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Comparison of a Daily Smartphone App and Retrospective Questionnaire Measures of Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Pregnant Women: Observational Study (2023)
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Emery, J., Naughton, F., Huang, Y., Cooper, S., McDaid, L., Dickinson, A., …Coleman, T. (2023). Comparison of a Daily Smartphone App and Retrospective Questionnaire Measures of Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Pregnant Women: Observational Study. JMIR Formative Research, 7, Article e35045. https://doi.org/10.2196/35045

Background: Few studies have investigated how to best measure adherence to smoking cessation medications, but continuous usage measures are recommended. Objective: In this first study of its kind, we compared methods for measuring adherence to nicoti... Read More about Comparison of a Daily Smartphone App and Retrospective Questionnaire Measures of Adherence to Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Pregnant Women: Observational Study.

Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process (2023)
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Shanmugavadivel, D., Liu, J. F., Gamble, A., Polanco, A., Vedhara, K., Walker, D., & Ojha, S. (2023). Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 7, Article e001771. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001771

Background The incidence of childhood cancer has risen by 15% since the 1990s. Early diagnosis is key to optimising outcomes, however diagnostic delays are widely reported. Presenting symptoms are often non-specific causing a diagnostic dilemma for c... Read More about Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process.

Retrospective review of medication-related incidents at a major teaching hospital and the potential mitigation of these incidents with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (2023)
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Cattell, M., Hyde, K., Bell, B., Dawson, T., Hills, T., Iyen, B., …Avery, A. (in press). Retrospective review of medication-related incidents at a major teaching hospital and the potential mitigation of these incidents with electronic prescribing and medicines administration. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, Article 003515. https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2022-003515

Objectives To describe the frequency of the different types of medication-related incidents that caused patient harm, or adverse consequences, in a major teaching hospital and investigate whether the likelihood of these incidents occurring would hav... Read More about Retrospective review of medication-related incidents at a major teaching hospital and the potential mitigation of these incidents with electronic prescribing and medicines administration.

Retrospective review of medication-related incidents at a major teaching hospital and the potential mitigation of these incidents with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (2023)
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Cattell, M., Hyde, K., Bell, B., Dawson, T., Hills, T., Iyen, B., …Avery, A. (2023). Retrospective review of medication-related incidents at a major teaching hospital and the potential mitigation of these incidents with electronic prescribing and medicines administration. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 31(4), 295-300. https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2022-003515

Objectives: To describe the frequency of the different types of medication-related incidents that caused patient harm, or adverse consequences, in a major teaching hospital and investigate whether the likelihood of these incidents occurring would hav... Read More about Retrospective review of medication-related incidents at a major teaching hospital and the potential mitigation of these incidents with electronic prescribing and medicines administration.

Development and Content Validation of a Questionnaire for Measuring Beliefs About Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy (2023)
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Emery, J., Mcdaid, L., Coleman, T., Cooper, S., Thomson, R., Kinahan-Goodwin, D., …Naughton, F. (2023). Development and Content Validation of a Questionnaire for Measuring Beliefs About Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 25(7), 1310-1318. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad030

Introduction Improving adherence to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in pregnancy may result in higher smoking cessation rates. Informed by the Necessities and Concerns Framework, we developed an intervention targeting pregnancy NRT adherence. To... Read More about Development and Content Validation of a Questionnaire for Measuring Beliefs About Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy.

Psychosocial Impacts of Infertility among Omani Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Qualitative Study (2023)
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ALSumri, H., Szatkowski, L., Gibson, J., Fiaschi, L., & Bains, M. (2023). Psychosocial Impacts of Infertility among Omani Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Fertility & Sterility, 17(2), 107-114. https://doi.org/10.22074/IJFS.2022.550111.1310

Background: To understand the psychosocial experience of infertility among women with polycystic ovarian syndrome in Oman. Materials and Methods: In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 Omani women diagnosed w... Read More about Psychosocial Impacts of Infertility among Omani Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Qualitative Study.

Ethnic disparities in COVID-19 outcomes: a multinational cohort study of 20 million individuals from England and Canada (2023)
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Zaccardi, F., Tan, P. S., Shah, B. R., Everett, K., Clift, A. K., Patone, M., …Hippisley-Cox, J. (2023). Ethnic disparities in COVID-19 outcomes: a multinational cohort study of 20 million individuals from England and Canada. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 399. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15223-8

Background: Heterogeneous studies have demonstrated ethnic inequalities in the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and adverse COVID-19 outcomes. This study evaluates the association between ethnicity and COVID-19 outcomes in two large population-based coho... Read More about Ethnic disparities in COVID-19 outcomes: a multinational cohort study of 20 million individuals from England and Canada.

