Outputs (317)

Geographical differences in the perspective of osteoarthritis care management: A cross-sectional study in Italy, Sweden and Russia (2024)
Journal Article

Background: This study aimed to explore the awareness, experiences, and beliefs of individuals with osteoarthritis (OA) regarding their healthcare management, along with assessing their overall satisfaction levels.

Methods: A cross-sectional onli... Read More about Geographical differences in the perspective of osteoarthritis care management: A cross-sectional study in Italy, Sweden and Russia.

Lessons learnt from the implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the Southwest of England (2024)
Journal Article

Background
Vaccination remains one of the most successful public health interventions in preventing severe disease and death. The roll-out of Covid-19 vaccination programmes has helped protect billions of people around the world against Covid-19. Mo... Read More about Lessons learnt from the implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the Southwest of England.

Identifying the key determinants of a community pharmacy based bladder and bowel service (2024)
Journal Article

Objectives
Community pharmacies and their personnel present an opportunity to implement new services for bladder and bowel continence care. Underpinned by the COM-B model of capability (C), opportunity (O), motivation (M), Behaviour (B)), this study... Read More about Identifying the key determinants of a community pharmacy based bladder and bowel service.

Consistency of XAI models against medical expertise: An assessment protocol (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Despite the significant advances made by Artificial Intelligence (AI) models in enhancing medical diagnostics and prognostics, their opacity poses a hurdle to widespread clinical adoption. In this regard, Explainable AI (XAI) aims to demystify these... Read More about Consistency of XAI models against medical expertise: An assessment protocol.

Attitudes towards advance care planning amongst community-based older people in England (2024)
Journal Article

Background
Advance care planning has been advocated as a way for people to have their wishes recorded and respected in relation to types of treatment and place of care. However, uptake in England remains low.

Aims
To examine the views of older,... Read More about Attitudes towards advance care planning amongst community-based older people in England.

Men accepting rewards for sex, sexual content and performance: A qualitative study of the health and wellbeing needs of 'male sex workers' (2024)
Thesis

Background
Male sex workers continue to be underrepresented in both the academic literature and across health care provision. Previous attempts to address health and wellbeing needs are limited to a sexual health focus or are based on the comparativ... Read More about Men accepting rewards for sex, sexual content and performance: A qualitative study of the health and wellbeing needs of 'male sex workers'.

Healthy streetlife: An ecologic exploration of residents' health practices in the street environment (2024)
Thesis

Background

Good health is a human right and the built environment is recognised as a wider determinant of health but many studies focus only on physical health not mental or social health. The street is a microscale of the built environment yet r... Read More about Healthy streetlife: An ecologic exploration of residents' health practices in the street environment.

Operation CHOLINERGIC (2024)
Digital Artefact

#OperationCHOLINERGIC concluded at UWE Bristol on Friday after an intense 3-days of high-fidelity simulation. The scenario for this year’s event depicted an agricultural disaster, in which a group of contractors were undertaking a renovation project... Read More about Operation CHOLINERGIC.

Mentorship ecosystems in healthcare: A snapshot from the radiography community of the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article

Mentoring is the process through which a professional provides support, guidance, and advice, generally to a less experienced individual within their sphere of influence. Mentoring relationships are based on mutual trust and respect and focus upon th... Read More about Mentorship ecosystems in healthcare: A snapshot from the radiography community of the United Kingdom.

The experiences of patients with musculoskeletal conditions accessing first contact physiotherapy practitioner appointments in general practice in the UK: A qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article

Background: First Contact Physiotherapy Practitioners (FCPPs) provide expert care for patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in General Practice. Access to FCPPs can facilitate timely care and efficient use of health services. However, there... Read More about The experiences of patients with musculoskeletal conditions accessing first contact physiotherapy practitioner appointments in general practice in the UK: A qualitative study.

Silent suffering: The unmet sexual health needs of male sex workers (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction:
The health and wellbeing need of Male Sex Workers (MSWs) are largely informed by misconceptions of sexual labour that drive physical health interventions to focus on perceived needs around sexual health and wellbeing. Findings from th... Read More about Silent suffering: The unmet sexual health needs of male sex workers.

AB1575-HPR Geographical differences in osteoarthritis care management: A European cross-sectional study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) burdens individuals and healthcare systems across Europe. With limited curative options, symptom management becomes pivotal, yet underdiagnosis and varied healthcare professional education in OA prevail. The role of in... Read More about AB1575-HPR Geographical differences in osteoarthritis care management: A European cross-sectional study.

POS1477-HPR Understanding treatment utilisation in individuals with osteoarthritis and metabolic multimorbidity: A cross-sectional study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) and metabolic conditions are major causes of disability. A growing hypothesis posits the presence of a metabolic OA phenotype where the co-occurrence of OA and metabolic conditions may worsen joint symptoms and overall... Read More about POS1477-HPR Understanding treatment utilisation in individuals with osteoarthritis and metabolic multimorbidity: A cross-sectional study.

AB1429 Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases treated with glucocorticoids: A cross-sectional study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Glucocorticoids (GCs) play a pivotal role in the management of inflammatory rheumatic conditions but they can adversely impact on patients in different ways. Conversely, there are certain patient charact... Read More about AB1429 Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases treated with glucocorticoids: A cross-sectional study.

A critical review of the reporting of reflexive thematic analysis in Health Promotion International (2024)
Journal Article

Using the concept of methodological congruence - where the different elements of a study 'fit' together - we explore both problematic and good practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis (TA) as reported in Health Promotion International (HPI). Alignin... Read More about A critical review of the reporting of reflexive thematic analysis in Health Promotion International.

Curating salutogenic spaces in post-pandemic hybrid work environments: A photo-elicitation qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article

This article investigates the lived experience of hybrid working and the impact this has on knowledge workers’ psychosocial health and wellbeing. Specifically, we focus on how the workplace can promote or hinder wellbeing and how hybrid working is ex... Read More about Curating salutogenic spaces in post-pandemic hybrid work environments: A photo-elicitation qualitative study.

The role of community pharmacy in the promotion of continence care: A systematic review (2024)
Journal Article

Community pharmacies are convenient healthcare settings which provide a wide range of services in addition to medicine supply. Continence care is an area where there is an opportunity for the implementation of new innovations to improve clinical and... Read More about The role of community pharmacy in the promotion of continence care: A systematic review.

P186 Impact of glucocorticoids on appearance and sense of self in rheumatic diseases (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Public involvement and public engagement: An example of convergent evolution? Findings from a conceptual qualitative review of patient and public involvement, and public engagement, in health and scientific research. (2024)
Journal Article

Patient and public involvement (PPI) in health research is now well-established, whilst science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) research has shifted from a focus on science communication alone to public engagement (PE) within its rese... Read More about Public involvement and public engagement: An example of convergent evolution? Findings from a conceptual qualitative review of patient and public involvement, and public engagement, in health and scientific research..

A web-based physical activity promotion intervention for inactive parent-child dyads: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Low levels of physical activity are associated with numerous adverse health outcomes, yet sedentary lifestyles are common among both children and adults. Physical activity levels tend to decline steeply among children aged between 8 and 1... Read More about A web-based physical activity promotion intervention for inactive parent-child dyads: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.