Livia Puljak

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2017-2024
Publications (10 Years): 77

Top Topics

Systematic Review

Neuropathic Pain

Nursing Students

Top Venues

BMC medical research methodology

Journal of comparative effectiveness research

Research synthesis methods

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Publications

Jakov Milić, Nataša Skitarelić, Dijana Majstorović, Sanja Zoranić, Marta Čivljak, Kata Ivanišević, Mario Marendić, Jasna Mesarić, Zrinka Puharić, Marijana Neuberg, Snježana Čukljek, Aleksandar Racz, Livia Puljak
Levels of depression, anxiety and subjective happiness among health sciences students in Croatia: a multi-centric cross-sectional study. BMC psychiatry 24 (1) (2024)
Jakov Milić, Nataša Skitarelić, Dijana Majstorović, Sanja Zoranić, Marta Čivljak, Kata Ivanišević, Mario Marendić, Jasna Mesarić, Zrinka Puharić, Marijana Neuberg, Snježana Čukljek, Aleksandar Racz, Livia Puljak
Levels of depression, anxiety and subjective happiness among health sciences students in Croatia: a multi-centric cross-sectional study. BMC psychiatry 24 (1) (2024)
Jelena Međaković, Antonia Čivljak, Tatjana Zorčec, Vesna Vucic, Danijela Ristic-Medic, Aleksandra Veselinović, Marta Čivljak, Livia Puljak
Perceptions on support, challenges and needs among parents and caregivers of children with developmental disabilities in Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia: a cross-sectional study. BMC pediatrics 24 (1) (2024)
Fran Šaler, Marin Viđak, Livia Puljak
Methodology of clinical trials on sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors registered on ClinicalTrials.gov: a cross-sectional study. BMC medical research methodology 24 (1) (2024)
Andrija Babić, Ognjen Barcot, Tomislav Visković, Frano Šarić, Aleksandar Kirkovski, Ivana Barun, Zvonimir Križanac, Roshan Arjun Ananda, Yuli-Viviana Fuentes-Barreiro, Narges Malih, Daiana Anne-Marie Dimcea, Josipa Ordulj, Ishanka Weerasekara, Matteo Spezia, Marija Franka Žuljević, Jelena Šuto, Luca Tancredi, Anđela Pijuk, Susanna Sammali, Veronica Iascone, Thilo von Groote, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Livia Puljak
Frequency of use and adequacy of Cochrane risk of bias tool 2 in non-Cochrane systematic reviews published in 2020: Meta-research study. Research synthesis methods (2024)
Viljemka Bučević Popović, Esma Karahmet Farhat, Ines Banjari, Antonia Jelicic Kadic, Livia Puljak
Bioavailability of Oral Curcumin in Systematic Reviews: A Methodological Study. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) 17 (2) (2024)
Fran Šaler, Marin Viđak, Livia Puljak
Methodology of clinical trials on sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors registered on ClinicalTrials.gov: a cross-sectional study. BMC medical research methodology 24 (1) (2024)
Viljemka Bučević Popović, Esma Karahmet Farhat, Ines Banjari, Antonia Jelicic Kadic, Livia Puljak
Bioavailability of Oral Curcumin in Systematic Reviews: A Methodological Study. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) 17 (2) (2024)
Jakov Milić, Nataša Skitarelić, Dijana Majstorović, Sanja Zoranić, Marta Čivljak, Kata Ivanišević, Mario Marendić, Jasna Mesarić, Zrinka Puharić, Marijana Neuberg, Snježana Čukljek, Aleksandar Racz, Livia Puljak
Levels of depression, anxiety and subjective happiness among health sciences students in Croatia: a multi-centric cross-sectional study. BMC psychiatry 24 (1) (2024)
Jelena Međaković, Antonia Čivljak, Tatjana Zorčec, Vesna Vucic, Danijela Ristic-Medic, Aleksandra Veselinović, Marta Čivljak, Livia Puljak
Perceptions on support, challenges and needs among parents and caregivers of children with developmental disabilities in Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia: a cross-sectional study. BMC pediatrics 24 (1) (2024)
