Ausgabe 1/2021
Inhalt (317 Artikel)
The state of population health research performance in the Middle East and North Africa: a meta-research study
Karima Chaabna, Sohaila Cheema, Amit Abraham, Patrick Maisonneuve, Albert B. Lowenfels, Ravinder Mamtani
Screening for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer: protocol for systematic reviews to inform Canadian recommendations
Allison Gates, Jennifer Pillay, Donna Reynolds, Rob Stirling, Gregory Traversy, Christina Korownyk, Ainsley Moore, Guylène Thériault, Brett D. Thombs, Julian Little, Catherine Popadiuk, Dirk van Niekerk, Diana Keto-Lambert, Ben Vandermeer, Lisa Hartling
Climate change and health in North America: literature review protocol
Sherilee L. Harper, Ashlee Cunsolo, Amreen Babujee, Shaugn Coggins, Mauricio Domínguez Aguilar, Carlee J. Wright
Effectiveness of task-shifting for the detection of diabetic retinopathy in low- and middle-income countries: a rapid review protocol
Covadonga Bascaran, Nyawira Mwangi, Fabrizio D’Esposito, Iris Gordon, Juan Alberto Lopez Ulloa, Shaffi Mdala, Jacqueline Ramke, Jennifer R. Evans, Matthew Burton
Efficacy of vitamin C supplementation as an adjunct in the non-surgical management of periodontitis: a systematic review
Hytham N. Fageeh, Hammam I. Fageeh, Ashwin Prabhu, Shilpa Bhandi, Shahrukh Khan, Shankargouda Patil
Exercise interventions for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Julie M. Faieta, Hannes Devos, Prasanna Vaduvathiriyan, Michele K. York, Kirk I. Erickson, Mark A. Hirsch, Brian G. Downer, Erwin E. H. van Wegen, Diana C. Wong, Elena Philippou, Ahmed Negm, Pedram Ahmadnezhad, Shilpa Krishnan, Melike Kahya, Pallavi Sood, Patricia C. Heyn
Comparison of respiratory pathogen colonization and antimicrobial susceptibility in people with cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis versus non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a protocol for a systematic review
Salony Verma, Joseph L. Mathew, Pallab Ray
Protocol for systematic review: patient decision aids for total hip and knee arthroplasty decision-making
Lissa Pacheco-Brousseau, Marylène Charette, Dawn Stacey, Stéphane Poitras
Does surfactant nebulization prevent early intubation in preterm infants? A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Vincent D. Gaertner, Dirk Bassler, Christoph M. Rüegger
Prevalence of sexual dysfunction in men with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Maryam Dastoorpoor, Maryam Zamanian, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh, Seyed Massood Nabavi, Raana Kousari
Cost-related medication nonadherence in Canada: a systematic review of prevalence, predictors, and clinical impact
Anne M. Holbrook, Mei Wang, Munil Lee, Zhiyuan Chen, Michael Garcia, Laura Nguyen, Angela Ford, Selina Manji, Michael R. Law
Self-determination theory interventions versus usual care in people with diabetes: a protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis
Anne Sophie Mathiesen, Mette Juel Rothmann, Vibeke Zoffmann, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Christian Gluud, Jane Lindschou, Mette Due-Christensen, Bodil Rasmussen, Emilie Marqvorsen, Thordis Thomsen
The use of theories, frameworks, or models in knowledge translation studies in healthcare settings in China: a scoping review protocol
Junqiang Zhao, Xuejing Li, Lijiao Yan, Yamei Yu, Jiale Hu, Shelly-Anne Li, Wenjun Chen
The scope and nature of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts: a systematic review protocol
David J. Kinitz, Travis Salway, Elisabeth Dromer, Dean Giustini, Florence Ashley, Trevor Goodyear, Olivier Ferlatte, Hannah Kia, Alex Abramovich
A methodological review protocol of the use of Bayesian factor analysis in primary care research
Hao Zhang, Tibor Schuster
The views of health guideline developers on the use of automation in health evidence synthesis
Anneliese Arno, Julian Elliott, Byron Wallace, Tari Turner, James Thomas
Appraisal of the diagnostic procedures of acute pancreatitis in the guidelines
Ke-Qian Yi, Ting Yang, Yan-Min Yang, Guo-Li Lan, Li-Ya An, Yu-Xing Qi, Hong-Bo Fan, Yong-Qing Duan, Da-Li Sun
Fall prevention interventions for older community-dwelling adults: systematic reviews on benefits, harms, and patient values and preferences
Jennifer Pillay, John J. Riva, Laure A. Tessier, Heather Colquhoun, Eddy Lang, Ainsley E. Moore, Brett D. Thombs, Brenda J. Wilson, Amanda Tzenov, Catherine Donnelly, Marcel Émond, Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Jamie Milligan, Diana Keto-Lambert, Sholeh Rahman, Ben Vandermeer, Andrea C. Tricco, Sharon E. Straus, Sonia M. Thomas, Bradley R. Mitchelmore, Elizabeth Rolland-Harris, Lisa Hartling
Mapping evidence of nurses’ attitudes toward older adults in Africa: a scoping review protocol
Esther L. Wanko Keutchafo, Jane Kerr, Mary A. Jarvis, Desmond Kuupiel
Prevalence, risk factors, and interventions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in South Asia: a scoping review protocol
Rafiqul Islam, Md. Tarek Hossain, Nantu Chakma, Afroza Khanom, Tapas Mazumder, Md. Tauhidul Islam
Theories of change for e-health interventions targeting HIV/STIs and sexual risk, substance use and mental ill health amongst men who have sex with men: systematic review and synthesis
Rebecca Meiksin, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Jane Falconer, T. Charles Witzel, Peter Weatherburn, Chris Bonell
Expanding enhanced recovery protocols for cardiac surgery to include the patient voice: a scoping review protocol
Nebojša Oravec, Rakesh C. Arora, Brian Bjorklund, April Gregora, Caroline Monnin, Todd A. Duhamel, David E. Kent, Annette S. H. Schultz, Anna M. Chudyk
Structural stigma and its impact on healthcare for consumers with borderline personality disorder: protocol for a scoping review
Pauline Klein, Alicia Kate Fairweather, Sharon Lawn, Helen Margaret Stallman, Paul Cammell
Screening for depression in children and adolescents: a protocol for a systematic review update
Andrew Beck, John C. LeBlanc, Kate Morissette, Candyce Hamel, Becky Skidmore, Heather Colquhoun, Eddy Lang, Ainsley Moore, John J. Riva, Brett D. Thombs, Scott Patten, Heather Bragg, Ian Colman, Gary S. Goldfield, Stuart Gordon Nicholls, Kathleen Pajer, Beth K. Potter, Robert Meeder, Priya Vasa, Brian Hutton, Beverley J. Shea, Eva Graham, Julian Little, David Moher, Adrienne Stevens
An evaluation of service user experience, clinical outcomes and service use associated with urgent care services that utilise telephone-based digital triage: a systematic review protocol
Vanashree Sexton, Jeremy Dale, Helen Atherton
Gabapentin for phantom limb pain after amputation in pediatric oncology: a systematic review protocol
Shuang Jiang, Meng-meng Zhou, Rong Xia, Jing-hui Bai, Li-hui Yan
Effectiveness of interventions to increase uptake and completion of treatment for diabetic retinopathy in low- and middle-income countries: a rapid review protocol
Covadonga Bascaran, Nyawira Mwangi, Fabrizio D’Esposito, Charles Cleland, Iris Gordon, Juan Alberto Lopez Ulloa, Ranad Maswadi, Shaffi Mdala, Jacqueline Ramke, Jennifer R. Evans, Matthew Burton
Early detection of sepsis using artificial intelligence: a scoping review protocol
Ivana Pepic, Robert Feldt, Lars Ljungström, Richard Torkar, Daniel Dalevi, Hanna Maurin Söderholm, Lars-Magnus Andersson, Marina Axelson-Fisk, Katarina Bohm, Bengt Arne Sjöqvist, Stefan Candefjord
Factors that influence adherence to surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) guidelines: a systematic review
Sarah Hassan, Vincent Chan, Julie Stevens, Ieva Stupans
Endectocides as a complementary intervention in the malaria control program: a systematic review
Fereshteh Ghahvechi Khaligh, Abbas Jafari, Elena Silivanova, Mikhail Levchenko, Bahlol Rahimi, Saber Gholizadeh
Diagnosis and treatment of Rosai-Dorfman disease of the spine: a systematic literature review
Pan-pan Hu, Feng Wei, Xiao-guang Liu, Zhong-jun Liu
Non-primary progressive language impairment in neurodegenerative conditions: protocol for a scoping review
Sharon A. Savage, Aida Suárez-González, Alice Cassani, Ragaviveka Gopalan, Joshua Stott
Effectiveness of interventions to reduce household air pollution from solid biomass fuels and improve maternal and child health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol
Katherine E. Woolley, Emma Dickinson-Craig, Suzanne E. Bartington, Tosin Oludotun, Bruce Kirenga, Shelton T. Mariga, Telesphore Kabera, April Coombe, Francis D. Pope, Ajit Singh, William R. Avis, Rosie Day, David Warburton, Semira Manaseki-Holland, David J. Moore, G. Neil Thomas
Health and support service needs of individuals with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: a scoping review protocol
Jacqueline Nhu Quynh Pho, Aidan Christopher Tan, Katrina Chaudhary, Sonia Hines, Caroline Ellison, Vivian Isaac, David Lim
Efficacy and safety of CD22 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy in patients with B cell malignancies: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Komal Adeel, Nathan J. Fergusson, Risa Shorr, Harold Atkins, Kevin A. Hay
Role of preoperative intravenous iron therapy to correct anemia before major surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abdelsalam M. Elhenawy, Steven R. Meyer, Sean M. Bagshaw, Roderick G. MacArthur, Linda J. Carroll
Sexual health and COVID-19: protocol for a scoping review
Navin Kumar, Kamila Janmohamed, Kate Nyhan, Laura Forastiere, Wei-Hong Zhang, Anna Kågesten, Maximiliane Uhlich, Sarah M. Van de Velde, Joel M. Francis, Jennifer T. Erausquin, Elin C. Larsson, Denton Callander, John Scott, Victor Minichiello, Joseph D. Tucker
