BMJ Open: 5 (7)

Addiction

Research

Socioeconomic determinants of risk of harmful alcohol drinking among people aged 50 or over in England (23 July, 2015)
José Iparraguirre
Non-medical use of prescription pain relievers among high school students in China: a multilevel analysis (13 July, 2015)
Lan Guo, Yan Xu, Jianxiong Deng, Yuan He, Xue Gao, Pengsheng Li, Hong Wu, Jinhua Zhou, Ciyong Lu

Anaesthesia

Protocol

Split-mouth and parallel-arm trials to compare pain with intraosseous anaesthesia delivered by the computerised Quicksleeper system and conventional infiltration anaesthesia in paediatric oral healthcare: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (10 July, 2015)
Violaine Smaïl-Faugeron, Michèle Muller-Bolla, Jean-Louis Sixou, Frédéric Courson

Cardiovascular medicine

Research

Statin use in adults at high risk of cardiovascular disease mortality: cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) (13 July, 2015)
Catriona Murphy, Kathleen Bennett, Tom Fahey, Emer Shelley, Ian Graham, Rose Anne Kenny
Coronary flow reserve during dobutamine stress in Takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy (16 July, 2015)
Olov Collste, Per Tornvall, Mahbubul Alam, Mats Frick
Prevalence and determinants of excessive daytime sleepiness in hypertensive patients: a cross-sectional study in Douala, Cameroon (29 July, 2015)
Bertrand Hugo Mbatchou Ngahane, Motto Malea Nganda, Anastase Dzudie, Henry Luma, Félicité Kamdem, Henri Roger Ngote, Yves Monkam, Christopher Kuaban

Protocol

Rationale and design of three observational, prospective cohort studies including biobanking to evaluate and improve diagnostics, management strategies and risk stratification in venous thromboembolism: the VTEval Project
(1 July, 2015)
Bernd Frank, Liana Ariza, Heidrun Lamparter, Vera Grossmann, Jürgen H Prochaska, Alexander Ullmann, Florentina Kindler, Gerhard Weisser, Ulrich Walter, Karl J Lackner, Christine Espinola-Klein, Thomas Münzel, Stavros V Konstantinides, Philipp S Wild

Dermatology

Research

Identifying acne treatment uncertainties via a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership (17 July, 2015)
Alison Layton, E Anne Eady, Maggie Peat, Heather Whitehouse, Nick Levell, Matthew Ridd, Fiona Cowdell, Mahenda Patel, Stephen Andrews, Christine Oxnard, Mark Fenton, Lester Firkins

Diabetes and endocrinology

Protocol

How social inequalities impact the course of treatment and care for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: study protocol for a qualitative cross-sectional study from the patient's perspective (10 July, 2015)
Amelie Baumann, Sara L Schröder, Astrid Fink
Effectiveness of community-based peer-led diabetes self-management programmes (COMP-DSMP) for improving clinical outcomes and quality of life of adults with diabetes in primary care settings in low and middle-income countries (LMIC): a systematic review and meta-analysis (15 July, 2015)
Mahmoud Werfalli, Peter Raubenheimer, Mark Engel, Nasheeta Peer, Sebastiana Kalula, Andre P Kengne, Naomi S Levitt

Diagnostics

Research

How well do health professionals interpret diagnostic information? A systematic review (28 July, 2015)
Penny F Whiting, Clare Davenport, Catherine Jameson, Margaret Burke, Jonathan A C Sterne, Chris Hyde, Yoav Ben-Shlomo

Protocol

A research protocol for developing a Point-Of-Care Key Evidence Tool ‘POCKET’: a checklist for multidimensional evidence reporting on point-of-care in vitro diagnostics (10 July, 2015)
Jeremy R Huddy, Melody Ni, Stella Mavroveli, James Barlow, Doris-Ann Williams, George B Hanna

Epidemiology

Research

Differences in levels of physical activity between White and South Asian populations within a healthcare setting: impact of measurement type in a cross-sectional study (23 July, 2015)
Thomas Yates, Joe Henson, Charlotte Edwardson, Danielle H Bodicoat, Melanie J Davies, Kamlesh Khunti
Variation in cervical and breast cancer screening coverage in England: a cross-sectional analysis to characterise districts with atypical behaviour (24 July, 2015)
Nathalie J Massat, Elaine Douglas, Jo Waller, Jane Wardle, Stephen W Duffy

