BMJ5h
Growing old before growing rich: a scoping review on ageing-related policy interventions from the WHO Southeast Asian Region
Background WHO Southeast Asian Region (WHO SEARO) is home to 1.94 billion people accounting for one-fourth of the global population. Objective The primary objective of this scoping review is to ...
BMJ1d
Early development of primary care networks in the NHS in England: a qualitative mixed-methods evaluation
Objectives Primary care networks (PCNs) were introduced in the National Health Service (NHS) in England in 2019 to improve integrated care for patients and help address financial and workforce ...
BMJ2d
Development and validation of a score to assess complexity of general internal medicine patients at hospital discharge: a prospective cohort study
Objective We aimed to develop and validate a score to assess inpatient complexity and compare its performance with two currently used but not validated tools to estimate complexity (ie, Charlson ...
BMJ3d
Loneliness and depression among rural empty-nest elderly adults in Liuyang, China: a cross-sectional study
Objective To compare loneliness, depressive symptoms and major depressive episodes between empty-nest and not-empty-nest older adults in rural areas of Liuyang city, Hunan, China. Methods A ...
BMJ3d
Factors affecting mental health service delivery from primary healthcare facilities of western hilly district of Nepal: a qualitative study
Aim To explore factors at different socioecological levels that affect mental health service delivery from primary healthcare (PHC) facilities of Arghakhanchi district, a western hilly district of ...
BMJ4d
Neurodevelopmental disorders among term infants exposed to antenatal corticosteroids during pregnancy: a population-based study
Objective An increasing proportion of fetuses are exposed to antenatal corticosteroids (ACS). Despite their immediate beneficial effects, the long-term safety of ACS has been an ongoing source of ...
BMJ5d
Rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: does the type of exercise influence the outcomes? Protocol of a randomised controlled trial
Introduction Lifetime prevalence of shoulder pain is 70%, and approximately 50% of people with shoulder pain will experience pain for more than a year. Rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP) is ...
BMJ5d
Impact of comorbid conditions on outcomes of hip and knee replacement surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective To systematically perform a meta-analysis of the association between different comorbid conditions on safety (short-term outcomes) and effectiveness (long-term outcomes) in patients ...
BMJ6d
The smoking habit of a close friend or family member—how deep is the impact? A cross-sectional study
Objectives To assess the risk of becoming a smoker in adulthood associated with parental smoking as well as the smoking of siblings and close friends. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting 4 oral ...
BMJ7d
Machine learning techniques for mortality prediction in emergency departments: a systematic review
Objectives This systematic review aimed to assess the performance and clinical feasibility of machine learning (ML) algorithms in prediction of in-hospital mortality for medical patients using vital ...
BMJ8d
Quantitative evaluation of GPT-4s performance on US and Chinese osteoarthritis treatment guideline interpretation and orthopaedic case consultation
Objectives To evaluate GPT-4’s performance in interpreting osteoarthritis (OA) treatment guidelines from the USA and China, ...