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Journal Issue: BMJ Open Volume 14(8); 2024

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Volume 14(8); 2024

Addiction

Implementation of time-limited parenteral hydromorphone in people with treatment-resistant injecting opioid use disorder: a protocol for a single-site, uncontrolled, open-label study to assess feasibility, safety and cost

Craig Rodgers, Krista J Siefried, Alison Ritter, Vendula Belackova, Carla Treloar, Marianne Jauncey, Nadine Ezard, Darren Roberts, Maureen Steele, Willem van den Brink, John Strang, Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, Nicholas Lintzeris, Adrian John Dunlop, James Bell

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e082553. Published online 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082553

PMCID:: PMC11298717

Abstract Article PDF–523K

Anaesthesia

Optimal approach to ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum blocks for postoperative analgesia in elective caesarean section: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

Yan Li, Donghang Zhang, Na Wang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e085513. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085513

PMCID:: PMC11308870

Abstract Article PDF–856K

Dentistry and Oral Medicine

Toothbrushing programme in Saudi Arabia ‘TOPS’: a study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial in kindergartens, Riyadh

Budur Almutairi, D Conway, Alastair Ross, Mohammed Hattan, Fayyad Almogren, Alex D McMahon

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e083504. Published online 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083504

PMCID:: PMC11298734

Abstract Article PDF–500K

Diabetes and Endocrinology

Demographic and geographic distribution of diabetes and pre-diabetes risk in rural settings: results from a cross-sectional, countywide rural health survey in Sullivan County, New York

David C Lee, Leah Ross, Carolina Quintero Arias, Melissa Rony, Rahi Patel, Erica Jensen, Robert Petcu, Daniel Imas, Brian Elbel, Lorna E Thorpe, Rebecca Anthopolos

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e080831. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080831

PMCID:: PMC11308904

Abstract Article PDF–948K

Epidemiology

Opioid prescribing in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national register-based study

Hannah Ellerbroek, Arnt F A Schellekens, Gerard A Kalkman, Damian A Visser, Cornelis Kramers, Albert Dahan, Sandra A S van den Heuvel, Marcel L Bouvy, Eveline L A van Dorp

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e082369. Published online 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082369

PMCID:: PMC11298725

Abstract Article PDF–1.5M

Spatial analysis and factors associated with low birth weight in Ghana using data from the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey: spatial and multilevel analysis

Dennis Boateng, Felix Boakye Oppong, Ephraim Kumi Senkyire, Divine Darlington Logo

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e083904. Published online 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-083904

PMCID:: PMC11308880

Abstract Article PDF–797K

General practice / Family practice

COVID-19 pandemic impact on hypertension management in North East London: an observational cohort study using electronic health records

Stuart Christopher Gorthorn Rison, Oliver C Redfern, Rohini Mathur, Isabel Dostal, Chris Carvalho, Zahra Raisi-Estabragh, John Robson

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e083497. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083497

PMCID:: PMC11308888

Abstract Article PDF–1.2M

Community pharmacists’ roles during the closure stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: a qualitative case study

Sylvia Farooq, Jennifer R Donnan, Julia Lukewich, Maria Mathews, Tiffany A Lee

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e085338. Published online 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085338

PMCID:: PMC11308875

Abstract Article PDF–301K

Genetics and Genomics

Using polygenic risk modification to improve breast cancer prevention: study protocol for the PRiMo multicentre randomised controlled trial

Simone McInerny, Lyon Mascarenhas, Tatiane Yanes, Lara Petelin, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Melissa C Southey, Mary-Anne Young, Paul A James

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e087874. Published online 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087874

PMCID:: PMC11308879

Abstract Article PDF–1.8M

Geriatric Medicine

Protocol for the process evaluation of the GOAL trial: investigating how comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) improves patient-centred goal attainment in older adults with chronic kidney disease in the outpatient setting

Sarah Therese Fox, Ruth Hubbard, Andrea Valks, Misa Matsuyama, Emarene Kalaw, Andrea Viecelli, Eunise Martha Aquino, David Johnson, Monika Janda