Protocol

Development and validation of a screening tool to predict the risk of chronic low back pain in patients presenting with acute low back pain: a study protocol (15 July, 2015)
Adrian Traeger, Nicholas Henschke, Markus Hübscher, Christopher M Williams, Steven J Kamper, Chris G Maher, G Lorimer Moseley, James H McAuley

Evidence based practice

Research

Clinical practice guidelines for hypertension in China: a systematic review of the methodological quality (15 July, 2015)
Yin Chen, Shilian Hu, Lei Wu, Xiang Fang, Weiping Xu, Gan Shen
A mixed methods study of the factors that influence whether intervention research has policy and practice impacts: perceptions of Australian researchers (21 July, 2015)
Robyn Newson, Lesley King, Lucie Rychetnik, Adrian E Bauman, Sally Redman, Andrew J Milat, Jacqueline Schroeder, Gillian Cohen, Simon Chapman

Gastroenterology and hepatology

Protocol

Assessing Cognitive behavioural Therapy in Irritable Bowel (ACTIB): protocol for a randomised controlled trial of clinical-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of therapist delivered cognitive behavioural therapy and web-based self-management in irritable bowel syndrome in adults (15 July, 2015)
Hazel Everitt, Sabine Landau, Paul Little, Felicity L Bishop, Paul McCrone, Gilly O'Reilly, Nicholas Coleman, Robert Logan, Trudie Chalder, Rona Moss-Morris

General practice / Family practice

Research

Can a 3-hour educational workshop and the provision of practical tools encourage family physicians to prescribe physical activity as medicine? A pre–post study (3 July, 2015)
Johann Windt, Adriaan Windt, Jennifer Davis, Robert Petrella, Karim Khan
Development of a computerised decisions support system for renal risk drugs targeting primary healthcare (6 July, 2015)
Anders Helldén, Fadiea Al-Aieshy, Pia Bastholm-Rahmner, Ulf Bergman, Lars L Gustafsson, Hans Höök, Susanne Sjöviker, Anders Söderström, Ingegerd Odar-Cederlöf
Proposal for an annual skin examination by a general practitioner for patients at high risk for melanoma: a French cohort study (29 July, 2015)
Cédric Rat, Charlotte Grimault, Gaelle Quereux, Maelenn Dagorne, Aurélie Gaultier, Amir Khammari, Brigitte Dreno, Jean-Michel Nguyen

Geriatric medicine

Protocol

Reducing and managing faecal incontinence in people with advanced dementia who are resident in care homes: protocol for a realist synthesis (10 July, 2015)
Claire Goodman, Jo Rycroft Malone, Christine Norton, Danielle Harari, Rowan Harwood, Brenda Roe, Bridget Russell, Mandy Fader, Marina Buswell, Vari M Drennan, Frances Bunn

Health economics

Research

Cost-effectiveness of first-line erlotinib in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer unsuitable for chemotherapy (2 July, 2015)
Iftekhar Khan, Stephen Morris, Allan Hackshaw, Siow-Ming Lee
Sociodemographic and health behavioural factors associated with access to and utilisation of eye care in Korea: Korea Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008–2012 (16 July, 2015)
Tyler Hyungtaek Rim, Moonjung Choi, Jin Sook Yoon, Sung Soo Kim

Health policy

Research

Effects of drug price reduction and prescribing restrictions on expenditures and utilisation of antihypertensive drugs in Korea (15 July, 2015)
Ki-Bong Yoo, Sang Gyu Lee, Sohee Park, Tae Hyun Kim, Jeonghoon Ahn, Mee-Hyun Cho, Eun-Cheol Park
Assessing the effect of Michigan's smoke-free law on air quality inside restaurants and casinos: a before-and-after observational study (16 July, 2015)
Farid Shamo, Teri Wilson, Janet Kiley, James Repace
Access to healthcare and financial risk protection for older adults in Mexico: secondary data analysis of a national survey (21 July, 2015)
Svetlana V Doubova, Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas, David Canning, Michael R Reich
Which factors may determine the necessary and feasible type of effectiveness evidence? A mixed methods approach to develop an instrument to help coverage decision-makers (28 July, 2015)
Saskia de Groot, Adriana J Rijnsburger, Matthijs M Versteegh, Juanita M Heymans, Sarah Kleijnen, W Ken Redekop, Ilse M Verstijnen

