Review
Oncology
Allison J. J. L'Hotta, Samantha B. B. Randolph, Ben Reader, Kim Lipsey, Allison A. A. King
Summary: Increased attention to rehabilitation needs of children with cancer is important for better health, quality of life, and productivity outcomes. Current guidelines and expert consensus reports lack recommendations for pediatric oncology rehabilitation. A systematic review identified 18 guidelines and 10 expert consensus reports with rehabilitation recommendations for childhood cancer patients. Recommendations were mainly focused on specific diseases, impairments, adolescents and young adults, and long-term follow-up. Evidence supports the effectiveness of rehabilitation recommendations in long-term follow-up care, fatigue, and psychosocial/mental health screening.
CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Sara Dahlen, Dean Connolly, Isra Arif, Muhammad Hyder Junejo, Susan Bewley, Catherine Meads
Summary: The study aimed to identify and critically appraise published clinical practice guidelines regarding healthcare of gender minority/trans people. The results showed a lack of high-quality guidelines for gender minority/trans people, with limited focus on HIV and transition, and a need for improvement in future CPG quality through methods such as reference to AGREE II and stakeholder participation.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Samantha Sii, Chung Shen Chean, Helen J. Kuht, Mervyn G. Thomas, Sohaib R. Rufai
Summary: Amblyopia is a significant public health concern that affects children's physical and mental well-being. This systematic review aims to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of home-based screening tools for amblyopia compared to the gold standard, with a focus on improving diagnostic efficiency, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Abigail E. Lewis, Nicole Weiskopf, Zachary B. Abrams, Randi Foraker, Albert M. Lai, Philip R. O. Payne, Aditi Gupta
Summary: The objective of this study was to determine recent improvements or changes in EHR data quality assessment methodologies. A systematic review of PubMed articles from 2013 to April 2023 was conducted. The findings indicate that there is still a lack of a standard approach for assessing EHR data quality. Guidelines are needed to improve the efficiency, transparency, comparability, and interoperability of data quality assessment.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Lynne Moore, Gabrielle Freire, Anis Ben Abdeljelil, Melanie Berube, Pier-Alexandre Tardif, Eunice Gnanvi, Henry Thomas Stelfox, Marianne Beaudin, Sasha Carsen, Antonia Stang, Suzanne Beno, Matthew Weiss, Melanie Labrosse, Roger Zemek, Isabelle J. Gagnon, Emilie Beaulieu, Simon Berthelot, Terry Klassen, Alexis F. Turgeon, Francois Lauzier, Ian Pike, Alison Macpherson, Belinda J. Gabbe, Natalie Yanchar
Summary: This study aims to systematically review clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for pediatric injury care and evaluate their quality. Through comprehensive search and evaluation, the study will synthesize and present recommendations in a matrix using the GRADE Evidence-to-Decision framework. The results of this study will provide valuable guidance for pediatric trauma care.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alicia Quach, Shidan Tosif, Herfina Nababan, Trevor Duke, Stephen M. Graham, Wilson M. Were, Moise Muzigaba, Fiona M. Russell
Summary: Assessing the quality of healthcare is crucial for achieving equitable health outcomes worldwide. Existing tools for assessing quality of care for children in health facilities are lacking some key elements highlighted by the WHO Standards, and there is a need to modify these tools to strengthen progress reporting towards delivering quality health services for children. Balancing between comprehensiveness and practical utility is necessary in this process.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Elizabeth Stewart, Alyssa Milton, Hannah Frances Yee, Michael Jae Song, Anna Roberts, Tracey Davenport, Ian Hickie
Summary: This review summarizes the characteristics and applications of eHealth tools that assess and track health in children or young people. The results show that most studies were conducted in urban areas, and mental and general health were the most commonly assessed health domains. Some of the tools were able to track health over time and connect children or young people to clinical care. However, further research is needed to validate the clinical utility, efficacy, and safety of these tools.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Kam K. H. Ng, Chun-Hsien Chen, C. K. M. Lee, Jianxin (Roger) Jiao, Zhi-Xin Yang
Summary: With the recent developments in robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI), academics and industrial practitioners are now pursuing robust and adaptive decision making (DM) in real-life engineering applications and automated business workflows. The emerging intelligent automation (IA) - the combination of RPA, AI and soft computing - can further transcend traditional DM to achieve unprecedented levels of operational efficiency, decision quality and system reliability.
ADVANCED ENGINEERING INFORMATICS
(2021)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Christine Jacob, Emre Sezgin, Antonio Sanchez-Vazquez, Chris Ivory
Summary: This review investigates the factors affecting patients' adoption of mHealth tools, including technical factors, health-related factors, and social and personal factors. The results indicate that considering these factors and developing appropriate strategies is essential to promote mHealth adoption.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Lucia Kantorova, Jiri Kantor, Jiri Buril, Petra Burilova, Simona Slezakova, Tomas Necas, Miloslav Klugar
Summary: This study aims to critically appraise clinical practice guidelines for perioperative care using the AGREE II instrument and investigate the use of the GRADE approach.
