scholarly journals Community-based intervention programs for adults with addictive behaviors - A Scoping Review Protocol

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Enes de Oliveira ◽  
Carlos Sequeira ◽  
Núria Albacar Riobocó ◽  
Francisco Miguel Correia Sampaio

Introduction – Addictive behavior can be defined by a person's compulsion to engage in a continuous activity or behavior, despite the negative impact on their ability to remain mentally and/or physically healthy and functional in the home and community. The person may find the behavior rewarding psychologically and be satisfied while involved in the activity, but later he may feel guilt, remorseful or even be overwhelmed by the consequences of this choice on an ongoing basis1. Addressing this complexity requires multidisciplinary approaches and a range of responses and devices that, articulately and congruently, act in the various aspects of this phenomenon.Objective – This review aims to map programs or interventions in a community context with an impact on the cessation / reduction of addictive behaviors in adults, as well as to identify the characteristics of the participants and the contexts of implementation.Inclusion criteria – Will be considered published and unpublished primary and secondary studies on programs/interventions with an impact on the cessation/reduction of addictive tolls in adults between 18 and 40 years of age in community context, written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English, between 2013 and 2019.Methods – The Scoping Review will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute and PRISMA-ScR. From the objective and research questions, the databases and research repositories will be selected, CINAHL Plus with full text (via EBSCO) and MEDLINE with full text (via PubMed), SciELO, Scopus JBI Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Cochrane Systematic Reviews and Scientific Repositories; OpenGrey (European repository) and Open Access Scientific Repository of Portugal (Portuguese repository) using all pre-defined Boolean keywords, terms and expressions, to identify studies with inclusion criteria. Duplicate documents will be deleted. The selection of articles will be made by two reviewers independently by reading the title, abstract and full text. The extraction and synthesis of the data will also be performed by two reviewers independently through the analysis grid previously created for this purpose, based on the model of the Joanna Briggs Institute. The data synthesis will be presented in a narrative and table format.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Enes de Oliveira ◽  
Carlos Sequeira ◽  
Núria Albacar Riobocó ◽  
Francisco Miguel Correia Sampaio

Introduction – Addictive behavior can be defined by a person's compulsion to engage in a continuous activity or behavior, despite the negative impact on their ability to remain mentally and/or physically healthy and functional in the home and community. The person may find the behavior rewarding psychologically and be satisfied while involved in the activity, but later he may feel guilt, remorseful or even be overwhelmed by the consequences of this choice on an ongoing basis1. Addressing this complexity requires multidisciplinary approaches and a range of responses and devices that, articulately and congruently, act in the various aspects of this phenomenon.Objective – This review aims to map programs or interventions in a community context with an impact on the cessation / reduction of addictive behaviors in adults, as well as to identify the characteristics of the participants and the contexts of implementation.Inclusion criteria – Will be considered published and unpublished primary and secondary studies on programs/interventions with an impact on the cessation/reduction of addictive tolls in adults between 18 and 40 years of age in community context, written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English, between 2013 and 2019.Methods – The Scoping Review will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute and PRISMA-ScR. From the objective and research questions, the databases and research repositories will be selected, CINAHL Plus with full text (via EBSCO) and MEDLINE with full text (via PubMed), SciELO, Scopus JBI Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Cochrane Systematic Reviews and Scientific Repositories; OpenGrey (European repository) and Open Access Scientific Repository of Portugal (Portuguese repository) using all pre-defined Boolean keywords, terms and expressions, to identify studies with inclusion criteria. Duplicate documents will be deleted. The selection of articles will be made by two reviewers independently by reading the title, abstract and full text. The extraction and synthesis of the data will also be performed by two reviewers independently through the analysis grid previously created for this purpose, based on the model of the Joanna Briggs Institute. The data synthesis will be presented in a narrative and table format.


BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e039460
Author(s):  
Sara Massicotte ◽  
Ronda Lun ◽  
Vignan Yogendrakumar ◽  
Brian Dewar ◽  
Alexandra Davies ◽  
...  

