Are men difficult to find? Identifying male-specific studies in MEDLINE and Embase.
Authors: Stewart, F., Fraser, C., Robertson, C., Avenell, A., Archibald, D., Douglas, F., Hoddinott, P., van Teijlingen, E. and Boyers, D.
Journal: Systematic Reviews
Volume: 3
Issue: 78
Pages: 1-10
ISSN: 2046-4053
Abstract:Systematic reviews often investigate the effectiveness of interventions for one sex. However, identifying interventions with data presented according to the sex of study participants can be challenging due to suboptimal indexing in bibliographic databases and poor reporting in titles and abstracts. The purposes of this study were to develop a highly sensitive search filter to identify literature relevant to men's health and to assess the performance of a range of sex-specific search terms used individually and in various combinations.
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