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Quality of information in news media reports about the effects of health interventions: Systematic review and meta-analyses [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2021
Background Many studies have assessed the quality of news reports about the effects of health interventions, but there has been no systematic review of such studies or meta-analysis of their results. We aimed to fill this gap (PROSPERO ID: CRD42018095032)
Matt Oxman, Lillebeth Larun, Giordano Pérez Gaxiola, Dima Alsaid, Anila Qasim, Christopher James Rose, Karin Bischoff, Andrew David Oxman   +7 more
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Revisiting concepts of evidence in implementation science

Implementation Science, 2022
Background Evidence, in multiple forms, is a foundation of implementation science. For public health and clinical practice, evidence includes the following: type 1 evidence on etiology and burden; type 2 evidence on effectiveness of interventions; and ...
R. Brownson, R. Shelton, E. Geng, R. Glasgow   +3 more
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Clinicians’ experience with infographic summaries from the BMJ Rapid Recommendations: a qualitative user-testing study among residents and interns at a large teaching hospital in Switzerland

BMJ Open
Objective Clinicians need trustworthy clinical practice guidelines to succeed with evidence-based diagnosis and treatment at the bedside. The BMJ Rapid Recommendations explore innovative ways to enhance dissemination and uptake, including multilayered ...
Thomas Agoritsas, Per Vandvik, Tiffany Hirschel   +2 more
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Lack of Evidence Linking Calcium With or Without Vitamin D Supplementation to Cardiovascular Disease in Generally Healthy Adults: A Clinical Guideline From the National Osteoporosis Foundation and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2016
Calcium is a component of the dominant mineral (hydroxyapatite) present in bone and a shortfall nutrient in the American diet (1). Supplements have been recommended for persons who do not consume adequate calcium from their diet as a standard strategy ...
S. Kopecky, D. Bauer, M. Gulati, J. Nieves, A. Singer, P. Toth, James A Underberg, T. Wallace, C. Weaver   +8 more
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Certainty of evidence assessment in high‐impact medical journals: A meta‐epidemiological survey

Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods
Introduction While certainty of evidence assessment is key to a rigorous and transparent systematic review, it is unknown how – and how frequently – it is assessed in systematic reviews.
Madelin R. Siedler, Neha Tangri, Leena AlShenaiber, Tejanth Pasumarthi, Faisal Shaukat Ali, Volf Gaby, Katie N. Harris, Yngve Falck‐Ytter, Reem A. Mustafa, Shahnaz Sultan, Philipp Dahm, M. Hassan Murad, Rebecca L. Morgan   +12 more
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Better evidence, better decisions, better environment: emergent themes from the first environmental evidence conference

Environmental Evidence, 2017
The first international Collaboration for Environmental Evidence (CEE) conference took place in August 2016 at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm with nearly 100 participants from 14 countries. This conference reflected and contributed to
Steven J. Cooke, Sif Johansson, Karolin Andersson, Barbara Livoreil, Gerald Post, Rob Richards, Ruth Stewart, Andrew S. Pullin   +7 more
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The long‐term safety of topical corticosteroids in atopic dermatitis: A systematic review

Skin Health and Disease, 2023
Background Topical corticosteroids (TCS) are a first‐line treatment for eczema, but there are concerns about their safety when used long‐term. Objectives To systematically review adverse effects associated with longer‐term use of TCS for eczema.
Jane Harvey, Stephanie J. Lax, Alison Lowe, Miriam Santer, Sandra Lawton, Sinead M. Langan, Amanda Roberts, Beth Stuart, Hywel C. Williams, Kim S. Thomas   +9 more
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Effects of integrated models of care for diabetes and hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To assess the effects of integrated models of care for people with multimorbidity including at least diabetes or hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) on health and process outcomes.Design Systematic review.Data ...
Anke Rohwer, Taryn Young, Ingrid Toews, Charlotte M Bavuma, Joerg Meerpohl, Jeannine Uwimana Nicol   +5 more
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A prospective, observational cohort study of patients presenting to an emergency department with acute shoulder trauma: the Manchester emergency shoulder (MESH) project

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2017
Background Fracture and dislocation of the shoulder are usually identifiable through the use of plain radiographs in an emergency department. However, other significant soft tissue injuries can be missed at initial presentation.
Michael J. Callaghan, Janos P. Baombe, Dan Horner, Charles E. Hutchinson, Dilraj Sandher, Simon Carley   +5 more
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Making good on a call to expand method choice for young people - Turning rhetoric into reality for addressing Sustainable Development Goal Three

Reproductive Health, 2017
Background Investments in the nearly two billion young people, aged 10–24 years, in the world today are necessary to meet global development commitments, specifically the Sustainable Development Goals and Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths ...
Fariyal Fatma Fikree, Catharine Lane, Callie Simon, Gwyn Hainsworth, Patricia MacDonald   +4 more
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