All Outputs (12)

Patient and health professional views on risk-stratified monitoring of immune-suppressing treatment in adults with inflammatory diseases (2024)
Journal Article
Fuller, A., Hancox, J., Williams, H. C., Card, T., Taal, M. W., Aithal, G. P., …Abhishek, A. (in press). Patient and health professional views on risk-stratified monitoring of immune-suppressing treatment in adults with inflammatory diseases. Rheumatology, Article keae175. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keae175

Objective To explore the acceptability of an individualised risk-stratified approach to monitoring for target-organ toxicity in adult patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases established on immune-suppressing treatment(s). Methods Adu... Read More about Patient and health professional views on risk-stratified monitoring of immune-suppressing treatment in adults with inflammatory diseases.

Motivation communication training programme for healthcare professionals to support adherence in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: Proof of concept study (2024)
Journal Article
Hancox, J. E., Chaplin, W. J., Hilton, C. E., Vadaszy, N., Gray, K., Game, F., & Vedhara, K. (2024). Motivation communication training programme for healthcare professionals to support adherence in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: Proof of concept study. PLoS ONE, 19(2), Article e0295180. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295180

Patients with diabetic foot ulcers have poor adherence to treatment recommendations. However, the most effective way to support adherence in this population is unknown. This study aimed to assess the preliminary effectiveness of a motivation communic... Read More about Motivation communication training programme for healthcare professionals to support adherence in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: Proof of concept study.

Development of a Motivation Communication Training to Aid Diabetes-Specialist Podiatrists With Adherence Discussions (2023)
Journal Article
Hancox, J., Chaplin, W., Hilton, C., Gray, K., Game, F., & Vedhara, K. (2023). Development of a Motivation Communication Training to Aid Diabetes-Specialist Podiatrists With Adherence Discussions. Health Education and Behavior, 51(2), 240 -250. https://doi.org/10.1177/10901981231216744

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) impact a substantial proportion of patients with diabetes, with high recurrence rates, severe complications, and significant financial burden to health care systems. Adherence to treatment advice (e.g., limiting weight-bea... Read More about Development of a Motivation Communication Training to Aid Diabetes-Specialist Podiatrists With Adherence Discussions.

The facilitators and barriers to improving functional activity and wellbeing in people with dementia: A qualitative study from the Process Evaluation of Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) (2023)
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Lorito, C. D., Van Der Wardt, V., Pollock, K., Howe, L., Booth, V., Logan, P., …Harwood, R. H. (2023). The facilitators and barriers to improving functional activity and wellbeing in people with dementia: A qualitative study from the Process Evaluation of Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED). Age and Ageing, 52(8), Article afad166. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad166

Background. The PRomoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) study delivered an exercise and functional activity programme to participants living with dementia. A Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) showed no measurable be... Read More about The facilitators and barriers to improving functional activity and wellbeing in people with dementia: A qualitative study from the Process Evaluation of Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED).

Childhood bone tumours in primary care: helping GPs to identify ‘the needle in the haystack’ (2023)
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Shanmugavadivel, D., Liu, J., Ball-Gamble, A., Polanco, A., Vedhara, K., Nathan, P., …Ojha, S. (2023). Childhood bone tumours in primary care: helping GPs to identify ‘the needle in the haystack’. British Journal of General Practice, 73(733), 377-379. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp23x734673

In 2018, the World Health Organization declared childhood cancer as a global disease burden, launching a Global Initiative to improve survival to 60% worldwide by 2030. If achieved, it is estimated that an extra 1 million children’s lives will be sav... Read More about Childhood bone tumours in primary care: helping GPs to identify ‘the needle in the haystack’.

