Background Guidelines for assessing methodological and reporting quality of systematic
reviews (SRs) were developed to contribute to implementing evidence-based health care …

Breast cancer patients (and survivors) use to deal with important challenges daily, such as
co** with stress and depression, and adopting healthy lifestyles in order to improve …

Background Overviews often identify and synthesise a large number of systematic reviews
on the same topic, which is likely to lead to overlap (ie duplication) in primary studies across …

Meta-analyses are becoming increasingly popular, especially in the fields of cardiovascular
disease prevention and treatment. They are often considered to be a reliable source of …

In following the practice of evidence-based medicine, when faced with a question about
prevention or treatment the clinician should seek out the best evidence that addresses the …

Chambrone L, Guglielmetti MR, Pannuti CM, Chambrone LA. Evidence grade associating
periodontitis to preterm birth and/or low birth weight: I. A systematic review of prospective …

Objectives Searching multiple sources when conducting systematic reviews is considered
good practice. We aimed to investigate the impact of using sources beyond PubMed in …

Background Previous research looking at published systematic reviews has shown that their
search strategies are often suboptimal and that librarian involvement, though recommended …

Background Systematic reviews provide a transparent and robust summary of existing
research. However, health system managers, national and local policy makers and …

Objectives: To assess the reporting quality of Cochrane and non-Cochrane systematic
reviews (SR) in orthodontics and to compare the reporting quality (PRISMA score) with …