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SynthesisObesity surgery2024

Economic Evaluations of Anti-obesity Interventions in Obese Adults: An Umbrella Review.

Faezeh Valaei Sharif, Nazila Yousefi, Zahra Sharif

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Synthesis in Obesity surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of Time-Restricted Eating on Metabolic Adaptation in Adults With Severe Obesity During Early Phase of Weight Loss.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Faezeh Valaei SharifSchool of Pharmacy, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-6920-6152
Nazila YousefiDepartment of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharma Management, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-8079-7424
Zahra SharifSchool of Pharmacy, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. sharifzahraa@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6175-2992
Jahrom University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This umbrella review amalgamates the outcomes of economic evaluations pertaining to bariatric surgeries, pharmacotherapy, and gastric balloon for adult obesity treatment. Six databases were systematically searched. The inclusion criteria were established following the Patient/population Intervention Comparison and Outcomes (PICO) statement. Fifteen reviews met all the inclusion criteria. Eight studies focused on surgical interventions, four on pharmacotherapy, and three on both interventions. No systematic review of the economic evaluation of gastric balloons was identified. The majority of reviews advocated bariatric surgery as a cost-effective approach; however, there was discordance in the interpretation of pharmacological cost-effectiveness. Most of the economic evaluations were conducted from the payer and the healthcare system perspectives. We propose that future economic evaluations assessing weight loss interventions in adults adopt a societal perspective and longer-term time horizons.

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryCost-Benefit AnalysisWeight LossAdultAnti-Obesity AgentsGastric BalloonHumansObesityObesity, MorbidAnti-Obesity AgentsAnti-obesity agentsBariatric surgeryCost-effectiveness analysisEconomicsGastric balloonObesityUmbrella review

Identifiers

PMID38438668
OpenAlexW4392384554

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