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Group cognitive–behavioural programme to reduce the impact of rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: The RAFT RCT with economic and qualitative evaluations (2019)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S., Almeida, C., Ambler, N., Blair, P. S., Choy, E., Dures, E., …Pollock, J. (2019). Group cognitive–behavioural programme to reduce the impact of rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: The RAFT RCT with economic and qualitative evaluations. Health Technology Assessment, 23(57), https://doi.org/10.3310/hta23570

BACKGROUND: Fatigue is a major problem in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There is evidence for the clinical effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) delivered by clinical psychologists, but few rheumatology units have psychologists. OBJECTIVE... Read More about Group cognitive–behavioural programme to reduce the impact of rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: The RAFT RCT with economic and qualitative evaluations.

The Bumps and BaBies Longitudinal Study (BaBBLeS): A multi-site cohort study of first-time mothers to evaluate the effectiveness of the Baby Buddy app (2019)
Journal Article
Deave, T., Ginja, S., Goodenough, T., Bailey, E., Piwek, L., Coad, J., …Lingam, R. (2019). The Bumps and BaBies Longitudinal Study (BaBBLeS): A multi-site cohort study of first-time mothers to evaluate the effectiveness of the Baby Buddy app. mHealth, 5, Article 42. https://doi.org/10.21037/mhealth.2019.08.05

Background: Health mobile applications (apps) have become very popular, including apps specifically designed to support women during the ante- and post-natal periods. However, there is currently limited evidence for the effectiveness of such apps at... Read More about The Bumps and BaBies Longitudinal Study (BaBBLeS): A multi-site cohort study of first-time mothers to evaluate the effectiveness of the Baby Buddy app.

Students’ perceptions of self-direction in pre-registration nurse education (2019)
Journal Article
Pryce-Miller, M., & Serrant, L. (2019). Students’ perceptions of self-direction in pre-registration nurse education. Nurse Education in Practice, 40, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2019.102626

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd This study explored to understand the lived experiences of a group of pre-registration nursing students' in a United Kingdom Higher Education setting, in the context of increasing responsibility for self-direction throughout the l... Read More about Students’ perceptions of self-direction in pre-registration nurse education.

An interpretative phenomenological analysis of spousal carers' experiences of caring for their partner with a long-term, indwelling urinary catheter (2019)
Thesis
Fowler, S. E. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of spousal carers' experiences of caring for their partner with a long-term, indwelling urinary catheter. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1491302

This PdD thesis reports an idiographic study employing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to explore the experiences of spousal carers when their partner has a long-term indwelling urinary catheter (LTIC). The aim was to inform and improv... Read More about An interpretative phenomenological analysis of spousal carers' experiences of caring for their partner with a long-term, indwelling urinary catheter.

Taxonomy of the form and function of primary care services in or alongside emergency departments: Concepts paper (2019)
Journal Article
Cooper, A., Edwards, M., Brandling, J., Carson-Stevens, A., Cooke, M., Davies, F., …Edwards, A. (2019). Taxonomy of the form and function of primary care services in or alongside emergency departments: Concepts paper. Emergency Medicine Journal, 36(10), 625-630. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2018-208305

Primary care services in or alongside emergency departments look and function differently and are described using inconsistent terminology. Research to determine effectiveness of these models is hampered by outdated classification systems, limiting t... Read More about Taxonomy of the form and function of primary care services in or alongside emergency departments: Concepts paper.

What is the incidence of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type I within four months of a wrist fracture in the adult population? A systematic review (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Rolls, C., McCabe, C., Llewellyn, A., & Jones, G. (2019, September). What is the incidence of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type I within four months of a wrist fracture in the adult population? A systematic review. Poster presented at EFIC Congress 2019, Valencia, Spain

Background and Aims There is wide variation in the estimated incidence of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) prior to the development of the 2010 Budapest diagnostic criteria. Our aim is to establish the incidence of CRPS within four months of a... Read More about What is the incidence of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type I within four months of a wrist fracture in the adult population? A systematic review.

Factors associated with quality of life in systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional study (2019)
Journal Article
Sierakowska, M., Doroszkiewicz, H., Sierakowska, J., Olesińska, M., Grabowska-Jodkowska, A., Brzosko, M., …Ndosi, M. (2019). Factors associated with quality of life in systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional study. Quality of Life Research, 28(12), 3347-3354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02284-9

© 2019, The Author(s). Introduction: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease characterized by progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, leading to their failure and disturbances in the morphology and function of blood vess... Read More about Factors associated with quality of life in systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional study.

