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Psychology Meets Biology in COVID-19: What We Know and Why It Matters for Public Health (2023)
Journal Article
Jones, E. J., Ayling, K., Wiley, C. R., Geraghty, A. W., Greer, A. L., Holt-Lunstad, J., …Vedhara, K. (2023). Psychology Meets Biology in COVID-19: What We Know and Why It Matters for Public Health. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10(1), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1177/23727322221145308

Psychosocial factors are related to immune, viral, and vaccination outcomes. Yet, this knowledge has been poorly represented in public health initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This review provides an overview of biopsychosocial links relevant... Read More about Psychology Meets Biology in COVID-19: What We Know and Why It Matters for Public Health.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of suicidality in autistic and possibly autistic people without co-occurring intellectual disability (2023)
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Newell, V., Phillips, L., Jones, C., Townsend, E., Richards, C., & Cassidy, S. (2023). A systematic review and meta-analysis of suicidality in autistic and possibly autistic people without co-occurring intellectual disability. Molecular Autism, 14, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-023-00544-7

Background: Suicidality is highly prevalent in autistic people without co-occurring intellectual disabilities, and high autistic traits are found in adults who have attempted suicide. However, prevalence rates for both autistic and possibly autistic... Read More about A systematic review and meta-analysis of suicidality in autistic and possibly autistic people without co-occurring intellectual disability.

A meta-analysis of the associations between insufficient sleep duration and antibody response to vaccination (2023)
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Spiegel, K., Rey, A. E., Cheylus, A., Ayling, K., Benedict, C., Lange, T., …Van Cauter, E. (2023). A meta-analysis of the associations between insufficient sleep duration and antibody response to vaccination. Current Biology, 33(5), 998-1005.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.017

Vaccination is a major strategy to control a viral pandemic. Simple behavioral interventions that might boost vaccine responses have yet to be identified. We conducted meta-analyses to summarize the evidence linking the amount of sleep obtained in th... Read More about A meta-analysis of the associations between insufficient sleep duration and antibody response to vaccination.

Wound healing and healing process in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A survival analysis study (2023)
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Graça Pereira, M., Vilaça, M., Pedras, S., Carvalho, A., Vedhara, K., Jesus Dantas, M., & Machado, L. (2023). Wound healing and healing process in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A survival analysis study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 198, Article 110623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110623

Aims: This study aimed to identify demographic, clinical, and psychological contributors to DFU healing and favorable healing process. Methods: Patients with a chronic DFU were evaluated at baseline (T0; n = 153), two months later (T1; n = 108), and... Read More about Wound healing and healing process in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A survival analysis study.

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)
Journal Article
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., Saatci, D., Coupland, C., Griffin, S. J., Khunti, K., Dambha-Miller, H., & 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 <32 weeks' gestational age (GA), and to investigate the effects of early vs late caffeine on neonatal outcomes. Study design: Retrospective propensity score matched cohort study using r...

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., Ellwood, E., Bissell, K., Chiang, C., Sony, A. E., Ellwood, P., Marks, G., Mortimer, K., Martínez‐Torres, A. E., Morales, E., Perez‐Fernandez, V., Robertson, S., Williams, H., Strachan, D. P., & Pearce, N. (2023). Trends in eczema prevalence in children and adolescents: A Global Asthma Network Phase I Study. Clinical and 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.