Volume 14(5); 2024

Anaesthesia

Predicting the association of different levels of physical activity on postoperative pulmonary complications using the international physical activity questionnaire in patients undergoing thoracoscopic lung surgery under general anaesthesia: protocol for a prospective cohort study

Lei Qiu, Liang Zhao, Bailun Wang, Li Yang, Cuicui Cao, Meng Lv, Mengchao Xu, Ming Hou, Xiaofei Wang, Yuelan Wang, Chang Ping Gu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e077183. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077183

PMCID:: PMC11097810

Article PDF–677K

Non-physician anaesthesia providers’ perspectives on task sharing practices in Zambia and Somaliland: a qualitative study

Konstantina Ilia Karydi, Siston Kabaghe, Helen Blamey, Mubarak Mohamed, Naomi Shamambo, Hilary Edgcombe

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078939. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078939

PMCID:: PMC11086413

Article PDF–533K

Effect of passive leg raising on the cross-sectional area of the right internal jugular vein in patients with obesity: a randomised controlled trial protocol

Dongliang Pei, Shuyan Wang, Chenmin Sun

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e085044. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085044

PMCID:: PMC11086179

Article PDF–236K

Effect of a 3D-printed reconstruction automated matching system for selecting the size of a left double-lumen tube: a study protocol for a prospective randomised controlled trial

Lantao Li, Yihao Zhu, Feng Yin, Hong Yu, Huaiming Wang, Yi Xu, Fei Fei, Wusong Liu, Bowen Duan, Fei Wang, Ying Jia, Hongwei Zhang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e085503. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085503

PMCID:: PMC11097817

Article PDF–1001K

Optimal approach for ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks for abdominal surgeries: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

Qiuyu Zhu, Donghang Zhang, Yiyong Wei

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e085680. Published online 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085680

PMCID:: PMC11086374

Article PDF–865K

Cardiovascular Medicine

Comparison of three diagnostic strategies for suspicion of pulmonary embolism: planar ventilation-perfusion scan (V/Q), CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) and single photon emission CT ventilation-perfusion scan (SPECT V/Q): a protocol of a randomised controlled trial

Romain Le Pennec, Pierre-Yves Le Roux, Philippe Robin, Francis Couturaud, Marc Righini, Grégoire Le Gal, Pierre-Yves Salaun

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e075712. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075712

PMCID:: PMC11097801

Article PDF–549K

Impact of androgenic anabolic steroid use on cardiovascular and mental health in Danish recreational athletes: protocol for a nationwide cross-sectional cohort study as a part of the Fitness Doping in Denmark (FIDO-DK) study

Laust Frisenberg Buhl, Louise Lehmann Christensen, Axel Diederichsen, Jes Sanddal Lindholt, Caroline Michaela Kistorp, Dorte Glintborg, Marianne Andersen, Jan Frystyk

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078558. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078558

PMCID:: PMC11086435

Article PDF–1.1M

Standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation versus chest compressions only after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Shulin An, Yi Liu, Qian Xi, Yongqing Zhang, Yongli Gao, Wei Zhang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079167. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079167

PMCID:: PMC11086416

Article PDF–888K

Pulsed field ablation with the pentaspline catheter compared with cryoablation for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in the UK NHS: a cost-comparison analysis

Claire Duxbury, David Begley, Patrick M Heck

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079881. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079881

PMCID:: PMC11086277

Article PDF–1.1M

Morbidity and mortality outcomes of patients requiring isolated tricuspid valve surgery: a retrospective cohort study of 537 patients in New South Wales between 2002 and 2018

Gregory Harvey, Vincent Chow, Imants Rubenis, David Brieger, Leonard Kritharides, Austin Chin Chwan Ng

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080804. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080804

PMCID:: PMC11086187

Article PDF–421K

Complementary Medicine

Chiropractic spinal manipulation and likelihood of tramadol prescription in adults with radicular low back pain: a retrospective cohort study using US data

Robert James Trager, Zachary A Cupler, Roshini Srinivasan, Regina M Casselberry, Jaime A Perez, Jeffery A Dusek

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078105. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078105

PMCID:: PMC11086504

Article PDF–998K

Dentistry and Oral Medicine

Protocol for CARES–HAPIN: an ambidirectional cohort study on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and risk of early childhood caries

Sneha S Patil, Naveen Puttaswamy, Andres Cardenas, Dana Boyd Barr, Santu Ghosh, Kalpana Balakrishnan

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e083874. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-083874

PMCID:: PMC11097839

Article PDF–982K

Diabetes and Endocrinology

Comparative efficacy and acceptability of different exercise patterns for reducing cardiovascular events in pre-diabetes: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Yumei Zhong, Meijuan Lan, Haotian Chen, Yuanyuan Chen, Yuping Zhang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e075783. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075783

PMCID:: PMC11086503

Article PDF–2.0M

Experiences of living with overweight/obesity and early type 2 diabetes in Singapore—a qualitative interview study

Mary Lee, Hwee Sing Khoo, Charmaine Krishnasamy, May Eng Loo, S K W Wong, San Chye Cheng, Eileen Bei, Shu Yun Tan, Pauline Xie, Eng Sing Lee, Wern Ee Tang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079082. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079082

PMCID:: PMC11086526

Article PDF–685K

Factors influencing optimal diabetes care and clinical outcomes in Thai patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a multilevel modelling analysis

Apinya Surawit, Tanyaporn Pongkunakorn, Thamonwan Manosan, Pichanun Mongkolsucharitkul, Parinya Chamnan, Krishna Suvarnabhumi, Thanapat Puangpet, Sophida Suta, Sureeporn Pumeiam, Bonggochpass Pinsawas, Suphawan Ophakas, Sananon Pisitpornsuk, Chalita Utchin, Korapat Mayurasakorn

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079415. Published online 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079415

PMCID:: PMC11086275

Article PDF–1.3M

Sensorineural hearing loss among type 2 diabetic patients and its association with peripheral neuropathy: a cross-sectional study from a lower middle-income country

Saba Asghar, Zeeshan Ali, Ali Abdullah, Shabnam Naveed, Masroor Syed Ahmad, Tariq Syed Muhammad Rafi

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081035. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081035

PMCID:: PMC11086572

Article PDF–884K

Exploring type 2 diabetes self-management practices in rural Bangladesh: facilitators, barriers and expectations—a qualitative study protocol

Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Anju E Joham, Ashraful Kabir, A K M Fazlur Rahman, Liaquat Ali, Cheryce L Harrison, Baki Billah

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081385. Published online 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081385

PMCID:: PMC11086285

Article PDF–1.8M

Diagnostics

Novel point-of-care cytokine biomarker lateral flow test for the screening for sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis: study protocol of a multicentre multidisciplinary prospective observational clinical study to evaluate the performance and feasibility of the Genital InFlammation Test (GIFT)

Stephanie Ramboarina, Tania Crucitti, Katherine Gill, Linda Gail Bekker, Emma Michele Harding-Esch, Janneke H H M van de Wijgert, Bich-Tram Huynh, Camille Fortas, Aina Harimanana, Théodora Mayouya Gamana, Rindra Vatosoa Randremanana, Reziky Mangahasimbola, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Katharina Kranzer, Constance R S Mackworth-Young, Sarah Bernays, Nicola Thomas, David Anderson, Fatime Ramla Tanko, Monalisa Manhanzva, Micaela Lurie, Fezile Khumalo, Edina Sinanovic, Ayako Honda, Tanya Pidwell, Suzanna C Francis, Lindi Masson, Jo-Anne Passmore

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e084918. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084918

PMCID:: PMC11086546

Article PDF–1.0M

Ear, Nose and Throat/Otolaryngology

Study protocol: the biologics in severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps survey

Valentin Favier, Clémentine Daveau, Florent Carsuzaa, Maxime Fieux, Clair Vandersteen, Laurent Castillo, Jean Francois Papon, Ludovic de Gabory, Nicolas Saroul, Benjamin Verillaud, Cécile Rumeau, Roger Jankowski, Justin Michel, Guillaume de Bonnecaze, Jean-Baptiste Lecanu, Andre Coste, Emilie Béquignon, Olivier Malard, Geoffrey Mortuaire

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e083112. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083112

