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Adding evidence of the effects of treatments into relevant Wikipedia pages: a randomised trial (2020)
Journal Article
Adams, C. E., Montgomery, A. A., Aburrow, T., Bloomfield, S., Briley, P. M., Carew, E., …Xia, J. (2020). Adding evidence of the effects of treatments into relevant Wikipedia pages: a randomised trial. BMJ Open, 10(2), Article e033655. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033655

Objectives To investigate the effects of adding high-grade quantitative evidence of outcomes of treatments into relevant Wikipedia pages on further information-seeking behaviour by the use of routinely collected data. Setting Wikipedia, Co... Read More about Adding evidence of the effects of treatments into relevant Wikipedia pages: a randomised trial.

Neurological and psychiatric adverse effects of long-term methylphenidate treatment in ADHD: A map of the current evidence (2019)
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Krinzinger, H., Hall, C. L., Groom, M. J., Ansari, M. T., Banaschewski, T., Buitelaar, J. K., …Liddle, E. B. (2019). Neurological and psychiatric adverse effects of long-term methylphenidate treatment in ADHD: A map of the current evidence. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 107, 945-968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.09.023

Methylphenidate (MPH), the most common medication for children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in many countries, is often prescribed for long periods of time. Any long-term psychotropic treatment in childhood raises concerns abo... Read More about Neurological and psychiatric adverse effects of long-term methylphenidate treatment in ADHD: A map of the current evidence.

Interventions for hand eczema (2019)
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Christoffers, W., Coenraads, P., Svensson, Å., Diepgen, T., Dickinson-Blok, J., Xia, J., & Williams, H. (2019). Interventions for hand eczema. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Article CD004055. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004055.pub2

Background Hand eczema is an inflammation of the skin of the hands that tends to run a chronic, relapsing course. This common condition is often associated with itch, social stigma, and impairment in employment. Many different interventions of unkno... Read More about Interventions for hand eczema.

Day of the week to tweet: a randomised controlled trial (2019)
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Jayaram, M., Adams, C. E., Friedel, J. S., Mcclenaghan, E., Montgomery, A. A., Välimäki, M., …Zhao, S. (2019). Day of the week to tweet: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9(4), Article e025380. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025380

Objective: To assess the effects of using health social media on different days of the working week on web activity. Design: Individually randomised controlled parallel group superiority trial. Setting: Twitter and Weibo. Participants: 194 Cochran... Read More about Day of the week to tweet: a randomised controlled trial.

Sound therapy (using amplification devices and/or sound generators) for tinnitus (2018)
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Sereda, M., Xia, J., El Refaie, A., Hall, D. A., & Hoare, D. J. (2018). Sound therapy (using amplification devices and/or sound generators) for tinnitus. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018(12), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013094.pub2

BACKGROUND: Tinnitus affects 10% to 15% of the adult population, with about 20% of these experiencing symptoms that negatively affect quality of life. In England alone there are an estimated ¾ million general practice consultations every year where t... Read More about Sound therapy (using amplification devices and/or sound generators) for tinnitus.

A systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the effectiveness of alternative listening devices to conventional hearing aids in adults with hearing loss (2018)
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Maidment, D. W., Barker, A. B., Xia, J., & Ferguson, M. A. (2018). A systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the effectiveness of alternative listening devices to conventional hearing aids in adults with hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 57(10), 721-729. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2018.1493546

Objective: Recent technological advances have led to a rapid increase in alternative listening devices to conventional hearing aids. The aim was to systematically review the existing evidence to assess the effectiveness of alternative listening devic... Read More about A systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the effectiveness of alternative listening devices to conventional hearing aids in adults with hearing loss.

Cyclically resolved flame and flow imaging in an alcohol fuelled SI engine (2018)
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Moslemin Koupaie, M., Cairns, A., Xia, J., Vafamehr, H., & Lanzanova, T. (2019). Cyclically resolved flame and flow imaging in an alcohol fuelled SI engine. Fuel, 237, 874-887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.10.075

The work was concerned with improving understanding of the interaction of the bulk in-cylinder flow with turbulent premixed flame propagation when using varied fuels including iso-octane, ethanol or butanol. The experiments were performed in a single... Read More about Cyclically resolved flame and flow imaging in an alcohol fuelled SI engine.

Sound therapy (using amplification devices and/or sound generators) for tinnitus in adults (Protocol) (2018)
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Sereda, M., Xia, J., El Refaie, A., Hall, D. A., & Hoare, D. (2018). Sound therapy (using amplification devices and/or sound generators) for tinnitus in adults (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018(8), Article CD013094. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013094

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of sound therapy (using amplification devices and/or sound generators) for tinnitus in adults.

Comparative efficacy and tolerability of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (2018)
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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.

Cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of delirium in non-ICU settings (2018)
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Yu, A., Wu, S., Zhang, Z., Dening, T., Zhao, S., Pinner, G., …Yang, D. (2018). Cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of delirium in non-ICU settings. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018(6), Article CD012494. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012494.pub2

Background Delirium is a common clinical syndrome defined as alterations in attention with an additional disturbance in cognition or perception, which develop over a short period of time and tend to fluctuate during the course of the episode. Deli... Read More about Cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of delirium in non-ICU settings.

Making progress with the automation of systematic reviews: principles of the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR) (2018)
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Beller, E., Clark, J., Tsafnat, G., Adams, C., Diehl, H., Lund, H., …Glasziou, P. (2018). Making progress with the automation of systematic reviews: principles of the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR). Systematic Reviews, 7, Article 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-018-0740-7

Systematic reviews (SR) are vital to health care, but have become complicated and time-consuming, due to the rapid expansion of evidence to be synthesised. Fortunately, many tasks of systematic reviews have the potential to be automated or may be ass... Read More about Making progress with the automation of systematic reviews: principles of the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR).

Comparative efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents and adults: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis (2017)
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Cortese, S., Adamo, N., Mohr-Jensen, C., Hayes, A. J., Bhatti, S., Carucci, S., …Coghill, D. (in press). Comparative efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents and adults: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 7(1), Article e013967. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013967

Introduction Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a major public health issue. Pharmacological treatments play an important role in the multimodal treatment of ADHD. Currently, there is a lack of up-to-date and comprehensive evidence on... Read More about Comparative efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents and adults: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Effectiveness of alternative listening devices to conventional hearing aids for adults with hearing loss: a systematic review protocol (2016)
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Maidment, D. W., Barker, A., Xia, J., & Ferguson, M. A. (2016). Effectiveness of alternative listening devices to conventional hearing aids for adults with hearing loss: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 6(10), Article e011683. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011683

Introduction Hearing loss is a major public health concern, affecting over 11 million people in the UK. While hearing aids are the most common clinical intervention for hearing loss, the majority of people that would benefit from using hearing aids d... Read More about Effectiveness of alternative listening devices to conventional hearing aids for adults with hearing loss: a systematic review protocol.

Hydromorphone for cancer pain (2016)
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Bao, Y. J., Hou, W., Kong, X. Y., Yang, L., Xia, J., Hua, B. J., & Knaggs, R. (2016). Hydromorphone for cancer pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Article CD011108. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011108.pub2

BACKGROUND Cancer pain is an important and distressing symptom that tends to increase in frequency and intensity as the cancer advances. For people with advanced cancer, the prevalence of pain can be as high as 90%. It has been estimated that 30%... Read More about Hydromorphone for cancer pain.