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The effect of hand hygiene promotion programs during epidemics and pandemics of respiratory droplet-transmissible infections on health outcomes: a rapid systematic review

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Public health strategies in the context of respiratory droplet-transmissible diseases (such as influenza or COVID-19) include intensified hand hygiene promotion, but a review on the effectiveness of different ways of promoting hand hygiene in ...
Koen Veys, Kim Dockx, Hans Van Remoortel, Philippe Vandekerckhove, Emmy De Buck   +4 more
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Providing a teaching and learning open and innovative toolkit for evidence-based practice to nursing European curriculum (EBP e-Toolkit): Project rationale and design

Population Medicine, 2020
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an instrument of great utility in making clinical decisions in nursing care, improving the quality of nursing care and patients’ health outcomes.
Evridiki Patelarou, Konstantinos Vlasiadis, Mariusz Panczyk, Jakub Dolezel, Darja Jarosova, Joanna Gotlib, Brigita Skela-Savič, Daniela Mecugni, Stefano Finotto, Maria Ruzafa-Martinez, Antonio Jesús Ramos-Morcillo, Athina Patelarou   +11 more
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Updating the Comparative Evidence on Second‐Generation Antipsychotic Use With Schizophrenia

Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, 2020
Objective The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of literature comparing second‐generation antipsychotics (SGAs) with each other and with first‐generation antipsychotics (FGAs) in treating schizophrenia.
Marian S. McDonagh, Tracy Dana, Shelley Selph, Emily B. Devine, Amy Cantor, Christina Bougatsos, Ian Blazina, Sara Grusing, Rongwei Fu, Daniel W. Haupt   +9 more
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Does information from ClinicalTrials.gov increase transparency and reduce bias? Results from a five-report case series

Systematic Reviews, 2018
Background We investigated whether information in ClinicalTrials.gov would impact the conclusions of five ongoing systematic reviews. Method We considered five reviews that included 495 studies total. Each review team conducted a search of ClinicalTrials.
Gaelen P. Adam, Stacey Springs, Thomas Trikalinos, John W. Williams, Jennifer L. Eaton, Megan Von Isenburg, Jennifer M. Gierisch, Lisa M. Wilson, Karen A. Robinson, Meera Viswanathan, Jennifer Cook Middleton, Valerie L. Forman-Hoffman, Elise Berliner, Robert M. Kaplan   +13 more
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A core outcome set for clinical trials of first- and second-degree perineal tears prevention and treatment: a study protocol for a systematic review and a Delphi survey

Trials, 2021
Background Perineal tear is a common consequence of vaginal births affecting females globally. Even mild perineal tears could cause short- and long-term complications for females. Though many studies of interventions to prevent or treat perineal tears to
Lin Xiao, Lei Shi, Suting Liu, Yuanyuan Luo, Jinhui Tian, Lili Zhang   +5 more
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Expediting citation screening using PICo-based title-only screening for identifying studies in scoping searches and rapid reviews

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background Citation screening for scoping searches and rapid review is time-consuming and inefficient, often requiring days or sometimes months to complete.
John Rathbone, Loai Albarqouni, Mina Bakhit, Elaine Beller, Oyungerel Byambasuren, Tammy Hoffmann, Anna Mae Scott, Paul Glasziou   +7 more
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Machine learning for screening prioritization in systematic reviews: comparative performance of Abstrackr and EPPI-Reviewer

Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background Improving the speed of systematic review (SR) development is key to supporting evidence-based medicine. Machine learning tools which semi-automate citation screening might improve efficiency.
Amy Y. Tsou, Jonathan R. Treadwell, Eileen Erinoff, Karen Schoelles   +3 more
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Systematic review of the effects of care provided with and without diagnostic clinical prediction rules

Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 2017
Background Diagnostic clinical prediction rules (CPRs) are worthwhile if they improve patient outcomes or provide benefits such as reduced resource use, without harming patients.
Sharon L. Sanders, John Rathbone, Katy J. L. Bell, Paul P. Glasziou, Jenny A. Doust   +4 more
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Are these results trustworthy? A guide for reading the medical literature

Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2017
Physicians practicing evidence-based medicine need to be able to appraise a new study and determine whether the results warrant sufficient certainty to the level that they can be applied to patient care.
Fares Alahdab, Allison Morrow, Mouaz Alsawas, M Hassan Murad   +3 more
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Evidence-based practice

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 1999
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a significant movement influencing the delivery of health care. This paper discusses why physiotherapists should care about EBP, what physiotherapists might do to become aligned with the EBP movement and some potential influences this may have on clinical research.
Kent, Peter, Keating, Jenny, Bernhardt, Julie, Carroll, Sara, Hill, Keith, McBurney, Helen, Jull, Gwen, Grimmer, Karen, Allison, Garry, Henderson, Kathryn   +9 more
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