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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this systematic review will be to synthesize the experiences and perceptions of patients and mental health professionals regarding medical futility in psychiatric care. Specifically, the review will aim to clarify which practices are considered futile, as well as the ethical, relational, and…

RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND: Low-stakes assessments enhance student learning outcomes by providing a comprehensive view of performance and promoting competency-based education. Multiple low-stakes assessments encourage continuous learning and incorporate formative feedback for a realistic and long-term environment. Divers…

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses have become central in many research fields, particularly medicine. They offer the highest level of evidence in evidence-based medicine and support the development and revision of clinical practice guidelines, which offer recommendations for clinicians caring for patients with speci…

BACKGROUND: Maternal and perinatal quality collaboratives (M/PQCs) across nearly all U.S. states focus on improving health care and outcomes for birth parents and their infants. In the context of increases in maternal morbidity (MM) and severe maternal mortality (SMM) in the USA, M/PQCs increasingly focus on addressing…

From a pedagogical point of view, there is a great deal of creativity and practice in teaching conceptual models and nursing theories. However, there seems to be no synthesis of knowledge regarding the pedagogical methods used to teach them. The purpose of this scoping review is to map the available literature on the t…

The aim of this commentary is to discuss from a rehabilitation perspective the Cochrane Review "Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain" (1) by Hayden JA, Ellis J, Ogilvie R, Malmivaara A and van Tulder MW [1] published by Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group. This Cochrane Corner is produced in agreement with Journal of…

A sophisticated literature review (LR) can result in a robust dissertation/thesis by scrutinizing the main problem examined by the academic study; anticipating research hypotheses, methods and results; and maintaining the interest of the audience in how the dissertation/thesis will provide solutions for the current gap…

AIM: This paper is a review protocol that will be used to identify, critically appraise and synthesize the best current evidence relating to the use of teaching portfolios for educators in further and higher education. BACKGROUND: While portfolio use as a means to assist students in further and higher education has un…

BACKGROUND: Without any pharmaceutical intervention and vaccination, the only way to combat Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is to slow down the spread of the disease by adopting non-pharmaceutical public health interventions (PHIs). Patient isolation, lockdown, quarantine, social distancing, changes in health care…

INTRODUCTION: Incidences of stroke are on the rise and approximately 80 million stroke survivors worldwide live with disabilities. Supportive care needs of stroke survivors are not adequately defined, and the assessment tools to help care service providers identify these needs are unclear. The overall aim of thi…

INTRODUCTION: Fear of falling (FoF) is a major challenge for the quality of life among older adults. Despite extensive work in previous scoping and systematic reviews on separate domains of FoF and interventions related to FoF, very little attention has been devoted to a comprehensive scoping review mapping the range a…

INTRODUCTION: Māori continue to experience inequitable healthcare and health outcomes compared with other New Zealanders. A narrative review conducted in 2016 described disparities in access to and through the surgical care pathway for Māori from a limited pool of small retrospective cohort studies. This re…

INTRODUCTION: Sarcopenia has been recognised as a disease that is consistently associated with a range of geriatric syndromes and negative health consequences. The prevalence of sarcopenia is high among nursing home residents. Several systematic reviews have assessed the efficacy of a range of treatment strategies agai…

BACKGROUND: As 700,000 people per year commit suicide worldwide, improvements in suicide prevention and the prediction of suicide attempts or suicide in clinical care are mandatory. This systematic review aims to examine heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) as risk factors for the development of suicidal th…