“Get Data Out” Skin: national cancer registry incidence and survival rates for all registered skin tumour groups for 2013-2019 in England (2023)
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van Bodegraven, B., Vernon, S., Eversfield, C., Board, R., Paul Craig, Gran, S., …BAD-NDRS Steering Committee, B.-N. S. C. (2023). “Get Data Out” Skin: national cancer registry incidence and survival rates for all registered skin tumour groups for 2013-2019 in England. British Journal of Dermatology, 188(6), 777-784. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljad033

Background Providing detailed skin cancer statistics, including incidence and survival, by tumour type and patient characteristics is important for up-to-date epidemiological information. Objectives To create a new clinically relevant consensus-... Read More about “Get Data Out” Skin: national cancer registry incidence and survival rates for all registered skin tumour groups for 2013-2019 in England.

Is Vaccination Against COVID-19 Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flare? Self-Controlled Case Series Analysis Using the UK CPRD (2023)
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Card, T. R., Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Mallen, C. D., Van-Tam, J. S. N., Williams, H. C., & Abhishek, A. (2023). Is Vaccination Against COVID-19 Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flare? Self-Controlled Case Series Analysis Using the UK CPRD. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 118(8), 1388-1394. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000002205

INTRODUCTION: To investigate the association between vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) flare. METHODS: Patients with IBD vaccinated against COVID-19 who consulted for disease flare be... Read More about Is Vaccination Against COVID-19 Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flare? Self-Controlled Case Series Analysis Using the UK CPRD.

Association study of human leukocyte antigen variants and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (2023)
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Guillen-Guio, B., Paynton, M. L., Allen, R. J., Chin, D. P., Donoghue, L. J., Stockwell, A., …Hollox, E. J. (2024). Association study of human leukocyte antigen variants and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. ERJ Open Research, 10(1), 00553-2023. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00553-2023

Introduction Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic interstitial pneumonia marked by progressive lung fibrosis and a poor prognosis. Recent studies have highlighted the potential role of infection in the pathogenesis of IPF, and a prior ass... Read More about Association study of human leukocyte antigen variants and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence of tics in children and young people: a population-based cohort study (2023)
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Jack, R. H., Joseph, R. M., Coupland, C. A., Hall, C. L., & Hollis, C. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence of tics in children and young people: a population-based cohort study. eClinicalMedicine, 57, Article 101857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101857

Background: Since the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, clinicians have reported an increase in presentations of sudden and new onset tics particularly affecting teenage girls. This population-based study aimed to describe and compare the... Read More about Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence of tics in children and young people: a population-based cohort study.

How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study (2023)
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Walsh, D. A., Rathbone, J., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Fernandes, G. S., Valdes, A. M., McWilliams, D. F., …Ferguson, E. (2023). How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 5(2), Article 100345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100345

Objectives Guidelines recommend knee osteoarthritis pain management based on biopsychosocial mechanisms. Treatment adherence and effectiveness may be affected if there is a mismatch between patient perspectives and treatment focus. We therefore exam... Read More about How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study.

Observational cohort study of use of caffeine in preterm infants and association between early caffeine use and neonatal outcomes (2023)
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Szatkowski, L., Fateh, S., Abramson, J., Kwok, T. C., Sharkey, D., Budge, H., & Ojha, S. (2023). Observational cohort study of use of caffeine in preterm infants and association between early caffeine use and neonatal outcomes. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 108(5), 505-510. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-324919

Objective: To quantify trends in caffeine use in infants born at

Uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in people with blood cancer: Population-level cohort study of 12 million patients in England (2023)
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Hirst, J., Mi, E., Copland, E., Patone, M., Coupland, C., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2023). Uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in people with blood cancer: Population-level cohort study of 12 million patients in England. European Journal of Cancer, 183, 162-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2023.02.001

Background: People with blood cancers have increased risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19 and were prioritised for vaccination. Methods: Individuals in the QResearch database aged 12 years and above on 1st December 2020 were included in the analysis... Read More about Uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in people with blood cancer: Population-level cohort study of 12 million patients in England.