Protocol

Does accountability for reasonableness work? A protocol for a mixed methods study using an audit tool to evaluate the decision-making of clinical commissioning groups in England (10 July, 2015)
Katharina Kieslich, Peter Littlejohns

Health services research

Research

‘Errors’ and omissions in paper-based early warning scores: the association with changes in vital signs—a database analysis (3 July, 2015)
David A Clifton, Lei Clifton, Dona-Maria Sandu, G B Smith, Lionel Tarassenko, Sarah A Vollam, Peter J Watkinson
Evaluation of the fidelity of an interactive face-to-face educational intervention to improve general practitioner management of back pain (8 July, 2015)
Simon D French, Sally E Green, Jill J Francis, Rachelle Buchbinder, Denise A O'Connor, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Susan Michie
Is researching adverse events in hospital deaths a good way to describe patient safety in hospitals: a retrospective patient record review study (9 July, 2015)
Rebecca J Baines, Maaike Langelaan, Martine C de Bruijne, Cordula Wagner
Effectiveness of a low-intensity telephone counselling intervention on an untreated metabolic syndrome detected by national population screening in Korea: a non-randomised study using regression discontinuity design (10 July, 2015)
Sang-Wook Yi, Soon-Ae Shin, Youn-Jung Lee
“Test me and treat me”—attitudes to vitamin D deficiency and supplementation: a qualitative study (14 July, 2015)
Siddharth Kotta, Dev Gadhvi, Niki Jakeways, Maryum Saeed, Ratna Sohanpal, Sally Hull, Olufunke Famakin, Adrian Martineau, Chris Griffiths
The effectiveness of providing peer benchmarked feedback to hip replacement surgeons based on patient-reported outcome measures—results from the PROFILE (Patient-Reported Outcomes: Feedback Interpretation and Learning Experiment) trial: a cluster randomised controlled study (31 July, 2015)
Maria B Boyce, John P Browne

Protocol

Evaluating the effectiveness of care integration strategies in different healthcare systems in Latin America: the EQUITY-LA II quasi-experimental study protocol (31 July, 2015)
María-Luisa Vázquez, Ingrid Vargas, Jean-Pierre Unger, Pierre De Paepe, Amparo Susana Mogollón-Pérez, Isabella Samico, Paulette Albuquerque, Pamela Eguiguren, Angelica Ivonne Cisneros, Mario Rovere, Fernando Bertolotto

Infectious diseases

Research

Epidemiology of HEV in the Mediterranean basin: 10-year prevalence in Italy (14 July, 2015)
Simone Lanini, Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Daniele Lapa, Vincenzo Puro, Assunta Navarra, Catia Pergola, Giuseppe Ippolito, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi

Intensive care

Protocol

Prospective cohort study protocol to describe the transfer of patients from intensive care units to hospital wards (8 July, 2015)
Denise L Buchner, Sean M Bagshaw, Peter Dodek, Alan J Forster, Robert A Fowler, François Lamontagne, Alexis F Turgeon, Melissa Potestio, Henry T Stelfox

Medical education and training

Protocol

Outcomes of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine's distributed medical education programmes: protocol for a longitudinal comparative multicohort study (27 July, 2015)
John C Hogenbirk, Margaret G French, Patrick E Timony, Roger P Strasser, Dan Hunt, Raymond W Pong

Medical management

Research

Validation of the Polish version of the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) in patients with osteoarthritis undergoing total knee replacement (3 July, 2015)
Przemysław Tomasz Paradowski, Rafał Kęska, Dariusz Witoński

Medical publishing and peer review

Research

Using simplified peer review processes to fund research: a prospective study (2 July, 2015)
Danielle L Herbert, Nicholas Graves, Philip Clarke, Adrian G Barnett

Protocol

Occurrence and determinants of selective reporting of clinical drug trials: design of an inception cohort study (7 July, 2015)
Cornelis A van den Bogert, Patrick C Souverein, Cecile T M Brekelmans, Susan W J Janssen, Manon van Hunnik, Gerard H Koëter, Hubertus G M Leufkens, Lex M Bouter

Mental health

Research

Euthanasia requests, procedures and outcomes for 100 Belgian patients suffering from psychiatric disorders: a retrospective, descriptive study (27 July, 2015)
Lieve Thienpont, Monica Verhofstadt, Tony Van Loon, Wim Distelmans, Kurt Audenaert, Peter P De Deyn
A systematic review of the predictors of health service utilisation by adults with mental disorders in the UK (6 July, 2015)
Conal D Twomey, David S Baldwin, Maren Hopfe, Alarcos Cieza

