Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are increasingly common. This article aims to provide guidance for people conducting systematic reviews relevant to the healthcare of older people. An awareness of these issues will also help people reading systematic reviews to determine whether the results will influence their clinical practice. It is essential that systematic reviews are performed by a te...

OBJECTIVE To examine how the results of network meta-analyses are reported. DESIGN Methodological systematic review of published reports of network meta-analyses. DATA SOURCES Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Medline, and Embase, searched from inception to 12 July 2012. STUDY SELECTION All network meta-analyses comparing the clinical ef...

This article describes the Preferred Reporting Items of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines that are intended to help authors improve the reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses, illustrating with examples from the Oncology Nursing Society journals and Putting Evidence Into Practice resources.

Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) commissioned the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services (NOKC) to conduct a systematic review about the consequences of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). The review would answer the question: What are the psychological, social and sexual consequences of FGM/C? Methods: We searched systematically for relevant literature in international scien...

After approximately 20 years of conflicting results from chemotherapy in randomized trials in advanced head and neck cancer, three meta-analyses reviewed its use. All three concluded that chemotherapy was associated with a statistically significant advantage in survival, but that this was low (4% absolute benefit at 2 and 5 years). The improvement in survival was mainly based on the more robust...

Background Dyslipidemia is a major risk for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study is to review the effects of nutraceuticals to modify lipid disorders in children. Materials and Methods The literature research was conducted in EMBASE, Medline, PubMed, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, and Cochrane library from 2002 until January 2015. The following keywords were used: dyslipidemia, hyperlipi...

background: as the unintended pregnancy has certain maternal and neonatal consequences and knowing accurate prevalence can lead to useful planning for its diminishing; this study was carried out to determine the prevalence of unintended pregnancy in iran. methods: a systematic review and meta analysis study was applied. 33 articles were meta-analyzed and reviewed by two different groups. employ...

obesity is one of the main public health problems which underlie many chronic illnesses and socioeconomic difficulties. according to the literature review, there are limited data on the prevalence of obesity in different parts of iran as well as its trend and prevalence among different age and gender groups. the aim of this study was to estimate the obesity prevalence in iran using meta-analysi...

background: although, nontuberculous mycobacteria can cause disease in different organisms, they usually are not reported in most countries because scientists in general consider them as non-pathogens. but, increasing nontuberculous mycobacteria diseases occurrence has changed this belief. nevertheless, there is no meta-analysis review about prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria in iran. me...

Background The need for competence training and development in health management and leadership workforces has been emphasised. However, evidence of the outcomes and impact of such training and development has not been systematically assessed. The aim of this review is to synthesise the available evidence of the outcomes and impact of training and development in relation to the competence of he...