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How and why do community stakeholders participate in the national stroke audit in England? Findings from a mixed-method online survey (2024)
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Russell, L., Chouliara, N., Lewis, S., James, M., & Fisher, R. (2024). How and why do community stakeholders participate in the national stroke audit in England? Findings from a mixed-method online survey. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), Article 1358. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11653-1

Background: National audit programmes are a recognised means of assessing quality of healthcare by collecting and reporting data in relation to evidence-based standards. The Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme is a prospective audit of processes... Read More about How and why do community stakeholders participate in the national stroke audit in England? Findings from a mixed-method online survey.

The CO-produced Psychosocial INtervention delivered by GPs to young people after self-harm (COPING): protocol for a feasibility study (2024)
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Mughal, F., Chew-Graham, C. A., Saunders, B., Lawton, S. A., Lewis, S., Smith, J., Lancaster, G., Townsend, E., Armitage, C. J., Bower, P., Kapur, N., Kessler, D., Realpe, A. X., Wiles, N., Ougrin, D., & Lewis, M. (2024). The CO-produced Psychosocial INtervention delivered by GPs to young people after self-harm (COPING): protocol for a feasibility study. NIHR Open Research, 4, Article 27. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13576.2

Background: Self-harm in young people is a growing concern and reducing rates a global priority. Rates of self-harm documented in general practice have been increasing for young people in the UK in the last two decades, especially in 13–16-year-olds.... Read More about The CO-produced Psychosocial INtervention delivered by GPs to young people after self-harm (COPING): protocol for a feasibility study.

Key characteristics of effective yoga interventions for managing osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
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Biswas, I., Nalbant, G., Lewis, S., & Chattopadhyay, K. (2024). Key characteristics of effective yoga interventions for managing osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rheumatology International, 44, 1647-1677. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-024-05652-y

This systematic review aimed to synthesise the content, structure, and delivery characteristics of effective yoga interventions for managing osteoarthritis symptoms, including joint pain and joint function. JBI guidelines were followed. 17 databases... Read More about Key characteristics of effective yoga interventions for managing osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Prospective study of exposure to smoking imagery in films and changes in susceptibility to smoking in a cohort of school students in Southern India (2024)
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Kamath, V. G., Kulkarni, M. M., Kamath, A., Lewis, S., Bogdanovica, I., Bains, M., Cranwell, J., Fogarty, A., Arora, M., Bahl, D., Nazar, G. P., Naik, A. K., Ballal, K., Bhagawath, R., & Britton, J. (2024). Prospective study of exposure to smoking imagery in films and changes in susceptibility to smoking in a cohort of school students in Southern India. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 22(May), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/178442

INTRODUCTION India has unique tobacco-free film and TV rules designed to prevent tobacco uptake. In this study, we examined the potential influence of exposure to smoking imagery in regionally famous films, on susceptibility to smoke in teenagers enr... Read More about Prospective study of exposure to smoking imagery in films and changes in susceptibility to smoking in a cohort of school students in Southern India.

Smoking, nicotine and pregnancy 2 (SNAP2) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve adherence to nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy (2024)
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Clark, 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 in pregnancy. BMJ Open, 14(5), Article e087175. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087175

Introduction: Smoking in pregnancy is harmful for unborn babies, infants, and women. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is offered as usual stop smoking support in the UK. However, this is often used in insufficient doses, intermittently, or for too... 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 in pregnancy.

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.

Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (2024)
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Murray, R. L., Alexandris, P., Baldwin, D., Brain, K., Britton, J., Crosbie, P. A. J., Gabe, R., Lewis, S., Parrott, S., Quaife, S. L., Tam, H. Z., Wu, Q., Beeken, R., Copeland, H., Eckert, C., Hancock, N., Lindop, J., McCutchan, G., Marshall, C., Neal, R. D., …Callister, M. E. (2024). Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial. European Respiratory Journal, 63(4), Article 2301768. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01768-2023

BACKGROUND: Up to 50% of those attending for low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer continue to smoke and co-delivery of smoking cessation services alongside screening may maximise clinical benefit. Here we present data from an opt-ou... Read More about Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial.

Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12-month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: a randomised controlled trial (2024)
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Lewis, S., Mckell, J., Coleman, T., Cooper, S., Orton, S., Bauld, L., & Usher, J. (2024). Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12-month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: a randomised controlled trial. Addiction, 119(8), 1352-1363. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16487

Background and aims
Offering financial incentives is effective for smoking cessation during pregnancy. We tested the effectiveness of financial incentives for maintaining postpartum cessation, comparing 12-month and 3-month incentives with each othe... Read More about Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12-month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: a randomised controlled trial.

Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12‐month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: A randomized controlled trial (2024)
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Ussher, M., Best, C., Lewis, S., McKell, J., Coleman, T., Cooper, S., Orton, S., & Bauld, L. (2024). Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12‐month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: A randomized controlled trial. Addiction, 119(8), 1352-1363. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16487

Background and aims

Offering financial incentives is effective for smoking cessation during pregnancy. We tested the effectiveness of financial incentives for maintaining postpartum cessation, comparing 12-month and 3-month incentives with each ot... Read More about Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12‐month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: A randomized controlled trial.

The association between living alone, loneliness and suicide mortality and effect modification by age: A case:control study (2024)
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Alothman, D., Lewis, S., Card, T., Tyrrell, E., & Fogarty, A. W. (2024). The association between living alone, loneliness and suicide mortality and effect modification by age: A case:control study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 352, 278-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.047

Background: Social isolation is a potentially reversible risk factor for suicide. Methods: A matched case control study design was used. The study population was from England and identified from an electronic primary case database with linkage to a s... Read More about The association between living alone, loneliness and suicide mortality and effect modification by age: A case:control study.

Primary care consultation patterns prior to suicide: a nationally representative case-control study. (2024)
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Alothman, D., Lewis, S., Fogarty, A. W., Card, T., & Tyrrell, E. (2024). Primary care consultation patterns prior to suicide: a nationally representative case-control study. British Journal of General Practice, 74(744), e426-e433. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2023.0509

Consultation with primary health care may provide an opportunity to identify patients at higher suicide risk. To explore primary care consultation patterns in the 5 years before suicide to identify suicide high-risk groups and common reasons for cons... Read More about Primary care consultation patterns prior to suicide: a nationally representative case-control study..

Safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop-smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E-cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomised controlled trial (2024)
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Pesola, F., Smith, K. M., Phillips-Waller, A., Przulj, D., Griffiths, C., Walton, R., Mcrobbie, H., Coleman, T., Lewis, S., Whitemore, R., Clark, M., Ussher, M., Sinclair, L., Seager, E., Cooper, S., Bauld, L., Naughton, F., Sasieni, P., Manyonda, I., & Hajek, P. (2024). Safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop-smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E-cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomised controlled trial. Addiction, 119(5), 875-884. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16422

Aims

To examine safety of e-cigarettes (EC) and nicotine patches (NRT) when used to help pregnant smokers quit.

Design

A recent trial of EC versus NRT reported safety outcomes in the randomised arms. We conducted a further analysis based... Read More about Safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop-smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E-cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomised controlled trial.

Safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop-smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E-cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomized controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Pesola, F., Smith, K. M., Phillips‐Waller, A., Przulj, D., Griffiths, C., Walton, R., McRobbie, H., Coleman, T., Lewis, S., Whitemore, R., Clark, M., Ussher, M., Sinclair, L., Seager, E., Cooper, S., Bauld, L., Naughton, F., Sasieni, P., Manyonda, I., & Hajek, P. (2024). Safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop-smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E-cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomized controlled trial. Addiction, 119(5), 875-884. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16422

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the safety of e-cigarettes (EC) and nicotine patches (NRT) when used to help pregnant smokers quit. Design: A recent trial of EC versus NRT reported safety outcomes in the randomized arms. We conducted a fur... Read More about Safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop-smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E-cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomized controlled trial.

Yoga Programme for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention (YOGA-DP): a qualitative study exploring trial team’s facilitators and challenges in conducting a feasibility trial in India (2023)
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Mishra, P., Greenfield, S. M., Harris, T., Hamer, M., Anne Lewis, S., Singh, K., Nair, R., Mukherjee, S., Tandon, N., Kinra, S., Manjunath, N. K., Prabhakaran, D., & Chattopadhyay, K. (2023). Yoga Programme for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention (YOGA-DP): a qualitative study exploring trial team’s facilitators and challenges in conducting a feasibility trial in India. Diabetes Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-023-01450-0

Background
In India, around 77 million people are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Yoga interventions can be effective in preventing T2DM. We conducted a feasibility randomized controlled trial (RCT) in India, and the inte... Read More about Yoga Programme for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention (YOGA-DP): a qualitative study exploring trial team’s facilitators and challenges in conducting a feasibility trial in India.

