What has the Cochrane Archive of Systematic Reviews Added to the Medical Literature?
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Rosenthal, Robert
- School of Information and Library Science
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Rosenthal, Robert
- Abstract
- The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews is a source of practical medical information. Systematic reviews summarize the best current research in a field to provide a timely peer reviewed professional summary. These reviews are available through Cochrane.org. This study examines the Cochrane Systematic Reviews by surveying its content to see if it expands the medical literature of effective health practice. How often are articles outside the publication characteristics of the JAMA, published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews? Previous work on JAMA article characteristics were reviewed, along with published restrictions including length and number of works cited. The Cochrane Systematic review articles were compared to see how many of them are at variance with JAMA. Particularly interesting are publication biases toward conclusive studies that have been documented to undermine previously published results. Combining inconclusive studies with length restrictions there is no overlap in the two collections.
- Date of publication
- May 2013
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- Advisor
- Greenberg, Jane
- Degree
- Master of Science in Library Science
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Extent
- 35
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- 99b449e7-9c4e-4bf8-8d13-abfe8d4df1a7
- Date uploaded
- June 14, 2013
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