Long-term health conditions and their impact on people with sleep disturbances and dementia | BMC Geriatrics

Nichols E, Steinmetz JD, Vollset SE, Fukutaki K, Chalek J, Abd-Allah F, et al. Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019. Lancet Public Health. 2022;7(2):E105–25. Google Scholar  Chen Y, Bandosz P, Stoye G, Liu Y, Wu Y, Lobanov-Rostovsky … Read more

‘I was eager to do anything I could to improve the situation’: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences and views of prehabilitation for ovarian cancer surgery | BMC Women’s Health

Twenty one patients from the specialist cancer centre and 23 patients from the teaching hospital within the NHS in London, met the inclusion criteria and were invited to take part in the study (Fig. 1). Of these, 9 from the specialist centre and 12 from the teaching hospital (total 21 participants) consented to be interviewed. Interviews … Read more

Proposed changes to framework to assess contraceptive autonomy based on phased in-depth interviews in northwest Tanzania | Reproductive Health

Characteristics of respondents A total of 72 participants were interviewed from May 2021 to February 2022. Women had a median age of 29.5 years [IQR, 24–38]. Most were married (72.2%) and had a median of four [2,3,4,5] living children. Three quarters of participants reported current family planning use at the time of interview. The most common … Read more

Perspectives of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination among racially and ethnically diverse gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men with and without HIV in the US South: findings from qualitative individual in-depth interviews | BMC Infectious Diseases

Serchen J, Hilden DR, Beachy MW. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority health disparities: A position paper from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med Jun. 2024;25(8):1099–103. Article  Google Scholar  Cornelius ME, Loretan CG, Wang TW, Jamal A, Homa DM. Tobacco product use among adults – United States, 2020. … Read more