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Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences
Aims Retirement is a major life transition that may improve or worsen mental health, including depression. Existing studies provide contradictory results. We conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis to quantitatively pool available evidence on the asso…
Medicine
Objective The aim of our study was to qualitatively and quantitatively synthesize the evidence regarding ways to improve motivation of oral hygiene among orthodontic patients with fixed appliances and identify the effects of motivational methods via comparing …
Nutrients
Time-restricted feeding (TRF) and Ramadan fasting (RF) have been recently associated with several health outcomes. However, it is not yet clear if they are superior to existing treatments in terms of glucose metabolism, insulin action, and weight loss. This re…
Medicine
Background Chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNNP) has a high prevalence and is more common among younger people. Clinical practice suggests that yoga is effective in relieving chronic pain. Objectives This meta-analysis aimed to quantitatively summarize the effi…
BJU international
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are important tools used to understand patient-focused outcomes from care. Various PROMs have been developed for patients with bladder cancer (BC), although the disease's heterogeneity makes selection difficult. Accura…
World journal of emergency surgery : WJES
Background Although damage control (DC) surgery is widely assumed to reduce mortality in critically injured patients, survivors often suffer substantial morbidity, suggesting that it should only be used when indicated. The purpose of this systematic review was…
Annals of medicine
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common condition affecting human joints. Along with mechanical and genetic factors, low-grade inflammation is increasingly supported as a causal factor in the development of OA. Gut microbiota and intestinal permeability, via th…
Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.)
Background and aims Hepatic steatosis of nonalcoholic etiology (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; NAFLD) is an emergent condition that may lead to hepatic cirrhosis and finally to liver cancer. We evaluate the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) …
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
Background Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are used to control malaria vectors. Both strategies use insecticides to kill mosquitoes that bite and rest indoors. For ITNs, the World Health Organization (WHO) only recommended py…
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
Background Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy complicate around 6% of pregnancies and accounts for 19% of maternal death in Ethiopia. The current review aimed to assess maternal and perinatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by hypertension in Ethiopia. Me…
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Mosquitoes are incriminated as vectors for many crippling diseases, including malaria, West Nile fever, Dengue fever, and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). microRNAs (miRNAs) can interact with multiple target genes to elicit biological functions in the…
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
Objective To review evidence from longitudinal studies on the association between prescription opioid use and common mood and anxiety symptoms. Design We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Revi…
Journal of biomedical semantics
Background Free-text descriptions in electronic health records (EHRs) can be of interest for clinical research and care optimization. However, free text cannot be readily interpreted by a computer and, therefore, has limited value. Natural Language Processing …
BMC oral health
Objective To compare the reported efficacy and costs of available interventions used for the management of oral lichen planus (OLP). Materials and methods A systematic literature search was performed from database inception until March 2021 in MEDLINE via PubM…
International wound journal
Pain is a serious problem for patients with leg ulcers. Research mainly focuses on dressing-related pain; however, chronic background pain may be just as devastating. Our main objective was to describe the prevalence and characteristics of wound-related backgr…
European child & adolescent psychiatry
Children and adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD) appear to be more responsive to placebo than adults in randomized placebo-controlled trials (RCTs) of second and newer generation antidepressants (SNG-AD). Previous meta-analyses obtained conflictin…
Medicine
Background Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is used as an alternative therapy to reduce pain and improve functional restoration in patients with Achilles tendinopathy (AT). We evaluated the current evidence for the efficacy of PRP as a treatment for chronic AT. Meth…
Journal of occupational health
Background Healthcare workers are at high risk of infection from blood-borne pathogens, such as Hepatitis B and C Virus, and Human Immunodeficiency. Occupational exposure to needle-stick injuries (NSIs) continue to have a major health problem in the healthcare…
BioMed research international
Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Method s. Embase, PubMed, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chongqing …
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
Objectives Rapid antigen tests, or RATs, are a type of lateral flow chromatographic immunoassay utilized to aid the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. We performed a systematic meta-analysis to compare the real-world performance of commercially available RATs.…
BMC medicine
Background Antibiotic resistance is an urgent global problem, but reversibility is poorly understood. We examined the development and decay of bacterial resistance in community patients after antibiotic use. Methods This was a systematic review and meta-analys…
International journal of environmental research and public health
Background Antimony (Sb) trioxide and antimony trisulfide are "2B: Possibly carcinogenic to humans" and "3: Unclassifiable" according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) concluded that antimony …
International journal of environmental research and public health
Organisational context is known to impact on the successful implementation of healthcare initiatives in care homes. We undertook a systematic mapping review to examine whether researchers have considered organisational context when planning, conducting, and re…
BMC musculoskeletal disorders
Background In chronic LBP (CLBP), guideline-endorsed treatment is to stay active, return to normal activity, and to exercise. Several reviews on various exercise types used in CLBP have been published. We aimed to identify systematic reviews of common exercise…
