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Preparation to care for confused older patients in general hospitals: a study of UK health professionals (2013)
Journal Article
Griffiths, A., Knight, A., Harwood, R. H., & Gladman, J. R. (2014). Preparation to care for confused older patients in general hospitals: a study of UK health professionals. Age and Ageing, 43(4), 521-527. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft171

Background and Objective: in the UK, two-thirds of patients in general hospitals are older than 70, of whom half have dementia or delirium or both. Our objective was to explore doctors, nurses and allied health professionals' perceptions of their pre... Read More about Preparation to care for confused older patients in general hospitals: a study of UK health professionals.

Menopause and work: an electronic survey of employees’ attitudes in the UK (2013)
Journal Article
Griffiths, A., MacLennen, S. J., & Hassard, J. (2013). Menopause and work: an electronic survey of employees’ attitudes in the UK. Maturitas, 76(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.07.005

Objectives: This study explored women's experiences of working through menopausal transition in the UK. It aimed to identify the perceived effects of menopausal symptoms on working life, to outline the perceived effects of work on menopausal symptoms... Read More about Menopause and work: an electronic survey of employees’ attitudes in the UK.

Changes in medical student and doctor attitudes toward older adults after an intervention: a systematic review (2013)
Journal Article
Samra, R., Griffiths, A., Cox, T., Conroy, S., & Knight, A. (2013). Changes in medical student and doctor attitudes toward older adults after an intervention: a systematic review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61(7), https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12312

Research investigating the effects of attitude-focused interventions on doctors' and medical students' attitudes toward older adults has produced mixed results. The objective of this systematic review was to determine whether factors pertaining to st... Read More about Changes in medical student and doctor attitudes toward older adults after an intervention: a systematic review.

Psychological and social factors influencing patients' treatment selection for localised prostate cancer (2013)
Book Chapter
Robles, L. A., Chou, S., Cole, O. J., Hamid, A., Griffiths, A., & Vedhara, K. (2013). Psychological and social factors influencing patients' treatment selection for localised prostate cancer. In G. Hamilton (Ed.), Advances in prostate cancer. Intech. https://doi.org/10.5772/52641

Chapter 3. Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men in the United Kingdom (UK). A quarter of all new cases of cancer diagnosed in men are prostate cancers. In 2009, over 40,000 cases of prostate cancer were reported in the UK and m... Read More about Psychological and social factors influencing patients' treatment selection for localised prostate cancer.