title: [A guide to obtain validity and reproducibility in systematic reviews].
abstract: Validity and reproducibility are key concepts in the execution and reporting of the literature searches underlying a systematic review as it enables the reader to assess the quality of the performed searches. However, often the reporting of searches is lacking crucial information. This article provides guidelines for the process from development of a search protocol to quality assessment of the retrieved literature in order to obtain validity and reproducibility. The concepts of recall and precision are introduced to enable quality assessment of the literature searches.
authors.affiliation: Afdeling for Kvalitet og Forskning/MTV, Odense Universitetshospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C. akd@rsyd.dk.
authors.forename: Tove Faber
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Frandsen
authors.forename: Anne-Kirstine
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dyrvig
authors.forename: Janne Buck
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Iben
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fasterholdt
authors.forename: Anne Mette
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Oelholm
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012196:Review Literature as Topic