Table 2_Transition to adulthood in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: a systematic review with n

Sebastian Friedrich authored a systematic review analyzing 42 studies on health systems, policies, and provider roles for transitioning youth with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy from pediatric to adult care. The review, compliant with PRISMA guidelines, searched literature from 2000 to 2025 and utilized a narrative synthesis framework. It was last updated on 2026-05-29 and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Identify gaps in policy implementation for rare disease care based on the review's finding of a disconnect between guidelines and practice.
• Analyze the shift in primary medical specialties during patient transition based on the described change from neurology to respiratory/sleep medicine.
• Study the inclusion of neurodiversity in care models based on the finding that only 4 of 42 reviewed studies addressed this topic.

Strengths

• The review is based on 42 included studies, providing a defined scope of evidence.
• The methodology is PRISMA-compliant and searched six major databases from 2000 to 2025.
• The analysis uses the Popay Narrative Synthesis framework to integrate quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods data.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 21.1 KB DOCX file, indicating a very limited textual summary rather than the underlying research data.
• Row count and column-level documentation for any extracted data are absent.
• The description metadata is limited; the actual data quality and structure require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Sebastian Friedrich via figshare.

Collection Method

PRISMA-compliant systematic review and narrative synthesis of literature from OVID Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science, and SCOPUS.

Time Range

Literature reviewed from 2000-01-01 to 2025-08-31.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 05:32:03.