TReatIng Urinary symptoms in Men in Primary Healthcare using non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions (TRIUMPH) compared with usual care: Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article
Frost, J., Lane, J. A., Cotterill, N., Fader, M., Hackshaw-McGeagh, L., Hashim, H., …Worthington, J. (2019). TReatIng Urinary symptoms in Men in Primary Healthcare using non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions (TRIUMPH) compared with usual care: Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 20, Article 546. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3648-1

Background: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) can relate to urinary storage or voiding. In men, the prevalence and severity of LUTS increases with age, with a significant impact on quality of life. The majority of men presenting with LUTS are manag... Read More about TReatIng Urinary symptoms in Men in Primary Healthcare using non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions (TRIUMPH) compared with usual care: Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Diagnosis and initial management in psoriatic arthritis: A qualitative study with patients (2019)
Journal Article
Dures, E., Bowen, C., Brooke, M., Lord, J., Tillett, W., McHugh, N., & Hewlett, S. (2019). Diagnosis and initial management in psoriatic arthritis: A qualitative study with patients. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 3(2), Article rkz022. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkz022

Objectives. PsA is an inflammatory condition that can cause pain, fatigue, swelling and joint stiffness. The consequences include impaired physical function, a high psychosocial burden, reduced quality of life and work disability. The presenting sym... Read More about Diagnosis and initial management in psoriatic arthritis: A qualitative study with patients.

Patterns of arterial disease in Takayasu's Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis (2019)
Journal Article
Maksimowicz-McKinnon, K., Gribbons, K. B., Ponte, C., Carette, S., Craven, A., Cuthbertson, D., …Grayson, P. C. (2020). Patterns of arterial disease in Takayasu's Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis. Arthritis Care and Research, 72(11), 1615-1624. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24055

Published 2019. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. Objective: To identify and validate, using computer-driven methods, patterns of arterial disease in Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and giant cell arteritis (GCA)... Read More about Patterns of arterial disease in Takayasu's Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis.

Performance of two head injury decision rules evaluated on an external cohort of 18,913 children (2019)
Journal Article
Shavit, I., Rimon, A., Waisman, Y., Borland, M. L., Phillips, N., Kochar, A., …Babl, F. E. (2020). Performance of two head injury decision rules evaluated on an external cohort of 18,913 children. Journal of Surgical Research, 245, 426-433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.07.090

The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) decision rule demonstrates high sensitivity for identifying children at low risk for clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI). As with the PECARN rule, the Israeli Decision Alg... Read More about Performance of two head injury decision rules evaluated on an external cohort of 18,913 children.

Clinically important sport‐related traumatic brain injuries in children (2019)
Journal Article
Eapen, N., Davis, G. A., Borland, M. L., Phillips, N., Oakley, E., Hearps, S., …Babl, F. E. (2019). Clinically important sport‐related traumatic brain injuries in children. The Medical journal of Australia, 211(8), 365-366. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50311

Sports participation by children and adolescents is generally high in Australia and New Zealand,1, 2 and many children sustain head injuries of varying severity during such activities. Concussion has received increasing attention, but less is known a... Read More about Clinically important sport‐related traumatic brain injuries in children.

The effect of prehospital critical care on survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective observational study (2019)
Journal Article
von Vopelius-Feldt, J., Morris, R. W., & Benger, J. (in press). The effect of prehospital critical care on survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective observational study. Resuscitation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.08.008

Aim To examine the effect of prehospital critical care on survival following OHCA, compared to routine advanced life support (ALS) care. Methods We undertook a prospective multi-centre cohort study including two ambulance services and six prehos... Read More about The effect of prehospital critical care on survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective observational study.

The role of health and social factors in education outcome: A record-linked electronic birth cohort analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Evans, A., Dunstan, F., Fone, D. L., Bandyopadhyay, A., Schofield, B., Demmler, J. C., …Paranjothy, S. (2019). The role of health and social factors in education outcome: A record-linked electronic birth cohort analysis. PLoS ONE, 14(8), e0220771. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220771

Background and objective Health status in childhood is correlated with educational outcomes. Emergency hospital admissions during childhood are common but it is not known how these unplanned breaks from schooling impact on education outcomes. We hyp... Read More about The role of health and social factors in education outcome: A record-linked electronic birth cohort analysis.

2019 EULAR recommendations for the generic core competences of health professionals in rheumatology (2019)
Journal Article
Edelaar, L., Nikiphorou, E., Fragoulis, G. E., Iagnocco, A., Haines, C., Bakkers, M., …Vliet Vlieland, T. P. M. (2020). 2019 EULAR recommendations for the generic core competences of health professionals in rheumatology. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79(1), 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215803

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Background/objectives: To maintain and optimise the quality of care provided by health professionals in rheumatology (HPRs), adequate educati... Read More about 2019 EULAR recommendations for the generic core competences of health professionals in rheumatology.

Local Landscapes of Breastfeeding: A comparison of breastfeeding amongst mothers in low- and high-income neighborhoods in Bristol, UK (2019)
Journal Article
Isherwood, J., Boyer, K., & Dowling, S. (2019). Local Landscapes of Breastfeeding: A comparison of breastfeeding amongst mothers in low- and high-income neighborhoods in Bristol, UK. Health and Place, 59, Article 102125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.05.003

© 2019 This paper compares experiences of breastfeeding outside the home for women living in low-income and high-income neighborhoods of the same city. Our findings are based on an analysis of 22 interviews with breastfeeding mothers (11 in each of t... Read More about Local Landscapes of Breastfeeding: A comparison of breastfeeding amongst mothers in low- and high-income neighborhoods in Bristol, UK.