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Carrie Price (she/her) Profile picture
@carrieprice78
May 30 • 16 tweets • 10 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
I decided I could grumpy tweet disappointing systematic review methods or I could do something different today.

Let's try something different. Let's take you to #SearchingSchool.

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There's this called Google where you can search for shit so that you understand it better.

One of the things you might do when embarking on a #systematicreview is, well, first, consult with a librarian, but also try to understand some resources.

paperpile.com/g/academic-res…
Wikipedia isn't half bad.

#sysrev #searchingschool
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_a…
Your institution's library probably has some useful guides on this as well.

#sysrev #searchingschool
If you ARE NOT GOING TO WORK WITH A LIBRARIAN, if one is not available, or if you'd rather just do it on your own, I'd strongly suggest understanding subject headings, which are necessary depending on the resource:

#sysrev #searchingschool

Boolean Operators:

#sysrev #searchingschool

How to translate your research topic without introducing bias:

#sysrev #searchingschool

How to appropriately and effectively use keywords, which are also necessary:

Understanding how to use syntax, spelling, and line numbers for a more comprehensive search:

#sysrev #searchingschool

The appropriate use of limits and filters:



(Hint: not very many appropriate uses for #SystematicReview)
How to translate your search across different platforms for transparency and reproducibility:

#sysrev #searchingschool

How to report your search in your methods section:

#sysrev #searchingschool

For more information, see the @PRISMASearch extension:

#sysrev #searchingschool

prisma-statement.org/Extensions/Sea…
I doubt you'd try to put together a complicated piece of furniture without first looking at the directions.

Systematic searching, #SystematicReview, and #EvidenceSynthesis methods are no different.

Lots of resources exist!

carrieprice78.github.io/guides/systema…
Oops - correct link for syntax, spelling, and line numbers:
Also, for #evidencesynthesis #systematicreviews you should be including a full, comprehensive, transparent, and reproducible search for all databases/platforms in your supplementary material.

NO EXCEPTIONS.

"Pics or it didn't happen."

It's item 6:

osf.io/y765x

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Carrie Price (she/her) Profile picture
Sep 6, 2022
I was going to save this for tomorrow but I just can't.

A thread.

#Reporting #Searching #SystematicReview

Someone asked me recently if I could share any examples of #SysRev that had GOOD methods sections.

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I said, "They're few and far between but usually Cochrane #SysRevs have a well-reported methods section."

However, when I went to look, I couldn't find any great examples. They were all kinda iffy. I was like
Then, this article practically fell in my lap this weekend. It was tweeted from a #COVID19 literature account.

Take a look at that methods section. It's almost glowing. It may as well have a halo around it.

bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
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Carrie Price (she/her) Profile picture
Feb 4, 2022
My partner sent me this article last night.

"Please critically appraise it!" he said.

"I'm not great at critical appraisal, I just like to look at the search...."

I'll start with the search, anyway.

A thread 🧵🧵🧵

sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2022… A LITERATURE REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF LOC
There is so much to say about this article. This pre-print.

Scanned. They SCANNED Google Scholar and Scopus. We all know about the kinds of stuff one can find in Google Scholar.

What method did they use to scan it? We'll never know. The studies we reviewed were identified by scanning Google S
Three economists wrote a paper about COVID-19 mortality and didn't think to look in PubMed. Or consult an information specialist.

1,360 search terms? Where are they? They're not anywhere in this paper.

They also limited to English for a global pandemic -- doesn't make sense.
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Carrie Price (she/her) Profile picture
Feb 2, 2022
Here's a #SearchAndRescue tip of the day!

Are you putting together a #SystematicReview search?

If you use a subject heading (aka controlled vocabulary, thesaurus term), use the same term as a keyword too.

It seems redundant, but it's not. Let's look at an example:
I looked up the term Guillain-Barre Syndrome in the MeSH database, which is MEDLINE's controlled vocabulary:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/
There's a term for Guillain-Barre Syndrome, here, take a look:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68020275
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Carrie Price (she/her) Profile picture
Jul 17, 2020
I just have a little Friday favor to ask of all would-be authors hoping to embark on a #SystematicReview.

Before you start, could you please read about #SysRev?

It will help you know what you're getting yourself into.

Thread: Required Reading for #SysRev would-be authors.
There are so many resources out there, like the Cochrane Handbook:

training.cochrane.org/handbook/curre…

This can apply to any SR, need not be a Cochrane SR.
Same for the MECIR Standards:

methods.cochrane.org/methodological…
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May 29, 2020
This is becoming my default review template (#SysRev or otherwise) -- lots of links because I want people to have all the resources at their fingertips. You can't say I didn't warn you. #systematicreview #knowbeforeyougo
Well howdy do, it's Friday, let me just give you those links, eh?

PRISMA Statement -- a reporting guideline and checklist for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses:

prisma-statement.org

Yes I said GUIDELINE DON'T WE ALL CHANGE with knowledge
PRISMA-P Extension and Protocol Guidance:

prisma-statement.org/Protocols/Prot…

Checklist for Protocols, which you should probably register on...
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