Search filters are standardized strategies that help identify higher quality literature within many of the medical databases. They are very useful for narrowing a search to high quality study designs but can also be used for other topics or age groups.
To incorporate a search filter into a search strategy, use AND to combine the final set of subject search with the final set of the filter.
Available topics: Determinants of Health, Geography, Health Conditions, Indigenous Peoples, Interventions, Media & Technologies, Methodology, Populations, and Settings
This database presents an assortment of search filters developed and maintained by CADTH’s Research Information Services Filters Working Group. These filters have been extensively tested by the Research Information Services team and are routinely used in CADTH projects. Some filters have been validated against a gold standard set of articles, while others have been pragmatically validated.
Breavement, Grief and Loss; Contraception, Dementia, Cancer, Opthalmology, Heath Failure, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Lung Cancer, Palliative Care, Primary Health Care, Residential Aged Care, Stroke
AIDS, Bioethics, Cancer, Complementary Medicine , Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology (DART), Dietary Supplements, History of Medicine, Space Life Sciences, Systematic Reviews, Toxicology, Veterinary Science
"Aims to provide easy access to published and unpublished search filters. It also provides information and guidance on how to critically appraise search filters, study design filters in progress and information on the development and use of search filters."