Protocol

Depression among patients with tuberculosis: determinants, course and impact on pathways to care and treatment outcomes in a primary care setting in southern Ethiopia—a study protocol (8 July, 2015)
Fentie Ambaw, Rosie Mayston, Charlotte Hanlon, Atalay Alem
To tweet or not to tweet about schizophrenia systematic reviews (TweetSz): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (9 July, 2015)
Mahesh Jayaram, Angelique Y M Bodart, Stephanie Sampson, Sai Zhao, Alan A Montgomery, Clive E Adams
Impact of alprazolam in allostatic load and neurocognition of patients with anxiety disorders and chronic stress (GEMA): observational study protocol (14 July, 2015)
Carlos A Soria, Carolina Remedi, Daniel A Núñez, Luciana D'Alessio, Emilio J A Roldán
Refractory depression: mechanisms and evaluation of radically open dialectical behaviour therapy (RO-DBT) [REFRAMED]: protocol for randomised trial (17 July, 2015)
T R Lynch, B Whalley, R J Hempel, S Byford, P Clarke, S Clarke, D Kingdon, H O'Mahen, I T Russell, J Shearer, M Stanton, M Swales, A Watkins, B Remington

Neurology

Research

‘You are just left to get on with it’: qualitative study of patient and carer experiences of the transition to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (22 July, 2015)
F Davies, A Edwards, K Brain, M Edwards, R Jones, R Wallbank, N P Robertson, F Wood
Prediction and prognostication of neurological deterioration in patients with acute ICH: a hospital-based cohort study (28 July, 2015)
Christian Ovesen, Anders Fogh Christensen, Inger Havsteen, Christine Krarup Hansen, Sverre Rosenbaum, Engin Kurt, Hanne Christensen

Protocol

Ephedrine as add-on therapy for patients with myasthenia gravis: protocol for a series of randomised, placebo-controlled n-of-1 trials (16 July, 2015)
Charlotte Vrinten, Alexander F Lipka, Erik W van Zwet, Kirsten J M Schimmel, Martina C Cornel, Marja R Kuijpers, Yechiel A Hekster, Stephanie S Weinreich, Jan J G M Verschuuren
‘Seizure First Aid Training’ for people with epilepsy who attend emergency departments, and their family and friends: study protocol for intervention development and a pilot randomised controlled trial (24 July, 2015)
AJ Noble, AG Marson, C Tudur-Smith, M Morgan, DA Hughes, S Goodacre, L Ridsdale
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of telephone-based support versus usual care for treatment of pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury in low-income and middle-income countries: study protocol for a 12-week randomised controlled trial (28 July, 2015)
Mohit Arora, Lisa Anne Harvey, Alison Joy Hayes, Harvinder Singh Chhabra, Joanne Valentina Glinsky, Ian Douglas Cameron, Lucija Lavrencic, Narkeesh Arumugam, Sohrab Hossain, Parneet Kaur Bedi

Nutrition and metabolism

Research

Diet quality and adherence to a healthy diet in Japanese male workers with untreated hypertension (10 July, 2015)
Masao Kanauchi, Kimiko Kanauchi
A comparison study on the prevalence of obesity and its associated factors among city, township and rural area adults in China (15 July, 2015)
Yan Zou, Ronghua Zhang, Biao Zhou, Lichun Huang, Jiang Chen, Fang Gu, Hexiang Zhang, Yueqiang Fang, Gangqiang Ding
Anaemia and related nutrient deficiencies after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis (16 July, 2015)
Ting-Chia Weng, Chia-Hsuin Chang, Yaa-Hui Dong, Yi-Cheng Chang, Lee-Ming Chuang

Obstetrics and gynaecology

Research

Prevalence and predictors of alcohol use during pregnancy: findings from international multicentre cohort studies (6 July, 2015)
Linda M O'Keeffe, Patricia M Kearney, Fergus P McCarthy, Ali S Khashan, Richard A Greene, Robyn A North, Lucilla Poston, Lesley M E McCowan, Philip N Baker, Gus A Dekker, James J Walker, Rennae Taylor, Louise C Kenny
Perinatal consequences of a category 1 caesarean section at term (29 July, 2015)
Leah Grace, Ristan M Greer, Sailesh Kumar

