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The purpose of this systematic literature review (SLR) was to methodically integrate peer-reviewed findings regarding lateral violence within Indigenous communities, with particular attention to the experiences of Indigenous women. Lateral violence describes aggression within systemically exploited groups. Interpretati…

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…

OBJECTIVES: To provide an overview of the literature review process and current information resources relevant to oncology nursing topics. DATA SOURCES: Books, databases, journals, LibGuides, point-of-care tools, practice guidelines, statistical Websites, personal experience. CONCLUSION: Searching for information req…

Several systematic reviews support nature-based interventions (NBIs) as a mechanism of enhancing mental health and wellbeing. However, the available evidence for the effectiveness of these interventions is fragmentary and mixed. The heterogeneity of existing evidence and significant fragmentation of knowledge within th…

BACKGROUND: Coffee and tea are considered to have some effects on the risk of glioma as one of the most prevalent intracranial malignant tumors in adults. However, the precise effect of coffee and tea consumption on glioma is not obvious. This umbrella review aimed to evaluate the impact of tea and coffee consumption o…

The optimal treatment and organization of care for people with obesity is one of the greatest challenges facing today's health services. While surgery and pharmacotherapy offer effective treatment options for some people with obesity, behavioral interventions are important to support long-term behavioral change. Howeve…

BACKGROUND: Dancers are susceptible to injury. Nevertheless, injury epidemiology research in dancers is inconsistent. Furthermore, ballet dancing has dominated the huge body of reviews analyzing the epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries in a variety of artistic dance forms, making it challenging to acquire a thoroug…

BACKGROUND: Guidelines for anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) aim to decrease the risk of ischemic stroke. However, there is a gap in actual practice between patients who have an indication for anticoagulation and those who are actually prescribed anticoagulation. OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluat…

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer still is a topic. This overview of the literature aimed to update the current knowledge on quality of life in breast cancer patients. METHODS: A review of literature in MEDLINE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Google Scholar were carried out to identify review papers on health-rel…

BACKGROUND: Many reviews with conflicting findings on dementia caregiver interventions have been published. A meta-review was conducted to synthesize the findings of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. METHODS: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Cochrane Library were searched to identify reviews published during 2006-201…

To develop an innovative prioritisation process to identify topics for new or updated systematic reviews of tinnitus research.A two-stage prioritisation process was devised. First, a scoping review assessed the amount of randomized controlled trial-level evidence available. This enabled development of selection criteri…