• Empirical studies have attempted to link income inequality with poor health, but recent systematic reviews have failed to reach a consensus because of mixed findings. (bmj.com)
  • Systematic reviews are rarely used to inform study design - a systematic review and meta-analysis. (jameslindlibrary.org)
  • Systematic reviews are rarely used to contextualise new results-a systematic review and meta-analysis of meta-research studies. (jameslindlibrary.org)
  • The impact of conducting preclinical systematic reviews on researchers and their research: A mixed method case study. (jameslindlibrary.org)
  • A protocol format for the preparation, registration and publication of systematic reviews of animal intervention studies. (jameslindlibrary.org)
  • To do this, he and his collaborators - Ralph Horwitz, MD, of Yale University School of Medicine, and Tiago Pereira, PhD, of Oswaldo Cruz Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil - turned to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, a collection of review articles on health-care studies from around the world. (stanford.edu)
  • MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library were searched for meta-analyses, systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and prospective cohort studies published between January 1990 and June 2015. (bmj.com)
  • Two systematic reviews and meta-analyses have been conducted ( 8 , 9 ), the most recent in 2013, suggesting a positive association between these two diseases. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • We accomplished the recommendations described by the Cochrane Collaboration and PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) for conducting and writing systematic reviews. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • In accordance with the PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews, we systematically searched the Cochrane Library, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Embase, and Scopus for relevant studies published between 2000 and 2014. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • The study was designed in accordance with the recommendations of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines ( 13 ). (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Two independent investigators screened the included studies in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Based on titles and abstracts alone, we were able to identify 1515 surveys, 733 systematic reviews, 512 cohort studies, 480 meta-analyses, and 362 randomized control trials. (jmir.org)
  • Ideally, systematic reviews have clear criteria for which studies are included and excluded, and - when conducted well - should assess the quality of each study. (cdc.gov)
  • Systematic reviews can incorporate information from observational studies, non-randomized trials, and randomized controlled trials to clarify existing evidence about a certain topic. (cdc.gov)
  • We conducted a quick PubMed search on April 12 and found at least 28 meta-analyses and systematic reviews about COVID-19. (cdc.gov)
  • Only a few of these studies indicate that the authors used standardized tools for quality measures to guide the review process, which is an important way of standardizing results presented in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. (cdc.gov)
  • Currently, systematic reviews of COVID-19 topics are being published at a very rapid pace, running the risk of synthesizing data from flawed, poorly designed studies, or studies with overlapping data. (cdc.gov)
  • In fact, just before we published this blog, we conducted a more recent search on April 27 and found at least 90 published systematic reviews or meta-analyses. (cdc.gov)
  • PROSPERO , a prospective registry of systematic reviews, contains information on well over 600 protocols for systematic reviews of human studies relevant to COVID-19. (cdc.gov)
  • To carry out a systematic review of the studies comparing the outcome of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients with and without cancer, a search string was devised which was used to identify relevant publications in PubMed up to December 31, 2020. (elifesciences.org)
  • A literature search of papers published (until Nov 2020) on the topic of OLP cases with malignant transformation revealed 89 studies meeting inclusion criteria with 10 high quality studies. (dentalproductsreport.com)
  • This review and meta-regression analysis was conducted using the Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) reporting guideline. (nih.gov)
  • PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and EMBASE were searched from inception until January 31, 2021, for observational or clinical studies reporting the prognosis (and therapeutic effect) of COVID-19 infection in patients with deficient vitamin D levels. (nih.gov)
  • We assessed the association between vitamin D and risk, severity, and mortality for COVID-19 infection, through a review of 43 observational studies. (nih.gov)
  • The study was conducted according to the Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology guideline. (nature.com)
  • Observational studies. (cancer.net)
  • Observational research helps with the study of epidemiology. (cancer.net)
  • Experimental studies are more reliable than observational studies. (cancer.net)
