There is growing interest in urban green space exposure estimated dynamically by accounting for individuals’ mobility during daily life. We aimed to explore if estimates based on substantially differ from static home-based estimates, and examine potential effect modification personal (sex work status) temporal (weekends versus weekdays) characteristics. To assess the association between space, ...

BACKGROUND Cross-sectional investigation showed that Chinese children in Hong Kong were more physically active on weekends than weekdays, which is contrary to previous findings. However, little is known as to whether these time-segment-specific differences persist with age. This study aimed to compare the 2-year changes in accelerometer-assessed physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) be...

Abstract Aim Two Urology Departments work symbiotically to provide service provision across their local region by hosing ‘hot weekends’. On alternating weekends, all urological patients attending the ‘parent A&E’ are transferred ‘sister hospital’ for treatment. This QIP aimed improve data sharing of these post discharge ensure efficient patient follow-up at hospital’. Method Cycle 1 reviewe...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to describe the relationship between objective measures of sleep, physical activity and BMI in Swedish pre-adolescents. The day-to-day association between physical activity and sleep quality as well as week-day and weekend pattern of sleep is also described. METHOD We conducted a cross sectional study consisted of a cohort of 1.231 children aged six to ten ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the rates of nontraumatic dental condition (NTDC)-related emergency department (ED) visits are higher during the typical working hours of dental offices and lower during night hours, as well as the associated factors. METHODS We analyzed data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey for 1997 through 2007 using multivariate binary and polytomous ...

-The effect of alcohol drinking in raising blood pressure (BP) is rapidly reversible. However, there is only limited information on the effect of binge drinking on BP values. In this study, 20 healthy men who were all social drinkers drank alcohol (2.2 g/kg) in controlled circumstances on a Saturday evening. Ambulatory BP measurement (ABPM) values were compared with ABPM values of the same subj...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have found higher stroke case fatality in patients admitted to the hospital on weekends compared to weekdays, but the reasons for this association are not known. METHODS This was a cohort study using data from the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network. We included consecutive patients with acute stroke or TIA seen in the emergency department or admitted to the ho...

BACKGROUND Quality of patient care in hospitals has been shown to be inconsistent during weekends and night-time hours, and is often associated with reduced patient monitoring, poor antibiotic prescription practices and poor patient outcomes. Poorer care and outcomes are commonly attributed to decreased levels of staffing, supervision and expertise and poorer access to diagnostics. However, the...

AIMS To document demography, changing workload patterns, job satisfaction, morale, and prevalence of stress and psychological morbidity among UK consultant medical microbiologists and virologists. METHOD A questionnaire survey of all identified UK practising consultant medical microbiologists and virologists (n= 464). RESULTS Among 367 respondents (79%), there were 33 virologists and at lea...