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A scoping review of scoping reviews: advancing the approach and enhancing the consistency
Background The scoping review has become an increasingly popular approach for synthesizing research evidence. It is a relatively new approach for which a universal study definit...
Linking clinical variables with health-related quality of life. A conceptual model of patient outcomes
HEALTH-related quality of life (HRQL) is increasingly used as an outcome in clinical trials, effectiveness research, and research on quality of care. Factors that have facilitat...
Characteristics and Outcomes of 21 Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 in Washington State
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease it causes, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is an emerging health threat.1 Until February 20...
Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease
Air pollution is a heterogeneous, complex mixture of gases, liquids, and particulate matter. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a consistent increased risk for cardiovasc...
Summarizing systematic reviews
Umbrella reviews provide a ready means for decision makers in healthcare to gain a clear understanding of a broad topic area. The umbrella review methodology described here is t...
The ethnographic interview
This chapter describes the use of interviews as a method for data collection in linguistic ethnography. It provides an account of the history of interviews, locating their origi...
Systematic review of the relationships between objectively measured physical activity and health indicators in school-aged children and youth
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is essential for disease prevention and health promotion. Emerging evidence suggests other intensities of physical activity (PA), i...
Going from evidence to recommendations
The GRADE system classifies recommendations made in guidelines as either strong or weak. This article explores the meaning of these descriptions and their implications for patie...
Why we need observational studies to evaluate the effectiveness of health care
The view is widely held that experimental methods (randomised controlled trials) are the "gold standard" for evaluation and that observational methods (cohort and case control s...