OBJECTIVE A literature search to identify relevant studies is one of the first steps in performing a systematic review (SR) in support of evidence-based medicine. To maximize efficiency, the search must find practically all relevant studies and retrieve few that are irrelevant; however, this level of precision is seldom attained. Therefore, many articles must be manually examined for relevance....

In the 2007 paper ?Traditional postpartum practices and rituals: a qualitative systematic review,? Toronto-based researchers showed that women from different cultures around the world follow similar postpartum practices after giving birth. At the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Kenneth Fung, Sophie Grigoriadis, Gail Erlick Robinson, Sarah Romans, and Lori Ross examin...

Objectives To review researchand experience-based published literature regarding individual community professionals’ caseload management (i.e. behaviours related to assessment, treatment and discharging of clients). To: identify the number, nature and frequency of papers published; investigate their scope and quality; identify the main themes and concepts; and synthesise the findings to inform ...

The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize information about the impact different classes of medications and polypharmacy have on recurrent falls, defined as two or more falls in a 12-month period, in community-dwelling older adults. After adjustment for confounders such as age, gender, weight or depression symptoms, the reviewed studies suggested that older adults who use antidepres...

Introduction Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)[1] is a technique aimed to measure change induced by treatment. GAS enables patients to set goals and to determine the relative success in achieving these goals on a 5-point scale that is precisely defined beforehand. Since the goals are individually determined, goals may differ in actual content. Its individual and patient oriented approach is one of ...

J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2010;92-B:751-9. A review of the current literature shows that there is a lack of consensus regarding the treatment of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in children and adolescents. Most of the views and recommendations provided in various reports are weakly supported by evidence. There is a limited amount of information about the natural history of the condition, makin...

Methods A systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines. The protocol for the study was registered in PROSPERO and published in BMJ Open (1). In the search strategy the first set of entry terms describes major incidents published during the last 20 years. The second set of entry terms describes templates for collecting data from such incidents. Predefined free search phases...