scholarly journals A Compendium of Articles Published in International Journal of High Dilution Research from 2008 - 2014

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-62
Author(s):  
Saurav Arora
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
High Dilution ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Online Journal ◽  
Meta Analyses

International Journal of High Dilution Research (IJHDR) has served as an important platform for the divulgation of research in the field of high dilution and homeopathy since its foundation in 2008. It is an invaluable resource for researchers, academicians and clinicians being the first open-access, peer-reviewed, online journal specialized in this field. IJHDR is hosted by Groupe International de Recherche sur l’Infinitesimal (GIRI) (www.giriweb.com) and publishes high-quality articles on fundamental/basic research in high dilution, isopathy, biotherapy, nosodes, clinical research/evidence-based homeopathy, veterinary, agronomy, reviews, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, etc. IJHDR believes in making information freely accessible and thus provide free full access to contents as soon as they are published. The IJHDR is currently indexed in databases like LILACS/BIREME/PAHO/WHO; EBSCO; SCOPUS; Qualis/CAPES; Latindex; Google Scholar; DOAJ; NSDL/NSF; Open J-Gate; Journal Seek and Portal CAPES. Since its launching in 2008 until 2014, IJHDR has published 341 articles across 28 issues, including five proceedings of GIRI meetings. With the increasing volume of online published material, the need to preserve it offline has emerged. The present compendium aims to organize the articles published in IJHDR from 2008 – 2014 in one single PDF, which might be saved to any online and offline medium, can be accessed anytime with a few clicks, is searchable and might be printed by libraries and universities for filing in their archives. To facilitate the access, the articles have been arranged as per publication date and hyperlinked to the title. As the present compendium is open access, you might use freely, as well as circulate it among colleagues. The compendium may be download freely from www.highdilution.org/compendium

Update on hypnotherapy for psychiatrists

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Natalie A. Chan ◽  
Zhisong Zhang ◽  
Guoxing Yin ◽  
Zhimeng Li ◽  
Roger C. Ho
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Practice Guidelines ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Outcome Studies ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Evidence Based Therapy

SUMMARY Although hypnosis has played a part in psychotherapy for a long time, it is not yet seen as an evidence-based therapy and is absent from many practice guidelines when it comes to the treatment of psychiatric disorders. At present, the applications and methods of hypnotherapy are poorly understood and other methods of psychotherapy tend to be favoured. This review article aims to introduce the role of hypnotherapy and its application for certain common psychiatric presentations, as well as examine its efficacy by summarising recent evidence from high-quality outcome studies and meta-analyses.

Evidence-based approaches to psychiatry

2017 ◽  
pp. 119-134
Author(s):  
Paul Harrison ◽  
Philip Cowen ◽  
Tom Burns ◽  
Mina Fazel
Keyword(s):  
Patient Experience ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Psychiatric Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Quality Evidence

‘Evidence-based approaches to psychiatry’ describes the application of evidence-based medicine (EBM) to psychiatric practice. The chapter covers the key processes in EBM, including the formulation of a clinically relevant question, the systematic search for high-quality evidence and the meta-analytic synthesis of data. It demonstrates how evidence-based approaches to psychiatry have led to important developments showing quantitative effects of different treatments through advanced meta-analysis of data from randomized trials. This has underpinned the development of clinical guidelines that have the aim of improving the reliability and quality of treatments that patients receive. The chapter also describes how meta-analyses should be critically reviewed, as well as their problems and limitations. Not all relevant questions in psychiatric research are susceptible to the quantitative approach offered by EBM, and the chapter also outlines how qualitative methodologies can play a key role in answering important questions related, for example, to the patient experience.

scholarly journals REDIMEH Project:Ibero-American Integrative Network for Clinical Research in Homeopathy

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (27) ◽  
pp. 50-52
Author(s):  
José Eizayaga
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Dermatitis ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Clinical Data ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Randomized Control Trials ◽  
High Dilution ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
Integrative Network

