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  1. Patient self-reporting of health-specific information, including symptoms, allows healthcare providers to provide more timely, personalized, and patient-centered care to meet their needs. It is critical to ack...

    Authors: Carielle Joy Rio, Catherine Blumhorst, Catherine A. Kwiat, Christopher M. Nguyen, Alicia A. Livinski and Leorey N. Saligan
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:102
  2. Immunosuppressive therapy (IST) is the first choice for severe aplastic anemia (SAA) patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) limitation, and the main factor limiting its efficacy is too fe...

    Authors: Yan Zhang, Jie Li, Xi Li, Qianshuang Geng, Yuqin Xie, Guoxiang Zhang, Mingxia Wei and Yanmei Ma
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:101
  3. Breast cancer incidence has been on the rise significantly in the Asian population, occurring at an earlier age and a later stage. The potential predictive value of molecular subtypes, biomarkers, and genetic ...

    Authors: Nurul Wafiqah Saipol Bahrin, Siti Nur Idayu Matusin, Aklimah Mustapa, Lu Zen Huat, Sriyani Perera and Mas Rina Wati Haji Abdul Hamid
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:100
  4. Personalised learning, an educational approach that tailors teaching and learning to individual needs and preferences, has gained attention in recent years, particularly in higher education. Advances in educat...

    Authors: Majid Ali, Izyan Binti A. Wahab, Hasniza Zaman Huri and Muhamad Saiful Yusoff
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:99
  5. Executive functions (EFs) and episodic memory are fundamental components of cognition that deteriorate with age and are crucial for independent living. While numerous reviews have explored the effect of exerci...

    Authors: Soledad Ballesteros, Michel Audifren, Andreea Badache, Vera Belkin, Christoforos D. Giannaki, Antonia Kaltsatou, Uros Marusic, Mohammad Mosaferi Ziaaldini, Manca Peskar, José M. Reales, Jennifer A. Rieker, Pinelopi S. Stavrinou, Juan Tortosa-Martinez, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage and Yael Netz
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:98

    The Correction to this article has been published in Systematic Reviews 2024 13:125

  6. Evidence synthesis is used by decision-makers in various ways, such as developing evidence-based recommendations for clinical guidelines. Clinical guideline development groups (GDGs) typically discuss evidence...

    Authors: Ruairi Murray, Erindaa Magendran, Neya Chander, Rosarie Lynch, Michelle O’Neill, Declan Devane, Susan M. Smith, Kamal Mahtani, Máirín Ryan, Barbara Clyne and Melissa K. Sharp
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:97
  7. Patient-reported outcome and experience measures (PROMs and PREMs, respectively) are evidence-based, standardized questionnaires that can be used to capture patients’ perspectives of their health and health ca...

    Authors: Guillaume Fontaine, Marie-Eve Poitras, Maxime Sasseville, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Jérôme Ouellet, Lydia Ould Brahim, Sydney Wasserman, Frédéric Bergeron and Sylvie D. Lambert
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:96
  8. Adolescent pregnancy is defined as pregnancy at the age of 19 or below. Pregnancy and childbirth complications are the most significant cause of death among 15–19-year-old girls. Several studies have indicated...

    Authors: Shruti Shukla, Ibukun-Oluwa Omolade Abejirinde, Sarah R. Meyer, Yulia Shenderovich and Janina Isabel Steinert
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:95
  9. Social determinants of health (SDH), including “the conditions in which individuals are born, grow, work, live and age” affect child health and well-being. Several studies have synthesized evidence about the i...

    Authors: Janyce Eunice Gnanvi, Natalie Yanchar, Gabrielle Freire, Emilie Beaulieu, Pier-Alexandre Tardif, Mélanie Bérubé, Alison Macpherson, Ian Pike, Roger Zemek, Isabelle J. Gagnon, Sasha Carsen, Belinda Gabbe, Soualio Gnanou, Cécile Duval and Lynne Moore
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:94
  10. The efficacy of surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients with detrusor underactivity (DU) remains controversial.

