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Process and feasibility of implementing guideline recommendations for the care of osteoarthritis in West Africa (2025)
Journal Article
Babatunde, O., Adetunji, O., Alonge, I., Owoyemi, T., Ayinmode, E., Ogunbanjo, A., White, S., Adebajo, A., Mallen, C., & Dziedzic, K. (2025). Process and feasibility of implementing guideline recommendations for the care of osteoarthritis in West Africa. BMJ Global Health, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018714

Objectives: To assess the feasibility of a guideline-informed model of care for osteoarthritis in primary healthcare and community pharmacy settings in West-African context.

Methods: 4-phase mixed-methods programme of research undertaken in south-... Read More about Process and feasibility of implementing guideline recommendations for the care of osteoarthritis in West Africa.

Case-finding for depression in primary care (CAIRO): a multicentre, cross-sectional study in England (2025)
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Lawton, S. A., Mallen, C., Chew-Graham, C., Kingstone, T., Muller, S., Lewis, S., Bajpai, R., & Helliwell, T. (2025). Case-finding for depression in primary care (CAIRO): a multicentre, cross-sectional study in England. BMJ Open, 15(6), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095040

Objectives To examine the number of patients screening positive for depression, while self-completing an automated check-in screen prior to a general practice consultation.

Design A descriptive cross-sectional study.

Setting 10 general practice... Read More about Case-finding for depression in primary care (CAIRO): a multicentre, cross-sectional study in England.

Sleep disturbance and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Knee Pain and related health in the Community (KPIC) cohort (2025)
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Thompson, W., Swain, S., Coupland, C., Rees, F., Courtney, P., Hall, M., Ferguson, E., Walsh, D. A., Valdes, A. M., Morriss, R., Doherty, M., & Zhang, W. (2025). Sleep disturbance and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Knee Pain and related health in the Community (KPIC) cohort. Sleep Advances, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf039

Study Objectives To examine whether there is a temporal association between sleep disturbance and multimorbidity. Methods We performed a cross-sectional and longitudinal observational analysis in people aged 40 years or more, recruited from the Knee... Read More about Sleep disturbance and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Knee Pain and related health in the Community (KPIC) cohort.

Behavioural activation for low mood and anxiety in male frontline NHS workers (BALM): a pre-post intervention study (2025)
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Galdas, P., Bailey, D., Bell, S., Bosanquet, K., Chew-Graham, C., Ekers, D., Gilbody, S., Littlewood, E., Mawhinney, M., Stevens, H., Webb, K., & McMillan, D. (2025). Behavioural activation for low mood and anxiety in male frontline NHS workers (BALM): a pre-post intervention study. BMJ Open, 15(6), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094214

Objectives: To evaluate the impact and acceptability of a tailored, gender-responsive behavioural activation (BA) intervention for improving depression and anxiety in male National Health Service (NHS) frontline workers. Design: Pre-post intervention... Read More about Behavioural activation for low mood and anxiety in male frontline NHS workers (BALM): a pre-post intervention study.

From theory to practice: Using the Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) and Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to understand implementation of decarbonisation in general practice (2025)
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Raquel Nunes, A., Atherton, H., Dahlmann, F., Eccles, A., Geddes, O., Gregg, M., Karaba, F., Spencer, R., Twohig, H., & Dale, J. (in press). From theory to practice: Using the Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) and Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to understand implementation of decarbonisation in general practice. BMC Family Practice, https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmaf050

Perceptions and Significance of Long Covid Diagnoses From the Perspectives of Children and Young People With Long Covid, Their Parents and Professionals (2025)
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Faux‐Nightingale, A., Saunders, B., Burton, C., Chew‐Graham, C. A., Somayajula, G., Twohig, H., & Welsh, V. (2025). Perceptions and Significance of Long Covid Diagnoses From the Perspectives of Children and Young People With Long Covid, Their Parents and Professionals. Health Expectations, 28(3), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70318

Introduction: Long Covid, the patient‐preferred term, describes symptoms persisting after an acute Covid‐19 infection. Understanding the importance and meaning of a Long Covid diagnosis to children and young people (CYP), their families and professio... Read More about Perceptions and Significance of Long Covid Diagnoses From the Perspectives of Children and Young People With Long Covid, Their Parents and Professionals.