PMCID:: PMC11097834

Article PDF–1.1M

Epidemiology

Cohort profile: the Environmental Reproductive and Glucose Outcomes (ERGO) Study (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) — a prospective pregnancy cohort study of the impacts of environmental exposures on parental cardiometabolic health

Emma V Preston, Marlee R Quinn, Paige L Williams, Thomas F McElrath, David E Cantonwine, Ellen W Seely, Blair J Wylie, Michele R Hacker, Karen O'Brien, Florence M Brown, Camille E Powe, Andrea Bellavia, Zifan Wang, Kathryn S Tomsho, Russ Hauser, Tamarra James-Todd

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079782. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079782

PMCID:: PMC11086466

Article PDF–1.4M

Insomnia symptom prevalence in England: a comparison of cross-sectional self-reported data and primary care records in the UK Biobank

Melanie A de Lange, Rebecca C Richmond, Sophie V Eastwood, Neil M Davies

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080479. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080479

PMCID:: PMC11086527

Article PDF–436K

Predictors of somatic symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national longitudinal survey in Japan

Norio Sugawara, Takahiro Tabuchi, Keita Tokumitsu, Norio Yasui-Furukori

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082439. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082439

PMCID:: PMC11086443

Article PDF–532K

Saxon Epidemiological Study in General Practice-6 (SESAM-6): protocol of a cross-sectional study

Willy Gräfe, Lukas Liebig, Tobias Deutsch, Jeannine Schübel, Antje Bergmann, Markus Bleckwenn, Thomas Frese, Christine Brütting, Henna Riemenschneider

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e084716. Published online 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084716

PMCID:: PMC11086448

Article PDF–323K

DORIS study: domestic violence in orthopaedics, a prospective cohort study at a Swedish hospital on the annual prevalence of domestic violence in orthopaedic emergency care

Karin Svensson Malchau, Eva-Corina Caragounis, Mikael Sundfeldt

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e085618. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085618

PMCID:: PMC11086206

Article PDF–613K

Cohort profile: EFTER-COVID – a Danish nationwide cohort for assessing the long-term health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Anna Irene Vedel Sørensen, Peter Bager, Nete Munk Nielsen, Anders Koch, Lampros Spiliopoulos, Anders Hviid, Steen Ethelberg

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e087799. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087799

PMCID:: PMC11085694

Article PDF–629K

Evidence Based Practice

Assessing early feasibility of a novel innovation to increase consumer partnership capability within an Australian health innovation organisation using a mixed-method approach

Liz Newton, Tara Louise Dimopoulos-Bick

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080495. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080495

PMCID:: PMC11086460

Article PDF–425K

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Comorbidity and multimorbidity in patients with cirrhosis, hospitalised in an internal medicine ward: a monocentric, cross-sectional study

Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Alessia Ballesio, Gabriele Croce, Alice Silvia Brera, Lucia Padovini, Giampiera Bertolino, Antonio Di Sabatino, Catherine Klersy, Gino Roberto Corazza

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e077576. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077576

PMCID:: PMC11086508

Article PDF–331K

Analgesia for the treatment of acute pancreatitis: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Sriya S Subramani, Alaina C Berg, Lee A Kral, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Abigail Smith, Anna Evans Phillips, Dhiraj Yadav, Aliye Uc, Aamer Imdad

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081971. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081971

PMCID:: PMC11097890

Article PDF–337K

Acute watery diarrhoea cases during cholera outbreak in Syria: a cohort study

Ahmad Yamen Arnaout, Yaman Nerabani, Mohamad Nabhan Sawas, Tala Jouma Alhejazi, Mohamad Ali Farho, Khaled Arnaout, Hassan Alshaker, Baraa Shebli, Mostafa Helou, Bashir Badawi Mobaied, Mohamad Bassel Mouti, Fares Kady, Ziad Aljarad

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082385. Published online 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082385

PMCID:: PMC11086290

Article PDF–292K

Novel biomarker profiles to improve individual diagnosis and prognosis in patients with suspected inflammatory bowel disease: protocol for the Nordic inception cohort study (NORDTREAT)

Anja Fejrskov, Johannes David Füchtbauer, Lóa G Davíðsdóttir, Jonas Halfvarson, Marte Lie Høivik, Michael Dam Jensen, Joachim Høg Mortensen, Lene Nyholm Nielsen, Martin Rejler, Dirk Repsilber, Johan D Söderholm, Claus Aalykke, Vibeke Andersen, Robin Christensen, Jens Kjeldsen

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e083144. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083144

PMCID:: PMC11097809

Article PDF–747K

General practice / Family practice

Reasons for unsuccessful recruitment of children with atopic dermatitis in primary care in the Netherlands to a cohort study with an embedded pragmatic, randomised controlled open-label trial: a survey

Karlijn F van Halewijn, Arthur M Bohnen, Suzanne G M A Pasmans, Patrick J E Bindels, Gijs Elshout

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078942. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078942

PMCID:: PMC11097857

Article PDF–325K

Association between non-registration of chronic kidney disease and mortality and cardiovascular outcome: a time-to-event analysis of retrospective primary care data

Ine Van den Wyngaert, Pavlos Mamouris, Endale Alemayehu Ali, Bert Vaes, Gijs Van Pottelbergh

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081115. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081115

PMCID:: PMC11097823

Article PDF–3.1M

Hungarian general practice paediatricians’ antibiotic prescribing behaviour for suspected respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study

Balázs Babarczy, Ágnes Hajdu, Ria Benko, Mária Matuz, Renáta Papp, Pantelis Antoniou, Ketevan Kandelaki, Danilo Lo Fo Wong, Sahil Khan Warsi

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081574. Published online 2024 May 10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081574

PMCID:: PMC11097800

Article PDF–378K

How effective is topical miconazole or amorolfine for mild to moderately severe onychomycosis in primary care: the Onycho Trial – a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Roeland M Watjer, Tobias N Bonten, Khisraw Sayed, Koen D Quint, Martha T van der Beek, Bart J A Mertens, Mattijs E Numans, Just A H Eekhof

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081914. Published online 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081914

PMCID:: PMC11086198

Article PDF–885K

Genetics and Genomics

Implementation of a primary-tertiary shared care model to improve the detection of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH): a mixed methods pre-post implementation study protocol

Karen Birkenhead, David Sullivan, Claire Trumble, Catherine Spinks, Shubha Srinivasan, Andrew Partington, Luke Elias, Charlotte Mary Hespe, Gabrielle Fleming, Stephen Li, Madeline Calder, Elizabeth Robertson, Ronald Trent, Mitchell N Sarkies

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082699. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082699

PMCID:: PMC11086381

Article PDF–2.9M

Geriatric Medicine

Cognitive stimulation for people with dementia in nursing homes: a protocol for a feasibility study examining a new 24/7 approach (CogStim24)

Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Ümran Sema Seven, Julie Guicheteau, Martin N Dichter, Martin Hellmich, Sascha Köpke, Elke Kalbe

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078369. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078369

PMCID:: PMC11086365

Article PDF–1.2M

Global Health

Feasibility of continuous glucose monitoring in patients with type 1 diabetes at two district hospitals in Neno, Malawi: a randomised controlled trial

Apoorva Gomber, Francis Valeta, Matthew M Coates, Celina Trujillo, Gina Ferrari, Medson Boti, Kenwood Kumwenda, Bright Mailosi, Dester Nakotwa, Laura Drown, Emily B Wroe, Ada Thapa, Victor Mithi, Beatrice Matanje, Amos Msekandiana, Paul H Park, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Gene Bukhman, Todd Ruderman, Alma J Adler

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e075554. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075554

PMCID:: PMC11086545

Article PDF–784K

Understanding associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in Ethiopia: findings from a mixed-methods longitudinal study

Maureen Murphy, Rebecca Dutton, Kiya Gezahegne, Nicola Jones, Jennifer Seager, Sarah Baird

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078673. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078673

PMCID:: PMC11086506

Article PDF–337K

Cohort profile: the Adverse Childhood Experiences cohort of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health

Rachel Kidman, James Mwera, Yang (Tingting) Rui, Etienne Breton, Andrew Zulu, Jere Behrman, Hans-Peter Kohler

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079631. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079631

PMCID:: PMC11086369

Article PDF–835K

Impact evaluation of a cash-plus programme for children with disabilities in the Xiengkhouang Province in Lao PDR: study protocol for a non-randomised controlled trial