    Authors: Peilin Zou, Chang Liu, Yucong Zhang, Chao Wei, Xiaming Liu, Shengfei Xu, Qing Ling, Zhong Chen, Guanghui Du and Xiaoyi Yuan
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:93
  11. Antidepressants, noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS), and their combination are commonly used in routine clinical practice. Nevertheless, there is a continuous dispute regarding whether the effectiveness of N...

    Authors: Yuan Tao, Qian Liang, Fenghong Zhang, Shaofan Guo, Lingyun Fan and Fei Zhao
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:92
  12. Manual therapy (MT) is frequently used in combination with management of osteoarthritis of the knee, but there is no consensus on the exact efficacy of this treatment strategy. The purpose of this systematic r...

    Authors: Bowen Zhu, He Ba, Lingjun Kong, Yangyang Fu, Jun Ren, Qingguang Zhu and Min Fang
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:91
  13. In December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the urgent need for rapid collaboration, research, and interventions. International research collaborations foster more significant responses to rapid global...

    Authors: Thomas O. Kirengo, Hussein Dossajee, Evans M. Onyango, Reema H. Rachakonda, Bailey Schneider, Declan P. Sela, Zahra Hosseinzadeh, Zohaib Nadeem and Nchafatso G. Obonyo
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:89
  14. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Canada, and because early cancers are often asymptomatic screening aims to prevent mortality by detecting cancer earlier when treatment is more likely to be...

    Authors: Jennifer Pillay, Sholeh Rahman, Scott Klarenbach, Donna L. Reynolds, Laure A. Tessier, Guylène Thériault, Nav Persaud, Christian Finley, Natasha Leighl, Matthew D. F. McInnes, Chantelle Garritty, Gregory Traversy, Maria Tan and Lisa Hartling
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:88
  15. There is a need to identify evidence-based interventions to be delivered in schools that can be used to improve child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing. Creative bibliotherapy is one proposed interven...

    Authors: Hayley Redman, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Alison Bethel and Judith Green
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:86
  16. Intubating a patient in an emergent setting presents significant challenges compared to planned intubation in an operating room. This study aims to compare video laryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy in achi...

    Authors: Mohammed Alsabri, Omar Ahmed Abdelwahab, Ahmed Bostamy Elsnhory, Rehab Adel Diab, Vaishnavi Sabesan, Muhammad Ayyan, Christopher McClean and Ayman Alhadheri
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:85
  17. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a rare and yet unexplained condition. The most frequent cause is myocardial infarction, while a small proportion is due to arrhythmogenic syndromes (e.g., channelopathies). This s...

    Authors: Carlotta Amantea, Enrico Pilia, Maria Francesca Rossi, Valerio Flavio Corona, Giuseppe Amato, Corrado Ciccu, Filippo Gavi, Paolo Emilio Santoro, Ivan Borrelli, Walter Ricciardi, Maria Rosaria Gualano and Umberto Moscato
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:84
  18. The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate the methodological quality of massage-related clinical practice guidelines (CPGs)/consensus on massage using the Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Ev...

    Authors: Mingyue Fan, Aolin Liu, Taoying Lu, Xiaowen Zhou, Chen Tian, Bingqing Liu, Qianwen Xie, Jianxiong Cai, Lingjia Yin, Long Ge and Darong Wu
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:83
  19. Active learning has become an increasingly popular method for screening large amounts of data in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The active learning process continually improves its predictions on the re...

    Authors: Josien Boetje and Rens van de Schoot
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:81
  20. Prevention policies against type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) focus solely on individual healthy lifestyle behaviours, while an increasing body of research recognises the involvement of environmental determinant...

    Authors: Yannick Wilfried Mengue, Pierre-Paul Audate, Jean Dubé and Alexandre Lebel
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:80
  21. Ascertainment of heart failure (HF) hospitalizations in cardiovascular trials is costly and complex, involving processes that could be streamlined by using routinely collected healthcare data (RCD). The utilit...

    Authors: Michelle. A. Goonasekera, Alison Offer, Waseem Karsan, Muram El-Nayir, Amy E. Mallorie, Sarah Parish, Richard J. Haynes and Marion M. Mafham
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:79
  22. Health assessment tools developed using mainstream or Western concepts have been widely used in clinical practice worldwide. However, even culturally adapted or culturally based tools may not be relevant in ot...

