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ReviewCurrent treatment options in gastroenterology2022

The Impact of Social Workers in Cirrhosis Care: a Systematic Review.

Nneka N Ufere, Jan Hinson, Simon Finnigan, Elizabeth E Powell, John Donlan, Cathy Martin, Phil Clark, Patricia C Valery

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In one paragraph

Review in Current treatment options in gastroenterology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Nneka N UfereMassachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 USA.
Jan HinsonFaculty of Health Sciences, School of Allied Health, Social Work Discipline, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane Campus (McAuley), 1100 Nudgee Road, Banyo, QLD 4014 Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8890-6875
Simon FinniganCentre for Functioning and Health Research, Metro South Health, Level 3, Buranda Village, Buranda, QLD 4102 Australia.
Elizabeth E PowellDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, 199 Ipswish Road, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102 Australia.
John DonlanHarvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Cathy MartinQueensland Liver Transplant Service, Princess Alexandra Hospital, 199 Ipswish Road, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102 Australia.
Phil ClarkFaculty of Health Sciences, School of Allied Health, Social Work Discipline, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane Campus (McAuley), 1100 Nudgee Road, Banyo, QLD 4014 Australia.
Patricia C ValeryPopulation Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006 Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8823-3006
Australian Catholic University · AUPrincess Alexandra Hospital · AUHarvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · AUThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

NIDDK NIH HHS L30 DK126237
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose of review: To report social workers' involvement in supporting patients with cirrhosis. Recent findings: Six intervention studies (three published in the past 3 years) highlighed the potential role of social worker-led interventions to improve the outcomes of patients with cirrhosis. In studies of patients with alcohol-related liver disease ( Summary: More high-quality evidence is needed to formally assess the impact of social workers in improving the outcomes of patients with cirrhosis. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11938-022-00381-2.

Indexed as

Chronic liver diseaseInterventionPsychosocial challengesSupportive careSupport services

Identifiers

PMID35676928
PMCPMC9167183
OpenAlexW4224284735

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