Jelena Međaković, Antonia Čivljak, Tatjana Zorčec, Vesna Vucic, Danijela Ristic-Medic, Aleksandra Veselinović, Marta Čivljak, Livia Puljak
Perceptions on support, challenges and needs among parents and caregivers of children with developmental disabilities in Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia: a cross-sectional study. BMC pediatrics 24 (1) (2024)
Andrija Babić, Ognjen Barcot, Tomislav Visković, Frano Šarić, Aleksandar Kirkovski, Ivana Barun, Zvonimir Križanac, Roshan Arjun Ananda, Yuli-Viviana Fuentes-Barreiro, Narges Malih, Daiana Anne-Marie Dimcea, Josipa Ordulj, Ishanka Weerasekara, Matteo Spezia, Marija Franka Žuljević, Jelena Šuto, Luca Tancredi, Anđela Pijuk, Susanna Sammali, Veronica Iascone, Thilo von Groote, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Livia Puljak
Frequency of use and adequacy of Cochrane risk of bias tool 2 in non-Cochrane systematic reviews published in 2020: Meta-research study. Research synthesis methods 15 (3) (2024)
Marta Civljak, Ines Stivic, Livia Puljak
Secondary traumatic stress in working nurses studying part time in a bachelor or Master's nursing program in Croatia: a cross-sectional study. BMC nursing 23 (1) (2024)
Fran Šaler, Marin Viđak, Livia Puljak
Methodology of clinical trials on sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors registered on ClinicalTrials.gov: a cross-sectional study. BMC medical research methodology 24 (1) (2024)
Marta Civljak, Ines Stivic, Livia Puljak
Secondary traumatic stress in working nurses studying part time in a bachelor or Master's nursing program in Croatia: a cross-sectional study. BMC nursing 23 (1) (2024)
Valentina Koscak, Josip Stojic, Marina Lackovic, Livia Puljak
Frequency of exposure incidents in hospital workers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic based on the hospital status and the use of personal protective equipment: a descriptive study with a historical comparison group. BMC infectious diseases 24 (1) (2024)
Luka Ursić, Nensi Ćaćić, Marija Franka Žuljević, Livia Puljak, Ivan Buljan
Exploring the understanding of reproducibility among stakeholders within academia and their expectations for a web-based education tool: A qualitative study. Accountability in research (2024)
Jakov Milić, Zrinka Vuksan-Ćusa, Jelena Jakab, Maja Ćurčić, Livia Puljak, Iva Milić Vranješ, Maja Miskulin
Tendencies towards emigration and their association with introversion and ethnocentrism among final-year medical students from Osijek, Croatia: a cross-sectional study. BMC medical education 23 (1) (2023)
Livia Puljak, Anamarija Mladinić, Zvonimir Koporc
Workload and procedures used by European data protection authorities related to personal data protection: a cross-sectional study. BMC research notes 16 (1) (2023)
Martina Carev, Marta Čivljak, Livia Puljak, Svjetlana Došenović
Characteristics, completion and publication of PROSPERO records in regional anesthesia for acute perioperative pain. Journal of comparative effectiveness research 12 (3) (2023)
Livia Puljak, Anamarija Mladinić, Zvonimir Koporc
Workload and procedures used by European data protection authorities related to personal data protection: a cross-sectional study. BMC research notes 16 (1) (2023)
Martina Carev, Marta Čivljak, Livia Puljak, Svjetlana Došenović
Characteristics, completion and publication of PROSPERO records in regional anesthesia for acute perioperative pain. Journal of comparative effectiveness research (2023)
Livia Puljak, Hans Lund
Definition, harms, and prevention of redundant systematic reviews. Systematic reviews 12 (1) (2023)
Martina Carev, Marta Čivljak, Livia Puljak, Svjetlana Došenović
Characteristics, completion and publication of PROSPERO records in regional anesthesia for acute perioperative pain. Journal of comparative effectiveness research 12 (3) (2023)
