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Barriers and facilitators to vaccination uptake against COVID-19, influenza, and pneumococcal pneumonia in immunosuppressed adults with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: A qualitative interview study during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Fuller, A., Hancox, J., Vedhara, K., Card, T., Mallen, C., Van-Tam, J. S. N., & Abhishek, A. (2022). Barriers and facilitators to vaccination uptake against COVID-19, influenza, and pneumococcal pneumonia in immunosuppressed adults with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: A qualitative interview study during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE, 17(9), Article e0267769. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267769

Objectives To explore barriers and facilitators to COVID-19, influenza, and pneumococcal vaccine uptake in immunosuppressed adults with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs). Methods Recruiting through national patient charities and a local h... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to vaccination uptake against COVID-19, influenza, and pneumococcal pneumonia in immunosuppressed adults with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: A qualitative interview study during the COVID-19 pandemic.

P04-07 Factors associated with maintenance of physical activity in older adults undertaking a strength and balance programme for falls prevention (2022)
Journal Article
Blackmore, C., Kendrick, D., & Orton, E. (2022). P04-07 Factors associated with maintenance of physical activity in older adults undertaking a strength and balance programme for falls prevention. European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_2), Article ckac095.061. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac095.061

Abstract Background Falls are a major cause of mortality and morbidity in older adults worldwide, yet those who are more physically active have a lower risk of falling. There is little information on which participants are most likely to complete fal... Read More about P04-07 Factors associated with maintenance of physical activity in older adults undertaking a strength and balance programme for falls prevention.

The frequency and nature of prescribing problems by GPs-in-training (REVISiT): a retrospective review (2022)
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Salema, N. E., Bell, B., Marsden, K., Gookey, G., Swanwick, G., Bassi, M., Mehta, R., Silcock, N., Avery, A. J., & Knox, R. (2022). The frequency and nature of prescribing problems by GPs-in-training (REVISiT): a retrospective review. BJGP Open, 6(3), Article BJGPO.2021.0231. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0231

Background: Prescribing errors can cause significant morbidity and occur in about 5% of prescriptions in English general practices. Aim: To describe the frequency and nature of prescribing problems in a cohort of GPs-in-training to determine whether... Read More about The frequency and nature of prescribing problems by GPs-in-training (REVISiT): a retrospective review.

Association between Gout Flare and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events among Patients with Gout (2022)
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Cipolletta, E., Tata, L. J., Nakafero, G., Avery, A. J., Mamas, M. A., & Abhishek, A. (2022). Association between Gout Flare and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events among Patients with Gout. Journal of the American Medical Association, 328(5), 440-450. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.11390

Importance: Gout is associated with cardiovascular diseases. The temporal association between gout flares and cardiovascular events has not been investigated. Objective: To investigate whether there is a transient increase in risk of cardiovascular e... Read More about Association between Gout Flare and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events among Patients with Gout.

Cryptocurrency and new financial instruments: unquantified public health harms (2022)
Journal Article
Davies, N., & Ferris, S. (2022). Cryptocurrency and new financial instruments: unquantified public health harms. Lancet Public Health, 7(8), Article e655. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667%2822%2900173-6

Public health harms from gambling are now well recognised. Public Health England estimates societal gambling-related harm in England exceeds £1·27 billion. Australian research estimates that the years lost to disability from gambling exceeds that of... Read More about Cryptocurrency and new financial instruments: unquantified public health harms.

The effect of expressive writing on wound healing: Immunohistochemistry analysis of skin tissue two weeks after punch biopsy wounding (2022)
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Robinson, H., Jarrett, P., Vedhara, K., Tarlton, J., Whiting, C., Law, M., & Broadbent, E. (2022). The effect of expressive writing on wound healing: Immunohistochemistry analysis of skin tissue two weeks after punch biopsy wounding. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 161, Article 110987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110987

Objective: To investigate the effects of expressive writing and its timing (pre or post wounding) on re-epithelialisation and leucocyte subsets within healing tissue. We previously showed expressive writing pre-wounding improved re-epithelialisation.... Read More about The effect of expressive writing on wound healing: Immunohistochemistry analysis of skin tissue two weeks after punch biopsy wounding.

Associations of BMI with COVID-19 vaccine uptake, vaccine effectiveness, and risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes after vaccination in England: a population-based cohort study (2022)
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Piernas, C., Patone, M., Astbury, N. M., Gao, M., Sheikh, A., Khunti, K., Shankar-Hari, M., Dixon, S., Coupland, C., Aveyard, P., Hippisley-Cox, J., & Jebb, S. A. (2022). Associations of BMI with COVID-19 vaccine uptake, vaccine effectiveness, and risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes after vaccination in England: a population-based cohort study. Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 10(8), 571-580. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-8587%2822%2900158-9

Background: A high BMI has been associated with a reduced immune response to vaccination against influenza. We aimed to investigate the association between BMI and COVID-19 vaccine uptake, vaccine effectiveness, and risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes a... Read More about Associations of BMI with COVID-19 vaccine uptake, vaccine effectiveness, and risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes after vaccination in England: a population-based cohort study.

Serum urate outcomes of treat-to-target urate lowering treatment: results of a nationwide cohort study from 1997 to the COVID-19 pandemic using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2022)
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Abhishek, A., Cipolletta, E., Nakafero, G., Avery, A. J., Mamas, M., & Tata, L. J. (2022). Serum urate outcomes of treat-to-target urate lowering treatment: results of a nationwide cohort study from 1997 to the COVID-19 pandemic using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 81(12), https://doi.org/10.1136/ard-2022-222668

Temporality of body mass index, blood tests, comorbidities and medication use as early markers for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC): a nested case–control study (2022)
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Tan, P. S., Garriga, C., Clift, A., Liao, W., Patone, M., Coupland, C., Bashford-Rogers, R., Sivakumar, S., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2023). Temporality of body mass index, blood tests, comorbidities and medication use as early markers for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC): a nested case–control study. Gut, 72(3), 512-521. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2021-326522

Objective Prior studies identified clinical factors associated with increased risk of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). However, little is known regarding their time-varying nature, which could inform earlier diagnosis. This study assessed tem... Read More about Temporality of body mass index, blood tests, comorbidities and medication use as early markers for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC): a nested case–control study.

Opportunistic Non-Governmental Organisation Delivery of a Virtual Stop Smoking Service in England during the COVID-19 Lockdown (2022)
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Davies, N. P., Callister, M. E., Copeland, H., Griffiths, S., Holtam, L., Lambert, P., Mathur, J., Thorley, R., & Murray, R. L. (2022). Opportunistic Non-Governmental Organisation Delivery of a Virtual Stop Smoking Service in England during the COVID-19 Lockdown. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), Article 7722. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137722

Smoking cessation services have rapidly transformed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes include pivoting from face-to-face to telephone and video call support, remote provision of stop smoking aids and more flexible appointments. This study reports... Read More about Opportunistic Non-Governmental Organisation Delivery of a Virtual Stop Smoking Service in England during the COVID-19 Lockdown.