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ArticleBMJ open2023

Effect of physical activity on coronary heart disease risk factors among firefighters: a scoping review protocol.

Ghaleelullah Achmat, Charlene Erasmus, Jill Kanaley, Lloyd Leach

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Article in BMJ open, 2023. 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
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ghaleelullah AchmatDepartment of Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa gachmat@uwc.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0002-1159-3804
Charlene ErasmusCentre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Children, Families and Society, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
Jill KanaleyDepartment of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Lloyd LeachDepartment of Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
University of the Western Cape · ZAUniversity of Missouri · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPhysical activity interventions have been used for various health conditions, including cardiovascular disease. However, the literature is still limited regarding the effect of physical activity on coronary heart disease among firefighters. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The review will be conducted according to recommendations from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) and PRISMA Protocol guidelines. This scoping review will provide a synthesis of current evidence on the effects of physical activity on coronary heart disease among firefighters. Search strategies will be performed in the following databases: Cochrane database, PubMed, Medline, (EbscoHost), Web of Science, Academic Search Complete, CINAHL (EBSCO), SAGE journals, ScienceDirect and Scopus. We will include literature in the English language that are full-text peer-reviewed articles from inception to November 2021. Screening of (titles, abstracts and full text of potential articles) will be done by two independent authors using EndNote V.9 software tool. A standardised data extraction form will be designed for the extraction. Two authors will independently extract the data from the selected articles and all differences will be discussed by an invited third reviewer if a consensus cannot be reached. The primary outcomes will be the impact of physical fitness on firefighters experiencing coronary artery disease. This information can assist policy-makers in decision-making related to the use of physical activity in firefighters experiencing coronary heart disease. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical clearance has been obtained from the University ethics committee and the City of Cape Town. The findings will be disseminated through publications and the physical activity guidelines will be submitted to the Fire Departments within the City of Cape Town. Data analysis will start on 1 April 2023.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesFirefightersExerciseHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansResearch DesignScoping Reviews as TopicSouth Africacoronary heart diseasehealth policyhealth & safetyprotocols & guidelinessports medicine

Identifiers

PMID37202132
PMCPMC10201227
OpenAlexW4377093174

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