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Lifestyle behaviours and associated factors among people with type 2 diabetes attending a diabetes clinic in Ningbo, China: A crosssectional study (2023)
Journal Article
Carter, N., Li, J., Xu, M., Li, L., Xu, S., Fan, X., …Chattopadhyay, K. (2023). Lifestyle behaviours and associated factors among people with type 2 diabetes attending a diabetes clinic in Ningbo, China: A crosssectional study. PLoS ONE, 18(11), Article e0294245. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294245

The burden of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in China is significant and growing, and this is reflected in high rates of T2DM in the city of Ningbo, China. Consequent impacts on morbidity, mortality, healthcare expenditure, and health-related quality of life... Read More about Lifestyle behaviours and associated factors among people with type 2 diabetes attending a diabetes clinic in Ningbo, China: A crosssectional study.

A core domain set for pyoderma gangrenosum trial outcomes: an international eDelphi and consensus study from the UPGRADE initiative (2023)
Journal Article
Jacobson, M. E., Rick, J. W., Gerbens, L. A. A., Baghoomian, W., Gould, L. J., Marzano, A. V., …UPGRADE. (2024). A core domain set for pyoderma gangrenosum trial outcomes: an international eDelphi and consensus study from the UPGRADE initiative. British Journal of Dermatology, 190(3), 392-401. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljad420

Background Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare ulcerative skin condition with no current standardized outcomes or outcome measures. With a rich investigational therapeutic pipeline, standardization of outcomes and improvement of data quality and inte... Read More about A core domain set for pyoderma gangrenosum trial outcomes: an international eDelphi and consensus study from the UPGRADE initiative.

Qualitative Investigation of the Novel Use of Shopping Loyalty Card Data in Medical Decision Making (2023)
Book Chapter
Lang, A., Dolan, E., Tata, L., & Goulding, J. (2023). Qualitative Investigation of the Novel Use of Shopping Loyalty Card Data in Medical Decision Making. In M. Melles, A. Albayrak, & R. H. Goossens (Eds.), Convergence: Breaking Down Barriers Between Disciplines: Proceedings of the International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety, HEPS2022. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32198-6_11

This paper describes early results of a small qualitative study investigating the potential impact of shopping loyalty card data (SLCD) in the diagnostic pathway for ovarian cancer. There is early evidence that pharmaceutical products such as pain re... Read More about Qualitative Investigation of the Novel Use of Shopping Loyalty Card Data in Medical Decision Making.

The critical role of technologies in neonatal care (2023)
Journal Article
Taha, S., Simpson, R. B., & Sharkey, D. (2023). The critical role of technologies in neonatal care. Early Human Development, 187, Article 105898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2023.105898

Neonatal care has made significant advances in the last few decades. As a result, mortality and morbidity in high-risk infants, such as extremely preterm infants or those infants with birth-related brain injury, has reduced significantly. Many of the... Read More about The critical role of technologies in neonatal care.

Association between women’s experience of domestic violence and childhood vaccination in West Africa: Cross-sectional analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data (2023)
Journal Article
Daramola, T., & Szatkowski, L. (2023). Association between women’s experience of domestic violence and childhood vaccination in West Africa: Cross-sectional analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data. PLoS ONE, 18(11), Article e0293900. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293900

Background: In 2021, 25 million children worldwide did not receive full basic childhood vaccinations, the highest figure in over a decade. There are large variations between countries in vaccination coverage. Globally, the lifetime prevalence of dome... Read More about Association between women’s experience of domestic violence and childhood vaccination in West Africa: Cross-sectional analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data.

Seasonal trends in antidepressant prescribing, depression, anxiety and self-harm in adolescents and young adults: an open cohort study using English primary care data (2023)
Journal Article
Jack, R. H., Joseph, R. M., Hollis, C., Hippisley-Cox, J., Butler, D., Waldram, D., & Coupland, C. (2023). Seasonal trends in antidepressant prescribing, depression, anxiety and self-harm in adolescents and young adults: an open cohort study using English primary care data. BMJ Mental Health, 26(1), Article e300855. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300855

Background There is an increasing demand for mental health services for young people, which may vary across the year.

Objective To determine whether there are seasonal patterns in primary care antidepressant prescribing and mental health issues in... Read More about Seasonal trends in antidepressant prescribing, depression, anxiety and self-harm in adolescents and young adults: an open cohort study using English primary care data.