  • Observational (cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort) studies comparing low and high vitamin D status and interventions comparing vitamin D supplementation with a control group were included in the review and meta-analysis. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • Twenty-six observational and three intervention studies (n = 19-9,556) were included in the meta-analysis. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • Associations between double-checking and medication administration errors: a direct observational study of paediatric inpatients. (ahrq.gov)
  • Chronic hospital nurse understaffing meets COVID-19: an observational study. (ahrq.gov)
  • Barcode medication administration technology use in hospital practice: a mixed-methods observational study of policy deviations. (ahrq.gov)
  • Some businesses rely only on observational analysis to make decisions when they don't have the expertise to conduct rigorous experiments. (kdnuggets.com)
  • The relations were largely consistent and significant among participants with different characteristics in the subgroup analyses. (nature.com)
  • Describe methods of additional analyses (e.g., sensitivity or subgroup analyses, meta-regression), if done, indicating which were prespecified. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The frequency of physical and verbal violence in the subgroup analysis was statistically significantly different for countries and years. (who.int)
  • Statistical analyses and quality of individual participant data network meta-analyses were suboptimal: a cross-sectional study. (jameslindlibrary.org)
  • Recently, a study using statistical predictive models based on a comprehensive systematic review estimated 4.95 million deaths related to AMR, including 1.27 million deaths attributable to AMR, occurred across 204 countries and territories in 2019 ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In fact, among all the interventions that the scientists studied involving randomized trials, only one intervention - a treatment known as extracorporeal oxygenation for respiratory failure in newborns - had a very large effect on mortality with high levels of statistical significance and no concerns about its validity. (stanford.edu)
  • These studies, conducted worldwide between 1986 and 2016, included 11,236 statistical comparisons of juvenile success. (wm.edu)
  • They can be considered safe drugs, as the analysis of serious adverse events did not show statistical significance, although the total number of adverse events is higher than in placebo for the treatment of symptoms in patients with MS. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Any statistical book from the design of studies and data evaluation. (pte.hu)
  • Some reviews use statistical methods of meta-analysis to assess and summarize the results of multiple studies. (cdc.gov)
  • The findings need to be interpreted with caution given the heterogeneity between studies, as well as the attenuation of the risk estimates in analyses that attempted to control for the unmeasured characteristics of areas with high levels of income inequality. (bmj.com)
  • Between-study heterogeneity was assessed (Cochran Q statistic) and quantified (I2 statistic). (nih.gov)
  • The heterogeneity of population included, study design and outcome presentation refrained from a meta-analysis. (researchgate.net)
  • Heterogeneity analysis revealed that an increasing index of insulin resistance was independently associated with improving the performance of adiponectin upon metabolic syndrome diagnosis (ratio of diagnostic odds ratio = 3.89, 95% CI: 1.13-13.9). (frontiersin.org)
  • For all cancer combined, the pooled odds ratio (OR) for mortality was 2.32 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.82-2.94, I 2 for heterogeneity 90.1%, 24 studies), that for ICU admission was 2.39 (95% CI 1.90-3.02, I 2 0.0%, 5 studies), that for disease severity or hospitalization was 2.08 (95% CI 1.60-2.72, I 2 92.1%, 15 studies). (elifesciences.org)
  • Methods and analysis Journal articles meeting inclusion criteria will be identified via a search of seven electronic databases: MEDLINE via EBSCOhost, PsycINFO via APA PsycNET, Embase via Elsevier, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature via EBSCOhost, Web of Science via Thomson Reuters, Google Scholar and the Cochrane Library. (bmj.com)
  • Design Random effects meta-analyses, calculating the overall relative risk for subsequent mortality among prospective cohort studies and the overall odds ratio for poor self rated health among cross sectional studies. (bmj.com)
  • Cohort studies investigating the association of combined lifestyle factors with risks of incident cancer and cancer mortality were selected. (nature.com)
  • 30 studies with 1.8 million participants) for cancer mortality. (nature.com)
  • Mortality and longevity studies of spinal cord injury (SCI) are essential for informing healthcare systems and policies. (karger.com)
  • This study found substantial variation in mortality and longevity within the SCI population, compared to the general population, and between WHO regions and country income level. (karger.com)
  • Impact of commercial computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) on medication errors, length of stay, and mortality in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (ahrq.gov)
