Outputs (10)

Elderly Patients' Perspectives on the Acceptability of Deprescribing Medicines: A Qualitative Study Protocol (2022)
Journal Article

The ageing population has resulted in an increase in multimorbidity and polypharmacy, and subsequently the complexity of optimising elderly patients’ medicines. The need for deprescribing can arise from factors such as increased susceptibility to adv... Read More about Elderly Patients' Perspectives on the Acceptability of Deprescribing Medicines: A Qualitative Study Protocol.

Evaluating community pharmacists’ perspectives on collaborative working with GPs: a focus group study (2020)
Presentation / Conference

Evaluating associations between metabolic health, obesity and depressive symptoms: a prospective analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) with a 2-year follow-up. (2018)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVES: Conflicting results have been reported when the associations between metabolic health, obesity and depression were examined previously. The primary aim of this study was to determine whether metabolic health or obesity are independently a... Read More about Evaluating associations between metabolic health, obesity and depressive symptoms: a prospective analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) with a 2-year follow-up..

Factors associated with polypharmacy in primary care: a cross-sectional analysis of data from The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). (2018)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVES: While older age and ill health are known to be associated with polypharmacy, this paper aims to identify whether wealth, body mass index (BMI), smoking and alcohol consumption are also associated with polypharmacy (5-9 prescribed medicati... Read More about Factors associated with polypharmacy in primary care: a cross-sectional analysis of data from The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)..

Tribology can be used to assess texture perception of oral medicines (2016)
Journal Article

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Barriers to administering non-oral formulations in a paediatric population: A semi-structured interview study (2015)
Journal Article

There is a paucity of research exploring barriers to non-oral medicines administration in paediatric patients; however, these undoubtedly influence medicines adherence. Studies conducted with healthcare professionals have identified various issues wi... Read More about Barriers to administering non-oral formulations in a paediatric population: A semi-structured interview study.

Oral formulations for paediatrics: palatability studies (2015)
Journal Article

The palatability of paediatric medicines is one of the most important formulation factors with potential to influence adherence to therapeutic regimens and outcomes.1 Palatability has been defined as, “the overall appreciation of a (often oral) medic... Read More about Oral formulations for paediatrics: palatability studies.

Problems with oral formulations prescribed to children: a focus group study of healthcare professionals (2015)
Journal Article

Background There is evidence to suggest that adherence with prescribed medication is lower amongst adolescents and children than in adults. Medication adherence rates between 11 and 93 % in paediatric patients have been reported. More research needs... Read More about Problems with oral formulations prescribed to children: a focus group study of healthcare professionals.

Determination of formulation factors that affect oral medicines acceptability in a domicilliary paediatric population (2015)
Journal Article

Acceptability of medicines for children is a challenge, yet critical to ensure adherence to treatment. There is very little literature on formulation factors that influence acceptability of medicines, particularly in the domiciliary environment. This... Read More about Determination of formulation factors that affect oral medicines acceptability in a domicilliary paediatric population.

The application of tribology in assessing texture perception of oral liquid medicine (2015)
Journal Article

The palatability of medicines is likely to have a significant impact on patient adherence and consequently, on the safety and efficacy of a medicinal product. Palatability encompasses properties of medicines not limited to taste including swallowabil... Read More about The application of tribology in assessing texture perception of oral liquid medicine.