BMJ2d
Unit-based incident reporting and root cause analysis: variation at three hospital unit types
1 NIVEL, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands Objectives To minimise adverse events in healthcare, various large-scale incident reporting and learning systems ...
BMJ2d
Current Issue
Original research: Assessing global access to continuing professional development for rehabilitation professionals: a mixed methods study of current practices and perceived needs (5 November, 2024) ...
BMJ4d
Perceptions, attitudes and beliefs on antenatal exercises among primiparous pregnant women: a qualitative study in Sri Lanka
Background Even if promoting antenatal exercises is an evolving concept worldwide, there is a scarcity of qualitative exploratory studies which directly focus on pregnant mothers’ views about ...
BMJ5d
Patient experience of hospital care in China: major findings from the Chinese Patient Experience Questionnaire Survey (2016–2018)
Objectives China launched the National Healthcare Improvement Initiative (NHII) in 2015 to improve patient experiences in healthcare. This study aimed to generate evidence of hospital care quality ...
BMJ5d
The impact of temperature extremes on mortality: a time-series study in Jinan, China
Objective To investigate the relationship between temperature extremes and daily number of deaths in Jinan, a temperate city in northern China. Methods Data ondaily number of deaths and meteorological ...
BMJ5d
Patient-controlled analgesia in cancer pain management across African healthcare settings: a scoping review protocol
Background Cancer pain management is critical, especially at advanced stages. This is particularly important in Africa as most cancers are typically diagnosed at advanced stages. Given the central ...
BMJ5d
Meta-analysis: the effects of smoking on the disposition of two commonly used antipsychotic agents, olanzapine and clozapine
Objective To clarify the effects of smoking on the disposition of two commonly used antipsychotics, olanzapine and clozapine, and to create standards to adjust the doses of these drugs in clinical ...
BMJ6d
Socioeconomic inequalities and dyslipidaemia in adult population of the Ravansar Non-Communicable Disease Cohort Study: the role of sex and age
Objectives This study represents a pioneering attempt to quantify the contribution of age, sex and socioeconomic status (SES) to the observed inequalities in lipid profile components. Design ...
BMJ6d
Beliefs underlying pain-related fear and how they evolve: a qualitative investigation in people with chronic back pain and high pain-related fear
1 School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Objectives The fear-avoidance model describes how the belief that pain is a sign of damage leads ...
BMJ7d
Impact of virtual consultations on quality of care in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and narrative synthesis protocol
Background Around 463 million people globally have diabetes, of which over 90% have type 2 diabetes (T2D). Projections indicate an expected increase to 700 million by 2045. The COVID-19 pandemic ...
BMJ7d
Esketamine administered epidurally as an adjuvant to epidural ropivacaine for labour analgesia: a prospective, double-blind dose-response study
Objective To investigate the efficacy of esketamine as an adjuvant to epidural ropivacaine for labour analgesia by determining its effect on the median effective concentration (EC 50) in a 20 ml ...
BMJ9d
Association between physical activity and immunosuppressive medication adherence among renal transplant recipients: a case–control study
Background Behavioural interventions are closely associated with immunosuppressive medication (IM) adherence. We aimed to explore the relationship between physical activity and IM adherence among ...