  • The pooled mortality OR for hematologic neoplasms was 2.14 (95% CI 1.87-2.44, I 2 20.8%, 8 studies). (elifesciences.org)
  • In the mortality meta-analysis for all cancers, the pooled OR was higher for studies conducted in Asia than studies conducted in Europe or North America. (elifesciences.org)
  • Our meta-analysis indicates a twofold increased risk of adverse outcomes (mortality, ICU admission, and severity of COVID-19) in unvaccinated COVID-19 patients with cancer compared to COVID-19 patients without cancer. (elifesciences.org)
  • The authors conducted a systematic review and baseline meta-analysis of studies on the impact of SARS-Cov-2 infection on morbidity and mortality among cancer patients not previously vaccinated against the virus. (elifesciences.org)
  • Provide an explicit statement of questions being addressed with reference to participants, interventions, comparisons, outcomes, and study design (PICOS). (nationalacademies.org)
  • This analysis serves as benchmark for forthcoming work on the same outcomes among vaccinated cancer patients, which as a whole will assist the development of cancer care guidelines. (elifesciences.org)
  • Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, many studies have been conducted on the outcomes of COVID-19, in order to identify factors associated with a higher death rate and a more severe infection course. (elifesciences.org)
  • The meta-analysis encompassed more than 18,000 participants, arguably enough to also examine whether adding aspirin to a mix of at least two hypertension meds and a statin made any difference to clinical outcomes across the trials, which were TIPS-3 , HOPE-3 , and PolyIran . (medscape.com)
  • The researchers note that such tutoring can be effective in producing better reading outcomes for students in both general education and special education classrooms, and other studies have shown that it has the potential to improve the social relationships of children. (hoagiesgifted.org)
  • In literature, this research topic follows the distinction between studies on outcomes (which evaluate both the overall efficacy and the different forms of efficacy of specific clinical models) and the studies on the process (the mechanisms of change that operate within the therapeutic pathway). (scirp.org)
  • A comprehensive search of major databases retrieved relevant studies from 2000-2022. (cdc.gov)
  • Combining lectures, workshops and self-directed learning, this module seeks to provide the first time systematic reviewer with a sound grounding in the principles of systematic reviewing, including framing the question, identifying and critically appraising relevant studies, synthesising results, and interpreting and disseminating conclusions. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • Retrospective analysis of reported suicide deaths and attempts on veterans health administration campuses and inpatient units. (ahrq.gov)
  • Methods Retrospective single center cohort study of patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy over the past 10 years for carcinoma obstructing the lower common bile duct. (thieme-connect.de)
  • 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Although several meta-analyses and other retrospective studies have examined stented versus nonstented patients, they have not specifically addressed POPF rates. (thieme-connect.de)
  • Results from a retrospective chart review analysis found that ketamine infusions can help reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation among patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). (medscape.com)
  • N of 1 trials can be aggregated to generate group mean treatment effects: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (jameslindlibrary.org)
  • Experimental studies, called clinical trials. (cancer.net)
  • Experimental studies and clinical trials help researchers learn more about how cancer starts or spreads. (cancer.net)
  • John Ioannidis , MD, DSc, chief of the Stanford Prevention Research Center , and his colleagues parsed data from more than 85,000 previous meta-analyses (analyses that can include any number of medical trials on a particular intervention and outcome of interest) and determined that most medical interventions have only small or modest incremental effects, but that those effects are frequently overestimated by small studies. (stanford.edu)
  • Longitudinal lifespan studies are necessary to depict the optimal timing and duration in which repletion of vitamin D may protect against cognitive decline and dementia in aging, to better inform trials and practice towards a successful therapy. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • Many studies in the meta-analysis also were funded by the pharmaceutical industry, especially trials for nabiximols. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The six remaining studies were a hodge-podge group of trials comparing various PPIs at different doses, none of which demonstrated any superiority. (aafp.org)
  • In this study, the authors appropriately identified a clear study question, performed a fairly comprehensive review of available databases (although they did not include any abstracts from presentations at symposia or obtain unpublished clinical trials from the FDA or the drug companies), and used clear end points to determine cure or failure-so far, so good. (aafp.org)
