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Clinicians' and patients' experiences of managing heart failure during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Forsyth, F., Sowden, E., Zakir Hossain, M., Tuffnell, R., Chew-Graham, C., Blakeman, T., & Deaton, C. (2021). Clinicians' and patients' experiences of managing heart failure during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0115

BACKGROUND: The SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) resulted in unprecedented societal and healthcare provision change that has been implemented at pace. Little is known about the indirect impacts of these changes and what the future effects ma... Read More about Clinicians' and patients' experiences of managing heart failure during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.

In-Hospital Complications in Pregnant Women With Current or Historical Cancer Diagnoses (2021)
Journal Article
Wu, P., P. Jordan, K., A. Chew-Graham, C., O. Mohamed, M., Barac, A., P. Lundberg, G., …A. Mamas, M. (2021). In-Hospital Complications in Pregnant Women With Current or Historical Cancer Diagnoses. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 96(11), 2779-2792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.03.038

Objective To assess the temporal trends, patient characteristics and comorbidities, and in-hospital cardiovascular and obstetric complications and outcomes of pregnant women with current or historical cancer diagnosis at the time of admission for de... Read More about In-Hospital Complications in Pregnant Women With Current or Historical Cancer Diagnoses.

The development and validation of a prognostic model to PREDICT Relapse of depression in adult patients in primary care: protocol for the PREDICTR study. (2021)
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Chew-Graham. (2021). The development and validation of a prognostic model to PREDICT Relapse of depression in adult patients in primary care: protocol for the PREDICTR study. Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 12 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41512-021-00101-x

BACKGROUND: Most patients who present with depression are treated in primary care by general practitioners (GPs). Relapse of depression is common (at least 50% of patients treated for depression will relapse after a single episode) and leads to consi... Read More about The development and validation of a prognostic model to PREDICT Relapse of depression in adult patients in primary care: protocol for the PREDICTR study..

Protective factors and sources of support in the workplace as experienced by UK foundation and junior doctors: a qualitative study (2021)
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Chew-Graham. (2021). Protective factors and sources of support in the workplace as experienced by UK foundation and junior doctors: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, e045588 -?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045588

OBJECTIVES: This paper reports findings identifying foundation and junior doctors' experiences of occupational and psychological protective factors in the workplace and sources of effective support. DESIGN: Interpretative, inductive, qualitative stud... Read More about Protective factors and sources of support in the workplace as experienced by UK foundation and junior doctors: a qualitative study.

Sources of work-related psychological distress experienced by UK-wide foundation and junior doctors: a qualitative study. (2021)
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Chew-Graham. (2021). Sources of work-related psychological distress experienced by UK-wide foundation and junior doctors: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043521

OBJECTIVES: This paper reports findings exploring work cultures, contexts and conditions associated with psychological distress in foundation and junior doctors. DESIGN: Qualitative study using in-depth interviews with 21 junior doctor participants.... Read More about Sources of work-related psychological distress experienced by UK-wide foundation and junior doctors: a qualitative study..

Can We Prevent Depression in At-Risk Older Adults Using Self-Help? The UK SHARD Trial of Behavioral Activation. (2021)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2021). Can We Prevent Depression in At-Risk Older Adults Using Self-Help? The UK SHARD Trial of Behavioral Activation. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 197-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.06.006

BACKGROUND: Treatment of established depression is the dominant approach to care of older adults, but prevention holds much promise. Self-help interventions are a feasible preventive approach, since they are scalable and low cost. There are few trial... Read More about Can We Prevent Depression in At-Risk Older Adults Using Self-Help? The UK SHARD Trial of Behavioral Activation..

Clinicians’ Perspectives on Self-Harm in Pakistan: A Qualitative Study (2021)
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Chew-Graham. (2021). Clinicians’ Perspectives on Self-Harm in Pakistan: A Qualitative Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.607549

Background: Suicide is a serious public health problem, ranked amongst the leading causes of death worldwide. There are no official data on self-harm and suicide in Pakistan; both are illegal acts, and are socially and religiously condemned. This stu... Read More about Clinicians’ Perspectives on Self-Harm in Pakistan: A Qualitative Study.

