{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(1)"],"submitter":["Kearns C"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>(1) Assess the distribution of skin-to-deltoid-muscle distance (SDMD) at the deltoid intramuscular (IM) injection site; (2) its relationship with demographic and anthropometric variables and (3) Consider the findings in relation to clinical guidance on IM injection, such as COVID-19 vaccines.<h4>Design</h4>Systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.<h4>Data sources</h4>MEDLINE, EMBASE, ClinicalTrials.gov, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and SCOPUS between June and July 2021 with no publication date limit.<h4>Eligibility criteria</h4>Studies reporting measurements of the SDMD in living adults aged 16 years and older, at the deltoid IM injection site, published in English were considered.<h4>Data extraction and synthe"],"journal":["BMJ open"],"pagination":["e063530"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9872490"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["What variables should inform needle length choice for deltoid intramuscular injection? A systematic review."],"pmcid":["PMC9872490"],"pubmed_authors":["Ali Mirjalili S","Hills T","Bruce P","Hatter L","Krishnamoorthy S","Houghton C","Dickinson E","Weatherall M","Beasley R","Doppen M","Kearns C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"What variables should inform needle length choice for deltoid intramuscular injection? A systematic review.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>(1) Assess the distribution of skin-to-deltoid-muscle distance (SDMD) at the deltoid intramuscular (IM) injection site; (2) its relationship with demographic and anthropometric variables and (3) Consider the findings in relation to clinical guidance on IM injection, such as COVID-19 vaccines.<h4>Design</h4>Systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.<h4>Data sources</h4>MEDLINE, EMBASE, ClinicalTrials.gov, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and SCOPUS between June and July 2021 with no publication date limit.<h4>Eligibility criteria</h4>Studies reporting measurements of the SDMD in living adults aged 16 years and older, at the deltoid IM injection site, published in English were considered.<h4>Data extraction and synthe","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jan","modification":"2025-04-19T14:30:18.432Z","creation":"2025-04-19T14:30:18.432Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9872490","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36669836"],"doi":["10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063530"]}}