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An interview study of the experiences of cellulitis diagnosis amongst health care professionals (2020)
Journal Article

Objectives: To explore healthcare professionals (HCPs) experiences and challenges in diagnosing suspected lower limb cellulitis. Setting: UK nationwide. Participants: 20 qualified HCPs, who had a minimum of 2 years clinical experience as an HCP... Read More about An interview study of the experiences of cellulitis diagnosis amongst health care professionals.

Evaluation of a pharmacist-led actionable audit and feedback intervention for improving medication safety in UK primary care: An interrupted time series analysis (2020)
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Background: We evaluated the impact of the pharmacist-led Safety Medication dASHboard (SMASH) intervention on medication safety in primary care. Methods and findings: SMASH comprised (1) training of clinical pharmacists to deliver the intervention... Read More about Evaluation of a pharmacist-led actionable audit and feedback intervention for improving medication safety in UK primary care: An interrupted time series analysis.

Measuring physical activity levels in people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia (2020)
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Measuring physical activity (PA) in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia can be difficult. The aim was to investigate the validity and acceptability of three different PA measurement methods. The mixed-method analysis included 49... Read More about Measuring physical activity levels in people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia.

Putting the voices and insights of migrants and diverse ethnic groups at the centre of our response to COVID-19 (2020)
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There is increasing evidence of inequities in COVID-19 infection, disease severity, and mortality across diverse ethnic groups. Despite calls to ensure ethnicity is integral to COVID-19 research, opportunities have been missed to engage with individ... Read More about Putting the voices and insights of migrants and diverse ethnic groups at the centre of our response to COVID-19.

Does acupressure help reduce nausea and vomiting in palliative care patients? A double blind randomised controlled trial (2020)
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Introduction: Nausea and vomiting are common symptoms for patients with advanced cancer. While there is evidence for acupuncture point stimulation for treatment of these symptoms for patients having anticancer treatment, there is little for when they... Read More about Does acupressure help reduce nausea and vomiting in palliative care patients? A double blind randomised controlled trial.

A scoping review of psychoeducational interventions for people after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke (2020)
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Background: Psychoeducation can provide information and support to cope with the physical and emotional effects of a health condition. This scoping review aimed to identify the evidence regarding psychoeducational interventions for people after a Tra... Read More about A scoping review of psychoeducational interventions for people after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke.

Managing hyperlipidaemia in patients with COVID-19 and during its pandemic: An expert panel position statement from HEART UK (2020)
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The emergence of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in a pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 is highly contagious and its severity highly variable. The fatality rate i... Read More about Managing hyperlipidaemia in patients with COVID-19 and during its pandemic: An expert panel position statement from HEART UK.

Stress and Health: A Review of Psychobiological Processes (2020)
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The cumulative science linking stress to negative health outcomes is vast. Stress can affect health directly, through autonomic and neuroendocrine responses, but also indirectly, through changes in health behaviors. In this review, we present a brief... Read More about Stress and Health: A Review of Psychobiological Processes.

Palliative outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy: a review of 5 years of patient data (2020)
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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.

The MRI colonic function test: Reproducibility of the Macrogol stimulus challenge (2020)
Journal Article

Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the colonic response to a macrogol challenge drink can be used to assess the mechanisms underlying severe constipation. We measured the intra-subject reproducibility of MRI measures of colonic funct... Read More about The MRI colonic function test: Reproducibility of the Macrogol stimulus challenge.

Assessment of the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Tailored Web- and Text-Based Smoking Cessation Support in Primary Care (iQuit in Practice II): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (2020)
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Background: The prevalence of smoking is declining; however, it continues to be a major public health burden. In England, primary care is the health setting that provides smoking cessation support to most smokers. However, this setting has one of the... Read More about Assessment of the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Tailored Web- and Text-Based Smoking Cessation Support in Primary Care (iQuit in Practice II): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

GP views on the routine identification of older people living with frailty in primary care (2020)
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© British Journal of General Practice 2020. Background: To meet the challenges of an ageing population, the updated 2017/18 NHS GP contract requires primary care providers to use evidence-based frailty identification tools to risk-stratify all patien... Read More about GP views on the routine identification of older people living with frailty in primary care.

Factors influencing the uptake and use of nicotine replacement therapy and e-cigarettes in pregnant women who smoke: a qualitative evidence synthesis (2020)
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Background: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) delivers nicotine without the toxic chemicals present in tobacco smoke. It is an effective smoking cessation aid in non?pregnant smokers, but there is less evidence of effectiveness in pregnancy. Systema... Read More about Factors influencing the uptake and use of nicotine replacement therapy and e-cigarettes in pregnant women who smoke: a qualitative evidence synthesis.

The introduction of risk stratified screening into the NHS Breast Screening Programme: Views from British-Pakistani women (2020)
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Background: UK national guidelines suggest women at high-risk of breast cancer should be offered more frequent screening or preventative medications. Currently, only 1 in 6 high-risk women are identified. One route to identify more high-risk women is... Read More about The introduction of risk stratified screening into the NHS Breast Screening Programme: Views from British-Pakistani women.

Impact on survival of modelling increased surgical resection rates in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and cardiovascular comorbidities: a VICORI study (2020)
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©2020, The Author(s). Background: The impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) comorbidity on resection rates and survival for patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unclear. We explored if CVD comorbidity explained surgical re... Read More about Impact on survival of modelling increased surgical resection rates in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and cardiovascular comorbidities: a VICORI study.

Nasal fentanyl alone plus buccal midazolam: an open-label, randomised, controlled feasibility study in the dying (2020)
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Introduction: Many patients want to stay at home to die. They invariably become unable to take oral medication during their terminal phase. Symptoms are usually controlled by subcutaneous medications. There have been no studies on nasal fentanyl (NF)... Read More about Nasal fentanyl alone plus buccal midazolam: an open-label, randomised, controlled feasibility study in the dying.

Understanding the utilisation of a novel interactive electronic medication safety dashboard in general practice: a mixed methods study (2020)
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Background: Improving medication safety is a major concern in primary care settings worldwide. The Salford Medication safety dASHboard (SMASH) intervention provided general practices in Salford (Greater Manchester, UK) with feedback on their safe pre... Read More about Understanding the utilisation of a novel interactive electronic medication safety dashboard in general practice: a mixed methods study.

Intervention Characteristics Associated With a Reduction in Fear of Falling Among Community-Dwelling Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (2020)
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Fear of falling (FoF) is a common and serious problem for older people. Multi-component interventions usually show only moderate effects. Disentangling the effective components may help in the optimisation of interventions. Randomised controlled tria... Read More about Intervention Characteristics Associated With a Reduction in Fear of Falling Among Community-Dwelling Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Trends in incidence and prevalence of osteoarthritis in the United Kingdom: findings from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) (2020)
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© 2020 The Authors Objective: This study aimed to explore the incidence and prevalence of OA in the UK in 2017 and their trends from 1997 to 2017 using a large nationally representative primary care database. Design: The UK Clinical Practice Research... Read More about Trends in incidence and prevalence of osteoarthritis in the United Kingdom: findings from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD).

A randomised feasibility study assessing an intervention to keep adults physically active after falls management exercise programmes end (2020)
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Background: Physical inactivity contributes to disability and falls in older adults. Falls prevention exercise (FaME) programmes improve physical activity, physical function and reduce falling rates. Improvements in physical function reduce, and fall... Read More about A randomised feasibility study assessing an intervention to keep adults physically active after falls management exercise programmes end.