All Outputs (116)

Sensory training system for use at home by people with complex regional pain syndrome in England: Protocol for a proof-of-concept study (2023)
Journal Article
Coggins, J., Grieve, S., Hart, D., Llewellyn, A., Palmer, M., Boichat, C., & McCabe, C. (2023). Sensory training system for use at home by people with complex regional pain syndrome in England: Protocol for a proof-of-concept study. BMJ Open, 13(5), Article e070920. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070920

INTRODUCTION: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a disabling and distressing chronic pain condition characterised by a range of sensory, motor, autonomic and trophic symptoms. UK guidelines recommend therapy interventions to help normalise touc... Read More about Sensory training system for use at home by people with complex regional pain syndrome in England: Protocol for a proof-of-concept study.

Educational readiness among health professionals in rheumatology: Low awareness of EULAR offerings and unfamiliarity with the course content as major barriers—results of a EULAR-funded European survey (2023)
Journal Article
Ritschl, V., Sperl, L., Andrews, M. R., Björk, M., Boström, C., Cappon, J., …Stamm, T. A. (2023). Educational readiness among health professionals in rheumatology: Low awareness of EULAR offerings and unfamiliarity with the course content as major barriers—results of a EULAR-funded European survey. RMD Open, 9(2), https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003120

BACKGROUND: Ongoing education of health professionals in rheumatology (HPR) is critical for high-quality care. An essential factor is education readiness and a high quality of educational offerings. We explored which factors contributed to education... Read More about Educational readiness among health professionals in rheumatology: Low awareness of EULAR offerings and unfamiliarity with the course content as major barriers—results of a EULAR-funded European survey.

Raising awareness of cancer among healthcare students (2023)
Journal Article
Armoogum, J. (2023). Raising awareness of cancer among healthcare students. British Journal of Nursing, 32(10), S3. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2023.32.10.S3

One in two people in the UK born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime (Cancer Research UK, 2018). With such high levels of prevalence, all nurses, regardless of specialty, workplace setting or levels of experience, will be carin... Read More about Raising awareness of cancer among healthcare students.

Healthy urbanism: Designing and planning equitable, sustainable and inclusive places (2023)
Journal Article
Pilkington, P. (2023). Healthy urbanism: Designing and planning equitable, sustainable and inclusive places. Cities and Health, 7(5), 693. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2205086

‘Healthy Urbanism – Designing and planning equitable, sustainable and inclusive places’ is published by Palgrave Macmillan in the Planning, Environment and Cities Series. The series is aimed at students and practitioners of planning and related profe... Read More about Healthy urbanism: Designing and planning equitable, sustainable and inclusive places.

Comparison of injury patterns and interventions between adolescent, adult and paediatric trauma cases: A cross-sectional review of TARN data (2023)
Journal Article
Mullen, S., Tolson, A., Bouamra, O., Watson, B., Lyttle, M. D., Roland, D., & James, D. (2023). Comparison of injury patterns and interventions between adolescent, adult and paediatric trauma cases: A cross-sectional review of TARN data. BMJ Open, 13(5), Article e064101. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064101

Objectives The aim is to compare adolescent (10-24.99 years) trauma patterns and interventions to adult (≥25) and paediatric cases (

Comparative analysis of vaginal microbiota sampling using menstrual cups and high vaginal swabs in pregnant women living with HIV-1 infection (2023)
Journal Article
Short, C. S., Quinlan, R., Lee, Y. S., Preda, V. G., Smith, A., Marchesi, J. R., …Taylor, G. P. (2023). Comparative analysis of vaginal microbiota sampling using menstrual cups and high vaginal swabs in pregnant women living with HIV-1 infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1190160

Background: Menstrual cups (MCs) are increasingly used to collect cervicovaginal secretions to characterise vaginal mucosal immunology, in conjunction with high vaginal swabs (HVS) for metataxonomics, particularly in HIV transmission studies. We hypo... Read More about Comparative analysis of vaginal microbiota sampling using menstrual cups and high vaginal swabs in pregnant women living with HIV-1 infection.

