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Epidemiology of time-loss injuries in English community-level rugby union

Objectives Using a prospective cohort study design, to establish the incidence and nature of time-loss injuries in English community rugby and to assess the differences between different playing ...
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Optimising regional organisation of endovascular thrombectomy for ischaemic stroke reusing a simulation model

Objectives This study assessed whether a previously developed Monte Carlo simulation model can be reused for evaluating various strategies to minimise time-to-treatment in southwest Netherlands for ...
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Insights from critical care clinicians, patients and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a ...

Background Patients and families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds face distinct challenges ...
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Epidemiological characteristics of major respiratory infectious diseases in Baiyin, China, from 2014 to 2023: a descriptive epidemiological study

Objective To analyse temporal trends of respiratory infectious diseases (RIDs) in Baiyin City from 2014 to 2023, aiming to explore the epidemiological patterns of these diseases (tuberculosis, scarlet ...
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Knowledge, attitude and use of menstrual cup among females of Siddharthanagar Municipality, Nepal: a community-based cross-sectional study

Objectives Although menstrual cups have a long history and numerous benefits, many women of reproductive age remain unaware. This study assessed the knowledge, attitude and use regarding menstrual ...
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Unlocking the potential of traditional birth attendants in Somaliland: a qualitative study on healthcare system integration

Objectives The roles and functions of traditional birth attendants in the community and in relation to the formal healthcare system have to the best of our knowledge, not previously been explored in ...
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Provision of medical assistance in dying: a scoping review

Objectives The purpose of this study is to map the characteristics of the existing medical literature describing the medications, settings, participants and outcomes of medical assistance in dying ...
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Protocol for a cervical screening implementation trial comparing two approaches for delivering HPV self-collection in low-resource settings in India: a type 3 hybrid clust…

Background Although multiple studies have offered self-collection for human papillomavirus (HPV)-based cervical screening in ...
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Rates of obstetric intervention among low-risk women giving birth in private and public hospitals in NSW: a population-based descriptive study

1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Family and Community Health Research Group, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2 Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, Sydney ...
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Enhancing the use of economic evidence in vaccination policy and decision making in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of existing strategies

Objectives The use of economic evidence to prioritise vaccines and delivery strategies to optimally use in immunisation systems is becoming a global priority, especially in low- and middle-income ...
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The Effect of Multimorbidity and Anticoagulation Use in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation on The One-Year Outcome: Analysis from Jordan Atrial Fibrillation (JoFIB) Study – A ...

Objective Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) frequently have multiple comorbidities that increase the risk of hospitalisation and contribute to higher mortality. However, studies examining the ...
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Prevalence of sarcopenia in older Chinese adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Participants A literature research was conducted using the PubMed, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, CQVIP and Wanfang databases. The following search terms in the abstract were ...