All Outputs (91)

Subjective vision and hearing impairment and falls among community-dwelling adults: a prospective study in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) (2021)
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Ogliari, G., Ryg, J., Qureshi, N., Andersen-Ranberg, K., Scheel-Hincke, L. L., & Masud, T. (2021). Subjective vision and hearing impairment and falls among community-dwelling adults: a prospective study in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). European Geriatric Medicine, 12(5), 1031-1043. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-021-00505-4

Purpose: To investigate the association between vision and hearing impairment and falls in community-dwelling adults aged ≥ 50 years. Methods: This is a prospective study on 50,986 participants assessed in Waves 6 and 7 of the Survey of Health, Agein... Read More about Subjective vision and hearing impairment and falls among community-dwelling adults: a prospective study in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).

Keeping adults physically active after falls management exercise (FaME) programmes end: Development of a physical activity maintenance intervention (2021)
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Sarah, A., Kendrick, D., Logan, P., & Orton, E. (2021). Keeping adults physically active after falls management exercise (FaME) programmes end: Development of a physical activity maintenance intervention. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00844-w

Background: Falls prevention exercise programmes help to improve muscle strength, balance, physical function and reduce falling rates in older adults. Improvements in muscle strength, balance and physical function are reversed if older adults do not... Read More about Keeping adults physically active after falls management exercise (FaME) programmes end: Development of a physical activity maintenance intervention.

Depression, anxiety and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a New Zealand cohort study on mental well-being (2021)
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Gasteiger, N., Vedhara, K., Massey, A., Jia, R., Ayling, K., Chalder, T., …Broadbent, E. (2021). Depression, anxiety and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a New Zealand cohort study on mental well-being. BMJ Open, 11(5), Article e045325. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045325

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to daily life. This study investigated depression, anxiety and stress in New Zealand (NZ) during the first ten weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, and associated psychological and beha... Read More about Depression, anxiety and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a New Zealand cohort study on mental well-being.

The implementation, use and sustainability of a clinical decision support system for medication optimisation in primary care: A qualitative evaluation (2021)
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Jeffries, M., Salema, N.-E., Laing, L., Shamsuddin, A., Sheikh, A., Avery, A., …Keers, R. (2021). The implementation, use and sustainability of a clinical decision support system for medication optimisation in primary care: A qualitative evaluation. PLoS ONE, 16(5), Article e0250946. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250946

Background: The quality and safety of prescribing in general practice is important, Clinical decision support (CDS) systems can be used which present alerts to health professionals when prescribing in order to identify patients at risk of potentiall... Read More about The implementation, use and sustainability of a clinical decision support system for medication optimisation in primary care: A qualitative evaluation.

Predicting the risk of prostate cancer in asymptomatic men: a cohort study to develop and validate a novel algorithm (2021)
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Coupland, C., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2021). Predicting the risk of prostate cancer in asymptomatic men: a cohort study to develop and validate a novel algorithm. British Journal of General Practice, 71(706), e364-e371. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20x714137

Background: Diagnosis of prostate cancer at an early stage can potentially identify tumours when intervention may improve treatment options and survival. Aim: To develop and validate an equation to predict absolute risk of prostate cancer in asymp... Read More about Predicting the risk of prostate cancer in asymptomatic men: a cohort study to develop and validate a novel algorithm.

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.

Randomised controlled trial of a Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI) smoking cessation smartphone app: The Quit Sense feasibility trial protocol (2021)
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Naughton, F., Brown, C., High, J., Notley, C., Mascolo, C., Coleman, T., …Hope, A. (2021). Randomised controlled trial of a Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI) smoking cessation smartphone app: The Quit Sense feasibility trial protocol. BMJ Open, 11, Article e048204. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048204

Introduction A lapse (any smoking) early in a smoking cessation attempt is strongly associated with reduced success. A substantial proportion of lapses are due to urges to smoke triggered by situational cues. Currently no available interventions proa... Read More about Randomised controlled trial of a Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI) smoking cessation smartphone app: The Quit Sense feasibility trial protocol.