Resilience in patients with complex regional pain syndrome 1-a cross-sectional analysis of patients participating in a cross-sectional cohort study (2023)
Journal Article
Wertli, M. M., Aegler, B., McCabe, C. S., Grieve, S., Llewellyn, A., Schneider, S., …Brunner, F. (2023). Resilience in patients with complex regional pain syndrome 1-a cross-sectional analysis of patients participating in a cross-sectional cohort study. Pain Medicine, 24(9), 1066-1072. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnad055

OBJECTIVE: To assess the degree of resilience in patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) 1, to explore the relationship between resilience and patient-related outcome measurements and to describe a pattern of clinical manifestations assoc... Read More about Resilience in patients with complex regional pain syndrome 1-a cross-sectional analysis of patients participating in a cross-sectional cohort study.

An exploration of UK healthcare professionals attitudes to and priorities for the delivery of head & neck cancer prehabilitation (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Curtin, D., & Armoogum, J. (2023, May). An exploration of UK healthcare professionals attitudes to and priorities for the delivery of head & neck cancer prehabilitation. Poster presented at 2nd Irish Head and Neck Society meeting, 2023, Co Kilkenny, Ireland

Background: To explore healthcare professionals’ (HCP) views, priorities and training needs relating to head and neck cancer (HNC) Prehabilitation (prehab). Methods: HCP working with HNC patients in the United Kingdom participated in an internet bas... Read More about An exploration of UK healthcare professionals attitudes to and priorities for the delivery of head & neck cancer prehabilitation.

Correction: What stops children with a chronic illness accessing health care: A mixed methods study in children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) (2023)
Journal Article
Webb, C. M., Collin, S. M., Deave, T., Haig-Ferguson, A., Spatz, A., & Crawley, E. (2023). Correction: What stops children with a chronic illness accessing health care: A mixed methods study in children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), Article 443. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09485-6

Correction to: BMC Health Services Research (2011) 11:308. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-308. Following a report of a publications review jointly commissioned by the Health Research Authority and the University of Bristol, the authors would... Read More about Correction: What stops children with a chronic illness accessing health care: A mixed methods study in children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME).

Validation of a patient-reported outcome measure for giant cell arteritis (2023)
Journal Article
Ndosi, M., Almeida, C., Dawson, J., Dures, E., Greenwood, R., Bromhead, A., …Robson, J. C. (2024). Validation of a patient-reported outcome measure for giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology, 63(1), 181-189. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead201

OBJECTIVES: GCA is systemic vasculitis manifesting as cranial, ocular or large vessel vasculitis. A prior qualitative study developed 40 candidate items to assess the impact of GCA on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aimed to determ... Read More about Validation of a patient-reported outcome measure for giant cell arteritis.

The ADAPT Study: Adapting the dementia care pathway for south Asian families in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Cheston, R., & Dodd, E. (2023). The ADAPT Study: Adapting the dementia care pathway for south Asian families in the UK. Journal of Dementia Care, 30(5), 4-15

The ADAPT study got started because there were so few culturally appropriate dementia resources for South Asian families. Sahdia Parveen and colleagues describe the toolkit created by the study to help families navigate the system.

Defining and refining nurse-led care for people with early rheumatoid arthritis (2023)
Thesis
Sweeney, A. T. Defining and refining nurse-led care for people with early rheumatoid arthritis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10109302

Nurse-led care in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been shown to be effective. However, the role of the nurse in early RA is not well-defined, and it is not known how well care needs are met in early RA nurse-led care. This PhD research aims to provide... Read More about Defining and refining nurse-led care for people with early rheumatoid arthritis.

Using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and e-health literacy(e-HL) to investigate the tobacco control intentions and behaviors of non-smoking college students in China: A cross-sectional investigation (2023)
Journal Article
Ma, Y., Zhou, M., Yu, W., Zou, Z., Ge, P., Ma, Z. F., …Wu, Y. (2023). Using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and e-health literacy(e-HL) to investigate the tobacco control intentions and behaviors of non-smoking college students in China: A cross-sectional investigation. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 765. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15644-5

BACKGROUND: Non-smoking college students are starting to smoke in increasing numbers, which shows that their tobacco control situation seems not optimistic. The UTAUT and e-HL are commonly used models and theories to predict health behaviors, while t... Read More about Using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and e-health literacy(e-HL) to investigate the tobacco control intentions and behaviors of non-smoking college students in China: A cross-sectional investigation.

P101 Understanding first contact physiotherapists experiences of remote consultations in primary care (2023)
Journal Article
Walsh, N., Jones, B. E., Thomas, R., & Anchors, Z. (2023). P101 Understanding first contact physiotherapists experiences of remote consultations in primary care. Rheumatology, 62(Supplement_2), https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead104.142

Background/Aims First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with musculoskeletal disorders in primary care, without the need for prior GP consultation. Prior to COVID-19 almost every consultation was conducte... Read More about P101 Understanding first contact physiotherapists experiences of remote consultations in primary care.

