Exploring the pharmacists role in optimising antithrombotic therapy in primary care: a qualitative study
Conclusion
Community pharmacists perceive a role for themselves in antithrombotic therapy. To fulfil this role, several preconditions must be met. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - March 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: van Paassen, J. G., Tan, J. P., Deneer, V. H. M., Bouvy, M. L. Tags: Open access, Patient-centred medicine Source Type: research
Emergency medical dispatchers experiences of using the Medical Priority Dispatch System telephone triage to identify maternity emergencies: a qualitative focus group study
Conclusions
Maternity calls were considered rewarding but complex by EMDs. We suggest changes including the use of more sensitive language in response to miscarriage and termination and make recommendations for the omission and inclusion of specific instructions, as well as enhancements to key questions and functionality. Further research is needed to ensure focus group findings are generalisable to other services, particularly in other countries. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - March 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Shaw, J., Bannister, C., Ariyibi, A., Fothergill, R. Tags: Open access, Emergency medicine Source Type: research
Latent class analysis of Chinese healthcare providers attitudes towards oocyte cryopreservation: a cross-sectional study
Conclusions
The majority of healthcare providers held a reluctant attitude towards oocyte cryopreservation of unmarried women for non-medical reasons, which might relate to their worries about the risks to offspring’s health and lack of knowledge about a reproductive technique. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - March 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lu, J., Tian, X., Wang, Z. Tags: Open access, Health policy Source Type: research
What Matters to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth (WM2Y): a study protocol to develop a national youth well-being measure
This study will identify the domains of well-being and develop a new preference-based well-being measure based on the values and preferences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth (aged 12–17 years).
Methods and analysis
This project will be conducted across three research phases: (1) qualitative exploration of well-being using PhotoYarning and yarns with adult mentors to develop candidate items; (2) Think Aloud study, quantitative survey, psychometric analysis, validity testing of candidate items and finalisation of the descriptive system; and (3) scoring development using a quantitative preference-based ap...
Source: BMJ Open - March 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Garvey, G., Howard, K., Garvey, D., Dickson, M., Howell, M., Butler, T. L., Cadet-James, Y., Cunningham, J., Bainbridge, R., McGorry, P., Williamson, A., Anderson, K. M. Tags: Open access, Public health Source Type: research
Evaluating the impact of movement tracking feedback on engagement with home exercise programmes of children with cerebral palsy using a new therapy app: a protocol for a mixed-methods single-case experimental design with alternating treatments
This study will explore the impact of feedback on engagement, movement quality, lower limb function and family experiences to help understand how technology-supported HEPs should be translated and the added value, if any, of movement tracking technology.
Methods and analysis
In this explanatory sequential mixed-methods study using a SCED, 16 children with CP (aged 6–12 years, Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I–II) will set lower limb goals and be prescribed an individualised HEP by their physiotherapist to complete using BBCamp on their home television equipped with a three-dimensional camera-...
Source: BMJ Open - March 18, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Petrevska, M., Wright, F. V., Khan, A., Munce, S., Fehlings, D., Biddiss, E. Tags: Open access, Paediatrics Source Type: research
