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Privacy Attitudes among Early Adopters of Emerging Health Technologies
Introduction Advances in health technology such as genome sequencing and wearable sensors now allow for the collection of highly granular personal health data from individuals.... -
"Expanded HIV Testing in Low-Prevalence, High-Income Countries: A Cost-Effect...
Objective In many high-income countries with low HIV prevalence, significant numbers of persons living with HIV (PLHIV) remain undiagnosed. Identification of PLHIV via HIV... -
A pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a support and training interve...
Background Secondary school teachers are at heightened risk of psychological distress, which can lead to poor work performance, poor quality teacher-student relationships and... -
"How much will I get charged for this?" Patient charges for top ten diagnoses...
Objectives We examined the charges, their variability, and respective payer group for diagnosis and treatment of the ten most common outpatient conditions presenting to the... -
Trends in alcohol use among young people according to the pattern of consumpt...
Aim To identify differences in Risky Consumption (RC) and Binge drinking (BD) trends in students who already followed these patterns of alcohol consumption on starting... -
"Somatosensory abnormalities in Chinese patients with painful temporomandibul...
Background The somatosensory phenotype of Chinese temporomandibular disorders (TMD) patients is not sufficiently studied with the use of contemporary techniques and guidelines.... -
Associations of mutually exclusive categories of physical activity and sedent...
Background Both physical activity and sedentary behaviour have been individually associated with health, however, the extent to which the combination of these behaviours... -
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Background In 2011, the UK physical activity guidelines were updated to include recommendations for muscle strengthening and balance & coordination (at least two sessions of... -
Diagnosing depression in primary care: a Rasch analysis of the major depressi...
Objective: This study aimed to assess the measurement properties of the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) in a clinical sample of primary care patients. Design: General... -
Efficacy of a bivalent killed whole-cell cholera vaccine over five years: a r...
Background Oral cholera vaccine (OCV) is a feasible tool to prevent or mitigate cholera outbreaks. A better understanding of the vaccine’s efficacy among different age groups... -
Defining Catastrophic Costs and Comparing Their Importance for Adverse Tuberc...
Tom Wingfield and colleagues investigate the relationship between catastrophic costs and tuberculosis outcomes for patients receiving free tuberculosis care in Peru. Please see... -
A discrete cluster of urinary biomarkers discriminates between active systemi...
Background Management of lupus nephritis (LN) would be greatly aided by the discovery of biomarkers that accurately reflect changes in disease activity. Here, we used a... -
Availability of healthier vs. less healthy food and food choice: an online ex...
Background Our environments shape our behaviour, but little research has addressed whether healthier cues have a similar impact to less healthy ones. This online study examined... -
Neuropathic pain and psychological morbidity in patients with treated leprosy...
Background Neuropathic pain has been little studied in leprosy. We assessed the prevalence and clinical characteristics of neuropathic pain and the validity of the Douleur... -
Trends in risk factors for coronary heart disease in the Netherlands.
Background Favourable trends in risk factor levels in the general population may partly explain the decline in coronary heart disease (CHD) morbidity and mortality. Our aim was...