Systematic reviews carried out by Cochrane Collaboration (an international network of researchers belonging to this independent, not-for-profit organization) are recognized worldwide as the highest standard in evidence-based healthcare. The main reason is that Cochrane reviews follow a common and ...
OBJECTIVE: To update the 2013 US Preventive Services Task Force systematic review on medications to reduce risk of primary (first diagnosis) invasive breast cancer in women. DATA SOURCES: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Database of Systematic Reviews, EMBASE, and MEDLINE (January ...
A comprehensive literature review was conducted on modes of non-sexual transmission of gonorrhoea. The Cochrane library, Medline (1966–2006), Embase (1980–2006) and CINAHL (1982–2006) databases were searched using MeSH terms Neisseria gonorrhoeae; child; child, pre-school; disease transmission; ...
Another way to think about this is researching research! Research studies included in a systematic review must meet specific criteria regarding methods, outcomes, sampling, etc. Munn et al. (2018) notes that "According to the Cochrane handbook, a systematic review ‘uses explicit, systematic method...
MethodsStudies reporting both the costs and a measure of health outcomes of programmes combining screening and brief interventions in primary care were identified by searching MEDLINE, EMBASE, Econlit, the Cochrane Library Database (including NHS EED), CINAHL, PsycINFO, Assia and the Social Science...
Today, I think that when scientists think of scientific assessment, many think of the Cochrane System. According to their website, a Cochrane Review is “...a systematic review of research in health care and health policy that is published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Cochra...
Cochrane systematic reviews are useful to map research gaps for decreasing maternal mortality. J Clin Epidemiol. 2013;66(1):105–12. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.09.005. Article PubMed Google Scholar Wysocki A, Butler M, Shamliyan T, Kane RL. Whole-body vibration therapy for osteoporosis. ...
Literature searches were performed on PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Library up to March 2018. Forty-seven randomized controlled trials, in which the effectiveness of PBx-related pain was investigated using a visual analogue scale after various local anesthetic methods, were included. The local...
(3) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; (4) Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; (5) EMBASE; (6) MEDLINE; (7) MEDLINE In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations; (8) NHS Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; (9) NBS Health Technology Assessment Database; and (10...
care has been defined as "a multidimensional, multifaceted process of purposeful engagement in strategies that promote healthy functioning and enhance well-being."1In simpler terms, self-care is all about caring for yourself—as the name suggests—to ensure your physical and emotional needs are met...