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0000-0003-1651-5802
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University of Queensland
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Publisher: Health Libraries Australia
Date: 20-12-2021
Abstract: Our team of six academic librarians, one a Cochrane author, with a combined 100+ years of experience in the athenaeumic arts, are seeking to determine if the eleven Cochrane Interactive Learning (CIL) modules (nteractivelearning), with an assumed fifteen contact hours, are sufficient to lead a novice through the systematic review labyrinth to achieve the goal of publication or presentation.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 14-10-2021
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980020004012
Abstract: To critically review the literature regarding workplace breast-feeding interventions and to assess their impact on breast-feeding indicators. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted. Electronic searches for workplace intervention studies to support breast-feeding, without restriction on language or study design, were performed in PubMed, CENTRAL, CINAHL, Embase, Web of Science, Business Source Complete, ProQuest-Sociology and ProQuest-Social Science to 13 April 2020. A meta-analysis of the pooled effect of the programmes on breast-feeding indicators was conducted. The search identified 10 215 articles fourteen studies across eighteen publications met eligibility criteria. Programmes were delivered in the USA ( n 10), Turkey ( n 2), Thailand ( n 1) or Taiwan ( n 1). There were no randomised controlled trials. The pooled OR for exclusive breast-feeding at 3 or 6 months for participants v . non-participants of three non-randomised controlled studies was 3·21 (95 % CI 1·70, 6·06, I 2 = 22 %). Despite high heterogeneity, other pooled outcomes were consistently in a positive direction with acceptable CI. Pooled mean duration of breast-feeding for five single-arm studies was 9·16 months (95 % CI 8·25, 10·07). Pooled proportion of breast-feeding at 6 months for six single-arm studies was 0·76 (95 % CI 0·66, 0·84) and breast-feeding at 12 months for three single-arm studies was 0·41 (95 % CI 0·22, 0·62). Most programmes were targeted at mothers two were targeted at expectant fathers. Workplace programmes may be effective in promoting breast-feeding among employed mothers and partners of employed fathers. However, no randomised controlled trials were identified, and better-quality research on workplace interventions to improve breast-feeding is needed.
Publisher: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Date: 04-2020
Abstract: Background: Searching for studies to include in a systematic review (SR) is a time- and labor-intensive process with searches of multiple databases recommended. To reduce the time spent translating search strings across databases, a tool called the Polyglot Search Translator (PST) was developed. The authors evaluated whether using the PST as a search translation aid reduces the time required to translate search strings without increasing errors.Methods: In a randomized trial, twenty participants were randomly allocated ten database search strings and then randomly assigned to translate five with the assistance of the PST (PST-A method) and five without the assistance of the PST (manual method). We compared the time taken to translate search strings, the number of errors made, and how close the number of references retrieved by a translated search was to the number retrieved by a reference standard translation.Results: Sixteen participants performed 174 translations using the PST-A method and 192 translations using the manual method. The mean time taken to translate a search string with the PST-A method was 31 minutes versus 45 minutes by the manual method (mean difference: 14 minutes). The mean number of errors made per translation by the PST-A method was 8.6 versus 14.6 by the manual method. Large variation in the number of references retrieved makes results for this outcome unreliable, although the number of references retrieved by the PST-A method was closer to the reference standard translation than the manual method.Conclusion: When used to assist with translating search strings across databases, the PST can increase the speed of translation without increasing errors. Errors in search translations can still be a problem, and search specialists should be aware of this.
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