Considerations for conducting systematic reviews: evaluating the performance of different methods for de-duplicating references
Sandra McKeown, Zuhaib M. Mir
PRISMA-S: an extension to the PRISMA Statement for Reporting Literature Searches in Systematic Reviews
Melissa L. Rethlefsen, Shona Kirtley, Siw Waffenschmidt, Ana Patricia Ayala, David Moher, Matthew J. Page, Jonathan B. Koffel, Heather Blunt, Tara Brigham, Steven Chang, Justin Clark, Aislinn Conway, Rachel Couban, Shelley de Kock, Kelly Farrah, Paul Fehrmann, Margaret Foster, Susan A. Fowler, Julie Glanville, Elizabeth Harris, Lilian Hoffecker, Jaana Isojarvi, David Kaunelis, Hans Ket, Paul Levay, Jennifer Lyon, Jessie McGowan, M. Hassan Murad, Joey Nicholson, Virginia Pannabecker, Robin Paynter, Rachel Pinotti, Amanda Ross-White, Margaret Sampson, Tracy Shields, Adrienne Stevens, Anthea Sutton, Elizabeth Weinfurter, Kath Wright, Sarah Young
Inflammation scores as prognostic biomarkers in small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Anne Winther-Larsen, Ninna Aggerholm-Pedersen, Birgitte Sandfeld-Paulsen
Evidence for implementation of interventions to promote mental health in the workplace: a systematic scoping review protocol
Charlotte Paterson, Caleb Leduc, Margaret Maxwell, Birgit Aust, Benedikt L. Amann, Arlinda Cerga-Pashoja, Evelien Coppens, Chrisje Couwenbergh, Cliodhna O’Connor, Ella Arensman, Birgit A. Greiner
A mapping of facilitators and barriers to evidence-based management in health systems: a scoping review study
Tahereh Shafaghat, Mohammad Hasan Imani Nasab, Mohammad Amin Bahrami, Zahra Kavosi, Mahsa Roozrokh Arshadi Montazer, Mohammad Kazem Rahimi Zarchi, Peivand Bastani
Technology-based health solutions for cancer caregivers to better shoulder the impact of COVID-19: a systematic review protocol
Zhaohui Su, Dean McDonnell, Bin Liang, Jennifer Kue, Xiaoshan Li, Sabina Šegalo, Shailesh Advani, Bertha E. Flores, Jing Wang
Use of magnetic resonance imaging-guided radiotherapy for breast cancer: a scoping review protocol
Sarah Elliott, Alexandra Berlangieri, Jason Wasiak, Michael Chao, Farshad Foroudi
Global concerns of dental and oral health workers during COVID-19 outbreak: a scope study on the concerns and the coping strategies
Peivand Bastani, Mohammadtaghi Mohammadpour, Arash Ghanbarzadegan, Kostas Kapellas, Loc Giang Do
Primary care during the transition to adult care for adolescents involved with pediatric specialty services: a scoping review protocol
Kyleigh Schraeder, Brooke Allemang, Cathie Scott, Kerry McBrien, Gina Dimitropoulos, Ashley Felske, Susan Samuel
Inhaled methoxyflurane (Penthrox) for analgesia in trauma: a systematic review protocol
Michael M. Eager, Grant S. Nolan, Kathryn Tonks, Anoopama Ramjeeawon, Natalie Taylor
Substance use and substance use disorder, in relation to COVID-19: protocol for a scoping review
Navin Kumar, Kamila Janmohamed, Kate Nyhan, Silvia S. Martins, Magdalena Cerda, Deborah Hasin, Jenny Scott, Richard Pates, Lilian Ghandour, Mayyada Wazaify, Kaveh Khoshnood
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of social robots for older adults and people with dementia: a scoping review protocol
Wei Qi Koh, Simone Anna Felding, Elaine Toomey, Dympna Casey
Mapping evidence of depression in HIV-seropositive MSM in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol
Delarise M. Mulqueeny, Senzelokuhle M. Nkabini, Manduleli H. Pokiya
Obesity and clinical severity in patients with COVID-19: a scoping review protocol
Marcela Larissa Costa, Carlos Adriano Santos Souza, Ana Caroline Cardoso Silva, Dayane Franciely Conceição Santos, Edilene Fernandes Nonato, Francismayne Batista Santana, Giselle dos Santos Dias, Jessyca Teles Barreto, Laís Santos Costa, Maria Carolina Barros Costa, Tamila das Neves Ferreira, Jeniffer Santos Santana, Raquel Simões Mendes-Netto, Tereza Virgínia Silva Bezerra do Nascimento, Marco Antônio Prado Nunes, Márcia Ferreira Cândido de Souza
Effect of interventions based on regular physical activity on weight management in adolescents: a systematic review and a meta-analysis
Babak Moeini, Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai, Saeed Bashirian, Amin Doosti-Irani, Maryam Afshari, Azam Geravandi
Effectiveness and harms of clinical decision support systems for referral within chronic pain practice: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun, Regina Visca, Nicole George, Sara Ahmed
A mega-aggregation framework synthesis of the barriers and facilitators to linkage, adherence to ART and retention in care among people living with HIV
Lynn Hendricks, Ingrid Eshun-Wilson, Anke Rohwer
Strategies for involving patients and the public in scaling-up initiatives in health and social services: protocol for a scoping review and Delphi survey
Ali Ben Charif, Karine V. Plourde, Sabrina Guay-Bélanger, Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun, Amédé Gogovor, Sharon Straus, Ron Beleno, Kathy Kastner, Robert K. D. McLean, Andrew J. Milat, Luke Wolfenden, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Friedemann Geiger, France Légaré, Martin Beaumont, Ron Beleno, Ali Ben Charif, Arlene Bierman, Johanne Blais, Carol Fancott, Friedemann Geiger, Amédé Gogovor, Sabrina Guay-Bélanger, Kathy Kastner, France Légaré, Robert McLean, Andrew J. Milat, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Karine V. Plourde, Francois Rivest, Sharon Straus, Guy Thibodeau, Luke Wolfenden, Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun
Progress in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis with high tibial osteotomy: a systematic review
Mingliang He, Xihong Zhong, Zhong Li, Kun Shen, Wen Zeng
Obstructed labor and its association with adverse feto-maternal outcome in Ethiopia: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yordanos Gizachew Yeshitila, Melaku Desta, Abraham Kebede
Associating the risk of three urinary cancers with obesity and overweight: an overview with evidence mapping of systematic reviews
Jiyuan Shi, Liang Zhao, Ya Gao, Mingming Niu, Meili Yan, Yamin Chen, Ziwei Song, Xueni Ma, Peng Wang, Jinhui Tian
Effect of family-centered care interventions on motor and neurobehavior development of very preterm infants: a protocol for systematic review
Manasa Kolibylu Raghupathy, Bhamini Krishna Rao, Shubha R. Nayak, Alicia J. Spittle, Shradha S. Parsekar
Vitamin D status and blood pressure in children and adolescents: a systematic review of observational studies
Myriam Abboud, Fatme Al Anouti, Dimitrios Papandreou, Rana Rizk, Nadine Mahboub, Suzan Haidar
Defining, conceptualizing, and measuring perceived maternal care quality in low- to high-income countries: a scoping review protocol
Kyrah K. Brown, Godfred O. Boateng, Peace Ossom-Williamson, Laura Haygood
Efficacy, acceptability, and safety of antidepressants for low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Michael C. Ferraro, Matthew K. Bagg, Michael A. Wewege, Aidan G. Cashin, Hayley B. Leake, Rodrigo R. N. Rizzo, Matthew D. Jones, Sylvia M. Gustin, Richard Day, Colleen K. Loo, James H. McAuley
Post-rape medicolegal service provision and policy in East Africa: a scoping review protocol
Sarah Rockowitz, Heather Flowe, Caroline Bradbury-Jones
The impact of physical activity and exercise interventions for physical health in people with cystic fibrosis: protocol for a systematic review
Owen W. Tomlinson, Sarah Denford, Alan R. Barker, Jane E. Schneiderman, Emma S. Campisi, Helen Douglas, Sarah Rand, Melitta A. McNarry, Kelly A. Mackintosh, Craig A. Williams
Predictors of the length of stay of psychiatric inpatients: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Farid Carranza Navarro, Neri Alejandro Álvarez Villalobos, Andrea Muriel Contreras Muñoz, Andrea Fernanda Guerrero Medrano, Natalia Sofía Tamayo Rodríguez, Erasmo Saucedo Uribe
Cognitive rehabilitation interventions after stroke: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Qing Zhao, Xue Wang, Tao Wang, Adam A. Dmytriw, Xiao Zhang, Kun Yang, Jichang Luo, Xuesong Bai, Nan Jiang, Bin Yang, Yan Ma, Liqun Jiao, Yunyan Xie
Parent-directed intervention versus controls whilst their child waits for diagnostic assessment: a systematic review protocol
C. Bernie, M. Mitchell, K. Williams, T. May
Effects of psychosocial interventions among people cared for in emergency departments after a suicide attempt: a systematic review protocol
Ana Paula Coutinho da Silva, Margarida Rangel Henriques, Inês Areal Rothes, Tiago Zortea, José Carlos Santos, Pim Cuijpers
Midazolam for sedation before procedures in adults and children: a systematic review update
Aaron Conway, Kristina Chang, Sebastian Mafeld, Joanna Sutherland
The effectiveness of manual therapy applied to craniomandibular structures in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders: protocol for a systematic review
Giacomo Asquini, Alison Rushton, Laurent Pitance, Nicola Heneghan, Deborah Falla
P value and Bayesian analysis in randomized-controlled trials in child health research published over 10 years, 2007 to 2017: a methodological review protocol
Alex Aregbesola, Allison Gates, Amanda Coyle, Shannon Sim, Ben Vandermeer, Megan Skakum, Despina Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Anna Heath, Lisa Hartling, Terry P. Klassen
The complex relationship between estrogen and migraines: a scoping review
Nihaal Reddy, Miraj N. Desai, Anna Schoenbrunner, Steven Schneeberger, Jeffrey E. Janis
