Objectives To compare the effectiveness of different exercise interventions in improving sleep quality and alleviating insomnia severity among patients with insomnia. Design Our study design was a ...

Objectives To develop a core outcome set (COS) for oropharyngeal dysphagia (swallowing disorder) interventions in Parkinson’s disease by agreeing core outcomes and definitions, outcome measurement ...

Health literacy demands placed on patients and consumers are amplified in low-value care contexts and must be addressed as a system and organisational priority, argue Danielle Muscat and colleagues . ...

Binary outcomes, such as mortality and myocardial infarction, are often viewed as most important to patients. However, outcomes that are expressed on a non-dichotomous scale such as quality of life, ...

From promise to practice: challenges and pitfalls in the evaluation of large language models for data extraction in evidence synthesis ...

. Lan AJ, Colford JM Jr. The impact of dosing frequency on the efficacy of 10-day penicillin or amoxicillin therapy for streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis: a meta-analysis . Pediatrics 2000 Feb; 105 ...

The foundation of shared decision making (SDM) is the view that people should be aware of relevant choices, and that their personal views, priorities and preferences are relevant factors when ...

Objectives To compare the efficacy of influenza vaccines of any valency for adults 60 years and older. Design and setting Systematic review with network meta-analysis (NMA) of randomised controlled ...

Overdiagnosis has been described as ‘unwarranted diagnosis’ (Moynihan et al, 2018). It is the formulation and conveyance of a label –generally of a disease or condition - that can lead to patient harm ...

Changing disease or health risk definitions and labels where there is a case for no or little net benefit and significant harm, has the potential to affect millions of people worldwide. It appears, on ...

After conducting a database search, the subsequent phase in the execution of systematic reviews (SRs) involves title and abstract screening.1 This stage bears significant importance and necessitates ...

Living systematic reviews (LSRs) are systematic reviews that are continually updated, incorporating relevant new evidence as it becomes available. LSRs are critical for decision-making in topics where ...