Mitigating the psychological impacts of COVID-19 restrictions: The Behavioural Activation in Social Isolation (BASIL) pilot randomised controlled trial to prevent depression and loneliness among older people with long term conditions (2021)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2021). Mitigating the psychological impacts of COVID-19 restrictions: The Behavioural Activation in Social Isolation (BASIL) pilot randomised controlled trial to prevent depression and loneliness among older people with long term conditions. MedRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.17.21257309

Background: Older adults with long-term conditions have become more socially isolated (often due to advice to shield to protect them from COVID-19) and are thus at particular risk of depression and loneliness. There is a need for brief scalable psyc... Read More about Mitigating the psychological impacts of COVID-19 restrictions: The Behavioural Activation in Social Isolation (BASIL) pilot randomised controlled trial to prevent depression and loneliness among older people with long term conditions.

Prognostic models for predicting relapse or recurrence of major depressive disorder in adults (2021)
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Moriarty, A. S., Meader, N., Snell, K. I., Riley, R. D., Paton, L. W., Chew-Graham, C. A., …McMillan, D. (2021). Prognostic models for predicting relapse or recurrence of major depressive disorder in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(5), Article ARTN CD013491. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd013491.pub2

BACKGROUND: Relapse (the re-emergence of depressive symptoms after some level of improvement but preceding recovery) and recurrence (onset of a new depressive episode after recovery) are common in depression, lead to worse outcomes and quality of lif... Read More about Prognostic models for predicting relapse or recurrence of major depressive disorder in adults.

Experiences of general practice care for self-harm: a qualitative study of young people's perspectives. (2021)
Journal Article
Dikomitis, L., Babatunde, O., Chew-Graham, C., & Mughal, F. (2021). Experiences of general practice care for self-harm: a qualitative study of young people's perspectives. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), E744-E752. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2021.0091

BACKGROUND: Self-harm is a growing concern and rates of self-harm in young people presenting to general practice are rising. There is however an absence of evidence on young people's experiences of GP care and on accessing general practice. AIM: To e... Read More about Experiences of general practice care for self-harm: a qualitative study of young people's perspectives..

Temporal trends in annual incidence rates for psychiatric disorders and self-harm among children and adolescents in the UK, 2003-2018. (2021)
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Chew-Graham. (2021). Temporal trends in annual incidence rates for psychiatric disorders and self-harm among children and adolescents in the UK, 2003-2018. BMC Psychiatry, 229 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03235-w

BACKGROUND: There has been growing concern in the UK over recent years that a perceived mental health crisis is affecting children and adolescents, although published epidemiological evidence is limited. METHODS: Two population-based UK primary care... Read More about Temporal trends in annual incidence rates for psychiatric disorders and self-harm among children and adolescents in the UK, 2003-2018..

Long COVID in children: the perspectives of parents and children need to be heard (2021)
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Simpson, F., Chew-Graham, C., & Lokugamage, A. (2021). Long COVID in children: the perspectives of parents and children need to be heard. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 71(706), 216-216. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp21X715769

Parents have been struggling to obtain help and support, watching their children with persistent symptoms following acute infection with COVID-19. Early on in the pandemic, parents and children felt they were disbelieved by their GPs. As ‘long COVID’... Read More about Long COVID in children: the perspectives of parents and children need to be heard.

Suicide prevention and COVID-19: the role of primary care during the pandemic and beyond (2021)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham, C., Mughal, F., House, A., Kapur, N., & Webb, R. (2021). Suicide prevention and COVID-19: the role of primary care during the pandemic and beyond. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 200 - 201. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp21X715637

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it multiple threats to mental wellbeing — the possibility or reality of serious physical illness; complex COVID-related bereavement; lockdowns that cause isolation and inhibit social contact, or that can increas... Read More about Suicide prevention and COVID-19: the role of primary care during the pandemic and beyond.

