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Mapping the knowledge structure of research on patient adherence: knowledge d...
BACKGROUND: Patient adherence is an important issue for health service providers and health researchers. However, the knowledge structure of diverse research on treatment... -
Trend of urban-rural disparities in hospice utilization in Taiwan.
Aims The palliative care has spread rapidly worldwide in the recent two decades. The development of hospice services in rural areas usually lags behind that in urban areas.... -
The Role of Social Media in Recruiting for Clinical Trials in Pregnancy
Background Recruitment of women in the periconceptional period to clinical studies using traditional advertising through medical establishments is difficult and slow. Given... -
Harnessing Different Motivational Frames via Mobile Phones to Promote Daily P...
Mobile devices are a promising channel for delivering just-in-time guidance and support for improving key daily health behaviors. Despite an explosion of mobile phone... -
Health Research Funding in Mexico: The Need for a Long-Term Agenda
Background The legal framework and funding mechanisms of the national health research system were recently reformed in Mexico. A study of the resource allocation for health... -
A Systematic Review of Re-Identification Attacks on Health Data
Background: Privacy legislation in most jurisdictions allows the disclosure of health data for secondary purposes without patient consent if it is de-identified. Some recent... -
Education in Health Research Methodology: Use of a Wiki for Knowledge Transla...
INTRODUCTION: A research-practice gap exists between what is known about conducting methodologically rigorous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and what is done. Evidence... -
Implementation of web-based respondent-driven sampling among men who have sex...
Objective: Lack of representative data about hidden groups, like men who have sex with men (MSM), hinders an evidence-based response to the HIV epidemics. Respondent-driven... -
A survey of the FDA's AERS database regarding muscle and tendon adverse event...
Background Cholesterol management drugs known as statins are widely used and often well tolerated; however, a variety of muscle-related side effects can arise. These adverse... -
Social media release increases dissemination of original articles in the clin...
A barrier to dissemination of research is that it depends on the end-user searching for or 'pulling' relevant knowledge from the literature base. Social media instead 'pushes'...
