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BACKGROUND: Rapid reviews are a form of knowledge synthesis in which components of the systematic review process are simplified or omitted to produce information in a timely manner. Although numerous centers are conducting rapid reviews internationally, few studies have examined the methodological characteristics of ra…

BACKGROUND: In February 2023, the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology published 'The Problems with Systematic Reviews: A Living Systematic Review.' In updating this living review for the first time a new problem and several themes relating to research culture have emerged. METHODS: Literature searches were rerun to ident…

BACKGROUND: First coined by Howe in 2006, the field of crowdsourcing has grown exponentially. Despite its growth and its transcendence across many fields, the definition of crowdsourcing has still not been agreed upon, and examples are poorly indexed in peer-reviewed literature. Many examples of crowdsourcing have not…

In the context of shared decision-making (SDM), experts have advocated the use of validated decision aids (DAs) as valuable tools for facilitating SDM in various healthcare scenarios. This comprehensive review attempts to analyze a vast corpus of DA research by performing thorough searches across four prominent databas…

Systematic reviews of systematic reviews identify good quality reviews of earlier studies of medical conditions. This article describes a systematic review of systematic reviews performed to investigate factors that might influence the risk of rupture of an intracranial aneurysm. It exemplifies the technique of this ty…

BACKGROUND: Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are experiencing a crisis of confidence in their trustworthiness. Although a comprehensive literature search yielded several reviews on RCT integrity, an overarching overview is lacking. OBJECTIVES: The authors undertook a scoping umbrella review of the research integrity…

BACKGROUND: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a class of neurodevelopmental disorders which is commonly diagnosed in school-age children, but it can occur in any age group. To provide a robust synthesis of published evidence on the prevalence of ADHD in adults, we conducted an umbrella review of system…

The Stroke Rehabilitation Evidence-Based Review was intended to be an up-to-date review of all therapies associated with stroke rehabilitation including both therapeutic interventions and medications. This section describes the literature search strategy, the data abstraction process, and the scale used to evaluate the…

BACKGROUND: The existence of an association between cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and apical periodontitis (AP) remains unclear because results obtained from previous clinical studies and reviews are inconsistent or inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: To conduct an umbrella review to determine whether there is an association be…

BACKGROUND: The incidence of sedentary behaviour and cardiovascular disease impacts the health of older people, potentially leading to serious and negative health consequences. AIM: The purpose of this umbrella review was to identify the systematic reviews that explore the association between sedentary behaviour and c…

AIM: To conduct an umbrella review of the effectiveness of using high-fidelity simulation in nursing student teaching, thereby supporting continuous improvement in teaching practitioners' implementation of high-fidelity simulation intervention strategies. BACKGROUND: Several systematic reviews have investigated the ef…

All papers on cluster headaches were reviewed according to preset criteria under the following headings: classification, epidemiology, aetiology, pathophysiology, and clinical features. The management review used the Cochrane systematic review guidelines and so is based on randomized controlled trials wherever possible…

AIMS: To explore how consultation exercises were described in a convenience sample of recent scoping reviews. DESIGN: Critical literature review. DATA SOURCES: We searched PsycINFO, Embase, CINAHL and PubMed in July 2020. Our inclusion criterion was a peer-reviewed journal article reporting a scoping review in Danish…

A systematic review is a comprehensive search, critical evaluation, and synthesis of all the relevant studies on a specific (clinical) topic that can be applied to the evaluation of diagnostic and screening imaging studies. It can be a qualitative or a quantitative (meta-analysis) review of available literature. A meta…

Bright light therapy (BLT) is a promising non-pharmacological treatment for a range of psychiatric conditions. The goal of this review was to provide a comprehensive overview of the efficacy of BLT across mental and behavioral illnesses. Using systematic umbrella review methodology, we searched Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Ps…

BACKGROUND: Virtual reality (VR) is being used more and more often as a therapeutic tool in psychology or psychiatry. In recent years, VR interventions appear more extensively also in disorders such as depression, anxiety and phobia. However, there has yet to be a comprehensive synthesis and critical review of the lite…

OBJECTIVES: An umbrella review is a systematic review of systematic reviews, which provides a tertiary level of evidence. This umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis (SR-MA) aimed to determine the proportion of oral cancer (OC) development in oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) patients. MATERIALS AND METHO…

To evaluate and synthesize the evidence from the individual reviews that evaluated the efficacy of PDT therapy in root canal disinfection by undertaking an umbrella review. The protocol of the review was registered in the PROSPERO database under number CRD42021214056. The literature search was conducted using the follo…

ISSUES: Despite the large number of effective psychological interventions for alcohol use disorders (AUD), there is still a lack of clarity concerning the strategies that make these interventions effective. APPROACH: The overall goal of this review was to identify, examine and synthesise the information about common s…

Environmental epidemiology data are becoming increasingly important in public health decision making, which commonly incorporates a systematic review of multiple studies. This review addresses two fundamental questions: What is the quality of available reviews on associations between exposure to synthetic organic chemi…