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OBJECTIVES: Psychotropic medications are commonly inappropriately prescribed for people with dementia (PwD) residing in nursing homes. This population is often multi-morbid, receiving multiple medications and therefore at an increased risk of mortality. This overview aimed to collate all synthesised quantitative, quali…

The aim of this research was to summarize available scientific evidence on the efficacy of medical hydrology for the management of any health condition. The search was conducted on 26th March 2021, in the following databases: Medline (via PubMed), EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar. All releva…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This narrative review examines the use of behavioral interventions for acute treatment of headache and pain in the emergency department (ED)/urgent care (UC) and inpatient settings. RECENT FINDINGS: Behavioral interventions demonstrate reductions of pain and associated disability in headache, migrai…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility of living network meta-analysis (NMA) taking into account the pace of evidence generation across different medical areas. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We performed a systematic review to identify published NMAs. For each NMA, we calculated the cumulative numb…

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this systematic review (SR) was to evaluate the quality of SRs and meta-analyses (MAs) in endodontics. METHODS: A comprehensive literature search was conducted to identify relevant articles in the electronic databases from January 2000 to June 2017. Two reviewers independently assessed the art…

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess how authors of systematic reviews (SRs) with meta-analyses published in periodontology and implant dentistry evaluate risk of bias (ROB) in primary studies included in these reviews. MATERIAL/METHODS: A literature search for SRs with meta-analyses was per…

Sequential analysis of clinical trials allows researchers a continuous monitoring of emerging data and greater security to avoid subjecting the trial participants to a less effective therapy before the inferiority is evident, while controlling the overall error rate. Although it has been widely used since its developme…

PURPOSE: This study aims to synthesize existing evidence on the effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions designed to increase the intrinsic capacity (IC) of community-dwelling older adults. METHODS: An umbrella review of systematic reviews from 2015 to October 31, 2024, with no language restrictions, was cond…

Dementia may reduce individuals' capacity for autonomy and decision-making competence. Advance directives are subject to theoretical bioethical debate as tools to safeguard or extend autonomy in dementia. However, the extent and manner in which advance directives are actually used for these purposes in practice remain…

In 2000 and 2011, Hanahan and Weinberg published two papers in which they defined the characteristics that cells must fulfil in order to be considered neoplastic cells in all types of tumours that affect humans, which the authors called "hallmarks of cancer". These papers have represented a milestone in our understandi…

BACKGROUND: Scoping reviews are used to identify knowledge gaps, set research agendas, and identify implications for decision-making. The conduct and reporting of scoping reviews is inconsistent in the literature. We conducted a scoping review to identify: papers that utilized and/or described scoping review methods; g…

Much animal research into potential treatments for humans is wasted because it is poorly conducted and not evaluated through systematic reviews

Writing for publication is an important way to contribute to the knowledge base for professional nurses. This paper reviews the process of writing a professional paper from identification of a topic to the time the paper appears in print. Web-based resources to facilitate the writing process are highlighted.