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BACKGROUND: Chronic pain, with a prevalence of at least 17%, is a costly health problem associated with a high burden of disease. Musculoskeletal chronic pain is particulary common, which in many cases is treated with physiotherapy. AIM: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of innovative, pro…

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention strategies are predominantly informed by studies conducted in men from the general population, which can disadvantage women-particularly Indigenous women-whose CVD needs differ in terms of symptom presentation, healthcare access, receipt of guideline-recommended care and sociocul…

The clinical effectiveness of tele-rehabilitation (TR) for improving motor function and activities of daily living (ADLs) has been regularly debated in post-stroke survivors. The objective was to harmonize the current evidence-base by performing an umbrella review.Randomized controlled trials examining the impact of ex…

AIM: To determine antecedents and outcomes of work engagement (WE) among nursing staff in long-term care (LTC) using the Job Demand-Resources model. DESIGN: A systematic review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis statement and Synthesis Without Meta-analysis in systematic re…

The objective of the study was to evaluate all available systematic reviews on the use of prone positional ventilation in adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). An umbrella review on the efficacy of prone positional ventilation in adult patients ventilation in adult patients with acute respirat…

Socioeconomic inequalities in diets need to be tackled to improve population diets and prevent obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases. The potential of food environment policies to reduce such inequalities has to date however not been appraised. The objective of this umbrella review was to assess the impact…

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to assess the agreement of treatment effect estimates from meta-analyses based on abbreviated or comprehensive literature searches. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: This was a meta-epidemiological study. We abbreviated 47 comprehensive Cochrane review searches and searched MEDLINE/…

BACKGROUND: Spinal and general anaesthesia are the most common anaesthetic methods for hip and knee arthroplasties. Differences in their effects on short- and long-term postoperative outcomes, including mortality morbidity, and adverse events, remain uncertain. Identifying the anesthetic method that provides the best r…

IMPORTANCE: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision impairment. It is imperative that AMD care is timely, appropriate, and evidence-based. It is thus essential that AMD systematic reviews are robust; however, little is known about the quality of this literature. OBJECTIVES: To investigate t…

Many people who have survived COVID-19 have experienced negative persistent impacts on health. Impacts on health have included persistent respiratory symptoms, decreased quality of life, fatigue, impaired functional capacity, memory deficits, psychological impacts, and difficulties in returning to paid employment. Evid…

INTRODUCTION: This umbrella review aimed to systematically review the available literature and assess the association of dietary intake or serum levels of different vitamins and the risk of PD, to help find out more efficient treatments for PD patients by replenishing the deficiency of vitamins. METHODS: Pubmed/Medlin…

BACKGROUND: The use of acupuncture to treat depression is not uncommon. However, recommendations regarding acupuncture issued by clinical practice guidelines (CPG) vary widely. OBJECTIVE: To describe the recommendations regarding acupuncture in CPGs for depression in adults, and to assess the methodology used to reach…

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalised skeletal muscle disorder, and a powerful predictor of adverse health outcomes. Exercise is a widely recommended treatment but consensus about the best approach is lacking. OBJECTIVE: To synthesise current systematic review evidence on the effectiveness of exercis…

BACKGROUND: There is conflicting evidence on the association between antipsychotic polypharmacy and metabolic syndrome in schizophrenia. We conducted a review of published systematic reviews to evaluate evidence on the association between metabolic syndrome (diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidaemia) and exposure to…

CONTEXT: Additional reviews of diagnostic surgical and cytology cases have been shown to detect diagnostic discrepancies. OBJECTIVE: To develop, through a systematic review of the literature, recommendations for the review of pathology cases to detect or prevent interpretive diagnostic errors. DESIGN: The College of…

Given the large accumulation of research focused on the effectiveness of in-person simulation-based education (SBE), this umbrella review-or systematic review of systematic reviews-was conducted using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis guidelines to analyze collective findings and close…

OBJECTIVE: Reviews have shown that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) were effective in improving cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs), but the results were contradictory. This umbrella review aimed to summarize and grade the existing reviews on CVRFs associated with MBIs. METHODS: The protocol of this umbrella rev…

Despite research investment and a growing body of diverse evidence there has been no comprehensive review and grading of evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response practices comparable to those in medicine and other public health fields. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine…

OBJECTIVE: This work aims to describe the main scales used in comprehensive geriatric assessment through a narrative analysis detailing their clinical application in relation to their advantages and disadvantages in terms of their psychometric properties (mental assessment) and biases in their application. The scales s…

BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers, who are at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19, are particularly susceptible to physical and mental health consequences such as anxiety and depression. The aim of this umbrella review of meta-analyses is to determine the prevalence of anxiety and depression among healthcare worke…