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Barriers and facilitators to type 2 diabetes management in the Caribbean region: a qualitative systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Nixon, A. L., Leonardi-Bee, J., Wang, H., & Chattopadhyay, K. (2021). Barriers and facilitators to type 2 diabetes management in the Caribbean region: a qualitative systematic review. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 19(5), 911-965. https://doi.org/10.11124/jbisrir-d-19-00424

Objective:The objective of this systematic review was to summarize the barriers and facilitators to type 2 diabetes mellitus management in the Caribbean region.Introduction:The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Caribbean is of significant... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to type 2 diabetes management in the Caribbean region: a qualitative systematic review.

Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study (2020)
Journal Article
Siraj, R., McKeever, T., Gibson, J., Gordon, A., & Bolton, C. (2021). Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study. Respiratory Medicine, 177, Article 106288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2020.106288

Background: Although cognitive impairment and dementia are common comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), estimates of incidence following a diagnosis of COPD are inconclusive. Objective: To determine the incidenc... Read More about Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study.

BSR guideline on the management of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2018: Baseline multi-centre audit in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Pearce, F. A., Rutter, M., Sandhu, R., Batten, R. L., Garner, R., Little, J., Narayan, N., Sharp, C. A., Bruce, I. N., Erb, N., Griffiths, B., Guest, H., Macphie, E., Packham, J., Hiley, C., Obrenovic, K., Rivett, A., Gordon, C., & Lanyon, P. C. (2021). BSR guideline on the management of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2018: Baseline multi-centre audit in the UK. Rheumatology, 60(3), 1480-1490. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa759

Objectives: To assess the baseline care provided to patients with SLE attending UK Rheumatology units, audited against standards derived from the recently published BSR guideline for the management of adults with SLE, the NICE technology appraisal fo... Read More about BSR guideline on the management of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2018: Baseline multi-centre audit in the UK.

Risk of death among people with rare autoimmune diseases compared with the general population in England during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
Journal Article
Peach, E., Rutter, M., Lanyon, P., Grainge, M. J., Hubbard, R., Aston, J., Bythell, M., Stevens, S., & Pearce, F. (2021). Risk of death among people with rare autoimmune diseases compared with the general population in England during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Rheumatology, 60(4), 1902–1909. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa855

Objectives: To quantify the risk of death among people with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases (RAIRD) during the UK 2020 COVID-19 pandemic compared with the general population, and compared with their pre-COVID risk. Methods: We conducted a cohort s... Read More about Risk of death among people with rare autoimmune diseases compared with the general population in England during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

Using Trial Sequential Analysis for estimating the sample sizes of further trials: example using smoking cessation intervention (2020)
Journal Article
Claire, R., Gluud, C., Berlin, I., Coleman, T., & Leonardi-Bee, J. (2020). Using Trial Sequential Analysis for estimating the sample sizes of further trials: example using smoking cessation intervention. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20(1), Article 284. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-01169-7

Background: Assessing benefits and harms of health interventions is resource-intensive and often requires feasibility and pilot trials followed by adequately powered randomised clinical trials. Data from feasibility and pilot trials are used to infor... Read More about Using Trial Sequential Analysis for estimating the sample sizes of further trials: example using smoking cessation intervention.

Development and evaluation of a brief educational cartoon on trainee clinicians’ awareness of risks of ionising-radiation exposure: a feasibility pre-post intervention study of a novel educational tool to promote patient safety (2020)
Journal Article
Thurley, P., Bowker, R., Bhatti, I., Skelly, R., Law, R., Salaman, R., Young, B., & Fogarty, A. (2020). Development and evaluation of a brief educational cartoon on trainee clinicians’ awareness of risks of ionising-radiation exposure: a feasibility pre-post intervention study of a novel educational tool to promote patient safety. BMJ Open Quality, 9(4), Article e000900. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000900

Background Over recent decades, CT scans have become routinely available and are used in both acute medical and outpatient environments. However, there is a small increase in the risk of adverse consequences, including an increase in the risk of both... Read More about Development and evaluation of a brief educational cartoon on trainee clinicians’ awareness of risks of ionising-radiation exposure: a feasibility pre-post intervention study of a novel educational tool to promote patient safety.

Acceptability of chronic liver disease screening in a UK primary care setting: a qualitative evaluation (2020)
Journal Article
Knight, H., Harman, D., Morling, J. R., Aithal, G., Card, T., Guha, I. N., & Bains, M. (2020). Acceptability of chronic liver disease screening in a UK primary care setting: a qualitative evaluation. BMJ Open, 10(11), Article e041574. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041574

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. OBJECTIVES: The increasing incidence of chronic liver disease (CLD) in the UK may be attributed to a rise in... Read More about Acceptability of chronic liver disease screening in a UK primary care setting: a qualitative evaluation.