Kieko Iida, Mina Ishimaru, Mayuko Tsujimura, Ayumi Wakasugi
{"title":"Community-dwelling older people's experiences of advance care planning with health care professionals: a qualitative systematic review.","authors":"Kieko Iida, Mina Ishimaru, Mayuko Tsujimura, Ayumi Wakasugi","doi":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-23-00221","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this review is to examine community-dwelling older people's experiences of advance care planning with health care professionals.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The importance of health care professionals initiating advance care planning for patients has been reported; however, because of the shift from institutionalized to community care, community-dwelling older people have fewer opportunities to discuss these plans with health care professionals compared with those living in other settings. The timely initiation of advance care planning and sustainable discussions among older people, their families, and community health care professionals is necessary and may improve palliative and end-of-life care.</p><p><strong>Inclusion criteria: </strong>Studies with participants aged 60 years and older who have experience with advance care planning and live in their own homes in the community were included. We considered qualitative studies and the qualitative component of mixed methods studies published between January 1999 and April 2023 in English or Japanese.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, JSTORE, Scopus, Japan Medical Abstract Society, and CiNii were searched for published papers, and Google Scholar, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global, and MedNar were searched for unpublished papers and gray literature. Study selection, critical appraisal, data extraction, and data synthesis were conducted by 2 independent reviewers using the JBI approach and JBI standardized tools. Findings were pooled using a meta-aggregation approach. The synthesized findings were graded using the ConQual approach for establishing confidence in the output of qualitative research syntheses and presented in a Summary of Findings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five studies published between 2017 and 2022 were included in the review. Each study's total score was between 6 and 8 out of 10 on the JBI critical appraisal checklist for qualitative research. We extracted 28 findings and aggregated them into 7 categories, generating 3 synthesized findings: i) A trusting relationship with health professionals is essential for older people's decision-making. Health professionals' attitudes, knowledge, and skills play a role in this, influencing the perceived quality of care; ii) Shared decision-making and patient-centered communication are essential. Older people feel ambiguity toward end-of-life decision and advance care planning and they want their wishes to be heard in any situation to maintain their autonomy and quality of life; iii) Older people need the appropriate forms and accessible and coordinated care to begin advance care planning.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Qualitative studies on community-dwelling older people's experiences of advance care planning with health care professionals are scarce. The experiences have illustrated that trusting relationships influence people's percept","PeriodicalId":36399,"journal":{"name":"JBI evidence synthesis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142773132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences of breastfeeding among mothers of preterm infants during their infants' hospital stay: a qualitative systematic review protocol.","authors":"Tippawan Srichalerm, Donruedee Kamkhoad, Ratchanok Phonyiam","doi":"10.11124/JBIES-24-00078","DOIUrl":"10.11124/JBIES-24-00078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this review is to synthesize the existing qualitative evidence on the breastfeeding experiences of mothers of hospitalized preterm infants.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Breastfeeding is crucial for the well-being and development of preterm infants born before 37 weeks' gestation. Mothers of preterm infants often face challenges that make breastfeeding particularly complex. Understanding mothers' breastfeeding experience is important for health care professionals, as it enables them to provide appropriate support and assistance. The qualitative evidence synthesis regarding the breastfeeding experiences of mothers of preterm infants in hospital settings is a valuable area of research that has not been documented.</p><p><strong>Inclusion criteria: </strong>This review will consider all qualitative studies that explore mothers' experiences of breastfeeding and mother's own milk management for their hospitalized infants. Mothers of preterm infants who provide their own milk to their infants will be considered, regardless of their age, gravidity, parity, singleton/multiple pregnancies, gender identity, marital status, social status, or preterm infant's gestational age.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This review will follow the JBI approach for qualitative systematic review. The search strategy aims to find both published and unpublished studies, with no date limit. A search of PubMed, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), and Embase (EBSCOhost) will be undertaken to identify articles on the topic. Studies published in English will be considered for inclusion in this review. Two independent reviewers will evaluate the methodological validity of the selected papers before incorporating them into the review. Data synthesis will be conducted using the meta-aggregation approach, and synthesized findings will be assessed using the ConQual approach.</p><p><strong>Review registration: </strong>PROSPERO CRD42024501454.</p>","PeriodicalId":36399,"journal":{"name":"JBI evidence synthesis","volume":" ","pages":"2611-2617"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11630659/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142156236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shaminder Dhillon, Michelle Ira Roque, Dina Brooks, Sarah Wojkowski
