Sentences with phrase «systematic review using»

Design A systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta - Analysis.

It is a rigorous systematic review using established criteria for the identification and assessment of papers.

Not exact matches

Systematic reviews identify all the research on a given topic using predefined criteria.

With absolutely no indication about the quality of the studies (and methods used) in each individual study, readers have no way of assessing the quality of the larger systematic review.

Her work in systematic reviews has consistently addressed tough topics and has included documenting harms of episiotomy, the limitations of data about outcomes of fetal surgery, inconsistencies in results of programs designed to reduce use of cesarean, marginal effectiveness of medications for overactive bladder, and the burden on cervical cancer prevention programs introduced by liquid cytology collection for pap testing.

The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effects of sleep and play positions, and use of infant equipment, on motor development.

Soo has used a wide range of methods, in her research, including trials, surveys, systematic reviews (metasynthesis and meta - analysis), ethnography, phenomenology, and participatory action research based on appreciative enquiry.

HIV Medicine DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00918.x IBFAN - Asia Position Statement on HIV and Infant Feeding, 13 October 2008 South African Tshwane Declaration on breastfeeding, S Afr J Clin Nutr 2011; 24 (4) UNAIDS 2010, Strategy Getting to Zero, UNAIDS Strategy 2011 — 2015 UNAIDS 2010, Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, 2010 - 2014 UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 Press Release, 9 June, World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF 2010, Facts for Life UNICEF 2011, Programming Guide, Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011 WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding.

A systematic review of existing reviews of the effectiveness of parent training for conduct disorder that were judged to be of high quality using a recognised checklist [11] suggested that parenting programmes are an effective intervention for children with behaviour problems.

Two review authors independently assessed risk of bias for each study using the criteria outlined in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Higgins 2011).

Two review authors (H Whitford, T Dowswell, H West, or S Wallis) independently assessed risk of bias for each study using the criteria outlined in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Higgins 2011).

We thought at first that there may be risk for confounding if the control group used uterotonics or analgesics, but our review of the latest systematic reviews gave us no reason to suspect that this would confound the results; though it was interesting that neonatal safety of uterotonics and analgesics was determined based on limited outcomes of APGARs and NICU admission.

Recent systematic reviews have concluded that probiotics do not appear to be effective for the treatment of atopic dermatitis, and that there is insufficient evidence to support their use for atopic dermatitis treatment (42,43).

In addition, there was no effect on breastfeeding duration when the pacifier was introduced at 1 month of age.280 A more recent systematic review found that the highest level of evidence (ie, from clinical trials) does not support an adverse relationship between pacifier use and breastfeeding duration or exclusivity.281 The association between shortened duration of breastfeeding and pacifier use in observational studies likely reflects a number of complex factors such as breastfeeding difficulties or intent to wean.281 A large multicenter, randomized controlled trial of 1021 mothers who were highly motivated to breastfeed were assigned to 2 groups: mothers advised to offer a pacifier after 15 days and mothers advised not to offer a pacifier.

We also compared the Index to the Cochrane tool for assessing Risk of Bias in Non-randomized Studies of Interventions (ROBINS - I)[38], which is widely used to assess research quality in systematic reviews [59].

As a final stage of development, two authors (VS and CR) assessed usability and feasibility by using the ResQu Index in a systematic review on maternal and perinatal outcomes related to place of birth for women at low risk of obstetric complications in high - income countries.

Two review authors independently assessed risk of bias for each study using the criteria outlined in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (the Handbook)(Higgins 2011).

The final stage of developing the ResQu Index was to use it in a systematic review to assess the quality of studies (published between 2000 and 2016) on the maternal and perinatal outcomes of different places of birth, for women with healthy, low - risk pregnancies in high - income countries.

The researchers said that they hope that this systematic review of the literature on the risks and rewards of mammography for patients will help physicians understand the complex data, and will encourage the development and use of tools for customizing the information they share with their patients to meet each patient's individual needs.

To accurately test the hypothesis of a lower risk of recurrence with HRT, a new study led by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital published in European Urology Focus, performed a systematic review and meta - analysis, pooling available data, to assess whether an improved risk of recurrence could be demonstrated using HRT compared with CRT, in addition to assessing the relative impact of these two treatments on bladder and rectal function.

Following a systematic review of case reports and an FDA safety database, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are calling for formal controlled investigations into the safety and efficacy of off - label use of the Lariat device, which has never been approved for treatment of this condition.

The Million Women Study in 2001 suggested that HRT use increased the risk of breast cancer significantly and the Cochrane Collaboration systematic review identified an increased risk of similar conditions.

The researchers used a systematic literature review to identify environmental declarations relating to burglary prevention measures such as door locks, window locks, lighting, CCTV and burglar alarms.

Improving the Use of Science in Regulator Decision - Making: Dealing with Conflict of Interest and Bias in Scientific Advisory Panels, and Improving Systematic Scientific Reviews.

