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Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for the early diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in children (2020)
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Waterfield, T., Lyttle, M. D., McKenna, J., Maney, J. A., Roland, D., Corr, M., …Fairley, D. (2020). Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for the early diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in children. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 105(12), 1151-1156. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-319139

Background Rapid molecular diagnostic testing has the potential to improve the early recognition of meningococcal disease (MD). The aim of this study was to report on the diagnostic test accuracy of point-of-care loop-mediated isothermal amplificatio... Read More about Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for the early diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in children.

The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaires (ICIQ): An update on status and direction (2020)
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Uren, A. D., Uren, A., Cotterill, N., Pardoe, M., & Abrams, P. (2020). The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaires (ICIQ): An update on status and direction. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 39(6), 1889-1896. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.24437

Aims: In its 22nd year, the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire (ICIQ) project continues to promote its primary objective; the development and dissemination of patient completed questionnaires for the standardized, high-quality a... Read More about The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaires (ICIQ): An update on status and direction.

Environmental change interventions to prevent unintentional home injuries among children in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
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Bhatta, S., Mytton, J., & Deave, T. (2020). Environmental change interventions to prevent unintentional home injuries among children in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Child: Care, Health and Development, 46(5), 537-551. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12772

Introduction: Unintentional home injury is an important cause of death and disability among children, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This systematic review aimed to synthesize evidence about the effectiveness of... Read More about Environmental change interventions to prevent unintentional home injuries among children in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

OP0157-HPR Dissemination and assessing implementation of the EULAR recommendations for patient education for people with inflammatory arthritis across Europe (2020)
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Bennett, S., Zangi, H. A., Van Tubergen, A., & Ndosi, M. (2020). OP0157-HPR Dissemination and assessing implementation of the EULAR recommendations for patient education for people with inflammatory arthritis across Europe. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79(S1), 99--99. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.3251

Background: EULAR recommendations for patient education for people with inflammatory arthritis (IA) were published in 2015.1 This is the first systematic dissemination and implementation study, reporting qualitative data identifying barriers to imple... Read More about OP0157-HPR Dissemination and assessing implementation of the EULAR recommendations for patient education for people with inflammatory arthritis across Europe.

Grading severity and bother using the International Prostate Symptom Score and International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Score in men seeking lower urinary tract symptoms therapy (2020)
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Ito, H., Young, G. J., Lewis, A. L., Blair, P. S., Cotterill, N., Lane, J. A., …Abrams, P. (2020). Grading severity and bother using the International Prostate Symptom Score and International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Score in men seeking lower urinary tract symptoms therapy. Journal of Urology, The, 204(5), 1003-1011. https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000001149

PURPOSE: We established severity banding ranges, bother assessment and key item content in principal patient reported outcomes measures in men seeking therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data for International Prostate Sy... Read More about Grading severity and bother using the International Prostate Symptom Score and International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Score in men seeking lower urinary tract symptoms therapy.

The effect of residual food stain on Candida albicans colonisation of denture acrylics (2020)
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Smith, A., Williams, D., Bradshaw, D., Milward, P., Al Kutubi, S., & Rowe, W. (2020). The effect of residual food stain on Candida albicans colonisation of denture acrylics. Dental Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.31487/j.DOBCR.2020.02.06

Published: NA Keywords: Candida albicans dentures food stains denture-induced stomatitis A B S T R A C T Objectives: In the UK, 19% of adults wear dentures. Failure to keep a denture clean can lead to staining from foods, along with subsequent coloni... Read More about The effect of residual food stain on Candida albicans colonisation of denture acrylics.

Psychological and self-management support for people with vasculitis or connective tissue diseases: UK health professionals' perspectives (2020)
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Austin, K., Robson, J. C., Shepherd, M., Harper, L., Ndosi, M., Flurey, C., …Dures, E. (2020). Psychological and self-management support for people with vasculitis or connective tissue diseases: UK health professionals' perspectives. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 4(2), Article rkaa016. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkaa016

© The Author(s) 2020. Objectives. CTD and systemic vasculitis impact on health-related quality of life. Treatment can be complex, involving multiple medical specialities. The aim of this study was to investigate psychological and self-management supp... Read More about Psychological and self-management support for people with vasculitis or connective tissue diseases: UK health professionals' perspectives.

