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Behavioural activation therapy for post-stroke depression: the BEADS feasibility RCT (2019)
Journal Article
Coates, E., Thomas, S. A., Drummond, A. E., Lincoln, N. B., Palmer, R. L., Sutherland, K. E., …Topcu, G. (2019). Behavioural activation therapy for post-stroke depression: the BEADS feasibility RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 23(47), 1-176. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta23470

Background: There is currently insufficient evidence for the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of psychological therapies for post-stroke depression. Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of undertaking a definitive trial to evaluate the... Read More about Behavioural activation therapy for post-stroke depression: the BEADS feasibility RCT.

Unconditional and conditional monetary incentives to increase response to mailed questionnaires: A randomized controlled study within a trial (SWAT) (2019)
Journal Article
Young, B., Bedford, L., das Nair, R., Gallant, S., Littleford, R., Robertson, J. F., …ECLS Study Team. (2020). Unconditional and conditional monetary incentives to increase response to mailed questionnaires: A randomized controlled study within a trial (SWAT). Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 26(3), 893-902. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13230

Rationale, aims, and objectives: High response rates to research questionnaires can help to ensure results are more representative of the population studied and provide increased statistical power, on which the study may have been predicated. Improvi... Read More about Unconditional and conditional monetary incentives to increase response to mailed questionnaires: A randomized controlled study within a trial (SWAT).

Determinants of motivation to quit in smokers screened for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
Young, B., Vedhara, K., Kendrick, D., Littleford, R., Robertson, J. F. R., Sullivan, F. M., …in collaboration with the ECLS study team. (2018). Determinants of motivation to quit in smokers screened for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 18(1), Article 1276. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6211-1

Background: The promotion of smoking cessation within lung cancer screening could lead to benefits for smoking-related disease and improve cost-effectiveness of screening. Little is known about how smokers respond to lung cancer screening and how thi... Read More about Determinants of motivation to quit in smokers screened for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study.

OP36 Decisions about smoking in patients screened with the early cdt-lung test for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study (2017)
Journal Article
Young, B., Vedhara, K., Robertson, J., & das Nair, R. (in press). OP36 Decisions about smoking in patients screened with the early cdt-lung test for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71(Supp 1), Article A19. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-SSMAbstracts.36

Background: Routine screening for lung cancer in high risk groups (characterised by age and smoking history) is recommended in the USA and may be implemented elsewhere. It is unclear whether being screened for lung cancer promotes smoking cessation... Read More about OP36 Decisions about smoking in patients screened with the early cdt-lung test for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study.

Factors influencing the decision to attend screening for cancer in the UK: a meta-ethnography of qualitative research (2017)
Journal Article
Young, B., Bedford, L., Kendrick, D., Vedhara, K., Robertson, J., & das Nair, R. (in press). Factors influencing the decision to attend screening for cancer in the UK: a meta-ethnography of qualitative research. Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx026

Background: This review aimed to better understand experiences of being invited to cancer screening and associated decision-making. Methods: Qualitative evidence explaining UK cancer screening attendance decisions was systematically identified. Data... Read More about Factors influencing the decision to attend screening for cancer in the UK: a meta-ethnography of qualitative research.