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Mental health in clinically referred children and young people before and during the Covid-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article

The Covid-19 pandemic and mitigation approaches, including lockdowns and school closures, are thought to have negatively impacted children and young people’s (CYP) mental health. However, the impact for clinically referred CYP is less clear. We inves... Read More about Mental health in clinically referred children and young people before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Refining Anger: Summarizing the Self-Report Measurement of Anger (2022)
Journal Article

The current paper presents a five-factor measurement model of anger summarizing scores on public-domain self-report measures of anger. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of self-report measures of anger (UK, n = 500; USA, n = 625) suggest f... Read More about Refining Anger: Summarizing the Self-Report Measurement of Anger.

A systematic review of randomisation method use in RCTs and association of trial design characteristics with method selection (2022)
Journal Article

Background: When conducting a randomised controlled trial, there exist many different methods to allocate participants, and a vast array of evidence-based opinions on which methods are the most effective at doing this, leading to differing use of the... Read More about A systematic review of randomisation method use in RCTs and association of trial design characteristics with method selection.

Planned delivery for pre-eclampsia between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation: the PHOENIX RCT (2022)
Journal Article

In women with late preterm pre-eclampsia (i.e. at 34 to 36 weeks' gestation), the optimal delivery time is unclear because limitation of maternal-fetal disease progression needs to be balanced against infant complications. The aim of this trial was... Read More about Planned delivery for pre-eclampsia between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation: the PHOENIX RCT.

Assessment of infant position and timing of stylet removal to improve lumbar puncture success in neonates (NeoCLEAR): an open-label, 2 × 2 factorial, randomised, controlled trial (2022)
Journal Article

Background Newborn infants are the highest-risk age group for bacterial meningitis. Lumbar punctures are therefore frequently performed in neonates, but success rates are low (50-60%). In Neonatal Champagne Lumbar punctures Every time-A Randomised C... Read More about Assessment of infant position and timing of stylet removal to improve lumbar puncture success in neonates (NeoCLEAR): an open-label, 2 × 2 factorial, randomised, controlled trial.

Medical treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding in primary care: 10-year data from the ECLIPSE trial (2022)
Journal Article

Background Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common problem that can significantly affect women's lives. There is a lack of evidence on long-term outcomes after seeking treatment. Aim To assess continuation rates of medical treatments and rates of... Read More about Medical treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding in primary care: 10-year data from the ECLIPSE trial.

Mechanisms affecting the gut of preterm infants in enteral feeding trials: A nested cohort within a randomised controlled trial of lactoferrin (2022)
Journal Article

Objective: To determine the impact of supplemental bovine lactoferrin on the gut microbiome and metabolome of preterm infants. Design: Cohort study nested within a randomised controlled trial (RCT). Infants across different trial arms were matched... Read More about Mechanisms affecting the gut of preterm infants in enteral feeding trials: A nested cohort within a randomised controlled trial of lactoferrin.

Dietary nitrate supplementation for preventing and reducing the severity of winter infections, including COVID-19, in care homes (BEET-Winter)-a randomised placebo-controlled feasibility trial (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose Infections cause considerable care home morbidity and mortality. Nitric oxide (NO) has broad-spectrum anti-viral, bacterial and yeast activity in vitro. We assessed the feasibility of supplementing dietary nitrate (NO substrate) intake in ca... Read More about Dietary nitrate supplementation for preventing and reducing the severity of winter infections, including COVID-19, in care homes (BEET-Winter)-a randomised placebo-controlled feasibility trial.

Emollients for prevention of atopic dermatitis: 5‐year findings from the BEEP randomized trial (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The effectiveness of emollients for preventing atopic dermatitis/eczema is controversial. The Barrier Enhancement for Eczema Prevention trial evaluated the effects of daily emollients during the first year of life on atopic dermatitis and... Read More about Emollients for prevention of atopic dermatitis: 5‐year findings from the BEEP randomized trial.

A practical guide to implementing a successful social media recruitment strategy: lessons from the Eczema Monitoring Online trial (2022)
Journal Article

Background: Participant recruitment into clinical trials remains challenging. The global increase in the number of social media users has accelerated the use of social media as a modality of recruitment, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic when... Read More about A practical guide to implementing a successful social media recruitment strategy: lessons from the Eczema Monitoring Online trial.