funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China(72274170);Interdisciplinary Research Project of the Zhejiang University(519600*17222022201);National Medical Research Council(R-184-006-184-511);Dean’s Fund Research of the Zhejiang University(188021-171257702/004/010).
Background Case-finding is a recommended approach for dementia early detection in the community.Aims To investigate the discriminant validity and cost-effectiveness of a stepwise dementia case-finding approach in a Si...
This work was supported by the Major Research Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.91843302).
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)is a serious chronic respiratory disease.Improving the ability to identify patients with COPD in primary medical institutions is important to prevent and treat the disease.Wi...
Background:In 2009 Ghana began to design a trachoma pre-validation surveillance plan,based on then-current WHO recommendations.The plan aimed to identify active trachoma resurgence and identify and manage trichiasis c...
The program was funded by WHO/TDR Impact grant to two TDR alumni from DMR;The funders had no role in study design,data collection and analysis,decision to publish,or preparation of the manuscript。
Background:Since 2005,the Myanmar National Tuberculosis Programme(NTP)has been implementing active case finding(ACF)activities involving mobile teams in hard-to-reach areas.This study revealed the contribution of mobi...
Background: Conditions in prisons favour rapid transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and progression to tuberculosis (TB) disease, resulting in higher prevalence rates of TB in prisons than in the corresponding g...
Supported by An Unrestricted Research Grant by Grifols Biotherapeutics to Brebner JA;Research Grants from the National Institute of Health Research(UK),MRC,Alphal Foundation,Linde Real Fund,Hospital Infection Society(UK);by a contract for research services to Mologic to Turner AM;Educational talks or advisory boards from Boehringer,GSK,Novartis and Almirall totalling less than $5000 per company over the last 5 years to Turner AM
The significant healthcare burden associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) is driving us to improve our understanding of the natural history of this disease. Historically, the focus has been largely...
Background: There is an increased interest in developing better and more accurate methods to recognize and manage mental health problems in primary care settings. Abbreviated screening instruments for mental distress ...
AIM:To estimate the prevalence of celiac disease(CD) in adult patients with presumed irritable bowel syndrome(IBS) .METHODS:Between March 2005 and December 2008,742 consecutive patients(293 male,median age 43 years,ra...