Limits of search filter development.

Nancy L Wilczynski,R Brian Haynes,Nicholas Hobson,Kathleen Ann Mckibbon,Cynthia Lokker

doi:10.3163/1536-5050.104.1.006

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https://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.104.1.006

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Abstract

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. Diagnostic testing framework compared machine-culled and practitioner-nominated search terms with a hand-tagged clinical literature database. 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." We found limitations on search filter development for these health professions: nursing and rehabilitation.

Highlights

Reading criteria for determining if the article is of interest to occupational therapy The focus/aim/objective of the article is on assessing or treating patients referred for or receiving rehabilitation for a disability via occupational therapy (OT) for improving: mobility, functional status, activity impairments/limitations, or participation restrictions
Occupational therapists work with individuals across a broad range of health conditions, including children, adults and older adults with physical or mental health conditions, vocational services, chronic disease self-management, and prevention of secondary problems in occupation
Exclusions: speech language pathology content that is “nice” to know for the purpose of referring patients to a specialist; these types of articles contain content that is outside the scope of PT practice; if we were to include these types of articles, everything could potentially be of interest to PTs genetic studies that do not impact current PT practice

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Introduction

The focus/aim/objective of the article is on issues relating to management of patients (assessment/diagnosis, prognosis, treatment/prevention, outcome evaluation) who are at-risk or have physical dysfunction.

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