Philosophers and others can systematically appraise theories of motivation in such terms, including through pairwise comparative assessments of rival theories in terms of those desirable features.
The purpose of this review is to systematically appraise the peer-reviewed literature about the genetic and environmental determinants of psychiatric comorbidity, focusing on four of the most prevalent types of psychopathology: anxiety disorders, depression, conduct disorder and substance abuse.
To our knowledge, this is the first study to systematically appraise pharmaceutical press releases.
To our knowledge, this is the first review to systematically appraise and summarize the evidence on the quality of outcome measures used in stroke SMIs.
This is the first review to systematically appraise quality and synthesise data from comparative studies of diabetes, hypertension and lipid levels in people with and without SMI.
The aim of this review was to systematically appraise the published prevalence studies conducted on the African continent to establish the prevalence of LBP in Africa.
Quality assessment forms an important part of the NS process in order to systematically appraise the methodological quality of studies and determine the robustness of the synthesis.
A CGA was done to systematically appraise the function status of the elderly that has not been effectively applied to elderly Chinese patients on a large scale.
This will be the first review to systematically appraise interventions aimed at changing the physical activity or sedentary behaviour of inactive individuals using RCT designs with a 6-month follow-up post-intervention.
The aim of this review was therefore to systematically appraise peer-reviewed published disease prevalence studies conducted on the African continent, in order to ascertain whether LBP is of concern among Africans, as it is globally.
This study was part of a health technology assessment commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research, UK and aimed to systematically appraise the clinical and cost-effective evidence for art therapy for people with non-psychotic mental health disorders.
