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Designing a primary care pharmacist-led review for people treated with opioids for persistent pain: a multi-method qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Woodcock, C., Cornwall, N., Dikomitis, L., Harrisson, S. A., White, S., Helliwell, T., …Jinks, C. (2024). Designing a primary care pharmacist-led review for people treated with opioids for persistent pain: a multi-method qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), Article BJGPO.2023.0221. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0221

Background Opioids are frequently prescribed for persistent non-cancer pain despite limited evidence of long-term effectiveness and risk of harm. Evidence-based interventions to address inappropriate opioid prescribing are lacking. Aim To explore... Read More about Designing a primary care pharmacist-led review for people treated with opioids for persistent pain: a multi-method qualitative study.

Centre variation in home dialysis uptake: A survey of kidney centre practice in relation to home dialysis organisation and delivery in England (2024)
Journal Article
Damery, S., Lambie, M., Williams, I., Coyle, D., Fotheringham, J., Solis-Trapala, I., …Davies, S. J. (in press). Centre variation in home dialysis uptake: A survey of kidney centre practice in relation to home dialysis organisation and delivery in England. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608241232200

Background: Disparities in home dialysis uptake across England suggest inequity and unexplained variation in access. We surveyed staff at all English kidney centres to identify patterns in service organisation/delivery and explore correlations with... Read More about Centre variation in home dialysis uptake: A survey of kidney centre practice in relation to home dialysis organisation and delivery in England.

Betwixt and between student and professional identities: UK medical students during COVID times (2024)
Journal Article
Polidano, K., Wenning, B., Mallen, C. D., & Dikomitis, L. (2024). Betwixt and between student and professional identities: UK medical students during COVID times. SN Social Sciences, 4(2), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-024-00844-6

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Spring 2020 brought about unprecedented disruption to medical education in the United Kingdom (UK). Medical students were encouraged to take up paid roles in the National Health Service to help with workforce shortag... Read More about Betwixt and between student and professional identities: UK medical students during COVID times.

Safeguarding community-centred global health research during crises. (2023)
Journal Article
Agampodi, T., Nuwangi, H., Gunasekara, S., Mallawaarachchi, A., Price, H. P., Dikomitis, L., & Agampodi, S. (2023). Safeguarding community-centred global health research during crises. BMJ Global Health, 8(8), Article e013304. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013304

Summary box Global health researchers face multiple challenges in proceeding with research programmes during crises, including ethical and safety questions, equitable participation of community members and the collection of robust data. In Sri La... Read More about Safeguarding community-centred global health research during crises..

Patients’ and healthcare professionals’ perspectives on a community-based intervention for schizophrenia in Pakistan: A focus group study (2022)
Journal Article
Ishaq Khattak, M., Dikomitis, L., Firaz Khan, M., Ul Haq, M., Saeed, U., Riaz Awan, N., …Farooq, S. (2022). Patients’ and healthcare professionals’ perspectives on a community-based intervention for schizophrenia in Pakistan: A focus group study. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273286

OBJECTIVE: To explore the perceptions and experiences of schizophrenia from patients, their care givers, health care providers, spiritual and traditional healers to develop a community-based intervention for improving treatment adherence for people w... Read More about Patients’ and healthcare professionals’ perspectives on a community-based intervention for schizophrenia in Pakistan: A focus group study.

How do people with knee osteoarthritis perceive and manage flares? A qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Parry, E., Dikomitis, L., Peat, G., & Chew-Graham, C. (2022). How do people with knee osteoarthritis perceive and manage flares? A qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 6(2), BJGPO.2021.0086 - BJGPO.2021.0086. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0086

Background Acute flares in people with osteoarthritis (OA) are poorly understood. There is uncertainty around the nature of flares, their impact, and how these are managed. Aim To explore understandings and experiences of flares in people with kne... Read More about How do people with knee osteoarthritis perceive and manage flares? A qualitative study.