A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol examining the clinical characteristics and epidemiological features of olfactory dysfunction (OD) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Rosemond Qian-Xiu Tan, Wai Tak Victor Li, Wing-Zi Shum, Sheung Chit Chu, Hang-Long Li, Yat-Fung Shea, Tom Wai-Hin Chung
Health insurance coverage and access to child and maternal health services in West Africa: a study protocol for a systematic review
Joshua Dadjo, Olumuyiwa Omonaiye, Sanni Yaya
Social marketing-based interventions to promote healthy nutrition behaviors: a systematic review protocol
Azam Doustmohammadian, Marjan Bazhan
Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation in children and young people with psychiatric disorders: a protocol for a systematic review
Yael D. Lewis, Lucy Gallop, Iain C. Campbell, Ulrike Schmidt
Direct and indirect evidence of efficacy and safety of rapid exercise tests for exertional desaturation in Covid-19: a rapid systematic review
Asli Kalin, Babak Javid, Matthew Knight, Matt Inada-Kim, Trisha Greenhalgh
Are mental disorders related to disbelief in free will? A systematic review
Maria E. Moreira-de-Oliveira, Gabriela B. de Menezes, Samara dos Santos-Ribeiro, Luana D. Laurito, Ana P. Ribeiro, Adrian Carter, Leonardo F. Fontenelle
Does propofol ameliorate occurrence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction after general anaesthesia? A protocol of systematic review
Xi Zhao, Ze-qing Huang
The effect of age on the incidence of COVID-19 complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sofonyas Abebaw Tiruneh, Zemenu Tadese Tesema, Melkalem Mamuye Azanaw, Dessie Abebaw Angaw
Community-based educational interventions for prevention of type II diabetes: a global systematic review and meta-analysis
Tayebeh Shirvani, Zeinab Javadivala, Somayeh Azimi, Abdolreza Shaghaghi, Zahra Fathifar, H. D. R. Devender Bhalla, Mohammadhiwa Abdekhoda, Haidar Nadrian
Why do some inter-organisational collaborations in healthcare work when others do not? A realist review
Justin Avery Aunger, Ross Millar, Joanne Greenhalgh, Russell Mannion, Anne-Marie Rafferty, Hugh McLeod
Frailty inclusive care in acute and community-based settings: a systematic review protocol
Carmel L. Montgomery, Gareth Hopkin, Sean M. Bagshaw, Erin Hessey, Darryl B. Rolfson
Biomechanical adaptation to post-stroke visual field loss: a systematic review
Adel Elfeky, Kristiaan D’Août, Rebecca Lawson, Lauren R. Hepworth, Nicholas D. A. Thomas, Abigail Clynch, Fiona J. Rowe
Effects of pollution on adolescent mental health: a systematic review protocol
Linda C. Theron, Yael Abreu-Villaça, Marcus Augusto-Oliveira, Caroline H. Brennan, Maria Elena Crespo-Lopez, Gabriela de Paula Arrifano, Lilah Glazer, Liyuan Lin, Isabelle Mareschal, Luke Sartori, Liesl Stieger, Andres Trotta, Kristin Hadfield
Sexual dysfunction in men with multiple sclerosis
Lisa B. Grech, Michelle Allan, Barbora de Courten
Normative beliefs and values that shape care-seeking behaviours for skilled birth attendance (SBA) during birthing by mothers in Africa: a scoping review protocol
Choolwe Jacobs, Adnan A. Hyder
Interventions for adolescent alcohol consumption in Africa: protocol for a scoping review including an overview of reviews
Alice M. Biggane, Eleanor Briegal, Angela Obasi
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
Matthew J. Page, Joanne E. McKenzie, Patrick M. Bossuyt, Isabelle Boutron, Tammy C. Hoffmann, Cynthia D. Mulrow, Larissa Shamseer, Jennifer M. Tetzlaff, Elie A. Akl, Sue E. Brennan, Roger Chou, Julie Glanville, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Manoj M. Lalu, Tianjing Li, Elizabeth W. Loder, Evan Mayo-Wilson, Steve McDonald, Luke A. McGuinness, Lesley A. Stewart, James Thomas, Andrea C. Tricco, Vivian A. Welch, Penny Whiting, David Moher
Modes of transmission and attack rates of group A Streptococcal infection: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dylan D. Barth, Jessica Daw, Ruomei Xu, Stephanie Enkel, Janessa Pickering, Tracy McRae, Mark E. Engel, Jonathan Carapetis, Rosemary Wyber, Asha C. Bowen
Bayesian statistics in the design and analysis of cluster randomised controlled trials and their reporting quality: a methodological systematic review
Benjamin G. Jones, Adam J. Streeter, Amy Baker, Rana Moyeed, Siobhan Creanor
The role of pharmacy in the management of cardiometabolic risk, metabolic syndrome and related diseases in severe mental illness: a mixed-methods systematic literature review
Dolly Sud, Eileen Laughton, Robyn McAskill, Eleanor Bradley, Ian Maidment
Research Screener: a machine learning tool to semi-automate abstract screening for systematic reviews
Kevin E. K. Chai, Robin L. J. Lines, Daniel F. Gucciardi, Leo Ng
Effectiveness of personal letters to healthcare professionals in changing professional behaviours: a systematic review protocol
Aikaterini Grimani, Louis Goffe, Mei Yee Tang, Fiona Beyer, Falko F. Sniehotta, Ivo Vlaev
Effect of gut microbiota modulation on feeding tolerance of enterally fed critically ill adult patients: a systematic review
Najmeh Seifi, Ali Jafarzadeh Esfahani, Alireza Sedaghat, Reza Rezvani, Majid Khadem-Rezaiyan, Mohsen Nematy, Mohammad Safarian
Effectiveness and safety of low-level laser therapy in diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lin Lin, Jingjing Li, Jingshan Lin, Shiheng Tang, Yuxia Li
Iterative guided machine learning-assisted systematic literature reviews: a diabetes case study
John Zimmerman, Robin E. Soler, James Lavinder, Sarah Murphy, Charisma Atkins, LaShonda Hulbert, Richard Lusk, Boon Peng Ng
Successful incorporation of single reviewer assessments during systematic review screening: development and validation of sensitivity and work-saved of an algorithm that considers exclusion criteria and count
Nassr Nama, Mirna Hennawy, Nick Barrowman, Katie O’Hearn, Margaret Sampson, James Dayre McNally
Reporting quality of clinical practice guidelines regarding gout and hyperuricemia according to the RIGHT checklist: systematic review
Can Wang, Xufei Luo, Maichao Li, Lingling Cui, Xinde Li, Lin Han, Xuefeng Wang, Wei Ren, Yuwei He, Wenyan Sun, Changgui Li, Yaolong Chen, Zhen Liu
Adolescent alcohol consumption: protocol for a scoping review of screening and assessment tools used in Africa
Eleanor Briegal, Alice M. Biggane, Angela I. Obasi
The incubation period during the pandemic of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wafa Dhouib, Jihen Maatoug, Imen Ayouni, Nawel Zammit, Rim Ghammem, Sihem Ben Fredj, Hassen Ghannem
The impact of different preanalytical methods related to CA 15-3 determination in frozen human blood samples: a systematic review
Luigi Coppola, Alessandra Cianflone, Katia Pane, Monica Franzese, Peppino Mirabelli, Marco Salvatore
The informed consent process in health research with under-served populations: a realist review protocol
Eleanor Hoverd, Sophie Staniszewska, Jeremy Dale
Economic evaluation of diagnostic sleep studies for obstructive sleep apnoea: a systematic review protocol
Andrea N. Natsky, Andrew Vakulin, Ching Li Chai Coetzer, R. D. McEvoy, Robert J. Adams, Billingsley Kaambwa
Self-efficacy of direct care workers providing care to older people in residential aged care settings: a scoping review protocol
Sumina Shrestha, Rayan Jafnan M. Alharbi, Christine While, Julie Ellis, Muhammad Aziz Rahman, Yvonne Wells
Effectiveness of community-based interventions for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a study protocol for a systematic review
Soo-Yeon Kim, Ah. Rim Kim
Disparities and interventions in the timeliness of endometrial cancer diagnosis and treatment in the United States: a scoping review protocol
Anna J. Najor, Dyda Dao, Jamie N. Bakkum-Gamez, Mark E. Sherman, Avonne E. Connor, Christopher C. Destephano
Mapping evidence on ovarian, endometrial, vaginal, and vulva cancer research in Africa: a scoping review protocol
Sebastian Yidana Ninimiya, Monica Ansu-Mensah, Vitalis Bawontuo, Desmond Kuupiel
Mapping evidence on the effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy on the hard and soft tissues of the craniofacial complex in transgender people: a protocol for a scoping review
M. F. Van den Bosch, C. M. Wiepjes, M. Den Heijer, L. J. Schoonmade, R. E. G. Jonkman, R. A. Meursinge Reynders
The effectiveness of supplemental oxygen during exercise training in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who show severe exercise-induced desaturation: a protocol for a meta-regression analysis and systematic review
Shohei Kawachi, Shuhei Yamamoto, Kenichi Nishie, Takayoshi Yamaga, Manaka Shibuya, Yasunari Sakai, Keisaku Fujimoto
The clinical effects of cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring (NIRS) versus no monitoring: a protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis
Mathias Lühr Hansen, Simon Hyttel-Sørensen, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Christian Gluud, Elisabeth M. W. Kooi, Jonathan Mintzer, Willem P. de Boode, Monica Fumagalli, Ana Alarcon, Thomas Alderliesten, Gorm Greisen
The REPRISE project: protocol for an evaluation of REProducibility and Replicability In Syntheses of Evidence
Matthew J. Page, David Moher, Fiona M. Fidler, Julian P. T. Higgins, Sue E. Brennan, Neal R. Haddaway, Daniel G. Hamilton, Raju Kanukula, Sathya Karunananthan, Lara J. Maxwell, Steve McDonald, Shinichi Nakagawa, David Nunan, Peter Tugwell, Vivian A. Welch, Joanne E. McKenzie
Mapping evidence on the distribution of the costs associated with cancer of prostate, cervix, and female breast in the sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a scoping review
