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2013, Volume 3, Issue 5

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Addiction

Research

  • A brief intervention for drug use, sexual risk behaviours and violence prevention with vulnerable women in South Africa: a randomised trial of the Women’s Health CoOp

    • Wendee M Wechsberg,
    • Rachel Jewkes,
    • Scott P Novak,
    • Tracy Kline,
    • Bronwyn Myers,
    • Felicia A Browne,
    • Tara Carney,
    • Antonio A Morgan Lopez,
    • Charles Parry
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002622 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002622

Cardiovascular medicine

Research

  • Dabigatran use in Danish atrial fibrillation patients in 2011: a nationwide study

    • Rikke Sørensen,
    • Gunnar Gislason,
    • Christian Torp-Pedersen,
    • Jonas Bjerring Olesen,
    • Emil L Fosbøl,
    • Morten W Hvidtfeldt,
    • Deniz Karasoy,
    • Morten Lamberts,
    • Mette Charlot,
    • Lars Køber,
    • Peter Weeke,
    • Gregory Y H Lip,
    • Morten Lock Hansen
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002758 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002758

Communication

Research

Diabetes and endocrinology

Research

  • Does contact with a podiatrist prevent the occurrence of a lower extremity amputation in people with diabetes? A systematic review and meta-analysis

    • C M Buckley,
    • I J Perry,
    • C P Bradley,
    • P M Kearney
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002331 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002331

  • A population-based cross-sectional study of the association between facial morphology and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescence

    • Jelena Djordjevic,
    • Debbie A Lawlor,
    • Alexei I Zhurov,
    • Arshed M Toma,
    • Rebecca Playle,
    • Stephen Richmond
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002910 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002910

Epidemiology

Research

  • Influenza-like illness in acute myocardial infarction patients during the winter wave of the influenza A H1N1 pandemic in London: a case–control study

    • Charlotte Warren-Gash,
    • Anna Maria Geretti,
    • George Hamilton,
    • Roby D Rakhit,
    • Liam Smeeth,
    • Andrew C Hayward
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002604 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002604

  • Do social interactions explain ethnic differences in psychological distress and the protective effect of local ethnic density? A cross-sectional study of 226 487 adults in Australia

    • Xiaoqi Feng,
    • Thomas Astell-Burt,
    • Gregory S Kolt
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002713 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002713

  • Life-course pathways to psychological distress: a cohort study

    • Sophie von Stumm,
    • Ian J Deary,
    • Gareth Hagger-Johnson
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002772 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002772

  • The relationship between osteoarthritis and cardiovascular disease in a population health survey: a cross-sectional study

    • M Mushfiqur Rahman,
    • Jacek A Kopec,
    • Jolanda Cibere,
    • Charlie H Goldsmith,
    • Aslam H Anis
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002624 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002624

  • Adjusting the obesity thresholds for self-reported BMI in Ireland: a cross-sectional analysis

    • David Madden
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002865 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002865

  • The incidence of eating disorders in the UK in 2000–2009: findings from the General Practice Research Database

    • Nadia Micali,
    • Katrina W Hagberg,
    • Irene Petersen,
    • Janet L Treasure
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002646 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002646

  • Contributions of body mass index and exercise habits on inflammatory markers: a cohort study of middle-aged adults living in the USA

    • Kelley Strohacker,
    • Rena R Wing,
    • Jeanne M McCaffery
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002623 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002623

  • Material, psychosocial and behavioural factors associated with self-reported health in the Republic of Ireland: cross-sectional results from the SLÁN survey

    • Isabelle Niedhammer,
    • Sarra Kerrad,
    • Stefanie Schütte,
    • Jean-François Chastang,
    • Cecily C Kelleher
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002797 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002797

Ethics

Research

  • Parental comprehension of the benefits/risks of first-line randomised clinical trials in children with solid tumours: a two-stage cross-sectional interview study

    • Hélène Chappuy,
    • Naim Bouazza,
    • Veronique Minard-Colin,
    • Catherine Patte,
    • Laurence Brugières,
    • Judith Landman-Parker,
    • Anne Auvrignon,
    • Dominique Davous,
    • Hélène Pacquement,
    • Daniel Orbach,
    • Jean Marc Tréluyer,
    • François Doz
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002733 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002733

Evidence-based practice

Research

  • A systematic review of the effect of red blood cell transfusion on mortality: evidence from large-scale observational studies published between 2006 and 2010

    • Sally Hopewell,
    • Omar Omar,
    • Chris Hyde,
    • Ly-Mee Yu,
    • Carolyn Doree,
    • Mike F Murphy
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002154 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002154

