Associations between vitamin D status and biomarkers linked with inflammation in patients with asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional and observational stu... by Asmae El Abd, Harika Dasari, Philippe Dodin, Helen Trottier, Francine M. Ducharme

“…Meta-analysis was conducted on studies with a low risk of bias, while narrative reporting was used to present the direction of associations (positive, no association, or negative) for each biomarker, overall and within the low-risk studies. …”
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O que o passado tem a nos ensinar sobre a Influenza? [What does the past have to teach us about influenza?] [¿Qué puede enseñarnos el pasado sobre la Influenza?] by Mercedes Neto, Fernando Porto

“…ABSTRACT Objective: to present a narrative of historical events regarding the influenza epidemic and its interfaces with public health and nursing. …”
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Characteristics of patients with schizophrenia switching from oral antipsychotics to once-monthly paliperidone palmitate (PP1M): a systematic review by Qian Li, Xin Li, Chong Ye, Miaomiao Jia, Tianmei Si

“…The results were presented through a narrative synthesis. Results Eleven studies with a total of 4150 patients were included, identifying nine potential characteristics. …”
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Large variation in participant eligibility criteria used in plantar heel pain research studies ‐ a systematic review by Henrik Riel, Melanie Louise Plinsinga, Eamonn Delahunt, Martin Bach Jensen, Karl B. Landorf, Marienke vanMiddelkoop, Edward Roddy, Michael Skovdal Rathleff, Bill Vicenzino, Jens Lykkegaard Olesen

“…Methods In this systematic review with narrative synthesis, we extracted participant eligibility criteria, and participants' age, body mass index (BMI), symptom duration and pain level from published studies on plantar heel pain. …”
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Single-cell transcriptomic profiling reveals decreased ER protein Reticulon3 drives the progression of renal fibrosis by Shuai Guo, Yi Dong, Ran Du, Yu-Xing Liu, Shu Liu, Qin Wang, Ji-Shi Liu, Hui Xu, Yu-Jie Jiang, Huang Hao, Liang-Liang Fan, Rong Xiang

“…Our work seeks to elevate the understanding of RTN3’s role in CKD’s narrative and position it as a promising therapeutic contender.…”
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Educational and Training Interventions Aimed at Healthcare Workers in the Detection and Management of People With Mental Health Conditions in South and South-East Asia: A Systemati... by Kamrun Nahar Koly, Cleo Baskin, Ivylata Khanam, Mala Rao, Sabrina Rasheed, Graham R. Law, Farhana Sarker, Shamini Gnani

“…Quality of studies were assessed using Modified Cochrane Collaboration, ROBINS-I, and Mixed Methods Appraisal Tools and data synthesised by narrative synthesis. Results are reported according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis guidelines. …”
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Digital Health Technology Interventions for Improving Medication Safety: Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations by Widya Norma Insani, Neily Zakiyah, Irma Melyani Puspitasari, Muhammad Yorga Permana, Kankan Parmikanti, Endang Rusyaman, Auliya Abdurrohim Suwantika

“…We adopted recommendations from the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine for data extraction. A narrative analysis was conducted to synthesize clinical and economic outcomes. …”
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Low-Level Evidence Suggests that Perceived Ability to Evaluate and Trust Online Health Information is Associated with Low Health Literacy by Lindsay Alcock

“…Design – Systematic review and narrative synthesis. Setting –MEDLINE, PsycInfo, Web of Science, CINAHL, and Communication and Mass-media Complete as well as articles discovered through the snowball method. …”
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A scoping review protocol of age-friendly practices during the COVID-19 pandemic [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Enrique Vega, Frank Doyle, Viveka Guzman, Paul O'Dwyer, Maria Pertl, Ronan Foley, Delfina Alvarez, Patricia Morsch

“…A tabular data extraction tool will be used to facilitate a narrative synthesis of results. Ethics and dissemination: Ethical approval is not required as the methods proposed for this scoping review consist of collecting publicly available data. …”
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Preterm birth and exercise capacity: what do we currently know? by Christopher A. O’Dea, Christopher A. O’Dea, Michael L. Beaven, Michael L. Beaven, Andrew C. Wilson, Andrew C. Wilson, Andrew C. Wilson, Elizabeth F. Smith, Elizabeth F. Smith, Andrew Maiorana, Andrew Maiorana, Shannon J. Simpson, Shannon J. Simpson

