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 ...

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 ...

Objective This national study assessed the economic impact of treating patients with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pathogens within Malaysia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) hospitals. Design A ...

Introduction Nonagenarians and centenarians, compared with other age groups, often exhibit distinct physiological characteristics and a higher prevalence of comorbidities, thus further complicating ...

Background Hospital readmissions are an important quality of care indicator and are tied to hospitals’ financial reimbursements. Safety-net hospitals, which serve a high proportion of patients of low ...

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum regenerating protein Iα (REG Iα) levels and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and to evaluate the diagnostic ...

Objectives This study aims to review the evidence of sarcopenia as a predictor of all-cause mortality among nursing home residents. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohort ...

1 Health Services Research Unit, Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK 2 Division of Applied Health Sciences, Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of ...

Objectives To explore the barriers to accessing quality trauma care after injury in Ghana. Design A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions in one rural and one ...

Protocol: Vision Restoration through transorbital electrical stimulation in Optic Neuropathy in patients with significant optic atrophy due to primary open-angle glaucoma—a randomised, controlled, ...

Objective To explore rural general practitioners’ (GPs’) experiences of providing care in rural community hospitals (CHs) in northern Sweden. Design An interview study, using qualitative content ...

Objective To review the literature on educational interventions to improve prescribing and identify educational methods that improve prescribing competency in both medical and non-medical prescribers.