Background In people with mild asthma poor adherence to regular therapy is common and increases the risk of exacerbations, morbidity and mortality. The use of fixed-dose combination inhalers ...

Correspondence to Dr Marleen Kunneman, Medical Decision Making, Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; kunneman{at}lumc.nl For too many people, ...

The Choosing Wisely initiative promotes conversations between patients and clinicians, to choose care that is supported by evidence, and truly necessary. The consultation is an efficient diagnostic ...

Introduction An increasing number of people with chronic venous insufficiency have various options for maintenance compression therapy (MCT) including compression socks, custom adjustable Velcro ...

Qualitative research has an important place within evidence-based health care (EBHC), contributing to policy on patient safety and quality of care, supporting understanding of the impact of chronic ...

Correspondence to: Dr Mary Bond PenTAG, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Veysey Building, Salmon Pool Lane, Exeter EX2 4SG, Devon, UK; mary.bond{at}pms.ac.uk The negative psychological ...

Correspondence to Dr Paul Fontelo, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA; fontelo{at}nlm.nih.gov In 1998, the ‘Evidence Cart’ was introduced to provide decision ...

Shared decision-making (SDM) is the process by which patients and clinicians work together to cocreate care plans that respond to the patient’s problematic situation.1 2 In daily life, a familiar ...

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Correspondence to Dr Amitava Banerjee, Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, University College London, London NW1 2DA, UK; ami.banerjee{at}ucl.ac.uk If you wish to reuse any or all of this ...

Correspondence to Dr John Ferguson, Clinical Research Facility, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland; john.ferguson{at}nuigalway.ie Commonly accepted statistical advice dictates that ...

Correspondence to: Dr SK Sharma, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Tuberculosis; Centre of Excellence in Extrapulmonary TB; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of ...