Objective To explore expectations, experiences and circumstances of anal sex among young people. Design Qualitative, longitudinal study using individual and group interviews. Participants 130 men and ...

Introduction Interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients may develop a progressive phenotype usually characterised by ...

Introduction Evidence from individual longitudinal studies suggests that anxiety and depression may impact quality of life. However, systematic reviews synthesising current evidence have mainly ...

11 South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Plymouth, UK Introduction Within the UK, chest pain is one of the most common reasons for emergency (999) ambulance calls and the most common ...

Objectives Parkinson’s disease (PD) has become a public health concern with global ageing. With a focus on PD, this study sought to project its burden and trends at the national, regional and ...

Introduction Postoperative delirium (POD) is a frequent complication in elderly surgical patients, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. Previous studies have shown that noise isolation is ...

Introduction There is now emerging evidence to suggest a longitudinal association between specific neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) in childhood or adolescence (ie, autism, attention deficit ...

4 Xinjiang Medical University Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Urumqi, China Objectives To investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of patients with ischaemia with ...

1 Student Research Committe, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Introduction Dengue fever, the fastest-spreading mosquito-borne viral disease, poses a significant global public ...

Introduction Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in children has become an increasingly common modality of breathing support where pressure support is delivered through a mask interface or less commonly ...

Background The course of Crohn’s disease (CD) varies substantially between individuals, but reliable prognostic markers do not exist. This hinders disease management because patients with aggressive ...

Objective Over 850 000 people live with dementia in the UK. A proportion of these people are South Asians, who make up over 5% of the total UK population. Little is known about the prevalence, ...