Review of Reviews: Examining Meta-Analyses of Interventions for Autism

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany A. Soto ◽  
Mark D. Terjesen ◽  
Elisheva Ungar ◽  
Ashni Mehta ◽  
Brooke Feldstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Review Of Reviews ◽  
Meta Analyses

scholarly journals Experiences of children who have been separated from a parent due to military deployment:a systematic review of reviews

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S263-S263
Author(s):  
Jennifer Kent ◽  
Pamela Taylor ◽  
Sarah Argent ◽  
Narasha Kalebic
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
English Language ◽  
Child Outcomes ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Military Deployment ◽  
Parental Relationships ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Review Of Reviews ◽  
Meta Analyses

AimsTo conduct a systematic review of reviews to investigate how military deployment of a parent affects his/her child, and the extent to which the child's own perspectives have been documented.BackgroundLengthy but finite disruptions to parenting in any form may affect child development and mental and physical health.Military deployment means weeks or months of separation from one parent.2016 figures for the U.S. military showed that 40.5% of military personnel have children, and of these 1.7 million children the largest percentage are aged between 0–5 years (37.8%).MethodSeven databases were searched: AMED, Web of Science, Scopus, EMBASE 1947, Joanna Briggs Institute EMP database, Ovid MEDLINE 1946 and PsycINFO 1806 from the inception of each electronic database until 31st March 2018.Inclusion criteria:Child and young adults aged 0–24 yearsEnglish language papers onlyAll papers being systematic reviews or meta-analysesA focus on documenting the effects on child outcomesData extracted included the review methods and child outcomes reported, including educational attainment; physical symptoms; mental illnesses or disorders; changes to behaviours, and effects on peer and parental relationships.ResultThe eight reviews identified included 32 common and relevant studies.Across the various studies, only about 20% of data came directly from children.Five papers extracted from the reviews identified parental deployment as having a negative effect on school attainment.Nine studies extracted from the review papers found a positive correlation between having a deployed parent and a greater chance of experiencing depressive symptoms and feelings of anxiety.Strong correlations of increased prevalence of both externalising & internalising behaviours were conclusively found in 7 of the reviews.Increased resilience was detailed in only one study featured in multiple reviews.Just one study featured across the reviews reported on physiological measures - adolescents with deployed parents had higher blood pressures and significantly higher heart rates and stress scores than civilian children.ConclusionMore research obtaining the viewpoint of the child directly and observation of such children is required to properly understand the effects on children with a deployed parent, without the interference of parent or teacher reporting bias. Additionally, with only one study reporting on increased offspring resilience there has been limited exploration of potential positive correlates, so further research regarding these is important.

scholarly journals Remote Care Technology: A Systematic Review of Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Technologies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Queirós ◽  
Joaquim Alvarelhão ◽  
Margarida Cerqueira ◽  
Anabela Silva ◽  
Milton Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Review Of Reviews ◽  
Remote Care ◽  
Care Technology ◽  
Meta Analyses

scholarly journals Factors That Influence the Effectiveness of Primary Prevention of Substance Use: A Review of Reviews

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maral Mardaneh Jobehdar ◽  
Emran Razaghi ◽  
Ali Akbar Haghdoost ◽  
Alireza Baleshzar ◽  
Kaveh Khoshnood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Substance Use Prevention ◽  
Systematic Screening ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Review Of Reviews ◽  
Family Setting ◽  
Meta Analyses

Context: The fact that substance use may result in dependence and severe harm to the user and the community has led to serious and extensive endeavors to design and implement preventive interventions. Prevention programs, however, have been shown to have different effects, and that should not be taken for granted. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the field have tried to reveal the effects of different types of substance use prevention programs and to identify the influencing factors. Objectives: The purpose of the current review was to more accurately identify factors associated with the effectiveness of interventions or reversal of desired effects. Evidence Acquisition: We systematically reviewed systematic review and meta-analyses studies within the period of 2009 - 2019 that reported the effectiveness of substance use prevention programs. After the systematic screening of 1586 articles, 43 articles were finally reviewed. Results: In preparation for extracting our data, we designed a structural model for analyzing the results of research on the effectiveness of substance use prevention programs. In general, universal types of prevention programs were reported as more effective than the two other types of selective and indicated programs. Regarding the context of programs, the school setting was more effective than others. In the case of interventions performed in the family setting, selective programs were more effective. Interventions provided by specialists are more effective than those provided by laypeople and / or peers. Interventions provided by more than one person and from more than one discipline showed higher effectiveness. Conclusions: Based on our structural design, we feel that further studies are needed to extend our knowledge regarding the effectiveness of substance use prevention programs.

scholarly journals Consequences of physical inactivity in older adults: A systematic review of reviews and meta‐analyses

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 816-827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conor Cunningham ◽  
Roger O' Sullivan ◽  
Paolo Caserotti ◽  
Mark A. Tully
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Review Of Reviews ◽  
Meta Analyses

scholarly journals Insufficient Reporting of Factors Associated With Exercise Referral Scheme Uptake, Attendance, and Adherence: A Systematic Review of Reviews

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 667-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin B. Shore ◽  
Gill Hubbard ◽  
Trish Gorely ◽  
Robert Polson ◽  
Angus Hunter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Complex Interventions ◽  
Noncommunicable Disease ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
What Works ◽  
Review Of Reviews ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Exercise Referral ◽  
Exercise Referral Scheme

