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Internet-based interventions for adults with hearing loss, tinnitus and vesti...
Background Internet-based interventions are emerging as an alternative way of delivering accessible healthcare for various conditions including hearing and balance disorders. A... -
Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment of Opiate Dependence: Correlations Betwee...
Background: Despite the existence of evidence-based guidelines, different prescriber practices around buprenorphine maintenance treatment (BMT) of opiate dependence exist.... -
Eating behavior and body composition across childhood: a prospective cohort s...
Background Although many cross-sectional studies reported that children with overweight or obesity show more food approaching and less food avoidant eating behaviors, there is a... -
Identifying research gaps in substance use disorder: A systematic methodology...
Background: This paper presents a new methodology for identifying and prioritizing research gaps, contributing to the nascent literature on systematic ways to identify research... -
Neuropsychological functioning in opioid use disorder: A research synthesis a...
Background: Research has demonstrated that patients with opioid use disorders (OUD; including both opioid abuse and/or dependence) have poorer neuropsychological functioning... -
Association between whole grain intake and breast cancer risk: a systematic r...
Background Epidemiological studies have found that high whole grain intake may be associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer. However, the evidence has not been consistent.... -
Post-trial follow-up methodology in large randomised controlled trials: a sys...
Background Randomised controlled clinical trials typically have a relatively brief in-trial follow-up period which can underestimate safety signals and fail to detect long-term... -
Renal manifestations of HIV during the antiretroviral era in South Africa: a ...
Background It is estimated that 650,000 patients may develop human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related renal disease in South Africa. South Africa has recently adopted WHO... -
High-speed resistance training and balance training for people with knee oste...
Background The number of falls experienced by people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) is almost double the number experienced by people with no OA. The neuromuscular elements... -
study protocol of two integrated controlled pragmatic trials
Background The incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases have reached epidemic proportions during the last decades and are not expected to diminish. Chronic diseases... -
Choice of outcomes and measurement instruments in randomised trials on eLearn...
Background There will be a lack of 18 million healthcare workers by 2030. Multiplying the number of well-trained healthcare workers through innovative ways such as eLearning is... -
m-Power Heart Project - a nurse care coordinator led, mHealth enabled interve...
Background The proportion of patients with controlled hypertension (< 140/90 mmHg) is very low in India. Thus, there is a need to improve blood pressure management among... -
"A protocol for a systematic review of non-randomised evaluations of strategi...
Background Randomised controlled trials guard against selection bias and therefore offer the fairest way of evaluating healthcare interventions such as medicinal products,... -
A protocol for a systematic review of non-randomised evaluations of strategie...
Background Randomised control trials are regarded as the gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness and efficacy of healthcare interventions with thousands of trials... -
Efficacy of early controlled motion of the ankle compared with no motion afte...
Background Early controlled ankle motion is widely used in the non-operative treatment of acute Achilles tendon rupture, though its safety and efficacy have never been... -
Self-reported domain-specific and accelerometer-based physical activity and s...
Background The interpretation of previous studies on the association of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with psychological health is limited by the use of mostly... -
Physical chronic conditions, multimorbidity and sedentary behavior amongst mi...
Background Sedentary behavior (SB) is, irrespective of a person’s physical activity levels, associated with a wide range of deleterious outcomes such as diabetes, stroke and... -
Hospital recruitment for a pragmatic cluster-randomized clinical trial: Lesso...
Background Pragmatic randomized clinical trials are essential to determine the effectiveness of interventions in “real-world” clinical practice. These trials frequently use a... -
Right median nerve electrical stimulation for acute traumatic coma (the Asia ...
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become the most common cause of death and disability in persons between 15 and 30 years of age, and about 10–15% of patients affected... -
Psychostimulant Use for Neuroenhancement (Smart Drugs) among College Students...
Background: College students are susceptible to using cognitive enhancement drugs, also known as smart drugs. Objectives: estimate the prevalence of smart drug use and...
