Added Value of Medical Subject Headings Terms in Search Strategies of Systematic Reviews: Comparative Study

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 26; no. 7023; p. e53781
• Main Authors: Leblanc, Victor, Hamroun, Aghiles, Bentegeac, Raphaël, Le Guellec, Bastien, Lenain, Rémi, Chazard, Emmanuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Journal of Medical Internet Research 19.11.2024; JMIR Publications
• Series: Journal of Medical Internet Research
• Subjects: Comparative analysis; Database searching; Evaluation; Evidence-based medicine; Humans; Information Storage and Retrieval - methods; Information Storage and Retrieval - statistics & numerical data; Internet/Web search services; Life Sciences; Medical research; Medical Subject Headings; Medicine, Experimental; Methods; Online searching; Original Paper; PubMed; Subject headings; Systematic Reviews as Topic; Technology application; France; positive predictive value; MeSH; utility; literature review; systematic review; PubMed; comparative analysis; scientific knowledge; review; PPV; MeSH thesaurus; Medical Subject Headings; medical knowledge; search strategy; systematic literature review

The massive increase in the number of published scientific articles enhances knowledge but makes it more complicated to summarize results. The Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus was created in the mid-20th century with the aim of systematizing article indexing and facilitating their retrieval...