Should all pregnant women be offered testing for group B streptococcus? (2021)
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Walker, K. F., Plumb, J., Gray, J., Thornton, J., Avery, A. J., & Daniels, J. P. (2021). Should all pregnant women be offered testing for group B streptococcus?. British Medical Journal, 373, Article n882. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n882

Assessing the severity of cardiovascular disease in 213 088 patients with coronary heart disease: a retrospective cohort study (2021)
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Zghebi, S. S., Mamas, M. A., Ashcroft, D. M., Rutter, M. K., Van Marwijk, H., Salisbury, C., …Kontopantelis, E. (2021). Assessing the severity of cardiovascular disease in 213 088 patients with coronary heart disease: a retrospective cohort study. Open Heart, 8(1), Article e001498. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2020-001498

Objective: Most current cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk stratification tools are for people without CVD, but very few are for prevalent CVD. In this study, we developed and validated a CVD severity score in people with coronary heart disease (CHD)... Read More about Assessing the severity of cardiovascular disease in 213 088 patients with coronary heart disease: a retrospective cohort study.

Long-term body mass index changes in overweight and obese adults and the risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and mortality: a cohort study of over 260,000 adults in the UK (2021)
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Iyen, B., Weng, S., Vinogradova, Y., Akyea, R. K., Qureshi, N., & Kai, J. (2021). Long-term body mass index changes in overweight and obese adults and the risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and mortality: a cohort study of over 260,000 adults in the UK. BMC Public Health, 21, Article 576. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10606-1

Background: Although obesity is a well-recognised risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), the impact of long-term body mass index (BMI) changes in overweight or obese adults, on the risk of heart failure, CVD and mortality has not been quantifi... Read More about Long-term body mass index changes in overweight and obese adults and the risk of heart failure, cardiovascular disease and mortality: a cohort study of over 260,000 adults in the UK.

Systematic Identification of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Primary Care—A Systematic Review (2021)
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Silva, L., Qureshi, N., Abdul-Hamid, H., Weng, S., Kai, J., & Leonardi-Bee, J. (2021). Systematic Identification of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Primary Care—A Systematic Review. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 11(4), Article 302. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11040302

Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common inherited cause of premature cardiovascular disease, but the majority of patients remain undiagnosed. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of interventions to systematically... Read More about Systematic Identification of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Primary Care—A Systematic Review.

Students’ views towards sars-cov-2 mass asymptomatic testing, social distancing and self-isolation in a university setting during the covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study (2021)
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Blake, H., Knight, H., Jia, R., Corner, J., Morling, J. R., Denning, C., …Vedhara, K. (2021). Students’ views towards sars-cov-2 mass asymptomatic testing, social distancing and self-isolation in a university setting during the covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), Article 4182. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084182

We aimed to explore university students’ perceptions and experiences of SARS-CoV-2 mass asymptomatic testing, social distancing and self-isolation, during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative study comprised of four rapid online focus groups condu... Read More about Students’ views towards sars-cov-2 mass asymptomatic testing, social distancing and self-isolation in a university setting during the covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Clinical placements in General Practice: concepts and considerations of implementing remote virtual placements in the COVID world (2021)
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Taggar, J. S., Saha, R., Hopwood-Carr, P., Patel, B., & Johnson, C. (2021). Clinical placements in General Practice: concepts and considerations of implementing remote virtual placements in the COVID world. Education for Primary Care, 32(4), 237-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2021.1907790

Medical students are considered as ‘essential workers’ within the National Health Service (NHS) and the delivery of clinical experience is essential to their learning and progression into the workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted on the delivery... Read More about Clinical placements in General Practice: concepts and considerations of implementing remote virtual placements in the COVID world.

Helping Us Grow generations of GPs (HUGG): A pilot study evaluating Longitudinal Support Networks (LSNs) on recruitment, retention and resilience of GPs in Derbyshire (2021)
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Imtiaz-Umer, S., Taggar, J., & Allsopp, G. (2021). Helping Us Grow generations of GPs (HUGG): A pilot study evaluating Longitudinal Support Networks (LSNs) on recruitment, retention and resilience of GPs in Derbyshire. Education for Primary Care, 32(3), 182-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2021.1897955

Aim: To understand if longitudinal support networks (LSNs), including all career stages in General Practice (GP) from medical school to retirement, provide informal cross-generational support impacting on recruitment, retention and resilience of GPs... Read More about Helping Us Grow generations of GPs (HUGG): A pilot study evaluating Longitudinal Support Networks (LSNs) on recruitment, retention and resilience of GPs in Derbyshire.

