Objectives To investigate the factors which influence patient satisfaction with surgical services and to explore the relationship between overall satisfaction, satisfaction with specific facets of ...

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 ...

2 National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK 3 Moorfields ...

Conclusions This study is the first RCT of cloth masks, and the results caution against the use of cloth masks. This is an important finding to inform occupational health and safety. Moisture ...

Protocol: Surgery or radiotherapy for early-stage cancer study (SORT) target trial protocol: stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) with curative intent versus surgical resection for early-stage ...

Objectives The association between smoking and patients with schizophrenia has been established through epidemiological ...

Objectives Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a rare and underdiagnosed disease associated with a high mortality rate. Although, in ...

Objectives The effectiveness of rural outreach remains limited due to the lack of suitable incentives within the county medical community. Based on the Existence, Relatedness and Growth (ERG) theory ...

Introduction Diabetes mellitus has increased in prevalence worldwide and is causing an increasing burden on health services. The best patient outcomes occur with early diagnosis to prevent health ...

Objectives The purpose of this study was to estimate the annual incidence of Lyme disease (LD) in the UK. Design This was a retrospective descriptive cohort study. Setting Study data were extracted ...

Objective To investigate how smoking status is recorded in UK primary care; to evaluate whether appropriate multiple imputation (MI) of smoking status yields results consistent with health surveys.

Objectives The death of a sibling can trigger grief and depression. Sibling deaths from external causes may be particularly detrimental, since they are often sudden. We aimed to examine the ...