Tieman Jennifer J, Abernethy Amy P, Fazekas Belinda S, Currow David C
Department of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Adelaide South Australia, Australia.
BMC Palliat Care. 2005 Aug 8;4:4. doi: 10.1186/1472-684X-4-4.
Palliative care is an evolving specialty with a growing evidence base. However, evidence is less accessible than it could be with a lower than average conversion of conference abstracts to articles in peer-reviewed journals and the need for more accessible tools to support evidence-based practice (EBP) in palliative care. The CareSearch project involved identifying, collecting and evaluating Australia's "grey" palliative care literature and identifying international published literature missing from the electronic indexing systems. The literature was then catalogued and made publicly available through the CareSearch website.
To date over 2,500 items have been included in the CareSearch database and can be accessed and searched through a publicly available website. Nearly 2,000 items are conference abstracts and 178 are theses or government, organisational and planning documents. A further 410 items relate to articles from palliative journals that are not indexed on a major bibliographic database. The website also provides tools and facilities to support palliative care practice and research.
CareSearch is a new evidence resource for palliative practitioners, educators and researchers. The palliative community now has access to a more comprehensive literature base as well as a resource that supports the integration of knowledge into practice. This specialised data repository enables users to access information on the body of work that has shaped palliative care development and prevents the potential loss or duplication of research work. It also provides a template for other emerging disciplines to use in capturing their literature and evidence.
姑息治疗是一个不断发展的专业领域，其证据基础也在不断扩大。然而，由于会议摘要转化为同行评审期刊文章的转化率低于平均水平，且需要更多便于获取的工具来支持姑息治疗中的循证实践（EBP），因此证据的获取难度较大。“关爱搜索”项目涉及识别、收集和评估澳大利亚的姑息治疗“灰色”文献，并找出电子索引系统中缺失的国际已发表文献。然后对这些文献进行编目，并通过“关爱搜索”网站向公众提供。
迄今为止，“关爱搜索”数据库已收录了2500多篇文献，可通过一个公开网站进行访问和搜索。其中近2000篇是会议摘要，178篇是论文或政府、组织及规划文件。另有410篇文献与未被主要书目数据库索引的姑息治疗期刊文章相关。该网站还提供支持姑息治疗实践和研究的工具及设施。
“关爱搜索”是姑息治疗从业者、教育工作者和研究人员的一个新的证据资源。姑息治疗界现在可以获取更全面的文献库，以及一个支持将知识融入实践的资源。这个专门的数据存储库使用户能够获取有关塑造姑息治疗发展的工作主体的信息，并防止研究工作的潜在损失或重复。它还为其他新兴学科提供了一个用于收集其文献和证据的模板。