Lena Morgon Banks, Bounhome Soukkhaphone, Nathaniel Scherer, Latsamy Siengsounthone, Mark T Carew, Tom Shakespeare, Shanquan Chen, Calum Davey, Divya Goyal, Anja Zinke-Allmang, Hannah Kuper, Ketmany Chanthakoumane

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081536. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081536

PMCID:: PMC11097848

Article PDF–477K

HIV/AIDS

Real experience of caregivers of patients with HIV/AIDS from the perspective of iceberg theory: a qualitative research

Jie Tang, Jingxia Ren, Huiqun Wang, Min Shi, Xiaofeng Jia, Liman Zhang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079474. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079474

PMCID:: PMC11086469

Article PDF–408K

Prevalence and associated factors of neurocognitive disorder among people living with HIV/AIDS in the South Gondar zone primary hospitals, North-West Ethiopia: an institution-based cross-sectional study

Mulualem Admasu Kelebie, Techilo Tinsae, Biruk Fanta Alemayehu, Getasew Kibralew Walelign, Girmaw Medfu Takelle

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082773. Published online 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082773

PMCID:: PMC11086442

Article PDF–359K

Risk of transmission of HIV to infants during breast/chest feeding when mothers/birthing parents living with HIV are on antiretroviral therapy: a protocol for a rapid review

Pascal Djiadeu, Housne Begum, Chris Archibald, Taline Ekmekjian, Giovanna Busa, Jeffery Dansoh, Phu Van Nguyen, Joanna Merckx, Annie Fleurant

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e084436. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084436

PMCID:: PMC11086518

Article PDF–854K

Health Economics

Cost-effectiveness of pessary therapy versus surgery for symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse: an economic evaluation alongside a randomised non-inferiority controlled trial

Ângela J Ben, Lisa R van der Vaart, Judith E. Bosmans, Jan-Paul W R Roovers, Antoinette L M Lagro-Janssen, Carl H van der Vaart, Astrid Vollebregt

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e075016. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075016

PMCID:: PMC11086579

Article PDF–889K

Economic impact of informal caring for a person with arthritis in Australia from 2015 to 2030: a microsimulation approach using national survey data

Deborah J Schofield, Katherine Lim, Robert Tanton, Lennert Veerman, Simon J Kelly, Megan Passey, Rupendra Shrestha

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e076966. Published online 2024 May 5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076966

PMCID:: PMC11086496

Article PDF–598K

Cost-effectiveness of a complex continuum of care intervention targeting women and children: protocol for an economic evaluation of the Bukhali trial in South Africa

Tom Palmer, Rolando Leiva Granados, Catherine Draper, Shane A Norris, Neha Batura

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080166. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080166

PMCID:: PMC11097888

Article PDF–620K

Is the QCI framework suited for monitoring outcomes and costs in a teaching hospital using value-based healthcare principles? A retrospective cohort study

Willem van Veghel, Suzanne C van Dijk, Taco MAL Klem, Angelique E Weel, Jean-Bart Bügel, Erwin Birnie

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080257. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080257

PMCID:: PMC11086573

Article PDF–576K

Cost analysis for initiating an integrated package of essential non-communicable disease interventions (PEN-Plus) in Kondoa District Hospital, Tanzania: a time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) study protocol

Harrieth Peter Ndumwa, Amani Thomas Mori, George Mugambage Ruhago, Ritha Willilo, Ryan McBain, Chantelle Boudreaux, Emily Wroe, Alma J Adler, Gene Bukhman, Mary Theodory Mayige, Oddvar Kaarboe

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080510. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080510

PMCID:: PMC11086440

Article PDF–380K

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based directly observed treatment (DOT) versus health facility-based DOT of tuberculosis in Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tenaw Baye, Abebe Tarekegn Kassaw, Desye Gebrie, Fentaw Girmaw, Getachew Ashagrie

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081767. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081767

PMCID:: PMC11086473

Article PDF–1.0M

Impact of a teaching hospital-based multidisciplinary telemedicine programme in Southwestern Colombia: a cross-sectional resource analysis

Sergio Iván Prada, José Joaquín Toro, Evelyn E Peña-Zárate, Laura Libreros-Peña, Juliana Alarcón, María Fernanda Escobar

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e084447. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084447

PMCID:: PMC11086581

Article PDF–590K

Health Informatics

Factors influencing smartwatch use and comfort with health data sharing: a sequential mixed-method study protocol

Anthony James Goodings, Kayode Philip Fadahunsi, Derjung Mimi Tarn, Patrick Henn, Frances Shiely, John O'Donoghue

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081228. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081228

PMCID:: PMC11097863

Article PDF–926K

Health Policy

Residents’ willingness towards first-contact with primary health care under uncertainty in healthcare: a cross-sectional study in rural China

Fei Song, Ran Wei, Chenzhou Wang, Yan Zhang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e077618. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077618

PMCID:: PMC11097851

Article PDF–629K

Health Services Research

Knowledge, attitude and practice of poststroke depression among patients with poststroke depression and their family members in Heilongjiang Province, China: a cross-sectional study

Bin Zhao, Yujue Wang, Ning Xu, Jiaben Xu, Keqin Yang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078276. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078276

PMCID:: PMC11097814

Article PDF–499K

Frontline health workers’ experiences of providing care for people living with non-communicable diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana: a qualitative study

Leonard Baatiema, Ama de-Graft Aikins, Kwadwo K Koram, Sheba Mary Pognaa Kunfah, Luke N Allen, Seye Abimbola, Margaret Kruk

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078957. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078957

PMCID:: PMC11086292

Article PDF–310K

Exploring opportunities to strengthen rural tuberculosis health service delivery: a qualitative study with health workers in Tibet autonomous region, China

Victoria Haldane, Zhitong Zhang, Tingting Yin, Bei Zhang, Yinlong Li, Qiuyu Pan, Katie N Dainty, Elizabeth Rea, Pande Pasang, Jun Hu, Xiaolin Wei

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079062. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079062

PMCID:: PMC11097854

Article PDF–517K

Low back pain management in primary healthcare: findings from a scoping review on models of care

Susana Tinoco Duarte, Alexandre Moniz, Daniela Costa, Helena Donato, Bruno Heleno, Pedro Aguiar, Eduardo B Cruz

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079276. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079276

PMCID:: PMC11097853

Article PDF–1.7M

Theories, models and frameworks to understand barriers to the provision of mobility-assistive technologies: a scoping review

Asma Aldawood, Daniel Hind, Simon Rushton, Becky Field

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080633. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080633

PMCID:: PMC11097887

Article PDF–2.0M

Evaluating the effect of a mobile-based symptom monitoring system for improving physical function in patients with cancer during chemotherapy: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Mangyeong Lee, Danbee Kang, Yesol Um, Bokyung Jo, Jeong Rhue, Sehhoon Park, Yoo-Young Lee, Joseph J Noh, Yun-Gyoo Lee, Dong-Hoe Koo, Kyong-Hwa Park, Soohyeon Lee, Jin Seok Ahn, Dongryul Oh, Juhee Cho

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080976. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080976

PMCID:: PMC11086447

Article PDF–1.1M

Financial protection and equity in the healthcare financing system in Iran: a cross-sectional study among slum dwellers with type 2 diabetes

Fawzieh Ghammari, Kousar Heidari, Habib Jalilian

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081989. Published online 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081989

PMCID:: PMC11086487

Article PDF–474K

Examining the quality of care across the continuum of maternal care (antenatal, perinatal and postnatal care) under the expanded free maternity policy (Linda Mama Policy) in Kenya: a mixed-methods study

Boniface Oyugi, Zilper Audi-Poquillon, Sally Kendall, Stephen Peckham

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082011. Published online 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082011

PMCID:: PMC11086406

Article PDF–1.6M

Risk-adjusted trend in national inpatient fall rates observed from 2011 to 2019 in acute care hospitals in Switzerland: a repeated multicentre cross-sectional study

Niklaus S Bernet, Irma H J Everink, Sabine Hahn, Marianne Müller, Jos M G A Schols

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082417. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082417

PMCID:: PMC11097859

Article PDF–532K

Status of the midwifery workforce and childbirth services and the impact of midwife staffing on birth outcomes in China: a multicentre cross-sectional study

Wenli Zhu, Chunxiang Zhu, Hui Min, Lingling Li, Xiaojiao Wang, Jiangnan Wu, Xinli Zhu, Chunyi Gu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082527. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082527

