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Stress, illness perceptions, behaviours and healing in venous leg ulcers: findings from a prospective observational study (2016)
Journal Article
Walburn, J., Weinman, J., Norton, S., Hankins, M., Dawe, K., Banjoko, B., & Vedhara, K. (2017). Stress, illness perceptions, behaviours and healing in venous leg ulcers: findings from a prospective observational study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(5), https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000436

Objective: To investigate the impact of stress, illness perceptions and behaviours on healing of venous leg ulcers. Methods: A prospective observational study of 63 individuals for 24 weeks investigated possible psychosocial predictors of healing.... Read More about Stress, illness perceptions, behaviours and healing in venous leg ulcers: findings from a prospective observational study.

The effects of expressive writing before or after punch biopsy on wound healing (2016)
Journal Article
Robinson, H., Jarrett, P., Vedhara, K., & Broadbent, E. (2017). The effects of expressive writing before or after punch biopsy on wound healing. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 61, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.11.025

Objective: Recent studies have shown that written emotional disclosure (expressive writing) performed in the two weeks prior to wounding improves healing of punch biopsy wounds. In many clinical settings, it would be more practical for patients to pe... Read More about The effects of expressive writing before or after punch biopsy on wound healing.

The application of protein microarray assays in psychoneuroimmunology (2016)
Journal Article
Ayling, K., Bowden, T., Tighe, P., Todd, I., Dilnot, E. M., Negm, O., …Vedhara, K. (2017). The application of protein microarray assays in psychoneuroimmunology. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 59, 62-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.09.013

Protein microarrays are miniaturized multiplex assays that exhibit many advantages over the commonly used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). This article aims to introduce protein microarrays to readers of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity and de... Read More about The application of protein microarray assays in psychoneuroimmunology.

Relationship between hair and salivary cortisol and pregnancy in women undergoing IVF (2016)
Journal Article
Massey, A., Campbell, B. K., Raine-Fenning, N., Pincott-Allen, C., Perry, J., & Vedhara, K. (2016). Relationship between hair and salivary cortisol and pregnancy in women undergoing IVF. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 74, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.08.027

Evidence for an association between cortisol and clinical pregnancy in women undergoing In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) is mixed with previous studies relying exclusively on short term measures of cortisol in blood, saliva, urine, and/or follicular flui... Read More about Relationship between hair and salivary cortisol and pregnancy in women undergoing IVF.

Anxiety associated with diagnostic uncertainties in early pregnancy. (2016)
Journal Article
Richardson, A., Raine-Fenning, N., Deb, S., Campbell, B., & Vedhara, K. (in press). Anxiety associated with diagnostic uncertainties in early pregnancy. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.17214

Objectives: To determine anxiety levels of women presenting to Early Pregnancy Assessment Units (EPAU) with abdominal pain and/or vaginal bleeding and assess how these change over time and according to ultrasonographic diagnosis. Methods: We under... Read More about Anxiety associated with diagnostic uncertainties in early pregnancy..

Illness beliefs predict mortality in patients with diabetic foot ulcers (2016)
Journal Article
Vedhara, K., Dawe, K., Miles, J. N., Wetherell, M. A., Cullum, N., Dayan, C., …Soria, D. (2016). Illness beliefs predict mortality in patients with diabetic foot ulcers. PLoS ONE, 11(4), Article e0153315. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153315

Abstract Background: Patients’ illness beliefs have been associated with glycaemic control in diabetes and survival in other conditions. Objective: We examined whether illness beliefs independently predicted survival in patients with diabetes and f... Read More about Illness beliefs predict mortality in patients with diabetic foot ulcers.

Can illness beliefs, from the common-sense model, prospectively predict adherence to self-management behaviours?: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Aujla, N., Walker, M., Sprigg, N., Abrams, K., Massey, A., & Vedhara, K. (in press). Can illness beliefs, from the common-sense model, prospectively predict adherence to self-management behaviours?: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology and Health, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2016.1153640

Objective: To determine whether people’s beliefs about their illness, conceptualised by the common sense model (CSM), can prospectively predict adherence to self-management behaviours (including, attendance, medication, diet and exercise) in adults w... Read More about Can illness beliefs, from the common-sense model, prospectively predict adherence to self-management behaviours?: a systematic review and meta-analysis.