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Health-related quality of life and chronic wound characteristics among patients with chronic wounds treated in primary care: A cross-sectional study in Singapore (2021)
Journal Article
Olsson, M., Zhu, X., Magdalena Olsson, M., Järbrink, K., Tang, W., Car, J., …Bajpai, R. (2022). Health-related quality of life and chronic wound characteristics among patients with chronic wounds treated in primary care: A cross-sectional study in Singapore. International Wound Journal, 19(5), 1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13708

Chronic wounds commonly decrease patients' quality of life. Understanding how chronic wounds impact a patient's health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is important for healthcare service delivery and treatment management. This study explored HRQoL am... Read More about Health-related quality of life and chronic wound characteristics among patients with chronic wounds treated in primary care: A cross-sectional study in Singapore.

Readmission after index hospital discharge among patients with COVID-19: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
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AlSayegh, A., Gassan, A. A., Bajpai, R. C., Muller, S., Welsh, V., Kwok, C. S., & Mallen, C. D. (2021). Readmission after index hospital discharge among patients with COVID-19: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Science Reports, 4(4), Article ARTN e417. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.417

Background and Aims: Hospital readmissions among COVID-19 patients have increased the load on the healthcare systems and added more pressure to hospital capacity. This affects the ability to accommodate newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients and other non... Read More about Readmission after index hospital discharge among patients with COVID-19: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Risk of bias in studies on prediction models developed using supervised machine learning techniques: systematic review (2021)
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Damen, J. A. A., Navarro, C. L. A., Takada, T., Nijman, S. W. J., Dhiman, P., Ma, J., …Moons, K. G. M. (2021). Risk of bias in studies on prediction models developed using supervised machine learning techniques: systematic review. BMJ, 375, n2281 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2281

OBJECTIVE: To assess the methodological quality of studies on prediction models developed using machine learning techniques across all medical specialties. DESIGN: Systematic review. DATA SOURCES: PubMed from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019. ELIGI... Read More about Risk of bias in studies on prediction models developed using supervised machine learning techniques: systematic review.

Venous thromboembolism is linked to severity of disease in COVID-19 patients: A systematic literature review and exploratory meta-analysis (2021)
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Mishra, P., Saha, N., Srivastava, R., Parveen, R., Bajpai, R., & Agarwal, N. B. (2021). Venous thromboembolism is linked to severity of disease in COVID-19 patients: A systematic literature review and exploratory meta-analysis. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 75(12), Article e14910. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.14910

PURPOSE: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) may predispose to venous thromboembolism (VTE) and arterial thromboembolism because of excessive inflammation, hypoxia, immobilisation and diffuse intravascular coagulation. The understanding of the associ... Read More about Venous thromboembolism is linked to severity of disease in COVID-19 patients: A systematic literature review and exploratory meta-analysis.

Blood biochemical parameters as predictors of disease severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients- an updated systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
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Majid, A., Mishra, P., Parveen, R., Bajpai, R., Khan, M., & Agarwal, N. (2021). Blood biochemical parameters as predictors of disease severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients- an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been rapidly spreading across the globe and poses a great risk to human health. Patients with abnormalities in laboratory parameters are more susceptible to... Read More about Blood biochemical parameters as predictors of disease severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients- an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

Association of inflammatory markers with severity of disease and mortality in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
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Khan, S., Mishra, P., Parveen, R., Bajpai, R., Khan, M. A., & Agarwal, N. B. (2021). Association of inflammatory markers with severity of disease and mortality in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [Internet Publication]

Literature suggests association of inflammatory markers with the severity and mortality related to COVID-19, but there are varying conclusions available. We aimed to provide an overview of the association of inflammatory markers with the severity and... Read More about Association of inflammatory markers with severity of disease and mortality in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

A Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial of an Intergenerational Arts and Heritage-Based Intervention in Singapore: Project ARTISAN (2021)
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Ma, S., Tan, M., Ho, A., & Bajpai, R. (2021). A Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial of an Intergenerational Arts and Heritage-Based Intervention in Singapore: Project ARTISAN. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article ARTN 730709. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.730709

Loneliness has become a global major public health concern, with detrimental effects to the young and old. ARTISAN (Aspiration and Resilience Through Intergenerational Storytelling and Art-based Narratives) is a 5-week, 15-h participatory art and gro... Read More about A Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial of an Intergenerational Arts and Heritage-Based Intervention in Singapore: Project ARTISAN.