  • A Cochrane systematic review of 15 randomised controlled trials, involving almost 60 000 participants, found greater reductions (27%) in CVD events in studies that replaced SFA with PUFA than in studies where SFA was replaced with carbohydrate or protein, where there was little evidence of any effect[4]. (heartuk.org.uk)
  • But a new patient-level analysis of three large, randomized trials seems to strengthen the case for the idea at the population level, at least for older adults with CV risk factors . (medscape.com)
  • Together, the trials suggest a highly significant 38% drop in risk for the meta-analysis primary endpoint, a composite of CV death, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke , or arterial revascularization, in participants on the fixed-dose regimens, for a number-needed-to-treat (NNT) of 52. (medscape.com)
  • The current report's conclusion that aspirin adds to the efficacy of fixed-dose combination therapy "is drawn from the fact that the hazard ratios were reduced somewhat more in cross-study comparisons in which the trials with aspirin were compared to those without," he observed. (medscape.com)
  • In the context of results from other relevant studies these findings suggest that some inflammatory processes, unrelated to the chronic infections studied here, are likely to be involved in coronary heart disease. (bmj.com)
  • The findings of this systematic review and meta-regression analysis may help facilitate policy formulation, channeling funding and guiding principles for better disease diagnosis using universal valid tools and management. (nih.gov)
  • False-positive findings in Cochrane meta-analyses with and without application of trial sequential analysis: an empirical review. (jameslindlibrary.org)
  • Therefore, we conducted a systematic review of all available studies in the past twelve years aiming to give an overview of the most important findings of empirical researches published in international peer review journals in English and Italian languages. (scirp.org)
  • This, combined with new insights into the pandemic's effect on mental health and promising findings regarding treatment options, resulted in anxiety becoming this week's top trending clinical topic. (medscape.com)
  • Conclusion: Findings from this study provide useful information for policymaking regarding interventions to prevent or minimize violence against healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and Türkiye. (who.int)
  • An additional 5 studies used PRISMA guidelines to guide the review process and report their results. (cdc.gov)
  • Instead they study the results of interventions already in place. (cancer.net)
  • Ioannidis admits that some interventions likely to have very large effects are never tested in randomized studies - for instance, if a person drops dead in the street, someone will always try to resuscitate them. (stanford.edu)
  • For tutoring interventions only, the study also examined whether being the tutor or tutee made a difference in the student's learning. (hoagiesgifted.org)
  • A large analysis of 42 studies with more than 800,000 participants found that olive oil was the only source of monounsaturated fat that seemed to reduce heart disease risk ( 4 ). (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • On the other hand, in the same study, the participants who ate a low fat, high carb diet showed a decrease in HDL cholesterol ( 13 ). (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Researchers screened nearly 400 published articles and conducted meta-analyses on 64 longitudinal studies with 170,000 participants. (medscape.com)
  • In an analysis of almost 55,000 adult participants in three ongoing studies , having psychological distress (anxiety, depression, worry, perceived stress, or loneliness) prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with increased risk of developing long COVID. (medscape.com)
  • The analysis, which included more than 400 participants with TRD, suggests that ketamine is a safe and rapid treatment in a real-world patient population. (medscape.com)
  • AMR was the third leading underlying cause of death for 2019 in the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation's Global Burden of Disease study ( https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/gbd ). (cdc.gov)
  • However, because the estimations were performed for 2019, data related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could not be part of this study. (cdc.gov)
  • A 2019 meta-analysis reviewed 25 studies that looked into a possible link between smoking cannabis and cancer. (healthline.com)
  • The idea for the team's study of nursery value took birth during a 2016 graduate-level course taught by Lefcheck-then a VIMS post-doctoral fellow - and VIMS Professor Robert Orth. (wm.edu)
  • The 2016 JAMA study found that nearly half of all prescriptions for antidepressants were for other conditions. (madinamerica.com)
  • A 2013 cohort study found that women who were frequently around secondhand smoke had similar breast cancer risk to active smokers. (healthline.com)
  • We also performed sensitivity analyses according to quality score and assessed publication bias. (elifesciences.org)
  • To analyze HS prevalence, only cross-sectional studies or baseline assessments of longitudinal cohorts using census-based surveys or probabilistic and nonprobabilistic epidemiologic methods were considered. (nih.gov)
