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Survey on medication information literacy and influencing factors among pregn...
Background: The use of medication during pregnancy is very common. Medication safety has been a great concern among pregnant women and is highly influenced by women’s medication... -
A systematic literature review of reviews on techniques for physical activity...
Abstract The links between increased participation in Physical Activity (PA) and improvements in health are well established. As this body of evidence has grown, so too has the... -
The efficacy of varenicline in achieving abstinence among waterpipe tobacco s...
Abstract Background Waterpipe tobacco smoking has increased among youth across the globe including in the US, and it continues as a common and traditional form of smoking... -
Seeking adverse effects in systematic reviews of orthodontic interventions: P...
Abstract Background Before implementing healthcare interventions, clinicians need to weigh the beneficial and adverse effects of interventions. However, a large body of evidence... -
Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the Eur...
Abstract Action Plan B3 of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) focuses on the integrated care of chronic diseases. Area 5 (Care... -
Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings: introducti...
Abstract The GRADE-CERQual (‘Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research’) approach provides guidance for assessing how much confidence to place in findings... -
Measuring implementation fidelity of school-based obesity prevention programm...
Background: Until now, there is no clear overview of how fidelity is assessed in school-based obesity prevention programmes. In order to move the field of obesity prevention... -
Outcome reporting in neonates experiencing withdrawal following opioid exposu...
Abstract Background Neonatal withdrawal secondary to in utero opioid exposure is a growing global concern stressing the psychosocial well-being of affected families and scarce... -
Approaches of integrating the development of guidelines and quality indicator...
Abstract Background Guidelines and quality indicators (for example as part of a quality assurance scheme) aim to improve health care delivery and health outcomes. Ideally, the... -
A workplace intervention to reduce alcohol and drug consumption: a nonrandomi...
Abstract Background The consumption of alcohol and other drugs causes social and health problems in industrialized societies. Furthermore, alcohol and drug consumption in the... -
Many continuous variables should be analyzed using the relative scale: a case...
Abstract Background The relative scale adjusts for baseline variability and therefore may lead to findings that can be generalized more widely. It is routinely used for the... -
Assessing and developing the written reflective practice skills of speech-lan...
Purpose: Written reflective practice aims to support critical thinking and problem solving skills in speech-language pathology (SLP) clinical education programmes. Yet, there... -
A review of promoting access to medicines in China - problems and recommendat...
Abstract Background Despite recent reforms, distorting funding mechanisms and over-prescribing still maintain severe financial barriers to medicines access in China. Complicated... -
Health and educational aspirations in adolescence: a longitudinal study in Fi...
Abstract Background The health selection hypothesis suggests that poor health leads to low educational attainment during the life... -
The association between adherence to national antibiotic guidelines and morta...
Abstract Background Clinical antibiotic prescribing guidelines are essential in defining responsible use in the local context. Our objective was to investigate the association... -
Duration of the common cold and similar continuous outcomes should be analyze...
Abstract Background The relative scale has been used for decades in analysing binary data in epidemiology. In contrast, there has... -
Retrospective, controlled observational case study of patients with central r...
Background Patients with initially low visual acuity were excluded from the therapy approval studies for retinal vein occlusion. But up to 28 % of patients presenting with... -
Pregnancy-associated stroke –a systematic review of subsequent pregnancies an...
Abstract Background Pregnancy-associated stroke is a rare but life-threatening event, with an estimated incidence of 30/100000... -
Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 2: ho...
Abstract Background The GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach has been developed by the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations... -
Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: the eMERGe reporting guidance
Abstract Aims The aim of this study was to provide guidance to improve the completeness and clarity of meta-ethnography reporting. Background Evidence-based policy and practice...
