Objective Certain leading medical organisations are considering alternatives to the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a predictor of the risk for non-communicable chronic disease (NCD) or death. Our objective ...

Objectives This study examined the mental health literacy of perinatal healthcare professionals in the United Arab Emirates ...

Introduction The suicide risk among discharged psychiatric patients is substantially higher than that among patients with physical diseases and the general population. In China, few cohort studies ...

Objective To develop and compare algorithms for identifying gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) across European electronic ...

Introduction The use of digitally enabled technology is considered a promising platform to prevent morbidity and enhance youth mental health as youth are growing up in the digital world and accessing ...

Introduction Antenatal depression (AD), a maternal mental health condition, has been increasingly prevalent in recent years. It is often triggered by various stressors, including hormonal changes, ...

Objectives This qualitative study aimed to address the following central research question: what are the key factors and behavioural trajectories influencing delayed medical care-seeking among ...

Introduction Shared decision-making (SDM) requires that individuals are correctly and smoothly supported to make decisions. However, in Japan, development of decision aids (DAs) to support ...

Objectives Structural MRI of the brain is routinely performed on patients referred to memory clinics; however, resulting ...

Introduction Vaccination has been an effective public health intervention for immunising individuals against many common communicable and non-communicable diseases. However, there is limited ...

Objectives Shift work sleep disorder is a circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder characterised by insomnia and/or excessive sleepiness associated with a shift work schedule that overlaps with habitual ...

Introduction Only symptomatic treatments are available for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second most common chronic neurodegenerative disease worldwide, and it is therefore imperative to ...