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- Title
Adoption of Evidence-Based Medicine in Clinical Laboratory Science: A Survey of the Prevalence of Systematic and Narrative Reviews.
- Authors
Pearson, Lauren N; Schmidt, Robert L
- Abstract
Background Systematic reviews (SRs) play a critical role in evidence-based medicine. Objective To determine the publication trends of SRs in clinical laboratory science (CLS). Methods We searched Scopus to identify all reviews published in the top 20 CLS journals during the past 10 years (2008–2017). We determined year of publication, review type (systematic vs narrative), citations, and whether the review was accompanied by a meta-analysis (MA). Results We identified 2934 reviews. Of these, 2833 (96.6%) were narrative reviews, and 98 (3.3%) were SRs. A total of 67 (66.3%) of the SRs were accompanied by a MA. Three journals accounted for 68 of 98 (69.4%) SRs. The percentage of SRs (relative to all reviews) has increased during the past decade (P =.01). SRs were more frequently published in high-impact journals (P <.001). Conclusion The publication rate of SRs in CLS journals has increased during the past decade.
- Subjects
CLINICAL chemistry; MEDICAL laboratory science; META-analysis; SERIAL publications; SYSTEMATIC reviews; EVIDENCE-based medicine; EDUCATION of medical technologists; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Laboratory Medicine, 2019, Vol 50, Issue 3, p223
- ISSN
0007-5027
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/labmed/lmy069