Efficacy of Orlistat in type 2 diabetes - a systematic review and meta analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Ghosal, S., Heron, N., Mason, K., & Jordan, K. (2025). Efficacy of Orlistat in type 2 diabetes - a systematic review and meta analysis. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0058

Background
Obesity is a common comorbidity of Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a chronic metabolic condition affecting millions worldwide. Orlistat may be used to reduce weight as an adjunct to diet/lifestyle changes.

Aim
To assess the evidenc... Read More about Efficacy of Orlistat in type 2 diabetes - a systematic review and meta analysis.

Stakeholder perceptions of supporting patients’ return-to-work in primary care: a qualitative study (2025)
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Harrison, R., Wynne Jones, G., Parsons, V., Madan, I., Chew-Graham, C., Pemberton, J., Mansell, G., Walker-Bone, K., Foster, N. E., & Saunders, B. (2025). Stakeholder perceptions of supporting patients’ return-to-work in primary care: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0280

Background
Over 2.6 million people in the UK are absent from work due to ill-health, yet, for many, accessing work-orientated vocational support to facilitate return-to-work (RTW) is challenging. The majority of fit notes are issued in primary care,... Read More about Stakeholder perceptions of supporting patients’ return-to-work in primary care: a qualitative study.

Addressing the inequity of access to home Dialysis in Europe: recommendations for action informed by an international consensus exercise (2025)
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Davies, S. J., Bammens, B., de Barbieri, I., Brown, E. A., van Cruchten, J., Gallego, D., Goffin, E., Gallieni, M., Gliki, S., Kooman, J. P., Meeus, G., Moeslund-Hansen, M.-B., Rutherford, P., Vanholder, R., Wilkie, M., & Van Biesen, W. (2025). Addressing the inequity of access to home Dialysis in Europe: recommendations for action informed by an international consensus exercise. BMC Nephrology, 26(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-04188-y

Background: Use of Home Dialysis (referring to both peritoneal and home haemodialysis throughout this study), is under-exploited and highly variable across Europe, and this is the case both within as well as between countries. Several, predominantly... Read More about Addressing the inequity of access to home Dialysis in Europe: recommendations for action informed by an international consensus exercise.

Patterns of pain and stiffness over 5 years in polymyalgia rheumatica: results from the PMR Cohort Study (2025)
Journal Article
Hamad, N., Muller, S., Hider, S., Partington, R., Helliwell, T., Butt, H., Hay, C., & Mallen, C. (2025). Patterns of pain and stiffness over 5 years in polymyalgia rheumatica: results from the PMR Cohort Study. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkaf060

Objectives
To investigate the anatomical locations of pain and stiffness in people with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and how it compares to the general population.

Methods
739 people with PMR were invited to complete a postal survey at the time... Read More about Patterns of pain and stiffness over 5 years in polymyalgia rheumatica: results from the PMR Cohort Study.

Sell, sell, sell yourself (2025)
Journal Article
Wyatt, D. (2025). Sell, sell, sell yourself. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 17(6), 260-260. https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2025.0059

As Dan Wyatt continues to grapple with university essays, his personal life and the prospect of becoming a newly qualified paramedic, he shares his stresses, realisations and advice

Combination of Suture‐Plug Vascular Closure Devices Versus Suture‐Only Devices Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis (2025)
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Haddad, S., Bashour, G., & Mamas, M. A. (2025). Combination of Suture‐Plug Vascular Closure Devices Versus Suture‐Only Devices Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.31655

ABSTRACT
Background
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an effective and safe intervention for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis regardless of surgical risk. Vascular complications following TAVI are considered among the most common... Read More about Combination of Suture‐Plug Vascular Closure Devices Versus Suture‐Only Devices Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis.

