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Burden of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: First estimates and research pr...
Abstract Background Since the 1990s, evidence has accumulated of an increased prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas in Africa as compared to onchocerciasis-free... -
Identifying the content of home-based health behaviour change interventions f...
Background: Meeting the needs of the growing number of older people is a challenge for health and social care services. Home-based interventions aiming to modify health-related... -
Communication around HPV vaccination for adolescents in low- and middle-incom...
Abstract Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection causes cervical cancer. More than 80% of those diagnosed with cervical cancer live in low- and middle-income countries... -
Impacts of selected Ecological Focus Area options in European farmed landscap...
This systematic map protocol responds to an urgent policy need to evaluate key environmental benefits of new compulsory greening measures in the European Union’s Common... -
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... -
What is the available evidence that artificial light at night affects animal ...
Abstract Background Artificial light at night (ALAN), has increased dramatically over the past two centuries and is linked to... -
Self-monitoring of health data by patients with a chronic disease: does disea...
Background: There is a growing emphasis on self-monitoring applications that allow patients to measure their own physical health parameters. A prerequisite for achieving... -
Substitution of care for chronic heart failure from the hospital to the gener...
Background: Shifting care from the secondary to the primary system may present an opportunity to ensure that the increasing number of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF)... -
Effects of oncological care pathways in primary and secondary care on patient...
Abstract Background The high impact of a cancer diagnosis on patients and their families and the increasing costs of cancer treatment call for optimal and efficient oncological... -
Examining freight performance of third-party logistics providers within the a...
The purpose of this study is to examine relationships between measures of sustainable freight transport performance (in the context of mid-sized third-party auto components’... -
Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings: introducti...
Abstract The GRADE-CERQual (‘Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research’) approach provides guidance for assessing how much confidence to place in findings... -
Sensitivity and specificity of using trial-of-antibiotics versus sputum mycob...
TD is funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the Helse Nord RHF. This review is part of his PhD work at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.... -
A cluster randomized controlled trial of extending ART refill intervals to si...
Abstract Background The antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence club (AC) differentiated service delivery model, where clinically stable ART patients receive their ART refills... -
Predicting return to work after long-term sickness absence with subjective he...
Abstract Background Long-term sickness absence results in increased risks of permanent disability and a compromised quality of life. Return to work is an important factor in... -
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... -
Point-of-care testing for emergency assessment of coagulation in patients tre...
Abstract Background Point-of-care testing (POCT) of coagulation has been proven to be of great value in accelerating emergency treatment. Specific POCT for direct oral... -
A workplace intervention to reduce alcohol and drug consumption: a nonrandomi...
Abstract Background The consumption of alcohol and other drugs causes social and health problems in industrialized societies. Furthermore, alcohol and drug consumption in the... -
Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and access to care among non-camp Syr...
Abstract Background Tackling the high non-communicable disease (NCD) burden among Syrian refugees poses a challenge to humanitarian actors and host countries. Current response... -
The relationship between living arrangements and higher use of hospital care ...
Abstract Background Previous research has shown that certain living arrangements, such as living alone, are...
