Epistemonikos: a comprehensive database of systematic reviews for health decision-making
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Epistemonikos: a comprehensive database of systematic reviews for health decisionmaking Gabriel Rada1,2*† , Daniel Pérez2†, Felipe Araya-Quintanilla2,3,4, Camila Ávila2, Gonzalo Bravo-Soto1,2, Rocío Bravo-Jeria1, Aldo Cánepa2, Daniel Capurro1,2,5, Victoria Castro-Gutiérrez2, Valeria Contreras2, Javiera Edwards2, Jorge Faúndez2, Damián Garrido2, Magdalena Jiménez2, Valentina Llovet2, Diego Lobos2, Francisco Madrid2, Macarena Morel-Marambio1, Antonia Mendoza2, Ignacio Neumann1,2,6, Luis Ortiz-Muñoz1, José Peña1,2, Marcelo Pérez2, Franco Pesce7, Carmen Rain2, Solange Rivera1,2, Javiera Sepúlveda2, Mauricio Soto1,2, Felipe Valverde2, Juan Vásquez2, Francisca Verdugo-Paiva1,2, Camilo Vergara2, Cynthia Zavala1,2, Ricardo Zilleruelo-Ramos2 and on behalf of Epistemonikos project
Abstract Background: Systematic reviews allow health decisions to be informed by the best available research evidence. However, their number is proliferating quickly, and many skills are required to identify all the relevant reviews for a specific question. Methods and findings: We screen 10 bibliographic databases on a daily or weekly basis, to identify systematic reviews relevant for health decision-making. Using a machine-based approach developed for this project we select reviews, which are then validated by a network of more than 1000 collaborators. After screening over 1,400,000 records we have identified more than 300,000 systematic reviews, which are now stored in a single place and accessible through an easy-to-use search engine. This makes Epistemonikos the largest database of its kind. Conclusions: Using a systematic approach, recruiting a broad network of collaborators and implementing automated methods, we developed a one-stop shop for systematic reviews relevant for health decision making. Keywords: Bibliographic database, Systematic reviews, Epistemonikos, Evidence-based practice
Summary points A landmark study in 2010 estimated that 11
systematic reviews were published each day. Other researchers have reported an exponential growth of epidemic proportions afterwards. Our estimate is * Correspondence: [email protected] † Gabriel Rada and Daniel Pérez contributed equally to this work. 1 Centro Evidencia UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile 2 Epistemonikos Foundation, Avenida Holanda 895, Providencia, Santiago, Chile Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
that 104 systematic reviews relevant for health decision-making are currently published each day. The growth of systematic reviews and the skills needed to retrieve them from across multiple databases make it almost impossible for the scientific community, health care providers and policymakers to keep up. Using a systematic approach, which includes a broad network of collaborators and the use of automated methods, we developed Epistemonikos, an easy-touse, one-stop shop for systematic reviews relevant for health decision-making.
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