BACKGROUND: Existing qualitative research reports patient dissatisfaction with diagnostic processes for recurrent vulvovaginal thrush in primary care. This dissatisfaction centres on perceived diagnostic delays and a lack of clinical awaren…
Clinical research should ultimately improve patient care. To enable this, randomized controlled trials must select, collect, and report outcomes that are both relevant to clinical practice and genuinely reflect the perspectives of key stake…
CONTEXT: The aim of this study was to ask whether there are shared ideas about what good health care looks like that apply across different populations and conditions. Do priorities among "seldom heard" groups differ from mainstream views a…
BACKGROUND: Infertility affects 9% of couples in the UK. Most couples who visit their GP because they are worried about their fertility will ultimately conceive, but a few will not. Treatment usually happens in secondary care, but GPs can h…
OBJECTIVES: To explore women's views about the risks and benefits of diagnostic laparoscopy in the investigation of chronic pelvic pain, including how much information it is thought appropriate to give about three specific risks: death, maj…