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A scoping review of psychoeducational interventions for people after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke (2020)
Journal Article
Kontou, E., Kettlewell, J., Condon, L., Thomas, S., Lee, A. R., Sprigg, N., …Shokraneh, F. (2021). A scoping review of psychoeducational interventions for people after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 28(5), 390-400. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2020.1818473

Background: Psychoeducation can provide information and support to cope with the physical and emotional effects of a health condition. This scoping review aimed to identify the evidence regarding psychoeducational interventions for people after a Tra... Read More about A scoping review of psychoeducational interventions for people after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke.

T129. Pharmacological Interventions in Trials of People with Schizophrenia: A Register-Based Classification of Seventy Years of Research (2020)
Journal Article
Shokraneh, F. (2020). T129. Pharmacological Interventions in Trials of People with Schizophrenia: A Register-Based Classification of Seventy Years of Research. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 46(Supplement_1), S279. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaa029.689

Background Drug development is a billion dollar business globally. It is crucial to stay up to date on drug developments all over the world any repetition will be irreversible waste of resources. The only way to keep up with all the development is t... Read More about T129. Pharmacological Interventions in Trials of People with Schizophrenia: A Register-Based Classification of Seventy Years of Research.

Avatar Therapy for people with schizophrenia or related disorders (2020)
Journal Article
Aali, G., Kariotis, T., & Shokraneh, F. (2020). Avatar Therapy for people with schizophrenia or related disorders. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 5, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd011898.pub2

Background Many people with schizophrenia do not achieve satisfactory improvements in their mental state, particularly the symptom of hearing voices (hallucinations), with medical treatment. Objectives To examine the effects of Avatar Therap... Read More about Avatar Therapy for people with schizophrenia or related disorders.

Designing the Structured Search Experience: Rethinking the Query-Builder Paradigm (2020)
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Russell-Rose, T., & Shokraneh, F. (2020). Designing the Structured Search Experience: Rethinking the Query-Builder Paradigm. Weave, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.3998/weave.12535642.0003.102

Knowledge workers such as healthcare information professionals, legal researchers, and librarians need to create and execute search strategies that are comprehensive, transparent, and reproducible. The traditional solution is to use command-line quer... Read More about Designing the Structured Search Experience: Rethinking the Query-Builder Paradigm.

Post-stroke fatigue: a scoping review (2020)
Journal Article
Aali, G., Drummond, A., das Nair, R., & Shokraneh, F. (2020). Post-stroke fatigue: a scoping review. F1000Research, 9, Article 242. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.22880.1

Background: Post-stroke fatigue (PSF) is one of the most common and frustrating outcomes of stroke. It has a high prevalence and it can persist for many years after stroke. PSF itself contributes to a wider range of undesirable outcomes that affect a... Read More about Post-stroke fatigue: a scoping review.

Assessing the quality of meta-analyses in systematic reviews in pharmaceutical research in Iran by 2016: A systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Amanollahi, A., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Shokraneh, F., Bashiri, Y., & Mahmudi, L. (2020). Assessing the quality of meta-analyses in systematic reviews in pharmaceutical research in Iran by 2016: A systematic review. Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 34(1), https://doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.34.30

© Iran University of Medical Sciences. Background: Meta-analyses, like all other studies, may be poorly designed and implemented. This study was designed to determine the quality of meta-analyses in systematic reviews in the field of pharmaceutical r... Read More about Assessing the quality of meta-analyses in systematic reviews in pharmaceutical research in Iran by 2016: A systematic review.

The effectiveness of online parenting programmes in promoting parents’ and adolescents’ mental wellbeing: a systematic review protocol (2019)
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Al Falahi, A., Glazebrook, C., & Shokraneh, F. (2019). The effectiveness of online parenting programmes in promoting parents’ and adolescents’ mental wellbeing: a systematic review protocol. F1000Research, 8, Article 1842. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20975.1

Introduction: Emotional difficulties among young people are debilitating and increasing in prevalence. Parent focused interventions delivered online offer a convenient and potentially effective way to increase young people’s access to support. A syst... Read More about The effectiveness of online parenting programmes in promoting parents’ and adolescents’ mental wellbeing: a systematic review protocol.

