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The time to act is now: pseudo-systematic review.
Ford, Nathan; Brigden, Grania; Ellman, Tom; Mills, Edward J.
Affiliation
  • Ford N; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa.
  • Brigden G; Department of Tuberculosis, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Ellman T; South African Medical Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Mills EJ; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
BMJ ; 371: m4143, 2020 12 10.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33303482
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

To identify any medical or public health rationale for claims that the time to act is now.

DESIGN:

Pseudo-systematic review. DATA SOURCES PubMed. STUDY SELECTION Studies that included the claim "time is now" in the title, with or without exclamation marks. No language or date restriction was applied.

RESULTS:

512 articles were included for review. No relationship was identified between time to act and disease burden, severity, or specialty. Claims that the time to act was Christmas were almost entirely without basis. A clustering of claims that it is time to act in the first quarter of the year suggested a possible association with New Year's resolutions.

CONCLUSIONS:

Now is as good a time as any.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Time-to-Treatment Type of study: Systematic_reviews Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: BMJ Journal subject: MEDICINA Year: 2020 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Sudáfrica
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Time-to-Treatment Type of study: Systematic_reviews Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: BMJ Journal subject: MEDICINA Year: 2020 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Sudáfrica