Determining the role and responsibilities of the Australian epilepsy nurse in the management of epilepsy: a study protocol.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is limited published research studying the effect of antibiotic prophylaxis on surgical site infection (SSI) in dermatological surgery, and there is no consensus for its use in higher-risk cases. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a single oral preoperative 2 g dose of ce...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Rosengren H,Heal CF,Buttner PG

更新日期：2018-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP) is an empirically supported treatment that is often used to treat depression. However, it is largely unclear if certain subgroups of depressed patients can benefit specifically from this treatment method. We describe the protocol for a systematic review and met...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Driessen E,Abbass AA,Barber JP,Connolly Gibbons MB,Dekker JJM,Fokkema M,Fonagy P,Hollon SD,Jansma EP,de Maat SCM,Town JM,Twisk JWR,Van HL,Weitz E,Cuijpers P

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Domestic violence screening is advocated in some healthcare settings. Evidence that it increases referral to support agencies or improves health outcomes is limited. This study aimed to (1) investigate the proportion of hospital patients reporting domestic violence, (2) describe characteristics and previous ...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Warren-Gash C,Bartley A,Bayly J,Dutey-Magni P,Edwards S,Madge S,Miller C,Nicholas R,Radhakrishnan S,Sathia L,Swarbrick H,Blaikie D,Rodger A

更新日期：2016-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:New Zealand children's physical activity, including independent mobility and active travel, has declined markedly over recent decades. The Neighbourhoods for Active Kids (NfAK) study examines how neighbourhood built environments are associated with the independent mobility, active travel, physical activity...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Oliver M,McPhee J,Carroll P,Ikeda E,Mavoa S,Mackay L,Kearns RA,Kyttä M,Asiasiga L,Garrett N,Lin J,Mackett R,Zinn C,Moewaka Barnes H,Egli V,Prendergast K,Witten K

更新日期：2016-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects on balance and walking of three models of stroke rehabilitation: early supported discharge with rehabilitation in a day unit or at home, and traditional uncoordinated treatment (control). DESIGN:Group comparison study within a randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Hospital stroke unit ...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Gjelsvik BE,Hofstad H,Smedal T,Eide GE,Næss H,Skouen JS,Frisk B,Daltveit S,Strand LI

更新日期：2014-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the feasibility of health systems strengthening from the perspective of international healthcare implementers and donors in South Sudan. DESIGN:A qualitative interview study, with thematic analysis using the WHO health system building blocks framework. SETTING:South Sudan. PARTICIPANTS:17 health...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Jones A,Howard N,Legido-Quigley H

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Parents, schools and the broader community influence children's socialisation to alcohol. In Australia, the UK and the USA, there have been media reports of adults consuming alcohol at family-focused school events such as fairs and graduations. The aim of this qualitative study was to describe school principa...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Ward BM,Buykx P,Munro G,Wiggers J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Multiple personal and work-related factors influence medical trainees' career decision-making. The relative value of these diverse factors is under-researched, yet this intelligence is crucially important for informing medical workforce planning and retention and recruitment policies. Our aim was to investig...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Scanlan GM,Cleland J,Johnston P,Walker K,Krucien N,Skåtun D,NHS Education for Scotland.

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine differences in alarm pressure between two otherwise comparable neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) differing in architectural layout-one of a single-family room (SFR) design and the other of an open bay area (OBA) design. DESIGN:Retrospective audit of more than 2000 patient days from each NIC...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Joshi R,Straaten HV,Mortel HV,Long X,Andriessen P,Pul CV

更新日期：2018-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Current clinical guidelines discourage long-term prescription of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs (BZD); however, the practice continues to exist. The aim of this study was to investigate the proportion of long-term BZD prescriptions and its risk factors. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study using a health insuranc...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Takano A,Ono S,Yamana H,Matsui H,Matsumoto T,Yasunaga H,Kawakami N

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In recent years, it has been demonstrated that photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) using low-level laser therapy and/or light-emitting diode therapy combined to static magnetic field (sMF) has ergogenic effects, improving muscular performance and accelerating postexercise recovery. However, many aspects rela...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： de Paiva PRV,Casalechi HL,Tomazoni SS,Machado CDSM,Vanin AA,Baroni BM,de Carvalho PTC,Leal-Junior ECP

更新日期：2019-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the diagnostic accuracy of five vision screening tools used in a school setting using sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV). DESIGN:We compared the results of the five best evidence-based screening tools available in 2014 to the results of a ...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Nishimura M,Wong A,Cohen A,Thorpe K,Maurer D

更新日期：2019-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obtaining informed consent is a cornerstone requirement of conducting ethical research. Traditional paper-based consent is often excessively lengthy and may fail to achieve the desired participant understanding of study requirements. Multimedia tools including video and audio may be a useful alternative. This...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Chapman N,McWhirter R,Armstrong MK,Fonseca R,Campbell JA,Nelson M,Schultz MG,Sharman JE

更新日期：2020-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hispanics/Latinos, the largest immigrant population in the USA, undergo the process of acculturation and have a large burden of heart failure risk. Few studies have examined the association of acculturation on cardiac structure and function. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:The Echocardiographic Study of Lat...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： López L,Swett K,Rodriguez F,Kizer JR,Penedo F,Gallo L,Allison M,Arguelles W,Gonzalez F,Kaplan RC,Rodriguez CJ

更新日期：2019-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to examine the level of patient satisfaction with nursing care and identify the factors affecting satisfaction from the inpatient's perspective in a backward region of China. DESIGN:This was a cross-sectional study. SETTING:The study was conducted at a tertiary hospital located in ...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Zhang J,Yang L,Wang X,Dai J,Shan W,Wang J

