns, Cole Etherington, Pierre-Marc Dion, Sarah Alsayadi, Sylvain Boet","doi":"10.28920/dhm54.1.2-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Literature searches are routinely used by researchers for conducting systematic reviews as well as by healthcare providers, and sometimes patients, to quickly guide their clinical decisions. Using more than one database is generally recommended but may not always be necessary for some fields. This study aimed to determine the added value of searching additional databases beyond MEDLINE when conducting a literature search of hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) randomised controlled trials (RCTs).Methods: This study consisted of two phases: a scoping review of all RCTs in the field of HBOT, followed by a a statistical analysis of sensitivity, precision, 'number needed to read' (NNR) and 'number unique' included by individual biomedical databases. MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Control Trials (CENTRAL), and Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) were searched without date or language restrictions up to December 31, 2022. Screening and data extraction were conducted in duplicate by pairs of independent reviewers. RCTs were included if they involved human subjects and HBOT was offered either on its own or in combination with other treatments.Results: Out of 5,840 different citations identified, 367 were included for analysis. CENTRAL was the most sensitive (87.2%) and had the most unique references (7.1%). MEDLINE had the highest precision (23.8%) and optimal NNR (four). Among included references, 14.2% were unique to a single database.Conclusions: Systematic reviews of RCTs in HBOT should always utilise multiple databases, which at minimum include MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL and CINAHL.","PeriodicalId":11296,"journal":{"name":"Diving and hyperbaric medicine","volume":"54 1","pages":"2-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11227965/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Diving and hyperbaric medicine","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.28920/dhm54.1.2-8","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Introduction: Literature searches are routinely used by researchers for conducting systematic reviews as well as by healthcare providers, and sometimes patients, to quickly guide their clinical decisions. Using more than one database is generally recommended but may not always be necessary for some fields. This study aimed to determine the added value of searching additional databases beyond MEDLINE when conducting a literature search of hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

Methods: This study consisted of two phases: a scoping review of all RCTs in the field of HBOT, followed by a a statistical analysis of sensitivity, precision, 'number needed to read' (NNR) and 'number unique' included by individual biomedical databases. MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Control Trials (CENTRAL), and Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) were searched without date or language restrictions up to December 31, 2022. Screening and data extraction were conducted in duplicate by pairs of independent reviewers. RCTs were included if they involved human subjects and HBOT was offered either on its own or in combination with other treatments.

Results: Out of 5,840 different citations identified, 367 were included for analysis. CENTRAL was the most sensitive (87.2%) and had the most unique references (7.1%). MEDLINE had the highest precision (23.8%) and optimal NNR (four). Among included references, 14.2% were unique to a single database.

Conclusions: Systematic reviews of RCTs in HBOT should always utilise multiple databases, which at minimum include MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL and CINAHL.

查看原文本刊更多论文

在 MEDLINE 之外的生物医学数据库中搜索高压氧治疗随机对照试验的效果。

导言：文献检索是研究人员进行系统综述的常规手段，也是医疗服务提供者（有时是患者）快速指导临床决策的手段。一般建议使用一个以上的数据库，但在某些领域可能并非总是必要的。本研究旨在确定在对高压氧治疗（HBOT）随机对照试验（RCT）进行文献检索时，检索MEDLINE之外的其他数据库的附加价值：这项研究包括两个阶段：对高压氧治疗领域的所有 RCT 进行范围界定，然后对各个生物医学数据库收录的敏感性、精确性、"需要阅读的数量"（NNR）和 "唯一数量 "进行统计分析。对截至 2022 年 12 月 31 日的 MEDLINE、Embase、Cochrane Central Register of Control Trials (CENTRAL) 和 Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) 进行了检索，没有日期或语言限制。筛选和数据提取由一对独立审稿人重复进行。如果RCT涉及人类受试者，且HBOT可单独使用或与其他疗法联合使用，则将其纳入检索范围：结果：在已确定的 5,840 篇不同引文中，有 367 篇被纳入分析。CENTRAL 的灵敏度最高（87.2%），唯一参考文献最多（7.1%）。MEDLINE 的精确度最高（23.8%），NNR 最佳（4）。在纳入的参考文献中，14.2%为单一数据库的唯一参考文献：结论：HBOT RCT 的系统综述应始终使用多个数据库，其中至少包括 MEDLINE、Embase、CENTRAL 和 CINAHL。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Diving and hyperbaric medicine 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

1.70

自引率

22.20%

发文量

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine (DHM) is the combined journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society (SPUMS) and the European Underwater and Baromedical Society (EUBS). It seeks to publish papers of high quality on all aspects of diving and hyperbaric medicine of interest to diving medical professionals, physicians of all specialties, scientists, members of the diving and hyperbaric industries, and divers. Manuscripts must be offered exclusively to Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, unless clearly authenticated copyright exemption accompaniesthe manuscript. All manuscripts will be subject to peer review. Accepted contributions will also be subject to editing.