Cebisile Ngcamphalala, Ellinor Ostensson, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Themba G. Ginindza
Exploring the challenges and features of implementing performance-based payment plan in hospitals: a protocol for a systematic review
Asieh Mousaloo, Mehrdad Amir-Behghadami, Ali Janati, Masoumeh Gholizadeh
Establishing a comprehensive search strategy for Indigenous health literature reviews
Louise Harding, Caterina J. Marra, Judy Illes
LOCATE: a prospective evaluation of the value of Leveraging Ongoing Citation Acquisition Techniques for living Evidence syntheses
Michelle Gates, Sarah A. Elliott, Allison Gates, Meghan Sebastianski, Jennifer Pillay, Liza Bialy, Lisa Hartling
How to properly use the PRISMA Statement
Rafael Sarkis-Onofre, Ferrán Catalá-López, Edoardo Aromataris, Craig Lockwood
Screening for chlamydia and/or gonorrhea in primary health care: systematic reviews on effectiveness and patient preferences
Jennifer Pillay, Aireen Wingert, Tara MacGregor, Michelle Gates, Ben Vandermeer, Lisa Hartling
Questionnaires in otology: a systematic mapping review
Koen Viergever, Jeroen T. Kraak, Els. M. Bruinewoud, Johannes C. F. Ket, Sophia E. Kramer, Paul Merkus
The effects of exercise and low-calorie diets compared with low-calorie diets alone on health: a protocol for systematic reviews and meta-analyses of controlled clinical trials
Sara Beigrezaei, Zeinab Yazdanpanah, Sepideh Soltani, Seyede Hamide Rajaie, Sahar Mohseni-Takalloo, Tayebeh Zohrabi, Mojtaba Kaviani, Scott C. Forbes, Julien S. Baker, Amin Salehi-Abargouei
Discrete choice experiment to determine preferences of decision-makers in healthcare for different formats of rapid reviews
Christian Speckemeier, Laura Krabbe, Susanne Schwenke, Jürgen Wasem, Barbara Buchberger, Silke Neusser
Effects of nutrition intervention strategies in the primary prevention of overweight and obesity in school settings: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Edris Nury, Jakub Morze, Kathrin Grummich, Gerta Rücker, Georg Hoffmann, Claudia M. Angele, Jürgen M. Steinacker, Johanna Conrad, Daniela Schmid, Jörg J. Meerpohl, Lukas Schwingshackl
Interventions to prevent obesity in Latinx children globally: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Rachel Bleiweiss-Sande, Arturo Jiménez-Cruz, Montserrat Bacardí-Gascón, Kara Skelton, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon
Intraoperative and postoperative outcomes of robot-assisted cholecystectomy: a systematic review
Rivfka Shenoy, Michael A. Mederos, Linda Ye, Selene S. Mak, Meron M. Begashaw, Marika S. Booth, Paul G. Shekelle, Mark Wilson, William Gunnar, Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, Mark D. Girgis
Determinants of adolescent substance use in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Sandra Jumbe, Tony Mwenda Kamninga, Isaac Mwalwimba, Ukwuori-Gisela Kalu
Proactive psychological programs designed to mitigate posttraumatic stress injuries among at-risk workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Paula M. Di Nota, Anees Bahji, Dianne Groll, R. Nicholas Carleton, Gregory S. Anderson
Massage therapy in infants and children under 5 years of age: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews
Shu-Cheng Chen, Juan Yu, Sam Chun-Sum Yuen, Jason Chun-Sing Lam, Lorna Kwai-Ping Suen, Wing-Fai Yeung
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) use in post-stroke patient care and clinical practice: a realist synthesis protocol
A. Smith, J. Hewitt, T. J. Quinn, M. Robling
The principles of physical restraint use for hospitalized elderly people: an integrated literature review
Azam Sharifi, Narges Arsalani, Masoud Fallahi-Khoshknab, Farahnaz Mohammadi-Shahbolaghi
McDonald versus Shirodkar cerclage technique in women requiring a prophylactic cerclage: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Ashad Issah, Rosanna Diacci, Kimberley P. Williams, Anne-Marie Aubin, Liam McAuliffe, Jason Phung, Carol Wang, Panos Maouris, Craig E. Pennell
Is reusing text from a protocol in the completed systematic review acceptable?
Dawid Pieper, Long Ge, Ahmed Abou-Setta
A systematic literature review of attitudes towards secondary use and sharing of health administrative and clinical trial data: a focus on consent
Elizabeth Hutchings, Max Loomes, Phyllis Butow, Frances M. Boyle
Involvement of Indigenous young people in the design and evaluation of digital mental health interventions: a scoping review protocol
Josie Povey, Buaphrao Raphiphatthana, Michelle Torok, Tricia Nagel, Fiona Shand, Michelle Sweet, Anne Lowell, Patj Patj Janama Robert Mills, Kylie Dingwall
Factors influencing the implementation of mental health recovery into services: a systematic mixed studies review
Myra Piat, Megan Wainwright, Eleni Sofouli, Brigitte Vachon, Tania Deslauriers, Cassandra Préfontaine, Francesca Frati
National genotype prevalence and age distribution of human papillomavirus from infection to cervical cancer in Japanese women: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Matthew Palmer, Kota Katanoda, Eiko Saito, Cecilia Acuti Martellucci, Shiori Ostuki, Shuhei Nomura, Erika Ota, Julia M. L. Brotherton, Jane Hocking
Perceived stress, stressors, and coping strategies among nursing students in the Middle East and North Africa: an overview of systematic reviews
Sonia Chaabane, Karima Chaabna, Sapna Bhagat, Amit Abraham, Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy, Ravinder Mamtani, Sohaila Cheema
Effect of community-based interventions targeting female sex workers along the HIV care cascade in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lydia Atuhaire, Olatunji Adetokunboh, Constance Shumba, Peter S. Nyasulu
Knowledge of prostate cancer presentation, etiology, and screening practices among women: a mixed-methods systematic review
Ebenezer Wiafe, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen
Carotid endarterectomy with patch angioplasty versus primary closure in patients with symptomatic and significant stenosis: a systematic review with meta-analyses and trial sequential analysis of randomized clinical trials
Martijn S. Marsman, Jørn Wetterslev, Abdelkarime Kh. Jahrome, Christian Gluud, Frans L. Moll, Frederik Keus, Giel G. Koning
Deciphering the role of physical activity in stress management during a global pandemic in older adult populations: a systematic review protocol
Ryan Churchill, Indira Riadi, Lucy Kervin, Kelly Teo, Theodore Cosco
Illness perceptions of adults with eczematous skin diseases: a systematic mixed studies review
Marc Rocholl, Michaela Ludewig, Carola Brakemeier, Swen Malte John, Annika Wilke
Impact of child development at primary school entry on adolescent health—protocol for a participatory systematic review
Michelle Black, Amy Barnes, Mark Strong, David Taylor-Robinson
Repurposing existing medications for coronavirus disease 2019: protocol for a rapid and living systematic review
Benjamin P. Geisler, Lara Zahabi, Adam Edward Lang, Naomi Eastwood, Elaine Tennant, Ljiljana Lukic, Elad Sharon, Hai-Hua Chuang, Chang-Berm Kang, Knakita Clayton-Johnson, Ahmed Aljaberi, Haining Yu, Chinh Bui, Tuan Le Mau, Wen-Cheng Li, Debbie Teodorescu, Ludwig Christian Hinske, Dennis L. Sun, Farrin A. Manian, Adam G. Dunn
AGREEing on clinical practice guidelines for idiopathic steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome in children
Khalid Abdulaziz Alhasan, Reem Al Khalifah, Majed Aloufi, Weiam Almaiman, Muddathir Hamad, Naif Abdulmajeed, Abdullah Al Salloum, Jameela A. Kari, Muneera AlJelaify, Rolan K. Bassrawi, Turki Al Hussain, Adi Alherbish, Abdulhadi Al Talhi, Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Sidharth Kumar Sethi, Rupesh Raina, Reny Joseph, Yasser Sami Amer
Non-invasive and minimally invasive glucose monitoring devices: a systematic review and meta-analysis on diagnostic accuracy of hypoglycaemia detection
Nicole Lindner, Aya Kuwabara, Tim Holt
The effect of preoperative stoma site marking on risk of stoma-related complications in patients with intestinal ostomy—protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis
Charlotte Mareike Kugler, Jessica Breuing, Tanja Rombey, Simone Hess, Peter Ambe, Erich Grohmann, Dawid Pieper
Community mobilisation approaches to preventing and reducing adolescent multiple risk behaviour: a realist review protocol
Laura Tinner, Deborah Caldwell, Rona Campbell
Prevalence and incidence of venous leg ulcers—a protocol for a systematic review
S. Probst, C. D. Weller, P. Bobbink, C. Saini, M. Pugliese, Monika Buehrer Skinner, G. Gethin
Prognostic models for knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for systematic review, critical appraisal, and meta-analysis
Jingyu Zhong, Liping Si, Guangcheng Zhang, Jiayu Huo, Yue Xing, Yangfan Hu, Huan Zhang, Weiwu Yao
Effectiveness of matching human leukocyte antigens (HLA) in corneal transplantation: a systematic review protocol
Gagandeep Singh Sachdeva, Joshua Piollo Cabada, Syed Saad Karim, Dmitry Lakvin Kahandawa, Kevin Anil Thomas, Anusha Kumar, Robert J. Barry, Gibran Farook Butt
The effects of meditation on length of telomeres in healthy individuals: a systematic review
Nirodhi N. Dasanayaka, Nirmala D. Sirisena, Nilakshi Samaranayake
Vaginal progesterone for prevention of preterm birth in asymptomatic high-risk women with a normal cervical length: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Kimberley P. Williams, Liam McAuliffe, Rosanna Diacci, Anne-Marie Aubin, Ashad Issah, Carol Wang, Jason Phung, Craig E. Pennell
