Characteristics and recovery methods of studies falsely excluded during literature screening—a systematic review

• Published in: Systematic reviews Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 236 - 10
• Main Authors: Affengruber, Lisa, Dobrescu, Andreea, Persad, Emma, Klerings, Irma, Wagner, Gernot, Sommer, Isolde, Gartlehner, Gerald
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 09.11.2022; BMC
• Subjects: Falsely excluded studies; Humans; Information sources; Mass Screening; Medical research; MEDLINE; Rapid review; Recovery (Medical); Research methodology; Single screening; Systematic review; New York; United States > US; Rapid review; Systematic review; Single screening; Falsely excluded studies

Due to the growing need to provide evidence syntheses under time constraints, researchers have begun focusing on the exploration of rapid review methods, which often employ single-reviewer literature screening. However, single-reviewer screening misses, on average, 13% of relevant studies, compared...