Table 3 PLUS approach results
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Search period (years) | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||||||
References retrieved in search for clinical guidelines, n | 973 | 317 | 137 | 3059 | 4486 | |||||
Key references identified from recommendation sample, n (%)a | ||||||||||
- Exhaustive strategy | 13 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 69 | |||||
- PLUS strategy | 4 | (30.8) | 9 | (28.1) | 1 | (9.1) | 4 | (30.8) | 18 | (26.1) |
Potential update recommendations identified from recommendation sample, n (%)a | ||||||||||
- Exhaustive strategy | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |||||
- PLUS strategy | 2 | (66.7) | 4 | (50.0) | 1 | (14.3) | 3 | (42.9) | 10 | (40.0) |