Ana Sanader Vucemilovic, Marina Krnic Martinic, Elvira Lazic Mosler, Livia Puljak
Pain associated with psoriasis: a qualitative study. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) (2023)
Ante Vardić, Livia Puljak, Tea Galić, Joško Viskić, Ena Kuliš, Tina Poklepović Peričić
Heterogeneity of outcomes in randomized controlled trials on implant prosthodontic therapy is hindering comparative effectiveness research: meta-research study. BMC oral health 23 (1) (2023)
Marta Čivljak, Lovro Ačkar, Livia Puljak
The knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of hospital nurses on smoking cessation interventions: a cross-sectional study. BMC nursing 22 (1) (2023)
Livia Puljak, Anamarija Mladinić, Zvonimir Koporc
Workload and procedures used by European data protection authorities related to personal data protection: a cross-sectional study. BMC research notes 16 (1) (2023)
Renata Runjic, Mia Plenkovic, Stefania Pirosca, Michael Clarke, Shaun Treweek, Livia Puljak
Recommendations from Cochrane reviews for improving future trials on anesthesia and pain: a meta-research study. Journal of comparative effectiveness research 11 (9) (2022)
Mahir Fidahic, Danijela Nujic, Marta Civljak, Renata Runjic, Filipa Markotic, Marin Vidak, Livia Puljak
Standard of care for COVID-19 in randomized clinical trials registered in trial registries and published in preprint servers and scholarly journals: a cross-sectional study. BMC medical research methodology 22 (1) (2022)
Josip Strcic, Antonia Civljak, Terezija Glozinic, Rafael Leite Pacheco, Tonci Brkovic, Livia Puljak
Open data and data sharing in articles about COVID-19 published in preprint servers medRxiv and bioRxiv. Scientometrics 127 (5) (2022)
Jelena Bilić, Lea Skokandić, Livia Puljak
Anticipatory grief and experience of providing at-home palliative care among informal caregivers of spouses in Croatia: a qualitative study. BMC palliative care 21 (1) (2022)
Marina Krnic Martinic, Snjezana Malisa, Diana Aranza, Marta Civljak, Ana Marušić, Damir Sapunar, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Ivan Buljan, Ruzica Tokalic, Dalibor Cavic, Livia Puljak
Creating an online educational intervention to improve knowledge about systematic reviews among healthcare workers: mixed-methods pilot study. BMC medical education 22 (1) (2022)
Marina Krnic Martinic, Marta Čivljak, Ana Marusic, Damir Sapunar, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Ivan Buljan, Ružica Tokalić, Snježana Mališa, Marijana Neuberg, Kata Ivanišević, Diana Aranza, Nataša Skitarelić, Sanja Zoranić, Štefica Mikšić, Dalibor Čavić, Livia Puljak
Web-Based Educational Intervention to Improve Knowledge of Systematic Reviews Among Health Science Professionals: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of medical Internet research 24 (8) (2022)
Andrija Babić, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Dawid Pieper, Livia Puljak
When is the evidence conclusive? Analysis of systematic reviews for which Cochrane declared that conclusions will not change with further studies. Research synthesis methods 13 (4) (2022)
Antonija Hrkać, Darko Bilić, Edita Černy-Obrdalj, Ivan Baketarić, Livia Puljak
Comparison of supervised exercise therapy with or without biopsychosocial approach for chronic nonspecific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial. BMC musculoskeletal disorders 23 (1) (2022)
Ruzica Bojcic, Mate Todoric, Livia Puljak
Adopting AMSTAR 2 critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews: speed of the tool uptake and barriers for its adoption. BMC medical research methodology 22 (1) (2022)
Ognjen Barcot, Matej Ivanda, Ivan Buljan, Dawid Pieper, Livia Puljak