Evidencing the long-term impact of a musculoskeletal allied health professionals and nurse research internship programme (2023)
Journal Article
Fry, M., Gavin, J., Finney, A., Ndosi, M., Cramp, F., Lewis, J., …Bowen, C. (2023). Evidencing the long-term impact of a musculoskeletal allied health professionals and nurse research internship programme. Rheumatology, 62(Supplement_2), https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead104.074

Background/Aims The UK-wide AHP and Nurse Research Internship Programme (2015-2022) is an effective, well-recognised model for building musculoskeletal (MSK) research capacity. The programme aim was to encourage and accelerate early clinical academic... Read More about Evidencing the long-term impact of a musculoskeletal allied health professionals and nurse research internship programme.

Maternal iodine intake and adherence to iodine supplement recommendations in a group of Chinese women: The results from the WIN cohort study - CORRIGENDUM (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, S., Sharp, A., Lu, Z., & Ma, Z. F. (2023). Maternal iodine intake and adherence to iodine supplement recommendations in a group of Chinese women: The results from the WIN cohort study - CORRIGENDUM. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 82(4), 492. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665123002768

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665123000356, published by Cambridge University Press, 8 March 2023. In the original publication of this article, the wrong figures had been provided for the mean iodine intake plus iodised salt in pregnant and la... Read More about Maternal iodine intake and adherence to iodine supplement recommendations in a group of Chinese women: The results from the WIN cohort study - CORRIGENDUM.

The experiences of physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care: Implications for practice (2023)
Journal Article
Mullan, J., Smithson, J., Walsh, N., & Frampton, I. (2023). The experiences of physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care: Implications for practice. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 24, e28. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423623000142

AIM: To explore the experiences of musculoskeletal (MSk) physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care from the perspectives of physiotherapists and General Practitioners (GPs) and identify the implications these have for contemporary physiot... Read More about The experiences of physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care: Implications for practice.

A diagnostic accuracy study to evaluate standard rapid diagnostic test (RDT) alone to safely rule out imported malaria in children presenting to UK emergency departments (2023)
Journal Article
Bird, C., Hayward, G. N., Turner, P. J., Merrick, V., Lyttle, M. D., Mullen, N., & Fanshawe, T. R. (2023). A diagnostic accuracy study to evaluate standard rapid diagnostic test (RDT) alone to safely rule out imported malaria in children presenting to UK emergency departments. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 12(5), 290-297. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piad024

BACKGROUND: Microscopy is the gold standard for malaria diagnosis but is dependent on trained personnel. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) form the mainstay of diagnosis in endemic areas without access to high-quality microscopy. We aimed to evaluate whe... Read More about A diagnostic accuracy study to evaluate standard rapid diagnostic test (RDT) alone to safely rule out imported malaria in children presenting to UK emergency departments.

Understanding how to create healthier places: A qualitative study exploring the complex system of urban development decision-making (2023)
Journal Article
Le Gouais, A., Bates, G., Callway, R., Kwon, H. R., Montel, L., Peake-Jones, S., …Ayres, S. (2023). Understanding how to create healthier places: A qualitative study exploring the complex system of urban development decision-making. Health and Place, 81, Article 103023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103023

Tackling complex system challenges like creating healthy environments requires understanding priorities and structures affecting multiple actors. This qualitative study, involving 132 multi-sectoral stakeholders spanning the urban development decisio... Read More about Understanding how to create healthier places: A qualitative study exploring the complex system of urban development decision-making.

SegCrop: Segmentation-based dynamic cropping of endoscopic videos to address label leakage in surgical tool detection (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Qayyum, A., Bilal, M., Qadir, J., Caputo, M., Vohra, H., Akinosho, T., …Abioye, S. (2023, April). SegCrop: Segmentation-based dynamic cropping of endoscopic videos to address label leakage in surgical tool detection. Paper presented at IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2023, Colombia

In recent times, surgical data science has emerged as an important research discipline in interventional healthcare. There are many potential applications for analysing endoscopic surgical videos using machine learning (ML) techniques such as surgica... Read More about SegCrop: Segmentation-based dynamic cropping of endoscopic videos to address label leakage in surgical tool detection.