OBJECTIVES Access to reproductive healthcare, including contraceptive services, is an essential component of comprehensive healthcare for female sex workers (FSW). Here, we evaluated the prevalence of and factors associated with contraceptive use, unplanned pregnancy, and pregnancy termination among FSW in three transit towns in Zambia. STUDY DESIGN Data arose from the baseline quantitative s...

BACKGROUND Increasing numbers of elderly patients are undergoing long-term dialysis. However, the role of dialysis in survival and quality of life is unclear, and poor outcomes may be associated with comorbidities rather than with age only. The initiation of unplanned dialysis in elderly patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been reported to be associated with poor survival. We evaluat...

Enterprise search technology retrieves digital objects and internally generated content within organizations. Unlike other retrieval environments, enterprise search is a community of practice which responds to expected activity at similar times. Collective mind theory (Weick & Roberts, 2003) is similar to retrieval environments where the unplanned movements of multiple people move towards a sim...

This study examines the effect of the booth Recommender system (BRS) embedded in a mobile device on the goals of exhibition attendees, based on two main theories that are unplanned behaviour and goal frame theories. Previous studies have overlooked the importance of the unplanned behavioural effectiveness of IT devices for understanding motivation and delivering unexpected outcomes at exhibitio...

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Use of unplanned health care has long been increasing, and not enough is known about which interventions may reduce use. We aimed to review the effectiveness of interventions to reduce the use of unplanned health care by rural populations. METHODS The method used was systematic review. Scientific databases (Medline, Embase and Central), grey literature and selec...

BACKGROUND Unplanned admissions to hospital are a challenge for healthcare systems internationally. In the UK variation in unplanned admission rates across geographical areas, general practices and GPs remains largely unexplained. AIM To identify factors influencing professional decision making around unplanned hospital admission. DESIGN AND SETTING Qualitative study with a purposive sampl...

conclusions in spite of risk of pregnancy and unintended pregnancy in this age group, about a half of them used less effective contraceptive methods, hence family planning education, and counseling to older women should be a priority in health centers. results the mean age of women was 39.8 ± 4.2 years. the most popular contraceptive methods used in this age group were oral contraceptive pills ...

Background Reducing the 30-day unplanned hospital readmission rate is a goal for physicians and policymakers in order to improve quality of care. However, data on the readmission rate of critically ill patients in Japan and knowledge of the predictors associated with readmission are lacking. We investigated predictors associated with 30-day rehospitalization for medical and surgical adult patie...