All Outputs (12)

Smoking, nicotine and pregnancy 2 (SNAP2) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve adherence to nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy (2024)
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Clark, M. M., Cooper, S., Naughton, F., Ussher, M., Emery, J., McDaid, L., Thomson, R., Phillips, L., Bauld, L., Aveyard, P., Torgerson, D., Berlin, I., Lewis, S., Parrott, S., Hewitt, C., Welch, C., Parkinson, G., Dickinson, A., Sutton, S., Brimicombe, J., …Coleman, T. (2024). Smoking, nicotine and pregnancy 2 (SNAP2) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve adherence to nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy. BMJ Open, 14(5), Article e087175. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087175

IntroductionSmoking during pregnancy is harmful to unborn babies, infants and women. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is offered as the usual stop-smoking support in the UK. However, this is often used in insufficient doses, intermittently or for t... Read More about Smoking, nicotine and pregnancy 2 (SNAP2) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve adherence to nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy.

Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy (2023)
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Podlasek, A., Clair, R., Campbell, K. A., Orton, S., Thomson, R., & Coleman, T. (2023). Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy. Addiction, 118(11), 2076-2092. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16279

Aims To determine effects of concurrent smoking and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use on reported heaviness of smoking, nicotine (cotinine) body fluid and exhaled air carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations. Methods Systematic review and meta-a... Read More about Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy.

Systematic review and meta‐analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy (2023)
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Podlasek, A., Claire, R., Campbell, K. A., Orton, S., Thomson, R., & Coleman, T. (2023). Systematic review and meta‐analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy. Addiction, 118(11), 2076-2092. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16279

Aims: To determine effects of concurrent smoking and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use on reported heaviness of smoking, nicotine (cotinine) body fluid and exhaled air carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations. Methods: Systematic review and meta‐anal... Read More about Systematic review and meta‐analysis investigating nicotine, cotinine and carbon monoxide exposures in people who both smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy.

Development of “Baby, Me, & NRT”: A Behavioral Intervention to Improve the Effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy (2023)
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McDaid, L., Emery, J., Thomson, R., Coleman, T., Cooper, S., Dickinson, A., …Naughton, F. (2023). Development of “Baby, Me, & NRT”: A Behavioral Intervention to Improve the Effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 25(11), 1770-1780. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad102

Background The effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation in pregnancy is limited by inconsistent and incorrect use. This paper describes the development process for “Baby, Me, & NRT”, a novel pregnancy-specific interv... Read More about Development of “Baby, Me, & NRT”: A Behavioral Intervention to Improve the Effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy.

Developing a taxonomy to describe offspring outcomes in studies involving pregnant mammals’ exposure to non-tobacco nicotine: A systematic scoping review (2023)
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Phillips, L., Thomson, R., Coleman-Haynes, T., Cooper, S., Naughton, F., McDaid, L., …Coleman, T. (2023). Developing a taxonomy to describe offspring outcomes in studies involving pregnant mammals’ exposure to non-tobacco nicotine: A systematic scoping review. PLoS ONE, 18(2), Article e0280805. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280805

Introduction Many countries recommend Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation in pregnancy. Preclinical studies of nicotine exposure to pregnant mammals could indicate how nicotine may adversely affect the developing fetus. As a firs... Read More about Developing a taxonomy to describe offspring outcomes in studies involving pregnant mammals’ exposure to non-tobacco nicotine: A systematic scoping review.

Smoking Cessation Support for Pregnant Women Provided by English Stop Smoking Services and National Health Service Trusts: A Survey (2022)
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Thomson, R., Cooper, S., Waldron, J., Mamuzo, E., McDaid, L., Emery, J., …Coleman, T. (2022). Smoking Cessation Support for Pregnant Women Provided by English Stop Smoking Services and National Health Service Trusts: A Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), Article 1634. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031634

Reducing smoking rates in pregnancy continues to be a public health priority. Given a recent UK government policy change resulting in The National Health Service (NHS) making a significant new contribution to cessation support in pregnancy in England... Read More about Smoking Cessation Support for Pregnant Women Provided by English Stop Smoking Services and National Health Service Trusts: A Survey.

Agreement and Disparities between Women and Stop-Smoking Specialists about How to Promote Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy (2021)
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McDaid, L., Thomson, R., Emery, J., Coleman, T., Cooper, S., Phillips, L., & Naughton, F. (2021). Agreement and Disparities between Women and Stop-Smoking Specialists about How to Promote Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), Article 4673. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094673

Evidence for the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking-cessation in pregnancy is weak. This has been attributed to insufficient dosing and low adherence. This study investigated the acceptability of key messages and delivery... Read More about Agreement and Disparities between Women and Stop-Smoking Specialists about How to Promote Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy.

Palliative outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy: a review of 5 years of patient data (2020)
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Hart, E., Snape, S., & Thomson, R. (2020). Palliative outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy: a review of 5 years of patient data. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2(3), Article dlaa052. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaa052

Objectives: A review of patients requiring lifelong antibiotics to control, rather than cure, infection was performed [‘palliative outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT)’]. This was to evaluate emerging themes and complications. The aim was... Read More about Palliative outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy: a review of 5 years of patient data.

Practitioners’ Views on Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy during Lapse and for Harm Reduction: A Qualitative Study (2019)
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Thomson, R., McDaid, L., Emery, J., Dyas, J., Phillips, L., Naughton, F., …Coleman, T. (2019). Practitioners’ Views on Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy during Lapse and for Harm Reduction: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(23), Article 4791. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234791

Many countries, including the UK, recommend nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation during pregnancy. However, adherence to NRT is generally low, smoking lapse or relapse is common and using NRT to reduce the harm from the number of... Read More about Practitioners’ Views on Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy during Lapse and for Harm Reduction: A Qualitative Study.

Knowledge and education as barriers and facilitators to nicotine replacement therapy use for smoking cessation in pregnancy: a qualitative study with healthcare professionals (2019)
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Thomson, R., McDaid, L., Emery, J., Naughton, F., Cooper, S., Dyas, J., & Coleman, T. (2019). Knowledge and education as barriers and facilitators to nicotine replacement therapy use for smoking cessation in pregnancy: a qualitative study with healthcare professionals. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(10), Article 1814. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101814

Smoking during pregnancy is a leading cause of negative pregnancy and perinatal outcomes. While UK guidelines recommend nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation during pregnancy, adherence to NRT is generally low and may partially exp... Read More about Knowledge and education as barriers and facilitators to nicotine replacement therapy use for smoking cessation in pregnancy: a qualitative study with healthcare professionals.

The experience of couples being given an oxygen concentrator to use at home: A longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis (2015)
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Thomson, R., Martin, J. L., & Sharples, S. (2017). The experience of couples being given an oxygen concentrator to use at home: A longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Health Psychology, 22(6), 798-810. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105315615932

This longitudinal study explores the lived experience of four couples where one person from each couple is prescribed an oxygen concentrator to use at home. Transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The findings report... Read More about The experience of couples being given an oxygen concentrator to use at home: A longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis.

The psychosocial impact of home use medical devices on the lives of older people: a qualitative study (2013)
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Thomson, R., Martin, J. L., & Sharples, S. (2013). The psychosocial impact of home use medical devices on the lives of older people: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 13(467), Article 467. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-467

Background Increased life expectancy and the accompanying prevalence of chronic conditions have led to the focus and delivery of health care migrating from the hospital and into people’s homes. While previous studies have investigated the integratio... Read More about The psychosocial impact of home use medical devices on the lives of older people: a qualitative study.