Self-harm incidence among children and young people 2019-2023: time series analysis of electronic health records in Greater Manchester, England. (2025)
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Hussey, L. J., Kontopantelis, E., Kapur, N., Williams, R., Mok, P., Ashcroft, D. M., Garg, S., Chew Graham, C., Lovell, K., & Webb, R. T. (2025). Self-harm incidence among children and young people 2019-2023: time series analysis of electronic health records in Greater Manchester, England. BMJ Mental Health, 28(1), Article e301615. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2025-301615

BackgroundThe mental health of children and adolescents has declined in recent years. Self-harm is frequently an expression of this psychological distress.ObjectivesTo examine trends in self-harm incidence among 10-24-year olds between January 2019-D... Read More about Self-harm incidence among children and young people 2019-2023: time series analysis of electronic health records in Greater Manchester, England..

Systematic Evaluation of How Indicators of Inequity and Disadvantage Are Measured and Reported in Population Health Evidence Syntheses (2025)
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Gidlow, C. J., Mankoo, A. S., Jolly, K., & Retzer, A. (2025). Systematic Evaluation of How Indicators of Inequity and Disadvantage Are Measured and Reported in Population Health Evidence Syntheses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(6), Article 851. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22060851

We present a systematic evaluation of population health reviews from the Cochrane Database (January 2013–February 2023) to evaluate how indicators of inequity or disadvantage are considered and reported in population health evidence syntheses. Descri... Read More about Systematic Evaluation of How Indicators of Inequity and Disadvantage Are Measured and Reported in Population Health Evidence Syntheses.

Global Dengue Epidemic Worsens with Record 14 Million Cases and 9,000 Deaths Reported in 2024 (2025)
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Haider, N., Hasan, M. N., Onyango, J., Billah, M., Khan, S., Papakonstantinou, D., Paudyal, P., & Asaduzzaman, M. (2025). Global Dengue Epidemic Worsens with Record 14 Million Cases and 9,000 Deaths Reported in 2024. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2025(107940), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107940

Dengue, caused by the dengue virus (DENV), is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne disease worldwide. We utilised monthly data on dengue cases and deaths reported through the World Health Organisation's (WHO) global surveillance system for the period o... Read More about Global Dengue Epidemic Worsens with Record 14 Million Cases and 9,000 Deaths Reported in 2024.

Flipped and traditional classrooms in ophthalmology: an evaluation of the impact of a crossover study (2025)
Journal Article
Jacob, S., Jacob, S., Cope, N., & Foley, V. (in press). Flipped and traditional classrooms in ophthalmology: an evaluation of the impact of a crossover study. Eye Open, 1(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44440-025-00003-7

Objective: Flipped classrooms have become popular in health-related education fields in recent years. The objective of this study was to test the flipped approach in ophthalmology and assess student perceptions comparing flipped and traditional class... Read More about Flipped and traditional classrooms in ophthalmology: an evaluation of the impact of a crossover study.

Burden of smoking-related stroke in Saudi Arabia: trends from 1990 to 2021 (2025)
Journal Article
Alqahtani, J. S., AlDraiwiesh, I. A., Aldhahir, A. M., & Oyelade, T. (2025). Burden of smoking-related stroke in Saudi Arabia: trends from 1990 to 2021. PloS one, 20(5), Article e0324039. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324039

Background: Stroke ranks among the top causes of death and disability globally, with smoking being a significant risk factor for its development. This study aims to assess the impact of smoking-related strokes in Saudi Arabia from 1990 to 2021. Metho... Read More about Burden of smoking-related stroke in Saudi Arabia: trends from 1990 to 2021.

Understanding of Stroke Risk Among Smokers in Saudi Arabia (2025)
Journal Article
Alqahtani, J. S., Aldhahir, A. M., Alqarni, A. A., Alghamdi, S. M., Oyelade, T., Alzaidi, F. N., Alamri, M. A., Kheder, A. M., Alsamdani, H. I., AlAyadi, A. Y., Siraj, R. A., Aldabayan, Y. S., & Al Rajeh, A. M. (2025). Understanding of Stroke Risk Among Smokers in Saudi Arabia. Medicina, 61(6), Article 1006. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61061006

Background and Objectives: Stroke is a common and fatal condition impacting millions worldwide. Understanding the risk factors, symptoms, and consequences at an earlier stage, specifically in highly at-risk populations such as smokers, is crucial for... Read More about Understanding of Stroke Risk Among Smokers in Saudi Arabia.