IntroductionClinical trials for intracerebral haemorrhage typically measure outcomes in the same way and at the same time points as trials for ischaemic stroke. However, there is growing evidence that the trajectory of recovery following intracerebral haemorrhage may differ significantly from that following ischaemic stroke. A better understanding of current approaches to outcome assessment is essential to ensure that future trials examining treatments for intracerebral haemorrhage are designed appropriately.ObjectiveTo determine when and how outcomes are measured in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage.Methods and analysisWith the assistance of an information specialist, we will conduct a scoping review by searching MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Web of Science for prospective studies of adults with primary intracerebral haemorrhage and documented outcomes with specified times. Two reviewers will independently collect data on included studies pertaining to publication data, study population information, timing of outcome and details of the outcome measurement tools used. The extracted data will be used to demonstrate the type and timing of outcome measures.Ethics and disseminationPrimary data will not be collected therefore formal ethics is not required. The findings of this study will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and through presentation at academic conferences.


BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. e044145
Author(s):  
Akane Katsu ◽  
Zephanie Tyack ◽  
Martin Mackey ◽  
James M Elliott ◽  
Lynette Mackenzie

IntroductionCutaneous burns can have a catastrophic effect on people’s lives and may restrict opportunities for employment due to physical impairment and psychosocial deficits. Failure or delay in return to work can result in loss of income and support for the family unit. It can also negatively affect life role and identity and present difficulties with future opportunities. Current literature indicates multiple discrete influences on return to work as a result of burn injury but an understanding of how working-aged adults resume employment after burn injury is lacking. This scoping review will provide a comprehensive overview of the current literature by mapping and consolidating knowledge in this area of burn recovery and thus provide an informative basis for developing return-to-work programmes for survivors of burn injury.Methods and analysisThis scoping review protocol will follow the Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) methodological framework. A comprehensive search strategy has been developed with subject expert librarians. These databases were used: OvidSP: Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and EBSCOhost: CINAHL and Scopus. Reference lists of selected full text will be hand searched for additional literature. To enhance consistency and rigour, all reviewers will undertake a calibration exercise before paired reviewers independently screen all records using Rayyan. Full-text articles meeting the study inclusion criteria will be retrieved and examined. Extracted data will be analysed using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval is generally not required for scoping reviews. Findings of this scoping review will be reported in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at conferences.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. S172-S182
Author(s):  
Mónica Santos ◽  
Armando Almeida ◽  
Catarina Lopes

O setor da dança está pouco retratado em contexto de Saúde Ocupacional e a bibliografia é razoavelmente escassa. Neste setor o profissional pode apenas efetuar ensaios e atuações (a solo ou em equipa), pode dar aulas para eventuais futuros colegas e/ ou para leigos ou acumular ambas as vertentes. Trata-se de uma Revisão Bibliográfica, iniciada através de uma pesquisa realizada em agosto de 2020 nas bases de dados “CINALH plus with full text, Medline with full text, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Methodology Register, Nursing and Allied Health Collection: comprehensive, MedicLatina e RCAAP”. A dança é uma arte complexa, cujo instrumento é o corpo. Conjuga movimento com a emoção, servindo também como forma de comunicação. Em alguns estilos de dança a rotina de treinos é muito exigente e competitiva, de forma a aperfeiçoar departamentos como força, resistência, velocidade, flexibilidade, equilíbrio e controlo. Aos treinos intensos, por vezes, associam-se algias e lesões concretas. Por exemplo, no Ballet clássico, a exigência técnica é muito elevada e desafiante e, na bibliografia selecionada, é certamente a dança mais estudada neste contexto. A escassa bibliografia encontrada incide sobretudo nas principais lesões associadas (quer acidentes de trabalho, quer doenças profissionais); sendo que alguns artigos também destacam o eventual consumo de substâncias psicoativas em algumas modalidades específicas. Os autores elaboraram uma descrição dos principais Fatores de Risco/ Riscos Laborais deste setor, no geral; bem como listaram as Medidas de Proteção (coletivas e individuais) que consideram ser mais adequadas. O setor da dança está muito pouco estudado pela Saúde Ocupacional, sendo pertinente a análise da realidade portuguesa, sobretudo em alguns estilos muito desenvolvidos no nosso país e sobre os quais não se encontrou qualquer bibliografia específica (mesmo em contexto internacional). PALAVRAS-CHAVE: dança, bailarino, saúde ocupacional e medicina do trabalho.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
Filomena Paulo ◽  
Manuela Ferreira ◽  
Regilnaldo Filho

