title: Limits of search filter development.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The research attempted to develop search filters for biomedical literature databases that improve retrieval of studies of clinical relevance for the nursing and rehabilitation professions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Diagnostic testing framework compared machine-culled and practitioner-nominated search terms with a hand-tagged clinical literature database.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We were unable to: (1) develop filters for nursing, likely because of the overlapping and expanding scope of practice for nurses in comparison with medical professionals, or (2) develop filters for rehabilitation, because of its broad scope and the profession's multifaceted understanding of "health and ability."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found limitations on search filter development for these health professions: nursing and rehabilitation.
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Wilczynski
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lokker
authors.forename: Kathleen Ann
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: McKibbon
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hobson
authors.forename: R Brian
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Haynes
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000592:standards*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000592:standards*; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D058028:Research Report / Q000592:standards*; D057386:Search Engine / Q000592:standards*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D009626:Terminology as Topic
keywords: Databases, Bibliographic; Information Storage and Retrieval; Nursing; Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy Specialty; Search Engine; Terminology as Topic