  • Publication rate for funded studies from a major UK health research funder: a cohort study

    • S Turner,
    • D Wright,
    • R Maeso,
    • A Cook,
    • R Milne
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002521 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002521

  • Access to medicines in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): a scoping study

    • Isabel Cristina Martins Emmerick,
    • Maria Auxiliadora Oliveira,
    • Vera Lucia Luiza,
    • Thiago Botelho Azeredo,
    • Maryam Bigdeli
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002224 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002224

Protocol

  • Sustainability of knowledge translation interventions in healthcare decision-making: protocol for a scoping review

    • Andrea C Tricco,
    • Elise Cogo,
    • Huda Ashoor,
    • Laure Perrier,
    • K Ann McKibbon,
    • Jeremy M Grimshaw,
    • Sharon E Straus
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002970 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002970

General practice / Family practice

Research

  • Cardiac arrest management in general practice in Ireland: a 5-year cross-sectional study

    • G Bury,
    • M Headon,
    • M Egan,
    • J Dowling
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002563 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002563

  • Factors affecting patients’ trust and confidence in GPs: evidence from the English national GP patient survey

    • Joanne E Croker,
    • Dawn R Swancutt,
    • Martin J Roberts,
    • Gary A Abel,
    • Martin Roland,
    • John L Campbell
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002762 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002762

Global health

Research

  • Cognitive and motor skills in school-aged children following maternal vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy in rural Nepal: a follow-up of a placebo-controlled, randomised cohort

    • Gillian J Buckley,
    • Laura E Murray-Kolb,
    • Subarna K Khatry,
    • Steven C LeClerq,
    • Lee Wu,
    • Keith P West, Jr,
    • Parul Christian
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002000 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002000

  • Falling sex ratios and emerging evidence of sex-selective abortion in Nepal: evidence from nationally representative survey data

    • Melanie Dawn Frost,
    • Mahesh Puri,
    • Peter Richard Andrew Hinde
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002612 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002612

Health economics

Research

  • Cost-effectiveness of a telephone-delivered education programme to prevent early childhood caries in a disadvantaged area: a cohort study

    • Margaret Pukallus,
    • Kathryn Plonka,
    • Sanjeewa Kularatna,
    • Louisa Gordon,
    • Adrian G Barnett,
    • Laurence Walsh,
    • W Kim Seow
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002579 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002579

Health informatics

Research

  • Placing clinical variables on a common linear scale of empirically based risk as a step towards construction of a general patient acuity score from the electronic health record: a modelling study

    • Steven I Rothman,
    • Michael J Rothman,
    • Alan B Solinger
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002367 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002367

  • Predictive models to assess risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension and comorbidity: machine-learning algorithms and validation using national health data from Kuwait—a cohort study

    • Bassam Farran,
    • Arshad Mohamed Channanath,
    • Kazem Behbehani,
    • Thangavel Alphonse Thanaraj
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002457 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002457

  • Error rates in a clinical data repository: lessons from the transition to electronic data transfer—a descriptive study

    • Matthew K H Hong,
    • Henry H I Yao,
    • John S Pedersen,
    • Justin S Peters,
    • Anthony J Costello,
    • Declan G Murphy,
    • Christopher M Hovens,
    • Niall M Corcoran
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002406 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002406

Health policy

Research

  • Addressing the human resources crisis: a case study of Cambodia’s efforts to reduce maternal mortality (1980–2012)

    • Noriko Fujita,
    • Kimiko Abe,
    • Arie Rotem,
    • Rathavy Tung,
    • Phuong Keat,
    • Ann Robins,
    • Anthony B Zwi
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002685 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002685

Health services research

Research

  • Job strain and supervisor support in primary care health centres and glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study

    • Anne Koponen,
    • Jussi Vahtera,
    • Janne Pitkäniemi,
    • Marianna Virtanen,
    • Jaana Pentti,
    • Nina Simonsen-Rehn,
    • Mika Kivimäki,
    • Sakari Suominen
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002297 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002297

  • Role of public and private funding in the rising caesarean section rate: a cohort study

    • Kristjana Einarsdóttir,
    • Fatima Haggar,
    • Gavin Pereira,
    • Helen Leonard,
    • Nick de Klerk,
    • Fiona J Stanley,
    • Sarah Stock
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002789 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002789

  • Quality of newborn care: a health facility assessment in rural Ghana using survey, vignette and surveillance data

