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Factors associated with health service orientation and active product marketi...
Abstract Background Little is known about pharmacy owners’ commitment to public health and health policy goals in the strategic planning of their business. The aim of this... -
The impact of MTHFR 677C → T risk knowledge on changes in folate intake: find...
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Development of an infant feeding core outcome set for childhood obesity inter...
Abstract Background Childhood obesity is a significant public health challenge that affects approximately one in five children worldwide. Infant feeding practices are implicated... -
The efficacy of varenicline in achieving abstinence among waterpipe tobacco s...
Abstract Background Waterpipe tobacco smoking has increased among youth across the globe including in the US, and it continues as a common and traditional form of smoking... -
Cross-sector surveys assessing perceptions of key stakeholders towards barrie...
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Pharmacological pain relief and fear of childbirth in low risk women; seconda...
Abstract Background Fear of childbirth may reduce the womens’ pain tolerance during labour and may have impact on the mother-infant interaction. We aimed to assess (1) the... -
Introduction of a standardised protocol, including systematic use of tranexam...
Abstract Background Bleeding is an important cause of death in trauma victims. In 2010, the CRASH-2 study, a multicentre randomized control trial on the effect of tranexamic... -
Complaint handling in healthcare: expectation gaps between physicians and the...
Background: Patients who submit complaints about the healthcare they have received are often dissatisfied with the response to their complaints. This is usually attributed to... -
Outcome reporting in neonates experiencing withdrawal following opioid exposu...
Abstract Background Neonatal withdrawal secondary to in utero opioid exposure is a growing global concern stressing the psychosocial well-being of affected families and scarce... -
Factors associated with health service utilisation for common mental disorder...
Abstract Background There is a large treatment gap for common mental disorders (CMD), with wide variation by world region. This review identifies factors associated with formal... -
Estimating mean circulatory filling pressure in clinical practice: a systemat...
Abstract The bedside hemodynamic assessment of the critically ill remains challenging since blood volume, arterialâ venous interaction and compliance are not measured directly.... -
Dyskinesia and brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels after long-term levod...
Abstract Background The treatment of Parkinson’s disease is often complicated by levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID). Nicotinic... -
Alcohol expenditure in grocery stores and their associations with tobacco and...
Abstract Background Alcohol consumption is a significant cause of disease, death and social harm, and it clusters with smoking... -
Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 4: ho...
Abstract Background The GRADE-CERQual (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation-Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach... -
Evidence-based practice within nutrition: what are the barriers for improving...
Abstract Background Evidence-based clinical research poses special barriers in the field of nutrition. The present review summarises the main barriers to research in the field... -
Physical Rehabilitation Core Outcomes In Critical illness (PRACTICE): protoco...
Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which... -
Gestational weight gain outside the Institute of Medicine recommendations and...
Abstract Background High Body Mass Index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) affect an increasing number of pregnancies. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued... -
Implementation of the WHO multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy in a U...
Background The burden of health-care associated infections in low-income countries is high. Adequate hand hygiene is considered the most effective measure to reduce the... -
Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: the eMERGe reporting guidance
Abstract Aims The aim of this study was to provide guidance to improve the completeness and clarity of meta-ethnography reporting. Background Evidence-based policy and practice... -
Exercise-induced increase in brain-derived neurotrophic factor in human Parki...
Abstract Background Animal models of exercise and Parkinsonâ s disease (PD) have found that the physiologic use of exercise may interact with the neurodegenerative disease...
