Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 1 in 10 people worldwide and can progress towards kidney failure, which is ...

Objectives Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide, however, early ...

Objective In China, a large number of health-related short videos are posted on video platforms, including educational videos ...

Objective To assess family caregiver burden and associated factors among caregivers of people with mental illness in Eastern Ethiopia. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Three hospitals in Eastern ...

Objectives There is now good evidence that central obesity carries more health risks compared with total obesity assessed by body mass index (BMI). It has therefore been suggested that waist ...

Objectives Assess the longitudinal association between polypharmacy and falls and examine the differences in this association by different thresholds for polypharmacy definitions in a nationally ...

Objective To measure sex differences in lifespan based on the probability of males to outlive females. Design International comparison of national and regional sex-specific life tables from the Human ...

Objective To identify the key factors influencing the effectiveness of hospital quality management tools and analyse the mechanisms needed for long-term scientific hospital management. Methods In this ...

Objectives We aimed to examine staff members’ perceptions of communication within and between different professions, safety attitudes and psychological empowerment, prior to and after implementation ...

Objective To evaluate the prevalence of wounds managed by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) in 2017/2018 and associated health outcomes, resource use and costs. Design Retrospective cohort ...

Objectives Using a prospective cohort study design, to establish the incidence and nature of time-loss injuries in English community rugby and to assess the differences between different playing ...

Objective The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the vaccines’ acceptance level and to find the factors influencing pregnant women’s vaccination ...