    Authors: Nabina Sharma, Jennifer D. Walker, Elizabeth Wenghofer, Taima Moeke-Pickering and Jeannette Lindenbach
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:78
  23. The best chance of eradicating the COVID-19 pandemic lies in a successful vaccination campaign against the virus. There is still hesitancy among some of the Malawians over the use of COVID-19 vaccines that are...

    Authors: Ellen Nkambule and Balwani Chingatichifwe Mbakaya
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:77
  24. Adolescent multiple risk behaviour (MRB) is a global health issue. Most interventions have focused on the proximal causes of adolescent MRB such as peer or family influence, with systematic reviews reporting m...

    Authors: Laura Tinner, Claire Kelly, Deborah Caldwell and Rona Campbell
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:75
  25. The radial forearm free flap (RFFF) serves as a workhorse for a variety of reconstructions. Although there are a variety of surgical techniques for donor site closure after RFFF raising, the most common techni...

    Authors: Jasper J.E. Moors, Zhibin Xu, Kunpeng Xie, Ashkan Rashad, Jan Egger, Rainer Röhrig, Frank Hölzle and Behrus Puladi
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:74
  26. Frailty in patients undergoing craniotomy may affect perioperative outcomes. There have been a number of studies published in this field; however, evidence is yet to be summarized in a quantitative review form...

    Authors: Ana Licina, Andrew Silvers and Christopher Thien
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:73
  27. Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) affects 1–3% of newborns and 20% of cases are bilateral. The optimal surgical management strategy for patients with bilateral DDH who fail bracing, closed reduction or ...

    Authors: Edward Alan Jenner, Govind Singh Chauhan, Abdus Burahee, Junaid Choudri, Adrian Gardner and Christopher Edward Bache
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:72
  28. Authors: Beth Gilmour, Kingley Wangdi, Angela Cadavid Restrepo, Tsheten Tsheten, Matthew Kelly, Archie Clements, Darren Gray, Colleen Lau, Fe Esperanza Espino, Chona Daga, Vanessa Mapalo, Susana Vaz Nery, Adam Bartlett, Eyob Alemayehu Gebreyohannes and Kefyalew Addis Alene
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:71

    The original article was published in Systematic Reviews 2024 13:55

  29. This study examined the synthesis methods used in meta-analyses pooling data from observational studies (OSs) and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) from various medical disciplines.

    Authors: Cherifa Cheurfa, Sofia Tsokani, Katerina-Maria Kontouli, Isabelle Boutron and Anna Chaimani
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:70
  30. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses typically require significant time and effort. Machine learning models have the potential to enhance screening efficiency in these processes. To effectively evaluate such m...

    Authors: Rutger Neeleman, Cathalijn H. C. Leenaars, Matthijs Oud, Felix Weijdema and Rens van de Schoot
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:69
  31. Various measures have assessed social connection in long-term care (LTC) home residents. However, they use inconsistent terminology, conceptualizations, and operationalizations of social connection. In this sy...

    Authors: Madalena P. Liougas, Andrew Sommerlad, Hannah M. O’Rourke, Katherine S. McGilton and Jennifer Bethell
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:67
  32. The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased at alarming levels in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Qatar)....

    Authors: Mohammed Banany, Melissa Kang, Klaus Gebel and David Sibbritt
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:66
  33. We plan a scoping review aimed to synthesize what is known about the use of sensory-driven body illusion (BI) interventions for understanding and treating body image disturbance (BID) in people diagnosed with ...

    Authors: Sergio Navas-León, Ana Tajadura-Jiménez, Emma Motrico, Luis Morales, Mercedes Borda-Mas, Nerea Almeda and Milagrosa Sánchez-Martín
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:65
  34. Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is a common yet serious problem for elder patients. This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effects of balance training for CAI, to provide evidence for the clinical treatment,...

    Authors: Yiwei Guo, Tianyue Cheng, Zihao Yang, Yonglei Huang, Ming Li and Taoli Wang
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:64
  35. Persistent low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and therapeutic exercise is recommended as a first-line treatment in international guidelines. The effects of exercise on clinical o...

