background :research in medical education has been paid more attention than before however the quality of research reporting has not been comprehensively appraised.to evaluate the methodological and reporting quality of iranian published medical education articles.   methods: articles describing medical students, residents, fellows or program evaluation were included. articles related to contin...

AIMS For acquired mechanical prosthetic heart valve (PHV) obstruction and suspicion on thrombosis, recently updated European Society of Cardiology guidelines advocate the confirmation of thrombus by transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), and fluoroscopy. However, no evidence-based diagnostic algorithm is available for correct thrombus detection, although this is...

OBJECTIVE Despite advances in the early diagnosis of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, these cancers are often being detected rather late in their course. Emerging published data on the accuracy of dickkopf-1 (DKK1) for diagnosing GI cancers are inconsistent. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the diagnostic value of DKK1 in the diagnosis of GI cancers. METHO...

INTRODUCTION Despite the introduction of new tests and guidelines for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), worldwide case detection rate of TB is still suboptimal. This could be in part explained by the poor implementation of TB diagnostic guidelines. We aim to identify, appraise and synthesise qualitative evidence exploring the barriers and facilitators to implementing TB diagnostic guidelines. M...

BACKGROUND Health care systems that succeed in preventing long term care and hospital admissions of frail older people may substantially save on their public spending. The key might be found in high-quality care in the community. Quality Indicators (QIs) of a sufficient methodological level are a prerequisite to monitor, compare, and improve care quality. This systematic review identified exist...

achievement an interdisciplinary study needs congruence between disciplines involved in ‎research. such studies are necessary to establish three species congruence.methodological, ‎linguistically and epistemological congruencies are three necessities that create integration in ‎interdisciplinary study. sample-based survey of part of interdisciplinary research in the field of ‎qur'anic stud...

OBJECTIVE To provide insight into how and in what clinical fields overdiagnosis is studied and give directions for further applied and methodological research. DESIGN Scoping review. DATA SOURCES Medline up to August 2017. STUDY SELECTION All English studies on humans, in which overdiagnosis was discussed as a dominant theme. DATA EXTRACTION Studies were assessed on clinical field, stud...

OBJECTIVES To determine the diagnostic accuracy of the Whooley questions in the identification of depression; and, to examine the effect of an additional 'help' question. DESIGN Systematic review with random effects bivariate diagnostic meta-analysis. Search strategies included electronic databases, examination of reference lists, and forward citation searches. INCLUSION CRITERIA Studies we...

OBJECTIVES To study sensor monitoring (use of a sensor network placed in the home environment to observe individuals' daily functioning (activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living)) as a method to measure and support daily functioning for older people living independently at home. DESIGN Systematic review. SETTING Participants' homes. PARTICIPANTS Community-dwe...