The relationship between reported daily nicotine dose from NRT and daily cigarette consumption in pregnant women who smoke in an observational cohort study (2023)
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Orton, S., Szatkowski, L., Naughton, F., Coleman, T., Clark, M., Cooper, S., Dickinson, A., Emery, J., Lewis, S., McDaid, L., Phillips, L., & Thomson, R. (2024). The relationship between reported daily nicotine dose from NRT and daily cigarette consumption in pregnant women who smoke in an observational cohort study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 26(2), 212-219. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad140

Introduction For non-pregnant people unable to quit smoking, the NHS recommends nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking reduction. This is not recommended during pregnancy due to concerns about higher nicotine intake than smoking alone. We inv... Read More about The relationship between reported daily nicotine dose from NRT and daily cigarette consumption in pregnant women who smoke in an observational cohort study.

Helping pregnant smokers quit: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy (2023)
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Przulj, D., Pesola, F., Myers Smith, K., McRobbie, H., Coleman, T., Lewis, S., Griffith, C., Walton, R., Whitemore, R., Clark, M., Ussher, M., Sinclair, L., Seager, E., Cooper, S., Bauld, L., Naughton, F., Sasieni, P., Manyonda, I., & Hajek, P. (2023). Helping pregnant smokers quit: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy. Health Technology Assessment, 27(13), https://doi.org/10.3310/AGTH6901

Background
Some pregnant smokers try e-cigarettes, but effectiveness and safety of such use are unknown.

Objectives
To compare effectiveness and safety of nicotine patches and e-cigarettes in pregnancy.

Design
A pragmatic multi-centre random... Read More about Helping pregnant smokers quit: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy.

Evaluation of common prescription analgesics and adjuvant analgesics as markers of suicide risk: a longitudinal population-based study in England (2023)
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Alothman, D., Tyrrell, E., Lewis, S., Card, T., & Fogarty, A. W. (2023). Evaluation of common prescription analgesics and adjuvant analgesics as markers of suicide risk: a longitudinal population-based study in England. The Lancet Regional Health Europe, 32, Article 100695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100695

Background: Analgesics prescriptions may provide a marker for identifying individuals at higher risk of suicide. In particular, awareness of which analgesics are implicated may help clinicians assess and modify risk. Method: A case–control study in E... Read More about Evaluation of common prescription analgesics and adjuvant analgesics as markers of suicide risk: a longitudinal population-based study in England.

Delivering yoga to people with hypertension in the UK: A qualitative study to explore yoga providers' knowledge, experiences, and attitudes (2023)
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Nalbant, G., Hassanein, Z. M., Lewis, S., & Chattopadhyay, K. (2023). Delivering yoga to people with hypertension in the UK: A qualitative study to explore yoga providers' knowledge, experiences, and attitudes. Health Science Reports, 6(5), Article 1260. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1260

Background and Aims: Yoga has become increasingly popular in the world and the UK for improving health and well‐being. A growing body of research suggests that yoga could be used to improve the management of hypertension in addition to current manage... Read More about Delivering yoga to people with hypertension in the UK: A qualitative study to explore yoga providers' knowledge, experiences, and attitudes.

How do stroke early supported discharge services achieve intensive and responsive service provision? Findings from a realist evaluation study (WISE) (2023)
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Chouliara, N., Cameron, T., Byrne, A., Lewis, S., Langhorne, P., Robinson, T., Waring, J., Walker, M., & Fisher, R. (2023). How do stroke early supported discharge services achieve intensive and responsive service provision? Findings from a realist evaluation study (WISE). BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), Article 299. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09290-1

Background: Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) involves provision of responsive and intensive rehabilitation to stroke survivors at home and it is recommended as part of the stroke care pathway. Core components have been identified to guide the d... Read More about How do stroke early supported discharge services achieve intensive and responsive service provision? Findings from a realist evaluation study (WISE).

Comparison of a Daily Smartphone App and Retrospective Questionnaire Measures of Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Pregnant Women: Observational Study (2023)
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Emery, J., Naughton, F., Huang, Y., Cooper, S., McDaid, L., Dickinson, A., Clark, M., Kinahan-Goodwin, D., Thomson, R., Phillips, L., Lewis, S., & Coleman, T. (2023). Comparison of a Daily Smartphone App and Retrospective Questionnaire Measures of Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Pregnant Women: Observational Study. JMIR Formative Research, 7, Article e35045. https://doi.org/10.2196/35045

Background: Few studies have investigated how to best measure adherence to smoking cessation medications, but continuous usage measures are recommended. Objective: In this first study of its kind, we compared methods for measuring adherence to nicoti... Read More about Comparison of a Daily Smartphone App and Retrospective Questionnaire Measures of Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Pregnant Women: Observational Study.