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Many policies promote patient and public involvement (PPI) in health research and healthcare provision. However, research points to uncertainties about its impact. The aim of the article was to compare what types of impact have been reported in reviews of PPI in health research and healthcare, respectively, and to map…

AIMS: To advocate for the systematic review as a rigorous, competency-aligned option for the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project. METHODS: A descriptive and conceptual analysis was used, drawing on existing literature, historical context, and a case study of a three-semester curriculum integrating systematic revi…

INTRODUCTION: The concept of family presence during resuscitation and invasive procedures is a controversial issue and has not been universally adopted by health care providers. Owing to the sheer number of studies in this field, we conducted this umbrella study to provide an overview of this concept with the aim of in…

BACKGROUND: This scoping review aims to identify, review and characterize the published recommendations to conduct and/or to report a systematic review in medical interventions area. METHODS: A search was carried out in PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases, using systematic reviews search filters. The search…

BACKGROUND: Increasing diversity in Australia requires healthcare practitioners to consider the cultural, linguistic, religious, sexual and racial/ethnic characteristics of service users as integral components of healthcare delivery. This highlights the need for culturally appropriate communication and care. Indeed the…

AIM: This paper explores practical methodological issues which arise from the application of systematic review and meta-synthesis techniques to qualitative research studies in the context of a pragmatic health services research question. BACKGROUND: The emphasis on, and volume of, qualitative research is increasing. A…

OBJECTIVE: This umbrella review aims to summarize and synthesize the evidence on risk factors related to intensive care unit-acquired weakness in systematic reviews to create prevention strategies and intervention measures for intensive care unit-acquired weakness. METHODOLOGY: Eight databases were searched systematic…

The requirement for literature searches that identify studies for inclusion in systematic reviews should be systematic, explicit, and reproducible extends, at least by implication, to other types of literature review. However, realist reviews commonly require literature searches that challenge systematic reporting; sea…

BACKGROUND: As a disease-modifying strategy, physical exercise has been demonstrated to significantly improve quality of life, exercise capacity, and lung function in individuals with asthma. However, the quality and robustness of this evidence has not been thoroughly examined in many large-scale investigations. In ord…

This narrative review analyses the Australian Guideline (2018) for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) developed using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology. The Guideline recommended against the use low-level laser therapy (LLLT). Why this conclusion was reached…

BACKGROUND: Numerous studies examine simulation modelling in healthcare. These studies present a bewildering array of simulation techniques and applications, making it challenging to characterise the literature. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the level of activity of simulation modelling…

BACKGROUND: The role of systemic use of local anesthetics in the treatment of neuropathic pain (NP) is still unclear. OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy and safety of systemic local anesthetics for NP. METHODS: To summarize and to discuss the rehabilitation perspective on the published Cochrane Systematic Review "Syst…

BACKGROUND: Stroke is the leading cause of adult long-term disability in Western countries. Intravenous thrombolytic therapy with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator is safe and effective within the first 4.5 h after the onset of stroke. Various factors delaying acute stroke care have been identified in the litera…

As evidence-based practice has become an important issue in healthcare settings, the educational needs for knowledge and skills for the generation and utilization of healthcare evidence are increasing. Systematic review (SR), a way of evidence generation, is a synthesis of primary scientific evidence, which summarizes…

OBJECTIVE: To describe where papers come from in a systematic review of complex evidence. Method Audit of how the 495 primary sources for the review were originally identified. RESULTS: Only 30% of sources were obtained from the protocol defined at the outset of the study (that is, from the database and hand searches)…

No guidelines exist for the conduct and reporting of manuscripts with systematic searches of app stores for, and then appraisal of, mobile health apps ('health app-focused reviews'). We undertook a scoping review including a systematic literature search for health app-focused reviews describing systematic app store sea…

OBJECTIVE: Analyze the number and the relevance of references retrieved from CINAHL, MEDLINE, and EMBASE to perform a nursing systematic review. STUDY DESIGN: A search strategy for the review topic was designed according to thesaurus terms. The study analyzes (1) references with abstract, (2) overlap between databases…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate critical appraisal tools (CATs) that have been through a peer-reviewed development process with the aim of analyzing well-designed, documented, and researched CATs that could be used to develop a comprehensive CAT. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: A critical review of the development of CATs was under…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses regarding acupuncture intervention for stroke and the primary studies within them. METHODS: Two researchers searched PubMed, Cumulative index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, ISI Web of Knowledge, Cochrane, Allied a…