If there were one lacking or insufficient issue which conscious medical orientated homeopaths could regret, it would be probably high quality clinical research. A big part of the homeopathic community still insists in the traditional ways of building knowledge, leading us nowhere. There is now an agreement between clinical researchers that there have been done enough efforts with Randomized Control Trials (RCT). But what we need today is good quality scientific research that could improve our daily practice. This article introduce the REDIMEH, an Ibero-American Integrative Network for Clinical Research in Homeopathy, horizontal in structure, with no political objectives, with the only intention of joining efforts in order to obtain enough clinical data to draw out valid conclusions. Keywords: REDIMED, atopic dermatitis, clinical research.  Projeto REDIMED: Red Integrada Ibero-Americana para Pesquisa Clínica em Homeopatia ResumoSe pudermos apontar uma questão, a qual os verdadeiros médicos homeopatas podem se lamentar, esta deveria ser a falta ou insuficiéncia de pesquisas clínicas de alta qualidade. Uma grande parte da comunidade homeopática ainda insiste nas formas tradicionais de construção de conhecimento, levando-nos a lugar algum. Existem pontos bem estabelecidos pelos pesquisadores clínicos que tem se esforçado muito com a realização de Ensaios Controlados Randomizados (RCT). O que mais precisamos hoje é de investigação científica de boa qualidade, que possa melhorar a nossa prática diária. Este artigo apresenta o projeto REDIMEH, uma Rede Integrada Ibero-Americana para Pesquisa Clínica em Homeopatia, de estrutura horizontal, sem objetivos políticos, com a intenção de unir esforços no sentido de obter dados clínicos suficientes para chegarmos a conclusões válidas para a prática clínica diária. Palavras-chave: REDIMED, dermatite atópica, investigação clínica.  Proyecto REDIMEH: Red Iberoamericana Integrativa de Investigación Clínica en Homeopatía ResumenSi hubiera uma cuestión de la cual los médicos homeopatas podrían pesar, sería probablemente la investigación clínica de alta calidad. Una gran parte de la comunidad homeopática sigue insistiendo en las formas tradicionales de construcción del conocimiento, que nos conduce a ninguna parte. En la actualidad, existe un acuerdo entre los investigadores clínicos, que ya se han hecho lo suficiente con los esfuerzos de control de ensayos aleatorios (RCT). Pero lo que necesitamos hoy es la investigación científica de buena calidad que pueda mejorar nuestra práctica diaria. Este artículo presentará el REDIMEH, uma Red Iberoamericana Integrativa de Investigación Clínica en Homeopatía, con una estructura horizontal, sin objetivos políticos, con la única intención de unir esfuerzos con el propósito de obtener datos clínicos suficientes para sacar conclusiones válidas. Palabras-clave: REDIMED, dermatitis atópica, investigación clínica  Correspondence author: Jose Eizayaga, [email protected], www.maimonides.edu How to cite this article: Eizayaga J. REDIMEH Project: Ibero-American Integrative Network for Clinical Research in Homeopathy. Int J High Dilution Res [online]. 2009 [cited YYYY Month dd]; 8(27): 50-52. Available from: http://journal.giri-society.org/index.php/ijhdr/article/view/340/392.  

Clinical Effectiveness: Systematic Reviews and Evidence-Based Practice in Occupational Therapy

1997 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 479-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Bannigan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
High Quality

Evidence-based health care can be defined as an approach to health care that involves finding and using up-to-date research into the effectiveness of health care interventions to inform decision making (Entwistle et al, 1996). For many occupational therapists, the practicalities of keeping up to date with the best research evidence is difficult; however, through the National Health Service Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD), the NHS Research and Development (R&D) Programme is aiming to improve the availability of high quality research evidence to all health care professionals. The NHS CRD carries out and commissions systematic reviews. Systematic reviews are a means of pulling together large quantities of research information and are considered to be one of the most reliable sources of information about effectiveness (Chalmers and Altman, 1995). The NHS CRD also disseminates the findings of systematic reviews, one method of which is through the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE). The relevance of systematic reviews to the clinical practice of occupational therapists is explored in this paper using two examples: a poor quality and a high quality systematic review identified from the abstracting process for DARE. Both reviews are directly relevant to occupational therapy, being about sensory integration and falls in the elderly respectively. The implications of these reviews for evidence-based practice in occupational therapy are discussed.

scholarly journals Meta-review of high-quality systematic reviews of interventions in key areas of liaison psychiatry

2005 ◽  
Vol 187 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Ruddy ◽  
Allan House
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Somatoform Disorders ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Expert Consultation ◽  
Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Quality Evidence ◽  
Meta Review ◽  
Meta Analyses

BackgroundWhen planning and delivering a liaison psychiatry service it is important to have an understanding of the research evidence supporting the use of interventions likely to be delivered by the service.AimsTo identify high-quality systematic reviews for all interventions in three defined areas of liaison psychiatry, to summarise their clinical implications and to highlight areas where more research is needed. The three areas were the psychological effects of physical illness or treatment, somatoform disorders and self-harming behaviour.MethodComputerised database searching, secondary reference searching, hand-searching and expert consultation were used to identify relevant systematic reviews. Studies were reliably selected, and quality-assessed, and data were extracted and interpreted by two reviewers.ResultsWe found 64 high-quality systematic reviews. Only 14 reviews included meta-analyses.ConclusionsMany areas of liaison psychiatry practice are not based on high-quality evidence. More research in this area would help inform development and planning of liaison psychiatry services.

scholarly journals Scientific framework of homeopathy: evidence-based homeopathy

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (23) ◽  
pp. 72-92
Author(s):  
Michel Van Wassenhoven
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
High Dilution ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Scientific Framework

