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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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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W-SITTING IN CHILDHOOD: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW by David Gonçalves Nordon, Caroline de Gouveia Buff Passone, Clovis Artur Almeida da Silva, Patrícia Moreno Grangeiro

“…ABSTRACT Objective: Despite the lack of science-based evidence, many specialists and non-specialists consider W-sitting detrimental to children. …”
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Information Compression as a Unifying Principle in Human Learning, Perception, and Cognition by J. Gerard Wolff

“…This paper reviews evidence for the idea that much of human learning, perception, and cognition may be understood as information compression and often more specifically as “information compression via the matching and unification of patterns” (ICMUP). …”
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Spiritual well-being and burnout syndrome in healthcare: A systematic review by Francesco CHIRICO, Kavita BATRA, Ravi BATRA, Gülçin Güler ÖZTEKİN, Giuseppe FERRARI, Pietro CRESCENZO, Gabriella NUCERA, Lukasz SZARPAK, Manoj SHARMA, Nicola MAGNAVITA, Murat YILDIRIM

“…Therefore, a systematic review was conducted to synthesize evidence for understanding association between spirituality and BOS. …”
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Suggestions and Considerations for Application of Movement Screens to Clinical Practice by Andrew Skibski, James Onate, L. Colby Mangum

“…The purpose of this commentary is to discuss various considerations for implementing movement screens and assessment tools into clinical practice. # LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 5…”
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The Association of Sleep Disordered Breathing with Heart Failure and Other Cardiovascular Conditions by Elizabeth Stopford, Karthik Ravi, Vikrant Nayar

“…An abundance of evidence exists in support of primary and secondary prevention for tackling the scourge of cardiovascular disease. …”
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Appropriating Epistemic Norms of Science through Sustained Practice with Argumentation: Can It Happen? A Learning Progressions Perspective by Mehmet Aydeniz, Kader Bilican

“…Data were analyzed using the Claim, Evidence and Reasoning (CER) Framework. Findings reveal several patterns regarding students’ use of claim, evidence, and reasoning across 4 tasks that were subject to our evaluation. …”
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Application of Handheld Tele-ECG for Health Care Delivery in Rural India by Meenu Singh, Amit Agarwal, Vineet Sinha, Rohit Manoj Kumar, Nishant Jaiswal, Ishita Jindal, Pankaj Pant, Munish Kumar

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Implementation strategies in emergency management of children: A scoping review. by Alex Aregbesola, Ahmed M Abou-Setta, George N Okoli, Maya M Jeyaraman, Otto Lam, Viraj Kasireddy, Leslie Copstein, Nicole Askin, Kathryn M Sibley, Terry P Klassen

“…Thus, practice change in EDs attending to children requires evidence-informed considerations regarding the best approaches to implementing research evidence. …”
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Assessing the impact of paternal emigration on children ‘left-behind’—A cohort analysis by Natalia Norori, Lucy Barrass, Maria Theresa Redaniel, Nanette R. Lee, Laura D. Howe, Duleeka Knipe

“…We found evidence that household composition modified associations for depressive symptoms. …”
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Efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for acute and chronic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 381 studies (the meta-TENS... by Gareth Jones, Mark I. Johnson, Carole A. Paley, Matthew R. Mulvey, Priscilla G. Wittkopf

“…Pain intensity was lower during or immediately after TENS compared with pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments used as part of standard of care (61 RCTs, 61 samples, n=3155, SMD = −0·72 (95% CI −0·95 to –0·50], low-certainty evidence). Levels of evidence were downgraded because of small-sized trials contributing to imprecision in magnitude estimates. …”
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Mental health and psychosocial support strategies in highly contagious emerging disease outbreaks of substantial public concern: A systematic scoping review. by Angela M Kunzler, Jutta Stoffers-Winterling, Marlene Stoll, Alexander L Mancini, Sophie Lehmann, Manpreet Blessin, Donya Gilan, Isabella Helmreich, Frank Hufert, Klaus Lieb

“…We assessed the level of evidence using a modified scheme from the Oxford Centre for Evidence-based Medicine and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.…”
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The epidemiology of Hepatitis B, C and D in Germany: A scoping review. by Gyde Steffen, Ida Sperle, Siv Aina Leendertz, Navina Sarma, Sandra Beermann, Roma Thamm, Viviane Bremer, Ruth Zimmermann, Sandra Dudareva

“…Evidence for these outcomes was weaker in populations at risk for VH. …”
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