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Becky Skidmore

Independent Consultant
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Exercise-based rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

…, J Jolliffe, H Noorani, K Rees, B Skidmore… - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To review the effectiveness of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients
with coronary heart disease. METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analysis of …

Defining rapid reviews: a systematic scoping review and thematic analysis of definitions and defining characteristics of rapid reviews

C Hamel, A Michaud, M Thuku, B Skidmore… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and Objective Rapid reviews were first mentioned in the literature in 1997,
when Best et al. described the rapid health technology assessment program in the south and …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and safety of selected complementary and alternative medicine for neck and low-back …

…, T Dryden, S Doucette, B Skidmore… - Evidence-Based …, 2012 - hindawi.com
Background. Back pain is a common problem and a major cause of disability and health care
utilization. Purpose. To evaluate the efficacy, harms, and costs of the most common CAM …

Society of Critical Care Medicine's international consensus conference on prediction and identification of long-term impairments after critical illness

…, G Netzer, C Schorr, B Skidmore… - Critical care …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: After critical illness, new or worsening impairments in physical, cognitive, and/or
mental health function are common among patients who have survived. Who should be …

Triptans in the acute treatment of migraine: a systematic review and network meta‐analysis

…, J Peterson, D Coyle, B Skidmore… - … : The Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although triptans are widely used in the acute management of migraine, there
is uncertainty around the comparative efficacy of triptans among each other and vs non‐…

Systematic review adherence to methodological or reporting quality

…, L Turner, C Garritty, A Mayhew, B Skidmore… - Systematic reviews, 2017 - Springer
Background Guidelines for assessing methodological and reporting quality of systematic
reviews (SRs) were developed to contribute to implementing evidence-based health care and …

Soy, red clover, and isoflavones and breast cancer: a systematic review

H Fritz, D Seely, G Flower, B Skidmore, R Fernandes… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Soy and red clover isoflavones are controversial due to purported estrogenic
activity and possible effects on breast cancer. We conducted a systematic review of soy and …

[HTML][HTML] What is a predatory journal? A scoping review

KD Cobey, MM Lalu, B Skidmore, N Ahmadzai… - …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: There is no standardized definition of what a predatory journal is, nor have the
characteristics of these journals been delineated or agreed upon. In order to study the …

Behavior change interventions and policies influencing primary healthcare professionals' practice—an overview of reviews

…, M Jeyaraman, AS Mann, J Lys, B Skidmore… - Implementation …, 2017 - Springer
Background There is a plethora of interventions and policies aimed at changing practice
habits of primary healthcare professionals, but it is unclear which are the most appropriate, …

Intravenous vitamin C and cancer: a systematic review

…, J McGowan, B Skidmore… - Integrative cancer …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Intravenous vitamin C (IVC) is a contentious adjunctive cancer therapy, widely
used in naturopathic and integrative oncology settings. We conducted a systematic review of …