Introduction Adolescence is a key period of development for mental health; however, little is known about how (cumulative) daily life experiences impact long-term mental health development in this ...

Objective To assess the effects of behaviourally informed short message service (SMS) reminders on demand for human ...

The latent profile analysis was used to identify the self-efficacy groups of young and middle-aged patients with aortic ...

Objectives To alleviate the shortage of qualified physicians in rural areas, since 2010, the Chinese government has launched a National Compulsory Service Programme (NCSP) to enrol medical students ...

Objectives To systematically investigate the prevalence of pain, factors related with pain and pain management interventions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Design ...

Objectives There is little consensus regarding the burden of pain in the UK. The purpose of this review was to synthesise existing data on the prevalence of various chronic pain phenotypes in order to ...

Introduction The aetiology of eating disorders (EDs) is complex, involving an interplay of genetic and environmental factors.

Introduction Burnout and reduced well-being are highly prevalent among Japanese medical students during clinical training. Scalable, evidence-based interventions are urgently needed. This protocol ...

Objective To examine whether gender differences in primary care consultation rates (1) vary by age and deprivation status and (2) diminish when consultation for reproductive reasons or common ...

Objective To assess the nature and extent of physical-health comorbidities in people with schizophrenia and related psychoses compared with controls. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting 314 primary ...

1 Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China 2 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, China ...

Introduction Persistent inequalities in cancer care and cancer outcomes exist within and between countries. However, the evidence pertaining to the root causes driving cancer inequalities is mixed.