Objective About 90% of eye health problems are preventable or curable with existing cost-effective interventions. There is ...

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on nursing staff, resulting in alarming turnover rates. As part of the Quebec (Canada) government’s response to the pandemic, nurses have been ...

Objectives We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors affecting antenatal anxiety (AA) among Sri Lankan women. Design We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of first trimester data from a ...

Objective While there is consensus on the need to strengthen primary care capacities to improve healthcare systems’ performance and sustainability, there is only limited evidence on the best way to ...

Introduction Taiji has been proven to be effective for regulating both the physical and mental state compared with simple aerobic exercise. However, whether the improvement of Taiji for constipation ...

Objective We evaluated the clinical safety and performance of the ultrathin strut biodegradable polymer-coated Supraflex Cruz (Sahajanand Medical TechnologiesLtd., Surat, India) sirolimus-eluting ...

Protocol: Virtual reality-guided mindfulness intervention to enhance psychosocial well-being in caregivers of end-stage kidney disease patients: protocol for a mixed-methods pilot randomised ...

Introduction Although the disclosure of medical errors is an integral component of medical ethics, it remains inconsistent in practice worldwide. Despite various explanations of why healthcare ...

1 Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 2 Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Objectives Patient decision aids can be ...

Protocol: Cook’s balloon versus dinoprostone for Labour induction of term pregnancies with fetal GROWth restriction: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in tertiary maternity hospitals in ...

Objective This paper aims to analyse the variation in the delivery of diagnostic imaging services in order to suggest possible solutions for the reduction of waiting times, increase the quality of ...

Objectives To explore changes in beliefs about medicines and self-reported medication non-adherence between 3 and 24 months after stroke and to investigate associations between beliefs about medicines ...