Introduction Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a major global healthcare challenge. This is, in part, due to the lack of treatment response and chronic course of MDD. Such a course of illness is ...

Introduction Modern surgery incorporates many aspects of care, including preoperative workup, surgical management and multidisciplinary collaboration to achieve favourable outcomes and high patient ...

Background Kinesiophobia is a catastrophic fear of physical activity due to a patient’s overwhelming concerns and sense of vulnerability about cardiac consequences due to activities. However, there ...

Methods and analysis NMHS is a multicentre prospective cohort study which plans to recruit at least 30 000 registered nurses from 62 tertiary hospitals using the cluster sampling method. Baseline data ...

Introduction Transition shock is a very common negative clinical practice experience for nursing students, which not only makes the adaptation to clinical practice difficult but also influences the ...

Objectives To investigate uptake of lateral flow testing, reporting of test results and psychological, contextual and socio-demographic factors associated with testing. Design A series of four ...

Objectives To examine the number of patients screening positive for depression, while self-completing an automated check-in screen prior to a general practice consultation. Design A descriptive ...