Tag: scoping review

A scoping review of 25 sources and four key informant interviews links healthcare corruption to stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms and ...

Timing Steroid Doses May Protect Bones, Scoping Review Suggests

A scoping review argues that when glucocorticoids are taken could matter for bone health, though direct evidence on fractures remains ...

Scoping Review Examines Neurodiversity Inclusion Across Five Arab Healthcare Systems

A scoping review of five Arab nations reveals uneven progress in healthcare neurodiversity inclusion alongside substantial diagnostic delays and workforce ...

Scoping Review Maps How Non-speaking Autistic Children Join Qualitative Research

A scoping review of 11 studies published between 2012 and 2025 found that non-speaking and minimally verbal autistic children aged ...

Scoping Review Evaluates Physician Training on Firearm Secure Storage for Suicide Prevention

A scoping review identified 40 articles on physician firearm secure storage counseling, showing promising gains in clinician knowledge and confidence ...

Photon-counting CT iodine maps show promise in early thoracic imaging studies

A scoping review of ten early clinical studies finds that photon-counting detector CT generates iodine maps across six thoracic indications ...

Families Hold the Pen: How Mental Health Care Decisions Get Made in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

A scoping review of 36 studies finds that family authority predominantly shapes mental healthcare decision-making in low- and middle-income countries, ...

Microplastic risk models may be built on a mathematical illusion, review warns

A critical review argues that human microplastic toxicokinetic parameters are structurally non-identifiable because no existing dataset co-measures intake and elimination ...

Wearable monitoring in mental health care: scoping review finds limited evidence and unresolved ethical tensions

A systematic scoping review of 147 studies finds that wearable monitoring in mental health care may offer benefits but rests ...

Bitcoin’s oracle evolution: from multi-sig co-signers to DLC attestations

A scoping review finds that Bitcoin oracle design has shifted since 2015 from multi-signature schemes toward attestation-based Discreet Log Contracts, ...

Social media aids malaria fight but rarely reaches health outcomes, review finds

A scoping review of 30 studies finds social media increasingly supports malaria communication and surveillance intelligence, but only two studies ...

Occupational Therapy in Functional Neurological Disorder Rehabilitation Mapped in 41-Study Review

A scoping review of 41 studies found occupational therapy was present in nearly all functional neurological disorder rehabilitation research, yet ...

Review Finds Poor Reporting of Bayesian Borrowing in Phase II Trials

A scoping review of Phase II clinical trials revealed poor reporting and limited implementation details for Bayesian robust information borrowing ...

Ethics often sidelined in remote patient monitoring studies for cancer and heart disease

A scoping review finds that evaluation studies of remote patient monitoring in cancer and cardiovascular care frequently report ethical issues ...

Achromobacter biofilms: scoping review maps widespread formation and antibiofilm strategies

A scoping review of 79 studies finds biofilm formation is widespread in Achromobacter, independent of cystic fibrosis origin, with Achromobacter ...

Stroke sarcopenia risk models show promise but lack validation

A scoping review of 12 studies finds that risk prediction models for stroke-associated sarcopenia show promising discrimination but almost universally ...

Astrocytes may drive chronic traumatic encephalopathy, scoping review finds

A PRISMA-guided scoping review of 40 studies argues that astrocytes act as early, active contributors to chronic traumatic encephalopathy rather ...

Scientific advisory committees dominate emergency science-policy advice, review finds

A scoping review of 87 studies found that formal Scientific Advisory Committees dominated science-policy interaction during public health emergencies, while ...

Registry Studies Rarely Test How Missing Patient Data Could Reverse Their Findings

A scoping review of 61 registry-based PROM studies found no reported tipping-point analyses and only one delta adjustment, prompting a ...

Dentistry’s Role in Palliative Care Rests on One Aging Definition