Author(s): Rice DB; Kloda LA; Levis B; Qi B; Kingsland E; Thombs BD;

Objective: Database searches for studies of diagnostic test accuracy are notoriously difficult to filter, highly resource-intensive, and a potential barrier to quality evidence synthesis. We examined published meta-analyses of depression screening tool accu ...

Article GUID: 27411746

Author(s): Rice DB; Kloda LA; Shrier I; Thombs BD;

Objective: Concerns have been raised regarding the quality and completeness of abstract reporting in evidence reviews, but this had not been evaluated in meta-analyses of diagnostic accuracy. Our objective was to evaluate reporting quality and completeness ...

Article GUID: 27864250

Author(s): Roseman M; Saadat N; Riehm KE; Kloda LA; Boruff J; Ickowicz A; Baltzer F; Katz LY; Patten SB; Rousseau C; Thombs BD; ...

Objective: Depression screening among children and adolescents is controversial. In 2009, the United States Preventive Services Task Force first recommended routine depression screening for adolesc ...

Article GUID: 28851234

Author(s): Schousboe JT; Lewis JR; Monchka BA; Reid SB; Davidson MJ; Kimelman D; Jozani MJ; Smith C; Sim M; Gilani SZ; Suter D; Leslie WD; ...

Whether simultaneous automated ascertainments of prevalent vertebral fracture (auto-PVFx) and abdominal aortic calcification (auto-AAC) on vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) lateral spine bone den ...

Article GUID: 38699950

Author(s): Lui JHL; Danko CM; Triece T; Bennett IM; Marschall D; Lorenzo NE; Stein MA; Chronis-Tuscano A; ...

Background: ADHD commonly co-occurs in children and parents. When ADHD is untreated in parents, it contributes to negative child developmental and treatment outcomes. Screening for parent and child ...

Article GUID: 37442955

Author(s): Mohideen FI; Kwan DH;

The sugar moieties of many glycosylated small molecule natural products are essential for their biological activity. Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are the enzymes responsible for installing these sugar moieties on a variety of biomolecules. Several GTs that ar ...

Article GUID: 36682498

Author(s): Allard P; Papazotos F; Potvin-Trottier L;

Cells are inherently dynamic, whether they are responding to environmental conditions or simply at equilibrium, with biomolecules constantly being made and destroyed. Due to their small volumes, the chemical reactions inside cells are stochastic, such that ...

Article GUID: 36312536

Author(s): Nassar EL; Levis B; Neyer MA; Rice DB; Booij L; Benedetti A; Thombs BD;

Objectives: Accurate and complete study reporting allows evidence users to critically appraise studies, evaluate possible bias, and assess generalizability and applicability. We evaluated the extent to which recent studies on depression screening accuracy w ...

Article GUID: 36047034

Author(s): Zhao Z; Li J; Zhang X; Wang L; Wang J; Lin T;

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been frequently detected in groundwater globally. With the phase-out of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanate (PFOA) due to their risk to the ecosystem and human population, various ...

Article GUID: 35593984

Author(s): Nassar EL; Levis B; Neyer MA; Rice DB; Booij L; Benedetti A; Thombs BD;

Objectives: Depression screening tool accuracy studies should be conducted with large enough sample sizes to generate precise accuracy estimates. We assessed the proportion of recently published depression screening tool diagnostic accuracy studies that rep ...

Article GUID: 35362161

Author(s): Nassar EL; Levis B; Rice DB; Booij L; Benedetti A; Thombs BD;

Objectives: Screening is done to improve health outcomes by identifying and effectively treating individuals with unrecognized conditions. Depression screening has been proposed to identify previously unrecognized depression cases. Including individuals alr ...

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