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Cost-effectiveness of a primary healthcare intervention to treat male lower urinary tract symptoms: The TRIUMPH cluster randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Cochrane, M., Drake, M. J., Worthington, J., Frost, J., Cotterill, N., Fader, M., …Noble, S. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of a primary healthcare intervention to treat male lower urinary tract symptoms: The TRIUMPH cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 14(1), Article e075704. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075704

Objectives To estimate the cost-effectiveness of a primary care intervention for male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) compared with usual care. Design Economic evaluation alongside a cluster randomised controlled trial from a UK National Health S... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of a primary healthcare intervention to treat male lower urinary tract symptoms: The TRIUMPH cluster randomised controlled trial.

Can we increase the value of data from bladder diaries? International Consultation on Incontinence—Research Society 2023 (2023)
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Liapis, I., Gammie, A., Mohamed-Ahmed, R., Yates, D., Selai, C., Cotterill, N., …Toozs-Hobson, P. (in press). Can we increase the value of data from bladder diaries? International Consultation on Incontinence—Research Society 2023. Neurourology and Urodynamics, https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.25374

Background: Bladder diaries represent a fundamental component in the assessment of patients presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms. Nevertheless, their importance often remains underappreciated and undervalued within clinical practice. This pap... Read More about Can we increase the value of data from bladder diaries? International Consultation on Incontinence—Research Society 2023.

Treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men in primary care using a conservative intervention: Cluster randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Drake, M. J., Worthington, J., Frost, J., Sanderson, E., Cochrane, M., Cotterill, N., …Lane, J. A. (2023). Treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men in primary care using a conservative intervention: Cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 383, Article e075219. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-075219

Objective: To determine whether a standardised and manualised care intervention in men in primary care could achieve superior improvement of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) compared with usual care. Design: Cluster randomised controlled trial. Se... Read More about Treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men in primary care using a conservative intervention: Cluster randomised controlled trial.

Development and first-in-human testing of FLUME urinary catheter with protected tip and relocated drainage holes (2023)
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Drake, M., Anderson, K., Gammie, A., Morris, N., Timlin, T., Cotterill, N., …Havard, J. (2023). Development and first-in-human testing of FLUME urinary catheter with protected tip and relocated drainage holes. Continence, 8, Article 101054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cont.2023.101054

Evaluation of a catheter design which protects its tip with the retaining balloon when inflated, and has eyeholes at the base of the balloon to improve drainage. Preclinical tests included assessment of retaining balloon performance, and microbiologi... Read More about Development and first-in-human testing of FLUME urinary catheter with protected tip and relocated drainage holes.

Treating male lower urinary tract symptoms in primary healthcare using conservative interventions: The TRIUMPH cluster randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Drake, M., Worthington, J., Frost, J., Sanderson, E., Cochrane, M., Cotterill, N., …Lane, A. (in press). Treating male lower urinary tract symptoms in primary healthcare using conservative interventions: The TRIUMPH cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ,

Objective(s): To determine whether a standardised and manualised intervention for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) achieves superior symptomatic improvement versus usual care. Design: 2-arm cluster randomised controlled trial where sites were ran... Read More about Treating male lower urinary tract symptoms in primary healthcare using conservative interventions: The TRIUMPH cluster randomised controlled trial.

Evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of an integrative group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis: A study protocol (2023)
Journal Article
Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N., Rice, C., Smith, J., & Nizza, I. (2023). Evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of an integrative group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis: A study protocol. PLoS ONE, 18(7), Article e0288295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288295

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is characterised by significant symptom diversity and complexity. The unpredictability of the symptoms and the emotional and cognitive facets of the disease have a significant impact on the patients' quality of life, relations... Read More about Evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of an integrative group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis: A study protocol.

Patient and public involvement in chronic conditions psychotherapy research: Developing a patient–centred psychological intervention for people with multiple sclerosis (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N., Rice, C., Smith, J., & Nizza, I. (2023, June). Patient and public involvement in chronic conditions psychotherapy research: Developing a patient–centred psychological intervention for people with multiple sclerosis. Presented at Society for Psychotherapy Research 54th International Annual Meeting, Dublin

Psychological interventions for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) mainly adhere to the principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness. Adopting these generic models for the care of people with MS places them in t... Read More about Patient and public involvement in chronic conditions psychotherapy research: Developing a patient–centred psychological intervention for people with multiple sclerosis.