Letter to the Editor about the article “C-reactive protein and fracture risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies through the use of both frequentist and Bayesian approaches” (2021)
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Bajpai, R. C. (2021). Letter to the Editor about the article “C-reactive protein and fracture risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies through the use of both frequentist and Bayesian approaches”. Osteoporosis International, 32(10), 2135-2136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-020-05750-0

COVID-19 pandemic and psychological wellbeing among health care workers and general population: A systematic-review and meta-analysis of the current evidence from India (2021)
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Singh, R. K., Bajpai, R., & Kaswan, P. (2021). COVID-19 pandemic and psychological wellbeing among health care workers and general population: A systematic-review and meta-analysis of the current evidence from India. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 11, -. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100737

Introduction
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared as pandemic and measures adopted for its control included quarantine of at-risk, isolation of infected along with other measures such as lockdown, restrictions on movement, and social int... Read More about COVID-19 pandemic and psychological wellbeing among health care workers and general population: A systematic-review and meta-analysis of the current evidence from India.

Toward a More Nuanced Interpretation of Statistical Significance in Biomedical Research (2021)
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Bajpai, R., & Chaturvedi, H. K. (2021). Toward a More Nuanced Interpretation of Statistical Significance in Biomedical Research. Asian Journal of Oncology, 07, 049-051. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1727066

Editorial
Statistical significance is the bedrock of evidence-based medicine, crucial for decision-making and framing biomedical science policies. The emergence of complex data in many disciplines, resulting from the analysis of large datasets, has... Read More about Toward a More Nuanced Interpretation of Statistical Significance in Biomedical Research.

Onset of comorbidities and flare patterns within pre-existing morbidity clusters in people with gout: 5-year primary care cohort study. (2021)
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Bajpai, R., Muller, S., Mallen, C., Watson, L., Richette, P., Hider, S. L., & Roddy, E. (2021). Onset of comorbidities and flare patterns within pre-existing morbidity clusters in people with gout: 5-year primary care cohort study. Rheumatology, 61(1), 407-412. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab283

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the onset of comorbidities and pattern of flares over five years according to baseline comorbidity clusters in people with gout. METHODS: In a prospective primary-care-based cohort study, adults aged =18 years with gout, wer... Read More about Onset of comorbidities and flare patterns within pre-existing morbidity clusters in people with gout: 5-year primary care cohort study..

A Comparative Study of International and Asian Criteria for Overweight or Obesity at Workplaces in Singapore (2021)
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Nazeha, N., Sathish, T., Soljak, M., Dunleavy, G., Visvalingam, N., Divakar, U., …Car, J. (2021). A Comparative Study of International and Asian Criteria for Overweight or Obesity at Workplaces in Singapore. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 33(4), 404-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539521998855

To compare the prevalence of and risk factors associated with overweight or obesity between the international (body mass index [BMI] ≥25 kg/m2) and Asian (BMI ≥23 kg/m2) criteria in a working population in Singapore. This was a cross-sectional analys... Read More about A Comparative Study of International and Asian Criteria for Overweight or Obesity at Workplaces in Singapore.

Community-based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people, stratified by frailty: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis (2021)
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Crocker, T. F., Clegg, A., Riley, R. D., Lam, N., Bajpai, R., Jordão, M., …Gladman, J. R. F. (2021). Community-based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people, stratified by frailty: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 11(2), Article ARTN e045637. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045637

INTRODUCTION: Maintaining independence is a primary goal of community health and care services for older people, but there is currently insufficient guidance about which services to implement. Therefore, we aim to synthesise evidence on the effective... Read More about Community-based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people, stratified by frailty: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Blood biomarkers to detect new-onset atrial fibrillation and cardioembolism in ischemic stroke patients (2021)
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Harpaz, D., Bajpai, R., Ng, G. J. L., Soljak, M., Marks, R. S., Cheung, C., …Seet, R. C. S. (2021). Blood biomarkers to detect new-onset atrial fibrillation and cardioembolism in ischemic stroke patients. Heart Rhythm, 18(6), 855-861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.01.032

Background
Accumulating data suggest blood biomarkers could inform stroke etiology.

Objective
The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of multiple blood biomarkers in elucidating stroke etiology with a focus on new-onset atri... Read More about Blood biomarkers to detect new-onset atrial fibrillation and cardioembolism in ischemic stroke patients.

Rheumatic Conditions as Risk Factors for Self-Harm: A Retrospective Cohort Study (2021)
Journal Article
Prior, J. A., Paskins, Z., Whittle, R., Abdul-Sultan, A., Chew-Graham, C. A., Muller, S., …Mallen, C. D. (2021). Rheumatic Conditions as Risk Factors for Self-Harm: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Arthritis Care and Research, 73(1), 130-137. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24345

Objective To examine the risk of self-harm in rheumatological conditions Methods Retrospective cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Patients with ankylosing spondylitis, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arth... Read More about Rheumatic Conditions as Risk Factors for Self-Harm: A Retrospective Cohort Study.