Aim To develop a consensus curriculum describing what information service users should be given prior to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Design A Delphi study was undertaken. Following ...

Introduction Autoimmune disease can greatly affect pregnancy outcomes, leading to increased health risks for both mothers and fetuses. Vitiligo is a common chronic skin condition characterised by the ...

Background Physicians are increasingly interested in part-time employment. However, the impact of part-time work on efficiency and quality of care of inpatients is unknown. Objectives To investigate ...

Objectives Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) that occur while already in hospital (‘in-hospital STEMI’) face high mortality. However, data about this patient population are ...

Objective To explore evidence on the links between patient experience and clinical safety and effectiveness outcomes. Design Systematic review. Setting A wide range of settings within primary and ...

Objectives To assess the heterogeneity of heatwave-related impacts on mortality across different cities. Design A multicity time series study. Setting 3 largest Australian cities: Brisbane, Melbourne ...

Introduction Treatment of bipolar disorder is the focus of several clinical trials, however the understanding of the outcomes for establishing treatment effectiveness within these trials is limited.

Objective To identify psychological and physiological correlates of stress fracture in female endurance athletes. Design A cross-sectional design was used with a history of stress fractures and ...

Introduction Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterised by hyperglycaemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. As a major global health ...

Objectives The aim of this review was to explore the notion of alcohol-related presenteeism; that is, whether evidence in the research literature supports an association between employee alcohol ...

Objectives Interhospital transports of critically ill patients are high-risk medical interventions. Well-established parameters to quantify the quality of transports are currently lacking. We aimed to ...

Results 421 patients had at least 10 comparable pathology fields between the electronic import and manual records and were selected for study. 320 patients had concordant data between manually entered ...