European journal of public health

A global decline in age at menarche has raised concerns about its long-term health and social consequences. This study investigates temporal trends in age at menarche in a Swiss population born between 1936 and 1989 and assesses association…

Migration status and socioeconomic factors may influence access to and provision of gynaecological surgical care. However, evidence from European settings remains limited. This study aimed to examine disparities in surgical approach and ind…

In Wales, 24.8% of children aged 4-5 years live with overweight/obesity. Obesity is linked to developing multiple long-term conditions. We aimed to predict childhood obesity using healthcare and wider demographic, socioeconomic, and area-le…

Globally, one out of six people of childbearing age experience infertility. Given the high demand for assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs), this systematic review evaluated associations between adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) an…

A Digital Twin (DT) can be understood as a representation of a real asset, a virtual replica of a physical object, process, or even a system. They have been used in managing healthcare facilities, streamlining care processes, personalizing …

Our study assessed the time to diagnosis of rare diseases (RDs) in Campania and whether there are determinants of diagnostic delay (DD). Demographic characteristics, date of first medical contact and diagnosis, disease macro-groups, and are…

BackgroundDespite the growing utilization of data-driven methods to investigate multimorbidity patterns, there is currently no consensus or guidance on the conditions to include when identifying patterns. This scoping review aims to systema…

BACKGROUND: There are limited data on endometriosis from the Eastern Mediterranean region. This study for the first time estimates the prevalence and impact of endometriosis on women in Northern Cyprus, an under-represented region in Europe…

BACKGROUND: Worrying trends regarding human reproductive endpoints (e.g. semen quality, reproductive cancers) have been reported and there is growing circumstantial evidence for a possible causal link between these trends and exposure to en…