Client–led research and intervention development: Exploring people with Multiple Sclerosis’ experiences of psychological therapies (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N., Rice, C., Smith, J., & Nizza, I. (2023, June). Client–led research and intervention development: Exploring people with Multiple Sclerosis’ experiences of psychological therapies. Presented at Division of Counselling Psychology Annual Conference, York St John University

Introduction There is a high prevalence of anxiety and depression among people with Multiple Sclerosis. Therapeutic modalities have been proven effective on the management of stress, anxiety, fatigue, sleep disturbances, with Cognitive Behaviour The... Read More about Client–led research and intervention development: Exploring people with Multiple Sclerosis’ experiences of psychological therapies.

Hospital practitioner views on the benefits of continence education and best ways to provide training (2023)
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Percival, J., Abbott, K., Allain, T., Bradley, R., Cramp, F., Donovan, J., …Cotterill, N. (2023). Hospital practitioner views on the benefits of continence education and best ways to provide training. Nursing Open, 10(5), 3305-3313. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1582

Aim: The aim of the study was to explore practitioners' experiences and perspectives on continence training, in order to understand its relevance to practice and how take-up of, and engagement with, such training may be improved. Design: 27 qualitati... Read More about Hospital practitioner views on the benefits of continence education and best ways to provide training.

Synthetic sling or artificial urinary sphincter for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery: The MASTER non-inferiority RCT (2022)
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Constable, L., Abrams, P., Cooper, D., Kilonzo, M., Cotterill, N., Harding, C., …MacLennan, G. (2022). Synthetic sling or artificial urinary sphincter for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery: The MASTER non-inferiority RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 26(36), 1-152. https://doi.org/10.3310/TBFZ0277

BACKGROUND: Stress urinary incontinence is common in men after prostate surgery and can be difficult to improve. Implantation of an artificial urinary sphincter is the most common surgical procedure for persistent stress urinary incontinence, but it... Read More about Synthetic sling or artificial urinary sphincter for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery: The MASTER non-inferiority RCT.

Proper understanding of recurrent stress urinary incontinence treatment in women (PURSUIT): A randomised controlled trial of endoscopic and surgical treatment (2022)
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Clark, L., Fitzgerald, B., Noble, S., MacNeill, S., Paramasivan, . S., Cotterill, N., …Pope, C. (2022). Proper understanding of recurrent stress urinary incontinence treatment in women (PURSUIT): A randomised controlled trial of endoscopic and surgical treatment. Trials, 23(1), Article 628. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06546-9

Background: Women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) experience urine leakage with physical activity. Currently, the interventional treatments for SUI are surgical, or endoscopic bulking injection(s). However, these procedures are not always succ... Read More about Proper understanding of recurrent stress urinary incontinence treatment in women (PURSUIT): A randomised controlled trial of endoscopic and surgical treatment.

Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N. & Rice, C. (2022). MyMS-Ally Group Psychological Intervention: a feasibility and acceptability study of a novel group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N., & Rice, C. (2022, July). Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N. & Rice, C. (2022). MyMS-Ally Group Psychological Intervention: a feasibility and acceptability study of a novel group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis. Poster presented at MS Frontiers Conference, University of Swansea

The emotional and cognitive facets of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have a significant impact on the patients’ quality of life, relationships and other significant areas of living. Psychological interventions and their efficacy have been the focus of MS li... Read More about Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N. & Rice, C. (2022). MyMS-Ally Group Psychological Intervention: a feasibility and acceptability study of a novel group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis.

Professional perspectives on impacts, benefits and disadvantages of changes made to community continence services during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the EPICCC-19 national survey (2022)
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Palmer, C., Richardson, D., Rayner, J., Drake, M. J., & Cotterill, N. (2022). Professional perspectives on impacts, benefits and disadvantages of changes made to community continence services during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the EPICCC-19 national survey. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), 783. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08163-3

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic required changes to the organisation and delivery of NHS community continence services which assess and treat adults and children experiencing bladder and bowel difficulties. Although strong evidence exists for the p... Read More about Professional perspectives on impacts, benefits and disadvantages of changes made to community continence services during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the EPICCC-19 national survey.

