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Are treatments effective for youth with anxiety disorders? : a meta analysis : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University
... The first was to contribute to knowledge on the effectiveness of treatments for childhood anxiety disorders by conducting a meta-analysis of treatment outcome studies 1• In addition, the[r] ...
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Effectiveness of topical and ablative therapies in treatment of anogenital warts: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
... evaluating treatment options for AGWs is available, as a collective, the evidence base is weakened by uncertainty around the quality of studies informing decisions on the effectiveness of individual ...of ...
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Safety and effectiveness assessment of intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: A meta-analysis
... Most of the studies compared the effec- tiveness of this drug with placebo. Howev- er, to determine the effectiveness of this drug, it needs to be compared with other MS drugs. However, unfortunately, few studies ...
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Effectiveness of hypnosis in the treatment of pain and enhancing mental performance in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis
... the effectiveness of hypnotism on healing the pain and enhancing mental ...content analysis check list and the information related to it was presented in table number 1 (yes= effectiveness, no= ...
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In vivo effectiveness and safety of probiotics on prophylaxis and treatment of oral candidiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... Because the original data of Candida colony-forming units per milliliter and symptom score could not be ob- tained, a descriptive analysis was performed. First, com- pared with the blank group, L. acidophilus, L. ...
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The effectiveness of creatine treatment for Parkinson’s disease: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
... was incomplete, although it may have satisfied the inclu- sion criteria [27], leaving 5 studies available for the final analysis [[18–22]; Fig. 1]. The main characteristics of the included studies and patient ...
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Effectiveness and safety of glucosamine and chondroitin for the treatment of osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
... We conducted this meta-analysis following the PRISMA extension statement [13]. We systematically searched elec- tronic database including PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library based on logic combination of ...
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Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on glycaemic control and psychological outcomes in adults with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta analysis of randomized controlled trials
... significantly greater reduction was evident in the medium term. This indicates that CBT interventions may hold possible benefits for these time points. The findings support the view of Turner et al., (41) that CBT holds ...
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Trevor_Dickey_MPH_PHLP_Masters_Paper.pdf
... A meta-analysis including 41 of these studies that compared disease management programs with standard care found an average decrease in HbA1c of ...greater effectiveness if they included the ...
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Network meta-analysis incorporating randomized controlled trials and non-randomized comparative cohort studies for assessing the safety and effectiveness of medical treatments: challenges and opportunities
... Figure 3 presents scenarios that may occur when com- bining RCTs and non-randomized studies in NMA. In some cases (e.g., drug B versus drug A), findings from non-randomized studies align with those reported in RCTs. In ...
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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Chemoprevention of oral cancer in leukoplakia patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
... and meta-analysis of published randomised controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted to review the effectiveness of current chemopreventive agents in the treatment of oral leukoplakia lesions ...
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Paediatric massage for treatment of acute diarrhoea in children: a meta analysis
... clinical effectiveness and risk have not been systematically ...a meta-analysis of massage therapy for the treatment of acute diarrhoea in ...
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Effect of Plasmodium falciparum sulfadoxine pyrimethamine resistance on the effectiveness of intermittent preventive therapy for malaria in pregnancy in Africa: a systematic review and meta analysis
... the treatment effect on low birthweight among the 57 clinical ...the effectiveness of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine IPTp for averting low birthweight (ie, the slope of the meta- regression lines) were ...
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Does motivational interviewing improve the weight management process in adolescents? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
... each treatment group, ethnicity, sex, age at baseline, category of obesity, social background, duration and frequency of the motiv- ational program, mode of delivery, co-intervention, and ...that ...
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The effectiveness of interventions aimed at increasing physical activity in adults with persistent musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review and meta analysis
... The content of control groups varied (Table 1); seven studies referred to control groups as ‘treatment as usual’ or some form of ‘standard care’ [30, 43, 49, 52, 55–57]. Two studies [45, 58] used waiting list ...
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Effectiveness of rituximab in neuromyelitis optica: a meta-analysis
... Although AQP4-Ab is critical in the diagnosis of NMO, its involvement in the pathogenesis of the disease remains controversial [9]. Several studies have suggested that AQP4-Ab is generally used as a marker of disease ...
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Effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the treatment of migraine: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
... This meta-analysis of 4 RCTs including 276 patients pro- vides evidence that TENS could be an effective and well-tolerated technique in increasing responder rate, re- ducing headache days and painkiller ...
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Comparison of unilateral and bilateral percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... this meta-analysis is to examine the safety and effectiveness of unilateral percutaneous vertebro- plasty for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compres- sion fractures compared with that of ...
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The effectiveness of shoe insoles for the prevention and treatment of low back pain: a systematic review and meta analysis of randomised controlled trials
... This review identified limited evidence for the effect- iveness of foot orthoses or insoles in the treatment and prevention of LBP. However, it has been demonstrated that foot orthoses and insoles have been ...
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The impact of incorporating Bayesian network meta-analysis in cost-effectiveness analysis - a case study of pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe COPD
... the analysis should include all available treatment options; and the evidence synthe- sis should be based on all the available evidence ...PMA meta-analyses may however fall short in these two ...PMA ...
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