Experiences of living with hip osteoarthritis and of receiving advice, education and ultrasound‐guided intra‐articular hip injection in the hip injection trial. A qualitative study (2023)
Journal Article
Holden, M. A., Hawarden, A., Paskins, Z., Roddy, E., Mallen, C. D., Liddle, J., …Jinks, C. (2023). Experiences of living with hip osteoarthritis and of receiving advice, education and ultrasound‐guided intra‐articular hip injection in the hip injection trial. A qualitative study. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(4), 1601-1611. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1830

Objectives: The Hip Injection Trial (HIT) compared the effectiveness of adding a single ultrasound-guided intra-articular injection of either corticosteroid and local anaesthetic or local anaesthetic alone to advice and education among people with hi... Read More about Experiences of living with hip osteoarthritis and of receiving advice, education and ultrasound‐guided intra‐articular hip injection in the hip injection trial. A qualitative study.

Cost of the COVID-19 pandemic versus the cost-effectiveness of mitigation strategies in EU/UK/OECD: a systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Vardavas, C., Zisis, K., Nikitara, K., Lagou, I., Marou, V., Aslanoglou, K., …Suk, J. E. (2023). Cost of the COVID-19 pandemic versus the cost-effectiveness of mitigation strategies in EU/UK/OECD: a systematic review. BMJ Open, 13(10), Article e077602. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077602

OBJECTIVES: The economic burden of COVID-19 pandemic is substantial, with both direct and indirect costs playing a significant role. DESIGN: A systematic literature review was conducted to estimate the cost of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-effec... Read More about Cost of the COVID-19 pandemic versus the cost-effectiveness of mitigation strategies in EU/UK/OECD: a systematic review.

Association between opioid use during mechanical ventilation in preterm infants and evidence of brain injury: a propensity score-matched cohort study (2023)
Journal Article
Szatkowski, L., Sharkey, D., Budge, H., & Ojha, S. (2023). Association between opioid use during mechanical ventilation in preterm infants and evidence of brain injury: a propensity score-matched cohort study. eClinicalMedicine, 65, Article 102296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102296

Background: Preterm infants often require mechanical ventilation (MV), which can be a painful experience. Opioids (such as morphine) are used to provide analgesia, despite conflicting evidence about their impact on the developing brain. We aimed to q... Read More about Association between opioid use during mechanical ventilation in preterm infants and evidence of brain injury: a propensity score-matched cohort study.

Causal association between subtypes of osteoarthritis and common comorbidities: A Mendelian randomisation study (2023)
Journal Article
Thompson, W., Swain, S., Zhao, S. S., Kamps, A., Coupland, C., Kuo, C., …Zhang, W. (2023). Causal association between subtypes of osteoarthritis and common comorbidities: A Mendelian randomisation study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 5(4), Article 100414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100414

Objective To investigate the causal association between Osteoarthritis (OA) and five comorbidities: depression, tiredness, multisite chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and gout.... Read More about Causal association between subtypes of osteoarthritis and common comorbidities: A Mendelian randomisation study.

Sociodemographic Variations in the Uptake of Faecal Immunochemical Tests in Primary Care (2023)
Journal Article
Bailey, J. A., Morton, A. J., Jones, J., Chapman, C. J., Oliver, S., Morling, J. R., …Humes, D. J. (2023). Sociodemographic Variations in the Uptake of Faecal Immunochemical Tests in Primary Care. British Journal of General Practice, 73(736), e843-e849. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2023.0033

Background: Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) usage for symptomatic patients is increasing, but variations in use by sociodemographics are unknown. We introduced FIT for symptomatic patients in November 2017. Aim: Identify whether demographics, eth... Read More about Sociodemographic Variations in the Uptake of Faecal Immunochemical Tests in Primary Care.

Migrants’ living conditions, perceived health needs and implications for the use of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance in the United Kingdom: a qualitative study (2023)
Journal Article
Nanakali, S. S., Hassan, O., Silva, L., Al-Oraibi, A., Chaloner, J., Gogoi, M., …Nellums, L. B. (2023). Migrants’ living conditions, perceived health needs and implications for the use of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance in the United Kingdom: a qualitative study. Health Science Reports, 6(10), Article e1655. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1655

Background and Aims:
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is among the top public health concerns around the globe. Migrants, especially forced migrants, could be at higher risk of acquiring and transmitting AMR during their journeys or in host countries.... Read More about Migrants’ living conditions, perceived health needs and implications for the use of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance in the United Kingdom: a qualitative study.

Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE) cluster-randomised controlled trial: An exploratory analysis of impact on food insecurity, underweight, alcohol use disorder and depressive symptoms (2023)
Journal Article
Asher, L., Birhane, R., Weiss, H., Medhin, G., Selamu, M., Patel, V., …Fekadu, A. (2023). Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE) cluster-randomised controlled trial: An exploratory analysis of impact on food insecurity, underweight, alcohol use disorder and depressive symptoms. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 10, Article E70. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.67

We evaluated the effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in reducing depressive symptoms, alcohol use disorder, food insecurity and underweight in people with schizophrenia. This cluster-randomised controlled trial was conducted in a ru... Read More about Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE) cluster-randomised controlled trial: An exploratory analysis of impact on food insecurity, underweight, alcohol use disorder and depressive symptoms.