Occupational and environmental medicine

Research

Age correction in monitoring audiometry: method to update OSHA age-correction tables to include older workers (13 July, 2015)
Robert A Dobie, Nancy C Wojcik
Farm environment during infancy and lung function at the age of 31: a prospective birth cohort study in Finland (22 July, 2015)
Jussi Lampi, Heikki Koskela, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Alexessander Couto Alves, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Juha Pekkanen

Oncology

Research

Women's interpretation of and responses to potential gynaecological cancer symptoms: a qualitative interview study (6 July, 2015)
E L Low, K L Whitaker, A E Simon, M Sekhon, J Waller
A favourable prognostic marker for EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer: immunohistochemical analysis of MUC5B (29 July, 2015)
Kouki Wakata, Tomoshi Tsuchiya, Koichi Tomoshige, Katsunori Takagi, Naoya Yamasaki, Keitaro Matsumoto, Takuro Miyazaki, Atsushi Nanashima, Jeffrey A Whitsett, Yutaka Maeda, Takeshi Nagayasu

Protocol

Qualitative approach to patient-reported outcomes in oncology: protocol of a French study (10 July, 2015)
Massimiliano Orri, Jordan Sibeoni, Mathilde Labey, Guilhem Bousquet, Laurence Verneuil, Anne Revah-Levy
Eating As Treatment (EAT) study protocol: a stepped-wedge, randomised controlled trial of a health behaviour change intervention provided by dietitians to improve nutrition in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy (31 July, 2015)
Ben Britton, Kristen McCarter, Amanda Baker, Luke Wolfenden, Chris Wratten, Judith Bauer, Alison Beck, Patrick McElduff, Sean Halpin, Gregory Carter

Palliative care

Protocol

Efficacy of a minimal home-based psychoeducative intervention versus usual care for managing anxiety and dyspnoea in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised controlled trial protocol (7 July, 2015)
Dorthe Gaby Bove, Dorthe Overgaard, Kirsten Lomborg, Bjarne Ørskov Lindhardt, Julie Midtgaard

Patient-centred medicine

Research

A questionnaire survey exploring healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards teamwork and safety in acute care areas in South Korea (24 July, 2015)
Sung Eun Kim, Chan Woong Kim, Sang Jin Lee, Je Hyeok Oh, Dong Hoon Lee, Tae Ho Lim, Hyuk Joong Choi, Hyun Soo Chung, Ji Yeong Ryu, Hye Young Jang, Yoon Hee Choi, Su Jin Kim, Jin Hee Jung

Protocol

Medical versus surgical methods of early abortion: protocol for a systematic review and environmental scan of patient decision aids (14 July, 2015)
Kyla Z Donnelly, Rachel Thompson

Pharmacology and therapeutics

Research

Emergency supply of prescription-only medicines to patients by community pharmacists: a mixed methods evaluation incorporating patient, pharmacist and GP perspectives (10 July, 2015)
Charles W Morecroft, Adam J Mackridge, Elizabeth C Stokes, Nicola J Gray, Sarah E Wilson, Darren M Ashcroft, Noah Mensah, Graham B Pickup

Public health

Research

Burden and trend analysis of injury mortality in China among children aged 0–14 years from 2004 to 2011 (2 July, 2015)
Zhaoxue Yin, Jing Wu, Jiesi Luo, Anita WP Pak, Bernard CK Choi, Xiaofeng Liang
Role of probiotics VSL#3 in prevention of suspected sepsis in low birthweight infants in India: a randomised controlled trial (10 July, 2015)
Anju Sinha, Subodh S Gupta, Harish Chellani, Chetna Maliye, Vidya Kumari, Sugandha Arya, BS Garg, Sunita Dixit Gaur, Rajni Gaind, Vijayshri Deotale, Manish Taywade, MS Prasad, Vasantha Thavraj, Ajit Mukherjee, Malabika Roy
Quality of life and coping strategies among immigrant women living with pain in Denmark: a qualitative study (10 July, 2015)
Camilla Michaëlis, Maria Kristiansen, Marie Norredam
The inter-relationship among economic activities, environmental degradation, material consumption and population health in low-income countries: a longitudinal ecological study (15 July, 2015)
Ying-Chih Chuang, Ya-Li Huang, Ching-Yao Hu, Ssm-Ching Chen, Kuo-Chien Tseng
Adherence to guidelines on antibiotic treatment for respiratory tract infections in various categories of physicians: a retrospective cross-sectional study of data from electronic patient records (15 July, 2015)
David Tell, Sven Engström, Sigvard Mölstad
Under-reporting of maternal and perinatal adverse events in New Zealand (23 July, 2015)
Cynthia Farquhar, Sarah Armstrong, Boa Kim, Vicki Masson, Lynn Sadler
Joint associations of smoking and physical activity with disability retirement: a register-linked cohort study (29 July, 2015)
Tea Lallukka, Ossi Rahkonen, Eero Lahelma, Jouni Lahti
Factors associated with induced abortion among female entertainment workers: a cross-sectional study in Cambodia (31 July, 2015)
Siyan Yi, Sovannary Tuot, Pheak Chhoun, Khuondyla Pal, Khimuy Tith, Carinne Brody

