background and objectives: patient safety (ps) is one of the most important and essential elements of quality in healthcare setting. a systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to assess the status of patient safety culture using the hospital survey on patient safety culture (hsopsc). methods: in this systematic review and meta-analysis study, data were collected through searching datab...

Background: There are several therapeutic methods for the premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Although psychotherapy has been introduced for women with PMS, no regular reconsiderations of these treatments are available. Aim of the present meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the effect of psychotherapy interventions on the PMS. Materials and Methods:  The present systematic review and meta- analys...

Background: Burn is one of the public health problems, especially in low-income and middle-income countries, and this problem is far more important for pregnant women and their fetus. There was no a systematic study to comprehensively review the epidemiology of Maternal and Fetal`s Burn inIran, this study was conducted for this purpose. Materials and Methods: In this systematic review and meta...

conclusions the genotype distribution of hcv takes diverse patterns in emro countries. genotypes 1 and 3 were predominant in iran and pakistan, while genotype 4 and 1 were the most common genotypes in the middle east arab countries and north african arab countries. understanding the genotypes of hcv can help policy makers in designing good strategies for treatment. results a total of 563 record...

objectives: to critically evaluate the effect of red clover on hot flash, endometrial thickness, and hormones status in postmenopausal and peri- and post-menopausal women. materials and methods: medline (1966 to july 2014), scopus (1990 to july 2014), and the cochrane central register of controlled trials (the cochrane library issue 1, 2014) were searched for published randomized controlled tri...

background & aim: undoubtedly, the knowledge and skills of the employees lead to the survival of the organization. the purpose of this study is to investigate the important issues in designation and implementation of staff in-service training models to determine a framework for designing the efficient nursing continuing education models. methods & materials: this study is a structured review ba...

clinical practice guidelines are the most important and valid guidelines for treatment of diseases, and are developed through experts consensus on a subject, considering the highest available evidence (systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and randomized controlled trials). we briefly review the latest evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of two common diseases of acne (provided by european...

Objectives Although meta-analyses are typically viewed as retrospective activities, they are increasingly being applied prospectively to justify planned research by providing up-to-date evidence on specific research questions. Since healthcare policy makers often base decisions on systematic reviews of reliable evidence rather than on single clinical trials, trialists should consider planning a...

G Meta-analysis is most often used to assess the clinical effectiveness of healthcare interventions; it does this by combining data from two or more randomised control trials. G Meta-analysis of trials provides a precise estimate of treatment effect, giving due weight to the size of the different studies included. G The validity of the meta-analysis depends on the quality of the systematic revi...