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Qigong for healthcare: an overview of systematic reviews [PDF]

JRSM Short Reports, 2011
Summary Objectives Qigong has been recommended to improve health and prevent disease but the evidence is inconclusive. The aim of this overview was to critically evaluate all systematic reviews (SRs) of qigong for the treatment of any condition or symptom.
Lee, Myeong Soo, Oh, Byeongsang, Ernst, Edzard   +2 more
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Effectiveness of interventions for prevention of common infections in people who use opioids: a protocol for a systematic review of systematic reviews

Systematic Reviews, 2021
Background The North American opioid crisis is driven by opioid-related mortality and morbidity, including opioid use-associated infections (OUAIs), resulting in a substantial burden for society.
Irina Kudrina, Svetlana Puzhko, Kristian B. Filion, Genevieve Gore, Elena Paraskevopoulos, Sarah Windle, Marc O. Martel, Mark J. Eisenberg   +7 more
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Patient and public involvement in the design of clinical trials: An overview of systematic reviews [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUNDFunders encourage lay-volunteer inclusion in research. There are controversy and resistance, given concerns of role confusion, exploratory methods, and limited evidence about what value lay-volunteers bring to research.
Albarqouni, Loai, Burls, Amanda, Clarke, Mike, Kirkpatrick, Jo, Liew, Su May, Price, Amy, Roberts, Nia W   +6 more
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Toward a comprehensive evidence map of overview of systematic review methods: paper 1—purpose, eligibility, search and data extraction

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background Overviews of systematic reviews attempt to systematically retrieve and summarise the results of multiple systematic reviews. Methods for conducting, interpreting and reporting overviews are in their infancy. To date, there has been no evidence
Carole Lunny, Sue E. Brennan, Steve McDonald, Joanne E. McKenzie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Guidance for overviews of reviews continues to accumulate, but important challenges remain: a scoping review

Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background Overviews of reviews (overviews) provide an invaluable resource for healthcare decision-making by combining large volumes of systematic review (SR) data into a single synthesis.
Michelle Gates, Allison Gates, Samantha Guitard, Michelle Pollock, Lisa Hartling   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of exercise interventions on physical and psychological outcomes in frail older adults: Protocol for an overview of systematic reviews

Nursing Open, 2023
Aims To systematically summarize the existing evidence regarding the effects of exercise interventions on physical and psychological outcomes in frail older adults and appraise the quality and strength of the evidence.
Qiong Lyu, Ling‐Na Kong, Ping Hu, Dun‐Xiu Liu, Lin Zeng, Wen‐Xin Wang   +5 more
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Overview of systematic reviews of probiotics in the prevention and treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Background: Antibiotics alter the microbial balance commonly resulting in antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). Probiotics may prevent and treat AAD by providing the gut barrier and restoring the gut microflora.
Qingrui Yang, Zeyu Hu, Yuyu Lei, Xinzhu Li, Chao Xu, Jie Zhang, Haitao Liu, Xiaoquan Du   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rehabilitation interventions for improving balance following stroke: an overview of systematic reviews [PDF]

, 2019
Background The aim of this study was to synthesize evidence from systematic reviews, to summarise the effects of rehabilitation interventions for improving balance in stroke survivors. Methods We conducted an overview of systematic reviews (SRs).
Arienti, Chiara, Lazzarini, Stefano, Negrini, Stefano, Pollock, Alex   +3 more
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Does moxibustion work? An overview of systematic reviews [PDF]

BMC Research Notes, 2010
Several systematic reviews (SRs) have assessed the effectiveness of moxibustion for a range of conditions, often with contradictory conclusions. Our aim was to provide a critical evaluation and summary of these data.Electronic searches were conducted to locate all SRs of moxibustion for any condition.
Kang Jung Won, Lee Myeong Soo, Ernst Edzard   +2 more
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Database combinations to retrieve systematic reviews in overviews of reviews: a methodological study

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background When conducting an Overviews of Reviews on health-related topics, it is unclear which combination of bibliographic databases authors should use for searching for SRs.
Käthe Goossen, Simone Hess, Carole Lunny, Dawid Pieper   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source