  • These studies can also test new imaging methods and ways to improve quality of life. (cancer.net)
  • Describe methods used for assessing risk of bias of individual studies (including specification of whether this was done at the study or outcome level), and how this information is to be used in any data synthesis. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Describe the methods of handling data and combining results of studies, if done, including measures of consistency (e.g. (nationalacademies.org)
  • A recent study of reading research, funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs and conducted by researchers at the University of Miami, has linked some methods of instructional grouping to increased achievement for elementary school students with disabilities. (hoagiesgifted.org)
  • Therefore, certain studies, researches, and reports have been presented, often associating scientific recognition to the possibility of using empirical methods that respect the values, principles, and even the method proposed by this clinical approach. (scirp.org)
  • Results The meta-analysis included 59 509 857 subjects in nine cohort studies and 1 280 211 subjects in 19 cross sectional studies. (bmj.com)
  • Randomization lowers the chance that what they or the researchers assume or prefer will change the study results. (cancer.net)
  • This type of study also helps researchers to better find and control for such features as age, sex, and other factors that can affect the results of the study. (cancer.net)
  • It is important to note that the Danish Dairy Research Foundation funded this study, which could have influenced study results. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The results of the analysis were published Oct. 24 in the Journal of the American Medical Association . (stanford.edu)
  • They used additional criteria to winnow their search results to a core group of 160 studies that had compared the performance of juvenile organisms in structured and unstructured habitats. (wm.edu)
  • To facilitate new knowledge development about temporal perspectives on the topic of sustainable employability from an organizational perspective, in this Special Issue, we present new meaningful results of eight different empirical papers. (researchgate.net)
  • Studies reported from Sweden and India with Stomach Cancer variable results. (who.int)
  • Collect and analyze the relevant published results (meta-analysis). (pte.hu)
  • We conducted random-effects meta-analyses of the results, overall and after stratification by region. (elifesciences.org)
  • The study relied on meta-analysis, a way of looking at many research studies on a specified topic to get an overall picture of research results on that topic. (hoagiesgifted.org)
  • 3. Publish the results of a multi-laboratory study that compared three hearing protector fit-test systems. (cdc.gov)
  • Assessment of bias risk used the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Instrument for Studies Reporting Prevalence Data using random-effects models to synthesize available evidence. (nih.gov)
  • In 16 quantitatively assessed studies included, prevalence estimates were reported only from Western European and Scandinavian countries, the US, and Australia. (nih.gov)
  • Meta-analysis with random effects, after adjusting for publication bias in the prevalence estimates, revealed a 0.40% prevalence (95% CI, 0.26%-0.63%) for HS. (nih.gov)
  • All the study measured the serum 25-OHD level in children, or classified the children based on the 25-OHD level into severe vitamin D deficiency, insufficient deficiency and comparing the prevalence of asthma in childhood were included in our study. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • The prevalence of dose errors among paediatric patients in hospital wards with and without health information technology: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (ahrq.gov)
  • This Best Practices, LLC report draws upon 9 of our field benchmarking studies to evaluate the prevalence and impact of bridge and fast-start patient assistance programs. (best-in-class.com)
  • Studies in North America reported a prevalence rate of 23.3% compared with 14.4% in studies conducted across Europe. (medscape.com)
  • For substance abuse, the pooled prevalence was 24%, with major differences seen among the studies. (medscape.com)
  • In order to know the evidence for GT effectiveness in more recent years, it is important to summarize studies and researches that focused on a GT approach. (scirp.org)
  • J Strength Cond Res 35(4): 1165-1175, 2021-The aim of this review was to summarize the evidence from longitudinal studies assessing the effects induced by resistance training (RT) performed to failure (RTF) vs. not to failure (RTNF) on muscle strength, hypertrophy, and power output in adults. (lww.com)
  • Moreover, "The largest effects were with fixed-dose combination strategies that included aspirin," with a 47% drop in the primary endpoint and a smaller NNT of 37, said Philip Joseph, MD, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada, when presenting the study during the all-virtual European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2021. (medscape.com)
  • Une recherche documentaire a été effectuée dans PubMed de 1980 à 2021 en utilisant diverses combinaisons de termes MeSH comme tabac, diabète, hypertension, dyslipidémie, trouble dépressif majeur, trouble bipolaire, schizophrénie. (who.int)
