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Suicide has a wide reaching and devastating impact on society. This article presents a study protocol for a systematic review of the literature on community and bystander interventions to reduce the incidence of suicide. These interventions are focused on people other than the person at-risk and are designed to increas…

In this method note, we question if the primary search strategy in a systematic review should be accompanied by a search narrative. A search narrative could offer a conceptual and contextual report on the search strategy, which we suggest might benefit the peer review of literature searches and increase engagement with…

BACKGROUND: The knowledge explosion in health care coupled with recent evidence-based practice initiatives has increased both the need for and the production of reviews of past research. The proliferation of such reviews has contributed to inconsistency in methods and terminology. Differing methods for integrative revi…

Systematic reviews are used to gather information from a variety of sources and distill information based on best evidence synthesis, while also excluding poor quality studies via explicit validity checks. This article provides a roadmap to conducting a systematic review with the Cochrane Collaboration and uses an exam…

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Impact Of Pulpectomy Versus Extraction Of Primary Teeth On Patient-Centered Outcomes: A Systematic Review Of Clinical Studies. Vitali FC, Kominami PAA, Andrada AC, Takeshita EM, Massignan C. J Evid Base Dent Pract 2025: [102072] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebdp.2024.102072 SO…

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Deepali Agarwal, Bharathi Purohit, Priyanka Ravi, Harsh Priya, Vijay Kumar. Effectiveness of Topical Fluorides in Prevention of Radiation Caries in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Oral Oncology. 2022. SOURCE OF FUNDING: Information not available. TYPE OF STU…

Even though it is reasonable to think that exercise is beneficial to diabetic foot ulcer healing, there are currently no exercise recommendations for this population. A systematic review published recently attempted to answer this question. However, because of both the scarce and heterogenous literature on the subject…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this methodological review is to evaluate the adherence of systematic reviews of effectiveness published in JBI Evidence Synthesis to reporting guidelines and methodological quality. INTRODUCTION: Systematic reviews of effectiveness are essential tools for health practitioners and policy-ma…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this scoping review is to explore the existing literature related to millennial nurse retention strategies and barriers; to examine and conceptually map the evidence; to extract any differences between nurse retention strategies and barriers for Generation Y and Generation Z; and to identify…

The Union for International Cancer Control's (UICC) TNM classification is a globally accepted system to describe the anatomic extent of malignant tumors. Since its development seventy years ago, the TNM classification has undergone significant revisions to reflect the current understanding of extent of disease and its…

BACKGROUND: There are no detailed, step-by-step descriptions of a process for conducting rigorous literature reviews for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) projects. METHOD: After a search for a theory-guided literature review (TGLR) process for practice projects resulted in no established process, authors created a met…

Information graphics or infographics combine visual representations of information or data with text. They have been used in health research to disseminate research findings, translate knowledge and address challenges in health communication to lay audiences. There is emerging evidence of the design of infographics wit…

To our knowledge, no published systematic review has described the effects of mindful walking on mental and cardiovascular health. We have aimed to fill this gap by first establishing our systematic review protocol. Our protocol was adapted from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PR…

BACKGROUND: Shegan Mahuang Decoction (SMD) was used widely for treatment of asthma in China; however, the clinical effect of SMD on asthma was not well concluded. METHODS: Seven electronic databases (Medline, Cochrane library, EMBASE database, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang database, Chongqing VIP…