Table 5 Basic details of MEDLINE search strategies
Report | Population | Test | Filter | Other, e.g. date | Totals retrieved (n = MEDLINE and EMBASEa/all databasesb) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MesH | Free-text | MeSH | Free-text | ||||
Holmes (2014) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 12,006/13,075 (92 %) |
Ward (2013) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 2009 onwards | 2415a/5990 (40 %) |
Simpson (2013) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Human only | 12,816/15,824 (81 %) |
Goodacre (2013) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Human only, 1995 onwards | 1607/2865 (56 %) |
Stevenson (2012) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 2265a/4039 (56 %) |
Cooper (2011) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 377/646 (58 %) |
Sutcliffe (2009) | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | 10,070a/12,963 (78 %) |
Pandor (2004) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | 108a/145 (74 %) |
Kaltenthaler (2004) | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | 1437a/1437 (100 %) |
43,101/56,984 (76 %) | |||||||