Enhanced access to recommendations from the Cochrane Handbook for improving authors' judgments about risk of bias: A randomized controlled trial. Research synthesis methods 12 (5) (2021)
Ognjen Barcot, Matija Boric, Svjetlana Dosenovic, Livia Puljak
Assessing the risk of performance and detection bias in Cochrane reviews as a joint domain is less accurate compared to two separate domains. BMC medical research methodology 21 (1) (2021)
Darko Novak, Livia Puljak
Frequency and characteristics of promissory conference abstracts, i.e. abstracts without results, accepted at Cochrane Colloquia 1994-2020. BMC medical research methodology 21 (1) (2021)
Israel Júnior Borges do Nascimento, Dónal P O'Mathúna, Thilo Caspar von Groote, Hebatullah Mohamed Abdulazeem, Ishanka Weerasekara, Ana Marusic, Livia Puljak, Vinicius Tassoni Civile, Irena Zakarija-Grkovic, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Alvaro Nagib Atallah, Santino Filoso, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Milena Soriano Marcolino, null null
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: an overview of systematic reviews. BMC infectious diseases 21 (1) (2021)
Ana Sanader Vucemilovic, Danijela Nujic, Livia Puljak
Pain associated with psoriasis: systematic scoping review protocol. BMJ open 10 (6) (2020)
Marija Franka Marušić, Mahir Fidahić, Cristina Mihaela Cepeha, Loredana Gabriela Farcaș, Alexandra Tseke, Livia Puljak
Methodological tools and sensitivity analysis for assessing quality or risk of bias used in systematic reviews published in the high-impact anesthesiology journals. BMC medical research methodology 20 (1) (2020)
Svjetlana Došenović, Andria Dujmic, Danijela Nujić, Ivana Vuka, Goran Tintor, Antonia Jelicic Kadic, Livia Puljak
Reasons and factors associated with inconclusiveness of systematic reviews about interventions for neuropathic pain. Journal of comparative effectiveness research 10 (1) (2020)
Ivana Vuka, Svjetlana Došenović, Tihana Marciuš, Lejla Ferhatović Hamzić, Katarina Vučić, Damir Sapunar, Livia Puljak
Efficacy and safety of pulsed radiofrequency as a method of dorsal root ganglia stimulation for treatment of non-neuropathic pain: a systematic review. BMC anesthesiology 20 (1) (2020)
Livia Puljak, Zvjezdana Lovric Makaric, Ivan Buljan, Dawid Pieper
What is a meta-epidemiological study? Analysis of published literature indicated heterogeneous study designs and definitions. Journal of comparative effectiveness research 9 (7) (2020)
Mahir Fidahic, Danijela Nujic, Renata Runjic, Marta Civljak, Filipa Markotic, Zvjezdana Lovric Makaric, Livia Puljak
Research methodology and characteristics of journal articles with original data, preprint articles and registered clinical trial protocols about COVID-19. BMC medical research methodology 20 (1) (2020)
Livia Puljak
Delays in publishing systematic review registrations in PROSPERO are hindering transparency and may lead to research waste. BMJ evidence-based medicine 26 (6) (2020)
Andrija Babić, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Dawid Pieper, Livia Puljak
How to decide whether a systematic review is stable and not in need of updating: Analysis of Cochrane reviews. Research synthesis methods 11 (6) (2020)
Ognjen Barcot, Matija Boric, Svjetlana Dosenovic, Marija Cavar, Antonia Jelicic Kadic, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Ivana Vukicevic, Ivana Vuka, Livia Puljak
Adequacy of risk of bias assessment in surgical vs non-surgical trials in Cochrane reviews: a methodological study. BMC medical research methodology 20 (1) (2020)
Martin Wolkewitz, Livia Puljak
Methodological challenges of analysing COVID-19 data during the pandemic. BMC medical research methodology 20 (1) (2020)
Dora Jakus, Dalibora Behmen, Ivan Buljan, Ana Marušić, Livia Puljak