Practitioner suggestions for improving continence care in hospitals (2022)
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Percival, J., Cotterill, N., Cramp, F., & McCabe, C. (2022). Practitioner suggestions for improving continence care in hospitals. Nursing Times, 118(4),

Difficulties with bladder control affect one in five people in the UK and bowel problems affect one in ten. The quality of continence care can be poor and is then associated with increased admission to nursing or residential homes. Our study, which... Read More about Practitioner suggestions for improving continence care in hospitals.

The importance of overcoming the challenges in delivering the Proper Understanding of Recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment (PURSUIT) study (2022)
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Pope, C., Cotterill, N., Drake, M. J., Fitzgerald, B., Greenwell, T., Jha, S., …White, A. (2022). The importance of overcoming the challenges in delivering the Proper Understanding of Recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment (PURSUIT) study. Continence, 1, Article 100020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cont.2022.100020

There is insufficient data to assess the effects of any of the different management strategies for recurrent or persistent stress urinary incontinence in women after failed interventional treatment. The evidence base lacks well-designed randomised tr... Read More about The importance of overcoming the challenges in delivering the Proper Understanding of Recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment (PURSUIT) study.

CONfidence: developing an app to promote bladder and bowel health (2022)
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Cotterill, N. (2022). CONfidence: developing an app to promote bladder and bowel health. Nursing Times, 118(4), 26-27

Through a series of events with healthcare staff, patients and members of the public in Bristol, we identified a need for more easily accessible information for bowel and bladder incontinence. This was particularly important for the many people who d... Read More about CONfidence: developing an app to promote bladder and bowel health.

Assessment and treatment of nocturia in neurological disease in a primary care setting: Systematic review and nominal group technique consensus (2022)
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van Merode, N. A., Dawson, S., Coulthard, E., Henderson, E. J., Rice, C. M., Rees, J., …Drake, M. J. (2022). Assessment and treatment of nocturia in neurological disease in a primary care setting: Systematic review and nominal group technique consensus. European Urology Focus, 8(1), 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2021.12.012

Context: Neurological disease can affect the rate of urine production and bladder storage function, increasing nocturia severity, with additional risks if mobility or cognition is impaired. Objective: To conduct a systematic review (SR) of nocturia i... Read More about Assessment and treatment of nocturia in neurological disease in a primary care setting: Systematic review and nominal group technique consensus.

Assessment and treatment of nocturia in endocrine disease in a primary care setting; systematic review and nominal group technique consensus (2022)
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Dawson, S., Duncan, L., Ahmed, A., Gimson, A., Henderson, E. J., Rees, J., …Andrews, R. (2022). Assessment and treatment of nocturia in endocrine disease in a primary care setting; systematic review and nominal group technique consensus. European Urology Focus, 8(1), 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2021.12.008

Context: Salt and water homeostasis is regulated hormonally, so polyuria can result from endocrine disease directly or via secondary effects. These mechanisms are not consistently considered in primary care management of nocturia. Objective: To condu... Read More about Assessment and treatment of nocturia in endocrine disease in a primary care setting; systematic review and nominal group technique consensus.

Association of sleep disorders with nocturia: A systematic review and nominal group technique consensus on primary care assessment and treatment (2022)
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Papworth, E., Dawson, S., Henderson, E. J., Eriksson, S. H., Selsick, H., Rees, J., …Drake, M. J. (2022). Association of sleep disorders with nocturia: A systematic review and nominal group technique consensus on primary care assessment and treatment. European Urology Focus, 8(1), 42-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2021.12.011

Context: Sleep disorders affect responsiveness to sensory information and can cause nocturnal polyuria and reduced sleep depth; hence, these are potentially influential in understanding the mechanism of nocturia. Objective: To report the systematic r... Read More about Association of sleep disorders with nocturia: A systematic review and nominal group technique consensus on primary care assessment and treatment.

Use of the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaires bladder diary (ICIQ-BD) in men seeking therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) (2022)
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Ito, H., Abrams, P., Lewis, A., Young, G., Blair, P., Cotterill, N., …Drake, M. (2022). Use of the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaires bladder diary (ICIQ-BD) in men seeking therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). European Urology Focus, 8(1), 66-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2021.12.009

Background: Completion rates and correspondence to other measures need to be established for the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire (ICIQ) bladder diary (ICIQ-BD) in the assessment of male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Ob... Read More about Use of the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaires bladder diary (ICIQ-BD) in men seeking therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).