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Severe infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Our primary objective was to use data from a large Spanish cohort to develop a risk score for severe infection in SLE, the SLE Severe Infection Score (SLESIS) and to validate SLESIS in a separat...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Tejera Segura B,Rua-Figueroa I,Pego-Reigosa JM,Del Campo V,Wincup C,Isenberg D,Rahman A

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish the prevalence of self-reported vision impairment (VI) in Southwest Cameroon and describe associated care-seeking practices, functional limitations and economic hardships. DESIGN:A three-stage clustered sampling household community-based survey. SETTING:The Southwest region of Cameroon. PARTI...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Mbeboh SN,Christie SA,Carvalho M,Dickson D,Nana T,Embolo F,Dicker R,Juillard C,Chichom Mefire A

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is the most common glomerulopathy that results in childhood chronic kidney disease in China, but the relationships between different clinical phenotypes and immunological genetic variants observed in patients with INS are ambiguous and have not been well studied. A cohor...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Chan H,Lee H,Yang X,Wang J,Yang X,Gan C,Xiao H,Li Q,Jiao J,Wu D,Zhang G,Wang M,Yang H,Li Q

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The evolution of multimorbidity describes the continuum from a healthy status to the development of a single disease and further progression to multimorbidity with additional diseases. We investigated the evolution of cardiometabolic multimorbidity and risk for mortality in a Chinese population. DESIGN:Long...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Zhang D,Tang X,Shen P,Si Y,Liu X,Xu Z,Wu J,Zhang J,Lu P,Lin H,Gao P

更新日期：2019-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vitamin D is related to resistance to chronic diseases, physiological parameters and functional measures. All of these relationships underscore the potential benefits of cholecalciferol or D3 (nutritional vitamin D) in cancer. This is the first study designed to obtain conclusive evidence on the effect of ...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Martinez-Alonso M,Dusso A,Ariza G,Nabal M

更新日期：2014-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Home-based self-rehabilitation programmes combined with botulinum toxin injections (BTIs) appear to be a relevant approach to increase the recommended intensive rehabilitation of patients with spasticity following a stroke. The literature highlights a lack of evidence of beneficial effects of this adjuvant...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Bonnyaud C,Gallien P,Decavel P,Marque P,Aymard C,Pellas F,Isner ME,Boyer FC,Muller F,Daviet JC,Dehail P,Perrouin-Verbe B,Bayle N,Coudeyre E,Perennou D,Laffont I,Ropers J,Domingo-Saidji NY,Bensmail D,Roche N,ADJU-T

更新日期：2018-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Many types of audits are commonly used in hospital care to promote quality improvements. However, the evidence on the effectiveness of audits is mixed. The objectives of this proposed realist review are (1) to understand how and why audits might, or might not, work in terms of delivering the intended outco...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Hut-Mossel L,Welker G,Ahaus K,Gans R

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This systematic review aims to evaluate evidence on the effectiveness of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions delivered in humanitarian crises. SETTING:Crisis affected low-income or middle-income countries. PARTICIPANTS:Crisis-affected populations in low-income or middle-income countries. ME...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Warren E,Post N,Hossain M,Blanchet K,Roberts B

更新日期：2015-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Complex population health interventions that are effective in one context may not be effective elsewhere, and may even be harmful. As such, an intervention may require adaptation to ensure it fits with a new context. To date, there is no overarching guidance to help researchers to adapt and evaluate interv...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Campbell M,Moore G,Evans RE,Khodyakov D,Craig P,ADAPT Study team.

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify what women report influences their preferred mode of birth after caesarean section. DESIGN:Systematic review of qualitative literature using meta-ethnography. DATA SOURCES:Medline, EMBASE, ASSIA, CINAHL and PsycINFO (1996 until April 2013; updated September 2015). Hand-searched journals, referen...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Black M,Entwistle VA,Bhattacharya S,Gillies K

更新日期：2016-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often have multiple hospitalisations because of exacerbation. Evidence shows disease management programmes are one of the most cost-effective measures to prevent re-hospitalisation for COPD exacerbation, but lack implementation and economic apprais...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Yan J,Wang L,Liu C,Yuan H,Wang X,Yu B,Luo Q

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the costs and outcomes associated with treating non-asthmatic adults (nor suffering from other lung-disease) presenting to primary care with acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRTI) with oral corticosteroids compared with placebo. DESIGN:Cost-consequence analysis alongside a randomised con...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Moure-Fernandez A,Hollinghurst S,Carroll FE,Downing H,Young G,Brookes S,May M,El-Gohary M,Harnden A,Kendrick D,Lafond N,Little P,Moore M,Orton E,Thompson M,Timmins D,Wang K,Hay AD

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between poststroke fatigue and depression and subsequent mortality in young ischaemic stroke patients in a population-based study. DESIGN:A prospective cohort study. SETTING:All surviving young ischaemic stroke patients living in Hordaland County. PARTICIPANTS:Young ischaem...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Naess H,Nyland H

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the role patient expectations play in general practitioners (GPs) antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections (URTI). METHODS:Concurrent explanatory mixed methods approach using a cross-sectional survey and semistructured interviews. SETTINGS:Primary care GPs in Australia. PA...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Fletcher-Lartey S,Yee M,Gaarslev C,Khan R

更新日期：2016-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of doctors and nurses caring for patients with delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) and to describe the process of delirium management. SETTING:This study was performed in 5 ICUs located within 4 hospitals in Madrid (Spain). PARTICIPANTS:Purposeful ...

journal_title：BMJ open

authors： Palacios-Ceña D,Cachón-Pérez JM,Martínez-Piedrola R,Gueita-Rodriguez J,Perez-de-Heredia M,Fernández-de-las-Peñas C

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00