From: Efficiency of pragmatic search strategies to update clinical guidelines recommendations
Major depression in adults 2008 [19] | Obesity in childhood and adolescence 2009 [20] | Prostate cancer treatment 2008 [21] | Secondary prevention of stroke 2009 [22] | Total | ||||||
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Search period (years) | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||||||
References retrieved in search for clinical guidelines, n | ||||||||||
- Broad filter | 9223 | 10561 | 6939 | 13294 | 40017 | |||||
- Narrow filter | 2814 | 3976 | 976 | 2187 | 9953 | |||||
Key references identified from recommendation sample, n (%)a | ||||||||||
- Exhaustive approachb | 13 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 46 | |||||
- Broad filter | ||||||||||
by individual clinical questions | 5 | 38.5 | 11 | 68.8 | 4 | 100.0 | 6 | 46.2 | 26 | 56.5 |
by clustering all clinical questions | 11 | 84.6 | 16 | 100.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 9 | 69.2 | 40 | 87.0 |
- Narrow filter | ||||||||||
by individual clinical questions | 4 | 30.8 | 11 | 68.8 | 4 | 100.0 | 6 | 46.2 | 25 | 54.3 |
by clustering all clinical questions | 10 | 76.9 | 16 | 100.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 9 | 69.2 | 39 | 84.8 |
Potential update recommendations identified from recommendation sample, n (%)a | ||||||||||
- Exhaustive approachb | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | |||||
- Broad filter | ||||||||||
by individual clinical questions | 3 | 100.0 | 4 | 66.7 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 57.1 | 15 | 75.0 |
by clustering all clinical questions | 3 | 100.0 | 6 | 100.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 5 | 71.4 | 18 | 90.0 |
- Narrow filter | ||||||||||
by individual clinical questions | 2 | 66.7 | 4 | 66.7 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 57.1 | 14 | 70.0 |
by clustering all clinical questions | 2 | 66.7 | 6 | 100.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 5 | 71.4 | 17 | 85.0 |