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With the accelerating growth of the academic corpus, doubling every 9 years, machine learning is a promising avenue to make systematic review manageable. Though several notable advancements have already been made, the incorporation of machine learning is less than optimal, still relying on a sequential, staged process…

As the body of available qualitatively derived knowledge expands, there is increasing temptation to capitalize on it to generate knowledge synthesis products. Concurrently, in the wake of an ever-expanding enthusiasm for evidence-based practice knowledge in health care, scholars are facing pressure to forgo the more na…

INTRODUCTION: Throughout clinical practice, most doctors will encounter patients with urological conditions. Inclusion of urological topics within medical school curriculums is important to allow doctors to effectively diagnose and manage these conditions, independently and with support from urologists. Awareness of ur…

BACKGROUND: Decision-makers increasingly request rapid answers to clinical or public health questions. To save time, personnel, and financial resources, rapid reviews streamline the methodological steps of the systematic review process. We aimed to explore the validity of a rapid review approach that combines a substan…

The impact factor is a frequently applied tool in research output analytics. Based on five consecutive publication years each of five pharmacology journals, we have analyzed to which extent review articles yield more impact factor-relevant citations than original articles. Our analysis shows that review articles are qu…

AIM: To critically evaluate the methods utilized in the conduct of a systematic review in the field of substance misuse. DESIGN: Participant-observation in the review process, semi-structured interviews with review team members and management and structured observation of the process of guidance development. SETTING:…

INTRODUCTION: Cancer seriously threatens human health worldwide. Cancer cachexia is one of the life-threatening consequences that occurs commonly in patients with cancer, and severely worsens patient survival, prognosis and quality of life. Previous studies have demonstrated that cancer cachexia is closely related to d…

BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence-powered conversational agents have immense potential to provide social companionship and support for older adults. However, the deployment of large language model (LLM)-based conversational robots for seniors faces various technical, user acceptance, and ethical challenges. OBJECTIV…

OBJECTIVE: The proposed scoping review aims to explore the literature on the use of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) by occupational therapy (OT) practitioners, including how OT practitioners use ACT in the evaluation or intervention process, what types of client concerns they are addressing through ACT, in what…

OBJECTIVE: This scoping review will identify and map the literature on interventions to address impostor phenomenon. INTRODUCTION: Impostor phenomenon, also known as impostor syndrome, describes intense feelings of fraudulence and chronic self-doubt. The phenomenon has been associated with a range of psychological iss…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this scoping review is to identify the availability of quantitative biomechanical measurements from human tissues. This review will also consider the primary motivations for collecting biomechanical measurements of human tissues. The overall purpose of our research is to develop medical skil…

OBJECTIVE: This review will explore the experiences of parents after making the decision not to vaccinate their young children. This review aims to help health care providers understand parents' specific care strategies for their under-vaccinated or unvaccinated young children. INTRODUCTION: Much of the current qualit…

INTRODUCTION: Unfortunately, like many other health risks, smoking rate has been on the rise in developing countries. Half of current smokers in the world reside in only three countries of Asia that include India. Many smoking cessation interventions that were developed and successfully implemented in the context of de…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this scoping review is to identify and examine the available evidence of domestically trained international nursing students' and new graduates' experiences of transition to the nursing workforce. INTRODUCTION: International students' workforce transition experiences are attracting research…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review is to identify high-quality, self-reported medication adherence tools for adults with cardiovascular disease to improve health outcomes. INTRODUCTION: Medication adherence is a complex concept affected by multiple factors and positively associated with clinical outcomes. Poor adherenc…

BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence among young women continues to be a worldwide concern. Globally, a considerable number of studies reported numerous factors that influence intimate partner violence among the young. The proposed scoping review aims to map available evidence of socio-cultural factors influencing int…

OBJECTIVES: To develop an algorithm that aims to provide guidance and awareness for choosing multiple study designs in systematic reviews of healthcare interventions. DESIGN: Method study: (1) To summarise the literature base on the topic. (2) To apply the integration of various study types in systematic reviews. (3)…

INTRODUCTION: Improving healthcare for all is one of the global health priorities, particularly in disease burdened settings such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Considering the high penetration rate of mobile phones in SSA, mobile health (mHealth) could be used to achieve universal health coverage. The proposed study wil…

BACKGROUND: Equitability of healthcare and timely access to services are essential components of healthcare quality, yet persistent health inequalities and inequity of access remain global challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated these disparities, underscoring the urgency to address health inequalities. I…