Background: Exercise referral schemes (ERS) are prescribed programs to tackle physical inactivity and associated noncommunicable disease. Inconsistencies in reporting, recording, and delivering ERS make it challenging to identify what works, why, and for whom. Methods: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guided this narrative review of reviews. Electronic databases were searched for systematic reviews of ERS. Inclusion criteria and quality assessed through A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR). Data on uptake, attendance, and adherence were extracted. Results: Eleven reviews met inclusion criteria. AMSTAR quality was medium. Uptake ranged between 35% and 81%. Groups more likely to take up ERS included (1) females and (2) older adults. Attendance ranged from 12% to 49%. Men were more likely to attend ERS. Effect of medical diagnosis upon uptake and attendance was inconsistent. Exercises prescribed were unreported; therefore, adherence to exercise prescriptions was unreported. The influence of theoretically informed approaches on uptake, attendance, and adherence was generally lacking; however, self-determination, peer support, and supervision were reported as influencing attendance. Conclusions: There was insufficient reporting across studies about uptake, attendance, and adherence. Complex interventions such as ERS require consistent definitions, recording, and reporting of these key facets, but this is not evident from the existing literature.

scholarly journals A Reporting Quality Assessment of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Sports Physical Therapy: A Review of Reviews

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1368
Author(s):  
Sung-Hyoun Cho ◽  
In-Soo Shin
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Review Of Reviews ◽  
Meta Analyses

This review of reviews aimed to evaluate the reporting quality of published systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the field of sports physical therapy using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. This review of reviews included a literature search; in total, 2047 studies published between January 2015 and December 2020 in the top three journals related to sports physical therapy were screened. Among the 125 identified articles, 47 studies on sports physical therapy were included in the analysis (2 systematic reviews and 45 meta-analyses). There were several problems areas, including a lack of reporting for key components of the structured summary (10/47, 21.3%), protocol and registration (18/47, 38.3%), risk of bias in individual studies (28/47, 59.6%), risk of bias across studies (24/47, 51.1%), effect size and variance calculations (5/47, 10.6%), additional analyses (25/47, 53.2%), and funding (10/47, 21.3%). The quality of the reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies on sports physical therapy was low to moderate. For better evidence-based practice in sports physical therapy, both authors and readers should examine assumptions in more detail, and report valid and adequate results. The PRISMA guideline should be used more extensively to improve reporting practices in sports physical therapy.

scholarly journals Health and health service usage outcomes of case management for patients with long-term conditions: a review of reviews

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Buja ◽  
Paolo Francesconi ◽  
Irene Bellini ◽  
Valentina Barletta ◽  
Giovanni Girardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Treatment Guidelines ◽  
Adherence To Treatment ◽  
Long Term Conditions ◽  
Review Of Reviews ◽  
Hospital Resources ◽  
Meta Analyses

Abstract Objective: There have been plenty of articles published in recent decades on patient care in the form of case management (CM), but conclusions regarding health outcomes and costs have often been discordant. The objective of this study was to examine previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses with a view to assessing and pooling the overwhelming amount of data available on CM-based health outcomes and resource usage. Methods: We conducted a review of reviews of secondary studies (meta-analyses and systematic reviews) addressing the effectiveness of CM compared with usual care (or other organizational models) in adult (18+) with long-term conditions. PubMed, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) were searched from 2000 to the end of December 2017. The outcomes of interest are related to process of care, health measures, and resource usage. Results: Twenty-two articles were ultimately considered: 4 meta-analyses and 18 systematic reviews. There is strong evidence of CM increasing adherence to treatment guidelines and improving patient satisfaction, but none of the secondary studies considered demonstrated any effect on patient survival. Based on the available literature, there is contrasting evidence regarding all the other health outcomes, such as quality of life (QOL), clinical outcomes, and functional status. Good-quality secondary studies consistently found nothing to indicate that CM prompts any reduction in the use of hospital resources. Conclusion: The source of variability in the literature on the consistency of the evidence for most outcomes is unclear. It may stem from the heterogeneity of CM programs in terms of what their intervention entails, the populations targeted, and the tools used to measure the results. That said, there was consistently strong evidence of CM being associated with a greater adherence to treatment guidelines and higher patient satisfaction, but not with a longer survival or better use of hospital resources.

Mobile Health to Support Ageing in Place

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson Pacheco Rocha ◽  
Milton Rodrigues dos Santos ◽  
Margarida Cerqueira ◽  
Alexandra Queirós
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Ageing In Place ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Review Of Reviews ◽  
Meta Analyses

The study reported in this article aimed to identify: i) the most relevant application domains of mHealth to support older adults in their domiciles; ii) the most relevant chronic conditions of older adults, whose management is being supported by mHealth; iii) the characteristics, outcomes and impacts of mHealth tools that might support older adults in their domiciles. The method of a systematic review of reviews and meta-analyses was performed based on a search of the literature. The result of a total of 66 reviews and meta-analyses across several chronic diseases were retrieved. These studies compare mHealth interventions with usual care. The conclusion is that mHealth interventions have positive effects on various health related outcomes, but further research is required to allow their incorporation in the clinical practice.

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