SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2020
Effectiveness of Surgical Face Masks in Reducing Acute Respiratory Infections in Non-Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Frontiers in medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Face Mask for Prevention of Respiratory Tract Infection during Hajj: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Pooled it
- Physio-metabolic and clinical consequences of wearing face masks-Systematic review with meta-analysis and comprehensive evaluation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Reevaluating Mask Effectiveness: Insights From Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Trials.Cureus · 2024Review
- The COVID-19 Pandemic and Emergencies in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery: An Analysis of Patients Presenting to Emergency Rooms in South-West Germany: A Bi-Center Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The bacterial burden of worn face masks-observational research and literature review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
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- Nonpharmaceutical interventions to prevent viral respiratory infection in community settings: an umbrella review.ERJ open research · 2022Review
- Patterns Among Healthcare Workers of Bangalore About Face Mask Usage: A Single-Center Observational Study.Global journal on quality and safety in healthcare · 2022Article
- A review on the transmission of COVID-19 based on cough/sneeze/breath flows.European physical journal plus · 2022Review
- The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the health-seeking behaviour of an Asian population with acute respiratory infections in a densely populated community.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Universal Use of Face Masks and Related Challenges During COVID-19 in Developing Countries.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Review
- Cotton and Surgical Face Masks in Community Settings: Bacterial Contamination and Face Mask Hygiene.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Face masks and COVID-19: don't let perfect be the enemy of good.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2020Article
- Cooperative Research and Infectious Disease Surveillance: A 2021 Epilogue.Frontiers in public healthArticle
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
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Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.