OBJECTIVES The National Health Service (NHS) 'Choose and Book' online scheme, which allows patients to select the location and time of hospital appointments, has now been extended to include the option for patients to select a specific consultant to carry out any necessary treatment. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is sufficient online information about consultants or consu...

Teenage pregnancies have become a public health issue because of their observed negative effects on perinatal outcomes and long-term morbidity. The association of young maternal age and long-term morbidity is usually confounded, however, by the high prevalence of poverty, low level of education, and single marital status among teenage mothers. The authors assess the independent effect of teenag...

This study aims to describe and explain the validity of device, practicality learning effectiveness device through word press media for high school in West Sumatra. research method is a development model. The test subjects this were students from city Padang. Instruments used collect data include: instruments, instruments instruments. Data obtained various qualitatively quantitatively. findings...

COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERnative medicine (CAM) encompasses a wide range of popular treatment modalities that are outside conventional practice and generally lack sufficient scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy. These treatments include herbal agents, homeopathic preparations, chiropractic manipulations, massage, acupuncture, meditation, and prayer. Use of CAM in the United States is w...

OBJECTIVE To assess existing, brief nonpharmacologic interventions that are available for primary care physicians with minimal training in psychotherapy to use in managing depression in adult patients. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE was searched from 1996 to 2007, EMBASE was searched from 1980 to 2007, and EBM Reviews was searched from 1999 to 2007. STUDY SELECTION Several randomized controlled trial...

There is growing interest in the use of the Internet for interacting with patients, both in terms of healthcare information provision and information gathering. In this article, we examine the issues in designing healthcare websites for elderly users. In particular, this article uses a year-long case study of the development of a web-based system for self-reporting of symptoms and quality of li...

Trust is a key factor in consumer decisions about website engagement. Consumers will engage with sites they deem trustworthy and turn away from those they mistrust. In this paper we present a framework for understanding trust factors in web based health advice. The framework is derived from a staged model of trust and allows predictions to be made concerning user engagement with different healt...

introduction: websites of academic journals have an important role in communicating and providing services to researchers. the present study aimed to determine the number of incoming links of iranian journal of medical sciences websites. besides, it aimed to determine the rate of visibility of core websites based on these findings. methods: this descriptive study was performed using webometrics...