Outputs (559)

Physical activity for smoking cessation in pregnancy: randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Ussher, M., Lewis, S., Aveyard, P., Manyonda, I., West, R., Lewis, B., …Coleman, T. (2015). Physical activity for smoking cessation in pregnancy: randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 350, Article h2145. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h2145

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of a physical activity intervention for smoking cessation during pregnancy.

Design: Parallel group, randomised controlled, multicentre trial.

Setting: 13 hospitals in England, April 2009 to January 20... Read More about Physical activity for smoking cessation in pregnancy: randomised controlled trial.

The effect of emergency presentation on surgery and survival in lung cancer patients in England, 2006-2008 (2015)
Journal Article
Tataru, D., Jack, R. H., Lind, M. J., Møller, H., & Lüchtenborg, M. (2015). The effect of emergency presentation on surgery and survival in lung cancer patients in England, 2006-2008. Cancer Epidemiology, 39(4), 612-616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2015.04.008

© 2015. A large proportion of lung cancer patients in England are diagnosed through an emergency route, which is associated with poorer outcomes. Here, we investigated the association between emergency presentation and the odds of undergoing surgical... Read More about The effect of emergency presentation on surgery and survival in lung cancer patients in England, 2006-2008.

A BEME systematic review of UK undergraduate medical education in the general practice setting: BEME Guide No. 32 (2015)
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Hampshire, M., Park, S., Khan, N. F., KNOX, R., Malpass, A., Thomas, J., Anagnostelis, B., Newman, M., Bower, P., Rosenthal, J., Murray, E., Iliffe, S., Heneghan, C., Band, A., & Georgieva, Z. (2015). A BEME systematic review of UK undergraduate medical education in the general practice setting: BEME Guide No. 32. Medical Teacher, 37(7), 611-630. https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2015.1032918

Background: General practice is increasingly used as a learning environment in undergraduate medical education in the UK.

Aim: The aim of this project was to identify, summarise and synthesise research about undergraduate medical education in gene... Read More about A BEME systematic review of UK undergraduate medical education in the general practice setting: BEME Guide No. 32.

Risk factors for long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years of age: a nested case–control study (2015)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Orton, E., Tata, L. J., & Kendrick, D. (2015). Risk factors for long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years of age: a nested case–control study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-305715

Aim: To investigate risk factors for first long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years old in order to provide evidence about which families could benefit from injury prevention interventions.
Methods: Population-based matched nested case–control... Read More about Risk factors for long-bone fractures in children up to 5 years of age: a nested case–control study.

Nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in offspring (2015)
Journal Article
Dhalwani, N. N., Szatkowski, L., Coleman, T., Fiaschi, L., & Tata, L. J. (2015). Nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in offspring. Pediatrics, 135(5), https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-2560

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is now being used as a smoking cessation aid during pregnancy, although little is known about fetal safety. We assessed the relationship between early pregnancy exposure to NRT or smoking... Read More about Nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in offspring.

Exploring the use of cost-benefit analysis to compare pharmaceutical treatments for menorrhagia (2015)
Journal Article
Sanghera, S., Frew, E., Gupta, J. K., Kai, J., & Roberts, T. E. (2015). Exploring the use of cost-benefit analysis to compare pharmaceutical treatments for menorrhagia. PharmacoEconomics, 33(9), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-015-0280-0

Background: The extra-welfarist theoretical framework tends to focus on health-related quality of life, whilst the welfarist framework captures a wider notion of well-being. EQ-5D and SF-6D are commonly used to value outcomes in chronic conditions wi... Read More about Exploring the use of cost-benefit analysis to compare pharmaceutical treatments for menorrhagia.

The effectiveness of different interventions to promote poison prevention behaviours in households with children: a network meta-analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Achana, F. A., Sutton, A. J., Kendrick, D., Wynn, P., Young, B., Jones, D. R., …Cooper, N. J. (2015). The effectiveness of different interventions to promote poison prevention behaviours in households with children: a network meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 10(4), Article e0121122. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121122

Background: There is evidence from 2 previous meta-analyses that interventions to promote poison prevention behaviours are effective in increasing a range of poison prevention practices in households with children. The published meta-analyses compare... Read More about The effectiveness of different interventions to promote poison prevention behaviours in households with children: a network meta-analysis.

Do cravings predict smoking cessation in smokers calling a national quit line: secondary analyses from a randomised trial for the utility of ‘urges to smoke’ measures (2015)
Journal Article
Taggar, J. S., Lewis, S., Docherty, G., Bauld, L., McEwen, A., & Coleman, T. (in press). Do cravings predict smoking cessation in smokers calling a national quit line: secondary analyses from a randomised trial for the utility of ‘urges to smoke’ measures. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 10(15), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-015-0011-8

BACKGROUND: Single-item urges to smoke measures have been contemplated as important measures of nicotine dependence This study aimed to prospectively determine the relationships between measures of craving to smoke and smoking cessation, and compare... Read More about Do cravings predict smoking cessation in smokers calling a national quit line: secondary analyses from a randomised trial for the utility of ‘urges to smoke’ measures.

Abstinence and relapse among smokers who use varenicline in a quit attempt-a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials: Relapse and abstinence in smokers treated with varenicline (2015)
Journal Article

Background and aims Varenicline increases the likelihood of long-term abstinence following a quit attempt. It has been suggested that 1) part of its benefit arises from ‘recruiting into abstinence’ smokers who are not able to stop on the target quit... Read More about Abstinence and relapse among smokers who use varenicline in a quit attempt-a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials: Relapse and abstinence in smokers treated with varenicline.

Does the timed up and go test predict future falls among British community-dwelling older people? Prospective cohort study nested within a randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Kojima, G., Masud, T., Kendrick, D., Morris, R. W., Gawler, S., Treml, J., & Iliffe, S. (2015). Does the timed up and go test predict future falls among British community-dwelling older people? Prospective cohort study nested within a randomised controlled trial. BMC Geriatrics, 15(38), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0039-7

Background

Falling is common among older people. The Timed-Up-and-Go Test (TUG) is recommended as a screening tool for falls but its predictive value has been challenged. The objectives of this study were to examine the ability of TUG to predict f... Read More about Does the timed up and go test predict future falls among British community-dwelling older people? Prospective cohort study nested within a randomised controlled trial.