  • Seventy-five of the 3513 articles identified of studies conducted during 1999-2021 were eligible. (who.int)
  • After exclusion criteria were applied, 17 studies qualified for qualitative analysis, but only 16 studies were quantitatively assessed. (nih.gov)
  • Underlying risk factors for prescribing errors in long-term aged care: a qualitative study. (ahrq.gov)
  • Combining data from similar studies (meta-analysis) can help to provide more reliable estimates of treatment effects. (jameslindlibrary.org)
  • Individual participant data meta-analyses compared with meta-analyses based on aggregate data. (jameslindlibrary.org)
  • Most researchers feel this type of clinical trial produces the best study data. (cancer.net)
  • Of these accepted papers, three studies were based on longitudinal survey data (2-wave panel data, whereas one. (researchgate.net)
  • One example for evaluating the result data from different papers statistically is the meta-analysis. (pte.hu)
  • Data were insufficient to perform a meta-analysis for other cancers. (elifesciences.org)
  • Therefore, this study aimed to determine the association between diabetes and risk of kidney cancer based on the latest available data. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Meta-analyses will be undertaken where data are adequate. (bmj.com)
  • Researchers may create specific rules, called eligibility criteria , when they ask people to join an experimental study. (cancer.net)
  • The people in the study and the researchers do not know who belongs to the intervention group or control group. (cancer.net)
  • In one study, researchers split people with type 2 diabetes into two groups. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The researchers looked at more than 3,000 reviews that covered 85,000 meta-analyses on medical topics. (stanford.edu)
  • Shortly after the emergence of COVID-19, researchers rapidly mobilized to study numerous aspects of the disease such as its evolution, clinical manifestations, effects, treatments, and vaccinations. (jmir.org)
  • Pooled estimates were derived using random effects meta-analysis, restricted to traumatic SCI. (karger.com)
  • To our knowledge, this study represents the most comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis on this topic to date," they wrote. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Defining Rapid Reviews: a systematic scoping review and thematic analysis of definitions and defining characteristics of rapid reviews. (jameslindlibrary.org)
  • Move to literature reviews and meta-analyses. (scotthyoung.com)
  • Reviews and meta-analysis combine many different studies into one, so they can overview a literature before you dig deeper. (scotthyoung.com)
  • Reference lists of relevant studies and reviews will be scanned for additional eligible studies. (bmj.com)
  • But the only objective outcome measure studied related to spasticity: "No benefit from cannabinoids was observed, and this was discordant with the subjective measures of the same symptom" -- a finding consistent with other literature and anecdotal accounts about cannabinoids and pain, they noted. (medpagetoday.com)
  • If the sharp short term fluctuations are ignored, then long term circulating concentrations of these factors show a similar year-to-year consistency within individuals to levels of some more extensively studied risk factors such as blood cholesterol concentration and blood pressure. (bmj.com)
  • It is one of the most studied and discussed topics in industrial and organizational psychology and extensively documented in meta-analyses and literatu. (researchgate.net)
  • Cancer research studies look for and find better ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer. (cancer.net)
  • What are the types of experimental cancer research studies? (cancer.net)
  • However, less research has been done on this topic. (healthline.com)
  • Students will be allocated a topic to conduct a systematic review, which may be as part of a research team with other students. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • The later ones are good candidates for selecting as a topic for your research. (pte.hu)
  • 1. Basic features of medical research studies. (pte.hu)
  • 11. Finalize the topic and the main research concepts. (pte.hu)
  • The International Journal of Wine Research will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication. (dovepress.com)
  • To provide advice on such a controversial topic requires a strong research design involving a randomized comparison of polypill plus aspirin vs polypill minus aspirin. (medscape.com)
  • Based on the criteria of the meta-analysis, 20 research studies conducted between 1975 and 1995 were included. (hoagiesgifted.org)
  • We believe that this work can be used to analyze other eHealth-related literature to help clinicians, administrators, and policy makers to obtain a holistic view of the literature and be able to categorize different topics of the existing research for further analyses. (jmir.org)
  • The research concerning the efficacy of this model represents a controversial and quite poorly investigated topic within the general field of psychotherapy effectiveness. (scirp.org)
  • As for the outcome analysis, the research has mainly been directed toward the effectiveness assessment of the specific clinical models. (scirp.org)