PMCID:: PMC11086407

Article PDF–435K

Hospital at home for elderly acute patients: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Anne Marie Ladehoff Thomsen, Nasrin Tayyari, Iben Duvald, Hans Kirkegaard, Børge Obel, Camilla Palmhøj Nielsen

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e083372. Published online 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083372

PMCID:: PMC11086463

Article PDF–292K

Infectious Diseases

Identifying factors that can be used to assess a country’s readiness to deploy a new vaccine or improve uptake of an underutilised vaccine: a scoping review

Aomesh Bhatt, Vaneesha Monk, Alexandra Bhatti, Amanda L Eiden, Lindsay Hermany, Natasha Hansen, Mark P Connolly, Luke Baxter, Samantha Vanderslott, Rachel Mitrovich, Rebeccah Slater

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080370. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080370

PMCID:: PMC11086410

Article PDF–1.0M

Risk equations for prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) in UK: a retrospective study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) AURUM and GOLD databases

Stefano Perni, Polina Prokopovich

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082501. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082501

PMCID:: PMC11086542

Article PDF–2.4M

The outcome and related risk factors of unvaccinated patients with end-stage kidney disease during the Omicron pandemic: a multicentre retrospective study

Quanchao Zhang, Caibao Lu, Shaofa Wu, Jin He, Han Wang, Jie Li, Zhifen Wu, Bingshuang Ta, Bingfeng Yang, Shengli Liao, Liao Wang, Hongwei Chen, Moqi Li, Wenchang He, Yiqin Wang, Lili Jiang, Jing-Hong Zhao, Ling Nie

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e084649. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084649

PMCID:: PMC11097873

Article PDF–521K

Intensive Care

Association between septic shock and tracheal injury score in intensive care unit patients with invasive ventilation: a prospective single-centre cohort study in China

Pei Zhang, Qilin Yang, Chunhua Yin, Zhigang Cai, Huaihai Lu, Haitao Li, Liwen Li, Ye Tian, Long Bai, Lining Huang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078763. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078763

PMCID:: PMC11097891

Article PDF–1.1M

Medical Education and Training

Physicians’ emotion awareness and emotion regulation training during medical education: a systematic scoping review protocol

Anna Adelheid Lange, Raphaël Bonvin, Sissel Guttormsen, Sofia Carolina Zambrano Ramos

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080643. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080643

PMCID:: PMC11097880

Article PDF–262K

How prepared are newly qualified allied health professionals for practice in the UK? A systematic review

Nicola Brennan, Lorna Burns, Karen Mattick, Alexandra Mitchell, Tristan Henderson, Keith Walker, Thomas Gale

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081518. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081518

PMCID:: PMC11097844

Article PDF–430K

Interventions to promote medical student well-being: an overview of systematic reviews

Amber Bennett-Weston, Leila Keshtkar, Max Jones, Christopher Sanders, Cara Lewis, Keith Nockels, Josie Solomon, Jeremy Howick

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082910. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082910

PMCID:: PMC11086405

Article PDF–1000K

Medical Management

Paediatric off-label use of drugs in Gansu, China: a multicentre cross-sectional study

Min Meng, Bin Ge, Wenjuan Lei, Yuqiong Wu, Min Tian, Yali Lu, Tingji Shao, Yan Yang, Xufei Luo, Jiawei Luo, Yang Gao, Qiu Li, Yaolong Chen

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078126. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078126

PMCID:: PMC11097813

Article PDF–503K

Mental Health

Association between indoor air pollution and depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

Xiaona Zhang, Linlin Ding, Fen Yang, Guiyuan Qiao, Xiaolian Gao, Zhenfang Xiong, Xinhong Zhu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e075105. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075105

PMCID:: PMC11086541

Article PDF–2.9M

Evaluation of system based psychological first aid training on the mental health proficiency of emergency medical first responders to natural disasters in China: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Min Peng, Tao Xiao, Ben Carter, James Shearer

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078750. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078750

PMCID:: PMC11086446

Article PDF–683K

Australian trial of behavioural activation for people with schizophrenia experiencing negative symptoms: a feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol

Kuda Muyambi, Sandra Walsh, Pascale Dettwiller, Kuan Liung Tan, Shaun Dennis, Daniel Bressington, Richard John Gray, Audrey McCall, Martin Jones

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080245. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080245

PMCID:: PMC11086511

Article PDF–755K

Diversity, equity and inclusion considerations in mental health apps for young people: protocol for a scoping review

Caroline A Figueroa, Nancy J Pérez-Flores, Kathleen W Guan, Colleen Stiles-Shields

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081673. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081673

PMCID:: PMC11086474

Article PDF–288K

Relationship between self-psychological adjustment and post-traumatic growth in patients with lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study

Na Liu, Lei Zhang, Yaxin Liu, Xuemei Ding, Qing Li, Gao Lixia, Xiaoli Zhang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081940. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081940

PMCID:: PMC11086470

Article PDF–499K

Mental health workers’ perspectives on the implementation of a peer support intervention in five countries: qualitative findings from the UPSIDES study

Maria Hildegard Haun, Selina Girit, Yael Goldfarb, Jasmine Kalha, Palak Korde, Eric Kwebiiha, Galia Moran, Rachel Mtei, Jackline Niwemuhwezi, Rebecca Nixdorf, Lena Nugent, Bernd Puschner, Mary Ramesh, Grace Kathryn Ryan, Mike Slade, Ashleigh Charles, Silvia Krumm

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081963. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081963

PMCID:: PMC11097849

Article PDF–385K

Coproduction of accessible digital mental health supports in partnership with young people from marginalised backgrounds: a scoping review protocol

Carmen Kealy, Courtney Potts, Maurice D Mulvenna, Gary Donohoe, Siobhan O'Neill, Margaret M Barry

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082247. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082247

PMCID:: PMC11097861

Article PDF–401K

Restore and Rebuild (R&R): a protocol for a phase 2, randomised control trial to compare R&R as a treatment for moral injury-related mental health difficulties in UK military veterans to treatment as usual

Victoria Williamson, Dominic Murphy, Amanda Bonson, Natasha Biscoe, Daniel Leightley, Vicky Aldridge, N Greenberg

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082562. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082562

PMCID:: PMC11097824

Article PDF–434K

Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of ketamine versus ketamine and behavioural activation therapy for adults with treatment-resistant depression in the community

Ben Beaglehole, Richard Porter, Katie Douglas, Cameron James Lacey, Aroha de Bie, Jennifer Jordan, Charlie Mentzel, Bridgette Thwaites, Jenni Manuel, Greg Murray, Christopher Frampton, Paul Glue

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e084844. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084844

PMCID:: PMC11086269

Article PDF–504K

Neurology

COS-PPA: protocol to develop a core outcome set for primary progressive aphasia

Anna Volkmer, David A Copland, Maya L Henry, Jason D Warren, Rosemary Varley, Sarah J Wallace, Chris JD Hardy

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078714. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078714

PMCID:: PMC11086495

Article PDF–569K

Effects of physiotherapy and home-based training in parkinsonian syndromes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (MobilityAPP)

Cecilia Raccagni, Victoria Sidoroff, Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu, Nils Roth, Gudrun Schönherr, Björn Eskofier, Heiko Gassner, Felix Kluge, Francesco Teatini, Klaus Seppi, Georg Goebel, David H Benninger, Kamiar Aminian, Jochen Klucken, Gregor Wenning

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081317. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081317

PMCID:: PMC11086482

Article PDF–1.1M

Nursing

Mentalising imagery therapy for family dementia caregivers: protocol for a scoping review

Xue Jiang, Hu Jiang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e076727. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076727

PMCID:: PMC11097803

Article PDF–1.5M

Nurses’ and midwives’ experiences of clinical supervision in practice: a scoping review protocol

Nicola Gill-Meeley, Siobhan Smyth, Timothy Frawley, Ciaran Cuddihy, Orlaith Hernon

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081619. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081619

PMCID:: PMC11097795

Article PDF–241K

Contextually appropriate nurse staffing models: a realist review protocol

Kaitlyn Tate, Tatiana Penconek, Andrew Booth, Gillian Harvey, Rachel Flynn, Pieterbas Lalleman, Inge Wolbers, Matthias Hoben, Carole A Estabrooks, Greta G Cummings

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082883. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082883

