JIMENEZ MIRANDA, Jorgelina; ORAMAS DIAZ, Jehová    CANEDO ANDALIA, Rubén. La Colaboración Cochrane en Cuba. La búsqueda manual de ensayos clínicos en la literatura médica cubana en el período 1999-2002. []. , 11, 6, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1024-9435.

ANTECEDENTS: The handy search of controlled or aleatory clinical trials is a determining factor to carry out systematic reviews which content depends, to a great extent, on its use. The accomplishment of this review is an iniciative developed by the Cochrane Collaboration aimed at providing high quality information to health care professionals. OBJECTIVES: The identification of clinical trials published by biomedical Cuban journals. METHODS: A total number of 1618 articles in 27 Cuban medical journals were handy reviewed. Each research was examined using the requirements established by the Collaboration for clinical trials identification. An automatized search in Medline, Cumed and other databases available at Infomed website was carry out as a support for this research. Finally, a database was created to show the bibliographic references of selected research. RESULTS: 75 works that fullfilled the inclusion criteria were identified. The handy search allowed the identification of 61 (81,33%) from 75 articles found in the review. The journal "Biotecnología Aplicada", previously titled "Interferón y Biotecnología", was the most productive with 34 researches, 45,33% of total. The total number of reviewed articles in the research period, 1999-2002, amounted 6 351, with 168 identified trials. They accounted for a 2, 64% of the total number. Although the total number of trials is low, their value is remarkable for the information quality and also for the topics. CONCLUSION: Handy search is an effective method for detection of controlled or aleatory trials that fullfill quality standars. They give a base to the review research carry out by Cochrane Colaboration.

: RESEARCH; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MEDICINE; AUTHORSHIP; CUBA; LATIN AMERICA; ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIC SEARCH; RESEARCH; AUTORSHIP [analysis]; CUBA; LATIN AMERICA.