conclusions the genotype distribution of hcv takes diverse patterns in emro countries. genotypes 1 and 3 were predominant in iran and pakistan, while genotype 4 and 1 were the most common genotypes in the middle east arab countries and north african arab countries. understanding the genotypes of hcv can help policy makers in designing good strategies for treatment. results a total of 563 record...

introduction: post-operative pain and flare-up may occur in up to 58% of patients following root canal treatment. the aim was to conduct a systematic review and a possible meta-analysis to determine the effect of glucocorticosteroid (gcs) on pain following root canal treatment. methods and materials: scopus, medline and central databases were searched up to 30 th january 2017 with broad key wor...

To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on controlled treatment trials of meta-cognitive therapy (MCT) for anxiety disorders, studies were included if they employed controlled methodology and treated people above 18 years with anxiety disorders. Case studies (with less than 4 cases) and single case designed studies were excluded. A comprehensive literature search identified 15 trials f...

Background: This comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to assess the associated factors of maintenance in patients with methadone therapy in the world.Methods: A systematic literature review was performed from several scientific databases; these include PubMed, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, and MEDLINE. We searched the following keywords: “Methadone”, “Maintenance”, “Re...

to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on controlled treatment trials of meta-cognitive therapy (mct) for anxiety disorders, studies were included if they employed controlled methodology and treated people above 18 years with anxiety disorders. case studies (with less than 4 cases) and single case designed studies were excluded. a comprehensive literature search identified 15 trials f...

G Meta-analysis is most often used to assess the clinical effectiveness of healthcare interventions; it does this by combining data from two or more randomised control trials. G Meta-analysis of trials provides a precise estimate of treatment effect, giving due weight to the size of the different studies included. G The validity of the meta-analysis depends on the quality of the systematic revi...

abstract the prevalence of asthma is inconsistent in different countries and even in regions of a country. awareness of this prevalence has favorable impacts on health care system planning. the aim of this literature review and meta-analysis was to estimate the prevalence of pediatric asthma in the islamic republic of iran during two recent decades. a search was done in national (sid, magiran, ...

Background and aims: The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in pregnant women is in Variable between 40-80% in developing countries. There are some differences among different studies on this disorder. So, this present study is been performed for evaluating the prevalence of IDA among pregnant Iranians with systematic review and meta-analysis method. Methods: This study is based on rec...

Background: Congenital anomaly is a disturbance in fetal growth and development during pregnancy and is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the first year of life. In addition, this anomaly causes a large waste of heath care resources. We aimed to determine the prevalence and proportion rates of different congenital anomalies in Iran via a systematic review and meta-analysis.Me...