Publications by authors named "Amelia Brunskill"
Article Synopsis
- A systematic review and meta-analysis investigated how formal and traditional dance might benefit cognition and mental health (depression and anxiety) in older adults aged 60 and above, particularly those with mild cognitive impairment.
- The review included 17 randomized control trials, with 13 providing data for the meta-analysis, showing a significant but small improvement in cognitive function (effect size g = 0.27) and a moderate improvement in depression (g = 0.43) due to dance interventions.
- Although the findings highlight the potential of dance to enhance cognitive abilities and reduce depression in seniors, more research is needed on its effects on anxiety.
Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review of the literature is to build understanding of the key elements and recommendations for the design of mHealth technology for individuals using wheelchairs and/or scooters and identify key features associated with the use of mHealth to support healthy behaviour changes for this population.
Materials And Methods: Eight major electronic databases were systematically searched to identify mobile health (mHealth) interventions, which targeted adult WC/S users. Independent reviewers used Endnote and Covidence to manage articles meeting review criteria and to exclude duplicates.
Background: The social determinants of health (SDOH) are the focus of an exponentially increasing number of publications, including evidence syntheses. However, there is not an established standard for searching for SDOH literature. This study seeks to identify published evidence syntheses pertaining to the SDOH, analyzing the search strategies used and the studies included within these reviews.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The study aimed to analyze the documented role of a librarian in published systematic reviews and meta-analyses whose registered protocols mentioned librarian involvement. The intention was to identify how, or if, librarians' involvement was formally documented, how their contributions were described, and if there were any potential connections between this documentation and basic metrics of search reproducibility and quality.
Methods: Reviews whose PROSPERO protocols were registered in 2017 and 2018 and that also specifically mentioned a librarian were analyzed for documentation of the librarian's involvement.
A Microsoft Excel Approach to Reduce Errors and Increase Efficiency in Systematic Searching.
Med Ref Serv Q
December 2020
Developing a search strategy for a systematic review is a time-consuming process in which small errors around the formatting and compilation of terms can have large consequences. Microsoft Excel was identified as a potentially useful software to streamline the process and reduce manual errors. Ultimately a spreadsheet was created that largely automates the process of creating a single-line search string with correctly formatted terms, Boolean operators and parentheses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cachexia occurs in individuals affected by chronic diseases in which systemic inflammation leads to fatigue, debilitation, decreased physical activity and sarcopenia. The pathogenesis of cachexia-associated sarcopenia is not fully understood.
Objectives: The aim of this systematic review is to summarize the current evidence on genes expressed in the skeletal muscles of humans with chronic disease-associated cachexia and/or sarcopenia (cases) compared to controls and to assess the strength of such evidence.