Objective—To review the literature on the benefits and disadvantages of clinical and
medical audit, and to assess the main facilitators and barriers to conducting the audit …

Background: regular physical activity has been shown to have many health benefits.
However, many older people are physically inactive. Objective: to investigate why older …

Sexual and marital relationships change throughout marriage and the transition to
parenthood can be seen as a psychosocial crisis. Recent studies do not support the finding …

In order to support breastfeeding interventions, there is a need for objective, reliable, valid
and sensitive measures of factors related to breastfeeding. Publications on the development …

Of 25 primiparous women, investigated prospectively for six months post-partum, 19
persisted with breast feeding and six changed to artificial during the first six weeks. Sexual …

The aim of the present study was to assess the factors which may influence the timing of the
introduction of solid food to infants. The design was a prospective cohort study by interview …

This study investigated whether postpartum depressive symptoms and parenting stress are
related to exclusive breastfeeding in mothers at 2–3 months postpartum. Data were …

To identify a range of attitudes and beliefs which influence the timing of introduction to solid
food, five focus group discussions were undertaken within a maternity hospital setting …

Hormonal factors have been suggested as a cause of post-natal depression, but suckling
frequency which is the major influence on hormone levels post-partum has not been …

Title. Randomized trial of essential oils to reduce perioperative patient anxiety: feasibility
study Aim. This paper is a report of a feasibility study to examine the effectiveness of …