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e076328. Published online 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076328

PMCID:: PMC11298742

Abstract Article PDF–852K

Evaluation of the knowledge, attitude and practice towards ischaemic stroke among healthcare workers in neurology and neurosurgery department: a cross-sectional study in Shaanxi province, China

Wanhong Chen, Wenqiang Li, Yugang Wang, Dan Chen, Liping Yu, Xingyun Yuan

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e086482. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086482

PMCID:: PMC11308873

Abstract Article PDF–262K

Association of fear of falling with performance-based physical function and low back pain in older adults: a cross-sectional study in Iran

Zeinab Khodadadi, Shabnam ShahAli, Anahita Hejazi, Sanaz Shanbehzadeh

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e086970. Published online 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086970

PMCID:: PMC11308886

Abstract Article PDF–780K

Global Health

Development and evaluation of scenario-based e-simulation for humanitarian health training: a mixed-methods action research study

Awsan Abdullah Saeed Bahattab, Omar Zain, Monica Linty, Nieves Amat Camacho, Johan Von Schreeb, Ives Hubloue, Francesco Della Corte, Luca Ragazzoni

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e079681. Published online 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079681

PMCID:: PMC11308908

Abstract Article PDF–490K

HIV/AIDS

Global burden of HIV among long-distance truck drivers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cyrus Mutie, Berrick Otieno, Elijah Mwangi, Kawira Kithuci, Albanus Mutisya, John Gachohi, Grace Mbuthia

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e085058. Published online 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085058

PMCID:: PMC11298726

Abstract Article PDF–3.9M

Health Economics

Political economy analysis of health taxes (tobacco, alcohol drink and sugar-sweteened beverage): qualitative study of three provinces in Indonesia

Abdillah Ahsan, Nadira Amalia, Krisna Puji Rahmayanti, Nadhila Adani, Nur Hadi Wiyono, Althof Endawansa, Maulida Gadis Utami, Adela Miranti Yuniar, Erika Valentina Anastasia, Yuyu Buono Ayuning Pertiwi

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e085863. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085863

PMCID:: PMC11308894

Abstract Article PDF–762K

Health Services Research

Job satisfaction and psychosocial factors and their association with job performance in Iranian midwives: a cross-sectional study

Sepideh Mashayekh-Amiri, Mojgan Mirghafourvand

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e079982. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079982

PMCID:: PMC11308903

Abstract Article PDF–326K

Patient and carer transition outcomes and experiences at the Westmead Centre for Adolescent and Young Adult Health, Westmead, Australia: protocol for a longitudinal cohort study

Daniel Waller, Katharine Steinbeck, Yvonne Zurynski, Jane Ho, Susan Towns, Jasmine Milojevic, Bronwyn Milne, Sharon Medlow, Ediane De Queiroz Andrade, Frances L Doyle, Michael Kohn

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e080149. Published online 2024 Aug 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080149

PMCID:: PMC11298731

Abstract Article PDF–554K

Integrating programme theory into the development of a core outcome set for technology-assisted counselling interventions in dementia: study protocol of the ProCOS study

Dorothee Bauernschmidt, Janina Wittmann, Anja Bieber, Gabriele Meyer

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e081526. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081526

PMCID:: PMC11308905

Abstract Article PDF–1.0M

Patient engagement in the development and implementation of navigation services: a scoping review protocol

Sarah Rabi, Megan Patton, Maria-Jose Santana, Karen L Tang

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e082666. Published online 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082666

PMCID:: PMC11298741

Abstract Article PDF–312K

Evaluating the impact of a ward environment with 20 single occupancy rooms and two four-bedded bays on patient and staff experiences and outcomes in an acute NHS Trust: a mixed-methods study protocol

Yetunde Ataiyero, Emma Stimpson, Helen Hall, Helen Ashby, Alisen Dube, Vanda Carter, Hazel A Smith, Al Ross, Jacky Copping, Paul Morris, Sarahjane Jones

