A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of Chemoprophylaxis for Tuberculosis by Shraddha Chavan, David Newlands, Cairns Smith

“…There is a pressing need to expand the evidence base to low and middle income countries where the vast majority of sufferers from tuberculosis live.…”
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Efficacy and Safety of Topical Corticosteroids for Management of Oral Chronic Graft versus Host Disease by Basma Abdelaleem Elsaadany, Eman Magdy Ahmed, Sana Maher Hasan Aghbary

“…The highest level of evidence score was given to clobetasol followed by budesonide with a lower evidence level. …”
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Childhood and adolescence physical activity and multimorbidity later in life: A systematic review by Luc Souilla, Anders C. Larsen, Carsten B. Juhl, Søren T. Skou, Alessio Bricca

“…Overall, the evidence certainty for all outcomes was considered low due to the indirectness and inconsistency in findings. …”
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Findings from a Statewide Teleretina Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program in Arkansas by Megan Shirey, Alexander Kwok, Holly Jenkins, Sami Uwaydat

“…From February 2019 to May 2022, 668 patients underwent imaging; 645 images were deemed of sufficient quality to generate an interpretation. 541 patients had no evidence of DR, while 104 patients had some evidence of DR. 587 patients had no evidence of maculopathy, while 58 patients had some evidence of maculopathy on imaging. 246 patients had other pathology evident on imaging, with the most common being hypertensive retinopathy, glaucoma suspects, and cataracts. …”
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Earnings Management and Valuation of Biological Assets by Ricardo Luiz Menezes da Silva, Paula Carolina Ciampaglia Nardi, Maisa de Souza Ribeiro

“…Regarding the other proposals, testing did not offer enough evidence of differences in discretionary accruals. …”
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Peculiarities of the investigation of frauds disguised as civil legal relations by K. D. Zaiats, D. D. Zaiats

“…The materials of judicial and investigative practice were analyzed, as a result of which shortcomings in the process of proof have been identified, to eliminate which it is appropriate to distinguish three stages in the fraud investigation methodology: 1) features of receiving and checking fraud reports and working with the victim; 2) collecting evidence of the use of deception or abuse of trust by a specific person before his or her detention; 3) collection of evidence after arrest and notification of suspicion to a person involved in committing fraud. …”
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Developing and piloting a peer quality improvement coaching protocol for front-line healthcare staff by Siobhán Eithne McCarthy, Petar Popivanov, Mairead Finn

“…Despite system and professional benefits, current evidence indicates that the spread of improvement principles among front-line healthcare workers remains poor.While education and training alone are unlikely to result in consistent improvement practice, coaching can play a critical role in sustainable, evidence-based improvement implementation. …”
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Paternal metabolic and cardiovascular programming of their offspring: A systematic scoping review. by Claudia Eberle, Michaela F Kirchner, Raphaela Herden, Stefanie Stichling

“…<h4>Background</h4>There is lots of evidence that maternal peri-gestational metabolic, genomic and environmental conditions are closely linked to metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes in their offspring later in life. …”
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The value-for-money assessment and funding arrangements for high-priced drugs in an era of uncertainty: a comparative analysis of national health technology assessment agencies in... by Jihyung Hong, Eun-Young Bae, Sohee Cha, Joohyun Lee

“…However, these technologies often come with expensive costs and limited evidence at the time of launch. This study assessed how these high-priced drugs with limited evidence were appraised and introduced in South Korea, England, Australia, and Canada, where cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) generally plays a central role in pricing and reimbursement decisions. …”
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Assessing the Measurement Properties of the Test of Gross Motor Development-3 Using the COSMIN Methodology—A Systematic Review by Yuanye Zhu, Jing Wang, Yaru Ding, Yongdong Qian, Mallikarjuna Korivi, Qian Chen, Weibing Ye

“…However, hypothesis testing for construct validity produced inconsistent results, also supported by moderate-quality evidence. Responsiveness was rated as inconsistent, based on low-quality evidence. …”
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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 S... by Thomas Agoritsas, Per Vandvik, Tiffany Hirschel