Suicide prevention and COVID-19: the role of primary care during the pandemic and beyond (2021)
Journal Article
Mughal, F., House, A., Kapur, N., Webb, R. T., & Chew-Graham, C. A. (2021). Suicide prevention and COVID-19: the role of primary care during the pandemic and beyond. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 71(706), 200-201. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp21X715637

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it multiple threats to mental wellbeing — the possibility or reality of serious physical illness; complex COVID-related bereavement; lockdowns that cause isolation and inhibit social contact, or that can increas... Read More about Suicide prevention and COVID-19: the role of primary care during the pandemic and beyond.

Assessing the severity of cardiovascular disease in 213 088 patients with coronary heart disease: a retrospective cohort study. (2021)
Journal Article
Mamas, Mallen, & Chew-Graham. (2021). Assessing the severity of cardiovascular disease in 213 088 patients with coronary heart disease: a retrospective cohort study. Open Heart, https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2020-001498

OBJECTIVE: Most current cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk stratification tools are for people without CVD, but very few are for prevalent CVD. In this study, we developed and validated a CVD severity score in people with coronary heart disease (CHD)... Read More about Assessing the severity of cardiovascular disease in 213 088 patients with coronary heart disease: a retrospective cohort study..

Acceptability of nurse-led reviews for inflammatory rheumatological conditions: A qualitative study. (2021)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham, C., Hider, S., Paskins, Z., & Jinks, C. (2021). Acceptability of nurse-led reviews for inflammatory rheumatological conditions: A qualitative study. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, -. https://doi.org/10.1177/26335565211002402

Background: People with inflammatory rheumatological conditions (IRCs), are at increased risk of comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression. The INCLUDE pilot trial evaluated a nurse-delivered review of people... Read More about Acceptability of nurse-led reviews for inflammatory rheumatological conditions: A qualitative study..

'Reluctant pioneer': A qualitative study of doctors' experiences as patients with long COVID (2021)
Journal Article
Taylor, A. K., Kingstone, T., Briggs, T. A., O'Donnell, C. A., Atherton, H., Blane, D. N., & Chew‐Graham, C. A. (2021). 'Reluctant pioneer': A qualitative study of doctors' experiences as patients with long COVID. Health Expectations, 24(3), 833-842. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13223

BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had far-reaching effects upon lives, healthcare systems and society. Some who had an apparently 'mild' COVID-19 infection continue to suffer from persistent symptoms, including chest pain, b... Read More about 'Reluctant pioneer': A qualitative study of doctors' experiences as patients with long COVID.

Comparative differences in musculoskeletal pain consultation and analgesic prescription for people with dementia: a UK-wide matched cohort study (2021)
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Bullock, L., Bedson, J., Chen, Y., Chew-Graham, C. A., & Campbell, P. (2021). Comparative differences in musculoskeletal pain consultation and analgesic prescription for people with dementia: a UK-wide matched cohort study. PAIN, 162(10), 2613-2620. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002257

Painful musculoskeletal conditions are common in older adults; however, pain identification, assessment, and management are reported to be suboptimal for people with dementia. Adequate pain management is an integral aspect of care for people with dem... Read More about Comparative differences in musculoskeletal pain consultation and analgesic prescription for people with dementia: a UK-wide matched cohort study.

Switching antipsychotics to support the physical health of people with severe mental illness: A qualitative study of healthcare professionals' perspectives (2021)
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Nash, A., Kingstone, T., Farooq, S., Tunmore, J., & Chew-Graham, C. A. (2021). Switching antipsychotics to support the physical health of people with severe mental illness: A qualitative study of healthcare professionals' perspectives. BMJ Open, e042497 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042497

OBJECTIVES: The side effects of antipsychotic medications (APs) can increase the risk of developing physical health conditions. Some APs pose a higher risk than others. Evidence suggests switching to lower risk APs can support physical health outcome... Read More about Switching antipsychotics to support the physical health of people with severe mental illness: A qualitative study of healthcare professionals' perspectives.