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e085528. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085528

PMCID:: PMC11308872

Abstract Article PDF–663K

Role of men in women’s health service utilisation in northern Nigeria: a qualitative study of women, men and provider perspectives

Irit Sinai, Olajumoke Azogu, Shehu Salisu Dabai, Saba Waseem

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e085758. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085758

PMCID:: PMC11308895

Abstract Article PDF–247K

Supported decision-making with persons with dementia: a scoping review protocol in partnership with lived experts

Tamara Sussman, Xue Ping Ma, Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola, Amanda Grenier, M Ariel Cascio, Lynn McCleary, Paulette V Hunter, Maryse Soulières, Rym Zakaria

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e085954. Published online 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085954

PMCID:: PMC11298746

Abstract Article PDF–374K

Intensive Care

Use of pressure muscle index to guide pressure support ventilation setting: a study protocol and statistical plan for a prospective randomised controlled proof-of-concept trial

Ran Gao, Yan-Lin Yang, Linlin Zhang, Ming-Yue Miao, Jian-Xin Zhou

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e082395. Published online 2024 Aug 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082395

PMCID:: PMC11298740

Abstract Article PDF–1.0M

Mental Health

Prevalence, determinants and care-seeking behaviour for anxiety and depression in Nepalese population: a secondary analysis of data from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2022

Achyut Raj Pandey, Bikram Adhikari, Bihungum Bista, Bipul Lamichhane, Deepak Joshi, Saugat Pratap K C, Shreeman Sharma, Sushil Baral

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e078582. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078582

PMCID:: PMC11308907

Abstract Article PDF–594K

Methodological issues in measuring psychosocial safety climate: a systematic review protocol

Mustapha Amoadu, Paul Obeng, Godfred Cobbinah, Promise Kwame Salu, Godson Obeng Ofori, Edward Wilson Ansah

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e087315. Published online 2024 Aug 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087315

PMCID:: PMC11298738

Abstract Article PDF–951K

Nursing

Effects of e-educational programmes among older adults with non-communicable diseases: a protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhimin Yin, Ruifen Sun, Rong He, Hongda Liu, Zixian Yuan, Tongping Huang, ZuoQin Zhang, Jie Zhao

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e082703. Published online 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082703

PMCID:: PMC11308897

Abstract Article PDF–1013K

Linguistically responsive learning and teaching for non-native speakers in undergraduate nursing education: a scoping review protocol

Florian Schimböck, Göntje Erichsen, Inger Petersen, Wolfgang von Gahlen-Hoops

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e083181. Published online 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083181

PMCID:: PMC11298720

Abstract Article PDF–316K

Nurses’ perceptions of patient handoffs and predictors of patient handoff perceptions in tertiary care hospitals in Kelantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

Mohd Hanif Mohd Nawawi, Mohd Ismail Ibrahim

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e087612. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087612

PMCID:: PMC11308887

Abstract Article PDF–292K

Nutrition and Metabolism

Survival status and predictors of mortality among severely acute malnourished under-5 children admitted to stabilisation centers in selected government hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022: a retrospective cohort study

Amanuel Nuredin Abdu, Rajalakshmi Murugan, Sosina Workineh Tilahun

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e083855. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083855

PMCID:: PMC11308885

Abstract Article PDF–276K

Oncology

Qualitative exploration of uterine cancer care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ+) patients in the UK: shifting from equality to equity

Nessa Millet, Rebecca Barnes, Natalie Darko, Esther Moss

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e084720. Published online 2024 Aug 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084720

PMCID:: PMC11298749

Abstract Article PDF–263K

Patient-Centred Medicine

Couples’ perceptions and experience of smartphone-assisted CenteringPregnancy model in southeast of China: a dyadic analysis of qualitative study

Huimin Lin, Shengbin Guo, Qingxiang Zheng, Xiuwu Liu, Anfen Hu, Jing Zeng, Guihua Liu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e079121. Published online 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079121

