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Virtual consultation for red eye (2021)
Journal Article

This article was written with the aim of helping primary care doctors to reflect on their knowledge and skills in managing common ophthalmic condition such as red eye in the community via virtual consultations. Expert opinions (from both ophthalmolog... Read More about Virtual consultation for red eye.

Mortality and critical care unit admission associated with the SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England: an observational cohort study (2021)
Journal Article

Background: A more transmissible variant of SARS-CoV-2, the variant of concern 202012/01 or lineage B.1.1.7, has emerged in the UK. We aimed to estimate the risk of critical care admission, mortality in patients who are critically ill, and overall mo... Read More about Mortality and critical care unit admission associated with the SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England: an observational cohort study.

Impact of the national home safety equipment scheme ‘Safe At Home’ on hospital admissions for unintentional injury in children under 5: controlled interrupted time series analysis (2021)
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Background: Unintentional home injuries are a leading cause of preventable death in young children. Safety education and equipment provision improve home safety practices, but their impact on injuries is less clear. Between 2009 and 2011 a national h... Read More about Impact of the national home safety equipment scheme ‘Safe At Home’ on hospital admissions for unintentional injury in children under 5: controlled interrupted time series analysis.

Association Between Race and COVID-19 Outcomes Among 2.6 Million Children in England (2021)
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Importance: Although children mainly experience mild COVID-19 disease, hospitalization rates are increasing, with limited understanding of underlying factors. There is an established association between race and severe COVID-19 outcomes in adults in... Read More about Association Between Race and COVID-19 Outcomes Among 2.6 Million Children in England.

Anticholinergic drugs and risk of dementia: Time for action? (2021)
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Evidence suggests that the prescription of bladder anticholinergics is increasing. Recent studies have accentuated concerns about whether certain prescribed medications could increase risk of dementia, including anticholinergic drugs, and specificall... Read More about Anticholinergic drugs and risk of dementia: Time for action?.

Regional lymphadenopathy following COVID-19 vaccination: considerations for primary care management (2021)
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Regional lymphadenopathy has been rarely reported following the administration of vaccinations for tuberculosis, influenza, and human papillomavirus (≤1–2/100 000 vaccines).1,2 In the first months of 2021, there seems to have been an increase in the... Read More about Regional lymphadenopathy following COVID-19 vaccination: considerations for primary care management.

Hiding in plain sight: supporting primary care to find familial hypercholesterolaemia and save lives (2021)
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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)
Journal Article

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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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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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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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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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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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.

Should all pregnant women be offered testing for group B streptococcus? (2021)
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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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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.

Assessing the severity of cardiovascular disease in 213 088 patients with coronary heart disease: a retrospective cohort study (2021)
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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.

Systematic Identification of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Primary Care—A Systematic Review (2021)
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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.

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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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.

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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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.

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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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.