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Outcomes from a community speech and language therapy service treatment waiting list: The natural history of 525 children with identified speech and language needs (2023)
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Hesketh, E., White, P., Simkiss, D., & Roulstone, S. (2023). Outcomes from a community speech and language therapy service treatment waiting list: The natural history of 525 children with identified speech and language needs. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 58(5), 1510-1525. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12877

Abstract Background Understanding the natural history of developmental speech and language impairments can support the selection of children whose difficulties are persistent rather than transitory. It can also provide information against which... Read More about Outcomes from a community speech and language therapy service treatment waiting list: The natural history of 525 children with identified speech and language needs.

The effect of isocaloric, energy-restrictive, KETOgenic diet on metabolism, inflammation, nutrition deficiencies and oxidative stress in women with overweight and obesity (KETO-MINOX): Study protocol (2023)
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Drabinska, N., Romaszko, J., & White, P. (2023). The effect of isocaloric, energy-restrictive, KETOgenic diet on metabolism, inflammation, nutrition deficiencies and oxidative stress in women with overweight and obesity (KETO-MINOX): Study protocol. PLoS ONE, 18(5), Article e0285283. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285283

Obesity is considered one of the biggest health problems of the 21st century, becoming a worldwide epidemic, leading to the development of many diseases and increasing the risk of premature death. The first step in reducing body weight is a calorie-r... Read More about The effect of isocaloric, energy-restrictive, KETOgenic diet on metabolism, inflammation, nutrition deficiencies and oxidative stress in women with overweight and obesity (KETO-MINOX): Study protocol.

The randomised thoracoscopic talc poudrage+indwelling pleural catheters versus thoracoscopic talc poudrage only in malignant pleural effusion trial (TACTIC): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Sundaralingam, A., Hedley, E., Tucker, E., White, P., Bhatnagar, R., Moore, A., …Maskell, N. A. (2023). The randomised thoracoscopic talc poudrage+indwelling pleural catheters versus thoracoscopic talc poudrage only in malignant pleural effusion trial (TACTIC): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 10(1), e001682. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001682

INTRODUCTION: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common, with 50 000 new cases per year in the UK. MPE causes disabling breathlessness and indicates advanced disease with a poor prognosis. Treatment approaches focus on symptom relief and optimising... Read More about The randomised thoracoscopic talc poudrage+indwelling pleural catheters versus thoracoscopic talc poudrage only in malignant pleural effusion trial (TACTIC): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Do congenital and acquired causes of visible difference predict distinct appearance-related psychosocial outcomes? (2023)
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Zucchelli, F., Dalen, M. V., Bhatia, R., White, P., Hamlet, C., & Harcourt, D. (2023). Do congenital and acquired causes of visible difference predict distinct appearance-related psychosocial outcomes?. Body Image, 45, 355-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.03.016

Having a visible difference caused by an appearance-altering condition or injury can impact psychosocial wellbeing. It remains unestablished whether the time at which a visible difference manifests, namely pre-memory (congenital) or later (acquired),... Read More about Do congenital and acquired causes of visible difference predict distinct appearance-related psychosocial outcomes?.

Evaluating the efficacy of a social media-based intervention (Warna-Warni Waktu) to improve body image among young Indonesian women: Parallel randomized controlled trial (2023)
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Garbett, K. M., Haywood, S., Craddock, N., Gentili, C., Nasution, K., Saraswati, L. A., …Williamson, H. (2023). Evaluating the efficacy of a social media-based intervention (Warna-Warni Waktu) to improve body image among young Indonesian women: Parallel randomized controlled trial. JMIR, 25, Article e42499. https://doi.org/10.2196/42499

BACKGROUND: Body dissatisfaction is a global issue, particularly among adolescent girls and young women. Effective body image interventions exist but face barriers to scaling up, particularly in lower- and middle-income countries, such as Indonesia,... Read More about Evaluating the efficacy of a social media-based intervention (Warna-Warni Waktu) to improve body image among young Indonesian women: Parallel randomized controlled trial.

Impact of procedure type on revisional surgery and secondary reconstruction after immediate breast reconstruction in a population-based cohort (2023)
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Johnson, L., White, P., Holcombe, C., O’Donoghue, J., Jeevan, R., Browne, J., …O'Donoghue, J. (2023). Impact of procedure type on revisional surgery and secondary reconstruction after immediate breast reconstruction in a population-based cohort. British Journal of Surgery, 110(6), 666-675. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znad050

Background: Women considering immediate breast reconstruction require high-quality information about the likely need for secondary reconstruction and the long-term risk of revisional surgery to make fully informed decisions about different reconstruc... Read More about Impact of procedure type on revisional surgery and secondary reconstruction after immediate breast reconstruction in a population-based cohort.

