Background/Objective The objective of this study was to assess how authors of systematic reviews (SRs) with meta-analyses published in periodontology and implant dentistry evaluate risk of bias (ROB) in primary studies ...

The increasing urgency for evidence based practice, especially in resource limited settings has inspired many initiatives to this effect. In Africa there is limited skill in research synthesis and the production of systematic ...

Background: Many drugs and treatments given to patients for various reasons affect their weight. This side effect is of great importance to patients and is also a concern for the treating physician because weight change ...

Background: Influenza is an acute respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses, which occurs in epidemics worldwide every year. Children are an important target for prevention methods, including vaccination. While ...

Objectives: To evaluate whether the reporting of search strategies and the primary study selection process in dental systematic reviews is reproducible. Study Design and Setting: A survey of systematic reviews published ...

Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the literature on the effectiveness of communication skills training for clinicians on patients' clinical outcomes in primary care and rehabilitation settings. ...

Este artículo es el primero de una serie metodológica colaborativa de revisiones narrativas sobre temáticas de bioestadística y epidemiología clínica. El objetivo de esta revisión es presentar las revisiones rápidas, ...

Mining of frequent patterns and association rules is a Data Mining task that aims to determine consistent relationships among elements in a transaction database. Algorithms that consider the absence of elements perform the ...