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Post-abortion family planning use and its determinants among women who received abortion care in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Post-abortion family planning use and its determinants among women who received abortion care in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Post-abortion family planning (PAFP) refers to the use of modern contraceptive methods, preferably immediately following a...
Which school-based interventions work better to combat obesity in children? A network meta-analysis
Which school-based interventions work better to combat obesity in children? A network meta-analysis
Adolescent obesity is linked to a higher risk of becoming obese adults and developing chronic diseases. School-based inter...
Public preferences for allocating health system resources in Canada: a systematic review
Public preferences for allocating health system resources in Canada: a systematic review
Conventional economic evaluations are based on the principle of health maximization. However, this approach does not consi...
Efficacy and incidence of complications of hemodialysis in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Efficacy and incidence of complications of hemodialysis in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) progresses inexorably to kidney failure; whether initiating hemodialysis earlier than usual ...
A systematic review of school-based weight-related interventions in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
A systematic review of school-based weight-related interventions in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased at alarming levels in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ...
Social connection measures for older adults living in long-term care homes: a systematic review protocol
Social connection measures for older adults living in long-term care homes: a systematic review protocol
Various measures have assessed social connection in long-term care (LTC) home residents. However, they use inconsistent te...
The global economic burden of COVID-19 disease: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
The global economic burden of COVID-19 disease: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a considerable threat to the economics of patients, health systems, and society. This met...
Addressing the challenges of reconstructing systematic reviews datasets: a case study and a noisy label filter procedure
Addressing the challenges of reconstructing systematic reviews datasets: a case study and a noisy label filter procedure
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses typically require significant time and effort. Machine learning models have the poten...
Quality of reporting of integrative Chinese and Western medicine intervention in randomized controlled trials of ulcerative colitis: a review
Quality of reporting of integrative Chinese and Western medicine intervention in randomized controlled trials of ulcerative colitis: a review
Integrative Chinese and Western medicine (ICWM) is commonly used for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC) in clinical ...
Inter-rater reliability of risk of bias tools for non-randomized studies
Inter-rater reliability of risk of bias tools for non-randomized studies
There is limited knowledge on the reliability of risk of bias (ROB) tools for assessing internal validity in systematic re...
Data extraction and comparison for complex systematic reviews: a step-by-step guideline and an implementation example using open-source software
Data extraction and comparison for complex systematic reviews: a step-by-step guideline and an implementation example using open-source software
Data extraction (DE) is a challenging step in systematic reviews (SRs). Complex SRs can involve multiple interventions and...
The application of stem cell sheets for neuronal regeneration after spinal cord injury: a systematic review of pre-clinical studies
The application of stem cell sheets for neuronal regeneration after spinal cord injury: a systematic review of pre-clinical studies
Stem cell sheet implantation offers a promising avenue for spinal cord injury (SCI) and is currently under investigation i...
Interprofessional diagnostic management teams: a scoping review protocol
Interprofessional diagnostic management teams: a scoping review protocol
Diagnostic errors are a major problem in healthcare. In 2015, the report “Improving Diagnosis in Health Care” ...
Quality of measurement properties of medication adherence instruments in cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Quality of measurement properties of medication adherence instruments in cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Medication adherence has a major impact on reducing mortality and healthcare costs related to the treatment of cardiovascu...
Resuscitation-associated endotheliopathy (RAsE): a conceptual framework based on a systematic review and meta-analysis
Resuscitation-associated endotheliopathy (RAsE): a conceptual framework based on a systematic review and meta-analysis
Shock-induced endotheliopathy (SHINE), defined as a profound sympathoadrenal hyperactivation in shock states leading to en...
Maternal, newborn, and children under-five health surveillance system: a scoping review protocol
Maternal, newborn, and children under-five health surveillance system: a scoping review protocol
Public health surveillance is crucial in monitoring the progress of maternal, newborn, and children under-five health outc...
The effect of animal-assisted interventions on the course of neurological diseases: a systematic review
The effect of animal-assisted interventions on the course of neurological diseases: a systematic review
In our experience, working with a therapy animal strengthens endurance, maintains motivation, provides a sense of achievem...
Prehabilitation programs for individuals with cancer: a systematic review of randomized-controlled trials
Prehabilitation programs for individuals with cancer: a systematic review of randomized-controlled trials
Prehabilitation programs focusing on exercise training as the main component are known as a promising alternative for impr...
Associations between nature exposure, screen use, and parent–child relations: a scoping review protocol
Associations between nature exposure, screen use, and parent–child relations: a scoping review protocol
Today’s youth are growing up in an evolving digital world, and concerns about the potential detrimental effects of e...
Efficacy of nano encapsulated herbal extracts in the treatment of induced wounds in animal models: a systematic review protocol
Efficacy of nano encapsulated herbal extracts in the treatment of induced wounds in animal models: a systematic review protocol
Wounds inflict pain and affect human health causing high expenditure on treatment and management. Herbal crude extracts ar...
Does haste make waste? Prevalence and types of errors reported after publication of studies of COVID-19 therapeutics
Does haste make waste? Prevalence and types of errors reported after publication of studies of COVID-19 therapeutics
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred publication of a rapid proliferation of studies on potential therapeutic agents. While impor...
Mode of HIV exposure and excess burden of neurocognitive impairment in people living with HIV: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies
Mode of HIV exposure and excess burden of neurocognitive impairment in people living with HIV: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies
Chronic HIV infection significantly elevates the risk of brain pathology, precipitating neurocognitive impairment (NCI) am...
Correction: Gestational diabetes mellitus, follow-up of future maternal risk of cardiovascular disease and the use of eHealth technologies – a scoping review
Correction: Gestational diabetes mellitus, follow-up of future maternal risk of cardiovascular disease and the use of eHealth technologies – a scoping review
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, whi...
Estimating and visualising the trade-off between benefits and harms on multiple clinical outcomes in network meta-analysis
Estimating and visualising the trade-off between benefits and harms on multiple clinical outcomes in network meta-analysis
The relative treatment effects estimated from network meta-analysis can be employed to rank treatments from the most prefe...
Photoactivated chromophore-corneal cross-linking accelerates corneal healing in fungal keratitis: an updated meta-analysis
Photoactivated chromophore-corneal cross-linking accelerates corneal healing in fungal keratitis: an updated meta-analysis
To determine the effectiveness and safety of photoactivated chromophore-corneal cross-linking (PACK-CXL) adjuvant in infec...
Global prevalence of COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis
Global prevalence of COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is potentially a fatal form of respiratory failure among COVID-19 patients. Glo...
Preoperative education in patients undergoing foot and ankle surgery: a scoping review
Preoperative education in patients undergoing foot and ankle surgery: a scoping review
International guidelines promote preoperative education for patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. However, the evidence ...
Title-plus-abstract versus title-only first-level screening approach: a case study using a systematic review of dietary patterns and sarcopenia risk to compare screening performance
Title-plus-abstract versus title-only first-level screening approach: a case study using a systematic review of dietary patterns and sarcopenia risk to compare screening performance
Conducting a systematic review is a time- and resource-intensive multi-step process. Enhancing efficiency without sacrific...
Interventions to prevent unintended pregnancies among adolescents: a rapid overview of systematic reviews
Interventions to prevent unintended pregnancies among adolescents: a rapid overview of systematic reviews
Risks associated with unintended pregnancy include unsafe abortions, poor maternal health-seeking behaviour, poor mental h...
Graduate and postgraduate educational challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic period: its impact and innovations—a scoping review
Graduate and postgraduate educational challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic period: its impact and innovations—a scoping review
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has transformed the global view of education, including graduate and post...
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