[PDF] Top 20 Efficacy of falls prevention interventions: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis

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... Numerous pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments have been proposed that target BPSD symp- toms [6]. Exercise, animal therapy, and reminiscence ther- apy are non-pharmacological approaches that are possible ... See full document

... Although cognitive enhancers offer hope for patients with AD, high dropout rates have been observed in ran- domized trials of these agents and numerous adverse drug reactions (ADRs), including nausea, vomiting, diar- ... See full document

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... therapeutic interventions on maintaining abstin- ence in detoxified alcohol-dependent patients ...pairwise meta-analyses of specific interventions, such as acamprosate [16 – 22], naltrexone [16, 20], ... See full document

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... with meta-analyses exist examining the effects of different technology-assisted in- terventions for depression and anxiety ...a systematic review of the different types of technology-assisted ... See full document

... a systematic review to retrieve all relevant studies applying a comparative ...The efficacy of treatments will be compared with respect to the outcomes 1) time to pain-free activity and 2) risk of ... See full document

... this systematic review may be lim- ited by the fact that we did not search for unpublished ...this review also features strengths, including the implemen- tation of a trial sequential analysis ... See full document

... We will conduct a systematic search of the published and difficult to locate or unpublished (i.e. grey) literature within health. Health will be defined using the World Health Organization (WHO) definition [21]. ... See full document

... 14 628 participants; 4883 in DP groups, of whom 4511 were exposed to DP and 3935 received at least two courses of DP, including 762 pregnant women and 1913 children aged less than 5 years. The remaining 9745 were exposed ... See full document

... atic review software program (Distiller Systematic Re- view (DSR) Software; Evidence Partners ...encompass review of titles and abstracts identified from the electronic search, while stage 2 will be ... See full document

... first systematic review and meta-analysis to specifically examine the role of podiatry in falls ...The falls rate ratio size was broadly in line with effects of other similar ... See full document

... scar), interventions (eg, educational interventions, psychological interventions) and outcomes are sufficiently ...psychological interventions), whether or not the interven- tion was based on ... See full document

... (systematic review, system- atic review and meta-analysis, meta-analysis, or network meta-analysis); publication date; number of databases sourced and ... See full document

... Cognitive interventions, which address the various cognitive domains, may be vital to maintaining or preventing a decline of cognitive function and subsequent IADL performance in individuals in the pre-clinical or ... See full document

... In order to evaluate the quality of research, two inde- pendent reviewers will assess the risk of bias using the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in RCTs [27]. As recommended, each study will be ... See full document

... Our review will evaluate all treatments for fibromyalgia, provide relative effectiveness of treatments, and evaluate the quality of the evidence in a thorough and consistent manner using the GRADE approach ...our ... See full document

... of interventions varies ...differing meta-analyses results and therefore differing ...on falls risk (Power and Clifford 2013). Summarising interventions only used within cognitively impaired ... See full document