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Distinct cardiovascular and cancer burdens associated with social position, work environment and unemployment: a cross-sectional and retrospective study in a large population-based French cohort
Conclusions Social position, work environment and unemployment are associated with distinct cardiovascular and cancerous diseases that could add up during lifetime, they should therefore be considered all together in any preventive strategy.
Source: BMJ Open - July 31, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sanchez Rico, M., Plessz, M., Airagnes, G., Ribet, C., Hoertel, N., Goldberg, M., Zins, M., Meneton, P. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology Source Type: research

Work situation of patients with stroke who have returned to work: a scoping review protocol
This study will be based on the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers’ Manual for scoping reviews. A systematic literature search will be conducted using related medical subject headings and keywords on the work situation of patients with stroke who have returned to work. Relevant publications will be searched using 17 data sources, including grey literature sources, published in English or Chinese between 1957 and 2022. None of the articles will have restrictions on the data sources or study designs. The study selection and search results will be reported and presented according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Syst...
Source: BMJ Open - December 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Wang, H., Si, Y., Wu, G., Wen, J., Yang, M. Tags: Open access, Rehabilitation medicine Source Type: research

Danish validation of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (MTBQ) and findings from a population health survey: a mixed-methods study
Conclusion The Danish MTBQ is a valid measure of treatment burden with good construct validity and high internal reliability. This is the first study to explore treatment burden at a population level and provides important evidence to policy makers and clinicians about sociodemographic groups at risk of higher treatment burden.
Source: BMJ Open - January 3, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pedersen, M. H., Duncan, P., Lasgaard, M., Friis, K., Salisbury, C., Breinholt Larsen, F. Tags: Open access, Research methods Source Type: research

Prevalence and associated factors of self-reported ischaemic heart disease and/or stroke: a cross-sectional nationally representative community-based study of adults in Malawi in 2017
Conclusions Almost 1 in 10 women and 1 in 20 men aged 18–69 years had IHD and/or stroke in Malawi. Several risk and protective factors were found that can be targeted in population health interventions.
Source: BMJ Open - September 23, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pengpid, S., Peltzer, K. Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine Source Type: research