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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Introduction The rate of urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has increased remarkably, with the urban population expected to double by 2050. This rapid urbanisation, industrialisation and climate ...

Objectives To test the efficacy of a multicomponent technology intervention for reducing daily sedentary time and improving cardiometabolic disease risk among sedentary, overweight university ...

Objective To determine whether there still remains a significant advantage in the use of sutures to staples for orthopaedic skin closure in adult patients. Design Systematic Review/ Meta-Analysis.

Objectives To determine the potential costs and health benefits of a serum-based spectroscopic triage tool for brain tumours, which could be developed to reduce diagnostic delays in the current ...