An Evaluation and Comparison of Nine Drug Information Retrieval Services

Madden, Mary; MacDonald, Ann

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“… 6–24 The majority of the methodological evaluations (11/19) included more than one search for adverse effect data (Table 2). 6,8–10,13,16,19,21–24 Ninety‐four separate searches were conducted for information on adverse effects, however, four methodological evaluations (representing 36 searches) did not present the results of each search separately 8–10,24 . To be able to compare the results of all 19 methodological evaluations, the combined results of the searches within each methodological evaluation were used wherever possible.…”

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“…Types of interventions. Most of the methodological evaluations (16/19, 84%) included searches for named drug interventions 6–14,16–18,20–23 . Three methodological evaluations searched for natural products, such as herbal medicines 15,24 or aromatherapy 19 and one methodological evaluation included a search on tooth extraction (in addition to searches for a drug intervention) 23 …”

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“…Types of adverse effects. Twelve methodological evaluations included searches for a wide range of adverse effects 6,7,9,12,14,16,18–22,24 . Five methodological evaluations included searches for either named adverse effects, 11,13,17,21,23 such as pancreatitis 17 or hepatitis, 21 or a group of adverse effects, 11,23 such as gastrointestinal side‐effects 11 or effects on the heart 23 .…”

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Sources of information on adverse effects: a systematic review

Golder

Loke

2010

Health Info Libraries J

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Background: Systematic reviews can provide accurate and timely information on adverse effects. An essential part of the systematic review process is a thorough search of the literature. This often requires searching many different sources. However, it is unclear which sources are most effective at providing information on adverse effects. Objective: To identify and summarise studies that have evaluated sources of information on adverse effects. Methods: Studies were located by searching in 10 databases as well as by reference checking, hand searching, citation searching and contacting experts. Results: A total of 6218 citations were retrieved yielding 19 studies which met the inclusion criteria. The included studies tended to focus on the adverse effects of drug interventions and compare the relative value of different sources using the number of relevant references retrieved from searches of each source. However, few studies were conducted recently with a large sample of references. Conclusions: This review suggests that EMBASE, Derwent Drug File, MEDLINE and industry submissions may potentially provide the greatest number of relevant references for information on adverse effects of drugs. However, a systematic evaluation of the current value of different sources of information for adverse effects is urgently required.

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Sources of information on adverse effects: a systematic review

Golder

Loke

2010

Health Info Libraries J

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“…7 [7][8][9] Several comparisons of the utility of these resources in answering drug information questions have been published. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Likewise, a research group has evaluated the utility of electronic drug information resources for answering questions received in decentralized pharmacies. 8 However, to my knowledge, no published studies have addressed the ability of references and databases to answer herbal-related questions received in clinical settings.…”

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Evaluation of the Ability of Seven Herbal Resources to Answer Questions About Herbal Products Asked in Drug Information Centers

Walker

2002

Pharmacotherapy

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“…Selection of news and information by scanning the scientific literature supported by complementary searches in Medline (the most popular bibliographic database) is an obvious choice for an end-user who realizes the comparative values of a database source versus textbooks, journals, and so forth (14), but it is not devoid of criticism, particularly when it is the only source searched (15,16) and by an unskilled searcher (17).…”

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Drug Information Professionals and Medical Writers: An Italian View

Vercellesi¹,

Miranda

Beretta

1996

Drug Information Journal

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In Italy, continuing education of prescribers and health professionals is based to a large extent on information from pharmaceutical companies, as shown also by the relative number of representatives and consequently by the consistent amount of pharmaceutical literature distributed. The lack of structured information from public or independent sources has given rise to the phenomenon of proliferation of sponsored supplements and material delivered by or connected to the pharmaceutical industry. Therefore, it is essential to improve the reliability and quality of these sources through a multidisciplinary approach and interventions. A survey was carried out to ascertain the present and potential roles of drug information professionals in this complex scenario. Questionnaires answered by information professionals and structured telephone interviews with directors or copywriters of technical medical media (TMM) and pharmaceutical marketing agencies ( P M A )show that at present drug information professionals have a limited role in the transfer of scientific information, For TMM and PMA the main sources of information are core journals and information processing is based on in-house resources. The involvement of drug information professionals (DIP) is still mainly primary documentation (document delivery), and is marginal in value-added activities, such as selecting, organizing, and analyzing. DIP have real convinctions regarding the need to bridge the gap between themselves and TMM/PMA in view of the implications for health. The next step could be to increase discussion between all the "actors" leading to an action plan. ,

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An Evaluation and Comparison of Nine Drug Information Retrieval Services

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Sources of information on adverse effects: a systematic review

Sources of information on adverse effects: a systematic review

Evaluation of the Ability of Seven Herbal Resources to Answer Questions About Herbal Products Asked in Drug Information Centers

Drug Information Professionals and Medical Writers: An Italian View

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