3 FHNW School of Applied Psychology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Olten, Switzerland Objectives To investigate the relationship between teamwork and clinical ...

Introduction On entry into the clinical environment, nursing students are confronted with many challenges. It is a common problem throughout the world, including Iran. Although many studies have been ...

Objectives Healthcare is a complex system, so quality improvement will commonly lead to unintended consequences which are rarely evaluated. In previous qualitative work, we proposed a framework for ...

Introduction Aortic stenosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in older patients. The advent of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) offers an alternative to surgical aortic ...

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 ...

Objectives To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Hong Kong version of Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument (HK-NCI) and examine whether neighbourhood social cohesion as measured using HK-NCI ...

Objective We assessed whether Penthrox (methoxyflurane) can provide better pain relief for elective, outpatient interventional procedures compared with other methods of pain control. Design Systematic ...

Objectives Providing adequate access to mental health services is a global challenge. Smartphone apps offer a potentially cost-effective, available and accessible solution for monitoring, supporting ...

Objective To identify and critically synthesise definitions of acute flares in knee osteoarthritis (OA) reported in the medical literature. Design Systematic review and narrative synthesis. We ...

Objectives Thalassaemia is a genetic disorder of haemoglobin synthesis characterised by life-long chronic anaemia. Although the endocrine and cardiac complications of thalassaemia are well-studied, ...

Objectives To increase the frequency and quality of screening for the metabolic syndrome in people prescribed continuing antipsychotic medication. Design An audit-based, quality improvement programme ...

1 Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 Centre for Health ...