“…Objective Clinicians need trustworthy clinical practice guidelines to succeed with evidence-based diagnosis and treatment at the bedside. …”
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Pharmacist-led medication reviews: A scoping review of systematic reviews. by Miriam Craske, Wendy Hardeman, Nicholas Steel, Michael James Twigg

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>There is mixed evidence of effectiveness for medication reviews across settings and patient populations. …”
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Association of arterial stiffness and eye disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Robert Scragg, Angela L Beros, John D Sluyter

“…Arterial stiffness estimated by way of pulse wave velocity was associated with AMD (mean difference: 0.92 m/s, 95% CI 0.37 to 1.46; 2 studies; n=381; low certainty evidence), glaucoma (mean difference: 0.97 m/s, 95% CI 0.31 to 1.64; 7 studies; n=3418; low certainty evidence), RVO (mean difference: 2.79 m/s, 95% CI 2.02 to 3.55; 5 studies; n=414; very low certainty evidence) and retinopathy (1.48 m/s, 95% CI 0.1.16 to 1.81; 22 studies; n=10 074; low certainty evidence). …”
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Emerging Pharmacological Interventions for Chronic Venous Insufficiency: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Efficacy, Safety, and Therapeutic Advances by Camila Botelho Miguel, Ranielly de Souza Andrade, Laise Mazurek, Melissa Carvalho Martins-de-Abreu, Jamil Miguel-Neto, Aurélio de Melo Barbosa, Glicélia Pereira Silva, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Siomar de Castro Soares, Javier Emilio Lazo-Chica, Wellington Francisco Rodrigues

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Impact of regionalisation and case-volume on neonatal and perinatal mortality: an umbrella review by Jochen Schmitt, Stefanie Deckert, Mario Rüdiger, Felix Walther, Denise Bianca Küster, Anja Bieber, Jürgen Malzahn

“…In the long term, an international, uniformly conceived and defined perinatal database could help to provide evidence-based recommendations on optimal strategies to regionalise perinatal care.PROSPERO registration number CRD42018094835.…”
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The application of allelopathy in integrated pest management systems to control temperate European crop pests: a systematic map by Charlotte Kiely, Nicola Randall, Magda Kaczorowska-Dolowry

“…The map highlighted significant gaps in the evidence base and a distinct lack of field studies or studies comparing application methods. …”
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Evaluating the implementation of a multicomponent intervention to improve faecal immunochemical test-based (FIT) colorectal cancer screening in primary care by Kamala Adhikari, James Whitworth, Gary F Teare, Muhammad Kashif Mughal, Danica Hignell, Barbara Moysey, Jawad Chishtie

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Development and design validation of a novel network meta-analysis presentation tool for multiple outcomes: a qualitative descriptive study by Lehana Thabane, Jason W Busse, Behnam Sadeghirad, Gordon H Guyatt, Mohit Bhandari, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Fernando Kenji Nampo, Carlos A Cuello-Garcia, Raveendhara R Bannuru, Mark R Phillips, Yu Jia Guo, Sofia Bzovsky

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Addressing the “Black Hole” of Low Back Pain Care With Clinical Decision Support: User-Centered Design and Initial Usability Study by Robert S Rudin, Patricia M Herman, Robert Vining

“…Although there are specific types of LBP, each with evidence-based treatment recommendations, most patients receive a nonspecific diagnosis that does not facilitate evidence-based and individualized care. …”
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Effect of eHealth-delivered exercise programmes on balance in people aged 65 years and over living in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled... by Corneel Vandelanotte, Anne Tiedemann, Kim Delbaere, Stephanie Alley, Meghan Ambrens, Juliana S Oliveira, Quyen To

“…The pooled effect indicated that eHealth-delivered exercise programmes have a medium significant effect on static balance (11 studies; SMD=0.62, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.72) with very low-quality evidence. There was small statistically significant effect on dynamic balance (14 studies; SMD=0.42, 95% CI 0.11 to 0.73) with very low-quality evidence, and fall risk (5 studies; SMD=0.32, 95% CI 0.00 to 0.64) with moderate-quality evidence. …”
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