{"title":"Strategies to increase accessibility for students with disabilities in health professional programs: a scoping review protocol.","authors":"Shaminder Dhillon, Michelle Ira Roque, Dina Brooks, Sarah Wojkowski","doi":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00484","DOIUrl":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this scoping review is to identify strategies in the literature that may increase the accessibility of health professional programs for students with disabilities.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The number of students with disabilities in health professional programs is increasing. However, since students with disabilities experience barriers to education, their retention rates are potentially lower and their attrition rates are potentially higher compared with their non-disabled peers.</p><p><strong>Inclusion criteria: </strong>Academic and gray literature that identifies strategies intended to increase accessibility to health professional programs for students with disabilities will be included. Only articles published from 2000 onward will be considered for inclusion.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This review will follow the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. Databases to be searched will include Embase (Ovid), MEDLINE (Ovid), PsycINFO (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), ERIC (ProQuest), and Web of Science. Gray literature will be searched for using Google. Websites of known disability organizations will also be searched. There will be no language limitations. Paired reviewers will independently screen titles and abstracts, and then full-text articles. Data will be extracted using a tool developed by the reviewers. The extracted data will be synthesized and reported in tabular format, accompanied by a narrative summary connecting the results to the objective of the review.</p><p><strong>Review registration: </strong>Open Science Framework https://osf.io/bsyrt.</p>","PeriodicalId":36399,"journal":{"name":"JBI evidence synthesis","volume":" ","pages":"2625-2635"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142297430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Denis Satoshi Komoda, Marilia Mastrocolla de Almeida Cardoso, Brígida Dias Fernandes, Marília Berlofa Visacri, Carlos Roberto Silveira Correa
{"title":"Artificial intelligence applied in human health technology assessment: a scoping review protocol.","authors":"Denis Satoshi Komoda, Marilia Mastrocolla de Almeida Cardoso, Brígida Dias Fernandes, Marília Berlofa Visacri, Carlos Roberto Silveira Correa","doi":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00377","DOIUrl":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00377","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This scoping review aims to map studies that applied artificial intelligence (AI) tools to perform health technology assessment tasks in human health care. The review also aims to understand specific processes in which the AI tools were applied and to comprehend the technical characteristics of these tools.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Health technology assessment is a complex, time-consuming, and labor-intensive endeavor. The development of automation techniques using AI has opened up new avenues for accelerating such assessments in human health settings. This could potentially aid health technology assessment researchers and decision-makers to deliver higher quality evidence.</p><p><strong>Inclusion criteria: </strong>This review will consider studies that assess the use of AI tools in any process of health technology assessment in human health. However, publications in which AI is a means of clinical aid, such as diagnostics or surgery will be excluded.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A search for relevant articles will be conducted in databases such as CINAHL (EBSCOhost), Embase (Ovid), MEDLINE (PubMed), Science Direct, Computer and Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCOhost), LILACS, Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection. A search for gray literature will be conducted in GreyLit.Org, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, Google Scholar, and the Google search engine. No language filters will be applied. Screening, selection, and data extraction will be performed by 2 independent reviewers. The results will be presented in graphic and tabular format, accompanied by a narrative summary.</p><p><strong>Review registration: </strong>Open Science Framework osf.io/3rm8g.</p>","PeriodicalId":36399,"journal":{"name":"JBI evidence synthesis","volume":" ","pages":"2559-2566"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142120792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Louise M W Mathiesen, Bettan Bagger, Ditte Høgsgaard, Martine V Nielsen, Sissel S Gjedsig, Mai-Britt Hägi-Pedersen
{"title":"Education and training programs for health professionals' competence in virtual consultations: a scoping review protocol.","authors":"Louise M W Mathiesen, Bettan Bagger, Ditte Høgsgaard, Martine V Nielsen, Sissel S Gjedsig, Mai-Britt Hägi-Pedersen","doi":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00285","DOIUrl":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00285","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this scoping review is to explore, report, and map the evidence on education and training programs for current and future health professionals' competence in virtual consultations.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Digital solutions, telemedicine, and technologies are increasingly becoming a part of the health system, requiring current and future health professionals to master skills in these domains.</p><p><strong>Inclusion criteria: </strong>This review will consider any studies on education and training programs designed to optimize current and future health professionals' competence in virtual consultations in any setting, such as faculties, universities, university colleges, hospitals, or community locations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This review will be guided by the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. Published and unpublished sources of information will be searched for in MEDLINE (PubMed), CINAHL Complete (EBSCOhost), and Scopus. Studies written in English, German, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian will be considered, with no geographical or cultural limitations. Two independent reviewers will screen retrieved papers, and a standardized tool will be used to extract data from each included source. The results of the extracted data will be presented in tabular format, together with a narrative summary of the evidence.</p><p><strong>Review registration: </strong>Open Science Framework https://osf.io/bsmuy.</p>","PeriodicalId":36399,"journal":{"name":"JBI evidence synthesis","volume":" ","pages":"2618-2624"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11630651/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141459755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sanne T Kristiansen, Cecilie N Lyhne, Mette Kragh, Karen R Sigaard, Poul Videbech, Erik R Larsen, Merete B Bjerrum
