Searching practices and inclusion of unpublished studies in systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy.

Daniel A KorevaarJean-Paul SalamehYasaman ValiJérémie F CohenMatthew D F McInnesRené SpijkerPatrick M Bossuyt

Published in: Research synthesis methods (2020)

Searching practices vary considerably across systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy. Unpublished studies are a minimal fraction of the evidence included in recent reviews.

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
primary care
healthcare
case control
randomized controlled trial