    • Linda Vesel,
    • Alexander Manu,
    • Terhi J Lohela,
    • Sabine Gabrysch,
    • Eunice Okyere,
    • Augustinus H A ten Asbroek,
    • Zelee Hill,
    • Charlotte Tawiah Agyemang,
    • Seth Owusu-Agyei,
    • Betty R Kirkwood
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002326 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002326

  • Evidence-based commissioning in the English NHS: who uses which sources of evidence? A survey 2010/2011

    • Aileen Clarke,
    • Sian Taylor-Phillips,
    • Jacky Swan,
    • Emmanouil Gkeredakis,
    • Penny Mills,
    • John Powell,
    • Davide Nicolini,
    • Claudia Roginski,
    • Harry Scarbrough,
    • Amy Grove
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002714 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002714

  • Development of an economic evaluation of diagnostic strategies: the case of monogenic diabetes

    • Jaime L Peters,
    • Rob Anderson,
    • Chris Hyde
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002905 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002905

  • Doctors’ understanding of individualisation of drug treatments: a qualitative interview study

    • S Denford,
    • J Frost,
    • P Dieppe,
    • N Britten
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002706 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002706

HIV/AIDS

Research

  • Injecting drug users, sex workers and men who have sex with men: a national cross-sectional study to develop a framework and prevalence estimates for national HIV/AIDS programmes in the Republic of Serbia

    • Catherine Comiskey,
    • Orla Dempsey,
    • Danijela Simic,
    • Sladjana Baroš
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002203 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002203

  • Living with HIV postdiagnosis: a qualitative study of the experiences of Nairobi slum residents

    • Eliud Wekesa,
    • Ernestina Coast
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002399 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002399

  • ‘The body we leave behind’: a qualitative study of obstacles and opportunities for increasing uptake of male circumcision among Tanzanian Christians

    • Jennifer A Downs,
    • Lucus D Fuunay,
    • Mary Fuunay,
    • Mary Mbago,
    • Agrey Mwakisole,
    • Robert N Peck,
    • David J Downs
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002802 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002802

  • Identifying HIV most-at-risk groups in Malawi for targeted interventions. A classification tree model

    • Jacques B O Emina,
    • Nyovani Madise,
    • Mathias Kuepie,
    • Eliya M Zulu,
    • Yazoume Ye
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002459 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002459

Infectious diseases

Research

  • An observational study of malaria in British travellers: Plasmodium ovale wallikeri and Plasmodium ovale curtisi differ significantly in the duration of latency

    • Debbie Nolder,
    • Mary C Oguike,
    • Hector Maxwell-Scott,
    • Hatoon A Niyazi,
    • Valerie Smith,
    • Peter L Chiodini,
    • Colin J Sutherland
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002711 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002711

  • Prevalence and factors associated with asymptomatic gonococcal and chlamydial infection among US Navy and Marine Corps men infected with the HIV: a cohort study

    • Robert J Carpenter,
    • Oliver N Refugio,
    • Nehkonti Adams,
    • Kevin P O'Brien,
    • Mark D Johnson,
    • Harold L Groff,
    • Ryan C Maves,
    • Mary F Bavaro,
    • Nancy F Crum-Cianflone
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002775 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002775

Medical education and training

Research

  • Ophthalmic surgical training following modernising medical careers: regional variation in experience across the UK

    • Ian AS Rodrigues,
    • Richard J Symes,
    • Stephen Turner,
    • Arti Sinha,
    • Gordon Bowler,
    • Wai H Chan
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002578 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002578

Neurology

Research

  • Randomised controlled trial of an education and support package for stroke patients and their carers

    • Sally Eames,
    • Tammy Hoffmann,
    • Linda Worrall,
    • Stephen Read,
    • Andrew Wong
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002538 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002538

  • Surgery versus prolonged conservative treatment for sciatica: 5-year results of a randomised controlled trial

    • Michiel B Lequin,
    • Dagmar Verbaan,
    • Wilco C H Jacobs,
    • Ronald Brand,
    • Gerrit J Bouma,
    • William P Vandertop,
    • Wilco C Peul
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002534 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002534

Nutrition and metabolism

Research

  • Case–control and prospective studies of dietary α-linolenic acid intake and prostate cancer risk: a meta-analysis

    • Amanda J Carleton,
    • John L Sievenpiper,
    • Russell de Souza,
    • Gail McKeown-Eyssen,
    • David J A Jenkins
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002280 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002280

