PICO, PICOS and SPIDER: a comparison study of specificity and sensitivity in three search tools for qualitative systematic reviews

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Abigail Methley · University of Manchester

Stephen Campbell · University of Manchester

Sudeh Cheraghi‐Sohi · University of Manchester

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The recommendations for practice are therefore to use the PICO tool for a fully comprehensive search but the PICOS tool where time and resources are limited. Based on these limited findings the SPIDER tool would not be recommended due to the risk of not identifying relevant papers, but has potential due to its greater specificity.

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Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistical Methods in Epidemiology Disaster Response and Management

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Published in: BMC Health Services Research

Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 579-579

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0579-0

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PICO, PICOS and SPIDER: a comparison study of specificity and sensitivity in three search tools for qualitative systematic reviews

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