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Mashup Score: 1Balancing risks and benefits of cannabis use: umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and observational studies - 8 month(s) ago
Objective To systematically assess credibility and certainty of associations between cannabis, cannabinoids, and cannabis based medicines and human health, from observational studies and randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Design Umbrella review. Data sources PubMed, PsychInfo, Embase, up to 9 February 2022. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Systematic reviews with meta-analyses of observational studies and RCTs that have reported on the efficacy and safety of cannabis, cannabinoids, or cannabis based medicines were included. Credibility was graded according to convincing, highly suggestive, suggestive, weak, or not significant (observational evidence), and by GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations) (RCTs). Quality was assessed with AMSTAR 2 (A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews 2). Sensitivity analyses were conducted. Results 101 meta-analyses were included (observational=50, RCTs=51) (AMSTAR 2 high 33, moderate 31, low 32, or c
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Mashup Score: 4Effect of a smartphone intervention as a secondary prevention for use among university students with unhealthy alcohol use: randomised controlled trial - 8 month(s) ago
Objective To estimate the effects of providing access to an alcohol intervention based on a smartphone. Design Randomised controlled trial.. Setting Four higher education institutions in Switzerland. Participants 1770 students (≥18 years) who screened positive for unhealthy alcohol use (ie, a score on the alcohol use disorders identification test-consumption (AUDIT-C) of ≥4 for men and ≥3 for women) were randomly assigned by 1:1 allocation ratio in blocks of 10. Intervention Providing access to a brief, smartphone based alcohol intervention. Outcome measures The primary outcome studied was number of standard drinks per week at six months and the secondary outcome was number of heavy drinking days (past 30 days). Additional outcomes were maximum number of drinks consumed on one occasion, alcohol related consequences, and academic performance. Follow-up assessments occurred at months three, six, and 12. Data were analysed by intention to treat and by using generalised linear mixed models
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Mashup Score: 4Effect of a smartphone intervention as a secondary prevention for use among university students with unhealthy alcohol use: randomised controlled trial - 8 month(s) ago
Objective To estimate the effects of providing access to an alcohol intervention based on a smartphone. Design Randomised controlled trial.. Setting Four higher education institutions in Switzerland. Participants 1770 students (≥18 years) who screened positive for unhealthy alcohol use (ie, a score on the alcohol use disorders identification test-consumption (AUDIT-C) of ≥4 for men and ≥3 for women) were randomly assigned by 1:1 allocation ratio in blocks of 10. Intervention Providing access to a brief, smartphone based alcohol intervention. Outcome measures The primary outcome studied was number of standard drinks per week at six months and the secondary outcome was number of heavy drinking days (past 30 days). Additional outcomes were maximum number of drinks consumed on one occasion, alcohol related consequences, and academic performance. Follow-up assessments occurred at months three, six, and 12. Data were analysed by intention to treat and by using generalised linear mixed models
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Mashup Score: 0Long term risk of death and readmission after hospital admission with covid-19 among older adults: retrospective cohort study - 9 month(s) ago
Objectives To characterize the long term risk of death and hospital readmission after an index admission with covid-19 among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, and to compare these outcomes with historical control patients admitted to hospital with influenza. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting United States. Participants 883 394 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries age ≥65 years discharged alive after an index hospital admission with covid-19 between 1 March 2020 and 31 August 2022, compared with 56 409 historical controls discharged alive after a hospital admission with influenza between 1 March 2018 and 31 August 2019. Weighting methods were used to account for differences in observed characteristics. Main outcome measures All cause death within 180 days of discharge. Secondary outcomes included first all cause readmission and a composite of death or readmission within 180 days. Results The covid-19 cohort compared with the influenza cohort was younger (77.9 v 78.9 yea
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Mashup Score: 5Association between antenatal corticosteroids and risk of serious infection in children: nationwide cohort study - 9 month(s) ago
Objective To investigate the associations between exposure to antenatal corticosteroids and serious infection in children during the first three, six, and 12 months of life. Design Nationwide cohort study. Setting National Health Insurance Research Database, Birth Reporting Database, and Maternal and Child Health Database, 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2019, to identify all pregnant individuals and their offspring in Taiwan. Participants 1 960 545 pairs of pregnant individuals and their singleton offspring. 45 232 children were exposed and 1 915 313 were not exposed to antenatal corticosteroids. Main outcome measures Incidence rates were estimated for overall serious infection, sepsis, pneumonia, acute gastroenteritis, pyelonephritis, meningitis or encephalitis, cellulitis or soft tissue infection, septic arthritis or osteomyelitis, and endocarditis during the first three, six, and 12 months of life in children exposed versus those not exposed to antenatal corticosteroids. Cox proporti
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Mashup Score: 6Prevalence and predictors of data and code sharing in the medical and health sciences: systematic review with meta-analysis of individual participant data - 10 month(s) ago
Objectives To synthesise research investigating data and code sharing in medicine and health to establish an accurate representation of the prevalence of sharing, how this frequency has changed over time, and what factors influence availability. Design Systematic review with meta-analysis of individual participant data. Data sources Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase, and the preprint servers medRxiv,…
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Mashup Score: 15Hospital admissions linked to SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents: cohort study of 3.2 million first ascertained infections in England - 10 month(s) ago
Objective To describe hospital admissions associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents. Design Cohort study of 3.2 million first ascertained SARS-CoV-2 infections using electronic health care record data. Setting England, July 2020 to February 2022. Participants About 12 million children and adolescents (age <18 years) who were resident in England. Main outcome measures...
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Mashup Score: 1Therapeutic value of first versus supplemental indications of drugs in US and Europe (2011-20): retrospective cohort study - 10 month(s) ago
Objective To analyze the therapeutic value of supplemental indications compared with first indications for drugs approved in the US and Europe. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting New and supplemental indications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) between 2011 and 2020. Main outcome measures Proportion of first and supplemental…
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Mashup Score: 7Vitamin D supplementation and major cardiovascular events: D-Health randomised controlled trial - 10 month(s) ago
Objective To investigate whether supplementing older adults with monthly doses of vitamin D alters the incidence of major cardiovascular events. Design Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of monthly vitamin D (the D-Health Trial). Computer generated permuted block randomisation was used to allocate treatments. Setting Australia from 2014 to 2020. Participants 21 315 participants…
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Objectives To assess the association between use of menopausal hormone therapy and development of dementia according to type of hormone treatment, duration of use, and age at usage. Design Nationwide, nested case-control study. Setting Denmark through national registries. Participants 5589 incident cases of dementia and 55 890 age matched controls were identified between 2000 and 2018 from a…
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Evidence supports avoidance of cannabis during adolescence and early adulthood, in people prone to or with mental health disorders, in pregnancy and before and while driving, concludes new study #BMJResearch https://t.co/zbkVo1S21O