Outputs (58)

Differing patterns in intentional and unintentional poisonings among young people in England, 1998-2014: a population based cohort study (2016)
Journal Article
Tyrrell, E. G., Orton, E., Sayal, K., Baker, R., & Kendrick, D. (2017). Differing patterns in intentional and unintentional poisonings among young people in England, 1998-2014: a population based cohort study. Journal of Public Health, 39(2), Article e1-e9. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdw075

Background Accurate and up to date data on changes in poisoning incidence among young people are lacking. Recent linkage of UK primary care, hospital and mortality data allows these to be quantified to inform service delivery.

Methods An open coh... Read More about Differing patterns in intentional and unintentional poisonings among young people in England, 1998-2014: a population based cohort study.

A decision analytic model to investigate the cost-effectiveness of poisoning prevention practices in households with young children (2016)
Journal Article
Achana, F., Sutton, A. J., Kendrick, D., Hayes, M., Jones, D. R., Hubbard, S. J., & Cooper, N. J. (2016). A decision analytic model to investigate the cost-effectiveness of poisoning prevention practices in households with young children. BMC Public Health, 16, Article 705. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3334-0

Background: Systematic reviews and a network meta-analysis show home safety education with or without the provision of safety equipment is effective in promoting poison prevention behaviours in households with children. This paper compares the cost-e... Read More about A decision analytic model to investigate the cost-effectiveness of poisoning prevention practices in households with young children.

Anxiety associated with diagnostic uncertainties in early pregnancy. (2016)
Journal Article
Richardson, A., Raine-Fenning, N., Deb, S., Campbell, B., & Vedhara, K. (in press). Anxiety associated with diagnostic uncertainties in early pregnancy. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.17214

Objectives: To determine anxiety levels of women presenting to Early Pregnancy Assessment Units (EPAU) with abdominal pain and/or vaginal bleeding and assess how these change over time and according to ultrasonographic diagnosis.

Methods: We under... Read More about Anxiety associated with diagnostic uncertainties in early pregnancy..

Smoking in pregnancy: who makes quit attempts whilst pregnant and what types of cessation support do they prefer? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brotherton, E., Orton, S., & Coleman, T. Smoking in pregnancy: who makes quit attempts whilst pregnant and what types of cessation support do they prefer?. Presented at UKCRC16 Public Health Research Centres of Excellence Conference

Background
Smoking in pregnancy is strongly associated with adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. In England, 26% of women smoke at some point during pregnancy, and 12% smoke throughout. Reducing smoking during pregnancy is therefore an NHS priority... Read More about Smoking in pregnancy: who makes quit attempts whilst pregnant and what types of cessation support do they prefer?.

Diabetes treatments and risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: cohort study in primary care (2016)
Journal Article
Hippisley-Cox, J., & Coupland, C. (2016). Diabetes treatments and risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: cohort study in primary care. BMJ, 354(i3477), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i3477

Objective: To assess associations between risks of cardiovascular disease, heart failure, and all cause mortality and different diabetes drugs in people with type 2 diabetes, particularly newer agents, including gliptins and thiazolidinediones (glita... Read More about Diabetes treatments and risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: cohort study in primary care.

The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vaz, L. R., Aveyard, P., Cooper, S., Leonardi-Bee, J., & Coleman, T. The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy. Presented at SAPC Annual Conference 2016

Background: In non-pregnant “quitters,” adherence to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) increases smoking cessation. We investigated relationships between adherence to placebo or NRT patches and cessation in pregnancy, including an assessment of reve... Read More about The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy.

Comparing the case mix and survival of women receiving breast cancer care from one private provider with other London women with breast cancer: Pilot data exchange and analyses (2016)
Journal Article
Davies, E. A., Coupland, V. H., Dixon, S., Mokbel, K., & Jack, R. H. (2016). Comparing the case mix and survival of women receiving breast cancer care from one private provider with other London women with breast cancer: Pilot data exchange and analyses. BMC Cancer, 16(1), Article 421. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2439-2

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: Data from providers of private cancer care are not yet formally included in English cancer registration data. This study aimed to test the exchange of breast cancer data from one Hospital Corporation of America Inter... Read More about Comparing the case mix and survival of women receiving breast cancer care from one private provider with other London women with breast cancer: Pilot data exchange and analyses.

Reducing falls among older people in general practice: the ProAct65+ exercise intervention trial (2016)
Journal Article
Gawler, S., Skelton, D. A., Dinan-Young, S., Masud, T., Morris, R. W., Griffin, M., Kendrick, D., & Iliffe, S. (2016). Reducing falls among older people in general practice: the ProAct65+ exercise intervention trial. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 67, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2016.06.019

Background: Falls are common in the older UK population and associated costs to the NHS are high. Systematic reviews suggest that home exercise and group-based exercise interventions, which focus on progressively challenging balance and increasing st... Read More about Reducing falls among older people in general practice: the ProAct65+ exercise intervention trial.

Discontinuation and restarting in patients on statin therapy: a cohort study using a primary care database (2016)
Journal Article
Vinogradova, Y., Coupland, C., Brindle, P., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (in press). Discontinuation and restarting in patients on statin therapy: a cohort study using a primary care database. BMJ, 353, Article i3305. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i3305

Objectives: To estimate rates of discontinuation and restarting of statins, and to identify patient characteristics associated with either discontinuation or restarting.

Design: Prospective open cohort study.

Setting: 664 general practices con... Read More about Discontinuation and restarting in patients on statin therapy: a cohort study using a primary care database.

“I was a full time proper smoker”: A qualitative exploration of smoking in the home after childbirth among women who relapse postpartum (2016)
Journal Article
Orton, S., Coleman, T., Lewis, S., Cooper, S., & Jones, L. L. (2016). “I was a full time proper smoker”: A qualitative exploration of smoking in the home after childbirth among women who relapse postpartum. PLoS ONE, 11(6), e0157525. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157525

Background:
Many women stop smoking during pregnancy but relapse shortly afterwards, potentially putting their infants at risk of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure. Women who were able to stop during pregnancy may be a motivated group, receptive to m... Read More about “I was a full time proper smoker”: A qualitative exploration of smoking in the home after childbirth among women who relapse postpartum.