PMID- 38507904
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240322
LR  - 20240322
IS  - 1833-3516 (Print)
IS  - 1833-3516 (Linking)
VI  - 54
IP  - 1
DP  - 2024 Mar 31
TI  - Efficacy of searching in biomedical databases beyond MEDLINE in identifying 
      randomised controlled trials on hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
PG  - 2-8
LID - 10.28920/dhm54.1.2-8 [doi]
AB  - 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.
CI  - Copyright: This article is the copyright of the authors who grant Diving and 
      Hyperbaric Medicine a non-exclusive licence to publish the article in electronic 
      and other forms.
FAU - Khan, Hira
AU  - Khan H
AD  - Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, 
      Canada.
FAU - Islam, Mohammad Sindeed
AU  - Islam MS
AD  - Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
FAU - Kaur, Manvinder
AU  - Kaur M
AD  - Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, 
      Canada.
FAU - Burns, Joseph K
AU  - Burns JK
AD  - Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, 
      Canada.
AD  - Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, 
      Canada.
FAU - Etherington, Cole
AU  - Etherington C
AD  - Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, 
      Canada.
AD  - Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, 
      Canada.
FAU - Dion, Pierre-Marc
AU  - Dion PM
AD  - Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
FAU - Alsayadi, Sarah
AU  - Alsayadi S
AD  - Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
FAU - Boet, Sylvain
AU  - Boet S
AD  - Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, 
      Canada.
AD  - Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, 
      Canada.
AD  - Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, 
      Canada.
AD  - Institut du Savoir Montfort, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
AD  - Corresponding author: Dr Sylvain Boet, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, 
      ON, Canada, sboet@toh.ca.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Australia
TA  - Diving Hyperb Med
JT  - Diving and hyperbaric medicine
JID - 101282742
RN  - S88TT14065 (Oxygen)
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Hyperbaric Oxygenation
MH  - MEDLINE
MH  - Oxygen
MH  - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Biomedical databases
OT  - Research methods
OT  - Systematic review
EDAT- 2024/03/21 00:44
MHDA- 2024/03/22 06:44
CRDT- 2024/03/20 19:06
PHST- 2022/10/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/11/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/03/22 06:44 [medline]
PHST- 2024/03/21 00:44 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/03/20 19:06 [entrez]
AID - 10.28920/dhm54.1.2-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Diving Hyperb Med. 2024 Mar 31;54(1):2-8. doi: 10.28920/dhm54.1.2-8.