Exposure and confidence with critical non-airway procedures: A global survey of paediatric emergency medicine physicians (2020)
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Craig, S., Auerbach, M., Cheek, J. A., Babl, F. E., Oakley, E., Nguyen, L., …Dalziel, S. R. (2021). Exposure and confidence with critical non-airway procedures: A global survey of paediatric emergency medicine physicians. Pediatric Emergency Care, 37(9), e551-e559. https://doi.org/10.1097/PEC.0000000000002092

Background: Children rarely experience critical illness, resulting in low exposure of emergency physicians (EPs) to critical procedures. Our primary objective was to describe senior EP confidence, most recent performance and/or supervision of criti... Read More about Exposure and confidence with critical non-airway procedures: A global survey of paediatric emergency medicine physicians.

Mixed methods study of clinicians' perspectives on barriers to implementation of treat to target in psoriatic arthritis (2020)
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Dures, E., Taylor, J., Shepperd, S., Mukherjee, S., Robson, J., Vlaev, I., …Coates, L. C. (2020). Mixed methods study of clinicians' perspectives on barriers to implementation of treat to target in psoriatic arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79(8), 1031-1036. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217301

Objectives: In treat to target (T2T), the patient is treated to reach and maintain specified and sequentially measured goals, such as remission or low disease activity. T2T in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has demonstrated improved clinical and patient-r... Read More about Mixed methods study of clinicians' perspectives on barriers to implementation of treat to target in psoriatic arthritis.

Global community child health (2020)
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Ellis, M., & Pant, P. R. (2020). Global community child health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(9), 3331. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093331

This special issue of IJERPH has published a range of studies in this developing field of Global Community Child Health research. A number of manuscripts submitted in response to our invitation describing ‘community-based interventions which impact o... Read More about Global community child health.

The vaginal microbiota associates with the regression of untreated cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 lesions (2020)
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Mitra, A., MacIntyre, D. A., Ntritsos, G., Smith, A., Tsilidis, K. K., Marchesi, J. R., …Kyrgiou, M. (2020). The vaginal microbiota associates with the regression of untreated cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 lesions. Nature Communications, 11, Article 1999. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15856-y

Emerging evidence suggests associations between the vaginal microbiota (VMB) composition, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN); however, causal inference remains uncertain. Here, we use bacterial DNA sequ... Read More about The vaginal microbiota associates with the regression of untreated cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 lesions.

International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Satisfaction: psychometric testing of a new patient-reported outcome measure for the evaluation of satisfaction after urological surgery (2020)
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Uren, A. D., Cotterill, N., Hashim, H., Worthington, J., Kapoor, D., & Abrams, P. (2020). International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Satisfaction: psychometric testing of a new patient-reported outcome measure for the evaluation of satisfaction after urological surgery. BJU International, 126(2), 286-291. https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.15091

Objectives: To evaluate the psychometric properties of a new patient-reported outcome measure (PROM), the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Satisfaction (ICIQ-S), to assess satisfaction after urological surgery. Subjects/Patien... Read More about International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Satisfaction: psychometric testing of a new patient-reported outcome measure for the evaluation of satisfaction after urological surgery.

Educational needs of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases attending a large health facility in Austria (2020)
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Hirsch, J. K., Toussaint, L., Offenbächer, M., Kohls, N., Hanshans, C., Vallejo, M., …Ndosi, M. (2020). Educational needs of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases attending a large health facility in Austria. Musculoskeletal Care, 18(3), 391-396. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1474

Introduction Patient education is an important part of the management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Given that patients with diverse diseases do not have the same needs, it is crucial to assess the educational requirements of targeted g... Read More about Educational needs of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases attending a large health facility in Austria.

