BMJ Open
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Press Releases
Health policy:
Trends and determinants of clinical staff retention in the English NHS: a double retrospective cohort study16 April 2024
Epidemiology:
Association between physical activity over a 10-year period and current insomnia symptoms, sleep duration and daytime sleepiness: a European population-based study26 March 2024
Complementary medicine:
Effect of acupuncture on ischaemic stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide propensity score-matched study13 February 2024
Health policy:
Assessment of quality of data submitted for NICE technology appraisals over two decades13 February 2024
Most Read Articles
Public health:
Burden of chronic diseases associated with periodontal diseases: a retrospective cohort study using UK primary care data16 May 2023
Epidemiology:
Association between physical activity over a 10-year period and current insomnia symptoms, sleep duration and daytime sleepiness: a European population-based study26 March 2024
Health policy:
Assessment of quality of data submitted for NICE technology appraisals over two decades30 March 2024
Emergency medicine:
Comparing physician associates and foundation year 1 doctors-in-training undertaking emergency medicine consultations in England: a quantitative study of outcomes29 March 2024
Evidence based practice:
Evidence-based practice models and frameworks in the healthcare setting: a scoping review22 May 2023
Mental Health
Mental health:
Is a smartphone application (BlueIce) acceptable and safe for university students who self-harm: an open study24 April 2024
Mental health:
Self-directed digital interventions for the improvement of emotion regulation—effectiveness for mental health and functioning in adolescents: protocol for a systematic review23 April 2024
Mental health:
Prevalence and social determinants of anxiety and depression among adults in Ghana: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol23 April 2024
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Public health:
Missing link: a qualitative analysis of community-based organisations contributions to partnered collaborative care to treat late-life depression26 April 2024
Public health:
Intersectional stigma and the non-communicable disease syndemic in the context of HIV: protocol for a multisite, observational study in the USA26 April 2024
Emergency medicine:
Randomised multicentre effectiveness trial of rapid syndromic testing by panel assay in children presenting to European emergency departments with acute respiratory infections--trial protocol for the ADEQUATE Paediatric trial26 April 2024
Epidemiology:
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake, retention and adherence among female sex workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review26 April 2024
Health services research:
Access to innovative anticancer medicines in China: a national survey on availability, price and affordability26 April 2024
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