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Search strategy: The search strategy will take the following form: (terms for genetic tests) AND (a bespoke methodological search filter to locate studies which use decision analytic models).
Given variability in searching skills, for many searchers quality may only be improved if a rigorously developed methodological search filter is combined with an equally well developed and validated topic filter [ 26].
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Methodological search filters were applied where appropriate.
Methodological search filters proved to be very valuable.
Our findings support the use of methodological search filters for retrieving systematic reviews [ 27- 34, 39].
Despite the widespread use of EMBASE, especially in the UK and Europe, little is reported about methodological search filters.
Methodological search filters may reduce the number of articles needed to be screened and read while maintaining a high level of sensitivity for finding relevant articles.
We evaluated the performance of the health-evidence.ca SR search filter against 28 other known methodological search filters: 15 filters developed for use in MEDLINE, 7 for EMBASE, and 6 for CINAHL.
Optimal search retrieval can be hampered by a number of obstacles, especially poor search strategies, but using empirically tested methodological search filters can enhance the accuracy of searches for sound evidence concerning etiology.
Our results, which are similar to those of others [ 39, 38], indicate that methodological search filters can be as or more effective than content filters for retrieving relevant systematic reviews [ 27- 35, 39].
In a review of methodological search filters, Jenkins describes the identification of a gold or quasi-gold standard as the set of relevant records against which filters are assessed [ 19].
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