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Perceptions of shared care among survivors of colorectal cancer from non-Engl...
Abstract Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors experience difficulty navigating complex care pathways. Sharing care between GPs and specialist services has been proposed... -
Factors influencing the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among nursing mot...
Abstract Background Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is one of the optimal infant and young child feeding practices. Globally, <40% of infants under 6 months of age are... -
Age-standardized mortality, disability-adjusted life-years and healthy life e...
Abstract Background Guangdong province is dominated by three cultural regions: Canton, Hakka and Hoklo. However, little is known about the disease burden within these regions,... -
From connective to collective action: internet elections as a digital tool to...
Over the past decade, an extensive body of literature has emerged on the question of how new communication technologies can facilitate new modes of organizing protest. However,... -
Core Rehabilitation Outcome Set for Single Sided Deafness (CROSSSD) study: pr...
Abstract Background Single-sided deafness (SSD) describes the presence of a unilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. SSD disrupts spatial hearing and... -
Neighbourhood walkability and home neighbourhood-based physical activity: an ...
Abstract Background Converging international evidence suggests that diabetes incidence is lower among adults living in more walkable neighbourhoods. The association between... -
Relative efficacy of topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and topica...
Abstract Background Pain is the most troubling issue to patients with osteoarthritis (OA), yet current pharmacological treatments offer only small-to-moderate pain reduction.... -
Rethinking the assessment of risk of bias due to selective reporting: a cross...
Abstract Background Selective reporting is included as a core domain of Cochrane’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. There has been no evaluation of review... -
Effectiveness of prepregnancy care for women with pregestational diabetes mel...
Abstract Background Women with pregnancy complicated by pregestational diabetes experience increased rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Prepregnancy care is the targeted... -
Effect of guided counseling on nutritional status of pregnant women in West G...
Abstract Background Undernutrition during pregnancy affects birth outcomes adversely. In Ethiopia, despite nutrition counseling on the maternal diet being given by the health... -
Supportive interventions to improve physiological and psychological health ou...
Abstract Background Our understanding of effective perioperative supportive interventions for patients undergoing cystectomy procedures and how these may affect short and... -
Birth weight in relation to health and disease in later life: an umbrella rev...
Abstract Background Birth weight, a marker of the intrauterine environment, has been extensively studied in epidemiological research in relation to subsequent health and... -
Effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for elderly overactive bladder popula...
Abstract Background Overactive bladder (OAB) is defined as “urgency, with or without urge incontinence, usually with frequency and nocturia”. Acupuncture is one of the most... -
Quantitative CT analysis using functional imaging is superior in describing d...
Abstract Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is chronic fibrosing pneumonia with an unpredictable natural disease history. Functional respiratory imaging (FRI) has... -
Rheumatoid factor, not antibodies against citrullinated proteins, is associat...
Abstract Introduction Although the prognostic value of rheumatoid factor (RF) and autoantibodies against citrullinated proteins (ACPAs) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis... -
Efficacy and cost-utility of the eHealth application ‘Oncokompas’, supporting...
Abstract Background Patients with incurable cancer have to deal with a wide range of symptoms due to their disease and treatment, influencing their quality of life. Nowadays,... -
Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: a critical exploration...
Abstract Background This paper critically reviews published tools and indicators currently used to measure maternity care performance within Europe, focusing particularly on... -
The efficacy of traditional acupuncture on patients with chronic neck pain: s...
Abstract Background A large number of randomized trials on the use of acupuncture to treat chronic pain have been conducted. However, there is considerable controversy regarding... -
Evaluation of anesthesiologists’ knowledge about occupational health: Pilot s...
Abstract Background An anesthesiologists’ work presents with numerous occupational risks owing to the large amount of time spent inside the operating room where constant noise,... -
A significant association between examination results and self-satisfaction w...
Abstract Objectives Learning methods and other related factors influence the success of medical undergraduates. This study aims at finding factors associated with the end of...
