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Effectiveness of educational interventions on hypertensive patients' self-management behaviours: an umbrella review protocol (2023)
Journal Article
Ukoha-Kalu, B. O., Isah, A., Biambo, A. A., Samaila, A., Abubakar, M. M., Kalu, U. A., & Soyiri, I. N. (2023). Effectiveness of educational interventions on hypertensive patients' self-management behaviours: an umbrella review protocol. BMJ Open, 13(8), Article e073682. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073682

Background: Although different educational interventions have been widely used to manage and treat hypertension, alone or in combination with other interventions, there is a significant variation in their claimed effectiveness. Review question/obj... Read More about Effectiveness of educational interventions on hypertensive patients' self-management behaviours: an umbrella review protocol.

Incarcerated individuals and education programmes in Nigeria: A task for social workers (2023)
Journal Article
Uche, I. B., Uche, O. A., Okoye, U. O., & Ukoha-Kalu, B. O. (2023). Incarcerated individuals and education programmes in Nigeria: A task for social workers. PLoS ONE, 18(7), Article e0288693. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288693

Much is not known about education programmes for Nigerian incarcerated individuals. Consequently, different correctional institutions worldwide have different forms of correctional education offered to incarcerated individuals. Nigerian incarcerated... Read More about Incarcerated individuals and education programmes in Nigeria: A task for social workers.

Beyond Patient Characteristics: A Narrative Review of Contextual Factors Influencing Involuntary Admissions in Mental Health Care (2023)
Journal Article
Aluh, D. O., Aigbogun, O., Ukoha-Kalu, B. O., Silva, M., Grigaitė, U., Pedrosa, B., …Caldas-de-Almeida, J. M. (2023). Beyond Patient Characteristics: A Narrative Review of Contextual Factors Influencing Involuntary Admissions in Mental Health Care. Healthcare, 11(14), Article 1986. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11141986

Variations in the rates of involuntary admission (IA) reflect the influence of unexplained contextual variables that are typically too heterogeneous to be included in systematic reviews. This paper attempts to gather and analyze factors unrelated to... Read More about Beyond Patient Characteristics: A Narrative Review of Contextual Factors Influencing Involuntary Admissions in Mental Health Care.

CO-CREATION OF A VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE TEACHING PACKAGE FOR AUDITORS OF HEALTHCARE PLACEMENTS – TOWARDS ASSURANCE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TRAINEESHIPS (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Konstantinidis, S., Tilley, Z., Ko, S., Henderson, J., Cunningham, S., Hodge, P., …Hall, C. (2023). CO-CREATION OF A VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE TEACHING PACKAGE FOR AUDITORS OF HEALTHCARE PLACEMENTS – TOWARDS ASSURANCE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TRAINEESHIPS. In EDULEARN23 Proceedings (3189-3195). https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2023.0886

To provide medical and allied health professionals students with the best clinical learning environments, quality processes must be in place, and these require innovation to assure audit material resources that are fit for purpose, can work well with... Read More about CO-CREATION OF A VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE TEACHING PACKAGE FOR AUDITORS OF HEALTHCARE PLACEMENTS – TOWARDS ASSURANCE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TRAINEESHIPS.

Are Therapies That Target α-Synuclein Effective at Halting Parkinson’s Disease Progression? A Systematic Review (2023)
Journal Article
Rodger, A. T., ALNasser, M., & Carter, W. G. (2023). Are Therapies That Target α-Synuclein Effective at Halting Parkinson’s Disease Progression? A Systematic Review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(13), Article 11022. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241311022

There are currently no pharmacological treatments available that completely halt or reverse the progression of Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Hence, there is an unmet need for neuroprotective therapies. Lewy bodies are a neuropathological hallmark of PD a... Read More about Are Therapies That Target α-Synuclein Effective at Halting Parkinson’s Disease Progression? A Systematic Review.

Oncoplastic breast surgery in older women with primary breast cancer: a systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Chia, Z., Lee, R. X. N., Cardoso, M. J., Cheung, K. L., & Parks, R. M. (2023). Oncoplastic breast surgery in older women with primary breast cancer: a systematic review. British Journal of Surgery, 110(10), 1309-1315. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znad161

Oncoplastic procedures allow excision of larger breast tumours, or unfavourable tumour/breast ratio lesions while achieving a good cosmetic outcome. This increases the pool of patients eligible for breast conservation over mastectomy, reducing the ne... Read More about Oncoplastic breast surgery in older women with primary breast cancer: a systematic review.

