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

Introduction Although there are some drugs to control Parkinson’s disease (PD), they have several side effects and cannot ...

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

Introduction A substantial number of patients with major depressive disorder experience non-remission despite treatment with psychotherapy and several antidepressant drugs. This has increased the ...

Objectives To review the empirical literature to identify the activities, time spent and engagement of hospital managers in quality of care. Design A systematic review of the literature. Methods A ...

Introduction The aim of this scoping review is to systematically search the literature to identify the nature and or level of trust between the patient, the users of health services (eg, clients ...

1 Centre for Mental Health and Risk, University of Manchester, Manchester, Lancashire, UK 2 Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, Lancashire, UK Objective To ...

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 ...

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 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 This paper aims to analyse the variation in the delivery of diagnostic imaging services in order to suggest possible solutions for the reduction of waiting times, increase the quality of ...

Objectives To identify what changes in the prescribing of isotretinoin have occurred since funded prescriber access was widened in 2009 from ‘dermatologist only’ prescribing to include ‘general ...