Review
Education & Educational Research
Bethany Howard, Basia Diug, Dragan Ilic
Summary: This article examines the effectiveness of different teaching modalities on student evidence-based practice (EBP) competency. The study finds that no single teaching modality is superior in significantly improving student competency in EBP, and there are conflicting findings regarding changes in student knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behavior.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sajal K. Chattopadhyay, Verughese Jacob, David P. Hopkins, Amy Lansky, Randy Elder, Alison E. Cuellar, Ned Calonge, John M. Clymer
Summary: The Community Guide systematic economic reviews provide important information on the economic aspects of public health interventions. The methods used in these reviews have been updated to address methodological challenges and improve reliability. Two examples of these updated methods are presented in this paper.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Alvine Boaye Belle, Yixi Zhao
Summary: A systematic review is a method for synthesizing knowledge and understanding correlations between exposures and outcomes. It uses explicit, reproducible, and systematic methods to reduce bias and provide reliable findings. The abstract is a crucial part of a review, reflecting the content, but can sometimes be poorly written and misleading.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Caio Fabio Schlechta Portella, Ricardo Ghelman, Veronica Abdala, Mariana Cabral Schveitzer, Rui Ferreira Afonso
Summary: This study presents a summary of research on the effects of meditation on various clinical and health conditions, including 191 studies. Most results indicate positive impacts of meditation on health, especially in the areas of mental health and quality of life.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Review
Urology & Nephrology
Angie K. Puerto Nino, Henk van der Worp, Kari A. O. Tikkinen, Gordon H. Guyatt, Marco H. Blanker
Summary: Understanding and dealing with differences (heterogeneity) between studies is crucial for the accuracy of systematic reviews and can help inform clinical decisions.
EUROPEAN UROLOGY FOCUS
(2021)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Thomas Platz
Summary: Improving healthcare quality involves integrating the best external evidence in clinical decision-making in a systematic explicit manner. Complex rehabilitation interventions pose a risk of misinterpreting complex information, highlighting the importance of using international standards in evidence synthesis and guideline development. Valid methodologies focusing on up-to-date evidence can support the development of universally applicable evidence-based clinical practice recommendations.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Cuncun Lu, Shuilin Wu, Lixin Ke, Fumei Liu, Wenru Shang, Xiuxiu Deng, Yanli Huang, Qiang Zhang, Xin Cui, Alexios-Fotios A. Mentis, Yanming Xie, Zhifei Wang
Summary: This overview examines the evidence landscape based on published meta-analyses of Kanglaite (KLT) in cancer treatment. The results indicate that KLT can be effective and safe as an adjunctive therapy for non-small cell lung cancer, malignant pleural effusion, and digestive system malignancies. However, the methodological quality of these meta-analyses is questionable.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Tat-Thang Vo, Aidan Cashin, Cecilia Superchi, Pham Hien Trang Tu, Thanh Binh Nguyen, Isabelle Boutron, David MacKinnon, Tyler Vanderweele, Hopin Lee, Stijn Vansteelandt
Summary: The bias assessment practice in recently published systematic reviews of mediation studies is found to be suboptimal, with a lack of consensus, rigorous development, and validation of assessment tools. A consensus-based bias assessment tool specifically designed for mediation studies is needed to improve the quality and consistency of assessments.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Hossein Motahari-Nezhad, Hana Al-Abdulkarim, Meriem Fgaier, Mohamed Mahdi Abid, Marta Pentek, Laszlo Gulacsi, Zsombor Zrubka
Summary: This study evaluated the methodological quality and evidence quality of meta-analyses of digital biomarker-based interventions, finding high-quality evidence in improvements in mortality, transplant risk, cardiac arrhythmia detection, and stroke incidence. Researchers are recommended to consider the AMSTAR-2 criteria and GRADE for producing high-quality studies in the future, and patients, clinicians, and policymakers are advised to take the results of this study into consideration before making clinical decisions regarding digital biomarkers.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Chantelle Garritty, Gerald Gartlehner, Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit, Valerie J. King, Candyce Hamel, Chris Kamel, Lisa Affengruber, Adrienne Stevens
Summary: The study aims to develop guidance to support the conduct of rapid reviews, with 26 recommendations presented based on survey results. These recommendations will help synthesize evidence for urgent health issues, but the guidance will need to be updated as new evaluations for some RR methods are conducted due to the current lack of available evidence.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Editorial Material
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Dinah Parums
Summary: Subjective narrative review articles play an educational and informative role in medical and scientific journals. Systematic review and meta-analysis aim to provide an objective evaluation of all published data, supporting evidence-based medical practice. These studies require clear aims, detailed planning, and adherence to mandatory guidelines for design, conduct, and reporting.
MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Heyong Wang, Zhenqin Hong, Ming Hong
Summary: This paper proposes an improved recommendation model called MFFR, which incorporates user reviews and ratings to enhance the accuracy of recommendations, particularly in cases of sparse ratings.
APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Riaz Qureshi, Evan Mayo-Wilson, Thanitsara Rittiphairoj, Mara McAdams-DeMarco, Eliseo Guallar, Tianjing Li
Summary: This study examined the methods used for synthesizing harms in systematic reviews and meta-analyses of gabapentin and found that current approaches are inadequate for producing valid summaries of harms to guide decisions. The study calls for a paradigm shift and improvement in methods.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Michelle C. Howell Smith, Pamela Shanahan Bazis
Summary: This study conducted a comprehensive review of published MMR-SMRs, identifying best practices to enhance the quality and utility of future reviews. The research summarized quantitative codes descriptively and integrated qualitative themes with relevant quantitative results, contributing valuable insights to the field of mixed methods research. The study also identified potential topics for future MMR-SMR, summarized current practices in writing MMR-SMRs, and provided recommendations for publishing future MMR-SMR.
JOURNAL OF MIXED METHODS RESEARCH
(2021)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
S. Elbers, H. Wittink, U. Kaiser, J. Kleijnen, J. Pool, A. Koke, R. Smeets
Summary: Systematic reviews are struggling to keep up with the growing rate of clinical trials, but living systematic reviews offer a potential solution by continuously updating new evidence. They have the potential to be applied not only in rapidly emerging topics but also in slower developing domains like rehabilitation science.
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Carole Lunny, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Brian Hutton, Ian White, Jpt Higgins, James M. Wright, Ji Yoon Kim, Sai Surabi Thirugnanasampanthar, Shazia Siddiqui, Jennifer Watt, Lorenzo Moja, Nichole Taske, Robert C. Lorenz, Savannah Gerrish, Sharon Straus, Virginia Minogue, Franklin Hu, Kevin Lin, Ayah Kapani, Samin Nagi, Lillian Chen, Mona Akbar-nejad, Andrea C. Tricco
Summary: This study aimed to develop a risk of bias (RoB) tool for assessing network meta-analysis (NMA) and gather opinions from knowledge users. The Delphi process and knowledge user survey identified the content of the RoB NMA tool and revealed a preference for assessing both individual NMA results and authors' conclusions.
BMJ EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Zachary Munn, Danielle Pollock, Timothy Hugh Barker, Jennifer Stone, Cindy Stern, Edoardo Aromataris, Holger J. Schuenemann, Barbara Clyne, Hanan Khalil, Reem A. Mustafa, Christina Godfrey, Andrew Booth, Andrea C. Tricco, Alan Pearson
BMJ EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Heather Prime, Krysta Andrews, Alexandra Markwell, Andrea Gonzalez, Magdalena Janus, Andrea C. Tricco, Teresa Bennett, Leslie Atkinson
Summary: This review examines the effectiveness of positive parenting interventions on children's early cognitive skills, with significant improvements found in mental abilities and language. However, the effects on executive functioning and pre-academics were smaller. The study also identifies some factors that moderate the effectiveness of interventions.