Protocol

  • Individual empowerment in overweight and obese patients: a study protocol

    • Pierluigi Struzzo,
    • Raffaella Fumato,
    • Silvia Tillati,
    • Anita Cacitti,
    • Fabrizio Gangi,
    • Alessia Stefani,
    • Alessia Torcutti,
    • Lucia Crapesi,
    • Gianni Tubaro,
    • Matteo Balestrieri
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002669 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002669

Obstetrics and gynaecology

Research

  • Trends and risk factors for severe perineal trauma during childbirth in New South Wales between 2000 and 2008: a population-based data study

    • Hannah Dahlen,
    • Holly Priddis,
    • Virginia Schmied,
    • Anne Sneddon,
    • Christine Kettle,
    • Chris Brown,
    • Charlene Thornton
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002824 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002824

Occupational and environmental medicine

Research

  • Validation of a questionnaire measuring preschool children's reactions to and coping with noise in a repeated measurement design

    • Kerstin Persson Waye,
    • Irene van Kamp,
    • Lotta Dellve
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002408 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002408

Oncology

Research

  • Body mass index and perioperative complications after oesophagectomy for adenocarcinoma: a systematic database review

    • Marcovalerio Melis,
    • Jill Weber,
    • Ravi Shridhar,
    • Sarah Hoffe,
    • Khaldoun Almhanna,
    • Richard C Karl,
    • Kenneth L Meredith
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e001336 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001336

  • A cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals to determine what they believe constitutes ‘specialist’ care for teenage and young adult patients with cancer

    • Rebecca J Birch,
    • Eva J A Morris,
    • Robert M West,
    • Dan P Stark,
    • Ian Lewis,
    • Sue Morgan,
    • Richard G Feltbower
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002346 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002346

  • A nationwide Danish cohort study challenging the categorisation into right-sided and left-sided colon cancer

    • Per Jess,
    • Iben Onsberg Hansen,
    • Michael Gamborg,
    • Tine Jess
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002608 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002608

Protocol

  • INvolvement of breast CAncer patients during oncological consultations: a multicentre randomised controlled trial—the INCA study protocol

    • Claudia Goss,
    • Alberto Ghilardi,
    • Giuseppe Deledda,
    • Chiara Buizza,
    • Alessandro Bottacini,
    • Lidia Del Piccolo,
    • Michela Rimondini,
    • Federica Chiodera,
    • Maria Angela Mazzi,
    • Mario Ballarin,
    • Irene Bighelli,
    • Maria Grazia Strepparava,
    • Annamaria Molino,
    • Elena Fiorio,
    • Rolando Nortilli,
    • Chiara Caliolo,
    • Serena Zuliani,
    • Alessandra Auriemma,
    • Federica Maspero,
    • Edda Lucia Simoncini,
    • Fulvio Ragni,
    • Richard Brown,
    • Christa Zimmermann
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002266 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002266

Ophthalmology

Research

  • A survey of attitudes of glaucoma subspecialists in England and Wales to visual field test intervals in relation to NICE guidelines

    • Rizwan Malik,
    • Helen Baker,
    • Richard A Russell,
    • David P Crabb
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002067 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002067

  • Patients’ subjective assessment of the duration of cataract surgery: a case series

    • Pierre-Raphael Rothschild,
    • Sophie Grabar,
    • Brivael Le Dû,
    • Cyril Temstet,
    • Olga Rostaqui,
    • Antoine P Brézin
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002497 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002497

Paediatrics

Research

  • Nodding syndrome in Ugandan children—clinical features, brain imaging and complications: a case series

    • Richard Idro,
    • Robert Opika Opoka,
    • Hellen T Aanyu,
    • Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige,
    • Theresa Piloya-Were,
    • Hanifa Namusoke,
    • Sarah Bonita Musoke,
    • Joyce Nalugya,
    • Paul Bangirana,
    • Amos Deogratius Mwaka,
    • Steven White,
    • Kling Chong,
    • Anne D Atai-Omoruto,
    • Edison Mworozi,
    • Jolly Nankunda,
    • Sarah Kiguli,
    • Jane Ruth Aceng,
    • James K Tumwine
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002540 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002540

  • Bed sharing when parents do not smoke: is there a risk of SIDS? An individual level analysis of five major case–control studies

    • Robert Carpenter,
    • Cliona McGarvey,
    • Edwin A Mitchell,
    • David M Tappin,
    • Mechtild M Vennemann,
    • M Smuk,
    • JR Carpenter
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002299 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002299

Patient-centred medicine

Research

  • Comparison of health confidence in rural, suburban and urban areas in the UK and the USA: a secondary analysis