Protocol

Protocol for a systematic review of the effects of interventions to inform or educate caregivers about childhood vaccination in low and middle-income countries (13 July, 2015)
Lungeni A Lukusa, Nyanyiwe N Mbeye, Folasade B Adeniyi, Charles S Wiysonge
Is the introduction of violence and injury observatories associated with a reduction of violence in adult populations? Rationale and protocol for a systematic review (21 July, 2015)
Ardil Jabar, Dylan Barth, Richard Matzopoulos, Mark Emmanuel Engel
‘Including health in systems responsible for urban planning’: a realist policy analysis research programme (23 July, 2015)
Patrick Harris, Sharon Friel, Andrew Wilson
Validating prediction scales of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Spain: the SPREDIA-2 population-based prospective cohort study protocol (28 July, 2015)
Miguel Ángel Salinero-Fort, Carmen de Burgos-Lunar, José Mostaza Prieto, Carlos Lahoz Rallo, Juan Carlos Abánades-Herranz, Paloma Gómez-Campelo, Fernando Laguna Cuesta, Eva Estirado De Cabo, Francisca García Iglesias, Teresa González Alegre, Belén Fernández Puntero, Luis Montesano Sánchez, David Vicent López, Víctor Cornejo Del Río, Pedro J Fernández García, Concesa Sabín Rodríguez, Silvia López López, Pedro Patrón Barandío, the SPREDIA-2 Group

Qualitative research

Research

How family carers engage with technical health procedures in the home: a grounded theory study (6 July, 2015)
Janet McDonald, Eileen McKinlay, Sally Keeling, William Levack

Radiology and imaging

Research

Retrospective study using MRI to measure depths of acupuncture points in neck and shoulder region (29 July, 2015)
Pei-Chi Chou, Yu-Chuen Huang, Chun-Jen Hsueh, Jaung-Geng Lin, Heng-Yi Chu

Rehabilitation medicine

Research

Development and validation of Australian aphasia rehabilitation best practice statements using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method (2 July, 2015)
Emma Power, Emma Thomas, Linda Worrall, Miranda Rose, Leanne Togher, Lyndsey Nickels, Deborah Hersh, Erin Godecke, Robyn O'Halloran, Sue Lamont, Claire O'Connor, Kim Clarke

Research methods

Research

Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis using fetal DNA in maternal plasma: a preliminary study for identification of paternally-inherited alleles using single nucleotide polymorphisms (22 July, 2015)
J J Chen, J A M A Tan, K H Chua, P C Tan, E George

Respiratory medicine

Research

A cross-sectional study of the prevalence and associations of iron deficiency in a cohort of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (6 July, 2015)
Annabel H Nickol, Matthew C Frise, Hung-Yuan Cheng, Anne McGahey, Bethan M McFadyen, Tara Harris-Wright, Nicole K Bart, M Kate Curtis, Shivani Khandwala, David P O'Neill, Karen A Pollard, F Maxine Hardinge, Najib M Rahman, Andrew E Armitage, Keith L Dorrington, Hal Drakesmith, Peter J Ratcliffe, Peter A Robbins
Barriers to uptake among high-risk individuals declining participation in lung cancer screening: a mixed methods analysis of the UK Lung Cancer Screening (UKLS) trial (14 July, 2015)
Noor Ali, Kate J Lifford, Ben Carter, Fiona McRonald, Ghasem Yadegarfar, David R Baldwin, David Weller, David M Hansell, Stephen W Duffy, John K Field, Kate Brain

