The Acceptability of Intraoral Imaging in Children with Caries
(2024)
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The acceptability of Group B streptococcal bacteria (GBS) testing to women, including self-swabbing procedures: a qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Background Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium carried by 20-25% of pregnant women in the UK, which can be transmitted from pregnant women to their babies at the time of birth. Women can be tested for GBS in pregnancy using a vaginal-rectal s... Read More about The acceptability of Group B streptococcal bacteria (GBS) testing to women, including self-swabbing procedures: a qualitative study.
Identifying neonatal transport research priorities: a modified Delphi consensus (2024)
Journal Article
Objectives: With increasing advances in neonatal transport, a focused research strategy is required to increase the evidence base towards providing optimal care. We aimed to identify the most important neonatal transport research questions as priorit... Read More about Identifying neonatal transport research priorities: a modified Delphi consensus.
Evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a smoking cessation service in Derbyshire: An interrupted time series analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Background Data published early in the COVID-19 pandemic suggested that smokers infected with SARS-CoV-2 were more likely to need hospital treatment or die than non-smokers, and thus this was seen as a motivator to encourage smokers to make a quit a... Read More about Evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a smoking cessation service in Derbyshire: An interrupted time series analysis.
Effects of implementation of a care bundle on rates of necrotising enterocolitis and own mother’s milk feeding in the East Midlands: protocol for a mixed methods impact and process evaluation study (2024)
Journal Article
Introduction: Prevention of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is vital for improving neonatal outcomes. Feeding own mother’s milk helps prevent NEC. Rates of own mother’s milk feeding in the East Midlands are lower than the national average and the inc... Read More about Effects of implementation of a care bundle on rates of necrotising enterocolitis and own mother’s milk feeding in the East Midlands: protocol for a mixed methods impact and process evaluation study.
Psychological interventions for mood and cognition after stroke and transient ischaemic attack: A protocol for an umbrella review (2024)
Journal Article
Background People who have had a stroke or a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) can experience psychological and/or cognitive difficulties. The body of research for psychological and neuropsychological interventions after stroke is growing, however, pu... Read More about Psychological interventions for mood and cognition after stroke and transient ischaemic attack: A protocol for an umbrella review.
A SARS-CoV-2 minimum data standard to support national serology reporting (2024)
Journal Article
Background: Healthcare laboratory systems produce and capture a vast array of information, yet do not always report all of this to the national infrastructure within the United Kingdom. The global COVID-19 pandemic brought about a much greater need f... Read More about A SARS-CoV-2 minimum data standard to support national serology reporting.
Smoking, nicotine and pregnancy 2 (SNAP2) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve adherence to nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy (2024)
Journal Article
Introduction: Smoking in pregnancy is harmful for unborn babies, infants, and women. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is offered as usual stop smoking support in the UK. However, this is often used in insufficient doses, intermittently, or for too... Read More about Smoking, nicotine and pregnancy 2 (SNAP2) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve adherence to nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy.
Prospective study of exposure to smoking imagery in films and changes in susceptibility to smoking in a cohort of school students in Southern India (2024)
Journal Article
Background: India has unique tobacco-free film and TV rules designed to prevent tobacco uptake. In this study, we examined the potential influence of exposure to smoking imagery in regionally famous films on teenagers enrolled in schools in a distric... Read More about Prospective study of exposure to smoking imagery in films and changes in susceptibility to smoking in a cohort of school students in Southern India.
Impact of NICE clinical guidelines for prevention and treatment of neonatal infections on antibiotic use in very preterm infants in England and Wales: an interrupted time series analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Objective: To assess the impact of publication of UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on the prevention and treatment of early-onset infections (EOIs) in neonates (clinical guideline 149 (CG149), published in 2012,... Read More about Impact of NICE clinical guidelines for prevention and treatment of neonatal infections on antibiotic use in very preterm infants in England and Wales: an interrupted time series analysis.
Safety outcomes following COVID-19 vaccination and infection in 5.1 million children in England (2024)
Journal Article
The risk-benefit profile of COVID-19 vaccination in children remains uncertain. A self-controlled case-series study was conducted using linked data of 5.1 million children in England to compare risks of hospitalisation from vaccine safety outcomes af... Read More about Safety outcomes following COVID-19 vaccination and infection in 5.1 million children in England.
Fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic – prevalence and predictors: findings from a prospective cohort study (2024)
Journal Article
The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent lockdowns had a substantial impact on mental health. Distress and fatigue are highly correlated. However, little is known about the determinants of fatigue in the general population during the pandemic. This study... Read More about Fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic – prevalence and predictors: findings from a prospective cohort study.
Attitudes And Exposure To Illicit Tobacco In England, 2022 (2024)
Journal Article
Introduction The UK has achieved reductions in illicit tobacco (IT) market size and share. However, there remains a 17.7% tobacco duty gap, contributing to health inequalities. In January 2024, the UK government announced a new strategy to control... Read More about Attitudes And Exposure To Illicit Tobacco In England, 2022.
Risk factors for the development of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, following drug administration: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
The aim of this systematic review was to determine risk factors for the development of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (SJS/TEN), following drug administration. The study protocol was registered on PROSPERO. The Preferred Reportin... Read More about Risk factors for the development of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, following drug administration: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
A protocol to assess risk of fractures associated with use of menopausal hormone therapy: nested case-control study using CPRD (2024)
Working Paper
Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is prescribed to women with severe symptoms of menopause. Various studies have demonstrated increased bone density and decreased fracture risk in women using MHT. The randomised controlled trials were, however, run ov... Read More about A protocol to assess risk of fractures associated with use of menopausal hormone therapy: nested case-control study using CPRD.
What are the strengths and limitations to utilising creative methods in public and patient involvement in health and social care research? A qualitative systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Background: There is increasing interest in using patient and public involvement (PPI) in research to improve the quality of healthcare. Ordinarily, traditional methods have been used such as interviews or focus groups. However, these methods tend to... Read More about What are the strengths and limitations to utilising creative methods in public and patient involvement in health and social care research? A qualitative systematic review.
Diagnostic accuracy of autofluorescence-Raman microspectroscopy for surgical margin assessment during Mohs micrographic surgery of basal cell carcinoma (2024)
Journal Article
Background Autofluorescence (AF)–Raman microspectroscopy is a technology that can detect residual basal cell carcinoma (BCC) on the resection margin of fresh, surgically excised tissue specimens. The technology does not require tissue fixation, st... Read More about Diagnostic accuracy of autofluorescence-Raman microspectroscopy for surgical margin assessment during Mohs micrographic surgery of basal cell carcinoma.
Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases (2024)
Journal Article
This commentary highlights two cross-cultural issues identified from our global mental health (GMH) research, RECOLLECT (Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing) 2: self-enhancement and ingroup biases. Self-enhancement is a tendency to maintai... Read More about Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases.
Tobacco, e-cigarette and alcohol content in popular UK soap operas: a content analysis to explore changes in social norms and scene location (2024)
Journal Article
Background Exposure to tobacco and alcohol on-screen promotes use and despite regulations and policies to limit impact, these behaviours remain common. We report a longitudinal analysis of tobacco, e-cigarette and alcohol content in three popular UK... Read More about Tobacco, e-cigarette and alcohol content in popular UK soap operas: a content analysis to explore changes in social norms and scene location .