Enquadramento: o tratamento do cancro da mama traz consigo terapêuticas agressivas e invasivas, trazendo alterações a nível físico e psicológico que afetam a vida da mulher e a vivência da sua sexualidade. Objetivo: mapear o contributo das terapias integrativas na sexualidade da mulher com cancro da mama. Metodologia: a Scoping Review foi construída seguindo as recomendações da extensão PRISMA. A estratégia de pesquisa incluiu as bases de dados: CINAHL Complete; MEDLINE Complete; Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; Cochrane Methodology Register; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts; MedicLatina, via EBSCOhost - Research Databases, Google Académico, PubMed, B-On, LILACS, MEDLINE e SCIELO. Foi definido como limite cronológico janeiro de 1999 a março de 2020. O corpus da revisão ficou constituído por cinco artigos científicos. Resultados: os estudos analisados são unânimes: demostrando que o recurso às terapias integrativas por parte das mulheres com cancro de mama, mastectomizadas, refletem em efeitos positivos na saúde das mesmas.  Conclusão: as terapias integrativas promovem nas mulheres, através da harmonia dos seus próprios recursos, trazendo efeitos positivos na vivência da sua sexualidade.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Patricia Ayala ◽  
Lindsey Sikora ◽  
Shona Kirtley ◽  
Patrick R. Labelle ◽  
Erica Lenton

An increasing number of systematic reviews (SysRev) are being published in health sciences and medicine; however, many are poorly conducted or reported.Strategies are needed to help reduce this avoidable waste in research . Systematic reviews can help decision makers interpret the deluge of published biomedical literature. However, a SysRev or scoping review may be of limited use if the methods used to conduct them are flawed, or if reporting is incomplete.At each stage during the systematic or scoping review cycle, different challenges can arise, especially for a novice researcher. All knowledge syntheses, once past the stage of question formulation, begin with the literature search. Librarians are in a strategic position to uncover issues regarding a researcher’slevel of preparedness in conducting these types of studies. From this vantage point, librarians can have a significant impact by teaching researchers about practices to properly report findings, as well as by raising awareness about which methodology might be more appropriate for their research question. Research waste is a growing concern, and librariansare part of the answer in the role they play as advocates for research integrity and transparency. This scoping review would be the first to cover this topic in a comprehensive, structured and methodologically rigorous way. Results would be of interest to librarians, researchers, educators and the wider research community in health sciences and medicine.


2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Benatta ◽  
Redha Kettache ◽  
Noor Buchholz ◽  
Alberto Trinchieri

Background and aims: Male unexplained infertility has long been suspected to result from environmental, lifestyle and nutritional factors. However, the literature on the subject is still scarce, and clinical studies providing robust evidence are even scarcer. In addition, some similar studies come to different conclusions. Dietary pattern can influence spermatogenesis by its content of fatty acids and antioxidants. Yet, in an age of industrialized mass food production, human bodies become more exposed to the ingestion of xenobiotics, as well as chemicals used for production, preservation, transportation and taste enhancement of foods. We attempted in this paper to collect the available evidence to date on the effect of nutritional components on male fertility. Material and methods: A systematic search of the relevant literature published in PubMed, ScienceDirect and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials Database was conducted. Literature was evaluated according to the Newcastle-Ottawa- Scale. Results: Epidemiological observations are concordant in demonstrating an association of low-quality sperm parameters with higher intake of red meat, processed and organ meat and fullfat dairy. On the contrary, better semen parameters were observed in subjects consuming a healthy diet, rich in fruit, vegetables, whole grains and fish. Evidences of the negative impact on male fertility of by-products of water disinfection, accumulation in food chain of persistent organochlorine pollutants, pesticides, phthalates from food and water containers and hormones used in breeding cattle have been reported. Clinical trials of the effects of micronutrients on semen parameters and outcomes of assisted fertilization are encouraging, although optimal modality of treatment should be established. Conclusions: Although quality of evidence should be ameliorated, it emerges that environmental factors can influence male fertility. Some nutrients may enhance fertility whereas others will worsen it. With diagnostic analysis on a molecular or even sub-molecular level, new interactions with micronutrients or molecular components of our daily ingested foods and leisure drugs may lead to a better understanding of so far suspected but as yet unexplained effects on male spermatogenesis and fertility.


BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e035879
Author(s):  
Busisiwe Purity Ncama ◽  
Desmond Kuupiel ◽  
Sinegugu E Duma ◽  
Gugu Mchunu ◽  
Phindile Guga ◽  
...  

