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Contributors to the Growth of Same Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (2020)
Journal Article
Taxiarchi, P., Martin, G. P., Kinnaird, T., Curzen, N., Ahmed, J., Ludman, P., …Mamas, M. A. (2020). Contributors to the Growth of Same Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 13(3), e008458 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.119.008458

BACKGROUND: Financial pressures for reducing hospitalization costs have driven to a move toward same day discharge (SDD) following uncomplicated percutaneous coronary intervention. The UK healthcare system has transitioned to predominantly SDD for el... Read More about Contributors to the Growth of Same Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

The effect of an integrated multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme alternating inpatient interventions with home-based activities for patients with chronic low back pain: a randomised controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). The effect of an integrated multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme alternating inpatient interventions with home-based activities for patients with chronic low back pain: a randomised controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 382-393. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215519897968

Objective:
To compare the effectiveness of an integrated rehabilitation programme with an existing rehabilitation programme in patients with chronic low back pain.

Design:
A single-centre, pragmatic, two-arm parallel, randomized controlled trial... Read More about The effect of an integrated multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme alternating inpatient interventions with home-based activities for patients with chronic low back pain: a randomised controlled trial.

Extending Working Lives: A Systematic Review of Healthy Working Life Expectancy at Age 50 (2020)
Journal Article
Parker, M., Bucknall, M., Jagger, C., Wilkie, R., & Lynch, M. (2020). Extending Working Lives: A Systematic Review of Healthy Working Life Expectancy at Age 50. Social Indicators Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02302-1

Retirement ages for receipt of state/social pensions are rising in many countries in response to population ageing and increasing life expectancy. However, sickness absence and early retirement for health reasons (especially among adults aged?=?50) p... Read More about Extending Working Lives: A Systematic Review of Healthy Working Life Expectancy at Age 50.

Multiple unplanned readmissions after discharge for an admission with percutaneous coronary intervention (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas, Kwok, C. S., Chatterjee, S., Bagur, R., Sharma, K., Alraies, M. C., …Mamas, M. A. (2021). Multiple unplanned readmissions after discharge for an admission with percutaneous coronary intervention. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 97(3), 395-408. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28797

Objective This study aims to describe temporal trends, characteristics, and clinical outcomes of patients with more than one unplanned readmission within 30 and 180 days aer admission with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Background There is... Read More about Multiple unplanned readmissions after discharge for an admission with percutaneous coronary intervention.

Association between different methods of assessing blood pressure variability and incident cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality: a systematic review. (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2020). Association between different methods of assessing blood pressure variability and incident cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality: a systematic review. Age and ageing, 184 - 192. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz178

BACKGROUND: Blood pressure variability (BPV) is a possible risk factor for adverse cardiovascular outcomes and mortality. There is uncertainty as to whether BPV is related to differences in populations studied, measurement methods or both. We systema... Read More about Association between different methods of assessing blood pressure variability and incident cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality: a systematic review..

Suicide prevention in young people: optimising primary care (2020)
Journal Article
Robinson, J., Michail, M., & Mughal, F. (2020). Suicide prevention in young people: optimising primary care. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 104 - 105. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X708329

Youth suicide is a global public health concern. Despite significant differences in suicide rates depending on age, sex, and country, young people remain a key target for prevention and intervention with late adolescence (15–19 years) identified as a... Read More about Suicide prevention in young people: optimising primary care.

The evidence-based development of an intervention to improve clinical health literacy practice (2020)
Journal Article
Tabassum, B., Campbell, P., Harvey, S., Vaittinen, A., Stobbart, L., Rowlands, G., …Protheroe, J. (2020). The evidence-based development of an intervention to improve clinical health literacy practice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(5), Article 1513. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051513

Abstract: Low health literacy is an issue with high prevalence in the UK and internationally. It has a social gradient with higher prevalence in lower social groups and is linked with higher rates of long-term health conditions, lower self-rated heal... Read More about The evidence-based development of an intervention to improve clinical health literacy practice.

How, in what contexts, and why do quality dashboards lead to improvements in care quality in acute hospitals? Protocol for a realist feasibility evaluation. (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2020). How, in what contexts, and why do quality dashboards lead to improvements in care quality in acute hospitals? Protocol for a realist feasibility evaluation. BMJ Open, e033208 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033208

INTRODUCTION: National audits are used to monitor care quality and safety and are anticipated to reduce unexplained variations in quality by stimulating quality improvement (QI). However, variation within and between providers in the extent of engage... Read More about How, in what contexts, and why do quality dashboards lead to improvements in care quality in acute hospitals? Protocol for a realist feasibility evaluation..