Efficacy of reminders for increasing volunteer engagement in translating Cochrane plain language summaries: a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMJ evidence-based medicine 26 (2) (2020)
Daeria O Lawson, Livia Puljak, Dawid Pieper, Stefan Schandelmaier, Gary S Collins, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, David Moher, Peter Tugwell, Vivian A Welch, Zainab Samaan, Brett D Thombs, Anders K Nørskov, Janus Christian Jakobsen, David B Allison, Evan Mayo-Wilson, Taryn Young, An-Wen Chan, Matthias Briel, Gordon H Guyatt, Lehana Thabane, Stefan D Baral
Reporting of methodological studies in health research: a protocol for the development of the MethodologIcal STudy reportIng Checklist (MISTIC). BMJ open 10 (12) (2020)
Livia Puljak
Evidence synthesis and methodological research on evidence in medicine-Why it really is research and it really is medicine. Journal of evidence-based medicine 13 (4) (2020)
Livia Puljak, Marta Čivljak, Ana Haramina, Snježana Mališa, Dalibor Čavić, Dinko Klinec, Diana Aranza, Jasna Mesarić, Nataša Skitarelić, Sanja Zoranić, Dijana Majstorović, Marijana Neuberg, Štefica Mikšić, Kata Ivanišević
Attitudes and concerns of undergraduate university health sciences students in Croatia regarding complete switch to e-learning during COVID-19 pandemic: a survey. BMC medical education 20 (1) (2020)
Tanja Rombey, Valerie Lochner, Livia Puljak, Nadja Könsgen, Tim Mathes, Dawid Pieper
Epidemiology and reporting characteristics of non-Cochrane updates of systematic reviews: A cross-sectional study. Research synthesis methods 11 (3) (2020)
Gehad Mohamed Tawfik, Hoang Thi Nam Giang, Sherief A Ghozy, Ahmed M A Altibi, Hend Kandil, Huu-Hoai Le, Peter Samuel Eid, Ibrahim Radwan, Omar Mohamed Makram, Tong Thi Thu Hien, Mahmoud Sherif, As-Saba Hossain, Luu Lam Thang Tai, Livia Puljak, Hosni Salem, Tarek Numair, Kazuhiko Moji, Nguyen Tien Huy
Protocol registration issues of systematic review and meta-analysis studies: a survey of global researchers. BMC medical research methodology 20 (1) (2020)
Livia Puljak, Dario Sambunjak
Can Authorship be Denied for Contract Work? Science and engineering ethics 26 (2) (2020)
Antonija Penić, Dinka Begić, Karolina Balajić, Martin Kowalski, Ana Marusic, Livia Puljak
Definitions of blinding in randomised controlled trials of interventions published in high-impact anaesthesiology journals: a methodological study and survey of authors. BMJ open 10 (4) (2020)
Antonia Jelicic Kadic, Tanja Kovacevic, Edita Runjic, Ana Simicic Majce, Josko Markic, Branka Polic, Julije Mestrovic, Livia Puljak
Research methodology used in the 50 most cited articles in the field of pediatrics: types of studies that become citation classics. BMC medical research methodology 20 (1) (2020)
Miso Krsticevic, Dragica Saric, Frano Saric, Ema Slapnicar, Krste Boric, Svjetlana Došenović, Antonia Jelicic Kadic, Milka Jeric Kegalj, Livia Puljak
Selective reporting bias due to discrepancies between registered and published outcomes in osteoarthritis trials. Journal of comparative effectiveness research 8 (15) (2019)
Andrija Babic, Andela Pijuk, Lucie Brázdilová, Yuliyana Georgieva, Marco António Raposo Pereira, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Livia Puljak
The judgement of biases included in the category "other bias" in Cochrane systematic reviews of interventions: a systematic survey. BMC medical research methodology 19 (1) (2019)
Ognjen Barcot, Matija Boric, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Marija Cavar, Svjetlana Dosenovic, Ivana Vuka, Livia Puljak
Risk of bias judgments for random sequence generation in Cochrane systematic reviews were frequently not in line with Cochrane Handbook. BMC medical research methodology 19 (1) (2019)
