PomodoroEvidence & Dosage

Top studies on Pomodoro

Ranked by influential-citation count and publication year.

1. 01

   Pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

   The Lancet. Neurology·2015·n=263200 influential citations

   <h4>Background</h4>New drug treatments, clinical trials, and standards of quality for assessment of evidence justify an update of evidence-based recommendations for the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain. Using the Grading of…

2. 02

   The effectiveness and risks of long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop.

   Annals of internal medicine·2015200 influential citations

   <h4>Background</h4>Increases in prescriptions of opioid medications for chronic pain have been accompanied by increases in opioid overdoses, abuse, and other harms and uncertainty about long-term effectiveness.<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate…

3. 03

   Interventions for enhancing medication adherence.

   The Cochrane database of systematic reviews·2008200 influential citations

   <h4>Background</h4>People who are prescribed self-administered medications typically take less than half the prescribed doses. Efforts to assist patients with adherence to medications might improve the benefits of prescribed medications,…

4. 04

   A meta-analytic review of psychosocial interventions for substance use disorders.

   The American journal of psychiatry·2008·n=2,340200 influential citations

   <h4>Objective</h4>Despite significant advances in psychosocial treatments for substance use disorders, the relative success of these approaches has not been well documented. In this meta-analysis, the authors provide effect sizes for…

5. 05

   Evidence for physiotherapy practice: a survey of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro).

   The Australian journal of physiotherapy·2002200 influential citations

   Evidence-based practice involves the use of evidence from systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials, but the extent of this evidence in physiotherapy has not previously been surveyed. The aim of this survey is to describe the…

6. 06

   Incorporating variations in the quality of individual randomized trials into meta-analysis.

   Journal of clinical epidemiology·1992200 influential citations

   Meta-analysis is a method of synthesizing evidence from multiple sources. It has been increasingly applied to combine results from randomized trials of therapeutic strategies. Unfortunately there is often variation in the quality of the…

7. 07

   Convergent and sequential synthesis designs: implications for conducting and reporting systematic reviews of qualitative and quantitative evidence.

   Systematic reviews·2017·n=179200 influential citations

   <h4>Background</h4>Systematic reviews of qualitative and quantitative evidence can provide a rich understanding of complex phenomena. This type of review is increasingly popular, has been used to provide a landscape of existing knowledge,…

8. 08

   Comparative effectiveness of pharmacologic interventions for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

   Annals of internal medicine·2015·n=33,243200 influential citations

   <h4>Background</h4>The relative efficacy of available treatments of knee osteoarthritis (OA) must be determined for rational treatment algorithms to be formulated.<h4>Purpose</h4>To examine the efficacy of treatments of primary knee OA…

9. 09

   Combined pharmacotherapy and behavioural interventions for smoking cessation.

   The Cochrane database of systematic reviews·2016·n=25,000200 influential citations

   <h4>Background</h4>Both behavioural support (including brief advice and counselling) and pharmacotherapies (including nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), varenicline and bupropion) are effective in helping people to stop smoking. Combining…

10. 10

    Statistical heterogeneity in systematic reviews of clinical trials: a critical appraisal of guidelines and practice.

    Journal of health services research &amp; policy·2002166 influential citations

    <h4>Objective</h4>Heterogeneity between study results can be a problem in any systematic review or meta-analysis of clinical trials. Identifying its presence, investigating its cause and correctly accounting for it in analyses all involve…