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Randomized controlled trials are considered the “gold standard” for evaluating the effectiveness of an intervention. However, large-scale, cluster-randomized trials are complex and costly to implement. The gen...
Lower-than-expected recruitment continues to be one of the major causes of trial delays, and trials to improve mental health are no exception. Indeed, recruitment challenges in trials of vulnerable populations...
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) often struggle with recruitment and many need extensions which leads to delayed implementation of effective interventions. Recruitment to complex intervention trials have si...
Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death globally for people aged 5–29 years, with 90% of mortality occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The STABLE (Slashing Two-wheeled Accidents by Le...
Appropriate management of fractures is crucial for restoring natural bone function and preventing long-term complications. Previous research on animal models indicates that trehalose can improve bone fracture ...
There are numerous approaches available to analyse data from cluster randomised trials. These include cluster-level summary methods and individual-level methods accounting for clustering, such as generalised e...
A large proportion of older adults suffer from chronic diseases. Health coaching is a promising intervention that enhances individuals’ health knowledge and supports changes in health behaviours. Even though h...
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The acceptability of a children’s premedication, prior to general anaesthesia (GA), is fundamental to ensuring positive clinical- and patient-reported outcomes. Midazolam, the current standard premedication, i...
Depersonalization-derealization disorder (DPD) is a complex psychiatric condition marked by profound and often relentless feelings of detachment from one’s self and surroundings. Transcranial electrical stimul...
Ureteral stents are placed by urologists to ensure ureteral patency in the postoperative period following ureteroscopy to treat kidney stones, with the goal to reduce complications. However, ureteral stents th...
The utilization of shoulder arthroscopic surgery has progressively increased as a prevalent surgical approach for the treatment and repair of rotator cuff injury in clinical practice. However, early postoperat...
The number of non-inferiority (NI) trials, those aiming to show a new treatment is no worse than a comparator, is increasing. However, their added complexity over superiority trials can create confusion. Most ...
Chronic ankle instability is associated with long-term neuromuscular deficits involving poor postural control and peroneal muscular impairment. Symptoms of chronic ankle instability hinder engagement in physic...
Hemorrhoidal disease (HD) is associated with substantial economic burden and negative effects on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aCute HaemORrhoids treatment with MESoglycan (CHORMES) study aims to...
Paranoia, the belief that you are at risk of significant physical or emotional harm from others, is a common difficulty, which causes significant distress and impairment to daily functioning, including in psyc...
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is the most common complication following general anesthesia. Currently, pharmaceutical therapy is the primary method of treatment, but it has reached a plateau, and it...
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Clinical trial success hinges on efficient participant recruitment and retention. However, slow accrual and attrition frequently hinder progress. To address these challenges, a novel dashboard tool with contro...
Opisthorchis viverrini (OV) and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are two of the most common helminths contributing to the Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs) burden in the Lower Mekong Basin. Although mass drug adm...
Cancer navigation programs aim to support, educate, and empower patients and families, addressing barriers to diagnostics, treatment, and care. Navigators engage with people to ensure timely access to services...
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) represents a critical complications of end-stage liver disease, serving as an independent predictor of mortality among patients with cirrhosis. Despite effective treatment with rifa...
The anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial benefits of prebiotics may present an affordable and cost-effective strategy for not only the prevention but also treatment of malnutrition. Therefore, the present trial...
Osteoarthritis in the thumb base (trapeziometacarpal joint, CMC-1 joint) is prevalent, particularly among middle-aged and elderly women, causing significant disability. Conservative treatments, including stero...
Kidney stone disease is a common problem. The holmium: yttrium–aluminum–garnet (HO:YAG) laser is currently the gold standard laser for ureterorenoscopic (URS) lithotripsy. Recently, the superpulse thulium fibe...
Enteral nutrition for stroke patients in China presents major shortcomings. This aspect of care involves multiple components, and poor implementation of any one of them may affect the patients’ enteral nutriti...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)-related myocardial infarction (MI), especially the distal type associated with microvascular dysfunction, is not an uncommon complication of the procedure. Specific les...
Exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have been linked to chronic diseases including breast cancer, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and infertility. Exposure during pregnancy may have a lifelong imp...
Influenza vaccination confers broad benefits in the elderly and certain high-risk populations, but its effectiveness in patients with acute heart failure (HF) is uncertain. Rates of influenza vaccination are l...
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ICU patients are particularly susceptible to vitamin D3 deficiencies. This can be due to the severity of their underlying disease, the type of treatment they are on, and malnutrition before and inadequate nutr...
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are one of the most common occupational diseases and the main cause of disability worldwide. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are one of the common health risks a...
Keratinocyte carcinomas such as basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas are a major burden affecting morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs). Best treatment includes fre...
Older adults commonly experience chronic medical conditions and are at risk of cognitive impairment as a result of age, chronic comorbidity, and medications prescribed to manage multiple chronic conditions. An...
As food insecurity and healthcare costs are linked, healthcare entities (i.e., providers, healthcare systems, insurers) are increasingly interested in identifying and providing solutions to address food insecu...
Participation in cardiac rehabilitation is low in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Although existing rehabilitation methods have achieved certain ...
Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a debilitating condition that individuals may develop on ascent to high altitude. It is characterized by headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and fatigue with the potential t...
Changes in response patterns of biological stress systems, including responses of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis to repeated stress, can promote the deve...
Eveningness chronotype—the tendency for later sleep and wake times—arises from a confluence of psychosocial, behavioral, and biological factors. With the onset and progression of puberty, many young people dev...
Group A streptococci (Strep A) orStreptococcus pyogenes is a major human pathogen causing an estimated 500,000 deaths worldwide each year. Disease can range from mild pharyngitis to more severe infections, such a...
Performing spinal anesthesia in elderly patients with spine degeneration is challenging for novice practitioners. This stratified randomized controlled trial aims to compare the effectiveness of mixed reality-...
Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) enable the automated, real-time detection of situations associated with a risk of adverse drug events (ADEs). However, the effectiveness of CDSS in reducing ADEs has y...
Following successful treatment, displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures (DIACFs) necessitate an extensive rehabilitation regimen, significantly influencing functional and socio-economic outcomes. Apart f...
Process evaluations are increasingly integrated into randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of complex interventions to document their delivery and interactions with local systems and dynamics, helping understand...
Open liver surgery remains a primary surgical approach for complex liver resections and liver transplantation. However, the postoperative pain management is still a major challenge. Ultrasound-guided external ...
Despite significant progress in orthopaedic surgery, the prevalence of periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) remains persistent, and future increases are expected due to the increasing number of joint arthrop...
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Healthcare systems data (HCSD) could improve the efficiency of clinical trials, but their accuracy and validity are uncertain. Our objective was to assess the accuracy of HCSD as the sole method of outcome det...
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