NICE Evidence Search workshop

Revised reference slide set August 21 2015

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NICE Evidence Search Learning outcomes

By the end of the session you will be able to:

• Use Evidence Search more effectively and understand its scope

• identify some of the more useful filters to refine your search results

• Search and browse CKS, NICE Pathways and the BNF /BNFc

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What is NICE Evidence Search ?

• Part of NICE Evidence Services, with clear links to other NICE services and resources

• A password free web portal linking to high quality medicine, health and social care information sources

• Aims to cover the commonly searched conditions• Relates to the care of patients and clients

It does not contain • all records from CINAHL, PubMed / Medline… • links to the underlying science of healthcare.

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More on NICE Evidence Search:

• Separate from, but complements, bibliographic

databases such as BNI, CINAHL, and PubMed /Medline,

• Easily accessible - no need for registration

• For health and social care professionals

• A developing resource –

• It brings together selected content from multiple high

quality web sources

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Evidence Search Sources of information Over 300,000 selected resources from over 600 sources

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Evidence Search sources continued…• Information from a wide range of trusted, high quality health and

social care sources

• Selected information for the public

• Current lists of included sourceshttps://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/evidence-services/evidence-search/evidence-search-content

• Sources are searched by an automated and/or manual process

• The NICE Accreditation Mark is displayed next to the name of guidance producers whose processes have been accredited

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• whenever you want to find high quality consolidated sources of evidence relating directly to patient or client care

These include: guidelines, care pathways, systematic reviews and medicines information

• when you need a quick answer: it can be a short-cut to a range of high quality, mostly full-text resources

NB Evidence Search is not the place to search for primary research articles

Consider using Evidence Search first:

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Evidence search www.evidence.nhs.uk

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How NICE Evidence search works + searching tips

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Simple searching

• Problem or population

• e.g. dementia

• Review 3 sections of results screen

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Results screen

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FiltersCentre

Main results

Key NICEproduced or

procured resources

How Evidence Search works

• Mostly searching the full text of selected web resources

• Results are ranked according to relevancy – how frequently the search terms appear, and where

they appear in the documents

– the quality of the documents, based on the relative hierarchy of evidence

– the date of publication of the document

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• Search using the terms you consider to be most relevant – terms are automatically combined with AND

• Try a range of terms if you don’t find what you want first time. You can use “OR” to search for synonyms • eg. ( poverty or deprivation) mental health

• Truncation may be useful – e.g. pregnan*

retrieves all terms with the stem pregnan* including pregnancy, pregnancies, pregnant

How to use Evidence Search - some search tips:

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How to use Evidence Search some more tips:

• For exact phrases use inverted commas – e.g. “expert patient” - all results will include the exact

phrase “expert patient”, rather documents with the word expert unrelated to the word patient

• Try using fewer terms: select only terms that are key

• Use the filter by tool to narrow your search by type of information e.g.

* Guidance * Evidence Summaries

* Systematic Reviews * Patient information

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Filtering medicines

Key filters include:

•Current awareness

•Drug Best Practice Guidance

•Drug prescribing and safety

•Patient Information

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Medicines search results “roll-up/roll-down” feature

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This feature works for:•SPCs (summaries of product characteristics) and patient information leaflets from the electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC).•Public Assessment Reports from the MHRA

Example search #1

How should Crohn’s disease be managed?

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Simple search on Crohn’s

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Filters

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Example search #2

What guidance should asthmatics be given on scuba diving?

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Asthma scuba diving – prioritised results

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The Recommendations

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Browsing and searching key NICE sources

Browsing key

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Browsing and searching CKS A-Z

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What are Clinical Knowledge Summaries?

• Primary care in focus

• Structured information inc.Background information, Goals, Diagnosis,

Management, Prescribing information

Evidence, References

• Procured by NICE

• Searchable via NICE Evidence Search and as an individual resource

• Browsable as an individual resource

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Generic example health and social care: goals

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Browsing and searching NICE Pathways

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What are NICE pathways?• Graphical presentation of NICE guidance• Bring together related guidance, between and within topics• Link other products – Quality Standards and implementation

resources• Provide a useful format for multiple audiences – a network of NICE

information• Produced by NICE• Searchable via NICE Evidence Search and as an individual

resource• Browsable separately

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Domestic violence and abuse

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Domestic violence and abuse

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Browsing and searching the BNF and BNFc

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What is the BNF/ BNFc?

• Key medicine prescribing source

• Structured information resource

• Updated every month

• Procured by NICE

• Searchable via NICE Evidence Search and as an individual resource

• Browsable by chapter and appendices

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Journals and databases links

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Options for Evidence awareness bulletins and alerts

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BNF BNFc Apps for android smartphone, tablet, iPhone and iPad

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NICE Guidance FREE App Offline access to all of NICE's guidance products, organised by clinical or public health topic.

http://www.nice.org.uk/About/What-we-do/NICE-apps-for-smartphones-and-tablets

NHS Athens user ID not required

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• Whenever you want to find high quality sources especially guidelines, care pathways, systematic reviews and medicines information

• When you need a quick answer. It can be a short-cut to high quality, mostly full text resources.

So, consider using Evidence Search first:

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Let us know if you have an enquiry or

suggestion about Evidence Search

contactus@evidence.nhs.uk

• 0300 323 0140

Contacting Evidence Search

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