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iPad-Assisted Measurements of Duration Estimation in Psychiatric Patients and...
Handheld devices with touchscreen controls have become widespread in the general population. In this study, we examined the duration estimates (explicit timing) made by patients... -
Mapping the knowledge structure of research on patient adherence: knowledge d...
BACKGROUND: Patient adherence is an important issue for health service providers and health researchers. However, the knowledge structure of diverse research on treatment... -
Author Self-Citation in the General Medicine Literature
Background Author self-citation contributes to the overall citation count of an article and the impact factor of the journal in which it appears. Little is known, however,... -
Trend of urban-rural disparities in hospice utilization in Taiwan.
Aims The palliative care has spread rapidly worldwide in the recent two decades. The development of hospice services in rural areas usually lags behind that in urban areas.... -
Fitting Characteristics of N95 Filtering-Facepiece Respirators Used Widely in...
BACKGROUND: Millions of people rely on N95 filtering facepiece respirators to reduce the risk of airborne particles and prevent them from respiratory infections. However, there... -
The Role of Social Media in Recruiting for Clinical Trials in Pregnancy
Background Recruitment of women in the periconceptional period to clinical studies using traditional advertising through medical establishments is difficult and slow. Given... -
Citation analysis may severely underestimate the impact of clinical research ...
BACKGROUND: Citation analysis has become an important tool for research performance assessment in the medical sciences. However, different areas of medical research may have... -
Measuring Health Literacy Regarding Infectious Respiratory Diseases: A New Sk...
Background There is no special instrument to measure skills-based health literacy where it concerns infectious respiratory diseases. This study aimed to explore and evaluate a... -
Harmonization of the Practice of Independent Ethics Committees in Italy: Proj...
AIM: The high variability of "centre-specific" documentation required by Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) plays a role in the time required for activation of participating... -
Harnessing Different Motivational Frames via Mobile Phones to Promote Daily P...
Mobile devices are a promising channel for delivering just-in-time guidance and support for improving key daily health behaviors. Despite an explosion of mobile phone... -
Health Research Funding in Mexico: The Need for a Long-Term Agenda
Background The legal framework and funding mechanisms of the national health research system were recently reformed in Mexico. A study of the resource allocation for health... -
Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Newest Vital Sign: a ...
Health literacy (HL) refers to the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services, and is thus needed to make appropriate health decisions. The... -
Quality, Rigour and Usefulness of Free-Text Comments Collected by a Large Pop...
While it is common practice for health surveys to include an open-ended question asking for additional comments, the responses to these questions are often not analysed or used... -
A Systematic Review of Re-Identification Attacks on Health Data
Background: Privacy legislation in most jurisdictions allows the disclosure of health data for secondary purposes without patient consent if it is de-identified. Some recent... -
Education in Health Research Methodology: Use of a Wiki for Knowledge Transla...
INTRODUCTION: A research-practice gap exists between what is known about conducting methodologically rigorous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and what is done. Evidence... -
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Background It is not clear which research misconduct policies are adopted by biomedical journals. This study assessed the prevalence and content policies of the most... -
Remarkable Growth of Open Access in the Biomedical Field: Analysis of PubMed ...
Introduction This study clarifies the trends observed in open access (OA) in the biomedical field between 2006 and 2010, and explores the possible explanations for the... -
Predicting the Impact of the 2011 Conflict in Libya on Population Mental Heal...
Background Mental disorders are likely to be elevated in the Libyan population during the post-conflict period. We estimated cases of severe PTSD and depression and related... -
Using search query surveillance to monitor tax avoidance and smoking cessatio...
Smokers can use the web to continue or quit their habit. Online vendors sell reduced or tax-free cigarettes lowering smoking costs, while health advocates use the web to promote... -
Content Factor: A Measure of a Journal’s Contribution to Knowledge
Impact Factor, the pre-eminent performance metric for medical journals, has been criticized for failing to capture the true impact of articles; for favoring methodology papers;...