“…This review aims to outline the current knowledge of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the assessment of children born preterm in the surfactant era.DesignThis study is a narrative literature review.MethodsPublished manuscripts concerning the assessment of pulmonary outcomes using cardiopulmonary exercise testing in preterm children (aged <18 years) were reviewed. …”
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Desafios da adesão ao tratamento de pessoas vivendo com HIV/Aids no Brasil Challenges of treatment adherence by people living with HIV/AIDS in Brazil by Regina Melchior, Maria Ines Battistella Nemes, Tatianna Meireles Dantas Alencar, Cássia Maria Buchalla

“…The interviews focused on the patient's narrative about his/her disease. The content analysis classified the difficulties as follows: related to social factors and life styles, including the stigma; related to beliefs about the use of medication; and directly related to the use of medication. …”
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A comparative study of the concept of "apostle" In the Holy Qur'an and the New Testament by Rasoul Razavi, Majid Hadizadeh

“…In this research, we use the narrative / descriptive method to restate the concepts in these two holy texts. …”
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Chronic Administration of Melatonin: Physiological and Clinical Considerations by Donald Givler, Amy Givler, Patrick M. Luther, Danielle M. Wenger, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Amber N. Edinoff, Bradley K. Dorius, Carlo Jean Baptiste, Elyse M. Cornett, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye

“…Methods: The present investigation was a narrative review. Results: Melatonin usage has risen dramatically in recent years. …”
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Análisis de la dinámica, la estructura y el contenido de los mensajes de Twitter: violencia sexual en #Cuéntalo by Modesto Escobar, Elena Gil Moreno, Cristina Calvo López

“…To do this, we take as an explanatory example the case of #Cuéntalo, an episode of shared narrative that began on this network between April 26 and 28, 2018 after the well-known sentence of “La Manada”. …”
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Global Health Security Index not a proven surrogate for health systems capacity to respond to pandemics: The case of COVID-19 by Robert Kaba Alhassan, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Agani Afaya, Solomon Mohammed Salia, Aaron Asibi Abuosi, Jerry John Nutor

“…Conclusion: It appears the world might still not be adequately prepared for the next major pandemic, if the narrative remains unchanged. Countries that recorded higher GHSI scores, counter-intuitively, recorded higher COVID-19 cases and deaths. …”
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Kekuasaan dan Kekuatan Bhuta dalam Teks Lontar Roga Sanghara Bhumi dan Covid-19 di Bali: Analisis Etnolinguistik by Ni Wayan Sumitri, I Wayan Arka

“…RSB's striking textual feature is the persuasive narrative in the imperative mood. This is closely related to the function of RSB as a reference of advice to deal with pandemics. …”
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Terapia de desbridamiento larval: una revisión sistemática by María Alonso González, Diana Gómez Heras

“…The results were shown by means of a narrative summary. Results. 48 records were identified. 11 articles were evaluated in full text, being 2 systematic reviews, 1 clinical trial, 4 observational studies and 4 case studies. …”
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Protocol for evaluating external facilitation as a strategy to nationally implement a novel stigma reduction training tool for healthcare providers by Sally Wasmuth, Johnna Belkiewitz, Dawn Bravata, Caitlin Horsford, Alex Harris, Carlton Smith, Charles Austin, Edward Miech

“…IDEAS films are created by collecting narratives from people who have experienced discrimination and healthcare inequity, partnering with professional playwrights to create theatrical scripts that maintain the words of the narratives while arranging them into compelling storylines involving several interviews, and hiring professional actors to perform and record scenes. …”
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Hormones and Psychosis: The Role of Estrogen in Schizophrenia by S. Jesus Magueta, A. L. Costa, G. Simões, A. I. Gomes, C. Madaíl Grego, P. Garrido

“…Methods The authors conducted a brief non-structured narrative literature review using articles published in the Medline/Pubmed, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar databases. …”
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Understanding the Role of Patient Portals in Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Within Mental Health Care Settings: Mixed Methods Study by Keri Durocher, Hwayeon Danielle Shin, Brian Lo, Sheng Chen, Clement Ma, Gillian Strudwick

“…ConclusionsAlthough the quantitative data produced nonsignificant findings in interprofessional collaboration scores over time, the patients’ narrative accounts described how the portal can support various interprofessional collaboration concepts, such as communication, leadership, and conflict resolution. …”
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