PMCID:: PMC11086385

Article PDF–626K

Assessing the mediating role of family resilience between caregiver burden and caregiver capacity: a cross-sectional study among Chinese stroke survivors and family caregivers in a real-world setting

Qihang Xu, Qingqing Ge, Lu Shi, Yiqing Zhang, Jingjing Ma

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e083106. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083106

PMCID:: PMC11086420

Article PDF–564K

Facilitators, barriers and impacts to implementing dementia care training for staff in long-term care settings by using fully immersive virtual reality: a scoping review protocol

Lillian Hung, Yong Zhao, Michelle Lam, Haopu Ren, Karen Lok Yi Wong

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e083724. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083724

PMCID:: PMC11086507

Article PDF–358K

Nutrition and Metabolism

A Qualitative evaluation in community settings in England exploring the experiences of coaches delivering the NHS Low Calorie Diet programme pilot to ethnically diverse participants

Pooja Dhir, Maria Maynard, Kevin J Drew, Catherine Verity Homer, Chirag Bakhai, Louisa Jane Ells

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e085200. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085200

PMCID:: PMC11097852

Article PDF–348K

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Strategies for optimising early detection and obstetric first response management of postpartum haemorrhage at caesarean birth: a modified Delphi-based international expert consensus

Verónica Pingray, Caitlin R Williams, Fadhlun M Alwy Al-beity, Edgardo Abalos, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Alejandro Blumenfeld, Brendan Carvalho, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux, Soo Downe, Alexandre Dumont, Maria Fernanda Escobar, Cherrie Evans, Sue Fawcus, Hadiza S Galadanci, Diem-Tuyet Thi Hoang, G Justus Hofmeyr, Caroline Homer, Ayodele G Lewis, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Pisake Lumbiganon, Elliott K Main, Judith Maua, Francis G Muriithi, Ashraf Fawzy Nabhan, Inês Nunes, Vanesa Ortega, Thuan N Q Phan, Zahida P Qureshi, Claudio Sosa, John Varallo, Andrew D Weeks, Mariana Widmer, Olufemi T Oladapo, Ioannis Gallos, Arri Coomarasamy, Suellen Miller, Fernando Althabe

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079713. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079713

PMCID:: PMC11086283

Article PDF–1.0M

Immediate versus delayed single blastocyst transfer following the first stimulated IVF cycle in the freeze-all strategy: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

He Li, Wenbi Zhang, Junling Chen, Xiang Lu, Lu Li, Xiaoxi Sun, Ernest HY Ng

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081018. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081018

PMCID:: PMC11086268

Article PDF–428K

Study protocol for two randomised controlled trials evaluating the effects of Cerclage in the reduction of extreme preterm birth and perinatal mortality in twin pregnancies with a short cervix or dilatation: the TWIN Cerclage studies

Lissa van Gils, Marjon A de Boer, Judith Bosmans, Ruben Duijnhoven, Sam Schoenmakers, Jan B Derks, Jelmer R Prins, Salwan Al-Nasiry, Margo Lutke Holzik, Enrico Lopriore, Joris van Drongelen, Marieke H Knol, Judith O E H van Laar, Yves Jacquemyn, Caroline van Holsbeke, Isabelle Dehaene, Liesbeth Lewi, Hannes van der Merwe, Wilfried Gyselaers, Sylvia A Obermann-Borst, Mayella Holthuis, Ben W Mol, Eva Pajkrt, Martijn A Oudijk

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081561. Published online 2024 May 10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081561

PMCID:: PMC11097875

Article PDF–398K

Use of artificial intelligence in obstetric and gynaecological diagnostics: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Anjalee Chaurasia, Georgia Curry, Yi Zhao, Fatema Dawoodbhoy, Jennifer Green, Matilde Vaninetti, Nishel Shah, Orene Greer

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082287. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082287

PMCID:: PMC11086378

Article PDF–296K

Defining practices suitable for care via teleconsultation in gynaecological and obstetrical care: a French Delphi survey

Anne Rousseau, Sophie Baumann, Jennifer Constant, Sylvie Deplace, Olivier Multon, Laure Lenoir-Delpierre, Laurent Gaucher

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e085621. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085621

PMCID:: PMC11086368

Article PDF–429K

Oncology

Preoperative walking exercise to improve prognosis in patients with supratentorial brain tumours after craniotomy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Chunrun Qu, Zeng Cao, Jun Zhou, Shihan He, Fangkun Liu, Zhixiong Liu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080787. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080787

PMCID:: PMC11097828

Article PDF–526K

Role of Gut Microbe Composition in Psychosocial Symptom Response to Exercise Training in Breast Cancer Survivors (ROME) study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Rebecca B Little, Stephen J Carter, Robert W Motl, Gary Hunter, Abby Cook, Nianjun Liu, Helen Krontiras, Elliot J Lefkowitz, Bulent Turan, Erica Schleicher, Laura Q Rogers

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081660. Published online 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081660

PMCID:: PMC11086582

Article PDF–750K

Ophthalmology

Myopia prevalence and ocular biometry in children and adolescents at different altitudes: a cross-sectional study in Chongqing and Tibet, China

Yongguo Xiang, Hong Cheng, Kexin Sun, Shijie Zheng, Miaomiao Du, Ning Gao, Tong Zhang, Xin Yang, Jiuyi Xia, Rongxi Huang, Wenjuan Wan, Ke Hu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078018. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078018

PMCID:: PMC11086200

Article PDF–346K

Paediatrics

Assessing the impact of obesity interventions in the early years: a systematic review of UK-based studies

Semina Michalopoulou, Maria Sifaki, Jessica Packer, Julie Lanigan, Claire Stansfield, Russell M Viner, Simon Russell

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e076479. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076479

PMCID:: PMC11097867

Article PDF–429K

Patient, caregiver and other knowledge user engagement in consensus-building healthcare initiatives: a scoping review protocol

Sarah E. P. Munce, Elliott Wong, Dorothy Luong, Justin Rao, Jessie Cunningham, Katherine Bailey, Tomisin John, Claire Barber, Michelle Batthish, Kyle Chambers, Kristin Cleverley, Marilyn Crabtree, Sanober Diaz, Gina Dimitropoulos, Jan Willem Gorter, Danijela Grahovac, Ruth Grimes, Beverly Guttman, Michèle L Hébert, Megan Henze, Amanda Higgins, Dmitry Khodyakov, Elaine Li, Lisha Lo, Laura Macgregor, Sarah Mooney, Samadhi Mora Severino, Geetha Mukerji, Melanie Penner, Jacklynn Pidduck, Rayzel Shulman, Lisa Stromquist, Patricia Trbovich, Michelle Wan, Laura Williams, Darryl Yates, Alene Toulany

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080822. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080822

PMCID:: PMC11086512

Article PDF–618K

Impacts on paediatricians testifying in cases of child maltreatment: protocol for a systematic review

Alyce Horstman, J Anne S Smith, Richard B Bassed, Lyndal Bugeja

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081331. Published online 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081331

PMCID:: PMC11086465

Article PDF–347K

Study protocol of a prospective, interventional non-randomised trial investigating the impact of asthma education on specific disease understanding, health literacy and therapy outcome in childhood

Jan Bardelle, Hanna Abady, Michael Paulussen, Peter Lampen-Eberle, Hermann Kalhoff, Antje Pizzulli, Kirn Parasher, Patrick Brzoska, Malik Aydin, Claudia Kiessling

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e083180. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083180

PMCID:: PMC11097816

Article PDF–1.3M

Performance of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) biomarkers in predicting CT scan results and neurological outcomes in children with traumatic brain injury (BRAINI-2 paediatric study): protocol of a European prospective multicentre study

Fleur Lorton, Alfonso Lagares, Javier de la Cruz, Odile Méjan, Vladislav Pavlov, Vincent Sapin, Maria Antonia Poca, Markus Lehner, Peter Biberthaler, Anne Chauviré-Drouard, Christèle Gras-Le-Guen, Pauline Scherdel

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e083531. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083531

PMCID:: PMC11097883

Article PDF–355K

Where does physical activity fit into preschool postpandemic? A qualitative exploration with parents, teachers and administrators

Courtney Zulauf-McCurdy, Betelehem Tessema, Rachel Tang, Saniya Almeida, Pooja S. Tandon

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e084702. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084702