{"title":"Experiences of adult patients living with depression-related insomnia: a qualitative systematic review.","authors":"Sanne T Kristiansen, Cecilie N Lyhne, Mette Kragh, Karen R Sigaard, Poul Videbech, Erik R Larsen, Merete B Bjerrum","doi":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00499","DOIUrl":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this review was to identify and synthesize the best available evidence on how adult patients experience living with depression-related insomnia, and their experiences related to pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions aimed at improving sleep.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Insomnia affects 80% to 90% of patients with depression. The costs of insomnia are considerable for the individual and society alike. To understand the role and consequences of insomnia for an individual with depression and to optimize sleep interventions, an in-depth understanding of patients' experiences is needed. Therefore, this review addresses how adult patients experience living with depression-related insomnia, along with their experiences of pharmacological and non-pharmacological sleep interventions.</p><p><strong>Inclusion criteria: </strong>Studies focusing on adult patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of depression who had experiences with insomnia and pharmacological and/or non-pharmacological sleep interventions were included. All studies with qualitative research findings from inpatient and outpatient populations were considered.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The following databases were searched: MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), PsycINFO (ProQuest), Cochrane CENTRAL, SveMed+, Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection. Google Scholar and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses were searched for eligible dissertations and theses. The searches were conducted on May 3-5, 2022, and updated on June 13-19, 2023. Studies published in English, Danish, German, Norwegian, and Swedish were considered. Databases were searched from their inception to the search date. All studies were screened against the inclusion criteria, and critically and independently appraised by 2 reviewers for methodological quality. Findings were pooled using meta-aggregation, and a ConQual Summary of Findings was created.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ten qualitative studies were included. The studies were conducted in 6 countries and counted a total of 176 participants. In all, 127 findings were extracted and aggregated into 11 categories. From the 11 categories, 3 synthesized findings were developed: i) Disruption of sleep challenges coping with everyday life by depleting both physical and mental resources; ii) Sleep is an escape and a protective factor against suicide; and iii) Choices, support, and personalized interventions from non-pharmacological approaches addressing depression-related insomnia are valued.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This review underlined the relationship between depression-related insomnia, its profound impact on individuals' lives, and the value of non-pharmacological sleep interventions to address these issues. Specifically, the review revealed the physical and emotional consequences of insomnia while emphasizing how wakefulness during night hours may exacerbate feeling","PeriodicalId":36399,"journal":{"name":"JBI evidence synthesis","volume":" ","pages":"2447-2517"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142156235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paramita Bhattacharya, Sajda Khatoon, Suraya Roy, Nirmalya Mukherjee, Amit Yadav, Pranay Lal, Subhash Pokhrel, Denny John
{"title":"Return on investment of tobacco control measures: a systematic review protocol.","authors":"Paramita Bhattacharya, Sajda Khatoon, Suraya Roy, Nirmalya Mukherjee, Amit Yadav, Pranay Lal, Subhash Pokhrel, Denny John","doi":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00371","DOIUrl":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00371","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this systematic review will be to estimate the return on investment (ROI) and social return on investment (SROI) on tobacco control measures.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Tobacco consumption has been proven to be associated with a huge epidemiological, humanistic, and economic burden. National and international organizations are making concerted efforts to control tobacco use. However, currently, there are no conclusive estimates of the ROI and SROI of such programs and policies.</p><p><strong>Inclusion criteria: </strong>This review will include all studies that evaluate the ROI or SROI on tobacco control programs and policies on tobacco users and probable tobacco users globally.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This review will follow the JBI methodology for systematic reviews of economic evidence. Databases to be searched will include Embase (Ovid), MEDLINE (PubMed), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Health Economic Evaluation Database (HEED), National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED), CEA Registry, LILACS, Science Direct, Web of Science, EconLit, and Google Advanced Search. Gray literature will also be searched for in non-academic databases, including the websites of various civil societies and non-governmental organizations involved in tobacco control. Two independent reviewers will screen titles/abstracts, and later full-text studies. Critical appraisal will be conducted using the JBI checklist for economic evaluations and the SROI Quality Framework. Data will be extracted and synthesized using JBI data extraction forms and synthesis tools. The MPOWER framework will be considered for data synthesis across all selected studies using narrative synthesis, tables, and figures.</p><p><strong>Review registration: </strong>PROSPERO CRD42023391591.</p>","PeriodicalId":36399,"journal":{"name":"JBI evidence synthesis","volume":" ","pages":"2601-2610"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142297429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erika Sprake, Janice Kung, Michelle Graham, Ross Tsuyuki, William Gibson
