Using grey literature when evaluating effectiveness in digital health and health and welfare technology: a source worth considering (Preprint)

Abstract

The need for assessing the effectiveness and value of interventions involving digital health and/or health and welfare technology is becoming more important, due to the rapidly growing development of these technologies and their areas of application. Systematic reviews gather the available evidence based on published articles and make it accessible to researchers, practitioners, decision makers and policy makers. A thorough and systematic search in several bibliographic databases is essential when reviewing literature. But should publications outside the realm of traditional publication databases - known as grey literature – also be included? Can grey literature contribute to broaden the results of the review and how systematic can you be when searching for it

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