STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY A major strength of our study is based on a…
Co-designing action-oriented mental health conversations between care providers and ageing Canadians in the community: a participatory mixed-methods study protocol
Strengths and limitations of this study This study directly responds to ageing and mental health research…
Barriers to and facilitators of successful implementation of a palliative approach to care in primary care practices: a mixed methods study
In total, 14 individuals were invited to take part in interviews, with 71% agreeing to participate…
Balancing between being the most valuable player (MVP) and passing the ball: a qualitative study of support when living with chronic pain in Sweden
STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY Chronic pain affects many people worldwide and understanding the meaning…
Effect of safety and security equipment on patient and visitor violence towards nurses in multiple public hospitals of China during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective, difference-in-difference analysis
STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY This study is the first to quantitatively assess the impacts…
Facilitators and barriers of digital health technologies implementation in hospital settings in lower-income and middle-income countries since the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol
Introduction Access to healthcare is one of the most important determinants of health.1 As such, an…
Exploring important service characteristics of telephone cancer information and support services for callers: protocol for a systematic review of qualitative research
Introduction Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide; in 2020, almost 10 million deaths were accountable…
Risk factor associations for severe COVID-19, influenza and pneumonia in people with diabetes to inform future pandemic preparations: UK population-based cohort study
Introduction People with diabetes are twice as likely to die from infection compared with the general…
Investigating the prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia in the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA): the Harmonised Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) cross-sectional substudy
Study aims and objectives The aim of the NICOLA-HCAP study is to collect detailed cognitive data…
Point-Of-Care low-field MRI in acute Stroke (POCS): protocol for a multicentric prospective open-label study evaluating diagnostic accuracy
Introduction Stroke is the second-leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, resulting in more than 5.5…