    • Kristen Haven,
    • Martín F Celaya,
    • Jaclyn Pierson,
    • Aron J Weisskopf,
    • Neil J MacKinnon
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002640 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002640

Pharmacology and therapeutics

Research

  • Differences in drug utilisation between men and women: a cross-sectional analysis of all dispensed drugs in Sweden

    • Desirée Loikas,
    • Björn Wettermark,
    • Mia von Euler,
    • Ulf Bergman,
    • Karin Schenck-Gustafsson
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002378 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002378

Public health

Research

  • Overactive bladder symptom severity is associated with falls in community-dwelling adults: LOHAS study

    • Noriaki Kurita,
    • Shin Yamazaki,
    • Norio Fukumori,
    • Kenichi Otoshi,
    • Koji Otani,
    • Miho Sekiguchi,
    • Yoshihiro Onishi,
    • Misa Takegami,
    • Rei Ono,
    • Shigeo Horie,
    • Shin-ichi Konno,
    • Shin-ichi Kikuchi,
    • Shunichi Fukuhara
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002413 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002413

  • Assessing the short-term outcomes of a community-based intervention for overweight and obese children: The MEND 5-7 programme

    • L R Smith,
    • P Chadwick,
    • D Radley,
    • M Kolotourou,
    • C S Gammon,
    • J Rosborough,
    • P M Sacher
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002607 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002607

  • Determinants of vulnerability in early childhood development in Ireland: a cross-sectional study

    • Margaret Curtin,
    • Jamie Madden,
    • Anthony Staines,
    • Ivan J Perry
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002387 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002387

  • Physical activity and self-reported health status among adolescents: a cross-sectional population-based study

    • I Galán,
    • R Boix,
    • M J Medrano,
    • P Ramos,
    • F Rivera,
    • R Pastor-Barriuso,
    • C Moreno
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002644 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002644

  • Asthma mortality in Australia in the 21st century: a case series analysis

    • Dianne P Goeman,
    • Michael J Abramson,
    • Edwina A McCarthy,
    • Celia M Zubrinich,
    • Jo A Douglass
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002539 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002539

  • Effects of train noise and vibration on human heart rate during sleep: an experimental study

    • Ilona Croy,
    • Michael G Smith,
    • Kerstin Persson Waye
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002655 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002655

Protocol

  • An exploratory study of cannabis withdrawal among Indigenous Australian prison inmates: study protocol

    • Bernadette Rogerson,
    • Jan Copeland,
    • Petra Buttner,
    • India Bohanna,
    • Yvonne Cadet-James,
    • Zoltan Sarnyai,
    • Alan R Clough
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002951 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002951

Rehabilitation medicine

Protocol

  • The neurophysiological effects of dry needling in patients with upper trapezius myofascial trigger points: study protocol of a controlled clinical trial

    • Maryam Abbaszadeh-Amirdehi,
    • Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari,
    • Soofia Naghdi,
    • Gholamreza Olyaei,
    • Mohammad Reza Nourbakhsh
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002825 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002825

Respiratory medicine

Research

  • Nocturnal sweating—a common symptom of obstructive sleep apnoea: the Icelandic sleep apnoea cohort

    • Erna Sif Arnardottir,
    • Christer Janson,
    • Erla Bjornsdottir,
    • Bryndis Benediktsdottir,
    • Sigurdur Juliusson,
    • Samuel T Kuna,
    • Allan I Pack,
    • Thorarinn Gislason
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002795 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002795

Rheumatology

Research

  • Involving patient research partners has a significant impact on outcomes research: a responsive evaluation of the international OMERACT conferences

    • Maarten de Wit,
    • Tineke Abma,
    • Marije Koelewijn-van Loon,
    • Sarah Collins,
    • John Kirwan
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002241 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002241

Sexual health

Research

  • Social determinants of syphilis in South China: the effect of sibling position on syphilis and sexual risk behaviours

    • Joseph D Tucker,
    • Darwin Young,
    • Ligang Yang,
    • Bin Yang,
    • Adaora A Adimora
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002834 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002834

Sports and exercise medicine

Research

  • Risk factors for hand injury in hurling: a cross-sectional study

    • Éanna Falvey,
    • Paul McCrory,
    • Brendan Crowley,
    • Aiden Kelleher,
    • Joseph Eustace,
    • Fergus Shanahan,
    • Michael G Molloy
    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002634 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002634

Corrections

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    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e001541corr1 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001541corr1

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    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002083corr1 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002083corr1

  • Correction

    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002111corr1 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002111corr1

  • Correction

    BMJ Open 2013;3:5 e002399corr1 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002399corr1

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