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Readers’ attention to shorter versus longer abstracts of systematic reviews: a randomised controlled trial

Objectives First, investigate whether a long compared with a short abstract decreases readers’ attention. Second, investigate ...
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Over 1000 terms have been used to describe evidence synthesis: a scoping review

Objective To inform the development of an evidence synthesis taxonomy, we aimed to identify and examine all classification ...
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Correction: Curcumin and proton pump inhibitors for functional dyspepsia: a randomised, double blind controlled trial (12 June, 2024) Free ...
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Making sustainable healthcare decisions: three turns towards sustainable guidelines

Correspondence to Dr Sietse Wieringa, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; c.h.s.wieringa{at}medisin.uio.no Over time, an international consensus on ‘best ...
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14 Overdiagnosis of pneumonia leading to unnecessary antibiotic use in bronchiolitis

Objectives Bronchiolitis is the commonest reason for hospital admission in infants in the first year of life. 1 Bronchiolitis, a viral chest infection, is a clinical diagnosis with no effective ...
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Using Risk of Bias 2 to assess results from randomised controlled trials: guidance from Cochrane

Correspondence to Dr Kerry Dwan, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, UK; Kerry.dwan{at}york.ac.uk A systematic review identifies, appraises and synthesises all the ...
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46 Measuring prevalence and trends in low-value care using German claims data – first results of the IndiQ-project

1 Department of Health Care Management, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2 Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Atlas, Central Research Institute for Ambulatory Health Care in the ...
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Use of sedatives and hypnotics, antidepressants and benzodiazepines in older people significantly increases their risk of falls

1 Kuopio Research Centre of Geriatric Care and Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, kuopio Campus, Yliopistonranta 1, P.O.
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181 The work of shared decision-making: a systematic review

6 Division of Health Care Delivery Research, Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Rochester, USA 7 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and ...
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Medium firm mattresses reduced pain related disability more than firm mattresses in chronic, non-specific low back pain

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29 Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection of the anogenital tract detected through molecular tests leads to overtreatments and waste of resources

Reference Center for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HPV related genital pathology. Department of Mother and Infant Sciences, University of Milan. Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale ...
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Evolution of evidence on overall survival benefits of cancer drugs included on the national reimbursement drug list of China, 2005–2022: an observational study

Objective To assess evidence of overall survival (OS) benefits of cancer drugs listed in China’s National Reimbursement Drug ...