PMCID:: PMC11086357

Article PDF–339K

Palliative Care

Helping patients prepare their dependent children for parental death: mixed-methods evaluation of a codeveloped training programme for palliative and allied healthcare professionals in the UK

Jane Cockle-Hearne, Johanna Elise Groothuizen, Emma Ream

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081775. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081775

PMCID:: PMC11086417

Article PDF–368K

Interdisciplinary research approach based on a mixed-methods design to explore patient altruism at the end of life: a study protocol

Mathieu Bernard, Claudia Gamondi, Anca-Cristina Sterie, Philip J Larkin, Ralf Jox, Gian Domenico Borasio

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e085632. Published online 2024 May 10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085632

PMCID:: PMC11097832

Article PDF–305K

Patient-Centred Medicine

Associations between knowledge of health issues and health care satisfaction and propensity to complain: a cross-sectional survey of adult men in Denmark

Søren Birkeland, Marie Bismark, Michael John Barry, Sören Möller

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e076257. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076257

PMCID:: PMC11086498

Article PDF–508K

Person-centred care (PCC) research in Ghana: a scoping review protocol

Gordon Kwasi Ampomah Amoh, Alex Kweku Addo, Osamuedeme Odiase, Peggy Tahir, Monica Getahun, Raymond A Aborigo, Akye Essuman, Alfred Edwin Yawson, Vera Adobea Essuman, Patience A Afulani

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079227. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079227

PMCID:: PMC11086566

Article PDF–279K

Effect of an in-hospital medication self-management intervention (SelfMED) on medication adherence in polypharmacy patients postdischarge: protocol of a pre–post intervention study

Laura Mortelmans, Eva Goossens, Tinne Dilles

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e083129. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083129

PMCID:: PMC11097838

Article PDF–1.1M

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Retrospective study investigating naloxone prescribing and cost in US Medicaid and Medicare patients

Christopher D Manko, Mohamed S Ahmed, Lavinia R Harrison, Srivastava A Kodavatiganti, Noelia Lugo, Jason Osei Konadu, Farrin Khan, Carrie A Massari, Tenisha K Sealey, Maame Efua Addison, Celine N Mbah, Kenneth L McCall, Joseph B Fraiman, Brian J Piper

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078592. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078592

PMCID:: PMC11086430

Article PDF–2.3M

Coordination of oral anticoagulant care at hospital discharge (COACHeD): pilot randomised controlled trial

Anne Holbrook, Sue Troyan, Victoria Telford, Yousery Koubaesh, Kristina Vidug, Lindsay Yoo, Jiawen Deng, Simran Lohit, Stephen Giilck, Amna Ahmed, Marianne Talman, Blair Leonard, Mohammad Refaei, Jean-Eric Tarride, Sam Schulman, James Douketis, Lehana Thabane, Sylvia Hyland, Joanne Man-Wai Ho, Deborah Siegal

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079353. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079353

PMCID:: PMC11086462

Article PDF–929K

Low-dose naltrexone for post-COVID fatigue syndrome: a study protocol for a double-blind, randomised trial in British Columbia

Hiten Naik, Erin Cooke, Travis Boulter, Roger Dyer, Jeffrey N Bone, Melody Tsai, Jaymie Cristobal, R Jane McKay, Xiaowei Song, Luis Nacul

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e085272. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085272

PMCID:: PMC11097836

Article PDF–3.7M

Public Health

Analysis of the immunological response to antiviral therapy in patients with different subtypes of HIV/AIDS: a retrospective cohort study

Xiaoqi Liu, Yanan Wang, Zhongrong Yang, Zhenqian Wu, Jing Li, Zhaowei Tong, Xiaofeng Li, Feilin Ren, Xiaojuan Zhu, Meihua Jin, Guangyun Mao

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e072597. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072597

PMCID:: PMC11097878

Article PDF–425K

Exploring functional abilities and competing risks among stroke patients: a longitudinal and survival analysis study at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Ethiopia

Haymanot Berelie Berehan, Zelalem G. Dessie, Lijalem Melie Tesfaw

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e073384. Published online 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073384

PMCID:: PMC11086538

Article PDF–437K

Association between secondhand smoke exposure and serum sex hormone concentrations among US female adults: a cross-sectional analysis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013–2016

Shuna Li, Aozi Feng, Yongjia Peng, Li Li, Liying Huang, Ningxia He, Mengnan Zeng, Jun Lyu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e073527. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073527

PMCID:: PMC11097805

Article PDF–586K

Practice of breast self-examination and associated factors among women of reproductive age in the North Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2022: a convergent mixed-methods study

Dursa Hussein, Befekadu Tesfaye Oyato, Ketema Gashaw, Tinsae Abeya Geleta, Derara Girma Tufa, Leta Adugna Geleta

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e073951. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073951

PMCID:: PMC11097837

Article PDF–613K

The use and application of Lean Management methods to research processes—a scoping review protocol

Caroline Ariane Dahl Wraae, Niels Opstrup, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Kim Brixen, Charlotte Wien

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e074207. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074207

PMCID:: PMC11097865

Article PDF–356K

Understanding the impact of a residential housing program for people living with HIV/AIDS: results from a realist evaluation

Anum Ali, Gary Groot, Melissa April, Maura MacPhee, Stephanie Witham, Hubert Alimezelli, Tracey Carr

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e075194. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075194

PMCID:: PMC11097874

Article PDF–320K

Development of family resource indicators for people with schizophrenic disorder in community by modified Delphi method in Beijing, China

Meirong Wang, Guanghui Jin, Ting Li, Zhaolu Pan, Xiaoqin Lu, Xiaojuan Wang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e076838. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076838

PMCID:: PMC11086501

Article PDF–1.6M

Social support in maintaining mental health and quality of life among community-dwelling older people with functional limitations in Malaysia: a population-based cross-sectional study

Nur Zahirah Balqis-Ali, Weng Hong Fun

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e077046. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077046

PMCID:: PMC11097855

Article PDF–403K

Six aspects of female genital mutilation education (SAFE) model: findings from a qualitative study

Susan Waigwa, Caroline Bradbury-Jones, Lucy Doos, Julie Taylor

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e077838. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077838

PMCID:: PMC11086540

Article PDF–555K

Association between preconception care and family planning and previous adverse birth outcomes in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Birye Dessalegn Mekonnen, Sintayehu Simie Tsega

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078299. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078299

PMCID:: PMC11086204

Article PDF–732K

Evaluation of adherence to pharmacological treatments by undocumented migrants with chronic diseases: a 10-year retrospective cohort study

Gianfrancesco Fiorini, Giacomo Pellegrini, Matteo Franchi, Antonello Emilio Rigamonti, Nicoletta Marazzi, Alessandro Sartorio, Giovanni Corrao, Silvano Gabriele Cella

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078431. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078431

PMCID:: PMC11086564

Article PDF–1.2M

Association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chao Deng, Qifeng Ou, Xuee Ou, Ding Pan

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078933. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078933

PMCID:: PMC11086578

Article PDF–1.4M

Did COVID-19 ICU patient mortality risk increase as Colorado hospitals filled? A retrospective cohort study

David R Johnson, Debashis Ghosh, Brandie D Wagner, Elizabeth J Carlton

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079022. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079022

PMCID:: PMC11086500

Article PDF–456K

Comprehensive observational study evaluating the enduring effectiveness of 4CMenB, the meningococcal B vaccine against gonococcal infections in the Northern Territory and South Australia, Australia: study protocol

Helen Marshall, James Ward, Bing Wang, Prabha Andraweera, Mark McMillan, Louise Flood, Charlotte Bell, Jana Sisnowski, Vicki Krause, Rosalind Webby, Emma Childs, Manoji Gunathilake, Natasha Egoroff, Lex Leong, Andrew Lawrence, Rob Baird, Kevin Freeman, Dimitrios Menouhos, David M Whiley, Jonathan Karnon, Sebastian van Hal, Monica M Lahra

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079144. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079144

PMCID:: PMC11086485

Article PDF–313K

Determinants of unmet need for modern contraceptives in Ethiopia

Hailay Gebrekidan, Mussie Alemayehu, Gurmesa Tura Debelew

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079477. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079477

PMCID:: PMC11086180

Article PDF–357K

Study protocol for assessment of the efficacy of calcium dobesilate versus placebo on SARS-CoV-2 viral load in outpatients with COVID-19 (CADOVID study): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, monocentric phase II trial

