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BACKGROUND: Desk reviews are widely used in health policy research, yet standardized procedures are lacking. This becomes particularly problematic when working with regulatory and professional documents that are not indexed in academic databases, making access and analysis fragmented. PURPOSE: The paper aims to propos…

Systematic review and meta-analysis constitute a staple of evidence-based medicine, an obligatory step in developing the guideline and recommendation document. It is a formalized process aiming at extracting and summarizing knowledge from the published work, grading, and considering the quality of the included studies.…

A systematic review is a transparent and unbiased review of available information. The published systematic review must report the details of the conduct of the review as one might report the details of a primary research project. A meta-analysis is a powerful and rigorous statistical approach to synthesize data from m…

BACKGROUND: Social prescribing is a nonclinical intervention used in various health care settings to improve health outcomes of individuals by attending to the social determinants of health and broader social factors. Prevalence of social prescribing has increased globally over the past decade, leading to the creation…

BACKGROUND: Falls are a critical source of injury and hospitalization and leave many older adults unable to return home, especially in rural communities with limited access to health care and support services. Studying falls prevention among rural older adults is essential because they may face an increased risk of fal…

BACKGROUND: Hypernatremia is a common electrolyte disturbance in hospitalised patients associated with adverse outcomes. The aetiology is diverse but often related to fluid therapy and sodium-containing medicaments. We aim to outline the evidence base on hypernatremia in adult hospitalised patients. METHODS: We will c…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this paper is to describe the course "Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis" at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. METHODS: A distinct feature of our course is a group project in which students, assigned to multi-disciplinary groups, conduct a systematic review. In-class se…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Scoping reviews are a method of identifying, locating, analysing and summarising relevant empirical literature and research findings on a nominated topic. A description of scoping reviews is provided with examples that have been published in the occupational therapy and related literature and outline of…

In any research study, the literature review and the theoretical or conceptual framework guide the development of the subsequent research questions and hypotheses. Both professional nurses and researchers evaluate the research article and its applicability to practice. This article presented the purpose of the theoreti…

INTRODUCTION: Public involvement in research improves its relevance and accessibility to ensure it reflects the population it serves. However, there is a lack of information about how patients and the public are involved in shaping systematic reviews. There is also a need to address the lack of diversity in public invo…

BACKGROUND: In the U.S., Hispanic women experience a disproportionate rate of obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases. At the same time, Hispanic women remain considerably underrepresented in behavioral weight loss interventions. The purpose of this review is to systematically evaluate the evidence related to the…

BACKGROUND: Hepatic cirrhosis is a complex condition leading to multiple complications, including ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, bleeding varices, and eventually liver failure. Patients with diabetes mellitus or insulin resistance are more likely to fail treatment, leading to the worsening of hepatic fibrosis. Sodium…

BACKGROUND: Realist synthesis is an increasingly popular approach to the review and synthesis of evidence, which focuses on understanding the mechanisms by which an intervention works (or not). There are few published examples of realist synthesis. This paper therefore fills a gap by describing, in detail, the process…

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the benefits and harms of androgens compared to placebo or no intervention, or another active treatment for genitourinary and vasomotor symptoms in perimenopausal or postmenopausal women.

This paper introduces the Risk of Bias in Systematic Review (ROBIS), including: 1) the development of ROBIS, 2) three phases of ROBIS tool judging the overall risk of bias that related to systematic reviews, and 3) illustration on the application of ROBIS in a published systematic review. ROBIS is the first rigorously…

BACKGROUND: AI and machine learning (ML) are increasingly being used in health care settings but may reproduce or exacerbate systemic biases. The integration of intersectionality and equity-related concepts offers an analytical framework to guide more reflexive, equity-oriented AI and ML design and implementation, part…