Use of illness severity scores to predict mortality in interstitial lung disease patients hospitalised with acute respiratory deterioration (2023)
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Williams, R. L., Hyams, C., Robertshaw, J., Garcia Gonzalez, M., Szasz-Benczur, Z., White, P., … Barratt, S. L. (2023). Use of illness severity scores to predict mortality in interstitial lung disease patients hospitalised with acute respiratory deterioration. Respiratory Medicine, 212, 107220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107220

Introduction: Hospitalisations relating to acute respiratory deteriorations (ARD) in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) have poor outcomes. Factors predicting adverse outcomes are not fully understood and data addressing the use of illness severity scor... Read More about Use of illness severity scores to predict mortality in interstitial lung disease patients hospitalised with acute respiratory deterioration.

Evaluating a body image school-based intervention in India: A randomized controlled trial (2023)
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Lewis-Smith, H., Garbett, K., Chaudhry, A., Dhillon, M., Shroff, H., White, P., & Diedrichs, P. (2023). Evaluating a body image school-based intervention in India: A randomized controlled trial. Body Image, 44, 148-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.12.006

Body dissatisfaction is highly prevalent among adolescents in low- and middle- income countries, including in India. However, evidence-based interventions are lacking. This study evaluated the efficacy of a school-based mixed-gender body image interv... Read More about Evaluating a body image school-based intervention in India: A randomized controlled trial.

Review of the partially overlapping samples framework: Paired observations and independent observations in two samples (2022)
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Derrick, B., & White, P. (2022). Review of the partially overlapping samples framework: Paired observations and independent observations in two samples. Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 18(1), 55-65. https://doi.org/10.20982/tqmp.18.1.p055

A frequently asked question in quantitative research is how to compare two samples that include some combination of paired observations and unpaired observations. In our publications and R package, we refer to the scenario as ‘partially overlapping... Read More about Review of the partially overlapping samples framework: Paired observations and independent observations in two samples.

Understanding colourism in the UK: Development and assessment of the everyday colourism scale (2022)
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Craddock, N., Phoenix, A., White, P., Gentili, C., Diedrichs, P. C., & Barlow, F. (in press). Understanding colourism in the UK: Development and assessment of the everyday colourism scale. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2149275

This paper details the development and psychometric validation of the Everyday Colourism Scale (ECS), a measure designed to capture perceived skin shade prejudice from the ingroup (ethnic peers) and the outgroup (White people). The ECS was adapted fr... Read More about Understanding colourism in the UK: Development and assessment of the everyday colourism scale.

BRIVEST: A ‘real-world’ observational, single-centre study investigating the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Brivaracetam (2022)
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Naddell, S., Manuel, M., Cavill, R., White, P., & Sieradzan, K. (2023). BRIVEST: A ‘real-world’ observational, single-centre study investigating the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Brivaracetam. Epilepsy and Behavior, 138, 108985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108985

Objective: Via measures of efficacy, tolerability, and safety, this open-label, single-center study assessed the overall effectiveness of Brivaracetam (BRV) for the treatment of epilepsy in the context of ‘real-world’ clinical practice. Methods: Unse... Read More about BRIVEST: A ‘real-world’ observational, single-centre study investigating the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Brivaracetam.

Acceptability of Lycra arm sleeve in people with sub-acute stroke: Patients', carers' and clinicians' perspectives (2022)
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Kumar, P., Jones, R., Cramp, M., Greenwood, R., White, P., & Turton, A. (2023). Acceptability of Lycra arm sleeve in people with sub-acute stroke: Patients', carers' and clinicians' perspectives. Physiotherapy, 118, 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2022.08.002

Background: Previous studies found that the Lycra sleeve has potential to reduce glenohumeral subluxation in people with stroke. The primary aim of this study was to explore the acceptability of the Lycra sleeve from patients’, carers’ and staff perc... Read More about Acceptability of Lycra arm sleeve in people with sub-acute stroke: Patients', carers' and clinicians' perspectives.

A comic-based body image intervention for adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2022)
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Lewis-Smith, H., Hasan, F., Ahuja, L., White, P., & Diedrichs, P. C. (2022). A comic-based body image intervention for adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Body Image, 42, 183-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.05.013

Adolescents in India experience body dissatisfaction, however, empirically supported interventions are lacking. This paper describes the protocol for the development, acceptability testing, and cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a six-sessi... Read More about A comic-based body image intervention for adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

A phase II trial of cemiplimab alone or in combination with standard of care chemotherapy in locally advanced or metastatic penile carcinoma (EPIC Trial) (2022)
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Renninson, E., Challapalli, A., Foulstone, E., Bravo, A., Soundy, A., Callaway, M., …Bahl, A. (2022). A phase II trial of cemiplimab alone or in combination with standard of care chemotherapy in locally advanced or metastatic penile carcinoma (EPIC Trial). Journal of Clinical Oncology, 40(16_suppl), TPS5094-TPS5094. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.tps5094

TPS5094 Background: Penile cancer (PC) is rare but its incidence is increasing, with an increase of 21% over the last decade. The rarity of this cancer means a paucity of large prospective clinical trial data to guide the management of locally advanc... Read More about A phase II trial of cemiplimab alone or in combination with standard of care chemotherapy in locally advanced or metastatic penile carcinoma (EPIC Trial).