Exploring the Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on Social Work Practice: A Qualitative Study in England, UK (2021)
Journal Article
Kingstone, T., Campbell, P., Andras, A., Nixon, K., Mallen, C., Dikomitis, L., …Wenning, B. (2021). Exploring the Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on Social Work Practice: A Qualitative Study in England, UK. British Journal of Social Work, 52(4), 2043–2062. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab166

The COVID-19 pandemic signalled a radical shift in health and social care services globally. In UK, many of the people with existing social care needs were identified as 'clinically vulnerable' to COVID-19. Those at greatest risk were encouraged to a... Read More about Exploring the Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on Social Work Practice: A Qualitative Study in England, UK.

Supervised treatment in outpatients for schizophrenia plus (STOPS+): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a community-based intervention to improve treatment adherence and reduce the treatment gap for schizophrenia in Pakistan (2020)
Journal Article
Shepherd, T. A., Ul-Haq, Z., Ul-Haq, M., Firaz Khan, M., Afridi, A., Dikomitis, L., …Farooq, S. (2020). Supervised treatment in outpatients for schizophrenia plus (STOPS+): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a community-based intervention to improve treatment adherence and reduce the treatment gap for schizophrenia in Pakistan. BMJ Open, 10(6), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034709

Introduction: There is a significant treatment gap, with only a few community-based services for people with schizophrenia in Low- and Middle-Income countries. Poor treatment adherence in schizophrenia is associated with poorer health outcomes, suici... Read More about Supervised treatment in outpatients for schizophrenia plus (STOPS+): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a community-based intervention to improve treatment adherence and reduce the treatment gap for schizophrenia in Pakistan.

Examining the impact of an innovative online qualitative study (netnography) in developing a clinical pharmacist-led review for persistent pain patients in primary care (PROMPPT study) (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Woodcock, C., Ashworth, J., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Buttery, A., Jinks, C., …Dikomitis, L. (2020, June). Examining the impact of an innovative online qualitative study (netnography) in developing a clinical pharmacist-led review for persistent pain patients in primary care (PROMPPT study). Presented at ASM 2020 (CANCELLED), Chicago, Illinois

Exploring differences in individual and group judgements in standard setting (2019)
Journal Article
Yeates, P., Cope, N., Luksaite, E., Hassell, A., & Dikomitis, L. (2019). Exploring differences in individual and group judgements in standard setting. Medical Education, https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13915

Background: Standard setting is critically important to assessment decisions in medical education. Recent research has demonstrated variations between medical schools in the standards set for shared items. Despite the centrality of judgement to crite... Read More about Exploring differences in individual and group judgements in standard setting.

Understanding self-harm in older adults: a qualitiative study (2019)
Journal Article
Troya, M. I., Dikomitis, L., Babatunde, O. O., Bartlam, B., & Chew-Graham, C. A. (2019). Understanding self-harm in older adults: a qualitiative study. EClinicalMedicine, 12, 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.06.002

Background Self-harm is the leading risk factor for suicide, with elevated rates reported among older populations. This study explores how older adults experience self-harm, identifying factors leading to self-harm. Methods Semi-structured inter... Read More about Understanding self-harm in older adults: a qualitiative study.

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in a doctoral research project exploring self-harm in older adults (2019)
Journal Article
Troya, M. I., Chew-Graham, C. A., Babatunde, O., Bartlam, B., Higginbottom, A., & Dikomitis, L. (2019). Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in a doctoral research project exploring self-harm in older adults. Health Expectations, 22(4), 617-631. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12917

Background The contribution of involving patients and public in health research is widely reported, particularly within mental health research. Less is written about such contributions to doctoral research. The research focus of this doctoral resear... Read More about Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in a doctoral research project exploring self-harm in older adults.

SO LOOKING AT THIS, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE GOT SOME ISSUES GOING ON WITH YOUR JOINTS: EXPLORING CASE-FINDING IN LONG-TERM CONDITION REVIEW CONSULTATIONS-THE ENHANCE PILOT TRIAL (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Liddle, J., Chew-Graham, C. A., Mallen, C. D., Healey, E. L., Jinks, C., & Dikomitis, L. (2017, April). SO LOOKING AT THIS, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE GOT SOME ISSUES GOING ON WITH YOUR JOINTS: EXPLORING CASE-FINDING IN LONG-TERM CONDITION REVIEW CONSULTATIONS-THE ENHANCE PILOT TRIAL. Poster presented at Rheumatology 2017, Birmingham ICC, England, UK