Introduction. Clinical practice is a crucial aspect of nursing education.1 During the clinical practice period, nursing students engage in a hospital environment to apply their knowledge and skills to ...

Objective To systematically review preoperative and intraoperative Anastomotic Leak Prediction Scores (ALPS) and validation studies to evaluate performance and utility in surgical decision-making.

Introduction Objective and accurate dietary monitoring is critical for comprehensive dietary assessment and improving ...

Objectives It is important that allied health professionals (AHPs) are prepared for clinical practice from the very start of their working lives to provide quality care for patients, for their ...

Objectives Up to a quarter of the world’s population experience chronic pain, which, in addition to interfering with daily activities and waking function, is often associated with poor sleep.

Objective To assess barriers and facilitators to de-implementation. Design A qualitative evidence synthesis with a framework analysis. Data sources Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library and Rx for Change ...

Objective The objective of this study was to characterise the incidence rates of herpes zoster (HZ), also known as shingles, and risk of complications across the world. Design We systematically ...

Background Stillbirths and associated outcomes remain a significant concern in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with approximately 41% of global stillbirths. Design Our cross-sectional analysis included a ...

Objectives To investigate the change in anticholinergic burden over a 5 year period in relation to the health characteristics of older adults. Study design Using data from the MultiCare Cohort Study ...

Introduction In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the risk of certain cardiovascular (CV) events is increased by threefold to fivefold in the year following acute ...

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health inequalities across the globe, disproportionately affecting those with poor social determinants of health (SDOHs). It is imperative to ...

Objective To explore the association between biological rhythm and internalising disorders among children and adolescents. Design, setting and participants This cross-sectional study used data from ...