Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34759462›Full record

ReviewActa informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH2021

Fuzzy Logic Intelligent Systems and Methods in Midwifery and Obstetrics.

Stavroula G Barbounaki, Antigoni Sarantaki, Kleanthi Gourounti

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stavroula G BarbounakiElectrical and Computer Engineer, Independent Researcher, National Merchant Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos, Aspropyrgos, Greece.
Antigoni SarantakiMidwifery Department, Faculty of Health & Caring Sciences, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Kleanthi GourountiElectrical and Computer Engineer, Independent Researcher, National Merchant Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos, Aspropyrgos, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFuzzy logic can be used to model and manipulate imprecise and subjective knowledge imitating the human reasoning.

objectiveThe aim of this systematic review was to analyze research studies pertaining to fuzzy logic and fuzzy intelligent systems applications in midwifery and obstetrics.

methodsA thorough literature review was performed in four electronic databases (PubMed, APA PsycINFO, SCOPUS, ScienceDirect). Only the papers that discussed fuzzy logic and fuzzy intelligent systems applications in midwifery and obstetrics were considered in this review. Selected papers were critically evaluated as for their relevance and a contextual synthesis was conducted.

resultsTwentynine papers were included in this systematic review as they met the inclusion and methodological criteria specified in this study. The results suggest that fuzzy logic and fuzzy intelligent systems have been successfully applied in midwifery and obstetrics topics, such as diagnosis, pregnancy risk assessment, fetal monitoring, bladder tumor, etc.

conclusionThis systematic review suggests that fuzzy logic is applicable to midwifery and obstetrics domains providing the means for developing affective intelligent systems that can assist human experts in dealing with complex diagnosis and problem solving. However, its full potential is not yet been examined, thus presenting an opportunity for further research.

Indexed as

diagnosisFuzzy Logicintelligent systemsmidwiferyobstetricspregnancy risks

Identifiers

PMID34759462
PMCPMC8563028

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.