Protocol

Efficacy and Safety of Pergoveris in Assisted Reproductive Technology—ESPART: rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial in poor ovarian responders undergoing IVF/ICSI treatment (3 July, 2015)
P Humaidan, J Schertz, R Fischer
Observational study of sleep, respiratory mechanics and quality of life in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a protocol study (13 July, 2015)
Newton Santos Faria Júnior, Luis Vicente Franco Oliveira, Eduardo Araújo Perez, Ezequiel Fernandes de Oliveira, Nadua Apostolico, Nixon Alves Pereira, Israel dos Reis dos Santos, Jessica Julioti Urbano, Ismael Dias Souza, Igor Bastos Polonio, José Gustavo Barian Romaldini, Déborah Madeu Pereira, Vera Lúcia dos Santos Alves, Ângela Honda Souza, Oliver Augusto Nascimento, José Roberto Jardim, Roberto Stirbulov
Impact of cardiovascular comorbidities on COPD Assessment Test (CAT) and its responsiveness to pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with moderate to very severe COPD: protocol of the Chance study (21 July, 2015)
Dionne E Smid, Sarah Wilke, Paul W Jones, Jean W M Muris, Emiel F M Wouters, Frits M E Franssen, Martijn A Spruit

Smoking and tobacco

Research

Association between secondhand smoke exposure and blood lead and cadmium concentration in community dwelling women: the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2010–2012) (16 July, 2015)
Se Young Jung, Suyeon Kim, Kiheon Lee, Ju Young Kim, Woo Kyung Bae, Keehyuck Lee, Jong-Soo Han, Sarah Kim

Sports and exercise medicine

Protocol

Group Medical Visits (GMVs) in primary care: an RCT of group-based versus individual appointments to reduce HbA1c in older people (13 July, 2015)
Karim M Khan, Adriaan Windt, Jennifer C Davis, Martin Dawes, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Ken Madden, Carlo A Marra, Laura Housden, Christiane Hoppmann, David J Adams
Management of persistent postconcussion symptoms in youth: a randomised control trial protocol (31 July, 2015)
Nick Reed, Dayna Greenspoon, Grant L Iverson, Carol DeMatteo, Philippe Fait, Jérôme Gauvin-Lepage, Anne Hunt, Isabelle J Gagnon

Surgery

Research

The importance of a medical chaperone: a quality improvement study exploring the use of a note stamp in a tertiary breast surgery unit (15 July, 2015)
K Rose, S Eshelby, P Thiruchelvam, A Khoo, K Hogben
Floor and ceiling effects in the OHS: an analysis of the NHS PROMs data set
(27 July, 2015)
Christopher R Lim, Kristina Harris, Jill Dawson, David J Beard, Ray Fitzpatrick, Andrew J Price

Protocol

Determining Surgical Complications in the Overweight (DISCOVER): a multicentre observational cohort study to evaluate the role of obesity as a risk factor for postoperative complications in general surgery (20 July, 2015)
Dmitri Nepogodiev, Stephen J Chapman, James Glasbey, Michael Kelly, Chetan Khatri, Thomas M Drake, Chia Yew Kong, Harriet Mitchell, Ewen M Harrison, J Edward Fitzgerald, Aneel Bhangu

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Table of contents

July 2015 - Volume 5 - 7

Addiction

Research

Anaesthesia

Protocol

Cardiovascular medicine

Research

Protocol

Dermatology

Research

Diabetes and endocrinology

Protocol

Diagnostics

Research

Protocol

Epidemiology

Research

Protocol

Evidence based practice

Research

Gastroenterology and hepatology

Protocol

General practice / Family practice

Research

Geriatric medicine

Protocol

Health economics

Research

Health policy

Research

Protocol

Health services research

Research

Protocol

Infectious diseases

Research

Intensive care

Protocol

Medical education and training

Protocol

Medical management

Research

Medical publishing and peer review

Research

Protocol

Mental health

Research

Protocol

Neurology

Research

Protocol

Nutrition and metabolism

Research

Obstetrics and gynaecology

Research

Occupational and environmental medicine

Research

Oncology

Research

Protocol

Palliative care

Protocol

Patient-centred medicine

Research

Protocol

Pharmacology and therapeutics

Research

Public health

Research

Protocol

Qualitative research

Research

Radiology and imaging

Research

Rehabilitation medicine