PMCID:: PMC11308902

Abstract Article PDF–614K

Safety-netting strategies for primary and emergency care: a codesign study with patients, carers and clinicians in Sweden

Carolina Wannheden, Johanna Hagman, Sara Riggare, Karin Pukk Härenstam, Rita Fernholm

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e089224. Published online 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089224

PMCID:: PMC11308890

Abstract Article PDF–1.3M

Public Health

Interventions for improving the health and socioeconomic well-being of young parents in Africa: a systematic review protocol

Sally Atieno Odunga, Beryl Machoka, Glorious Jesang, Grace Kathure Mugo, Winnan Lucia Munyasa, Sheila Mukabana, Beatrice W Maina, Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Caroline W Kabiru

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e083191. Published online 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083191

PMCID:: PMC11308900

Abstract Article PDF–374K

Trends in urine sampling rates of general practice patients with suspected lower urinary tract infections in England, 2015–2022: a population-based study

Laura Ciaccio, Holly Fountain, Elizabeth Beech, Colin S Brown, Alicia Demirjian, Sarah Gerver, Berit Muller-Pebody, Sabine Bou-Antoun

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e084485. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084485

PMCID:: PMC11308898

Abstract Article PDF–1.4M

Using a participatory action research approach to explore, understand and evaluate well-being among children living in socially deprived areas in Southern Sweden: a study protocol

Rathi Ramji, Elisabeth Mangrio, Therese Sterner, Katarina Sjogren Forss, Slobodan Zdravkovic, Anders Kottorp, Louise Burenby-Yxne, Gabriella Isma, Monika Stanikowska, Julia Brandelius, Talina Marcusson Journiette, Margareta Rämgård

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e086406. Published online 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086406

PMCID:: PMC11298750

Abstract Article PDF–577K

Hotspot analysis of anaemia among pregnant women in Ethiopia: hotspot analysis of national demographic and health survey data

Melsew Setegn Alie, Simegnew Gichew, Dereje Alemayehu

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e086539. Published online 2024 Aug 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086539

PMCID:: PMC11298733

Abstract Article PDF–1.0M

Rehabilitation Medicine

Effects of the intermittent theta burst stimulation on gait, balance and lower limbs motor function in stroke: study protocol for a double-blind randomised controlled trial with multimodal neuroimaging assessments

Guilan Huang, Hewei Wang, WeiWei Zhao, Yao Qian, Yu Yao, Li Zhang, Yating Chen, Lianxin Song, Jinyu Yang, Zhichao Liu, Bin Su, Limin Sun

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e082019. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082019

PMCID:: PMC11308910

Abstract Article PDF–1.9M

Rheumatology

Easing the way to achieving target serum urate in people with gout: protocol for a non-inferiority randomised strategy trial using an allopurinol dosing model in Aotearoa/New Zealand (the Easy-Allo Study)

Lisa Stamp, Leanne Te Karu, Susan Reid, Daniel F B Wright, Chris Frampton, Vui Suli Tuitaupe, Nicola Dalbeth

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e084665. Published online 2024 Aug 2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084665

PMCID:: PMC11298718

Abstract Article PDF–387K

Sexual Health

Protocol for a discrete choice experiment: understanding preferences for seeking health services for survivors of sexual violence in Uganda

Lindsay Stark, M Mutumba, Fred Ssewamala, Rachel Brathwaite, Derek S Brown, Raymond Atwebembere, Abel Mwebembezi

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e081663. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081663

PMCID:: PMC11308909

Abstract Article PDF–295K

Sports and Exercise Medicine

Effect of home-based and remotely supervised combined exercise and cognitive intervention on older adults with mild cognitive impairment (COGITO): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Chenlu Hong, TakChing Tai, Jianwei Zhou, Changqing Gao, Jianfei Shi, Jinsong Huang, Xuebing Xu, Yushan Du, Guangwen Liu, Boyuan Guan, Xin Ning, Xinran Liu, Zhaorui Liu, Yanan Luo

BMJ Open. 2024; 14(8): e081122. Published online 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081122