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Communication and support from health-care professionals to families, with dependent children, following the diagnosis of parental life-limiting illness : a systematic review [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Communication between parents and their children about parental life-limiting illness is stressful. Parents want support from health-care professionals; however, the extent of this support is not known.
Boland, Jason W., Fearnley, Rachel
core   +1 more source

Development and validation of a search filter to identify equity-focused studies: reducing the number needed to screen

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2018
Background Health inequalities, worse health associated with social and economic disadvantage, are reported by a minority of research articles. Locating these studies when conducting an equity-focused systematic review is challenging due to a deficit in ...
Stephanie L Prady, Eleonora P Uphoff, Madeleine Power, Su Golder   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cancer patients’ experiences of living with venous thromboembolism: A systematic review and qualitative thematic synthesis [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Cancer-Associated thrombosis is common. Recommended treatment is daily injected low-molecular-weight heparin for 6months. Most studies focus on prophylaxis and treatment; few have explored patients’ experience.
Benelhaj, Naima B., Hutchinson, Ann, Ilyas, Muhammad Waqas, Johnson, Miriam J., Maraveyas, Anthony M., Seymour, Julie D.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Distortion in the Communication of Nonsignificant Primary Outcomes: The Spin Strategy in Multiple Sclerosis Trials

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Spin refers to reporting strategies that highlight the benefits of an experimental treatment or divert attention from nonsignificant primary outcomes. To assess spin in randomized clinic trials (RCTs) on pharmaceutical efficacy in multiple sclerosis (MS) and explore associated factors.
Marta Mascareñas‐García, Alejandro Rivero‐de‐Aguilar, Cristina Candal‐Pedreira, Guadalupe García, Carla Guerra‐Tort, Lucía Martín‐Gisbert, Julia Rey‐Brandariz, Mónica Pérez‐Ríos Ríos, Beatriz Casal‐Acción, María Isolina Santiago‐Pérez, Leonor Varela‐Lema   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Searching Embase and MEDLINE by using only major descriptors or title and abstract fields: a prospective exploratory study

Systematic Reviews, 2018
Background Researchers performing systematic reviews (SRs) must carefully consider the relevance of thousands of citations retrieved from bibliographic database searches, the majority of which will be excluded later on close inspection.
Wichor M. Bramer, Dean Giustini, Jos Kleijnen, Oscar H. Franco   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prolonged PR interval, first-degree heart block and adverse cardiovascular outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2016
Objective: First-degree atrioventricular block is frequently encountered in clinical practice and is generally considered a benign process. However, there is emerging evidence that prolonged PR interval may be associated with adverse outcomes. This study
Barker, Diane, Beynon, Rhys, Buchan, Iain, Kwok, Chun Shing, Loke, Yoon K, Mamas, Mamas A, Morley-Davies, Adrian, Myint, Phyo K, Nolan, James, Patwala, Ashish, Rashid, Muhammad, Satchithananda, Duwarakan   +11 more
core   +1 more source

A systematic review of the psychosocial factors associated with pain in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (Embase).

, 2023
Yvonne N. Brandelli, Christine T. Chambers, Sean P. Mackinnon, Jennifer A. Parker, Adam M. Huber, Jennifer Stinson, Emily M. Wildeboer, Jennifer P. Wilson, Olivia Piccolo   +8 more
openalex   +1 more source

Exposure to occupational inhalants and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint pain, swelling, and stiffness. While smoking is a well‐established risk factor for RA, the role of occupational inhalants in RA development is less well recognized.
Qianwen Liu, Xin Song, Emily Mauro, Yuan Jiang, Klementy Shchetynsky, PLars Klareskog, Lars Alfredsson, Xia Jiang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Searching for Adverse Effects in MEDLINE and EMBASE Requires a Combined Approach for Efficient Retrieval, A review of: Golder, Su, Heather M. McIntosh, Steve Duffy, and Julie Glanville. “Developing Efficient Search Strategies to Identify Reports of Adverse Effects in MEDLINE and EMBASE.” Health Information & Libraries Journal 23.1 (Mar. 2006): 3-12.

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2006
Objective – To assess the sensitivity and precision of various search strategies for retrieving adverse effects studies from the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases. Design – Analytical survey. Subjects – A case study using a recently published systematic
Marcy L. Brown
doaj  

Eficácia das ferramentas automatizadas para elaboração de estratégias de busca na PubMed e Embase

Biblios
Objetivo. A pesquisa verificou o índice de coocorrência de resultados na recuperação da informação em bases de dados bibliográficas da área da saúde utilizando ferramentas automatizadas para elaboração de estratégias de busca, em comparação com o método
Wánderson Cássio Oliveira Araújo, Angel Freddy Godoy Viera, Gregório Varvakis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source