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Electronic symptom monitoring of patient-reported outcomes among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma during immunotherapy (PRIME-HCC): protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Yanshang Wang, Xiaoping Wei • BMJ Open (2026)

Introduction Electronic patient-reported outcome (ePROs)-based symptom monitoring benefits health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in various cancers. However, despite the high disease and economic burden of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116199

Rapid review of the ideal clinic realisation and maintenance programme among primary healthcare providers in the Gauteng Province, South Africa

Dorina Onoya, Idah Mokhele, Cornelius Nattey, Nozipho Musakwa et al. • BMJ Open Quality (2025)

Background The ideal clinic realisation and maintenance (ICRM) programme in South Africa aims to elevate primary healthcare clinic (PHC) service quality in preparation for the National Health Insurance rollout. This study investigated ICRM ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2024-003212

Community Health Centers’ Responsiveness and Its Associated Factors Among Outpatients in Southeast China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Zhou C, Li X, Shen W, Huang Q et al. • Risk Management and Healthcare Policy (2024)

Chi Zhou,1,* Xu Li,1,* Wenli Shen,2 Qunfang Huang,1 Xiaoling Lin,1 Gaofeng Zhang,3 Yin Dong3,4 1Department of Health Management, School of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 2D...

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Exploring Hypertension Etiology and Patient Perspectives on Treatment in Ghana: A Qualitative Investigation

Fidelis Atibila, Gill Ten Hoor, Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh, Gerjo Kok • Advances in Public Health (2024)

Background. Hypertension (HTN) is a growing public health concern affecting both economically developed and developing nations. In Ghana, HTN significantly impacts morbidity and mortality. Understanding the perspectives of HTN patients rega...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2024/6672589

Understanding the Barriers and Facilitators to Sharing Patient-Generated Health Data Using Digital Technology for People Living With Long-Term Health Conditions: A Narrative Review

Emma Simpson, Richard Brown, Elizabeth Sillence, Lynne Coventry et al. • Frontiers in Public Health (2021)

Using digital technology to share patient-generated health data has the potential to improve the self-management of multiple long-term health conditions. Sharing these data can allow patients to receive additional support from healthcare pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.641424

Association of maternal metabolic risk factors with offspring body mass index (BMI) trajectories in early childhood: a retrospective cohort study

Wei Song, Xiao Yang, Liu Yang, Yan Ren et al. • BMJ Open (2025)

Objective This study aimed to identify body mass index (BMI) growth trajectories from birth to 24 months of age and examine the independent and additive effects of four maternal metabolic risk factors, namely prepregnancy BMI, the rate of g...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088641

Impact of Fasting Plasma Glucose on Electrolyte Imbalance, Lipid Profile, and Associated Health Complications in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Rural Bangladesh

Md Mosahaq Ali, Koushik Ahmed, Md Yeakub Ali, Md Fazle Rabbi et al. • Health Science Reports (2026)

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Diabetes mellitus is a pervasive chronic disorder disrupting electrolyte homeostasis and lipid metabolism, thereby predisposing patients to severe complications. This study investigates the associations between ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.71822

Preparedness of health facilities in managing hypertension & diabetes mellitus in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a cross sectional study

Juma Adinan, Rachel Manongi, Gloria August Temu, Ntuli Kapologwe et al. • BMC Health Services Research (2019)

Abstract Background Hypertension and Diabetes mellitus are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases that cause 17 million deaths globally. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if hypertensive and diabetic patients had their blood ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4316-6

Demographic determinants of patient satisfaction in medical outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in North India

Gaurav Batta, Deepak Khushalrao Mundhe, R. Vishnuprasad, Anshita Batta et al. • Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care (2025)

Introduction: Patient satisfaction surveys are widely used in European countries to ensure high-quality healthcare through systematic feedback. India, through its National Health Mission, is now adopting this practice to measure satisfactio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_430_25

Visualizing healthcare system variability and resilience: a longitudinal study of patient movements following discharge from a Swedish psychiatric clinic

Jakob Svensson, Johan Bergström • BMC Health Services Research (2020)

Abstract Background As healthcare becomes increasingly complex, new methods are needed to identify weaknesses in the system that could lead to increased risk. Traditionally, the focus for patient safety is to study incident reports and adve...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05642-3

Cardiovascular risk management system: prerequisites for developing, organization principles, target groups

E. V. Shlyakhto, N. E. Zvartau, S. V. Villevalde, A. N. Yakovlev et al. • Российский кардиологический журнал (2019)

Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are associated with high demographic and economic  losses.  Their decrease is one  of the  main lines of development  and improvement of the world health systems. An analysis of the current situation i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15829/1560-4071-2019-11-69-82

BIOTEX—Biosensing Textiles for Personalised Healthcare Management

Shirley M. Coyle, King‐Tong Lau, Niall M. Moyna, Donal J. O’Gorman et al. • IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (2010)

Textile-based sensors offer an unobtrusive method of continually monitoring physiological parameters during daily activities. Chemical analysis of body fluids, noninvasively, is a novel and exciting area of personalized wearable healthcare ...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/titb.2009.2038484

A mapping of facilitators and barriers to evidence-based management in health systems: a scoping review study

Tahereh Shafaghat, Mohammad Hasan Imani Nasab, Mohammad Amin Bahrami, Zahra Kavosi et al. • Systematic Reviews (2021)

Abstract Background Healthcare settings are complex, and the decision-making process is usually complicated, too. Precise use of best evidence from different sources for increasing the desired outcomes is the result of EBM. Therefore, this ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13643-021-01595-8

Prevalence of fear of hypoglycemia in adults with type 1 diabetes using a newly developed screener and clinician’s perspective on its implementation

Magaly Perez-Nieves, Jingwen Liu, Beth Mitchell, Marina Basina et al. • BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care (2023)

Introduction Fear of hypoglycemia (FoH) affects quality of life, emotional well-being, and diabetes management among people with type 1 diabetes (PwT1D). American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) guidelines recommend assessing FoH in clinical p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2023-003394

Sakha Language in a Northern Industrial Monotown: Linguistic Distribution in Speech Repertoire of Sakha People

I. A. Danilov • Научный диалог (2024)

This study explores the functioning of the Yakut language in the conditions of the northern industrial monotown Mirny (Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)). The study identifies the features of linguistic distribution in the speech repertoire of et...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24224/2227-1295-2024-13-5-48-66

Assessing the health impacts of parenthood on people with cystic fibrosis: the HOPeCF prospective cohort protocol

MinJae Lee, Anna M Georgiopoulos, Raksha Jain, Traci M Kazmerski et al. • BMJ Open Respiratory Research (2024)

Introduction People with cystic fibrosis (CF) are living longer and healthier lives with a growing number considering and pursuing parenthood. The decision of whether to become a parent is complex for people with CF, and CF is a major facto...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002383