Clinical trials registers and clinical trials results registers:their contribution as health information sources to evidence-based healthcare decision-making

Lefebvre, Carol and Glanville, Julie (2009). Clinical trials registers and clinical trials results registers:their contribution as health information sources to evidence-based healthcare decision-making. In: Positioning the Profession: the Tenth International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Brisbane, Australia, (1-23). August 31-September 4, 2009.

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Author Lefebvre, Carol
Glanville, Julie
Title of paper Clinical trials registers and clinical trials results registers:their contribution as health information sources to evidence-based healthcare decision-making
Conference Paper Type Fully Published Paper
Conference name Positioning the Profession: the Tenth International Congress on Medical Librarianship
Conference location Brisbane, Australia
Conference dates August 31-September 4, 2009
Publication date 2009
Start page 1
End page 23
Abstract/Summary Decisions about the effectiveness of healthcare interventions should be based on sound evidence, such as a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Access to the results of trials, however, is problematic. Not all trials are published. Those that are published may be difficult to locate if they are published only in the grey literature or in journals that are not indexed in major databases. Those that are indexed may be hard to locate due to poor description or inadequate indexing. Those that are easily identifiable may not necessarily show the same results as other trials conducted on that topic, due to publication bias.
Subjects 0807 Library and Information Studies
Keyword healthcare interventions
inadequate indexing
publication bias
metaRegister
Q-Index Code E1
Q-Index Status Provisional Code
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Document type: Conference Paper
Sub-type: Fully Published Paper
Collection: International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML) 2009
 
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