This paper aims at considering all important aspects of the scientific framework of homeopathic practice, looking at the levels of scientific evidence of each aspect in an objective way, through an extensive review of literature. Levels of evidence considered are: I) existence of meta-analyses and/or systematic positive reviews of literature; IIa) multiple positive randomized controlled trials (RCTs); IIb) some positive RCTs; IIIa) positive multiple cohorts studies; IIIb) positive studies with some cohorts; IV) opinion of experts (clinical and daily practice cases). Conclusions are clear: homeopathy must stay within the framework of medical practice, and it is even a necessity for public health. Keywords: Evidence-Based medicine, Homeopathy, Scientific framework, Literature review.   Marco científico da homeopatia: homeopatia baseada em evidéncias Resumo O presente artigo aborda aspectos importantes do marco científico da prática homeopática, focando os níveis de evidéncia de cada um deles de maneira objetica, através de uma revisão extensa da literatura. Os níveis de evidéncia considerados são: I) existéncia de meta-análises e/ou revisões sistemáticas positivas da literatura; IIa) múltiplos estudos randomizados controlados (RCTs) positivos; IIb) alguns RCTs positivos; IIIa) estudos de coortes múltiplas positivos; IIIb) estudos com algumas coortes positivos; IV) opinião de expertos (casos clínicos da prática cotidiana). As conclusões são claras: a homeopatia deve permanecer dentro do marco da prática médica, sendo, inclusive, uma necessidade para a saúde pública. Palavras-chave: Medicina Baseada em Evidéncias, Homeopatia, Estrutura ciéntifica, Revisão de literatura.   Marco científico de la homeopatía: homeopatía basada en evidencia Resumen Este artículo aborda aspectos importantes del marco científico de la práctica homeopática, enfocando los niveles de evidencia de cada aspecto, de modo objetivo, mediante una revisión extensiva de la literatura. Los niveles de evidencia considerados son: I) existencia de meta-análisis y/o revisiones sistemáticas positivas de la literatura; IIa) múltiples ensayos randomizados controlados (RCTs) positivos; IIb) algunos RCTs positivos; IIIa) estudios con cohortes múltiplas positivos; IIIb) estudios con algunas cohortes positivos; IV) opinión de expertos (casos clínicos de la práctica cotidiana). Las conclusiones son claras: la homeopatía debe permanecer dentro del marco de la práctica médica, siendo, inclusive, una necesidad para la salud pública. Palabras-clave: Medicina enbasada en evidencia, homeopatía, estructura científica, Revisión de la literatura.   Correspondence author: Michel van Wassenhoven, [email protected] How to cite this article: Wassenhoven MV. Scientific framework of homeopathy: Evidence-based Homeopathy. Int J High Dilution Res [online]. 2008 [cited YYYY Mmm DD]; 7(23): 72-92. Available from: http://journal.giri-society.org/index.php/ijhdr/article/view/286/354.  

scholarly journals Alcohol and the Risk of Injury

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2777
Author(s):  
Tanya Chikritzhs ◽  
Michael Livingston
Keyword(s):  
Research Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Workplace Injuries ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Causal Pathways ◽  
Risk Of Injury ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Injury Falls ◽  
Road Injury

Globally, almost four and a half million people died from injury in 2019. Alcohol’s contribution to injury-related premature loss of life, disability and ill-health is pervasive, touching individuals, families and societies throughout the world. We conducted a review of research evidence for alcohol’s causal role in injury by focusing on previously published systematic reviews, meta-analyses and where indicated, key studies. The review summarises evidence for pharmacological and physiological effects that support postulated causal pathways, highlights findings and knowledge gaps relevant to specific forms of injury (i.e., violence, suicide and self-harm, road injury, falls, burns, workplace injuries) and lays out options for evidence-based prevention.

scholarly journals Confirmation bias by consumers of clinical research demonstrates the need for implementation science

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Peter Meza
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Implementation Science ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Confirmation Bias ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Based Medicine

<p>The Journal's Editor holds that, although Evidence-based medicine typically only looks for bias of the research design, still evidence-based practice must also include the biases of those using the research evidence and how it is deployed in clinical practice.</p>

Traum'cast: an online, open-access educational video podcast series for teaching military trauma care to all healthcare providers

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjstel-2020-000799
Author(s):  
Mathieu Boutonnet ◽  
Widad Benbrika ◽  
Julia Facione ◽  
Stéphane Travers ◽  
Guillaume Boddaert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Continuing Medical Education ◽  
Psychological Injury ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
High Quality ◽  
War Injuries ◽  
Military Healthcare ◽  
Video Podcast

The aim of this paper was to describe the development of ‘Traum’cast’, an ambitious project to create a high-quality, open-access, 12-week video podcast programme providing evidence-based continuing medical education for civilian and military healthcare practitioners dedicated to the management of trauma caused by weapons of war. The management of such patients became a particular public health issue in France following the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, which highlighted the need for all healthcare professionals to have appropriate knowledge and training in such situations. In 2016, the French Health General Direction asked the French Military Medical Service (FMMS) to create a task force and to use its unique and considerable experience to produce high-quality educational material on key themes including war injuries, combat casualty care, triage, damage control surgery, transfusion strategies, psychological injury and rehabilitation. The material was produced by FMMS and first broadcast in French and for free, on the official FMMS YouTube channel in September 2020. Traum’cast provides evidence-based continuing medical education for civilian and military healthcare practitioners. Traum’cast is an educational innovation that meets a public health requirement.

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