  • In a recent blog on Mad in America, attorney Kenneth F. McCallion, citing studies from the Rand Corporation , American Psychological Association and in JAMA , described how much of the explosive growth in the prescribing of antidepressants was due to their being given to patients who don't meet the established criteria for depression. (madinamerica.com)
  • What's more, these studies demonstrate that in addition to raising HDL cholesterol, very-low-carb diets may decrease triglycerides and improve several other risk factors for heart disease. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Further Mendelian randomization analysis identified that the amplified risk could be attributed to increased susceptibility (up to 7%) to insulin resistance compared with women. (frontiersin.org)
  • Specify any assessment of risk of bias that may affect the cumulative evidence (e.g., publication bias, selective reporting within studies). (nationalacademies.org)
  • The recent controversy has arisen following a couple of recent analyses failing to find an association between SFA and CHD risk[13],[14]. (heartuk.org.uk)
  • Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Included literature must have addressed 1 of 9 predetermined clinical topics: (1) preoperative predictors for postoperative outcome, (2) effectiveness of physical therapy, (3) open and closed kinetic chain quadriceps exercises, (4) strength and neuromuscular training, (5) electrostimulation and electromyographic feedback, (6) cryotherapy, (7) measurements of functional performance, (8) return to play and (9) risk for reinjury. (bmj.com)
  • We analyzed 17 studies and found that diabetes was significantly associated with the risk of developing kidney cancer and that this risk was slightly stronger for women and for people living in Asia. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Epidemiological studies have identified diabetes as an essential risk factor for the development of malignancies in different organs such as the liver, biliary tract, pancreas, colon, uterus, bladder, and kidneys ( 4 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
  • That trial, which showed no primary preventive advantage to aspirin but did show an increased risk of major bleeding, was largely consistent with two other major studies, ARRIVE and ASCEND . (medscape.com)
  • The most dominant topic was public health response, followed by clinical care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical characteristics and risk factors, and epidemic models for its spread. (jmir.org)
  • Hence, we conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis to fill in the gap. (nature.com)
  • A systematic review of relevant databases for original studies. (karger.com)
  • We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the lethality attributed to infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. (cdc.gov)
  • Design: Systematic review and random effect meta-analysis. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis. (ahrq.gov)
  • Cannabinoids were safe and demonstrated limited effectiveness in treating certain symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, a meta-analysis and systematic review found. (medpagetoday.com)
  • This article attempts to review the literature on this topic. (aafp.org)
  • Identify the report as a systematic review, meta-analysis, or both. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Give numbers of studies screened, assessed for eligibility, and included in the review, with reasons for exclusions at each stage, ideally with a flow diagram. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Topics to be covered in the Institute will provide opportunities for hands-on, small-group, interactive learning directly relevant to each review topic. (cornell.edu)
  • Studies included in the review, however, were considered low quality. (dentalproductsreport.com)
  • An up-to-date review of the studies concerning GT efficacy is currently lacking. (scirp.org)
  • A total of 11 studies were included in this review. (scirp.org)
  • Thirteen studies were included in this review. (lww.com)
  • Citation: Önal Ö, Evcil FY, Batmaz K, Çoban B, Doğan E. Systematic review and meta-analysis of verbal and physical violence against healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. (who.int)
  • Effectiveness of a 'Do not interrupt' bundled intervention to reduce interruptions during medication administration: a cluster randomised controlled feasibility study. (ahrq.gov)
  • A straw man comparison is when a study intentionally compares drugs of differing doses in order to set up one as a clear "winner" in effectiveness. (aafp.org)
  • One study in women with overweight found that diets high in meat and cheese increased HDL levels by 5-8%, compared with a higher carb diet ( 14 ). (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The team discovered that in about 10 percent of the medical topics examined, a very large treatment effect was found in a first study, and another 6 percent found a very large treatment effect only in a later trial. (stanford.edu)
  • A 2014 study found that current or previous smoking, particularly heavy smoking, was associated with a poorer outlook and an increased chance of cancer recurrence . (healthline.com)