    Authors: Lianne Wood, Vicky Booth, Sarah Dean, Nadine E. Foster, Jill A. Hayden and Andrew Booth
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:63
  36. Objective measures of screen time are necessary to better understand the complex relationship between screen time and health outcomes. However, current objective measures of screen time (e.g., passive sensing ...

    Authors: O. L. Finnegan, J. W. White III, B. Armstrong, E. L. Adams, S. Burkart, M. W. Beets, S. Nelakuditi, E. A. Willis, L. von Klinggraeff, H. Parker, M. Bastyr, X. Zhu, Z. Zhong and R. G. Weaver
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:61
  37. Hydroxyurea is an affordable drug that reduces vaso-occlusive crises and transfusion requirements in sickle cell disease. However, its effectiveness in preventing chronic organ damage is still unclear. This s...

    Authors: Naveen Khargekar, Anindita Banerjee, Shreyasi Athalye, Namrata Mahajan, Neha Kargutkar, Prashant Tapase and Manisha Madkaikar
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:60
  38. Growing evidence showed that acupuncture may improve cognitive function by reducing oxidative stress, key to the pathogenesis in vascular dementia (VaD), but this is yet to be systematically analysed. This stu...

    Authors: Qiong-Nan Bao, Man-Ze Xia, Jing Xiong, Yi-Wei Liu, Ya-Qin Li, Xin-Yue Zhang, Zheng-Hong Chen, Jin Yao, Ke-Xin Wu, Wan-Qi Zhong, Shao-Jun Xu, Zi-Han Yin and Fan-Rong Liang
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:59
  39. A fairer economy is increasingly recognised as crucial for tackling widening social, economic and health inequalities within society. However, which actions have been evaluated for their impact on inclusive ec...

    Authors: Anna K. Macintyre, Deborah Shipton, Shifa Sarica, Graeme Scobie, Neil Craig and Gerry McCartney
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:58
  40. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), also referred to as work-related musculoskeletal injuries (MSKIs), cause surgeons pain and discomfort. Implementing ergonomics in the operating room has helped r...

    Authors: Ahmed Basager, Quintin Williams, Rosie Hanneke, Aishwarya Sanaka and Heather M. Weinreich
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:57
  41. Spinal cord compression is a pathology seen in routine clinical practice. However, there remain a number of unanswered questions around both the understanding of the pathogenesis and the best method of treatme...

    Authors: Megan Stanners, Marguerite O’Riordan, Laura Hartley, Eirini Theodosiou, Jean-Baptiste Souppez and Adrian Gardner
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:56
  42. Soil transmitted helminth (STH) infections are estimated to impact 24% of the world’s population and are responsible for chronic and debilitating morbidity. Disadvantaged communities are among the worst affect...

    Authors: Beth Gilmour, Kingley Wangdi, Angela Cadavid Restrepo, Tsheten Tsheten, Matthew Kelly, Archie Clements, Darren Gray, Colleen Lau, Fe Esperanza Espino, Chona Daga, Vanessa Mapalo, Susana Vaz Nery, Adam Bartlett, Eyob Alemayehu Gebreyohannes and Kefyalew Addis Alene
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:55

    The Correction to this article has been published in Systematic Reviews 2024 13:71

  43. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of fish oil supplements compared to corn oil on serum lipid profiles by performing a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

    Authors: Payam Safaei, Ghazal Bayat and Afsaneh Mohajer
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:54
  44. Poor adherence to long-term medication increases the risk of morbidity and mortality and decreases the quality of life of patients with hypertension. One strategy to improve treatment adherence is to use a sho...

    Authors: Abebe Muche Belete, Daniel Molla Melese, Addisu Asefa, Yared Asmare Aynalem, Bekalu Bewket, Wondimeneh Shibabaw Shiferaw and Taklo Simeneh Yazie
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:53
  45. Several studies have explored the effects of ill health and health shocks on labour supply. However, there are very few systematic reviews and meta-analyses in this area. The current work aims to fill this gap...

    Authors: Ken Chamuva Shawa, Bruce Hollingsworth and Eugenio Zucchelli
    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:52

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