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BACKGROUND: Growing literature has demonstrated that patients admitted to hospital during weekends tend to have less favourable outcomes, including increased mortality, compared with similar patients admitted during weekdays. Major policy interventions such as the 7-day services programme in the UK NHS have been initia…

BACKGROUND: Helping people make well-informed decisions about dysvascular partial foot amputation is becoming increasingly important as improvements in diabetes care and vascular surgery make more distal amputations increasingly possible. The high rates of complications and reamputations associated with partial foot am…

BACKGROUND: The status of the axilla remains a significant prognostic factor and influences adjuvant systemic and locoregional treatment choices in early-stage breast cancer (EBC). Sentinel node (SN) biopsy continues to be the preferred technique for establishing axillary nodal status in clinically node-negative EBC. A…

BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered analysis of electrocardiograms (ECGs) is reshaping cardiac diagnostics, offering faster and often more accurate detection of conditions such as arrhythmias and heart failure. However, growing evidence suggests that algorithmic bias, defined as performance disparities acr…

BACKGROUND: Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are the most commonly reported sexually transmitted infections in Canada. Existing national guidance on screening for these infections was not based on a systematic review, and recommendations as well as implementation considerations (e.g., population groups,…

A living systematic review (LSR) should keep the review current as new research evidence emerges. Any meta-analyses included in the review will also need updating as new material is identified. If the aim of the review is solely to present the best current evidence standard meta-analysis may be sufficient, provided rev…

INTRODUCTION: Antipsychotics are commonly used in adult palliative care practice due to their multiple therapeutic indications. However, the available evidence regarding their use, effectiveness and safety in this context remains heterogeneous, and no comprehensive overview of their use across all palliative indication…

BACKGROUND: Delays in cancer treatment can result in tumor growth, increased clonal heterogeneity, upstaging, increased symptoms, organ damage, increased psychological distress, and worse clinical outcomes. Evidence supported guidelines for treatment timeliness exist in many cancers, but not for multiple myeloma (MM) t…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to identify and map the available literature on how allied health assistants are utilized in Australia. INTRODUCTION: Allied health assistants have the potential to increase service delivery output for the allied health workforce; however, barriers to successful implementatio…

INTRODUCTION: Research indicates that older hospitalised individuals are more susceptible to hospital adverse events (AEs). Frailty is a syndrome marked by increased vulnerability, sudden and severe health changes and the risk of adverse outcomes. The majority of the available research puts a limited emphasis on those…

BACKGROUND: In recent decades, the literature on global partnerships in nursing and midwifery education, to enhance the quality of education and produce competent graduates in the labor market, is on the rise in Africa. However, there is a gap regarding the best practices and barriers in the African context. This syste…

Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is common in hemodialysis patients and can lead to several complications. Risk factors for IDH include demographic characteristics, comorbidities, dialysis procedure factors, and so on. Clinical studies on predictive models for dialysis-induced hypotension have shown inconsistent results…

INTRODUCTION: Currently, literature on spiritual health remains limited. Even more so, literature on spiritual health remains limited in Canada. This is exacerbated by the fact that spiritual health is a term that remains widely contested with no concrete definition. Meanwhile, the semantic connection between "religion…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this scoping review is to understand the current body of knowledge regarding deprescribing in adults aged 60 years or older in acute care settings, including the deprescribing activities that are being undertaken, and the feasibility, challenges, and outcomes of the practice. INTRODUCTION:…

OBJECTIVE: This scoping review will aim to map the existing academic literature on simulation-based activities that are designed with and delivered for health professionals in geographically rural and remote contexts in high-income countries. INTRODUCTION: Simulation-based health care activities are implemented in hea…

BACKGROUND: There is a call for gathering more evidence on the effectiveness of telerehabilitation in stroke. In particular, a previous systematic review reported substantial variability in the types of technologies used in telerehabilitation interventions. The purpose of this study will be to summarize and synthesize…

INTRODUCTION: Cancer, a life-threatening chronic disease, is the leading cause of death in Korea, accounting for 27% of all deaths in 2020. Due to advancements in medical technology and early detection of cancer in Korea, the 5-year relative survival rate reached 70.7% (2015-2019), highlighting remarkable progress over…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this scoping review is to understand the scope and nature of evidence in relation to the ethical issues that arise when conducting health research with military personnel. INTRODUCTION: Ethical obligations in human research have been debated for centuries. Historically, research conducted w…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this scoping review is to identify the frameworks, guidelines, and models used to develop and deliver justice, equity, diversity, inclusion (JEDI), and anti-oppression (AO) principles in mandatory, entry-level health care professional program curricula (EHCPPC). A secondary objective will be…

INTRODUCTION: Culture is highlighted in previous research as important in encounters where health professionals and children do not share a language or culture. In these encounters, culture is described as mainly related to the child, whereas the health professionals' understanding of their own culture as impacting the…