Adherence to Electronic Health Tools Among Vulnerable Groups: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

Depression among Iranian nurses: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: Depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders. Nurses and other hospital service providers are a group at high risk for developing depression. Thus, knowing the prevalence of depression among nurses can help the health care decision- makers to plan ad hoc prevention programs to control depression in this group. This study was conducted to quantitatively assess th...

COVID-19 Risk Perception and its Related Factors and Outcomes in Vulnerable Groups: A Systematic Review

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected prisoners: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among prison inmates are limited and not previously synthesized in a systematic manner. The objective of this study was to provide accurate and up-to-date ART adherence estimates among prison inmates. We searched electronic databases for all studies reporting adherence as a primary or secondary outcome among prison inmates. A random-effects model w...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Methadone among Children and Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Background: Today, an increasing trend to methadone as an alternative maintenance treatment for opiate dependence in adults is observed; children for both intentional and accidental reasons are exposed to serious and fetal effects of methadone. We aimed to investigate effects of methadone on children and sexual functioning among adults in Iranian popula...

Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis of Medication Adherence With Once-weekly Versus Once-daily Therapy.

PURPOSE To compare medication adherence rates for once-weekly (QW) versus once-daily (QD) dosing regimens in patients with chronic disease. METHODS A systematic literature review was conducted to identify articles published in English-language journals examining the rate of adherence to medications in patients with chronic disease. Relevant studies were identified from January 2002 through Au...