Mapping evidence on standards and quality of care for older persons in long-term care facilities: a scoping review protocol
Letasha Kalideen, Pragashnie Govender, Jacqueline Marina van Wyk, Desmond Kuupiel
Beneficial and harmful effects of antidepressants versus placebo, ‘active placebo’, or no intervention for adults with major depressive disorder: a protocol for a systematic review of published and unpublished data with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses
Sophie Juul, Faiza Siddiqui, Marija Barbateskovic, Caroline Kamp Jørgensen, Michael Pascal Hengartner, Irving Kirsch, Christian Gluud, Janus Christian Jakobsen
A systematic and meta-analysis review on the diagnostic accuracy of antibodies in the serological diagnosis of COVID-19
Arthur Vengesai, Herald Midzi, Maritha Kasambala, Hamlet Mutandadzi, Tariro L. Mduluza-Jokonya, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Francisca Mutapi, Thajasvarie Naicker, Takafira Mduluza
Text mining to support abstract screening for knowledge syntheses: a semi-automated workflow
Ba’ Pham, Jelena Jovanovic, Ebrahim Bagheri, Jesmin Antony, Huda Ashoor, Tam T. Nguyen, Patricia Rios, Reid Robson, Sonia M. Thomas, Jennifer Watt, Sharon E. Straus, Andrea C. Tricco
Dzherelo (Immunoxel) as adjunctive therapy to standard antituberculosis treatment in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials
Marcel Kitenge, Bessie Phiri, Sara M. Pheeha, Modupe Ogunrombi, Peter S. Nyasulu
Evidence on collaboration of traditional and biomedical practitioners in the management of antimicrobial resistance in sub-Saharan Africa over 15 years: a systematic review protocol
Aganze Gloire-Aimé Mushebenge, Mukanda Gedeon Kadima, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, Manimbulu Nlooto
Anti-epileptic drug exposure during pregnancy and neonatal birth weight outcomes: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Alekhya Lavu, Christine Vaccaro, Walid Shouman, Silvia Alessi Severini, Sherif Eltonsy
Molecular mechanisms of Zika virus teratogenesis from animal studies: a systematic review protocol
Gabriela Elis Wachholz, Julia do Amaral Gomes, Juliano André Boquett, Fernanda Sales Luiz Vianna, Lavínia Schuler-Faccini, Lucas Rosa Fraga
Interventions directed at men for preventing intimate partner violence: a systematic review protocol
Dina Idriss-Wheeler, Julia Hajjar, Sanni Yaya
Developing a topic-based repository of clinical trial individual patient data: experiences and lessons learned from a pilot project
Nancy Medley, Anna Cuthbert, Richard Crew, Lesley Stewart, Catrin Tudur Smith, Zarko Alfirevic
Measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in patients with hyperhidrosis: protocol for a systematic review
Michaela Gabes, Helge Knüttel, Christian J. Apfelbacher
The impacts of health systems financing fragmentation in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol
Marina Siqueira, Maíra Coube, Christopher Millett, Rudi Rocha, Thomas Hone
Factors leading to effective social participation promotion interventions for people with intellectual disability: a protocol for a systematic review
Andrés Aparicio, Paulina Arango, Rosario Espinoza, Vicente Villate, Marcela Tenorio
Non-pharmacological sleep interventions for pediatric cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review protocol
Peter L. Stavinoha, Ineke M. Olsthoorn, Maria C. Swartz, Sara Nowakowski, Stephanie J. Wells, Rachel S. Hicklen, Irtiza Sheikh, Hannah J. Jang
Access to and experience of education for children and adolescents with cancer: a scoping review protocol
Gemma Bryan, Paula Kelly, Heather Chesters, Jayne Franklin, Helen Griffiths, Loveday Langton, Luke Langton, Claire E. Wakefield, Faith Gibson
Correction to: Community mobilisation approaches to preventing and reducing adolescent multiple risk behaviour: a realist review protocol
Laura Tinner, Deborah Caldwell, Rona Campbell
Healthcare provider characteristics that influence the implementation of individual-level patient-centered outcome measure (PROM) and patient-reported experience measure (PREM) data across practice settings: a protocol for a mixed methods systematic review with a narrative synthesis
Angela C. Wolff, Andrea Dresselhuis, Samar Hejazi, Duncan Dixon, Deborah Gibson, A. Fuchsia Howard, Sarah Liva, Barbara Astle, Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, Vanessa K. Noonan, Lisa Edwards
A survey of methodologies on causal inference methods in meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials
Georgios Markozannes, Georgia Vourli, Evangelia Ntzani
Duloxetine versus ‘active’ placebo, placebo or no intervention for major depressive disorder; a protocol for a systematic review of randomised clinical trials with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis
Faiza Siddiqui, Marija Barbateskovic, Sophie Juul, Kiran Kumar Katakam, Klaus Munkholm, Christian Gluud, Janus Christian Jakobsen
Post-abortion family planning use, method preference, and its determinant factors in Eastern Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Asmamaw Demis Bizuneh, Getnet Gedefaw Azeze
Management of patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis using biomechanical device therapy: a systematic review with meta-analysis
Michael J. Callaghan, Elizabeth Palmer, Terence O’Neill
The influence of single nucleotide polymorphisms of NOD2 or CD14 on the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis diseases: a systematic review
Juan M. Cubillos-Angulo, Catarina D. Fernandes, Davi N. Araújo, Cristinna A. Carmo, María B. Arriaga, Bruno B. Andrade
Dealing with predatory journal articles captured in systematic reviews
Danielle B. Rice, Becky Skidmore, Kelly D. Cobey
A systematic review on the effectiveness of implementation strategies to postpone elective caesarean sections to ≥ 39 + (0–6) weeks of gestation
Barbara Prediger, Anahieta Heu-Parvaresch, Stephanie Polus, Stefanie Bühn, Edmund A. M. Neugebauer, Pieper Dawid
Red blood cell transfusion in animal models of acute brain injuries: a systematic review protocol
Mathieu Laflamme, Hourmazd Haghbayan, Manoj M. Lalu, Ryan Zarychanski, François Lauzier, Amélie Boutin, Malcolm R. Macleod, Dean A. Fergusson, Lynne Moore, Olivier Costerousse, Jacques Lacroix, Cheryl Wellington, Jamie Hutchison, Alexis F. Turgeon
Improved couple satisfaction and communication with marriage and relationship programs: are there gender differences?—a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zeinab Javadivala, Hamid Allahverdipour, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Somaye Azimi, Neda Gilani, Vijay Kumar Chattu
Digital technologies to support people living with dementia in the care home setting to engage in meaningful occupations: protocol for a scoping review
Nicholas Luscombe, Sarah Morgan-Trimmer, Sharon Savage, Louise Allan
Mapping evidence on management of cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: scoping review protocol
Petmore Zibako, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Nomsa Tsikai, Sarah Manyame, Themba G. Ginindza
The lived experience of people with obesity: study protocol for a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies
Emma Farrell, Marta Bustillo, Carel W. le Roux, Joe Nadglowski, Eva Hollmann, Deirdre McGillicuddy
Exploring the comorbidity of musculoskeletal and personality disorders among adults: a scoping review protocol
Shae E. Quirk, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Risto Honkanen, Jeremi Heikkinen, Bianca E. Kavanagh, Lana J. Williams
Health outcomes of sexual and gender minorities after cancer: a systematic review
Mandi L. Pratt-Chapman, Ash B. Alpert, Daniel A. Castillo
Peer-to-peer health promotion interventions among African American men: a scoping review protocol
Guillermo M. Wippold, Sarah Grace Frary, Demetrius Abshire, Dawn K. Wilson
The health impacts of preventive cardiovascular medication reduction on older populations: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Rik S. van der Veen, Joseph J. Lee, Richard J. McManus, Richard F. D. Hobbs, Kamal R. Mahtani, Constantinos Koshiaris, James P. Sheppard
Low birth weight as a predictor of adverse health outcomes during adulthood in twins: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sapha Hassan, Shayesteh Jahanfar, Joseph Inungu, Jeffrey M. Craig
Cognitive interventions in children and adolescents from low socioeconomic status backgrounds: a systematic review protocol of randomized controlled trials
Rosalba Company-Córdoba, Antonio Sianes, Ian Craig Simpson, Joaquín A. Ibáñez-Alfonso
Therapeutic potential of pluripotent stem cell-derived dopaminergic progenitors in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review protocol
Aliasghar Karimi, Mitra Elmi, Zahra Shiri, Hossein Baharvand
Team functioning and implementation of innovations in healthcare and human service settings: a systematic review protocol
Elizabeth A. McGuier, David J. Kolko, Mary Lou Klem, Jamie Feldman, Grace Kinkler, Matthew A. Diabes, Laurie R. Weingart, Courtney Benjamin Wolk
A scoping review of researchers’ involvement in health policy dialogue in Africa
Doris Yimgang, Georges Danhoundo, Elizabeth Kusi-Appiah, Vijit Sunder, Sandra Campbell, Sanni Yaya
Application of weighting methods for presenting risk-of-bias assessments in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies
Yasaman Vali, Mariska M. G. Leeflang, Patrick M. M. Bossuyt
Impact of abortion law reforms on women’s health services and outcomes: a systematic review protocol
Foluso Ishola, U. Vivian Ukah, Arijit Nandi
What are the variables associated with Altmetric scores?
