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OBJECTIVES: This umbrella review aimed to review the effects of resistance training on patients with end-stage renal disease and assess the methodological quality of the available literature. METHODS: An umbrella review and meta-meta-analysis was performed. A systematic search was conducted until May 2022. Article sel…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Systematic reviews of discrete-choice experiments (DCEs) are being increasingly conducted. The objective of this scoping review was to identify and describe the methodologies that have been used to summarize results across DCEs. METHODS: We searched the electronic databases MEDLINE and EMBASE…

BACKGROUND: Loss of teeth has a negative influence on essential oral functions. It is important to understand edentulous patients' perceptions about the impacts of treatment options on their oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and satisfaction. AIMS: To appraise the systematic reviews (with/without meta-analy…

STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review. OBJECTIVE: A systematic review was performed to identify US-based cost-utility analyses (CUA) studies in spine care and to critically evaluate the quality of the available literature. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: There has been a recent trend in the United States toward increased publi…

BACKGROUND: A systematic review may evaluate different aspects of a health care intervention. To accommodate the evaluation of various research questions, the inclusion of more than one study design may be necessary. One aim of this study is to find and describe articles on methodological issues concerning the incorpor…

BACKGROUND: Climate change is likely to be one of the most important threats to public health in the coming years. Yet despite the large number of papers considering the health impact of climate change, few have considered what public health interventions may be of most value in reducing the disease burden. We aimed to…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the literature review was to investigate the criteria adopted by "experts" to diagnose myofascial trigger point (MTrP) pain syndrome. Experts were defined as being either researchers investigating MTrP pain syndrome or the "authority" the researchers cited as a source of reference for MTrP pain s…

BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into radiology across multiple workflow levels, with its role as a simultaneous second reader holding particular promise. METHODS: We performed an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses reporting pooled diagnostic accuracy of AI model…

BACKGROUND: Despite numerous studies investigating the efficacy and acceptability of physical activity (PA) for specific mental health disorders, comprehensive guidelines on the appropriate type, frequency, and duration of PA for each disorder remain lacking. This review aims to synthesize effect sizes and provide a th…

Vegetable oils, derived from diverse sources such as seeds, nuts, and some fruits, play a significant role in dietary health. However, the current evidence on the health effects of different types of vegetable oil consumption remains controversial. This umbrella review aims to synthesize evidence from systematic review…

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to conduct an umbrella review of therapeutic studies relevant to emergency medicine, analyzing patterns in effect size, power, and signals of potential bias across an entire field of clinical research. METHODS: We combined topic- and journal-driven searches of PubMed and Goo…

BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread worldwide, but safe and effective treatment options remain unavailable. Numerous systematic reviews of varying qualities have tried to summarize the evidence on the available therapeutic interventions for COVID-19. This overview of reviews aims to provi…

OBJECTIVES: To synthesise available knowledge about both sleep (SB) and awake bruxism (AB) as depicted by previous published systematic reviews (SR). METHODS: SR investigating any bruxism-related outcome were selected in a two-phase process. Searches were performed on seven main electronic databases and a partial grey…

Experimental data have suggested that some contaminants in the environment may increase the risk of obesity. Infants can be exposed to chemicals either prenatally, by trans-placental passage of chemicals, or postnatally by their own diet and by other external pathways (air inhalation, dust, hand-to-mouth exposure) afte…

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses, systematically summarizing the current evidence on the topic and exploring the relationship between processed meat (PM) consumption and various health outcomes. METHODS: A systematic search was conducted in…

BACKGROUND: Decision coaching is non-directive support delivered by a trained healthcare provider to help people prepare to actively participate in making healthcare decisions. This study aimed to understand how and under what circumstances decision coaching works for people making healthcare decisions. METHODS: We fo…

BACKGROUND: Several systematic reviews and meta-analyses evaluated the associations between dietary factors and the incidence of gastric cancer (GC). OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the strength and validity of existing evidence, we conducted an umbrella review of published systematic reviews and meta-analyses that investigat…

BACKGROUND: Congenital heart defect (CHD) is the leading cause of birth defects globally, which results in a great disease burden. It is still imperative to detect the risk factors of CHD. This umbrella review aimed to comprehensively summarize the evidence and grade the evidence of the associations between non-genetic…