Teacher and student views on the feasibility of peer to peer education as a model to educate 16–18 year olds on prudent antibiotic use—a qualitative study (2020)
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McNulty, C. A. M., Brown, C. L., Syeda, R. B., Bennett, C. V., Schofield, B., Allison, D. G., & Francis, N. (2020). Teacher and student views on the feasibility of peer to peer education as a model to educate 16–18 year olds on prudent antibiotic use—a qualitative study. Antibiotics, 9(4), 194. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9040194

Peer education (PE) has been used successfully to improve young peoples’ health-related behaviour. This paper describes a qualitative evaluation of the feasibility of university healthcare students delivering PE, covering self-care and antibiotic use... Read More about Teacher and student views on the feasibility of peer to peer education as a model to educate 16–18 year olds on prudent antibiotic use—a qualitative study.

The feasibility of measuring calprotectin from a throat swab as a marker of infections caused by group A streptococcus: a case–control feasibility study (2020)
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Schofield, B., Gregory, C., Gal, M., Gillespie, D., Naik, G., Hay, A., & Francis, N. (2020). The feasibility of measuring calprotectin from a throat swab as a marker of infections caused by group A streptococcus: a case–control feasibility study. BJGP Open, 4(2), bjgpopen20X101006. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20x101006

Background Most people with sore throat do not benefit from antibiotic treatment, but nearly three-quarters of those presenting in primary care are prescribed antibiotics. A test that is predictive of bacterial infection could help guide antibiotic p... Read More about The feasibility of measuring calprotectin from a throat swab as a marker of infections caused by group A streptococcus: a case–control feasibility study.

Peer-education as a tool to educate on antibiotics, resistance and use in 16–18-year-olds: A feasibility study (2020)
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McNulty, C. A. M., Syeda, R. B., Brown, C. L., Bennett, C. V., Schofield, B., Allison, D. G., …Francis, N. (2020). Peer-education as a tool to educate on antibiotics, resistance and use in 16–18-year-olds: A feasibility study. Antibiotics, 9(4), 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9040146

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Peer education (PE) interventions may help improve knowledge and appropriate use of antibiotics in young adults. In this feasibility study, health-care students were trained to educate 16–18 y... Read More about Peer-education as a tool to educate on antibiotics, resistance and use in 16–18-year-olds: A feasibility study.

The effect of patient observation on cranial computed tomography rates in children with minor head trauma (2020)
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Singh, S., Hearps, S. J., Borland, M. L., Dalziel, S. R., Neutze, J., Donath, S., …Babl, F. E. (2020). The effect of patient observation on cranial computed tomography rates in children with minor head trauma. Academic Emergency Medicine, 27(9), 832-843. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.13942

Background Management of children with minor blunt head trauma often includes a period of observation to determine the need for cranial computed tomography (CT). Our objective was to estimate the effect of planned observation on CT use for each Pedi... Read More about The effect of patient observation on cranial computed tomography rates in children with minor head trauma.

What is the incidence of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) Type I within four months of a wrist fracture in the adult population? A systematic review (2020)
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Rolls, C., McCabe, C., Llewellyn, A., & Jones, G. T. (2020). What is the incidence of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) Type I within four months of a wrist fracture in the adult population? A systematic review. Hand Therapy, 25(2), 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/1758998320910179

© The Author(s) 2020. Introduction: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a severe chronic pain condition, the symptoms of which may develop following trauma to a limb. Despite wrist fracture being a common antecedent, estimates of the incidence o... Read More about What is the incidence of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) Type I within four months of a wrist fracture in the adult population? A systematic review.

The contribution of motor commands to the perturbations induced by sensorimotor conflicts in fibromyalgia (2020)
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Brun, C., McCabe, C. S., & Mercier, C. (2020). The contribution of motor commands to the perturbations induced by sensorimotor conflicts in fibromyalgia. Neuroscience, 434, 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.03.017

Individuals with pain report higher sensory disturbances during sensorimotor conflicts compared to pain-free individuals. In the pain field, it is frequently assumed that disturbances arise from a discordance between sensory and efference copies (def... Read More about The contribution of motor commands to the perturbations induced by sensorimotor conflicts in fibromyalgia.