Julien Salamun, Tamara Da Silva, Pilar Ustero, Yvan Gosmain, Idris Guessous, Alexandra Calmy, Herve Spechbach

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079574. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079574

PMCID:: PMC11086479

Article PDF–701K

Utilisation of the health belief model to study the behavioural intentions relating to obesity management among university students: a cross-sectional study

Osama Albasheer, Nasser Hakami, Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab, Ahmad Y Alqassim, Abdullah Alharbi, Amani Osman Abdelmola, Ahmed Abdallah Ahmed Altraifi, Isameldin E Medani, Ahlam Mohammed S Hakami, Mnar H Moafa, Rana I Abuhadi, Alhassan H Hobani

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079783. Published online 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079783

PMCID:: PMC11086379

Article PDF–277K

Projecting non-communicable diseases attributable to air pollution in the climate change era: a systematic review

Norhafizah Karim, Rozita Hod, Muhammad Ikram A Wahab, Norfazilah Ahmad

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079826. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079826

PMCID:: PMC11086555

Article PDF–543K

Exploring community participation in vectorborne disease control in Southeast Asia: a scoping review protocol

Nurul Athirah Naserrudin, Bipin Adhikari, Richard Culleton, Rozita Hod, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Kamruddin Ahmed, Mohd Rohaizat Hassan

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079963. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079963

PMCID:: PMC11097889

Article PDF–253K

Protocol for the Chinese Real-World Evidence for Acute Spinal Cord Injury (ChiRES) study: a prospective, observational, multicentre cohort study of acute spinal cord injury

Wenjian Yuan, Jiuxiao Sun, Qingyang Li, Ruiyuan Zheng, Bin Guan, Zhuo Chen, Jiaming Ding, Qingyu Sun, Runhan Fu, Wei Wang, Yuxuan Fan, Yi Kang, Chao Sun, Ang Li, Dongjin Wu, Dachuan Wang, Lei Qi, Lingxiao Chen, Shiqing Feng, Hengxing Zhou

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080358. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080358

PMCID:: PMC11097860

Article PDF–469K

Burden of COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis hospitalisation patterns at a tertiary care hospital in Rajasthan, India: a retrospective analysis

Sumit Rajotiya, Shivang Mishra, Anurag Kumar Singh, Sourav Debnath, Preeti Raj, Pratima Singh, Hemant Bareth, Prashant Nakash, Anupama Sharma, Mahaveer Singh, Deepak Nathiya, Nalin Joshi, Balvir Singh Tomar

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080623. Published online 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080623

PMCID:: PMC11086464

Article PDF–1.5M

Body mass index and all-cause mortality in HUNT and UK biobank studies: revised non-linear Mendelian randomisation analyses

Stephen Burgess, Yi-Qian Sun, Ang Zhou, Christopher Buck, Amy M Mason, Xiao-Mei Mai

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081399. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081399

PMCID:: PMC11097829

Article PDF–1.3M

Examining relationships between adverse childhood experiences and coping during the cost-of-living crisis using a national cross-sectional survey in Wales, UK

Karen Hughes, Mark A Bellis, Katie Cresswell, Rebecca Hill, Kat Ford, Joanne C Hopkins

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081924. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081924

PMCID:: PMC11086514

Article PDF–429K

PRESOLRE: study protocol for a primary school-based, cluster randomised controlled trial of three sun exposure risk prevention strategies on Reunion Island

Charline Dugast, Léa Bruneau, Adrian Fianu, Cyril Ferdynus, Karim Boussaid, Juliette Vuichard, Floreana Duloutre, Jessica Dumez, Nathalie Sultan-Bichat, Antoine Bertolotti

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082045. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082045

PMCID:: PMC11097802

Article PDF–653K

Wildfire, deforestation and health in tropical rainforest areas: a scoping review protocol

Gustavo Casais, Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães, Taísa Rodrigues Cortes, Julia Pescarini, Poliana Rebouças de Magalhães, Valerie Wells, José Firmino de Sousa Filho, Danielson Jorge Delgado Neves, Michal Shimonovich, Jonathan R Olsen, Edgar Marcelino de Carvalho Neto, Philip Cooper, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Lucas Emanuel, Roberto F S Andrade, Gervasio Ferreira dos Santos, Mauricio L Barreto

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082381. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082381

PMCID:: PMC11086528

Article PDF–625K

Prevalence and health effects of post-COVID-19 condition in Africa: a scoping review protocol

Edward Wilson Ansah, Promise Kwame Salu, Martin Sumani Daanko, David N Banaaleh, Mustapha Amoadu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082519. Published online 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082519

PMCID:: PMC11086539

Article PDF–335K

System-wide governance challenges of the Ebonyi State Malaria Elimination Programme and recommendations for malaria health system strengthening: a qualitative study among stakeholders in Ebonyi state, Nigeria

Ugwu I Omale, Lawrence U Ogbonnaya, Osarhiemen Iyare, Olaedo O Nnachi

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082598. Published online 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082598

PMCID:: PMC11086377

Article PDF–341K

Effort–reward imbalance and sleep quality in railway locomotive stewards: a cross-sectional study

Hongjing Li, Ying Xue, Tingdong Li, Guoxiang Xu, Xiaofeng Liu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e083532. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083532

PMCID:: PMC11086576

Article PDF–518K

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a 12-month automated text message intervention for weight management in postpartum women with overweight or obesity: protocol for the Supporting MumS (SMS) multisite, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial

Dunla Gallagher, Eleni Spyreli, Annie S Anderson, Sally Bridges, Christopher R Cardwell, Elinor Coulman, Stephan U Dombrowski, Caroline Free, Suzie Heaney, Pat Hoddinott, Frank Kee, Clíona McDowell, Emma McIntosh, Jayne V Woodside, Michelle C McKinley

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e084075. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084075

PMCID:: PMC11086389

Article PDF–991K

Implementation of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist: a scoping review protocol

Zenewton André da Silva Gama, Milena Thaisa Silva de Lima, Katherine E A Semrau, Danielle E Tuller, Jocelyn Fifield, María Fernández-Elorriaga, Cecília Olívia Paraguai de Oliveira Saraiva, Marise Reis de Freitas, Márcia Cunha da Silva Pellense, Tatyana Maria Silva de Souza Rosendo, Rose L Molina

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e084583. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084583

PMCID:: PMC11086568

Article PDF–287K

How does eligibility for GusNIP produce prescriptions relate to fruit and vegetable purchases and what factors shape the relationship? A protocol for a secondary analysis of nationally representative data in the USA

Bailey Houghtaling, Nanhua Zhang, Amy Yaroch, Clare Milburn Atkinson, Carmen Byker Shanks

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e085322. Published online 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085322

PMCID:: PMC11085977

Article PDF–291K

Preventing postnatal depression in new mothers using telephone peer support: protocol for the DAISY (Depression and AnxIety peer Support studY) multi-centre randomised controlled trial

Touran Shafiei, Helen L McLachlan, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Jan M Nicholson, Tram Nguyen, Alan Shiell, Cattram D Nguyen, Heather Grimes, Jessica Bee, Catina Adams, Emily Callander, Della A Forster

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e087477. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087477

PMCID:: PMC11097877

Article PDF–605K

Qualitative Research

Appropriateness and acceptability of continuous glucose monitoring in people with type 1 diabetes at rural first-level hospitals in Malawi: a qualitative study

Ada Thapa, Stellar Chibvunde, Leah Schwartz, Celina Trujillo, Gina Ferrari, Laura Drown, Apoorva Gomber, Paul H Park, Beatrice Matanje, Amos Msekandiana, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Gene Bukhman, Todd Ruderman, Alma J Adler

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e075559. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075559

PMCID:: PMC11086409

Article PDF–410K

Exploring the influence of health system factors on adaptive capacity in diverse hospital teams in Norway: a multiple case study approach

Birte Fagerdal, Hilda Bø Lyng, Veslemøy Guise, Janet E Anderson, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Siri Wiig

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e076945. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076945

PMCID:: PMC11097827

Article PDF–501K

Rehabilitation Medicine

EvolvRehab–MoveWell telerehabilitation for stroke survivors: study protocol for a feasibility with embedded initial proof-of-concept study

Jemma Perks, Philip McBride, Maedeh Mansoubi, Philip Clatworthy, Claire Hulme, Gordon Taylor, Martin Warner, Helen Dawes