CLINICAL CHILD AND FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Lesley A. Stewart, Susan P. C. Le, Mike Clarke, Andrea C. Tricco, Sharon E. Straus
Summary: The aim of this study was to identify the barriers encountered during IPD retrieval for NMA. Evaluations of IPD retrieval in Alzheimer's dementia and type 1 diabetes revealed that lack of RCT identifiers and unclear data ownership were major challenges. Practical difficulties in obtaining and analyzing IPD, as well as additional costs, were also noted. However, no evidence of retrieval bias was found in relation to trial findings.
BMJ EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Health Care Sciences & Services
Christina M. Godfrey, Andrea C. Tricco, Rosemary Wilson, Kim Sears
JBI EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Andrea C. Tricco, Jennifer Watt, Sofia Tsokani, Paul A. Khan, Charlene Soobiah, Ahmed Negm, Amanda Doherty-Kirby, Paul Taylor, Carole Lunny, Jessie McGowan, Julian Little, Patrick Mallon, David Moher, Sabrina Wong, Jacqueline Dinnes, Yemisi Takwoingi, Lynora Saxinger, Adrienne Chan, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Bryn Lander, Adrienne Meyers, Guillaume Poliquin, Sharon E. Straus
Summary: This study aimed to determine the most sensitive and specific rapid test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 through a rapid review and diagnostic test accuracy network meta-analysis. The results showed that rapid molecular tests had high sensitivity and specificity, while rapid antigen tests were mainly associated with high specificity.
Editorial Material
Health Care Sciences & Services
Andrea C. Tricco, David Tovey
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Health Care Sciences & Services
Andrea C. Tricco, David Tovey
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Health Care Sciences & Services
David Tovey, Andrea C. Tricco
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Eric Kai Chung Wong, Carole Lunny, Juan Camilo Martinez Molina, Ivan D. Florez, Andrea C. Tricco, Sharon E. Straus
Summary: Evidence suggests that industry-sponsored network meta-analyses (NMAs) are more likely to recommend their own interventions and report positive conclusions compared to non-industry-sponsored NMAs. This bias in funding may affect the completeness and reliability of the findings.
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
(2023)
Correction
Medicine, General & Internal
Fiona Campbell, Andrea C. Tricco, Zachary Munn, Danielle Pollock, Ashrita Saran, Anthea Sutton, Howard White, Hanan Khalil
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Health Policy & Services
Reid C. Robson, Sonia M. Thomas, Etienne V. Langlois, Rhona Mijumbi, Ismael Kawooya, Jesmin Antony, Melissa Courvoisier, Krystle Amog, Robert Marten, Ivdity Chikovani, Devaki Nambiar, Rajani R. Ved, Soumyadeep Bhaumik, Nur Zahirah Balqis-Ali, Sondi Sararaks, Shakirah Md. Sharif, Rugare Abigail Kangwende, Ronald Munatsi, Sharon E. Straus, Andrea C. Tricco
Summary: The demand for rapid evidence-based syntheses to inform health policy and systems decision-making has increased globally, including in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The WHO's Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) initiated the Embedding Rapid Reviews in Health Systems Decision-Making (ERA) Initiative to promote the use of rapid syntheses in LMICs. Four LMICs were selected and supported to establish rapid response platforms within public institutions.
HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jennifer Watt, Mark Hofmeister, Cinzia Del Giovane, Rebecca Turner, Andrea C. Tricco, Dimitris Mavridis, Sharon Straus, Areti Angeliki Veroniki
BMJ EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Substance Abuse
Andrea C. Tricco, Amanda Parker, Areej Hezam, Vera Nincic, Fatemeh Yazdi, Yonda Lai, Charmalee Harris, Zachary Bouck, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Sharon E. Straus
Summary: Preliminary evidence suggests that people who inject drugs may be at an increased risk of developing infective endocarditis, hepatitis C virus infection, and/or human immunodeficiency virus infection from hydromorphone controlled-release formulation. However, more research is needed to confirm this relationship and assess the risk.
HARM REDUCTION JOURNAL
(2023)