Objective To systematically identify and describe self-management interventions for adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Setting Community-based. Participants Adults with CKD stages 1–5 ...

Objective To investigate whether the daily workload per nurse (Oulu Patient Classification (OPCq)/nurse) as measured by the RAFAELA system correlates with different types of patient safety incidents ...

5 Department of Medicine, Barwon Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia 6 Department of Medicine, NorthWest Academic Centre, The University of Melbourne, St Albans, Australia ...

2 School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 3 Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Objectives The ...

Introduction Frailty is characterised by vulnerability to adverse health outcomes and increases with age. Many frailty risk scores have been developed. One important example is the Hospital Frailty ...

Background General practitioners (GPs) manage the drug therapies of people with chronic diseases, and poor adherence to medication remains a major challenge. Objective This qualitative study examined ...

Introduction Emulating the vast inclusion of advanced technology in everyday practice, the medical world is no exception to its implementation, in particular, virtual reality (VR). Initially, its ...

1 Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 7 Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard ...

Objectives To explore the views and experiences of patients on the care they have received while enrolled on the Northumberland High Risk Patient Programme (NHRPP). This programme involved case ...

Objective To investigate how smoking status is recorded in UK primary care; to evaluate whether appropriate multiple imputation (MI) of smoking status yields results consistent with health surveys.

Introduction Sepsis is a major challenge with high incidence and is associated with high mortality worldwide. Current management of sepsis remains mainly supportive except for treatment with ...

Introduction Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) negatively impacts women’s health. Preventing and managing PPH is important, and nurse-led interventions are needed. However, no systematic review has ...