Alternative cascade-testing protocols for identifying and managing patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia: systematic reviews, qualitative study and cost-effectiveness analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Qureshi, N., Woods, B., Neves de Faria, R., Saramago Goncalves, P., Cox, E., Leonardi Bee, J., …Kai, J. (2023). Alternative cascade-testing protocols for identifying and managing patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia: systematic reviews, qualitative study and cost-effectiveness analysis. Health Technology Assessment, 27(16), https://doi.org/10.3310/CTMD0148

Background
Cascade testing the relatives of people with familial hypercholesterolaemia is an efficient approach to identifying familial hypercholesterolaemia. The cascade-testing protocol starts with identifying an index patient with familial hyperc... Read More about Alternative cascade-testing protocols for identifying and managing patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia: systematic reviews, qualitative study and cost-effectiveness analysis.

Comparison of lotions, creams, gels and ointments for the treatment of childhood eczema: the BEE RCT (2023)
Journal Article
Ridd, M. J., Wells, S., MacNeill, S. J., Sanderson, E., Webb, D., Banks, J., …Santer, M. (2023). Comparison of lotions, creams, gels and ointments for the treatment of childhood eczema: the BEE RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 27(19), 1-120. https://doi.org/10.3310/gzqw6681

Background: Emollients are recommended for children with eczema (atopic eczema/dermatitis). A lack of head-to-head comparisons of the effectiveness and acceptability of the different types of emollients has resulted in a 'trial and error' approach to... Read More about Comparison of lotions, creams, gels and ointments for the treatment of childhood eczema: the BEE RCT.

Changes in nutrient composition and gene expression in growing mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) (2023)
Journal Article
Lopez-Viso, C., Castellanos-Uribe, M., May, T., Brameld, J., Salter, A., & Parr, T. (2023). Changes in nutrient composition and gene expression in growing mealworms (Tenebrio molitor). Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 10(4), 601-610. https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-20230143

Insects are of high interest as a sustainable source of nutrients to be included in the food production system. The larvae of Tenebrio molitor, commonly known as yellow mealworms (MW), have a high protein content, which means potential applications i... Read More about Changes in nutrient composition and gene expression in growing mealworms (Tenebrio molitor).

Breastfeeding in infants diagnosed with Phenylketonuria (PKU): a scoping review (2023)
Journal Article
Kalvala, J., Chong, L., Chadborn, N., & Ojha, S. (2023). Breastfeeding in infants diagnosed with Phenylketonuria (PKU): a scoping review. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 7(1), Article e002066. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002066

Background: Phenylketonuria (PKU) is the most common inherited disease of amino acid metabolism, characterised by elevated levels of phenylalanine (Phe). There is a lack of infant feeding guidance for those with PKU. From birth to 6 months of age, br... Read More about Breastfeeding in infants diagnosed with Phenylketonuria (PKU): a scoping review.

Treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Evaluation Study (THESEUS): a prospective cohort study (2023)
Journal Article
Ingram, J. R., Thomas, K. S., Cannings-John, R., Evans, J., Gibbons, A., Howes, R., …Leighton, P. (2024). Treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Evaluation Study (THESEUS): a prospective cohort study. British Journal of Dermatology, 190(3), 382-391. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljad388

Background Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, painful disease affecting flexures and other skin regions, producing nodules, abscesses and skin tunnels. Laser treatment targeting hair follicles and deroofing of skin tunnels are standard HS in... Read More about Treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Evaluation Study (THESEUS): a prospective cohort study.

Perceptions and Experiences of Undergraduate Students Regarding Social Media as a Tool for Government COVID-19-Related Messages: A Qualitative Study in Nottingham, UK (2023)
Journal Article
Sandhu, S., Wilson, E., & Chattopadhyay, K. (2023). Perceptions and Experiences of Undergraduate Students Regarding Social Media as a Tool for Government COVID-19-Related Messages: A Qualitative Study in Nottingham, UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(20), Article 6903. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20206903

The rise of social media has given way to its use as a form of public health communication. Previous research has shown social media-based interventions to be effective, particularly for university students. Social media was used as a tool for public... Read More about Perceptions and Experiences of Undergraduate Students Regarding Social Media as a Tool for Government COVID-19-Related Messages: A Qualitative Study in Nottingham, UK.