Amanda Costa Araujo, Adriane Aver Vanin, Dafne Port Nascimento, Gabrielle Zoldan Gonzalez, Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa
Effect modification of the association between comorbidities and severe course of COVID-19 disease by age of study participants: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nathalie Verónica Fernández Villalobos, Jördis Jennifer Ott, Carolina Judith Klett-Tammen, Annabelle Bockey, Patrizio Vanella, Gérard Krause, Berit Lange
Initiatives addressing precarious employment and its effects on workers’ health and well-being: a protocol for a systematic review
Virginia Gunn, Carin Håkansta, Emilia Vignola, Nuria Matilla-Santander, Bertina Kreshpaj, David H. Wegman, Christer Hogstedt, Emily Q. Ahonen, Carles Muntaner, Sherry Baron, Theo Bodin
Racial and ethnic disparities in viral acute respiratory infections in the United States: protocol of a systematic review
Neia Prata Menezes, Jowanna Malone, Carrie Lyons, Kechna Cadet, Lorraine Dean, Gregorio Millett, Stefan Baral
Efficacy and safety of clinically managed weight loss programs: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Katrina Cachero, Matthew Granger, Rebecca C. Mollard, Nicole Askin, George N. Okoli, Ahmed M. Abou-Setta, Dylan MacKay
Prevalence of polypharmacy and associated adverse health outcomes in adult patients with chronic kidney disease: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ikechi G. Okpechi, Mohammed M. Tinwala, Shezel Muneer, Deenaz Zaidi, Feng Ye, Laura N. Hamonic, Maryam Khan, Naima Sultana, Scott Brimble, Allan Grill, Scott Klarenbach, Cliff Lindeman, Amber Molnar, Dorothea Nitsch, Paul Ronksley, Soroush Shojai, Boglarka Soos, Navdeep Tangri, Stephanie Thompson, Delphine Tuot, Neil Drummond, Dee Mangin, Aminu K. Bello
Understanding how to facilitate continence for people with dementia in acute hospital settings: a mixed methods systematic review and thematic synthesis
Deborah Edwards, Jane Harden, Aled Jones, Katie Featherstone
Preventive interventions to reduce the burden of rheumatic heart disease in populations at risk: a systematic review protocol
Panduleni Penipawa Shimanda, Tonderai Washington Shumba, Mattias Brunström, Stefan Söderberg, Lars Lindholm, Scholastika Ndatinda Iipinge, Fredrik Norström
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and bone healing in animal models—a systematic review and meta-analysis
Haider Al-Waeli, Ana Paula Reboucas, Alaa Mansour, Martin Morris, Faleh Tamimi, Belinda Nicolau
Psychometric properties of medication adherence instruments in cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus: systematic review protocol
Henrique Ceretta Oliveira, Daisuke Hayashi Neto, Samantha Dalbosco Lins Carvalho, Rita de Cássia Lopes Barros, Mayza Luzia dos Santos Neves, Carla Renata Silva Andrechuk, Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre, Roberta Cunha Matheus Rodrigues
The prevalence of tuberculosis, malaria and soil-transmitted helminth infection in minority indigenous people of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Beth Gilmour, Kefyalew Addis Alene, Naomi E. Clarke, Archie C. A. Clements
School-based interventions targeting double burden of malnutrition and educational outcomes of adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review
Sachin Shinde, Dongqing Wang, Wafaie W Fawzi
Equivalence and switching between biosimilars and reference molecules in rheumatoid arthritis: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bruna O. Ascef, Matheus O. Almeida, Ana Cristina de Medeiros Ribeiro, Danieli C. O. Andrade, Haliton A. de Oliveira Júnior, Tiago V. Pereira, Patrícia C. de Soárez
Safety and efficacy of different antibiotic regimens in patients with ocular toxoplasmosis: systematic review and meta-analysis
John E. Feliciano-Alfonso, Juliana Muñoz-Ortiz, María Alejandra Marín-Noriega, Andrés Vargas-Villanueva, Laura Triviño-Blanco, Natalia Carvajal-Saiz, Alejandra de-la-Torre
The causal influence of responsive parenting behaviour on academic readiness: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Heather Prime, Krysta Andrews, Andrea Gonzalez, Magdalena Janus, Andrea C. Tricco, Teresa Bennett, Leslie Atkinson
Safety of exercise training in multiple sclerosis: a protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Y. C. Learmonth, L. A. Pilutti, M. P. Herring, R. W. Motl, B. Chan, A. P. Metse
Access to systemic anti-cancer therapies for women with secondary breast cancer—protocol for a mixed methods systematic review
Sally Anne Pearson, Sally Taylor, Antonia Marsden, Janelle Yorke
Sex differences in CRT device implantation rates, efficacy, and complications following implantation: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
Omar Dewidar, David Birnie, Irina Podinic, Vivian Welch, George A. Wells
Sputum colour as a marker for bacteria in acute exacerbations of COPD: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ruan Spies, Matthew Potter, Ruan Hollamby, Stefan van der Walt, Ameer Hohlfeld, Eleanor Ochodo, Richard N. van Zyl-Smit
Obstructive sleep apnea increases the risk of cardiovascular damage: a systematic review and meta-analysis of imaging studies
Mi Lu, Zhenjia Wang, Xiaojun Zhan, Yongxiang Wei
Efficacy of adipose tissue-derived stem cells in locomotion recovery after spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis on animal studies
Seyedeh Niloufar Rafiei Alavi, Arian Madani Neishaboori, Hasti Hossein, Arash Sarveazad, Mahmoud Yousefifard
Metabolic side effects of antipsychotic drugs in individuals with schizophrenia during medium- to long-term treatment: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Johannes Schneider-Thoma, Angelika Kapfhammer, Dongfang Wang, Irene Bighelli, Spyridon Siafis, Hui Wu, Wulf-Peter Hansen, John M. Davis, Georgia Salanti, Stefan Leucht
Men’s sheds as community-based health promotion for men aged 50 plus: protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review
Birte Marie Albrecht, Linda Foettinger, Karin Bammann
Retention in opioid agonist treatment: a rapid review and meta-analysis comparing observational studies and randomized controlled trials
Jan Klimas, Michee-Ana Hamilton, Lauren Gorfinkel, Ahmed Adam, Walter Cullen, Evan Wood
Technological interventions for loneliness and social isolation among older adults: a scoping review protocol
Andrew Wister, Ian Fyffe, Eireann O’Dea
Gluten in pharmaceutical products: a scoping review
Irene Lizano-Díez, Eduardo L. Mariño, Pilar Modamio
Mask decontamination methods (model N95) for respiratory protection: a rapid review
Livia Fernandes Probst, Ana Tereza Gomes Guerrero, Andréia Insabralde de Queiroz Cardoso, Antonio Jose Grande, Mariana Garcia Croda, James Venturini, Maria Cristina de Camargo Fonseca, Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago, Jorge Otávio Maia Barreto, Sandra Maria do Vale Leone de Oliveira
Prevalence of hypertension in Ghanaian society: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE assessment
Fidelis Atibila, Gill ten Hoor, Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh, Abdul Iddrisu Wahab, Gerjo Kok
The association between hospital financial performance and the quality of care—a scoping review protocol
Katarzyna Dubas-Jakóbczyk, Ewa Kocot, Marzena Tambor, Wilm Quentin
Inequalities in utilization and provision of dental services: a scoping review
Arash Ghanbarzadegan, Peivand Bastani, Liana Luzzi, David Brennan
Sero-prevalence of syphilis and associated factors among pregnant women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Habtamu Geremew, Demeke Geremew
The impact of childhood psychological maltreatment on mental health outcomes in adulthood: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhuoni Xiao, Mina Murat Baldwin, Franziska Meinck, Ingrid Obsuth, Aja Louise Murray
Association of different positive end-expiratory pressure selection strategies with all-cause mortality in adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Manuel Tisminetzky, Jose Dianti, Bruno L. Ferreyro, Federico Angriman, Lorenzo Del Sorbo, Sachin Sud, Daniel Talmor, Eddy Fan, Niall D. Ferguson, Ary Serpa Neto, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Ewan C. Goligher
The assessment of general movements in term and late-preterm infants diagnosed with neonatal encephalopathy, as a predictive tool of cerebral palsy by 2 years of age—a scoping review
Judy Seesahai, Maureen Luther, Paige Terrien Church, Patricia Maddalena, Elizabeth Asztalos, Thomas Rotter, Rudaina Banihani
Tricyclic antidepressants versus ‘active placebo’, placebo or no intervention for adults with major depressive disorder: a protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis
Caroline Kamp Jørgensen, Sophie Juul, Faiza Siddiqui, Marija Barbateskovic, Klaus Munkholm, Michael Pascal Hengartner, Irving Kirsch, Christian Gluud, Janus Christian Jakobsen
Parental stress around ophthalmological health conditions: a systematic review of literature protocol
Julio Cesar Souza-Silva, Cleusa Alves Martins, Marco Túlio Antônio Garciazapata, Maria Alves Barbosa
The distribution of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nurses in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol
Kagiso Kgakge, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Themba Ginindza
Association between occupational exposures and sarcoma incidence and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis
D. Edwards, A. Voronina, K. Attwood, A. Grand’Maison
Association of parenting with suicidal ideation and attempts in children and youth: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Florence Perquier, Sarah Hetrick, Terri Rodak, Xin Jing, Wei Wang, Katherine T. Cost, Peter Szatmari, Madison Aitken
Enrollment, retention, and strategies for including disadvantaged populations in randomized controlled trials: a systematic review protocol
Abigail LaPlante, Renata W. Yen, Talia Isaacs, Joanna Crocker, Zsofia Demjen, Danielle Schubbe, Alice M. Kennedy, Jaclyn Engel, Nancy O’Brien, Carla Richters, Marie-Anne Durand
The ability of comorbidity indices to predict mortality in an orthopedic setting: a systematic review
Per Hviid Gundtoft, Mari Jørstad, Julie Ladeby Erichsen, Hagen Schmal, Bjarke Viberg
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) response to “Assessing risk of bias in human environmental epidemiology studies using three tools: different conclusions from different tools”
Elizabeth G. Radke, Barbara S. Glenn, Andrew D. Kraft
CogTale: an online platform for the evaluation, synthesis, and dissemination of evidence from cognitive interventions studies
Julieta Sabates, Sylvie Belleville, Mary Castellani, Tzvi Dwolatzky, Benjamin M. Hampstead, Amit Lampit, Sharon Simon, Kaarin Anstey, Belinda Goodenough, Serafino Mancuso, Davis Marques, Richard Sinnott, Alex Bahar-Fuchs
