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Impact of financial incentives introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing staff: a mixed-method protocol
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on nursing staff, resulting in alarming turnover rates. As part of the Quebec (Canada) government’s response to the pandemic, nurses have been ...
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Electroacupuncture as an adjunctive therapy for motor dysfunction in acute stroke survivors: a systematic review and meta-analyses
Objectives To assess the effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture (EA) combined with rehabilitation therapy (RT) and/or conventional drugs (CD) for improving poststroke motor dysfunction (PSMD).
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Health economic evaluation of a serum-based blood test for brain tumour diagnosis: exploration of two clinical scenarios
Objectives To determine the potential costs and health benefits of a serum-based spectroscopic triage tool for brain tumours, which could be developed to reduce diagnostic delays in the current ...
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Playing board games, cognitive decline and dementia: a French population-based cohort study
Objectives To study the relationship between board game playing and risk of subsequent dementia in the Paquid cohort. Design A prospective population-based study. Setting In the Bordeaux area in South ...
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Effects of life satisfaction and psychache on risk for suicidal behaviour: a cross-sectional study based on data from Chinese undergraduates
1 Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China 2 School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, ...
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The impact of electronic prescribing systems on pharmacists’ time and workflow: protocol for a time-and-motion study in English NHS hospitals
4 School of Health and Population Sciences, The Learning Centre, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 5 School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, ...
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Development of the Brussels Infant and Toddler Stool Scale (‘BITSS’): protocol of the study
Introduction The Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSS) which consists of 7 photographs of different stool forms allows assessment of stool consistency (scale 1 for hard lumps to scale 7 for watery stools), ...
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Current Issue
Protocol: VAL-1221 for the treatment of patients with Lafora disease: study protocol for a single-arm, open-label clinical trial (18 October, 2024) ...
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Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
Objective To clarify and quantify the potential dose–response association between the intake of fruit and vegetables and risk of type 2 diabetes. Design Meta-analysis and systematic review of ...
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Clinical values of FDG PET in polymyositis and dermatomyositis syndromes: imaging of skeletal muscle inflammation
Objectives [18 F] Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET), a standard tool for evaluating malignancies, can also detect inflammatory lesions. However, its usefulness in evaluating ...
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Prevalence and factors associated with fatigue in the Lausanne middle-aged population: a population-based, cross-sectional survey
Design Population-based, cross-sectional survey performed between May 2014 and April 2017. Setting General population of the city of Lausanne, Switzerland. Participants 2848 participants (53.2% women, ...
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Antenatal anti-D prophylaxis and D antigen negativity in pregnant women of the UAE: a cross-sectional analysis from the Mutaba’ah Study
Objective This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the negative D antigen phenotype, adherence to routine antenatal anti-D immunoglobulin prophylaxis (RAADP) administration and D antigen ...