| Title |
Zinc supplements for treating thalassaemia and sickle cell disease
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, June 2013
|
| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd009415.pub2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kye Mon Min Swe, Adinegara BL Abas, Amit Bhardwaj, Ankur Barua, N S Nair |
| Abstract |
Haemoglobinopathies, inherited disorders of haemoglobin synthesis (thalassaemia) or structure (sickle cell disease), are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world. The WHO estimates that, globally, 5% of adults are carriers of a haemoglobin condition, 2.9% are carriers of thalassaemia and 2.3% are carriers of sickle cell disease. Carriers are found worldwide as a result of migration of various ethnic groups to different regions of the world. Zinc is an easily available supplement and intervention programs have been carried out to prevent deficiency in people with thalassaemia or sickle cell anaemia. It is important to evaluate the role of zinc supplementation in the treatment of thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia to reduce deaths due to complications. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 25% |
| France | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 207 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 205 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 39 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 13% |
| Researcher | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 16 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 8% |
| Other | 42 | 20% |
| Unknown | 48 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 75 | 36% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 23 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 23 | 11% |
| Unknown | 53 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 July 2020.
All research outputs
#4,348,897
of 25,595,500 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#6,875
of 13,156 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#35,298
of 208,179 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#158
of 305 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,595,500 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 82nd percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 13,156 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 35.8. This one is in the 47th percentile – i.e., 47% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 208,179 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 83% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 305 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 48th percentile – i.e., 48% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.