Adherence to limiting weight-bearing activity in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A qualitative study (2023)
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Hancox, J. E., Hilton, C., Gray, K., Game, F., & Vedhara, K. (2023). Adherence to limiting weight-bearing activity in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A qualitative study. International Wound Journal, 20(10), 3945-3954. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14282

Patients with diabetic foot ulcers are advised to limit weight-bearing activity for ulcers to heal. Patients often disregard this advice although the reasons are not yet fully understood. This study explored (1) patients' experiences of receiving the... Read More about Adherence to limiting weight-bearing activity in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A qualitative study.

Influence of setting-dependent contacts and protective behaviours on asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst members of a UK university (2023)
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Fairbanks, E. L., Bolton, K. J., Jia, R., Figueredo, G. P., Knight, H., & Vedhara, K. (2023). Influence of setting-dependent contacts and protective behaviours on asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst members of a UK university. Epidemics, 43, Article 100688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100688

We survey 62 users of a university asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 testing service on details of their activities, protective behaviours and contacts in the 7 days prior to receiving a positive or negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test result in the period October 202... Read More about Influence of setting-dependent contacts and protective behaviours on asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst members of a UK university.

Psychology Meets Biology in COVID-19: What We Know and Why It Matters for Public Health (2023)
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Jones, E. J., Ayling, K., Wiley, C. R., Geraghty, A. W., Greer, A. L., Holt-Lunstad, J., …Vedhara, K. (2023). Psychology Meets Biology in COVID-19: What We Know and Why It Matters for Public Health. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10(1), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1177/23727322221145308

Psychosocial factors are related to immune, viral, and vaccination outcomes. Yet, this knowledge has been poorly represented in public health initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This review provides an overview of biopsychosocial links relevant... Read More about Psychology Meets Biology in COVID-19: What We Know and Why It Matters for Public Health.

Wound healing and healing process in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A survival analysis study (2023)
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Graça Pereira, M., Vilaça, M., Pedras, S., Carvalho, A., Vedhara, K., Jesus Dantas, M., & Machado, L. (2023). Wound healing and healing process in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A survival analysis study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 198, Article 110623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110623

Aims: This study aimed to identify demographic, clinical, and psychological contributors to DFU healing and favorable healing process. Methods: Patients with a chronic DFU were evaluated at baseline (T0; n = 153), two months later (T1; n = 108), and... Read More about Wound healing and healing process in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A survival analysis study.

Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process (2023)
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Shanmugavadivel, D., Liu, J. F., Gamble, A., Polanco, A., Vedhara, K., Walker, D., & Ojha, S. (2023). Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 7, Article e001771. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001771

Background The incidence of childhood cancer has risen by 15% since the 1990s. Early diagnosis is key to optimising outcomes, however diagnostic delays are widely reported. Presenting symptoms are often non-specific causing a diagnostic dilemma for c... Read More about Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process.

How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study (2023)
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Walsh, D. A., Rathbone, J., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Fernandes, G. S., Valdes, A. M., McWilliams, D. F., …Ferguson, E. (2023). How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 5(2), Article 100345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100345

Objectives Guidelines recommend knee osteoarthritis pain management based on biopsychosocial mechanisms. Treatment adherence and effectiveness may be affected if there is a mismatch between patient perspectives and treatment focus. We therefore exam... Read More about How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study.

Psychological impact of lung cancer screening using a novel antibody blood test followed by imaging: the ECLS randomised controlled trial (2022)
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Hancox, J., Ayling, K., Bedford, L., Vedhara, K., Robertson, J. F. R., Young, B., …Kendrick., D. (2023). Psychological impact of lung cancer screening using a novel antibody blood test followed by imaging: the ECLS randomised controlled trial. Journal of Public Health, 45(2), e275–e284. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdac032

Background: The Early CDT®-Lung antibody blood test plus serial CT-scans for test-positives reduces late-stage lung cancer presentation. This study assessed psychological outcomes of this approach. Methods: Randomised controlled trial (n=12,208) c... Read More about Psychological impact of lung cancer screening using a novel antibody blood test followed by imaging: the ECLS randomised controlled trial.