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Alice Fauci

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The efficacy of balneotherapy, mud therapy and spa therapy in patients with osteoarthritis: an overview of reviews.

2021

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease considered a leading cause of functional disability. Its treatment is based on a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, but the role of these latter is still debated. This overview of systematic reviews aimed at evaluating the short-term efficacy of different thermal modalities in patients with osteoarthritis. We searched PubMed, Scopus, CINHAL, Web of Science, ProQuest and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from inception until October 2020, with no language restrictions. We selected the following outcomes a priori: pain, stiffness and quality of life. Seventeen systematic reviews containing 27 unique relevant…

BalneotherapyAtmospheric Sciencemedicine.medical_specialty010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesBalneotherapyHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesismedicine.medical_treatmentPopulationPsychological interventionOsteoarthritis01 natural sciences03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineQuality of life (healthcare)systematic reviewnursingOsteoarthritismedicineHumanseducation0105 earth and related environmental sciencesRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic030203 arthritis & rheumatologyeducation.field_of_studyModalitiesEcologybusiness.industryBalneologyMud Therapymedicine.diseasecomplemetary therapieSettore MED/45 - Scienze Infermieristiche Generali Cliniche E PediatricheSystematic reviewSample size determinationPhysical therapyQuality of LifeMud pack therapyOsteoarthritibusinessSystematic Reviews as TopicInternational journal of biometeorology
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Strategies to exiting the COVID-19 lockdown for workplace and school: A scoping review

2021

Highlights • Epidemiological conditions should be monitored and enforced. • COVID-19 must be under control below thresholds of safeguards. • Testing, contact tracing, and isolation strategies are essential components to ease the lockdown. • The maintenance of social distancing measures is an overarching mitigation strategy. • The benefit gained from the implementation of social distancing was evident.

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Towards a New System for the Assessment of the Quality in Care Pathways: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.

2020

Clinical or care pathways are developed by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare practitioners, based on clinical evidence, and standardized processes. The evaluation of their framework/content quality is unclear. The aim of this study was to describe which tools and domains are able to critically evaluate the quality of clinical/care pathways. An overview of systematic reviews was conducted, according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, using Medline, Embase, Science Citation Index, PsychInfo, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library, from 2015 to 2020, and with snowballing methods. The quality of the reviews was assessed with Assessment the Methodology of Systemati…

quality assessmentHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisMEDLINECINAHLReviewCochrane LibraryClinical decision support system03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineClinical pathwaynursingHealth careHumans030212 general & internal medicineQuality of Health CareMedical education030504 nursingbusiness.industrypublic healthPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Healthclinical pathwayHealth technologyhealthcareSettore MED/45 - Scienze Infermieristiche Generali Cliniche E PediatricheSystematic reviewclinical decision support systemCritical Pathwaysclinical pathways0305 other medical sciencebusinessPsychologyDelivery of Health Careclinical practice guidelinesclinical practice guidelineSystematic Reviews as TopicInternational journal of environmental research and public health
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Face mask use in the Community for Reducing the Spread of COVID-19: a systematic review

2021

ABSTRACTBackgroundEvidence is needed on the effectiveness of wearing face masks in the community to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission.MethodsSystematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the efficacy and effectiveness of face mask use in a community setting and to predict the effectiveness of wearing a mask. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCISEARCH, The Cochrane Library and pre-prints from inception to 22 April 2020 without restriction by language. We rated the certainty of evidence according to Cochrane and GRADE approach.FindingsOur search identified 35 studies, including 3 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) (4017 patients), 10 comparative studies (18984 patients), 13 predictive models,…

disease outbreak0301 basic medicinemedicine.medical_specialtyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)face maskSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PopulationMEDLINEpandemicsCochrane LibraryCOVID−19law.invention03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinenursingsystematic reviewRandomized controlled triallawprevention and control [MeSH]Health careMedicine030212 general & internal medicineIntensive care medicineeducationlcsh:R5-920education.field_of_studySARS—CoV−2business.industrypandemicGeneral MedicineSettore MED/45 - Scienze Infermieristiche Generali Cliniche E PediatricheSurgical mask030104 developmental biologySystematic reviewdisease outbreaksPhysical therapyMedicinecommunityObservational studycommunity; COVID−19; disease outbreaks; face mask; pandemics; prevention and control [MeSH]; SARS—CoV−2; systematic reviewlcsh:Medicine (General)business
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