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Giacomo Parolin, Tim C. Mcaloone, Daniela C. A. Pigosso
Summary: Sustainability considerations are increasingly important for manufacturing companies, especially in the early stages of product design, to promote the development of products and processes with better environmental and social benefits. However, existing sustainability assessment tools are challenging to apply in the uncertain and data-scarce frontend of innovation. A systematic literature review provides best practices and design propositions to improve early-stage sustainability assessment, along with recommendations for designing and implementing sustainability assessment tools in technology development. Opportunities for future research, including refining the design propositions and operationalizing early-stage sustainability assessment, are also proposed.
Review
Ophthalmology
Janneau L. J. Claessens, Judith R. Geuvers, Saskia M. Imhof, Robert P. L. Wisse
Summary: This review provides an overview of digital tools for remotely assessing visual function, finding that the mean differences between digital tools and traditional clinical assessments are small, but the wide 95% limits of agreement indicate lower precision, especially for poorer visual acuities.
OPHTHALMOLOGY AND THERAPY
(2021)
Review
Surgery
Silje A. Welsh, Rebecca C. Pearson, Keith Hussey, Julie Brittenden, Douglas J. Orr, Terry Quinn
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the variety of frailty assessment tools in vascular patients and described their content and application. The study found substantial heterogeneity in frailty assessment and recommended a uniform approach to guide future research. The Clinical Frailty Scale was identified as a validated tool with good psychometric properties in vascular surgery.
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Amy C. Cole, Karthik Adapa, Amro Khasawneh, Daniel R. Richardson, Lukasz Mazur
Summary: This article aims to review and synthesize the current evidence on how older adults are involved in codesign approaches to develop electronic healthcare tools (EHTs) and how mutual learning techniques benefit older adult participants. The study found gaps in supporting the use of involvement processes, participation levels, and learning models when codesigning with older adults. The findings emphasize the importance of promoting mutual learning to optimize participation and learning in developing EHTs for older adults.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Tiffeny James, Naaheed Mukadam, Andrew Sommerlad, Hossein Rostami Pour, Melanie Knowles, Ignacia Azocar, Gill Livingston
Summary: National dementia guidelines vary in their consideration of protected characteristics, with most mentioning recommendations related to age, disability, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. Areas of good practice have been identified in higher-quality guidelines, and it is recommended that all guidelines include evidence-based recommendations for minority groups to promote equity in dementia care. The study highlights the need for specific recommendations for minority groups to ensure high-quality clinical services for all individuals affected by dementia.
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Suhail A. R. Doi, Polychronis Kostoulas, Paul Glasziou
BMJ EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
(2023)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Denise A. O'Connor, Paul Glasziou, Rachelle Buchbinder
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Timothy H. Barker, Danielle Pollock, Jennifer C. Stone, Miloslav Klugar, Anna M. Scott, Cindy Stern, Rick Wiechula, Larissa Shamseer, Edoardo Aromataris, Amanda Ross-White, Zachary Munn
Summary: Synthesizers of evidence may encounter studies from predatory journals during the evidence synthesis process. This study explores the attitudes and opinions of evidence synthesis experts towards predatory journals. A survey found that most experts agreed with the definition of predatory journals but had hesitations about including studies from these journals in evidence synthesis projects.
RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Sharon Sanders, Elizabeth Gibson, Paul Glasziou, Tammy Hoffmann
Summary: The study aims to investigate the completeness of reporting of behavioral, environmental, social, and system interventions (BESSI) for reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in randomized trials. The researchers assessed the completeness of reporting using the TIDieR checklist and contacted investigators for missing intervention details. The results show that incomplete reporting of BESSI is a significant problem, leading to wasted research resources and a lack of essential information for implementing interventions.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Rachael Nightingale, Krishan Yadav, Laura Hamill, Paul Glasziou, Anna Mae Scott, Justin Clark, Gerben Keijzers
Summary: Background Cellulitis is often misdiagnosed due to the lack of gold standard diagnostic criteria. This review analyzed the proportion of misdiagnosis and identified the common alternative diagnoses in primary or unscheduled care settings.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Maria-Sophie Brueckle, Elizabeth T. Thomas, Svenja Elisabeth Seide, Maximilian Pilz, Ana I. Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Truc Sophia Dinh, Ferdinand M. Gerlach, Sebastian Harder, Paul P. Glasziou, Christiane Muth
Summary: This study aimed to explore and quantify the (anticholinergic) adverse drug reactions (ADR) in patients taking amitriptyline vs. placebo in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The results showed that amitriptyline had a higher frequency of anticholinergic ADRs compared to placebo, with dry mouth, drowsiness, and fatigue being the most frequently reported ADRs. However, non-anticholinergic ADRs were similar between amitriptyline and placebo. Future studies should focus on older patients who are more susceptible to anticholinergic ADRs.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
William Taylor, Robin Willink, Denise A. O'Connor, Vinay L. Patel, Allison Bourne, Ian Harris, Samuel Whittle, Bethan S. Richards, Ornella G. Clavisi, Sally Green, Rana Hinman, Chris Maher, Ainslie E. Cahill, Annie McPherson, Charlotte C. Hewson, Suzie May, Bruce Walker, Philip Robinson, Davina Ghersi, Jane Fitzpatrick, Tania Winzenberg, Kieran Fallon, Paul Glasziou, Laurent Billot, Rachelle Buchbinder
Summary: The Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal (ANZMUSC) Clinical Trials Network developed a Research Question Importance Tool (ANZMUSC-RQIT) to rank research projects based on their importance. The tool consists of 5 dimensions and is designed for scoring by committee consensus.