  • Four studies of pantoprazole (Protonix) 40 mg versus omeprazole (Prilosec) 20 mg found no difference. (aafp.org)
  • Six studies of lansoprazole (Prevacid) 30 mg versus omeprazole 20 mg found no difference. (aafp.org)
  • Two studies of rabeprazole (Aciphex) 20 mg versus omeprazole 20 mg found no difference. (aafp.org)
  • Two studies of esomeprazole (Nexium) 40 mg versus omeprazole 20 mg found a small difference. (aafp.org)
  • All of the studies, except for the two that compared esomeprazole and omeprazole, found that there were no differences among any of the drugs in the treatment of GERD . (aafp.org)
  • A recent meta-analysis in China found that 61.2% of healthcare workers were exposed to verbal violence in the last year (10). (who.int)
  • Limitations of the meta-analysis included the small number of studies assessed and differences in lengths of treatment. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Sixteen studies with no differences noted among any PPIs. (aafp.org)
  • Studies were eligible if they met the following criteria: randomized and nonrandomized studies comparing the effects of RTF vs. RTNF on muscle hypertrophy, maximal strength, and muscle power in adults, and RT intervention ≥6 weeks. (lww.com)
  • with cross-sectional yielding a stronger effect compared to longitudinal studies. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • However, previous studies on the psychometric properties of the instrument are limited and cross-sectional. (researchgate.net)
  • Previous studies revealed the potential significance of circulating adiponectin levels with respect to the diagnosis and prediction of metabolic syndrome, but uncertainty has been noted across different cohorts. (frontiersin.org)
  • Systematic evaluation was performed for diagnostic accuracy and predictivity of adiponectin variation for metabolic syndrome in enrolled studies including 1,248 and 6,020 subjects, respectively. (frontiersin.org)
  • This type of study is used in a laboratory to test whether a change in approach, called an intervention, may be useful to treat a cancer, and whether it appears to be safe. (cancer.net)
  • This type of study gives a group of volunteers an intervention. (cancer.net)
  • The intervention is the focus of the study. (cancer.net)
  • For many studies, who does and does not get the intervention is selected at random, called randomization. (cancer.net)
  • In other studies, every person gets the intervention. (cancer.net)
  • This is because people in these studies are placed in the intervention group or control group, usually at random. (cancer.net)
  • In a phase 3 clinical trial, people in the study are usually randomly placed in either the intervention group or control group. (cancer.net)
  • If a study concludes that a new medical intervention - be it a drug, a device or a social program - has a major effect on a condition or symptom, the study is probably wrong and in reality the effect is probably lower. (stanford.edu)
  • Studies including adults and older adults without a dementia diagnosis were included. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • In another study, when 62 older adults consumed about 4 tbsp (50 ml) of high polyphenol extra virgin olive oil every day for 6 weeks, their HDL cholesterol increased ( 7 ). (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • By contrast, analyses accounting for unmeasured regional characteristics showed a weaker association between income inequality and health. (bmj.com)
  • Specify study characteristics (e.g. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and Physiotherapy Evidence Database assessed methodological quality of all studies. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • The most obvious faux pas the authors made was not grading the quality of the studies they incorporated in this meta-analysis. (aafp.org)
  • For reliability studies, we will also apply the Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies to assess quality of reporting. (bmj.com)
  • Only 1 meta-analysis used GRADE quality measures. (cdc.gov)
  • Study selection was performed as outlined in the previously published protocol ( 14 ). (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Notably, of those studied, 38% were active healthcare workers. (medscape.com)
  • This study covered 69 024 healthcare workers from 22 countries. (who.int)
  • The inclusion of older studies using spreads with higher TFA content. (heartuk.org.uk)
  • By univariate and multivariate analysis using Firth logistic regression, pancreatic texture (OR = 1.205, CI = 0.103-2.476, p = 0.032) and the presence of a biliary and pancreatic stent (OR = 2.695, CI = 0.273-7.617, p = 0.027) were the significant factors affecting pancreatic fistula. (thieme-connect.de)
  • 1 2 In recent years these "acute phase reactants" have been studied as potential markers of more subtle and persistent systemic alterations that may be loosely called low grade inflammation. (bmj.com)
  • Previous studies revealed that adiponectin played a causal role in maintaining energy homeostasis via regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism. (frontiersin.org)
  • A comprehensive analysis of more than 11,000 previous coastal-habitat measurements suggests that mangroves and seagrasses provide the greatest value as "nurseries" for young fishes and invertebrates, providing key guidance for managers of threatened marine resources. (wm.edu)