Patient-reported outcome measures in pediatric palliative care—a protocol for a scoping review
Heidi Holmen, Anette Winger, Simen A. Steindal, Charlotte Castor, Lisbeth Gravdal Kvarme, Kirsti Riiser, Kari L. Mariussen, Anja Lee
Risk and protective factors for GBV among women and girls living in humanitarian setting: systematic review protocol
Maureen Murphy, Mary Ellsberg, Aminat Balogun, Claudia Garcia-Moreno
Predictors and moderators of outcome of psychotherapeutic interventions for mental disorders in adolescents and young adults: protocol for systematic reviews
Eleni Vousoura, Vera Gergov, Bogdan Tudor Tulbure, Nigel Camilleri, Andrea Saliba, LuisJoaquin Garcia-Lopez, Ioana R. Podina, Tamara Prevendar, Henriette Löffler-Stastka, Giuseppe Augusto Chiarenza, Martin Debbané, Silvana Markovska-Simoska, Branka Milic, Sandra Torres, Randi Ulberg, Stig Poulsen
Protocol for a systematic review of policies, programs or interventions designed to improve health and wellbeing of young people leaving the out-of-home care system
David J. A. Taylor, Aron Shlonsky, Bianca Albers, Sangita Chakraborty, Jane Lewis, Phillip Mendes, Geraldine Macdonald, Kevin Williams
Work-related interventions for preventing back pain—protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Angelika Eisele-Metzger, Daria S. Schoser, Kathrin Grummich, Guido Schwarzer, Lukas Schwingshackl, Bianca Biallas, Christiane Wilke, Joerg J. Meerpohl, Cordula Braun
A protocol for a systematic literature review of economic evaluation studies of interventions to address antimicrobial resistance
Aparna Ananthakrishnan, Chris Painter, Yot Teerawattananon
Meta-analysis of the association between angiotensin pathway inhibitors and COVID-19 severity and mortality
Malindu E. Fernando, Aaron Drovandi, Jonathan Golledge
Process evaluation of complex interventions in chronic and neglected tropical diseases in low- and middle-income countries—a scoping review protocol
María Lazo-Porras, Hueiming Liu, J. Jaime Miranda, Graham Moore, Mafalda Burri, François Chappuis, Pablo Perel, David Beran
Protocol for a systematic review of outcomes from microsurgical free-tissue transfer performed on short-term collaborative surgical trips in low-income and middle-income countries
Henry T. de Berker, Urška Čebron, Daniel Bradley, Vinod Patel, Meklit Berhane, Fernando Almas, Gary Walton, Mekonen Eshete, Mark McGurk, Dominique Martin, Calum Honeyman
Do reporting guidelines have an impact? Empirical assessment of changes in reporting before and after the PRISMA extension statement for network meta-analysis
Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Sofia Tsokani, Stella Zevgiti, Irene Pagkalidou, Katerina-Maria Kontouli, Pinar Ambarcioglu, Nikos Pandis, Carole Lunny, Adriani Nikolakopoulou, Theodoros Papakonstantinou, Anna Chaimani, Sharon E. Straus, Brian Hutton, Andrea C. Tricco, Dimitris Mavridis, Georgia Salanti
Meta-analysis of structural MRI studies in anorexia nervosa and the role of recovery: a systematic review protocol
Melissa J Dreier, Avery L. Van De Water, Danielle L. Kahn, Kendra R. Becker, Kamryn T. Eddy, Jennifer J. Thomas, Laura M. Holsen, Elizabeth A. Lawson, Madhusmita Misra, Amanda E. Lyall, Lauren Breithaupt
Visual impairment and medication safety: a protocol for a scoping review
Sally J. Giles, Maria Panagioti, Lisa Riste, Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi, Penny Lewis, Isabel Adeyemi, Karen Davies, Rebecca Morris, Denham Phipps, Christine Dickenson, Darren Ashcroft, Caroline Sanders
Mesenchymal stromal cells as a therapeutic intervention for COVID-19: a living systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Aidan M. Kirkham, Madeline Monaghan, Adrian J. M. Bailey, Risa Shorr, Manoj M. Lalu, Dean A. Fergusson, David S. Allan
Detecting signs of deterioration in young patients with serious mental illness: a systematic review
Lindsay H. Dewa, Arturas Kalniunas, Stephen Orleans-Foli, Sofia Pappa, Paul Aylin
Understanding the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of lifestyle modification interventions in adults with learning disabilities: protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review
Dikshyanta Rana, Sophie Westrop, Evi Germeni, Arlene McGarty, Louisa Ells, Phillippa Lally, Michael McEwan, Craig Melville, Leanne Harris, Olivia Wu
Establishing the effectiveness of technology-enabled dementia education for health and social care practitioners: a systematic review
Kevin Muirhead, Leah Macaden, Keith Smyth, Colin Chandler, Charlotte Clarke, Rob Polson, Chris O’Malley
Comparison of microbiota in the upper versus lower respiratory tract in children during health and respiratory disease: protocol for a systematic review
Richa Rao, Jeanne M. Dsouza, Joseph L. Mathew
Prognostic factors for persistent symptoms in adults with mild traumatic brain injury: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews
Julien Déry, Élaine De Guise, Ève-Line Bussières, Marie-Eve Lamontagne
Organizational knowledge translation strategies for allied health professionals in traumatology settings: realist review protocol
Karine Latulippe, Annie LeBlanc, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Katia Boivin, Pascale Lavoie, Joëlle Dufour, Emmanuelle Paquette Raynard, Eve Richard, Marie-Ève Lamontagne
Key elements and effects of cardiovascular disease management programs based on community-based participatory research: protocol for a scoping review
Juhyeon Yang, Eunsim Kim, Bohyun Park
Factors that impact burnout and psychological wellbeing in Australian postgraduate medical trainees: a systematic review protocol
Belinda Balhatchet, Heike Schütze, Nicole Williams, Bruce Ashford
Experiences of families of public safety personnel: a systematic review protocol of qualitative evidence
Janette Leroux, Rachel Richmond, Sara Fitzpatrick, Hannah Kirkland, Deborah Norris, Alyson Mahar, Joy MacDermid, Rachel Dekel, Heidi Cramm
Evaluating measures of quality of life in adult scoliosis: a protocol for a systematic review and narrative synthesis
James E. Archer, Charles Baird, Adrian Gardner, Alison B. Rushton, Nicola R. Heneghan
Incorporating and evaluating citizen engagement in health research: a scoping review protocol
Anmol Shahid, Brianna K. Rosgen, Karla D. Krewulak, Diane L. Lorenzetti, Nadine Foster, Bonnie G. Sept, Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Henry T. Stelfox, Kirsten M. Fiest
Evidence on scaling in health and social care: protocol for a living umbrella review
France Légaré, Karine V. Plourde, Ali Ben Charif, Amédé Gogovor, Francesca Katherine Brundisini, Robert K. D. McLean, Andrew Milat, Nathalie Rheault, Luke Wolfenden, Hervé Tchala Vignon Zomahoun
Reporting quality evaluation of the stroke clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review
Shuya Lu, Xufei Luo, Xiaojia Ni, Haoxuan Li, Miaomiao Meng, Yefeng Cai, Yunlan Liu, Mengjuan Ren, Yanrui Sun, Yaolong Chen
Scoping reviews: reinforcing and advancing the methodology and application
Micah D. J. Peters, Casey Marnie, Heather Colquhoun, Chantelle M. Garritty, Susanne Hempel, Tanya Horsley, Etienne V. Langlois, Erin Lillie, Kelly K. O’Brien, Ӧzge Tunçalp, Michael G. Wilson, Wasifa Zarin, Andrea C. Tricco
Systematic reviews of observational studies of Risk of Thrombosis and Bleeding in General and Gynecologic Surgery (ROTBIGGS): introduction and methodology
Lauri I. Lavikainen, Gordon H. Guyatt, Yung Lee, Rachel J. Couban, Anna L. Luomaranta, Ville J. Sallinen, Ilkka E. J. Kalliala, Paul J. Karanicolas, Rufus Cartwright, Riikka L. Aaltonen, Kaisa Ahopelto, Karoliina M. Aro, Ines Beilmann-Lehtonen, Marco H. Blanker, Jovita L. Cárdenas, Samantha Craigie, Päivi J. Galambosi, Herney A. Garcia-Perdomo, Fang Zhou Ge, Huda A. Gomaa, Linglong Huang, Matthew L. Izett-Kay, Kirsi M. Joronen, Päivi K. Karjalainen, Nadina Khamani, Tuomas P. Kilpeläinen, Antti J. Kivelä, Tapio Korhonen, Hanna Lampela, Anne K. Mattila, Borna Tadayon Najafabadi, Taina P. Nykänen, Carolina Nystén, Sanna M. Oksjoki, Sanjay Pandanaboyana, Negar Pourjamal, Chathura B. B. Ratnayake, Aleksi R. Raudasoja, Tino Singh, Riikka M. Tähtinen, Robin W. M. Vernooij, Yuting Wang, Yingqi Xiao, Liang Yao, Jari Haukka, Kari A. O. Tikkinen
Do continuous forms of intra-operative ultrafiltration enhance recovery after adult cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass? A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Joel Bierer, David Horne, Roger Stanzel, Mark Henderson, Leah Boulos, Jill Hayden
A characterization of cortisol level and adrenal reservation in human cardiopulmonary arrest: systematic review and meta-analysis
Adeleh Sahebnasagh, Paria Soltani Nejad, Amin Salehi-Abargouei, Mohammad Hossein Dehghani, Fatemeh Saghafi
Increasing retractions of meta-analyses publications for methodological flaw
Chia-Yun Chen, Yi-No Kang, Ken N. Kuo, Paul Glasziou, Kee-Hsin Chen
Theoretical approaches to process evaluations of complex interventions in health care: a systematic scoping review protocol
Tina Quasdorf, Lauren Clack, Franziska Laporte Uribe, Daniela Holle, Martin Berwig, Daniel Purwins, Marie-Therese Schultes, Martina Roes
Evidence on respectful maternity care for adolescents: a systematic review protocol
Helen H. Habib, Jefferson Mwaisaka, Kwasi Torpey, Ernest Tei Maya, Augustine Ankomah
Neuromuscular adaptations to experimentally induced pain in the lumbar region: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Valter Devecchi, Deborah Falla, Hélio V. Cabral, Alessio Gallina
Interventions for improving outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community setting: a systematic review
Susan M. Smith, Emma Wallace, Barbara Clyne, Fiona Boland, Martin Fortin
Correction to: Anesthesia interventions that alter perioperative mortality: a scoping review
A comparison of two assessment tools used in overviews of systematic reviews: ROBIS versus AMSTAR-2
R. Perry, A. Whitmarsh, V. Leach, P. Davies
Early pregnancy loss incidence in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
L. Schummers, N. Oveisi, M. S. Ohtsuka, J. A. Hutcheon, K. A. Ahrens, J. Liauw, W. V. Norman
Treatment of eating disorders in older people: a systematic review
Megha Mulchandani, Namrata Shetty, Agatha Conrad, Petra Muir, Beth Mah
Mapping multicenter randomized controlled trials in anesthesiology: a scoping review
Sylvain Boet, Joseph K. Burns, Olivia Cheng-Boivin, Hira Khan, Kendra Derry, Deric Diep, Abdul Hadi Djokhdem, Sung Wook Um, Johnny W. Huang, Danica Paré, Mimi Deng, Liza Begunova, Linda Yi Ning Fei, Maryam Bezzahou, Pium Sonali Andrahennadi, Elysia Grose, Ruth G Abebe, Fadi Mansour, Zoé Talbot, Pierre-Marc Dion, Manvinder Kaur, Justen Choueiry, Cole Etherington
HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in mainland China: a systematic review protocol
