Management of Menopause Symptoms with Acupuncture: An Umbrella Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Improving vasomotor symptoms; psychological symptoms; and health-related quality of life in peri- or post-menopausal women through yoga: An umbrella systematic review and meta-analysis.
Goldstein, KM, McDuffie, JR, Shepherd-Banigan, M, Befus, D, Coeytaux, RR, Van Noord, MG, Goode, AP, Masilamani, V, Adam, S, Nagi, A, and Williams, JW. "Nonpharmacologic, nonherbal management of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms: an umbrella systematic review (protocol)." Systematic Reviews 5 (April 7 , 2016: 56-null.
Many women with VMSs thus seek nonhormonal, nonpharmacologic treatment options such as acupuncture.An umbrella systematic review (SR) was conducted, supplemented by a search of published randomized controlled trials (RCTs), that assessed the effectiveness of acupuncture for VMSs, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and adverse effects of treatment in perimenopausal or postmenopausal women.
Goldstein, KM, McDuffie, JR, Shepherd-Banigan, M, Befus, D, Coeytaux, RR, Van Noord, MG, Goode, AP, Masilamani, V, Adam, S, Nagi, A, and Williams, JW. "Erratum to: Nonpharmacologic, nonherbal management of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms: an umbrella systematic review (protocol)." Systematic reviews 5 (January 2016): 69-.
We will perform an umbrella systematic review to identify eligible randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for the recommended interventions for migraine prophylaxis according to the guidelines.
Eligibility criteria Three types of studies were eligible for the umbrella review: systematic reviews and meta-analyses that examined observational associations between circulating vitamin D concentrations and any clinical outcome; and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials assessing supplementation with vitamin D or active compounds (both established and newer compounds of vitamin D).
An umbrella review systematically collects and evaluates information from multiple systematic reviews and meta-analyses on all clinical outcomes for which these have been performed.
We conducted an umbrella review of systematic reviews searching the following databases: PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Embase and CINAHL.
A recent umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies and randomized trials comes to the conclusion that among 137 outcomes vitamin D supplementation affects only birth weight, dental caries in children and parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations in patients with chronic kidney disease [ 3].
A recent systematic umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies assessing the association of 25(OH D levels with site-specific cancer incidences concluded that there is evidence for an association of 25(OH D levels with colorectal cancer whereas there is inconclusive or no evidence for an association of 25(OH D with other cancer sites.