Trends in eczema prevalence in children and adolescents: A Global Asthma Network Phase I Study (2023)
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Langan, S. M., Mulick, A. R., Rutter, C. E., Silverwood, R., Asher, I., García‐Marcos, L., …Pearce, N. (2023). Trends in eczema prevalence in children and adolescents: A Global Asthma Network Phase I Study. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 53(3), 337-352. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.14276

Background: Eczema (atopic dermatitis) is a major global public health issue with high prevalence and morbidity. Our goal was to evaluate eczema prevalence over time, using standardized methodology. Methods: The Global Asthma Network (GAN) Phase I st... Read More about Trends in eczema prevalence in children and adolescents: A Global Asthma Network Phase I Study.

Digital technology for monitoring adherence to inhaled therapies in people with cystic fibrosis (2023)
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Smith, S., Calthorpe, R., Herbert, S., & Smyth, A. R. (2023). Digital technology for monitoring adherence to inhaled therapies in people with cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(2), Article CD013733. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd013733.pub2

Background: Improved understanding and treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) has led to longer life expectancy, which is accompanied by an increasingly complex regimen of treatments.Suboptimal adherence to the treatment plan, in the context of respirator... Read More about Digital technology for monitoring adherence to inhaled therapies in people with cystic fibrosis.

Developing a taxonomy to describe offspring outcomes in studies involving pregnant mammals’ exposure to non-tobacco nicotine: A systematic scoping review (2023)
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Phillips, L., Thomson, R., Coleman-Haynes, T., Cooper, S., Naughton, F., McDaid, L., …Coleman, T. (2023). Developing a taxonomy to describe offspring outcomes in studies involving pregnant mammals’ exposure to non-tobacco nicotine: A systematic scoping review. PLoS ONE, 18(2), Article e0280805. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280805

Introduction Many countries recommend Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation in pregnancy. Preclinical studies of nicotine exposure to pregnant mammals could indicate how nicotine may adversely affect the developing fetus. As a firs... Read More about Developing a taxonomy to describe offspring outcomes in studies involving pregnant mammals’ exposure to non-tobacco nicotine: A systematic scoping review.

The revised JBI critical appraisal tool for the assessment of risk of bias for randomized controlled trials (2023)
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Barker, T. H., Stone, J. C., Sears, K., Klugar, M., Tufanaru, C., Leonardi-Bee, J., …Munn, Z. (2023). The revised JBI critical appraisal tool for the assessment of risk of bias for randomized controlled trials. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 21(3), 494-506. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-22-00430

JBI recently began the process of updating and revising its suite of critical appraisal tools to ensure that these tools remain compatible with recent developments within risk of bias science. Following a rigorous development process led by the JBI E... Read More about The revised JBI critical appraisal tool for the assessment of risk of bias for randomized controlled trials.

Prevalence and risk factors for tobacco, khat and alcohol consumption among high school students in Ethiopia (2023)
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Hirpa, S., Fogarty, A. W., Addissie, A., Bauld, L., Frese, T., Unverzagt, S., …Deressa, W. (2023). Prevalence and risk factors for tobacco, khat and alcohol consumption among high school students in Ethiopia. BMC Public Health, 23, Article 226. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15088-x

Background: Tobacco, khat, alcohol and marijuana are the main risk factors for non-communicable diseases. There are limited studies on substance use in Ethiopia, especially among secondary school students. This study aims to determine the epidemiol... Read More about Prevalence and risk factors for tobacco, khat and alcohol consumption among high school students in Ethiopia.

Effectiveness of systematically delivered evidence-based home safety promotion to improve child home safety practices: a controlled before-and-after study (2023)
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Taylor, M. J., Orton, E., Patel, T., Timblin, C., Clarke, R., Watson, M. C., …Kendrick, D. (2023). Effectiveness of systematically delivered evidence-based home safety promotion to improve child home safety practices: a controlled before-and-after study. Injury Prevention, 29(3), 227-233. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2022-044745

Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of systematically delivered evidence-based home safety promotion for improving child home safety practices. Design: Controlled before-and-after study. Setting: Nine electoral wards in Nottingham, UK. Participants... Read More about Effectiveness of systematically delivered evidence-based home safety promotion to improve child home safety practices: a controlled before-and-after study.