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The approach to managing perinatal anxiety: A mini-review (2022)
Journal Article
Silverwood, V. A., Bullock, L., Turner, K., Chew-Graham, C., & Kingstone, T. (2022). The approach to managing perinatal anxiety: A mini-review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 1022459. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1022459

Perinatal Anxiety (PNA) is defined as anxiety occurring during pregnancy and up to 12 months post-partum and is estimated to affect up to 20% of women. Risk factors for PNA are multiple and can be classed as psychological, social and biological. PNA... Read More about The approach to managing perinatal anxiety: A mini-review.

Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare in the UK: A meta-ethnography. (2022)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2022). Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare in the UK: A meta-ethnography. PLoS Medicine, e1004139 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004139

BACKGROUND: Evidence regarding the presence and persistence of ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare is well established. The reasons for these inequalities and lack of progress in diminishing them are less understood. This meta-ethnography aims t... Read More about Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare in the UK: A meta-ethnography..

Recommendations for improving the working conditions and cultures of distressed junior doctors, based on a qualitative study and stakeholder perspectives. (2022)
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Chew-Graham. (2022). Recommendations for improving the working conditions and cultures of distressed junior doctors, based on a qualitative study and stakeholder perspectives. BMC Health Services Research, 1333 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08728-2

Background: Doctors, including junior doctors, are vulnerable to greater levels of distress and mental health difficulties than the public. This is exacerbated by their working conditions and cultures. While this vulnerability has been known for many... Read More about Recommendations for improving the working conditions and cultures of distressed junior doctors, based on a qualitative study and stakeholder perspectives..

Improving Medicines use in People with Polypharmacy in Primary Care (IMPPP): Protocol for a multicentre cluster randomised trial comparing a complex intervention for medication optimization against usual care. (2022)
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Payne, R. A., Blair, P. S., Caddick, B., Chew-Graham, C. A., Dreischulte, T., Duncan, L. J., …McCahon, D. (in press). Improving Medicines use in People with Polypharmacy in Primary Care (IMPPP): Protocol for a multicentre cluster randomised trial comparing a complex intervention for medication optimization against usual care. NIHR Open Research, 2, 54. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13285.1

IntroductionPolypharmacy is increasingly common, and associated with undesirable consequences. Polypharmacy management necessitates balancing therapeutic benefits and risks, and varying clinical and patient priorities. Current guidance for managing p... Read More about Improving Medicines use in People with Polypharmacy in Primary Care (IMPPP): Protocol for a multicentre cluster randomised trial comparing a complex intervention for medication optimization against usual care..

Can we mitigate the psychological impacts of social isolation using behavioural activation? Long-term results of the UK BASIL urgent public health COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial and living systematic review. (2022)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2022). Can we mitigate the psychological impacts of social isolation using behavioural activation? Long-term results of the UK BASIL urgent public health COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial and living systematic review. Evidence-Based Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2022-300530

BACKGROUND: Behavioural and cognitive interventions remain credible approaches in addressing loneliness and depression. There was a need to rapidly generate and assimilate trial-based data during COVID-19. OBJECTIVES: We undertook a parallel pilot RC... Read More about Can we mitigate the psychological impacts of social isolation using behavioural activation? Long-term results of the UK BASIL urgent public health COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial and living systematic review..

Exploring the lived experience of Long Covid in black and minority ethnic groups in the UK: Protocol for qualitative interviews and art-based methods (2022)
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Smyth, N., Alwan, N., Band, R., Chaudhry, A., Chew-Graham, C., Gopal, D., …Ridge, D. (2022). Exploring the lived experience of Long Covid in black and minority ethnic groups in the UK: Protocol for qualitative interviews and art-based methods. PloS one, 7(10), Article e0275166. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275166

Some people experience prolonged symptoms following an acute COVID-19 infection including fatigue, chest pain and breathlessness, headache and cognitive impairment. When symptoms persist for over 12 weeks following the initial infection, and are not... Read More about Exploring the lived experience of Long Covid in black and minority ethnic groups in the UK: Protocol for qualitative interviews and art-based methods.

The Impact of Colleague Suicide and the Current State of Postvention Guidance for Affected Co-Workers: A Critical Integrative Review. (2022)
Journal Article
Causer, H., Spiers, J., Efstathiou, N., Aston, S., Chew-Graham, C. A., Gopfert, A., …Riley, R. (2022). The Impact of Colleague Suicide and the Current State of Postvention Guidance for Affected Co-Workers: A Critical Integrative Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811565

People bereaved by suicide are affected psychologically and physically and may be at greater risk of taking their own lives. Whilst researchers have explored the impact of suicide on family members and friends, the area of colleague suicide has been... Read More about The Impact of Colleague Suicide and the Current State of Postvention Guidance for Affected Co-Workers: A Critical Integrative Review..