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Caitlin R. Semsarian, Tara Ma, Brooke Nickel, Alexandra Barratt, Murali Varma, Brett Delahunt, Jeremy Millar, Lisa Parker, Paul Glasziou, Katy J. L. Bell
Summary: Active surveillance (AS) reduces overtreatment of low-risk prostate lesions. Recalibrating diagnostic thresholds and adopting alternative diagnostic labels could increase AS uptake. Evidence suggests that AS has low rates of metastasis and prostate cancer-specific mortality, but termination of AS and conversion to treatment can occur in a significant number of men. Prevalence of subclinical prostate cancer increases with age, and there is variability in reproducibility of histopathological diagnosis. Diagnostic drift is evident, with cases being upgraded or downgraded based on contemporary diagnostic criteria.
Review
Rehabilitation
Natalia Krzyzaniak, Magnolia Cardona, Ruwani Peiris, Zoe A. Michaleff, Hannah Greenwood, Justin Clark, Anna Mae Scott, Paul Glasziou
Summary: A systematic review and meta-analysis of five randomized controlled trials found no significant differences in pain, function, quality of life, and satisfaction between telehealth and face-to-face consultations for musculoskeletal conditions. However, the evidence is limited due to the small number of included studies and sample size.
PHYSICAL THERAPY REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Oyungerel Byambasuren, Hannah Greenwood, Mina Bakhit, Tiffany Atkins, Justin Clark, Anna Mae Scott, Paul Glasziou
Summary: This study compared telephone and video telehealth consultations and found no notable differences in the management of patients with an established diagnosis. However, the study also highlighted a significant lack of telehealth research in primary care settings.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Peter White, Susan Abbey, Brian Angus, Harriet A. Ball, Dedra S. Buchwald, Christine Burness, Alan J. Carson, Trudie Chalder, Daniel J. Clauw, Jan Coebergh, Anthony S. David, Barbara A. Dworetzky, Mark J. Edwards, Alberto J. Espay, John Etherington, Per Fink, Signe Flottorp, Beatrice Garcin, Paul Garner, Paul Glasziou, Willie Hamilton, Peter Henningsen, Ingrid Hoeritzauer, Mujtaba Husain, Anne-Catherine M. L. Huys, Hans Knoop, Kurt Kroenke, Alexander Lehn, James L. Levenson, Paul Little, Andrew Lloyd, Ira Madan, Jos W. M. van der Meer, Alastair Miller, Maurice Murphy, Irwin Nazareth, David L. Perez, Wendy Phillips, Markus Reuber, Winfried Rief, Alastair Santhouse, Tereza Serranova, Michael Sharpe, Biba Stanton, Donna E. Stewart, Jon Stone, Michele Tinazzi, Derick T. Wade, Simon C. Wessely, Vegard Wyller, Adam Zeman
Summary: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a disabling long-term condition of unknown cause. The recent guideline from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) sparked controversy by recommending against graded exercise therapy (GET) and downgrading the importance of cognitive-behavioural therapy for recovery. The anomalies in evidence processing and interpretation by the NICE committee, such as creating a new definition, omitting data, and deviating from accepted practices, contributed to this controversy.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Anna Mae Scott, Ruwani Peiris, Tiffany Atkins, Magnolia Cardona, Hannah Greenwood, Justin Clark, Paul Glasziou
Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis compared the effectiveness of telehealth and face-to-face delivery of care to patients with insomnia. The results showed no significant differences in insomnia severity, quality of life, and satisfaction between the two delivery methods. Telehealth may be a viable alternative to face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia.
JOURNAL OF TELEMEDICINE AND TELECARE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Paul Glasziou, Robert Matthews, Isabelle Boutron, Iain Chalmers, Peter Armitage
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
I Chalmers, R. Matthews, P. Glasziou, I Boutron, P. Armitage
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Emergency Medicine
Zoe A. Michaleff, Laetitia Hattingh, Hannah Greenwood, Sharon Mickan, Mark Jones, Madeleen van der Merwe, Rae Thomas, Joan Carlini, David Henry, Paulina Stehlik, Paul Glasziou, Gerben Keijzers
Summary: This study investigated the knowledge, use, and documentation of clinical decision aids (CDAs) among healthcare professionals in a large Australian emergency department (ED). The results showed that healthcare professionals had low knowledge and self-reported use of CDAs, but the usage varied across different CDAs. Most respondents expressed a desire to increase their use of valid CDAs and supported the integration of CDAs into the electronic medical record (EMR) system. Potential barriers to CDA use included knowledge, social/professional role and identity, and social influences.
EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA
(2023)
