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Examples of research questions

Systematic reviews The research questions for this review were: 1 Is therapeutic exercise of benefit in reducing impairment for people who would be expected to consult a physiotherapist? 2 Is therapeutic exercise of benefit in improving activity and increasing societal participation for people who would be expected to consult a physiotherapist?

Effectiveness of the dog therapy for patients with

Sep 06 2019Dementia represents a mental and economic burden for both patients and their caregivers Therefore the aim of this study is to explore the effectiveness of animal assisted therapy (AAT) with special focus on canis therapy among people with dementia specifically Alzheimer's disease The key method of this review study is a systematic review of the research studies

Distant healing — An "update" of a systematic review

The majority of the rigorous trials do not to support the hypothesis that distant healing has specific therapeutic effects The results of two studies furthermore suggest that distant healing can be associated with adverse effects Since the publication of our previous systematic review in 2000 several rigorous new studies have emerged

The effects of clinical supervision

The aim of this systematic review is to synthesize and present the empirical literature regarding effects of clinical supervision in cognitive-behavioral therapy Methods: This study will include a systematic review of the literature to identify studies that have empirically

A systematic review study of therapeutic effects of

Sep 09 2016The aim of this study was to overview the therapeutic effects of this valuable plant This systematic review was aimed to introduce Matricaria recuitta chamomile its chemical compounds and its traditional usages Methods: This review article was carried out by searching studies in PubMed Medline Web of Science and IranMedex databases The

The effects of probiotics on depressive symptoms in humans

Feb 20 2017Selection of studies Study selection was completed using the PRISMA (preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses) process (Fig 1) One author (C W ) completed initial screening to exclude irrelevant titles and remaining abstracts and subsequent remaining full-text articles were independently screened by both authors (C W and R M ) for eligibility in the review

The Effect of Psychotherapy on Quality of Life in IBD

This systematic review aims to assess the effect of psychotherapy on quality of life (QoL) A systematic search was conducted on October 7 2019 using Embase Medline (Ovid) PubMed Cochrane Web of Science PsycInfo and Google Scholar to collect all types of clinical trials with psychotherapeutic interventions that measured QoL in patients

Effectiveness and safety of nicotine replacement therapy

Apr 02 2009Objective To determine the effectiveness and safety of nicotine replacement therapy assisted reduction to stop smoking Design Systematic review of randomised controlled trials Data sources Cochrane Library Medline Embase CINAHL PsychINFO Science Citation Index registries of ongoing trials reference lists the drug company that sponsored most of the

Animal

Animals have a long history of inclusion in psychiatric treatment There has been a recent growth in the empirical study of this practice known as Animal-Assisted Intervention (AAI) We conducted a systematic review of the empirical literature on AAI for trauma including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Ten studies qualified for inclusion including six peer

Assessment and effects of Therapeutic Patient Education

This review found some positive effects of using Therapeutic Patient Education programmes for patients in haemodialysis The inclusion of non-randomised and non-controlled studies and a lack of clarity around the clinical and statistical significance of the results make the findings of the review unreliable

4 Therapeutic Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids

The second study included in the systematic review was a lower-quality 15-patient randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial investigating the effect of cannabidiol capsules at a dose of 10 mg/kg/day in two divided doses (Consroe et al 1991) The endpoints in this study involving patients with Huntington's disease who were not on

Effect of Probiotics on Depression: A Systematic Review

Probiotics may be essential to people with depression which remains a global health challenge as depression is a metabolic brain disorder However the efficacy of probiotics for depression is controversial This study aimed to systematically review the existing evidence on the effect of probiotics-based interventions on depression

Effectiveness of Yoga for Menopausal Symptoms: A

i Objectives/i To systematically review and meta-analyze the effectiveness of yoga for menopausal symptoms i Methods/i Medline Scopus the Cochrane Library and PsycINFO were screened through April 2012 Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included if they assessed the effect of yoga on major menopausal symptoms namely (1) psychological

The effect of ozone therapy in root canal disinfection: a

The effect of ozone therapy in root canal disinfection: a systematic review International Endodontic Journal 53 317–332 2020 Aim To answer the following focused question: 'As regards microorganism load reduction for patients under-going root canal treatment is the use of ozone therapy comparable to conventional chemomechanical techniques

Effects of temperature and humidity on the spread of COVID

Apr 14 2020Background: Faced with the global pandemic of COVID-19 declared by World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11th 2020 and the need to better understand the seasonal behavior of the virus our team conducted this systematic review to describe current knowledge about the emergence and replicability of the virus and its correlation with different weather

Types of Clinical Study Designs

Jul 27 2020Systematic Review A summary of the clinical literature A systematic review is a critical assessment and evaluation of all research studies that address a particular clinical issue The researchers use an organized method of locating assembling and evaluating a body of literature on a particular topic using a set of specific criteria

Cureus

Therefore we carried out an early systematic review to evaluate the efficacy of convalescent plasma (CP) therapy and its effects on COVID-19 patient outcomes A structured and rigorous systematic review was carried out that included all studies conducted on this topic between December 2019 and June 2020

Effect of radiation therapy on the latest generation of

A systematic review was conducted using online databases Medline and Scopus Results were grouped into in vitro and in vivo studies In 1994 the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) defined guidelines for the management of these patients which have since been adopted by many radiation oncology departments internationally

Distant healing — An "update" of a systematic review

Apr 01 2003The majority of the rigorous trials do not to support the hypothesis that distant healing has specific therapeutic effects The results of two studies furthermore suggest that distant healing can be associated with adverse effects Since the publication of our previous systematic review in 2000 several rigorous new studies have emerged

Distant healing — An "update" of a systematic review

The majority of the rigorous trials do not to support the hypothesis that distant healing has specific therapeutic effects The results of two studies furthermore suggest that distant healing can be associated with adverse effects Since the publication of our previous systematic review in 2000 several rigorous new studies have emerged

Distant healing — An "update" of a systematic review

The majority of the rigorous trials do not to support the hypothesis that distant healing has specific therapeutic effects The results of two studies furthermore suggest that distant healing can be associated with adverse effects Since the publication of our previous systematic review in 2000 several rigorous new studies have emerged

Effect of Aspiration Therapy on Obesity

This systematic review and meta-analysis is the first to evaluate the effect of AT on metabolic comorbidities Our study demonstrates that AT is associated with significant improvement in major metabolic outcomes including SBP DBP TG HDL LDL HbA1c AST and ALT

Effect of radiation therapy on the latest generation of

A systematic review was conducted using online databases Medline and Scopus Results were grouped into in vitro and in vivo studies In 1994 the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) defined guidelines for the management of these patients which have since been adopted by many radiation oncology departments internationally

Yoga Effects on Brain Health: A Systematic Review of the

Chong C Tsunaka M Tsang H Chan E Cheung W Effects of Yoga on Stress Managmenet in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review Altern Ther 2011 17(1):32–8 [11] Pascoe MC IE A systematic review of randomised control trials on the effects of yoga on stress measures and mood J Psychiatr Res 2015 68:270–82 [12]