Associations of physician burnout with career engagement and quality of patient care: systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham, Hodkinson, A., Zhou,, A., Johnson, J., Geraghty, K., Riley, R., …Panagioti,, M. (2022). Associations of physician burnout with career engagement and quality of patient care: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ, 378, Article e070442. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-070442

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of physician burnout with the career engagement and the quality of patient care globally. DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, and CINAHL were searched from databa... Read More about Associations of physician burnout with career engagement and quality of patient care: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Cumulative complexity: a qualitative analysis of patients’ experiences of living with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (2022)
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Forsyth, F., Blakeman, T., Burt, J., Chew-Graham, C. A., Hossain, M., Mant, J., …Deaton, C. (2023). Cumulative complexity: a qualitative analysis of patients’ experiences of living with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 22(5), 529-536. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvac081

Aims To investigate how heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), within the context of limited clinical services, impacts patients’ lives. Methods and results Secondary thematic analysis informed by the cumulative complexity model (CCM... Read More about Cumulative complexity: a qualitative analysis of patients’ experiences of living with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Interventions to identify and manage depression delivered by ‘nontraditional’ providers to community-dwelling older adults: A realist review (2022)
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Kingstone, T., Chew-Graham, C. A., & Corp, N. (2022). Interventions to identify and manage depression delivered by ‘nontraditional’ providers to community-dwelling older adults: A realist review. Health Expectations, 25(6), 2658-2679. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13594

BACKGROUND: Mental health problems experienced by older adults (60+ years of age) may remain hidden due to individual and system-level barriers. Opportunities to support early identification and management are therefore crucial. The National Health S... Read More about Interventions to identify and manage depression delivered by ‘nontraditional’ providers to community-dwelling older adults: A realist review.

Relationship between working conditions and psychological distress experienced by junior doctors in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey study. (2022)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2022). Relationship between working conditions and psychological distress experienced by junior doctors in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey study. BMJ Open, e061331 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061331

OBJECTIVES: This paper explored the self-reported prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress among junior doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also reports the association between working conditions and psychological distress experienced by jun... Read More about Relationship between working conditions and psychological distress experienced by junior doctors in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey study..

From detection to preparing for the end‐of‐life: A qualitative exploration of the South Asian family carers' experiences of the journey with dementia (2022)
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Tarafdar, S., Kingstone, T., Campbell, P., Chew-Graham, C., & Hossain, M. (2022). From detection to preparing for the end‐of‐life: A qualitative exploration of the South Asian family carers' experiences of the journey with dementia. Health and Social Care in the Community, https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13930

People of South Asian (SA) origin have a higher prevalence of dementia compared with the United Kingdom (UK) population as a whole. Little is known about how family carers of SA origin perceive dementia, manage access to dementia services, and how pl... Read More about From detection to preparing for the end‐of‐life: A qualitative exploration of the South Asian family carers' experiences of the journey with dementia.

Research Paper of the Year 2021: relevant to training and beyond (2022)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham, C., & Leach, H. (2022). Research Paper of the Year 2021: relevant to training and beyond. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 72(721), 384-385. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp22x720317

The Research Paper of the Year (RPY), awarded by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), gives recognition to an individual or group of researchers who have undertaken and published an exceptional piece of research relating to general prac... Read More about Research Paper of the Year 2021: relevant to training and beyond.

Investigating the links between diagnostic uncertainty, emotional exhaustion, and turnover intention in General Practitioners working in the United Kingdom (2022)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2022). Investigating the links between diagnostic uncertainty, emotional exhaustion, and turnover intention in General Practitioners working in the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.936067

Background: General Practitioners (GPs) report high levels of burnout, job dissatisfaction, and turnover intention. The complexity of presenting problems to general practice makes diagnostic uncertainty a common occurrence that has been linked to bur... Read More about Investigating the links between diagnostic uncertainty, emotional exhaustion, and turnover intention in General Practitioners working in the United Kingdom.

Management of anxiety disorders among children and adolescents in UK primary care: A cohort study. (2022)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2022). Management of anxiety disorders among children and adolescents in UK primary care: A cohort study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 270 - 277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.07.002

BACKGROUND: Anxiety disorders are common in childhood and adolescence but evidence-based guidance on their management is limited in the UK. In the absence of guidelines, we examined what treatment young people with anxiety disorders receive in primar... Read More about Management of anxiety disorders among children and adolescents in UK primary care: A cohort study..

Can we mitigate the psychological impacts of social isolation using behavioural activation? Long-term results of the UK BASIL Urgent Public Health COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial and living systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2022). Can we mitigate the psychological impacts of social isolation using behavioural activation? Long-term results of the UK BASIL Urgent Public Health COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial and living systematic review. MedRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.20.22276641

Background Behavioural and cognitive interventions remain a credible approach in preventing loneliness and depression. There was a need to rapidly generate and assimilate trial-based data during COVID-19. Objectives We undertook a COVID-19 parallel p... Read More about Can we mitigate the psychological impacts of social isolation using behavioural activation? Long-term results of the UK BASIL Urgent Public Health COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial and living systematic review.

Supporting people with pain-related distress in primary care consultations: a qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham, & Shivji. (2022). Supporting people with pain-related distress in primary care consultations: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), BJGP.2022.0120 - BJGP.2022.0120. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2022.0120

Background Low mood and distress are commonly reported with by people who have persistent musculoskeletal pain and may be labelled as 'depression'. It is important to understand how pain-related distress is conceptualised and managed in primary care... Read More about Supporting people with pain-related distress in primary care consultations: a qualitative study.

The experiences and needs of supporting individuals of young people who self-harm: A systematic review and thematic synthesis (2022)
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Mughal, F., Troya, M., Dikomitis, L., Tierney, S., Corp, N., Evans, N., …Chew-Graham, C. (2022). The experiences and needs of supporting individuals of young people who self-harm: A systematic review and thematic synthesis. EClinicalMedicine, 48, 101437 - 101437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101437

Self-harm in young people is a serious international health concern that impacts on those providing informal support: the supporting individuals of young people. We aimed to highlight the experiences, views, and needs of these supporting individuals... Read More about The experiences and needs of supporting individuals of young people who self-harm: A systematic review and thematic synthesis.