Wenting Huang, Liming Wang, Mi Guodong, Ryan J. Zahn, Jennifer Taussig, Shenita R. Peterson, Stefan Baral, Renee H. Moore, Xiaojie Huang, Jianhua Hou, Patrick S. Sullivan, Aaron J. Siegler
Paediatric tuberculosis diagnosis using Mycobacterium tuberculosis real-time polymerase chain reaction assay: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Emmanuel Oladipo Babafemi, Benny P. Cherian, Beatrice Ouma, Gilbert Mangua Mogoko
Community-based rehabilitation implementation for people with disabilities in South Africa: a protocol for a scoping review
Sithembiso Blose, Saul Cobbing, Verusia Chetty
Ocular adverse events from pharmacological treatment in patients with multiple sclerosis—A systematic review of the literature
Juliana Muñoz-Ortiz, Juliana Reyes-Guanes, Estefanía Zapata-Bravo, Laura Mora-Muñoz, Juan Antonio Reyes-Hurtado, Luis Octavio Tierradentro-García, William Rojas-Carabali, Marcela Gómez-Suarez, Alejandra de-la-Torre
Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies examining the impact of COVID-19 safety measures on physical activity patterns in adults
Fabian Schwendinger, Denis Infanger, Elena Pocecco, Joséphine Gander, Timo Hinrichs, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss
Aetiology and outcome of non-traumatic coma in African children: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Stephen T. J. Ray, Charlotte Fuller, Alexandra Boubour, Laura J. Bonnett, David G. Lalloo, Karl B. Seydel, Michael J. Griffiths
The worldwide prevalence of burnout syndrome among bank employees: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Sharareh Azedi Tehrani, Abbasali Keshtkar, Akilesh Ramasamy, Majid Fadaei
The prognostic significance of the alterations of pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a meta-regression analysis of randomized controlled trials
Shih-Hsien Sung, Wan-Yu Yeh, Chern-En Chiang, Chi-Jung Huang, Wei-Ming Huang, Chen-Huan Chen, Hao-Min Cheng
srBERT: automatic article classification model for systematic review using BERT
Sungmin Aum, Seon Choe
Paper 3: Selecting rapid review methods for complex questions related to health policy and system issues
Michael G. Wilson, Sandy Oliver, G. J. Melendez-Torres, John N. Lavis, Kerry Waddell, Kelly Dickson
Precancerous cervical lesion in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis
Ayele Semachew Kasa, Tadesse Dagget, Yeshiwork Beyene, Getnet Dessie, Aklilu Endalamaw, Yinager Workineh, Emiru Ayalew, Balew Zeleke, Sitotaw Kerie, Getasew Mulat, Worku Animaw
Prognostic models of diabetic microvascular complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sigit Ari Saputro, Oraluck Pattanaprateep, Anuchate Pattanateepapon, Swekshya Karmacharya, Ammarin Thakkinstian
Patient-important outcomes reported in randomized controlled trials of pharmacologic treatments for COVID-19: a protocol of a META-epidemiological study
Mario A. Jimenez-Mora, Andrea Ramírez Varela, Jose F. Meneses-Echavez, Julia Bidonde, Adriana Angarita-Fonseca, Reed A. C. Siemieniuk, Dena Zeraatkar, Jessica J. Bartoszko, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Kimia Honarmand, Bram Rochwerg, Gordon Guyatt, Juan José Yepes-Nuñez
Management strategies for patients with subclinical hypothyroidism: a protocol for an umbrella review
Brenda S. Bauer, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Utkarsh Agrawal, Colin McCowan
Global stakeholder perspectives of home birth: a systematic scoping review
Ginny Brunton, Samira Wahab, Hassan Sheikh, Beth Murray Davis
Using median survival in meta-analysis of experimental time-to-event data
Theodore C. Hirst, Emily S. Sena, Malcolm R. Macleod
Barriers and enablers to physical activity in patients during hospital stay: a scoping review
Sven Jacobus Gertruda Geelen, Hanneke Corine van Dijk - Huisman, Robert Adriaan de Bie, Cindy Veenhof, Raoul Engelbert, Marike van der Schaaf, Antoine François Lenssen
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the safety of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine from randomized controlled trials on malarial and non-malarial conditions
Mayra Souza Botelho, Fernanda Bolfi, Renata Giacomini Occhiuto Ferreira Leite, Mauro Salles Ferreira Leite, Luisa Rocco Banzato, Luiza Teixeira Soares, Thaina Oliveira Felicio Olivatti, Amanda Sampaio Mangolim, Flávia Ramos Kazan Oliveira, Luciana Patrícia Fernandes Abbade, Joelcio Francisco Abbade, Ricardo Augusto Monteiro de Barros Almeida, Julia Simões Corrêa Galendi, Lehana Thabane, Vania dos Santos Nunes-Nogueira
Early intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder: protocol for a scoping review of economic evaluations
Katherine Pye, Hannah Jackson, Teresa Iacono, Alan Shiell
Peer support for smoking cessation: a protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis
Hyun-Ju Seo, Soo Young Kim, Dongah Park, Seung-Soo Sheen, Miyoung Choi, Bo-Hyoung Jang, Su Jung Lee, Youngju Cha
Effect of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation on functional capacity in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis—a systematic review protocol
Revati Amin, K. Vaishali, G. Arun Maiya, Aswini Kumar Mohapatra, Uday Narayan Yadav, Shradha S. Parsekar
Effectiveness of interventions for prevention of common infections in people who use opioids: a protocol for a systematic review of systematic reviews
Irina Kudrina, Svetlana Puzhko, Kristian B. Filion, Genevieve Gore, Elena Paraskevopoulos, Sarah Windle, Marc O. Martel, Mark J. Eisenberg
Comparison of COVID-19 outcomes in organ transplant recipients (OTr) and non-transplant patients: a study protocol for rapid review
Alexis H. Lerner, Elizabeth J. Klein, Anna Hardesty, Orestis A. Panagiotou, Chelsea Misquith, Dimitrios Farmakiotis
Adult stroke survivor’s reintegration to normal living: a scoping review protocol
Michael Opeoluwa Ogunlana, Pragashnie Govender, Olufemi Oyeleye Oyewole, Ifeoma Blessing Nwosu
Communication strategies in the prevention of type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes in vulnerable groups: a scoping review
Jessica Breuing, Christine Joisten, Annika Lena Neuhaus, Simone Heß, Lena Kusche, Fabiola Haas, Mark Spiller, Dawid Pieper
Prevalence and risk factors of depression in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis
Xiaobo Liu, Chao Dong, Hong Jiang, Dongling Zhong, Yuxi Li, Huiling Zhang, Jun Zhang, Jin Fan, Juan Li, Li Guan, Rongjiang Jin
Repetitive and restricted behaviours and anxiety in autism spectrum disorder: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Tegan Sellick, Alexandra Ure, Katrina Williams
Methodological quality and reporting standards in systematic reviews with meta-analysis of physical activity studies: a report from the Strengthening the Evidence in Exercise Sciences Initiative (SEES Initiative)
Nórton Luís Oliveira, Cíntia Ehlers Botton, Angélica Trevisan De Nardi, Daniel Umpierre
Short-term outcomes of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors for fetal growth restriction: a study protocol for a systematic review with individual participant data meta-analysis, aggregate meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis
Jessica Liauw, Katie Groom, Wessel Ganzevoort, Christian Gluud, Christopher J. D. McKinlay, Andrew Sharp, Laura Mackay, Chirag Kariya, Ken Lim, Peter von Dadelszen, Jacqueline Limpens, Janus C. Jakobsen, Francois Audibert, Zarko Alfirevic, Philip Baker, Emmanuel Bujold, Youkee Chung, Christine Cornforth, Wessel Ganzevoort, Sanne J. Gordijn, Katie Groom, Christian Gluud, Janus C. Jakobsen, Edward D. Johnstone, Chirag Kariya, Louise Kenny, Tang Lee, Larry Li, Jessica Liauw, Ken Lim, Laura Magee, Laura Mackay, Lesley McCowan, Chris McKinlay, Ben W. Mol, Wes Onland, Aris Papageorghiou, Anouk Pels, Andrew Sharp, Peter von Dadelszen
Surgical resection for patients with recurrent or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis update
Zhaolun Cai, Chunyu Xin, Zhiyuan Jiang, Chunyu Liu, Chaoyong Shen, Guozhen Zhao, Yuan Yin, Xiaonan Yin, Zhou Zhao, Mingchun Mu, Bo Zhang
Effects of home visits on quality of life among older adults: a systematic review protocol
Yea Lu Tay, Nurul Salwana Abu Bakar, Ruzimah Tumiran, Noor Hasidah Ab Rahman, Noor Areefa Ameera Mohd Ma’amor, Weng Keong Yau, Zalilah Abdullah
Solitary pulmonary nodule malignancy predictive models applicable to routine clinical practice: a systematic review
Marina Senent-Valero, Julián Librero, María Pastor-Valero
Living systematic reviews in rehabilitation science can improve evidence-based healthcare
S. Elbers, H. Wittink, U. Kaiser, J. Kleijnen, J. Pool, A. Köke, R. Smeets
A likelihood ratio test for the homogeneity of between-study variance in network meta-analysis
Dapeng Hu, Chong Wang, Annette M. O’Connor
Protocol for a meta-narrative review on research paradigms addressing the urban built environment and human health
Jinhee Kim, Ben Harris-Roxas, Evelyne de Leeuw, David Lilley, Alana Crimeen, Peter Sainsbury
Dysphagia rehabilitation following acquired brain injury, including cerebral palsy, across the lifespan: a scoping review protocol
Rhiannon Halfpenny, Alexandra Stewart, Paula Kelly, Eleanor Conway, Christina Smith
Effectiveness and experiences of the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Model in developing competencies among healthcare professionals: a mixed methods systematic review protocol
Gabrielle Chicoine, José Côté, Jacinthe Pepin, Guillaume Fontaine, Marc-André Maheu-Cadotte, Quan Nha Hong, Geneviève Rouleau, Daniela Ziegler, Didier Jutras-Aswad
Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on the use of brain natriuretic peptide and N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide levels in the diagnosis of cardiopulmonary edema in acute respiratory failure
Takero Terayama, Takuya Taniguchi, Ryosuke Imai, Keisuke Anan, Takuo Yoshida, Koichi Ando, Satoshi Okamori, Yohei Okada
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Andrea C. Tricco, Sonia M. Thomas, Erin Lillie, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Jemila S. Hamid, Ba’ Pham, Taehoon Lee, Arnav Agarwal, Jane P. Sharpe, Alistair Scott, Rachel Warren, Ronak Brahmbhatt, Erin Macdonald, Ghayath Janoudi, Rajeev H. Muni, Carolina L. M. Francisconi, Trevor Richter, Sharon E. Straus
Evacuation solutions for individuals with functional limitations in the built environment: a scoping review protocol
Brad W. R. Roberts, Abdulrahman Al Bochi, Mark Weiler, Yashoda Sharma, Cesar Marquez-Chin, Steven Pong, Jessica Babineau, Waqas Sajid, Tilak Dutta, Albert H. Vette
Critical appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for the management of COVID-19: protocol for a systematic review
Thanansayan Dhivagaran, Umaima Abbas, Fahad Butt, Luckshann Arunasalam, Oswin Chang