Quantifying the association between ethnicity and COVID-19 mortality: a national cohort study protocol (2021)
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Dambha-Miller, H., San Tan, P., Saatci, D., Kieran Clift, A., Zaccardi, F., Coupland, C., …Hippisley-Cox, J. (2021). Quantifying the association between ethnicity and COVID-19 mortality: a national cohort study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(4), Article e045286. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045286

Introduction: Recent evidence suggests that ethnic minority groups are disproportionately at increased risk of hospitalisation and death from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Population-based evidence on potential explanatory factors across minority groups and... Read More about Quantifying the association between ethnicity and COVID-19 mortality: a national cohort study protocol.

From policy to patient: Using a socio-ecological framework to explore the factors influencing safe practice in UK primary care (2021)
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Litchfield, I., Perryman, K., Campbell, S., Avery, A., Gill, P., & Greenfield, S. (2021). From policy to patient: Using a socio-ecological framework to explore the factors influencing safe practice in UK primary care. Social Science and Medicine, 277, Article 113906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113906

Background: The recent and rapid changes in the model of primary care delivery have led to an increased focus on patient safety in what is one of the most diverse and complex healthcare settings. However, previous initiatives have failed to deliver t... Read More about From policy to patient: Using a socio-ecological framework to explore the factors influencing safe practice in UK primary care.

The evaluation of an e-learning prescribing course for general practice (2021)
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Salema, N.-E., Clement, N., Hysenagolli, R., Hibberd, R., Bell, B. G., Gookey, G., …Knox, R. (2021). The evaluation of an e-learning prescribing course for general practice. Education for Primary Care, 32(4), 219-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2021.1874250

Prescribed medication may lead to significant morbidity or mortality as a result of these medications causing adverse events, or because of a prescribing error. E-learning is a common tool used in supporting training in prescribing. This paper descri... Read More about The evaluation of an e-learning prescribing course for general practice.

A digital behaviour change intervention to increase booking and attendance at Stop Smoking Services: the MyWay feasibility RCT (2021)
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Fulton, E. A., Newby, K., Kwah, K., Schumacher, L., Gokal, K., Jackson, L. J., …Brown, K. E. (2021). A digital behaviour change intervention to increase booking and attendance at Stop Smoking Services: the MyWay feasibility RCT. Public Health Research, 9(5), 1-62. https://doi.org/10.3310/phr09050

Background: Smoking remains a leading cause of illness and preventable death. NHS Stop Smoking Services increase quitting, but, as access is in decline, cost-effective interventions are needed that promote these services. StopApp™ (Coventry Universit... Read More about A digital behaviour change intervention to increase booking and attendance at Stop Smoking Services: the MyWay feasibility RCT.

Association between pre-existing respiratory disease and its treatments and severe COVID-19: population cohort study (2021)
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Aveyard, P., Gao, M., Lindson, N., Hartmann-Boyce, J., Watkinson, P., Young, D., …Hippisley-Cox, J. (2021). Association between pre-existing respiratory disease and its treatments and severe COVID-19: population cohort study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(8), 909-923. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600%2821%2900095-3

Background: The aim was to assess whether chronic lung disease or use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) affect the risk of contracting severe COVID-19. Methods: English general practice records from the QResearch database were linked to Public Hea... Read More about Association between pre-existing respiratory disease and its treatments and severe COVID-19: population cohort study.

Hormone replacement therapy in women with cancer and risk of cancer-specific mortality and cardiovascular disease: A protocol for a cohort study from Scotland and Wales (2021)
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McMenamin, Ú., Hicks, B., Hughes, C., Murchie, P., Hippisley-Cox, J., Ranger, T., …Cardwell, C. (in press). Hormone replacement therapy in women with cancer and risk of cancer-specific mortality and cardiovascular disease: A protocol for a cohort study from Scotland and Wales. BMC Cancer, 21, Article 313. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08065-3

Background: Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is widely used and has proven benefits for women with menopausal symptoms. An increasing number of women with cancer experience menopausal symptoms but the safety of HRT use in women with cancer is uncl... Read More about Hormone replacement therapy in women with cancer and risk of cancer-specific mortality and cardiovascular disease: A protocol for a cohort study from Scotland and Wales.