Comparison of the effectiveness of exclusively facilitated clinical teaching as an alternative to traditional practice-based primary care placements (2023)
Journal Article
Tyrrell, E. G., Knox, R., Saha, R., Berry, K., & Taggar, J. S. (2023). Comparison of the effectiveness of exclusively facilitated clinical teaching as an alternative to traditional practice-based primary care placements. Education for Primary Care, 34(3), 152-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2023.2217795

Introduction: COVID-19 presented major challenges to undergraduate GP placement capacity and there was an increased reliance on clinical training using facilitated simulation. The authors present a novel comparison of the effectiveness and cost-effec... Read More about Comparison of the effectiveness of exclusively facilitated clinical teaching as an alternative to traditional practice-based primary care placements.

The Use of Art Observation Interventions to Improve Medical Students' Diagnostic Skills: A Scoping Review (2023)
Journal Article
Mehta, A., & Agius, S. (2023). The Use of Art Observation Interventions to Improve Medical Students' Diagnostic Skills: A Scoping Review. Perspectives on Medical Education, 12(1), 169-178. https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.20

Clinical observation skills are fundamental to the practice of medicine. Yet, the skill of looking carefully is rarely taught within the medical curriculum. This may be a contributory factor in diagnostic errors in healthcare. A growing number of med... Read More about The Use of Art Observation Interventions to Improve Medical Students' Diagnostic Skills: A Scoping Review.

Predictors of the quality of work life and job satisfaction among serving military healthcare personnel in the Nigerian armed forces (2023)
Journal Article
Isah, A., Duru, E., Babatunde, A., Abubakar, M., Ezinwanne, T., Enwereakuh, U., …Ukoha-kalu, B. O. (2023). Predictors of the quality of work life and job satisfaction among serving military healthcare personnel in the Nigerian armed forces. Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01880-x

Introduction: Quality of work life and perception affects the productivity of healthcare professionals. The study aimed to determine the quality of work life (QWL) and job satisfaction (JS) of military healthcare professionals in Nigeria. Methods: A... Read More about Predictors of the quality of work life and job satisfaction among serving military healthcare personnel in the Nigerian armed forces.

Assessment of the Androgen Receptor in Older Women with Primary Breast Cancer: Association with a Panel of Biomarkers and Breast Cancer Specific Survival (2023)
Journal Article
Kalvala, J., Parks, R. M., Abdi, J., Green, A. R., & Cheung, K. L. (2023). Assessment of the Androgen Receptor in Older Women with Primary Breast Cancer: Association with a Panel of Biomarkers and Breast Cancer Specific Survival. Advances in Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-023-02504-2

Introduction Breast cancer in older women tends to have more favourable biology, compared to younger women. Androgen receptor (AR) is significant for breast tumour carcinogenesis; however, the role of AR in older women has not been fully explored.... Read More about Assessment of the Androgen Receptor in Older Women with Primary Breast Cancer: Association with a Panel of Biomarkers and Breast Cancer Specific Survival.

Differentiated Neurons Are More Vulnerable to Organophosphate and Carbamate Neurotoxicity than Undifferentiated Neurons Due to the Induction of Redox Stress and Accumulate Oxidatively-Damaged Proteins (2023)
Journal Article
Mudyanselage, A. W., Wijamunige, B. C., Kocon, A., & Carter, W. G. (2023). Differentiated Neurons Are More Vulnerable to Organophosphate and Carbamate Neurotoxicity than Undifferentiated Neurons Due to the Induction of Redox Stress and Accumulate Oxidatively-Damaged Proteins. Brain Sciences, 13(5), Article 728. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13050728

Organophosphate (OP) and carbamate pesticides are toxic to pests through targeted inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). However, OPs and carbamates may be harmful to non-target species including humans and could induce developmental neurotoxicit... Read More about Differentiated Neurons Are More Vulnerable to Organophosphate and Carbamate Neurotoxicity than Undifferentiated Neurons Due to the Induction of Redox Stress and Accumulate Oxidatively-Damaged Proteins.

Acai Berry (Euterpe sp.) Extracts Are Neuroprotective against L-Glutamate-Induced Toxicity by Limiting Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cellular Redox Stress (2023)
Journal Article
ALNasser, M. N., AlSaadi, A. M., Whitby, A., Kim, D. H., Mellor, I. R., & Carter, W. G. (2023). Acai Berry (Euterpe sp.) Extracts Are Neuroprotective against L-Glutamate-Induced Toxicity by Limiting Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cellular Redox Stress. Life, 13(4), Article 1019. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13041019

Aberrant accumulation of the neurotransmitter L-glutamate (L-Glu) has been implicated as a mechanism of neurodegeneration, and the release of L-Glu after stroke onset leads to a toxicity cascade that results in neuronal death. The acai berry (Euterpe... Read More about Acai Berry (Euterpe sp.) Extracts Are Neuroprotective against L-Glutamate-Induced Toxicity by Limiting Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cellular Redox Stress.