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078104. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078104

PMCID:: PMC11086497

Article PDF–382K

Anti-TNF (adalimumab) injection for the treatment of pain-predominant early-stage frozen shoulder: the Anti-Freaze-Feasibility randomised controlled trial

Sally Hopewell, Cynthia Srikesavan, Alison Evans, Fema Er, Amar Rangan, Jane Preece, Anne Francis, M Sofia Massa, Marc Feldmann, Sarah Lamb, Jagdeep Nanchahal

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078273. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078273

PMCID:: PMC11086567

Article PDF–535K

Role of virtual reality in examining the effect of fear of falling (FOF) on postural stability in individuals without and with Parkinson’s disease in Egypt: a mixed-methods feasibility study protocol

Yasmine S Gomaa, Mohammed I Awad, Tamer Emara, Ahmed Elbokl, Emad Al-Yahya, Mohamed Magdy ElMeligie

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080592. Published online 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080592

PMCID:: PMC11086402

Article PDF–364K

Personalised functional imaging-guided multitarget continuous theta burst stimulation for post-stroke aphasia: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Jianting Huang, Jianxun Ren, Wuxiang Xie, Ruiqi Pan, Na Xu, Hesheng Liu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e081847. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081847

PMCID:: PMC11097845

Article PDF–1.5M

Exploring the perceptions and experiences of community rehabilitation for Long COVID from the perspectives of Scottish general practitioners’ and people living with Long COVID: a qualitative study

Kay Cooper, Edward Duncan, Erin Hart-Winks, Julie Cowie, Joanna Shim, Emma Stage, Tricia Tooman, Lyndsay Alexander, Alison Love, Jacqui H Morris, Jane Ormerod, Jenny Preston, Paul Swinton

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082830. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082830

PMCID:: PMC11097876

Article PDF–644K

Prognostic factors for the development of upper limb dysfunctions after breast cancer: the UPLIFT-BC prospective longitudinal cohort study protocol

An De Groef, Nieke Vets, Nele Devoogdt, Ann Smeets, Dieter Van Assche, Jill Emmerzaal, Lore Dams, Kaat Verbeelen, Steffen Fieuws, Liesbet De Baets

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e084882. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084882

PMCID:: PMC11097819

Article PDF–428K

Renal Medicine

Do patients with nephrotic syndrome have an increased risk of osteoporosis? A nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study in Taiwan

Chen-Yi Liao, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Kuang-Yu Wei, Min-Feng Tseng, Fu-Huang Lin, Chang-Huei Tsao, Wu-Chien Chien, Pauling Chu, Chia-Chao Wu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080858. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080858

PMCID:: PMC11086532

Article PDF–924K

Reproductive Medicine

Influence of paternal preconception health on pregnancy, intrapartum, postpartum and early childhood outcomes: protocol for a parallel scoping review

Cindy-Lee Dennis, Jennifer Abbass-Dick, Catherine Birken, Alistair Dennis-Grantham, Deepika Goyal, Daisy Singla, Nicole Letourneau, Karen McQueen, Shefaly Shorey, Justine Dol

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e084209. Published online 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084209

PMCID:: PMC11097796

Article PDF–265K

Research Methods

Utilising a ‘Community of Practice’ to support pharmacists to work in residential aged care: protocol for a longitudinal evaluation

Kenneth Lee, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Jacinta Johnson, Elton Lobo, Kate Wang, Nagham Ailabouni, Nahal Mavaddat, Rhonda Marise Clifford, Amy Theresa Page

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e076856. Published online 2024 May 13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076856

PMCID:: PMC11097797

Article PDF–417K

Rheumatology

Correlation between disease activity and patient-reported health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

JunChao Feng, Lingjia Yu, Yingying Fang, Xianyu Zhang, Shunping Li, Lei Dou

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082020. Published online 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082020

PMCID:: PMC11086289

Article PDF–322K

Factors influencing the outcomes of non-pharmacological interventions for managing fatigue across the lifespan of people living with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions: a scoping review protocol

Katie Fishpool, George Young, Coziana Ciurtin, Fiona Cramp, Emmanuel Oghenetejiri Erhieyovwe, Bayram Farisogullari, Gary J Macfarlane, Pedro M Machado, Jen Pearson, Eduardo Santos, Emma Dures

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082555. Published online 2024 May 3. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082555

PMCID:: PMC11086445

Article PDF–488K

Smoking and Tobacco

Tobacco policies and changes in the tendency of smoking cessation in cigarette users in Chile: a longitudinal cross-sectional study

Karen A Dominguez-Cancino, Pablo Martínez, José Ignacio Nazif-Muñoz

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e085248. Published online 2024 May 10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085248

PMCID:: PMC11097840

Article PDF–690K

Sports and Exercise Medicine

‘It’s just my knee’: a qualitative study investigating the process of reframing and young athletes’ perceived quality of life between anterior cruciate ligament injury and surgery

Hana Marmura, Dianne Bryant, Alan Getgood, Fiona Webster

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e076799. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076799

PMCID:: PMC11086484

Article PDF–836K

Surgery

Efficiency assessment of follow-up methodology of patients with knee replacement to predict post-surgical functionality: a protocol for randomised control PROKnee trial

Constanza San Martín Valenzuela, Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos, Alfonso Payá Rubio, Patricia Correa-Ghisays, José-Francisco Pedrero-Sánchez, Antonio Silvestre Muñoz

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e077942. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077942

PMCID:: PMC11086404

Article PDF–1.0M

Peroperative administration of tranexamic acid in Roux-en-Y and one-anastomosis gastric bypass to reduce haemorrhage in patients with morbid obesity: protocol for randomised controlled trial (PATRY trial)

Judith W H 't Hart, Bo J Noordman, Jeannine Palsgraaf-Huisbrink, Martin Dunkelgrun, Hans F Zengerink, Erwin Birnie, Marc J van Det, Evert-Jan G Boerma, Steve M M de Castro, Eric J Hazebroek, Barbara S Langenhoff, Cornelis Verhoef, Jan A Apers

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e078853. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078853

PMCID:: PMC11086189

Article PDF–663K

Perfusion outcomes with near-infrared indocyanine green imaging system in laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for mid-rectal or low-rectal cancer (POSTER): a study protocol

Liting Sun, Jiale Gao, Guocong Wu, Cong Meng, Zhengyang Yang, Pengyu Wei, Hongwei Yao, Zhongtao Zhang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e079858. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079858

PMCID:: PMC11086471

Article PDF–363K

What recovery domains are important following a total knee replacement? A qualitative, interview-based study

Chetan Khatri, Fatema Dhaif, David Ellard, Jeremy Neil Rodrigues, Martin Underwood, Paul Mitchell, Andrew Metcalfe

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080795. Published online 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080795

PMCID:: PMC11086519

Article PDF–725K

Mapping scoping reviews in neurosurgery: a scoping review protocol

Ching-Yi Lee, Hung-Yi Lai, Mi-Mi Chen, Ching-Hsin Lee

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e080878. Published online 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080878

PMCID:: PMC11086454

Article PDF–236K

Autologous concentrated bone marrow injection for precollapse osteonecrosis of the femoral head concurrent with contralateral total hip arthroplasty: protocol for a clinical trial

Yasuhiro Homma, Takuma Yamasaki, Ken Tashiro, Yoshiki Okada, Yuichi Shirogane, Taiji Watari, Koju Hayashi, Tomonori Baba, Kazufumi Nagata, Naotake Yanagisawa, Hiroshi Ohtsu, Naho Fujiwara, Jun Ando, Ken Yamaji, Naoto Tamura, Muneaki Ishijima

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082243. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082243

PMCID:: PMC11086415

Article PDF–324K

Bacterial growth in patients with low back pain and Modic changes: protocol of a multicentre, case–control biopsy study

Mads Peder Rolfsen, Karianne Wiger Gammelsrud, Ansgar Espeland, Lars Christian Bråten, Sverre Bugge Mjønes, Ivar Austevoll, Filip Celestyn Dolatowski, Maren Bjerke Årrestad, Monika Kolskår Toppe, Ingvild Elise Orlien, Mona Holberg-Petersen, Morten Fagerland, John-Anker Zwart, Kjersti Storheim, Christian Hellum

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(5): e082244. Published online 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082244