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Health professionals and medical students are at increased risk of the imposter phenomenon (IP) in other words, the imposter syndrome, due to the challenging nature of their professions. It is particularly concerning since it is linked to a higher incidence of burnout and suicidal ideation. We must first thoroughly gra…

BACKGROUND: Capsular contracture is one of the most frequent indications for revision following breast augmentation. Management goals focus on restoring breast aesthetics and minimizing subsequent recurrence of capsular contracture. As new data emerge, close review of the data are merited to build evidence-based clinic…

INTRODUCTION: Recovery-oriented services in mental health are becoming an accepted approach across much of the globe. While the development of recovery-oriented approaches has focused mainly on people accessing mental health services, families of those accessing services also need to be included under the discussions o…

INTRODUCTION: Thirst is one of the most bothersome symptoms experienced by intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Effective diagnosis and management of thirst in the ICU is essential, particularly as patients are less sedated than previously and more aware of this problem. Currently, no overview of publications on thirst…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to map the available evidence regarding the scope of child life specialist practice and utilization. INTRODUCTION: Child life specialists provide developmentally appropriate and emotion-focused supportive interventions that aim to build coping skills, enhance resilience, and…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to identify current and potential use of nurse practitioner models of care in aged care and to examine factors that have been linked to their failure or success in terms of establishment, sustainability, and expansion. INTRODUCTION: Nurse practitioners work across a variety o…

OBJECTIVE: This systematic review will evaluate the experience of hope in adult patients with advanced chronic diseases other than cancer, transitioning toward end-of-life. The review will also evaluate the experience of hope in informal caregivers caring for adult patients with advanced chronic diseases other than can…

INTRODUCTION: Several studies explored a relationship between religiousness and the utilisation of cancer screenings, as religious people may obtain an increased social network or could have certain personality traits that enhance screening use. To the best of our knowledge, there is no systematic review that sums up t…

INTRODUCTION: Globally, around 10% of children are born preterm and are more at risk of negative developmental outcomes. However, empirical evidences and theoretical reasoning also suggest that premature birth can be a susceptibility factor, increasing sensitivity to the environment for better and for worse. Because av…

INTRODUCTION: Pre-diabetes is a metabolic condition characterised by moderate glycaemic dysregulation and is a front-line risk factor to multiple metabolic complications such as overt diabetes. To the best of our knowledge, this will be the first systematic review and meta-analysis that focuses on generating a comprehe…

INTRODUCTION: Motor skill learning is intrinsic to living. Pain demands attention and may disrupt non-pain-related goals such as learning new motor skills. Although rehabilitation approaches have used motor skill learning for individuals in pain, there is uncertainty on the impact of pain on learning motor skills. MET…

For systematic reviews to have an impact on public health, they must report outcomes that are important for decision-making. Systematic reviews of public health interventions, however, have a range of potential end users, and identifying and prioritizing the most important and relevant outcomes represents a considerabl…

INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Anorexia is the most common cause of malnutrition in lung cancer patients as well as an independent prognostic factor for cancer survival. This review will deal with the clinical evidence of herbal medicine use for reducing anorexia in lu…

BACKGROUND: Early gastric cancer is the fifth common malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer death throughout the world. However, it is not clear how endoscopic screening for early gastric cancer affects incidence or mortality. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the relationship bet…

OBJECTIVE: This scoping review aims to examine the content and outcome measurements of health care education programs using virtual reality for the care of people with dementia, involving, but not limited to, health science students, health care professionals, family, and unpaid caregivers INTRODUCTION:: Several studie…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of a symptom-triggered regimen versus a fixed-dosage regimen of benzodiazepine treatment for alcohol detoxification. INTRODUCTION: Patients with alcohol use disorder who suddenly decrease their alcohol consumption or abstain completely may experi…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess effectiveness and safety of Chinese Herbs Medicine Huatan Huoxue Prescription (HTHXP) as complementary therapy in treating bronchiectasis. METHODS: The following databases will be searched: Embase, Cochrane, PubMed, China National Knowledge In…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: In view of the growth of published articles, there is an increasing need for studies that summarize scientific research. An increasingly common review is a "methodology scoping review," which provides a summary of existing analytical methods, techniques and software that have been proposed or…

Conducting mixed methods reviews is challenging. The aim of this article is to describe a range of rationales for and approaches to mixed methods reviews, with a particular focus on one research group. A case study was conducted to describe the mixed methods review process used at the Department of Health and Social Ca…

OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this review are: to explore the lived experiences of individuals with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and to present recommendations for policy, practice, education and research. INTRODUCTION: Borderline personality disorder is a mental disorder characterized by poor c…