Medium term results of the cementless Oxford mobile bearing medial unicompartmental knee replacement (2022)
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Manara, J. R., Group, T. B. K., White, P., Bray, R., Davies, H., Eldridge, J., …Murray, J. (2023). Medium term results of the cementless Oxford mobile bearing medial unicompartmental knee replacement. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, 33, 1335–1340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-022-03289-w

Abstract Background Medial Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR) has well-documented benefits over Total Knee Replace- ment in the treatment of anteromedial osteoarthritis of the knee. There has been an increasing move from cemented to cementl... Read More about Medium term results of the cementless Oxford mobile bearing medial unicompartmental knee replacement.

Nasointestinal tube placement: Techniques that increase success (2022)
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Taylor, S., Sayer, K., & White, P. (2023). Nasointestinal tube placement: Techniques that increase success. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 24(1), 62-70. https://doi.org/10.1177/17511437221095336

Background: Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is a major cause of undernutrition that can be overcome using nasointestinal (NI) feeding, but tube placement often fails. We analyse which techniques enable successful NI tube placement. Methods: Efficacy o... Read More about Nasointestinal tube placement: Techniques that increase success.

Urinary Volatile Organic Compound Testing in Fast-Track Patients with Suspected Colorectal Cancer (2022)
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Boulind, C. E., Gould, O., Costello, B. D. L., Allison, J., White, P., Ewings, P., …Francis, N. K. (2022). Urinary Volatile Organic Compound Testing in Fast-Track Patients with Suspected Colorectal Cancer. Cancers, 14(9), 2127. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14092127

Colorectal symptoms are common but only infrequently represent serious pathology, including colorectal cancer (CRC). A large number of invasive tests are presently performed for reassurance. We investigated the feasibility of urinary volatile organic... Read More about Urinary Volatile Organic Compound Testing in Fast-Track Patients with Suspected Colorectal Cancer.

Short-Term safety outcomes of mastectomy and immediate prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction: Pre-BRA prospective multicentre cohort study (2022)
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Harvey, K. L., Sinai, P., Mills, N., White, P., Holcombe, C., & Potter, S. (2022). Short-Term safety outcomes of mastectomy and immediate prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction: Pre-BRA prospective multicentre cohort study. British Journal of Surgery, 109(6), 530-538. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac077

Background: Prepectoral breast reconstruction (PPBR) has recently been introduced to reduce postoperative pain and improve cosmetic outcomes in women having implant-based procedures. High-quality evidence to support the practice of PPBR, however, is... Read More about Short-Term safety outcomes of mastectomy and immediate prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction: Pre-BRA prospective multicentre cohort study.

Characterising recovery following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair using cardiopulmonary exercise testing and patient reported outcome measures (2022)
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Dodds, N., Angell, J., Lewis, S. L., Pyke, M., White, P., Darweish Medniuk, A., …Tolchard, S. (2023). Characterising recovery following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair using cardiopulmonary exercise testing and patient reported outcome measures. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45(3), 1178-1184. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2055162

Purpose: Surgery is associated with a post-operative stress response, changes in cardiopulmonary reserve, and metabolic demand. Here recovery after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair is investigated using cardiopulmonary exercise testing and patient-re... Read More about Characterising recovery following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair using cardiopulmonary exercise testing and patient reported outcome measures.

Epidemiology and outcomes of tibial plateau fractures in adults aged 60 and over treated in the United Kingdom (2022)
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Donovan, R. L., Smith, J. R., Yeomans, D., Bennett, F., White, P., & Chesser, T. J. (2022). Epidemiology and outcomes of tibial plateau fractures in adults aged 60 and over treated in the United Kingdom. Injury, 53(6), 2219-2225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2022.03.048

Background: Tibial plateau fractures are common in older adults, often resulting from low-energy falls. Although lower limb fragility fracture care has evolved, the management of tibial plateau fractures in older patients remains poorly researched. T... Read More about Epidemiology and outcomes of tibial plateau fractures in adults aged 60 and over treated in the United Kingdom.