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A programme of studies including assessment of diagnostic accuracy of school hearing screening tests and a cost-effectiveness model of school entry hearing screening programmes (2016)
Journal Article
Fortnum, H., Ukoumunne, O. C., Hyde, C., Taylor, R. S., Ozolins, M., Errington, S., Zhelev, Z., Pritchard, C., Benton, C., Moody, J., Cocking, L., Watson, J., & Roberts, S. (2016). A programme of studies including assessment of diagnostic accuracy of school hearing screening tests and a cost-effectiveness model of school entry hearing screening programmes. Health Technology Assessment, 20(36), 1-178. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20360

Background
Identification of permanent hearing impairment at the earliest possible age is crucial to maximise the development of speech and language. Universal newborn hearing screening identifies the majority of the 1 in 1000 children born with a h... Read More about A programme of studies including assessment of diagnostic accuracy of school hearing screening tests and a cost-effectiveness model of school entry hearing screening programmes.

Evaluating Acupuncture and Standard carE for pregnant women with Back pain (EASE Back): A feasibility study and pilot randomised trial (2016)
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Foster, N. E., Bishop, A., Bartlam, B., Ogollah, R., Barlas, P., Holden, M., Ismail, K., Jowett, S., Kettle, C., Kigozi, J., Lewis, M., Lloyd, A., Waterfield, J., & Young, J. (2016). Evaluating Acupuncture and Standard carE for pregnant women with Back pain (EASE Back): A feasibility study and pilot randomised trial. Health Technology Assessment, 20(33), 1-235. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20330

© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2016. Background: Many pregnant women experience low back pain. Acupuncture appears to be a safe, promising intervention but evidence is needed about its clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Objectiv... Read More about Evaluating Acupuncture and Standard carE for pregnant women with Back pain (EASE Back): A feasibility study and pilot randomised trial.

Increasing follow-up questionnaire response rates in a randomized controlled trial of telehealth for depression: three embedded controlled studies (2016)
Journal Article
Edwards, L., Salisbury, C., Horspool, K., Foster, A., Garner, K., & Montgomery, A. A. (2016). Increasing follow-up questionnaire response rates in a randomized controlled trial of telehealth for depression: three embedded controlled studies. Trials, 17, Article 107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1234-3

Background: Attrition is problematic in trials, and may be exacerbated in longer studies, telehealth trials and participants with depression – three features of The Healthlines Study. Advance notification, including a photograph and using action-ori... Read More about Increasing follow-up questionnaire response rates in a randomized controlled trial of telehealth for depression: three embedded controlled studies.

Validation of the Vitiligo Noticeability Scale: a patient-reported outcome measure of Vitiligo treatment success (2016)
Journal Article
Batchelor, J., Tan, W., Tour, S., Yong, A., Montgomery, A. A., & Thomas, K. (2016). Validation of the Vitiligo Noticeability Scale: a patient-reported outcome measure of Vitiligo treatment success. British Journal of Dermatology, 174(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.14208

Background:
Patient-reported outcome measures are rarely used in vitiligo trials. The Vitiligo Noticeability Scale (VNS) is a new patient-reported outcome measure assessing how ‘noticeable’ the vitiligo patches are after treatment. The noticeabilit... Read More about Validation of the Vitiligo Noticeability Scale: a patient-reported outcome measure of Vitiligo treatment success.

Cost‐utility analysis of deep brain stimulation surgery plus best medical therapy versus best medical therapy in patients with Parkinson's: Economic evaluation alongside the PD SURG trial (2016)
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McIntosh, E., Gray, A., Daniels, J., Gill, S., Ives, N., Jenkinson, C., Mitchell, R., Pall, H., Patel, S., Quinn, N., Rick, C., Wheatley, K., Williams, A., & on behalf of The PD SURG Collaborators Group. (2016). Cost‐utility analysis of deep brain stimulation surgery plus best medical therapy versus best medical therapy in patients with Parkinson's: Economic evaluation alongside the PD SURG trial. Movement Disorders, 31(8), 1173-1182. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.26423

Introduction

Williams and colleagues reported that DBS surgery for patients with advanced PD improves motor function and quality of life compared to best medical therapy alone at 1 year, but with surgery‐related side effects in a minority. This ar... Read More about Cost‐utility analysis of deep brain stimulation surgery plus best medical therapy versus best medical therapy in patients with Parkinson's: Economic evaluation alongside the PD SURG trial.

Correction: Protocol investigating the clinical utility of an objective measure of activity and attention (QbTest) on diagnostic and treatment decision-making in children and young people with ADHD-'Assessing QbTest Utility in ADHD'(AQUA): A randomised controlled trial - December 01, 2014 (2016)
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Hall, C. L., Walker, G. M. .., Valentine, A. Z., Guo, B., Kaylor-Hughes, C., James, M., Daley, D., Sayal, K., & Hollis, C. (2016). Correction: Protocol investigating the clinical utility of an objective measure of activity and attention (QbTest) on diagnostic and treatment decision-making in children and young people with ADHD-'Assessing QbTest Utility in ADHD'(AQUA): A randomised controlled trial - December 01, 2014. BMJ Open, 6(1), Article e006838corr2. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006838corr2

Guidelines for reporting embedded recruitment trials (2016)
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Madurasinghe, V. W., Eldridge, S., & Forbes, G. (in press). Guidelines for reporting embedded recruitment trials. Trials, 17, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-1126-y

Background: Recruitment to clinical trials is difficult with many trials failing to recruit to target and within time. Embedding trials of recruitment interventions within host trials may provide a successful way to improve this. There are no guidel... Read More about Guidelines for reporting embedded recruitment trials.

A systematic review of interventions to reduce hospitalisation in Parkinson's disease (2016)
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Muzerengi, S., Herd, C., Rick, C., & Clarke, C. (2016). A systematic review of interventions to reduce hospitalisation in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 24, 3-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2016.01.011

The neurodegenerative process in Parkinson's disease (PD) results in a relentless progression of motor and non-motor symptoms. Affected individuals are frequently hospitalised for complications of the disease including falls, fractures, infections, a... Read More about A systematic review of interventions to reduce hospitalisation in Parkinson's disease.

Measuring asymmetry and testing symmetry (2015)
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Partlett, C., & Patil, P. (2017). Measuring asymmetry and testing symmetry. Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 69(2), 429-460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10463-015-0547-4

In this paper, we show that some of the most commonly used tests of symmetry do not have power which is reflective of the size of asymmetry. This is because the primary rationale for the test statistics that are proposed in the literature to test for... Read More about Measuring asymmetry and testing symmetry.

The provision of NHS health checks in a community setting: an ethnographic account (2015)
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Riley, R., Coghill, N., Montgomery, A., Feder, G., & Horwood, J. (in press). The provision of NHS health checks in a community setting: an ethnographic account. BMC Health Services Research, 15, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1209-1

Background: The UK National Health Service Health Checks programme aims to reduce avoidable cardiovascular deaths, disability and health inequalities in England. However, due to the reported lower uptake of screening in specific black and minority et... Read More about The provision of NHS health checks in a community setting: an ethnographic account.