Marina Krnic Martinic, Dawid Pieper, Angelina Glatt, Livia Puljak
Definition of a systematic review used in overviews of systematic reviews, meta-epidemiological studies and textbooks. BMC medical research methodology 19 (1) (2019)
Andrija Babic, Ruzica Tokalic, João Amílcar Silva Cunha, Ivana Novak, Jelena Suto, Marin Vidak, Ivana Miosic, Ivana Vuka, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Livia Puljak
Assessments of attrition bias in Cochrane systematic reviews are highly inconsistent and thus hindering trial comparability. BMC medical research methodology 19 (1) (2019)
Miso Krsticevic, Svjetlana Dosenovic, Daiana Anne-Marie Dimcea, Dominika Jedrzejewska, Ana Catarina Marques Lameirão, Eliana Santos Almeida, Antonia Jelicic Kadic, Milka Jeric Kegalj, Krste Boric, Livia Puljak
Outcome Domains, Outcome Measures, and Characteristics of Randomized Controlled Trials Testing Nonsurgical Interventions for Osteoarthritis. The Journal of rheumatology 47 (1) (2019)
Livia Puljak
Reporting checklists are used as measurement tools for assessing quality, even though they have not been validated for such use. Trials 20 (1) (2019)
Dinka Begic, Clemens Janda-Martinac, Marija Vrdoljak, Livia Puljak
Reporting and analyses of sex/gender and race/ethnicity in randomized controlled trials of interventions published in the highest-ranking anesthesiology journals. Journal of comparative effectiveness research 8 (16) (2019)
Katarina Maticic, Marina Krnic Martinic, Livia Puljak
Assessment of reporting quality of abstracts of systematic reviews with meta-analysis using PRISMA-A and discordance in assessments between raters without prior experience. BMC medical research methodology 19 (1) (2019)
Marija Radman, Andrija Babic, Edita Runjic, Antonia Jelicic Kadic, Milka Jeric, Lorenzo Moja, Livia Puljak
Revisiting established medicines: An overview of systematic reviews about ibuprofen and paracetamol for treating pain in children. European journal of pain (London, England) 23 (6) (2019)
Marina Biocic, Mahir Fidahic, Karla Cikes, Livia Puljak
Comparison of information sources used in Cochrane and non-Cochrane systematic reviews: A case study in the field of anesthesiology and pain. Research synthesis methods 10 (4) (2019)
Zana Saratlija Novakovic, Livia Puljak, Damir Sapunar, Mesut Remzi, Harun Fajkovic, Irene Resch, Mohammad Abufaraj, Claus Riedl, Paul Engelhardt, Wilhelm Hübner, Eckart Breinl, Mario Duvnjak, Stephan Seklehner
Overactive bladder symptoms in patients undergoing rigid and flexible cystoscopy. World journal of urology 38 (8) (2019)
Svjetlana Dosenovic, Antonia Jelicic Kadic, Katarina Vucic, Nikolina Markovina, Dawid Pieper, Livia Puljak
Comparison of methodological quality rating of systematic reviews on neuropathic pain using AMSTAR and R-AMSTAR. BMC medical research methodology 18 (1) (2018)
Katja Janackovic, Livia Puljak
Reporting quality of randomized controlled trial abstracts in the seven highest-ranking anesthesiology journals. Trials 19 (1) (2018)
Ivana Vuka, Katarina Vučić, Tihana Repić, Lejla Ferhatović Hamzić, Damir Sapunar, Livia Puljak
Electrical Stimulation of Dorsal Root Ganglion in the Context of Pain: A Systematic Review of In Vitro and In Vivo Animal Model Studies. Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society 21 (3) (2017)
Milka Jeric, Nives Surjan, Antonia Jelicic Kadic, Nicoletta Riva, Livia Puljak
Treatment of acute migraine attacks in children with analgesics on the World Health Organization Essential Medicines List: A systematic review and GRADE evidence synthesis. Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache 38 (9) (2017)
Livia Puljak, Damir Sapunar
Acceptance of a systematic review as a thesis: survey of biomedical doctoral programs in Europe. Systematic reviews 6 (1) (2017)