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REVIEW QUESTION/OBJECTIVE: What interventions are the most effective for the development of leadership skills for nurses?The review objective is to systematically review the evidence to identify the effectiveness of interventions for the development of leadership skills among nurses. CENTER CONDUCTING THE REVIEW: Cent…

Findings from multiple studies are used to develop informed decisions for future research and clinical practices. Evidence synthesis methods, in general, are recommended for synthesizing findings from multiple studies. Among all evidence synthesis methods, a high-quality systematic review is required for answering a sp…

The recent narrative review, titled "The Involvement of Resolvins in Pathological Mechanisms of Periodontal Disease Associated with Type 2 Diabetes: A Narrative Review" [...].

The multiple sclerosis (MS) community read recently, with some surprise, the conclusions from a systematic review of the major therapeutic recombinant interferon trials in relapsing-remitting (RR)MS.1 The review stated that: 'their (recombinant interferons) clinical effect beyond 1 year is uncertain and new trials are…

OBJECTIVES: Using published peer-reviewed systematic reviews are in theory an efficient way of establishing the evidence base for a guideline, however barriers to their optimal use exist. This article presents suggestions for assessing a published systematic reviews and determining its capacity to act as the evidence b…

OBJECTIVES: Systematic reviews (SRs) are pivotal to evidence-based medicine. Structured tools exist to guide their reporting and appraisal, such as Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR). However, there are limited data on…

INTRODUCTION: Social cognition is problematic in Huntington's disease (HD). Despite the observations of clinicians and families, there is minimal empirical literature about how it presents in daily life and the impact on social functioning. This protocol forms the basis of a scoping review to synthesise both the quanti…

INTRODUCTION: Upper limb surgery is a common burden on the active and ageing population, often resulting in a transient state of functional impairment. Many activities of daily living can be affected, including ability to drive. Currently there are no guidelines regarding safe return to driving following upper limb sur…

BACKGROUND: To the best of our knowledge, a scoping review of the published literature investigating the determinants of adult stroke survivors' reintegration to normal living has not been conducted. This scoping review aims to critically review the evidence investigating reintegration to normal living following a stro…

This article is the fourth of six articles addressing systematic reviews in animal agriculture and veterinary medicine. Previous articles in the series have introduced systematic reviews, discussed study designs and hierarchies of evidence, and provided details on conducting randomized controlled trials, a common desig…

Literature reviews serve as essential tools for synthesizing existing research, enabling researchers to develop robust conclusions that extend beyond individual studies. This methodological manuscript examines the distinct characteristics and applications of four literature review approaches: systematic reviews, narrat…

AIM: To describe a protocol for a quantitative systematic review, to identify critique and summarize factors that influence self-management education. BACKGROUND: Self-management education enables patients to manage their condition successfully and it is associated with better self-care, good control over lifestyle an…

BACKGROUND: Existing evidence suggests that clinician and organization engagement in research can improve healthcare processes of care and outcomes. However, current evidence has considered the relationship across all healthcare professions collectively. With the increase in allied health clinical academic and research…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to examine mobile injury prevention programs for children and their families. INTRODUCTION: Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death worldwide for children aged one to 18years. Providing injury prevention education to children and their families is a necessary an…

In the face of an exponential increase in published biomedical studies, dermatologists frequently turn to review articles in order to keep abreast of important developments in the treatment of skin diseases. Traditional review articles have recently been criticized on the basis of their incompleteness and susceptibilit…

OBJECTIVE: Systematic reviews are important in health care but are expensive to produce and maintain. The authors explore the use of automated transformations of Boolean queries to improve the identification of relevant studies for updates to systematic reviews. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A set of query transformations, i…

BACKGROUND: Adolescents account for 40% of forcibly displaced people worldwide and are often the most vulnerable to mental health challenges. Although psychosocial interventions are becoming popular, there remains a significant gap in the application of psychosocial interventions for adolescents in forced migration con…

OBJECTIVE: This scoping review aims to map and examine the extent and type of available evidence on health professionals' education accreditation within Africa. INTRODUCTION: The demand for health professionals is unprecedentedly high globally. One response to this challenge has been expanding training through more li…