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BACKGROUND: Librarians play an important role on systematic review teams because of their expertise in information organization, database searching, and records management. Many systematic review training opportunities exist, but not all are tailored to the needs of librarians. The Medical Library Association, along wi…

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…

BACKGROUND: Community engagement (CE) has been increasingly implemented across health interventions, including for maternal and newborn health (MNH). This may take various forms, from participatory women's groups and community health committees to public advocacy days. While research suggests a positive influence…

Literature reviews are valuable resources for the scientific community. With research accelerating at an unprecedented speed in recent years and more and more original papers being published, review articles have become increasingly important as a means to keep up to date with developments in a particular area of resea…

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…

Courtney and colleaguespoint out, in this issue of the Journal, that as the depth and complexity of the literature on children's mental health has grown, the challenges in synthesizing this literature and extracting its implications for science, practice, and policy have become more complicated. The vastness of our lit…

The overall research objective of this scoping review is to determine the current evidence on frailty in nursing homes.The objectives of the scoping review are to map the following, as reported in international literature:The questions for the scoping review are.

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this review is to synthesize the available evidence on family involvement in transitional care and its impact on patients' and family caregivers' health as well as health care providers' satisfaction. INTRODUCTION: Involving families in transitional care from hospital to home has been undertaken…

For the past two decades, there have been calls for medical education to become more evidence-based. Whilst previous works have described how to use such methods, there are no works discussing when or why to select different methods from either a conceptual or pragmatic perspective. This question is not to suggest the…

BACKGROUND: The systematic review of reasons is a new way to obtain comprehensive information about specific ethical topics. One such review was carried out for the question of why post-trial access to trial drugs should or need not be provided. The objective of this study was to empirically validate this review using…

Systematic reviews aide the analysis and dissemination of evidence, using rigorous and transparent methods to generate empirically attained answers to focused research questions. Identifying all evidence relevant to the research questions is an essential component, and challenge, of systematic reviews. Gray literature,…

AIM: This review identifies and synthesizes literature related to the awareness of and attitudes towards sustainability and climate change from the perspective of nursing students and educators. DESIGN: A systematic integrative review. METHODS: The review will follow the five stages outlined by Whittemore and Knafl:…

This paper outlines the essential aspects of conducting a systematic review of an educational topic beginning with the work needed once an initial idea for a review topic has been suggested through to the stage when all data from the selected primary studies has been coded. It draws extensively on the wisdom and experi…

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Sanz-Sánchez I, Montero E, Citterio F, Romano F, Molina A, Aimetti M. Efficacy of access flap procedures compared to subgingival debridement in the treatment of periodontitis. A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Periodontol. 2020 Jul;47 Suppl 22:282-302. doi:1…

BACKGROUND: This protocol focuses on male-perpetrated intimate partner violence and aims to explore how Black women and children are supported to thrive post-intimate partner violence. Although this form of violence affects women across all cultures, Black women remain significantly underrepresented in the existing lit…

INTRODUCTION: Around the world, the disability rights movements and the social model of disability have placed emphasis on the importance of social participation for people with disability. People with physical disability who have high and complex support needs often need support to access their communities, however, v…

INTRODUCTION: African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) adolescents are disproportionately affected by teen pregnancy in North America. Teen pregnancy poses risks to the quality of life of adolescent boys and girls, including physical, psychosocial and socioeconomic risks. Our review aims to explore this public health concern…