The roles and experiences of informal carers providing care to people with advanced cancer in Africa—A systematic review and critical interpretive analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Gambe, R. G., Clark, J., Meddick-Dyson, S. A., Ukoha-Kalu, B. O., Nyaaba, G. N., & Murtagh, F. E. M. (2023). The roles and experiences of informal carers providing care to people with advanced cancer in Africa—A systematic review and critical interpretive analysis. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(4), Article e0001785. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001785

There is an increasing prevalence of cancer in Africa with approximately 80% of cancers diagnosed at an advanced stage. High out-of-pocket healthcare costs and overstretched health systems lead to heavy reliance on informal carers for cancer care. Th... Read More about The roles and experiences of informal carers providing care to people with advanced cancer in Africa—A systematic review and critical interpretive analysis.

Ensuring quality healthcare practice for doctors and medical allied professionals through a digital interactive audit platform (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Papamalis, F. E., Cunningham, S., Hodges, P., Grochowska, A., Stefanowicz-Kocol, A., Poultourtzidis, I., …Bamidis, P. (2023). Ensuring quality healthcare practice for doctors and medical allied professionals through a digital interactive audit platform. In Proceedings of INTED2023 Conference 6th-8th March 2023 (5825-5831). https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2023.1529

Internationally there are different requirements for measuring and monitoring health care practice and cross-border clinical placement. However, the quality of the clinical training settings has a significant impact on student experience and knowledg... Read More about Ensuring quality healthcare practice for doctors and medical allied professionals through a digital interactive audit platform.

A qualitative study of patients’ and carers’ perspectives on factors influencing access to hypertension care and compliance with treatment in Nigeria (2023)
Journal Article
Ukoha-Kalu, B., Aibe, M. O., & Ukwe, C. V. (2023). A qualitative study of patients’ and carers’ perspectives on factors influencing access to hypertension care and compliance with treatment in Nigeria. Journal of Hypertension, 41(5), 845-851. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003409

Objective: We explored patients’ and carers’ perspectives on factors influencing access to hypertension care and compliance with treatment. Methods: This was a qualitative study using in-depth interviews with hypertensive patients and/or famil... Read More about A qualitative study of patients’ and carers’ perspectives on factors influencing access to hypertension care and compliance with treatment in Nigeria.

Under- and post-graduate training to manage the acutely unwell patient: a scoping review (2023)
Journal Article
Church, H. R., Murdoch-Eaton, D., & Sandars, J. (2023). Under- and post-graduate training to manage the acutely unwell patient: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education, 23, Article 146. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04119-1

Background: Junior doctors are often the first responders to acutely unwell patients and yet frequently report feeling under-prepared to do so. To understand whether this is consequential of how medical students and doctors are trained to manage acut... Read More about Under- and post-graduate training to manage the acutely unwell patient: a scoping review.

The educational value of situational judgement tests (SJTs) when used during undergraduate medical training: A systematic review and narrative synthesis (2023)
Journal Article
Sahota, G. S., Fisher, V., Patel, B., JuJ, K., & Taggar, J. S. (2023). The educational value of situational judgement tests (SJTs) when used during undergraduate medical training: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Medical Teacher, 45(9), 997-1004. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2023.2168183

Introduction Situational judgement tests (SJTs) are a recognised assessment method for admission into medical school, selection into postgraduate training programs, and postgraduate competency assessment. More recently, however, SJTs have been used... Read More about The educational value of situational judgement tests (SJTs) when used during undergraduate medical training: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

A non-randomised controlled study to assess the effectiveness of a new proactive multidisciplinary care intervention for older people living with frailty (2023)
Journal Article
Murtagh, F. E., Okoeki, M., Ukoha-kalu, B. O., Khamis, A., Clark, J., Boland, J. W., …Johnson, M. J. (2023). A non-randomised controlled study to assess the effectiveness of a new proactive multidisciplinary care intervention for older people living with frailty. BMC Geriatrics, 23, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03727-2

Background Integrated care may improve outcomes for older people living with frailty. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of a new, anticipatory, multidisciplinary care service in improving the wellbeing and quality of life (QoL) of older people li... Read More about A non-randomised controlled study to assess the effectiveness of a new proactive multidisciplinary care intervention for older people living with frailty.