title: Handsearching the EMHJ for reports of randomized controlled trials by U.K. Cochrane Centre (Bahrain).
abstract: This study used handsearching to find reports of randomized controlled trials in the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (EMHJ). EMBASE and MEDLINE were also searched electronically to identify if the reports found by the handsearch were already included in either of these databases. Nine reports were identified: 7 randomized controlled trials and 2 controlled clinical trials. The added value of the handsearch over EMBASE was 6 additional reports and over MEDLINE was 4. Reports identified were sent to the UK Cochrane Centre for verification and publication in The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL).
authors.affiliation: Bahrain Branch of U.K. Cochrane Centre, The Cochrane Collaboration, Bahrain. (Correspondence to A. Al alhajeriamani@gmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Hajeri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Al Sayyad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eisinga
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D001445:Bahrain; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D046609:Libraries, Digital; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D016239:MEDLINE / Q000592:standards; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012042:Registries; D012107:Research Design; D006113:United Kingdom