Weight Loss in Diabetes

Zhelnov P. A critical appraisal of ‘Kendrick D, Kai J, Griffiths F, Maula A. Evidence generated from a realist synthesis of trials on educational weight loss interventions in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabet Med. 2020 Sep 1. doi: 10.1111/dme.14394. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32871624’. Zheln. 2020 Sep 2;36–38(1):r1d2. URI: https://zheln.com/record/2020/09/02/1/.

Zheln Review Appraisal in 10 Steps:

1. ✅ Downloaded from the PubMed Systematic Subset Daily Updates
2. ✅ Meets Shojania & Bero 2001 True Positive Criteria for Systematic Reviews by Abstract
3. ✅ Full Text & Other Reports Collected by Zheln
4. ✅ Generates Pragmatic Evidence Directly Relevant to Evidence-Based Practice
5. 🔄 Is Duplicate?
6. 🔄 Passed or Failed Replication?
7. 🔄 Has Critical Conduct Flaws?
8. 🔄 Liked or Disliked by Zheln?
9. 🔄 Practical Implications Summarized by Zheln
10. 🔄 Appraisal Published & Call for Crowdfunding

So this is a realist synthesis, not an interventional review; but as authors claim, they have already conducted an interventional review as a separate undertaking. Why, let’s have a look at that one first to figure the background. However, there, several other reviews are cited, so we’ll have to look at these first. But within these, some other reviews, too, are referenced. Thus, to keep things nice & clear, let’s build up a chronology.

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