IntroductionIn Africa, travels, urbanisation and changing consumer habits are increasing the number of people buying and eating food prepared/sold at public spaces including transport stations, particularly in the urban and periurban areas. Although food trading in such public spaces serves as a source of livelihood for many people, unsafe food can have a negative impact on health. We, therefore, aim to systematically explore and examine the literature, and describe the evidence on food safety (food handling, storage, preparation and sale, packaging of food when sold, hygiene of sale venue and quality (nutrition) of food sold/purchased/eaten) at transport stations to inform policy, as well as identify research gaps for future studies in Africa.Methods and analysisWe will employ the Arksey & O’Malley framework, Levac et al recommendations and the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines to guide this study. We will conduct a comprehensive search in PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, Google Scholar and EBSCOhost (Academic search complete, CINAHL with Full-text and Health Source) from inception to December 2019 for relevant peer-review articles using a combination of keywords/search terms with no limitations. We will also search for relevant literature from the reference list of all included articles. Two investigators will independently screen the articles in parallel at the abstract and full-text phases using the eligibility criteria as a guide. Data extraction will be done using a piloted data extraction form designed in a Microsoft Word tabular format. Afterward, the extracted data will be collated into themes and subthemes, summarised, and the results reported using a narrative approach. We will the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses: Extension for scoping reviews checklist to report this study results.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval is not required. All sources of data will be adequately cited and added to the reference list. We will present the final scoping review results at the appropriate workshops, meetings, conferences, as well as submit for peer-review and publication in a scientific journal.


Author(s):  
Francisca Verdugo-Paiva ◽  
Ariel Izcovich ◽  
Martín Ragusa ◽  
Gabriel Rada

ABSTRACTObjectiveTo assess the efficacy and safety of lopinavir/ritonavir for the treatment of patients with COVID-19.DesignThis is the protocol of a living systematic review.Data sourcesWe will conduct searches in PubMed/Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), grey literature and in a centralised repository in L·OVE (Living OVerview of Evidence). L·OVE is a platform that maps PICO questions to evidence from Epistemonikos database. In response to the COVID-19 emergency, L·OVE was adapted to expand the range of evidence it covers and customised to group all COVID-19 evidence in one place. The search will cover the period until the day before submission to a journal.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies and methodsWe adapted an already published common protocol for multiple parallel systematic reviews to the specificities of this question.We will include randomised trials evaluating the effect of lopinavir/ritonavir— as monotherapy or in combination with other drugs — versus placebo or no treatment in patients with COVID-19. Randomised trials evaluating lopinavir/ritonavir in infections caused by other coronaviruses, such as MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV, and non-randomised studies in COVID-19 will be searched in case no direct evidence from randomised trials is found, or if the direct evidence provides low- or very low-certainty for critical outcomes.Two reviewers will independently screen each study for eligibility, extract data, and assess the risk of bias. We will perform random-effects meta-analyses and use GRADE to assess the certainty of the evidence for each outcome.A living, web-based version of this review will be openly available during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will resubmit it if the conclusions change or there are substantial updates.Ethics and disseminationNo ethics approval is considered necessary. The results of this review will be widely disseminated via peer-reviewed publications, social networks and traditional media.PROSPERO RegistrationSubmitted to PROSPERO (awaiting ID allocation).


BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e031747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pier-Alexandre Tardif ◽  
Lynne Moore ◽  
François Lauzier ◽  
Imen Farhat ◽  
Patrick Archambault ◽  
...  

IntroductionTraumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to 50 000 deaths, 85 000 disabilities and costs $60 billion each year in the USA. Despite numerous interventions and treatment options, the outcomes of TBI have improved little over the last three decades. In a previous scoping review and expert consultation survey, we identified 13 potentially low-value clinical practices in acute TBI. The objective of this umbrella review is to synthesise the evidence on potentially low-value clinical practices in the care of acute TBI.Methods and analysisUsing umbrella review methodology, we will search Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, Epistemonikos, International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) and PubMed to identify systematic reviews evaluating the effect of potential intrahospital low-value practices using tailored population, intervention, comparator, outcome and study design questions based on the results of a previous scoping review. We will present data on the methodological quality of these reviews (Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews-2), reported effect sizes and strength of evidence (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation).Ethics and disseminationEthics approval is not required as original data will not be collected. Knowledge users from five healthcare quality organisations and clinical associations are involved in the design and conduct of the study. Results will be disseminated in a peer-reviewed journal, at international scientific meetings and to clinical, healthcare quality and patient–partner associations. This work will support the development of metrics to measure the use of low-value practices, inform policy makers on potential targets for deimplementation and in the long term reduce the use of low-value clinical practices in acute TBI care.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42019132428.


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