Published in BMJ supportive & palliative care
To describe psycho-oncological care structures and processes in German breast cancer centres from the perspective of the centre administration. The findings are based on a postal survey of a representative random sample of surgical sites of certified breast cancer centres in Germany. Data were collected in 2013 and 2014. The questionnaire included ...
Published in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Fear of adverse effects of corticosteroids is common in dermatology and results in medication nonadherence. To study the efficacy of targeted education in reducing topical steroid phobia. In this double-blinded, randomized controlled trial, participants in the intervention arm were presented with an educational video and patient information leaflet...
Published in BMJ quality & safety
Published in BMJ quality & safety
Indicators based on hospital administrative data have potential for misclassification error, especially if they rely on clinical detail that may not be well recorded in the data. We applied an approach using modified logistic regression models to assess the misclassification (false-positive and false-negative) rates of low-value care indicators. We...
Published in Archives of disease in childhood
To understand the experiences and perceptions of healthcare services of children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their family members, including palliative care. Longitudinal qualitative interview study with children and their family members. Up to three in-depth interviews were conducted over 13 months with each child and fa...
Published in BMJ Paediatrics Open
As a public health measure during the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world instituted a variety of interventions to ‘flatten the curve’. The government of Maryland instituted similar measures. We observed a striking decline in paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions during that period, mostly due to a decease in respiratory infe...
Published in BMJ Paediatrics Open
Published in BMJ Paediatrics Open
Background Children are less vulnerable to serious forms of the COVID-19 disease. However, concerns have been raised about children being the second victims of the pandemic and its control measures. Therefore, we wanted to study if the pandemic, the infection control measures and their consequences to the society projected to paediatric prehospital...
Published in BMJ Paediatrics Open
In the UK, there have been reports of significant reductions in paediatric emergency attendances and visits to the general practitioners due to COVID-19. A national survey undertaken by the UK Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians found that the proportion of new-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) presenting with diabetes ketoacidosis (DKA) during...
OBJECTIVE: As part of European League against Rheumatism (EULAR)/European Musculoskeletal Conditions Surveillance and Information Network, 20 user-focused standards of care (SoCs) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) addressing 16 domains of care were developed. This study aimed to explore gaps in implementation of these SoCs across Europe. METHODS: Two c...