Acute interventions for aggression and agitation in psychosis: study protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Ostinelli, E. G., D’Agostino, A., Shokraneh, F., Salanti, G., & Furukawa, T. A. (2019). Acute interventions for aggression and agitation in psychosis: study protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 9(10), Article e032726. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032726

Introduction: Individuals with psychosis may access emergency services due to aggression and agitation. When the de-escalation technique fails to achieve tranquillisation, several pharmacological options are available. However, evidence on which inte... Read More about Acute interventions for aggression and agitation in psychosis: study protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Acute Interventions for Aggression and agitation in psychosiS (AIAS): Study protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis (2019)
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Ostinelli, E. G., D'Agostino, A., Shokraneh, F., Salanti, G., & Furukawa, T. A. (2019). Acute Interventions for Aggression and agitation in psychosiS (AIAS): Study protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 9, Article e032726

Introduction Individuals with psychosis may access emergency services due to aggression and agitation. When the de-escalation technique fails to achieve tranquillisation, several pharmacological options are available. However, evidence on which inter... Read More about Acute Interventions for Aggression and agitation in psychosiS (AIAS): Study protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) for schizophrenia (2019)
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Schmidt, L., Phelps, E., Friedel, J., & Shokraneh, F. (2019). Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) for schizophrenia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019(8), Article CD012116. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd012116.pub2

© 2019 The Cochrane Collaboration. Background Schizophrenia is a serious chronic mental illness affecting an estimated 21 million people worldwide and there is increasing evidence linking inflammation in the brain to the pathophysiology of schizophre... Read More about Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) for schizophrenia.

Introducing RAPTOR: Revman Parsing Tool for Reviewers (2019)
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Schmidt, L., Shokraneh, F., Steinhausen, K., & Adams, C. E. (2019). Introducing RAPTOR: Revman Parsing Tool for Reviewers. Systematic Reviews, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1070-0

Background: Much effort is made to ensure Cochrane reviews are based on reliably extracted data. There is commitment to wide access to these data-for novel processing and/or reuse-but delivering this access is problematic. Aim: To describe a proof-o... Read More about Introducing RAPTOR: Revman Parsing Tool for Reviewers.

Study-based registers reduce waste in systematic reviewing: discussion and case report (2019)
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Shokraneh, F., & Adams, C. E. (2019). Study-based registers reduce waste in systematic reviewing: discussion and case report. Systematic Reviews, 8(1), Article 129. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1035-3

Background Maintained study-based registers (SBRs) have, at their core, study records linked to, potentially, multiple other records such as references, data sets, standard texts and full-text reports. Such registers can minimise and refine searchin... Read More about Study-based registers reduce waste in systematic reviewing: discussion and case report.

A simple formula for enumerating comparisons in trials and network meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] (2019)
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Shokraneh, F., & Adams, C. E. (2019). A simple formula for enumerating comparisons in trials and network meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research, 8, Article 38. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17352.2

We present use of a simple formula to calculate the number of pairwise comparisons of interventions within a single trial or network meta-analyses. We used the data from our previous network meta-analysis to build a study-based register and enumerate... Read More about A simple formula for enumerating comparisons in trials and network meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved].

Reproducibility and replicability of systematic reviews (2019)
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Shokraneh, F. (2019). Reproducibility and replicability of systematic reviews. World Journal of Meta-Analysis, 7(3), 66-76. https://doi.org/10.13105/wjma.v7.i3.66

Irreproducibility of research causes a major concern in academia. This concern affects all study designs regardless of scientific fields. Without testing the reproducibility and replicability it is almost impossible to repeat the research and to gain... Read More about Reproducibility and replicability of systematic reviews.

Comparative efficacy and tolerability of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Cortese, S., Adamo, N., Del Giovane, C., Mohr-Jensen, C., Hayes, A. J., Carucci, S., …Cipriani, A. (2018). Comparative efficacy and tolerability of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Lancet Psychiatry, 5(9), 727-738. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2818%2930269-4

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license Background: The benefits and safety of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) remain controversial, and guidelines ar... Read More about Comparative efficacy and tolerability of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.