{"title":"Deprescribing for older adults during acute care admission: a scoping review protocol.","authors":"Erika Sprake, Janice Kung, Michelle Graham, Ross Tsuyuki, William Gibson","doi":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00406","DOIUrl":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00406","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this scoping review is to understand the current body of knowledge regarding deprescribing in adults aged 60 years or older in acute care settings, including the deprescribing activities that are being undertaken, and the feasibility, challenges, and outcomes of the practice.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Polypharmacy is prevalent amongst older adults, despite risks to patients. Much of the existing research on deprescribing has occurred in the outpatient context, with recent research emerging on the unique opportunity that acute care may provide.</p><p><strong>Inclusion criteria: </strong>This review will include deprescribing in adults aged 60 years or older in acute care. It will consider deprescribing occurring during inpatient admission and at the time of discharge from hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The JBI method for scoping reviews will guide this review. A search of MEDLINE (Ovid), Scopus, Web of Science Core Collection, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), Embase (Ovid), and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews will be undertaken from inception to present with no language restrictions. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method studies, clinical practice guidelines, and opinion papers will be considered for inclusion. Systematic reviews and scoping reviews will be excluded. Google Scholar and a general Google search will be conducted for gray literature. Two reviewers will assess articles for inclusion and any disagreements will be discussed and resolved by discussion or a third reviewer, if required. Findings will be presented in the scoping review using a narrative approach with supporting quantitative data in a tabular format according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews checklist (PRISMA-ScR).</p><p><strong>Review registration: </strong>Open Science Framework https://osf.io/pb7aw/.</p>","PeriodicalId":36399,"journal":{"name":"JBI evidence synthesis","volume":" ","pages":"2585-2592"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11630656/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141617299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In response to \"Consumer experience and outcomes related to short and midline peripheral intravenous catheters in acute health care\".","authors":"Michelle Nelson, Linda Coventry, Melanie Baker","doi":"10.11124/JBIES-24-00500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-24-00500","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36399,"journal":{"name":"JBI evidence synthesis","volume":"22 12","pages":"2652-2653"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruofei Trophy Chen, Vincent Pearson, Orathai Suebkinorn, Lemma N Bulto, Alice Anderson, Adam J Nelson, Sophia Zoungas, Stephen J Nicholls, Robyn A Clark
{"title":"Effectiveness of receiving cardiovascular disease genetic risk information on health behaviors, psychological responses, and associated risk factor modification in individuals: a systematic review protocol.","authors":"Ruofei Trophy Chen, Vincent Pearson, Orathai Suebkinorn, Lemma N Bulto, Alice Anderson, Adam J Nelson, Sophia Zoungas, Stephen J Nicholls, Robyn A Clark","doi":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00313","DOIUrl":"10.11124/JBIES-23-00313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This review aims to assess the effectiveness of receiving cardiovascular disease (CVD) genetic risk information on individual health behaviors, psychological responses, and risk factor modification.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Advancements in genomics have identified strong genetic predispositions for CVD, leading to the development of CVD genetic risk information. Integrating genetic risk information into clinical practice shows promise in predicting CVD risk and facilitating multifactorial management.</p><p><strong>Inclusion criteria: </strong>This review will focus on randomized controlled trials assessing individual responses to CVD genetic risk information. Participants will be adults aged 18 or older, either with or without CVD. The review will compare the effectiveness of receiving genetic risk information with receiving traditional risk information or no risk information, assessing outcomes such as health behaviors, psychological responses, and risk factor modification.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cochrane CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, and Emcare will be searched for relevant studies. Current or unpublished trials will be searched for in ClinicalTrials.gov and World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. Articles will be screened and assessed for inclusion by 2 independent reviewers. Methodological quality will be assessed using the standardized instrument from JBI. Data will be extracted and synthesized according to the objectives of the review. If data are sufficient, a meta-analysis will be conducted; otherwise, the findings will be presented in narrative format, including tables and figures. The certainty of evidence will be assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) approach.</p><p><strong>Review registration: </strong>PROSPERO CRD42023390876.</p>","PeriodicalId":36399,"journal":{"name":"JBI evidence synthesis","volume":" ","pages":"2567-2576"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142120793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}