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Open AccessAn online clinical decision tool to screen for vertebral fragility fractures (Vfrac) in older women presenting with back pain in general practice: protocol for a feasibility study in preparation for a future cluster randomised controlled trial
This feasibility study for a future definitive randomized trial assesses the use and acceptability of a new clinical decision tool to identify risk of a vertebral fracture and those who should be referred for ...
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An Evaluation of Virtual Training for Teaching Dance Instructors to Implement a Behavioral Coaching Package
Few dance instructors receive formal training on how to teach dance skills using behavioral coaching methods and may employ an authoritarian teaching style that utilizes coercive feedback, which can adversely ...
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Further advances in epilepsy
In 2017, one of us reviewed advances in epilepsy (Manford in J Neurol 264:1811–1824, 2017). The current paper brings that review up to date and gives a slight change in emphasis. Once again, the story is of ev...
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Research priorities regarding the use of bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a UK priority setting exercise
Worldwide, many people who would benefit from osteoporosis drugs are not offered or receiving them, resulting in an osteoporosis care gap. Adherence with bisphosphonates is particularly low. This study aimed t...
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Open AccessExperiential Avoidance in Advanced Cancer: a Mixed-Methods Systematic Review
People with advanced cancer experience psychological distress due to physical symptoms, functional decline, and a limited prognosis. Difficult thoughts, feelings, and emotions may exacerbate distress and lead ...
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Publisher Correction to: A Telecommunication Model to Teach Facilitators to Deliver Acceptance and Commitment Training
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A Telecommunication Model to Teach Facilitators to Deliver Acceptance and Commitment Training
Providing mediator training using a telecommunication format increases access to training by reducing geographical and financial barriers, while maintaining or increasing efficiency. Limited research has imple...
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Open AccessCognitive flexibility supports the development of cumulative cultural learning in children
The scale of cumulative cultural evolution (CCE) is a defining characteristic of humans. Despite marked scientific interest in CCE, the cognitive underpinnings supporting its development remain understudied. W...
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Open AccessDevelo** catalyst films of health experiences: an analysis of a robust multi-stakeholder involvement journey
Those whose lives are most directly impacted by health care—patients, caregivers, and frontline staff—are ideally situated to improve patient health care services and care quality. Despite a proliferation of l...
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Open AccessDo palliative care patients and relatives think it would be acceptable to use Bispectral index (BIS) technology to monitor palliative care patients’ levels of consciousness? A qualitative exploration with interviews and focus groups for the I-CAN-CARE research programme
Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring uses electroencephalographic data as an indicator of patients’ consciousness level. This technology might be a useful adjunct to clinical observation when titrating sedative m...
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Open AccessTalking control sessions in people with advanced cancer: a qualitative analysis of sessions
Talking control (TC) was developed to control for the common factors in therapy so that the specific effects of therapy can be tested. A TC was recently used in a pilot study of Acceptance and Commitment thera...
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Open AccessPyroptosis is a critical inflammatory pathway in the placenta from early onset preeclampsia and in human trophoblasts exposed to hypoxia and endoplasmic reticulum stressors
Systemic manifestation of preeclampsia (PE) is associated with circulating factors, including inflammatory cytokines and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), or alarmins. However, it is unclear whethe...
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Review of Evidence-Based Approaches to Caregiver Training
Training caregivers on tasks related to quality of life for the individuals they support is important across service sectors. Moreover, trainees often rank quality training as highly acceptable. This review su...
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Open AccessContext, mechanisms and outcomes in end-of-life care for people with advanced dementia: family carers perspective
Kee** people living with advanced dementia in their usual place of residence is becoming a key governmental goal but to achieve this, family carers and health care professionals must negotiate how to provide...
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Addiction to Self-harm? The Case of Online Postings on Self-harm Message Boards
Presently, there is limited research investigating the addictive nature of self-harm, even though non-suicidal self-injury disorder has been included in the DSM-V (American Psychiatric Association 2013) for over ...
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Pirfenidone for Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: An Evidence Review Group Perspective of a NICE Single Technology Appraisal
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published guidance on the use of pirfenidone (Esbriet®, Roche) for the treatment of mild to moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in 2013. NICE ...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Economic Evaluations Alongside Efficient Study Designs Using Large Observational Datasets: the PLEASANT Trial Case Study
The original article can be found online.
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Open AccessDevelo** primary care teams prepared to improve quality: a mixed-methods evaluation and lessons learned from implementing a microsystems approach
Health systems in the United States are increasingly required to become leaders in quality to compete successfully in a value-conscious purchasing market. Doing so involves develo** effective clinical teams ...
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Obinutuzumab with Bendamustine for Treating Follicular Lymphoma Refractory to Rituximab: An Evidence Review Group Perspective of a NICE Single Technology Appraisal
As part of its single technology appraisal process, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) invited the manufacturer of obinutuzumab (Roche) to submit evidence on its clinical and cost ...
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Re: The Ottawa Self-injury Inventory Version 3.1: Suggestions for Revision to the Addictive Features Section