A randomized trial provided new evidence on the accuracy and efficiency of traditional vs. electronically annotated abstraction approaches in systematic reviews

Li, Tianjing; Saldanha, Ian J.; Jap, Jens; Smith, Bryant T.; Canner, Joseph; Hutfless, Susan M.; Branch, Vernal; Carini, Simona; Chan, Wiley; de Bruijn, Berry; Wallace, Byron C.; Walsh, Sandra A.; Whamond, Elizabeth J.; Murad, M. Hassan; Sim, Ida; Berlin, Jesse A.; Lau, Joseph; Dickersin, Kay; Schmid, Christopher H.

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.07.005

A randomized trial provided new evidence on the accuracy and efficiency of traditional vs. electronically annotated abstraction approaches in systematic reviews

OBJECTIVE Data Abstraction Assistant (DAA) is a software for linking items abstracted into a data collection form for a systematic review to their locations in a study report. We conducted a randomized crossover trial that compared DAA-facilitated single data abstraction plus verification ("DAA v…