Results 21 to 30 of about 346,597 (387)

Intranasal Ketamine for Depression in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Background There is growing interest in glutamatergic agents as a treatment for depression, especially intranasal ketamine, which has become a hot topic in recent years.
Dongjiao An   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Interventions in hypertension: systematic review and meta-analysis of natural and quasi-experiments

open access: yesClinical Hypertension, 2022
Background Hypertension is an urgent public health problem. Consistent summary from natural and quasi-experiments employed to evaluate interventions that aim at preventing or controlling hypertension is lacking in the current literature.
Tong Xia, Fan Zhao, Roch A. Nianogo
doaj   +1 more source

Visual data: a new tool to improve the presentation of clinical trial results

open access: yesEinstein (São Paulo), 2019
Randomized controlled trials are known to be the best tool to determine the effects of an intervention; however, most healthcare professionals are not able to adequately understand the results.
Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Breast milk as a topical eye drop reduces the severity of ROP: A randomized placebo-controlled trial.

open access: yes, 2022
Abstract Objective Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is the most common cause of visual impairment and disability in preterm infants. Human breast milk contains stem cells which have the ability to differentiate into all three germ layers. This study investigated whether breast milk used as an eye drop reduces severe ROP or laser-requiring ROP ...
Musa Silahli   +9 more
openaire   +1 more source

A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of reports of clinical trials published in six Brazilian dental journals indexed in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)

open access: yesJournal of Applied Oral Science, 2010
INTRODUCTION: Open access publishing is becoming increasingly popular within the biomedical sciences. SciELO, the Scientific Electronic Library Online, is a digital library covering a selected collection of Brazilian scientific journals many of which ...
Raphael Freitas de Souza   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

EVALUATION OF OUTCOMES IN INTERVENTION RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS - DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES

open access: yesActa Ortopédica Brasileira, 2023
Objectives: Describe the frequency and types of outcomes in randomized clinical trials (RCT) of intervention for distal radius fractures, analyze how confusing outcome presentations can lead to misinterpretations, and suggest strategies to improve the ...
Davi Amorim Meira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A systematic review of school-based alcohol and other drug prevention programs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Alcohol use in adolescents constitutes a major public health concern. Europe is the heaviest drinking region of the world. Several school-based alcohol prevention programs have been developed but it is not clear whether they are really ...
Agabio R   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Exercise Reduces Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients With Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Although exercise training reduces office blood pressure (BP), scarcer evidence is available on whether these benefits also apply to ambulatory blood pressure (ABP), which is a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality.
Gonzalo Saco-Ledo   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fecal incontinence: the quality of reported randomized, controlled trials in the last ten years. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This study was designed to analyze the characteristics and the quality of reporting of randomized, controlled trials published during the last ten years on fecal ...
Chelvanayagam, Sonya   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Quality of the systematic reviews in cochrane multiple sclerosis related articles [PDF]

open access: yesBioSocial Health Journal
Introduction: To enhance the assessment of the systematic reviews and meta-analyses performed by the Cochrane Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Group. Methods: Our study was conducted on 57 systematic reviews and meta-analyses related to MS, published by the ...
Masoud Zeynalzadeh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy