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Scoping review protocol of interventions for the mental health of women with and without HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction Mental health issues among women in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), especially those living with HIV, pose a major public health challenge. Despite the established connections between HIV ...
BMJ3d
Current Issue
Original research: Is geographical variation in emergency epilepsy admissions related to variation in new epilepsy diagnoses among children and young people across England? An observational study ...
BMJ2d
Climate footprint of industry-sponsored in-human clinical trials: life cycle assessments of clinical trials spanning multiple phases and disease areas
Objective This study aims to calculate the global warming potential, in carbon dioxide (CO 2) equivalent emissions, from all in-scope activities involved in phase 1, 2, 3 and 4 clinical trials ...
BMJ5d
Words do matter: a systematic review on how different terminology for the same condition influences management preferences
Objectives Changing terminology for low-risk, screen-detected conditions has now been recommended by several expert groups in order to prevent overdiagnosis and reduce the associated harms of ...
BMJ4d
Prognostic impact of moderate or severe mitral regurgitation (MR) irrespective of concomitant comorbidities: a retrospective matched cohort study
1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 Faculty of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Objective We ...
BMJ5d
A qualitative enquiry into participants’ and practitioners’ experiences in the Australian Liver FaIlurE trial
Background The Australian Liver FaIlurE (ALFIE) trial, a multicentre, randomised controlled trial, assessed the efficacy of a nurse-coordinated model of care to reduce liver-related emergency ...
BMJ4d
Prevalence, risk factors and associations of primary Raynaud's phenomenon: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Objective To systematically review the literature with regard to the prevalence, incidence, risk factors and associations of primary Raynaud's phenomenon (PRP). Method A systematic review of the ...
BMJ5d
Acceptance and commitment therapy for mild traumatic brain injury (ACTion-mTBI): a quasiexperimental feasibility study
Objectives This study aimed to determine the feasibility of recruiting, implementing and delivering an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) intervention for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) ...
BMJ7d
False-positive findings in Cochrane meta-analyses with and without application of trial sequential analysis: an empirical review
Objective Many published meta-analyses are underpowered. We explored the role of trial sequential analysis (TSA) in assessing the reliability of conclusions in underpowered meta-analyses. Methods We ...
BMJ5d
Therapy response prediction of focal cortex stimulation based on clinical parameters: a multicentre, non-interventional study protocol
2 Mannheim Institute for Intelligent Systems in Medicine, Department of Medicine Mannheim, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Interdisciplinary Center for Computer Engineering ...
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Models of care and associated targeted implementation strategies for cancer survivorship support in Europe: a scoping review protocol
Introduction Cancer and its treatments can lead to a wide range of side-effects that can persist long after treatments have ended. Across Europe, survivorship care is traditionally hospital-based ...
BMJ5d
Exploration of trust in participatory health research partnerships across two timepoints: a network approach
Background The value of a participatory approach to the generation of evidence for health and social services from a moral, methodological and policy level continues to gain recognition globally.