A systematic review of published studies on the use of medical cannabis in children and adolescents finds a notable lack of studies and a minimal number of the randomized, controlled trials needed to confirm the effectiveness of a treatment.

However, a new systematic review of evidence by clinicians and researchers at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, reveals important gaps in knowledge about the safety and effectiveness of widespread off - label use of naloxone among patients, families, friends and emergency responders.

In this systematic review, we found insufficient evidence to draw conclusions about potential benefits and harms of cannabis use in patients with PTSD.

These findings are generally consistent with those from recent systematic reviews, some of which also included trials of statins for secondary prevention.47,51 - 53 Similar to other meta - analyses of primary and secondary prevention trials, 54,55 this review found no association between use of statins and increased risk of muscle - related harms, although some observational studies and randomized rechallenge trials found statins associated with increased risk of myopathy or joint - related symptoms.56 - 58 The large HOPE - 3 trial found statins associated with increased risk of cataract surgery, an unanticipated finding.14 No other trial of statins for primary prevention evaluated risk of cataracts or cataract surgery.

Lengthy and expensive reviews that are «methodologically robust» but unusable in practice often fail to inform, inspire, or influence.55 A recent systematic review of diabetes risk scores revealed that the authors of most studies were primarily concerned with the intellectual concept of improving the predictive value of the score but had given little or no thought to how their score might be used, by whom, or for what — nor what the implications would be for real people who would be designated «at risk» by the score.56

Publishing in JAMA Pediatrics scientists report results from a systematic review and meta - analysis of longitudinal studies that assessed initial use of e-cigarettes and subsequent cigarette smoking.

A study published in the BMJ and a review published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews have reported that e-cig use was associated with successful attempts at quitting smoking.

Freitas et al (2011) performed a systematic search of all studies using non-invasive stimulation in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and reviewed all 29 identified articles; 24 focused on measures of motor cortical reactivity and (local) plasticity and functional connectivity, with 8 of these studies assessing also effects of pharmacological agents, and 5 studies focused on the enhancement of cognitive function in AD.

Citation: Huang W, Pach D, Napadow V, Park K, Long X, Neumann J, et al. (2012) Characterizing Acupuncture Stimuli Using Brain Imaging with fMRI - A Systematic Review and Meta - Analysis of the Literature.

The Use of Green Coffee Extract as a Weight Loss Supplement: A Systematic Review and Meta - Analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials Igho Onakpoya, Rohini Terry, and Edzard Ernst 7.

One recent systematic review pooled the results from four randomized control trials using greenshell mussel extract for patients with osteoarthritis.

«Monitoring the athlete training response: subjective self - reported measures trump commonly used objective measures: a systematic review.»

«This systematic review and meta - regression analysis of 108 randomised controlled trials using lipid modifying interventions did not show an association between treatment mediated change in high density lipoprotein cholesterol and risk ratios for coronary heart disease events, coronary heart disease deaths, or total deaths whenever change in low density lipoprotein cholesterol was taken into account.

Rhodiola rosea for physical and mental fatigue: a systematic review What Is Rhodiola Used for Today?

They hypothesized that mind - body interventions reverse the expression of genes involved in inflammatory reactions caused by stress, and so they conducted a systematic review of 18 different studies that used gene expression analysis in mind - body interventions.

, The use of ginger (Zingiber officinale) for the treatment of pain: a systematic review of clinical trials, 2011

In a systematic review studies in which yoga was used to relieve the pain of arthritis, 6 of 9 studies reported positive physiological and psychological outcomes.

A recent systematic review (12) analysed all the current evidence on the use of the Ketogenic Diet in brain cancers.

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Design: A systematic review of the published literature through January 2015 was performed by using sensitive search strategies to identify randomized controlled clinical trials that evaluated the effects of fasting on either clinically relevant surrogate outcomes (e.g., weight, cholesterol) or actual clinical event endpoints [e.g., diabetes, coronary artery disease (CAD)-RSB- and any other studies that evaluated the effects of fasting on clinical event outcomes.

Stair - use Interventions in Worksites and Public Settings - a Systematic Review of Effectiveness and External Validity.

• Journal of Sports Medicine - Effects of Strength Training Using Unstable Surfaces on Strength, Power and Balance Performance Across the Lifespan: A Systematic Review and Meta - analysis

Those that have are summarized in a recent systematic review (Behm et al. 2015), although the measures used to test strength were not differentiated from one another, which makes the results difficult to interpret.

Single - Sex Versus Coeducation Schooling: A Systematic Review (2005) examines the existing literature on single - sex schooling at the elementary and secondary level, using an unbiased, transparent, and objective selection process adopted from the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC).

Over time, all core reading instruction needs to be reviewed and updated using a systematic process.

Steve Higgins (@profstig)-- New systematic review of effective professional development The Teacher Development Trust has commissioned a team from Durham University, the Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE) and the Institute of Education to undertake a review of the impact teachers» professional learning and continuing professional development and Learning (CPDL).