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What to do after cardiac rehabilitation programs: the role of the general practitioner in cardiovascular prevention (2016)
Journal Article
Heron. (2016). What to do after cardiac rehabilitation programs: the role of the general practitioner in cardiovascular prevention. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2016.755

This paper will review the current role of general practitioners (GPs) in providing cardiovascular prevention for patients after attendance at a cardiac rehabilitation program. Long-term implementation of preventive strategies is needed for continued... Read More about What to do after cardiac rehabilitation programs: the role of the general practitioner in cardiovascular prevention.

Re-consultation, self-reported health status, and costs following treatment at a Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS): a twelve-month prospective cohort study (2016)
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Roddy, E., Jordan, K. P., Oppong, R., Chen, Y., Jowett, S., Dawes, P., …Hay, E. M. (2016). Re-consultation, self-reported health status, and costs following treatment at a Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS): a twelve-month prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 6(10), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011735

Objectives To determine (1) reconsultation frequency, (2) change in self-reported health status, (3) baseline factors associated with reconsultation and change in health status and (4) associated healthcare costs and quality-adjusted life-years (QALY... Read More about Re-consultation, self-reported health status, and costs following treatment at a Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS): a twelve-month prospective cohort study.

The continuous-flow synthesis of carbazate hydrazones using a simplified computer-vision controlled liquid-liquid extraction system (2016)
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(2016). The continuous-flow synthesis of carbazate hydrazones using a simplified computer-vision controlled liquid-liquid extraction system. Tetrahedron Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.10.018

A computer-vision controlled liquid-liquid extraction system was used in the continuous-flow synthesis of a series of carbazate hydrazones. The system uses open-source software components (Python, OpenCV) and is simpler and potentially more economica... Read More about The continuous-flow synthesis of carbazate hydrazones using a simplified computer-vision controlled liquid-liquid extraction system.

The continuous-flow synthesis of carbazate hydrazones using a simplified computer-vision controlled liquid-liquid extraction system (2016)
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Mhembere, P., O'Brien, M., & Cooper, D. (2016). The continuous-flow synthesis of carbazate hydrazones using a simplified computer-vision controlled liquid-liquid extraction system. Tetrahedron Letters, 5188-5191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.10.018

A computer-vision controlled liquid-liquid extraction system was used in the continuous-flow synthesis of a series of carbazate hydrazones. The system uses open-source software components (Python, OpenCV) and is simpler and potentially more economica... Read More about The continuous-flow synthesis of carbazate hydrazones using a simplified computer-vision controlled liquid-liquid extraction system.

Long-term cost-effectiveness of collaborative care (vs usual care) for people with depression and comorbid diabetes or cardiovascular disease: a Markov model informed by the COINCIDE randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Camacho, E. M., Ntais, D., Coventry, P., Bower, P., Lovell, K., Chew-Graham, C., …Davies, L. M. (2016). Long-term cost-effectiveness of collaborative care (vs usual care) for people with depression and comorbid diabetes or cardiovascular disease: a Markov model informed by the COINCIDE randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 6(10), e012514. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012514

Objectives To evaluate the long-term cost-effectiveness of collaborative care (vs usual care) for treating depression in patients with diabetes and/or coronary heart disease (CHD). Setting 36 primary care general practices in North West England.... Read More about Long-term cost-effectiveness of collaborative care (vs usual care) for people with depression and comorbid diabetes or cardiovascular disease: a Markov model informed by the COINCIDE randomised controlled trial.

Random effects meta-analysis: Coverage performance of 95% confidence and prediction intervals following REML estimation (2016)
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(2016). Random effects meta-analysis: Coverage performance of 95% confidence and prediction intervals following REML estimation. Statistics in Medicine, 301-317. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.7140

A random effects meta-analysis combines the results of several independent studies to summarise the evidence about a particular measure of interest, such as a treatment effect. The approach allows for unexplained between-study heterogeneity in the tr... Read More about Random effects meta-analysis: Coverage performance of 95% confidence and prediction intervals following REML estimation.

Self-management of musculoskeletal hand pain and hand problems in community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older: results from a cross-sectional study in a UK population. (2016)
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Myers, H., Dziedzic, K., Nicholls, E., & Croft, P. (2016). Self-management of musculoskeletal hand pain and hand problems in community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older: results from a cross-sectional study in a UK population. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 17, Article 418. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1276-4

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal pain is common in adults, with the hand being frequently affected. Healthcare services have the potential to be of benefit to adults with hand pain and problems, through promotion and facilitation of self-management. METHO... Read More about Self-management of musculoskeletal hand pain and hand problems in community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older: results from a cross-sectional study in a UK population..

Relationship between attitudes, beliefs and physical activity in older adults with knee pain: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Quicke, J. G., Foster, N. E., Ogollah, R. O., Croft, P. R., & Holden, M. (2016). Relationship between attitudes, beliefs and physical activity in older adults with knee pain: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. Arthritis Care and Research, 1192-2000. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23104

Objective To investigate how attitudes and beliefs about exercise relate to physical activity behavior in older adults with knee pain attributable to osteoarthritis (OA). Methods We conducted secondary data analyses of a randomized controlled tr... Read More about Relationship between attitudes, beliefs and physical activity in older adults with knee pain: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

GPs' experiences of dealing with parents bereaved by suicide: a qualitative study. (2016)
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Chew-Graham, C. (2016). GPs' experiences of dealing with parents bereaved by suicide: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), e737 - e746. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp16X686605

BACKGROUND: Suicide prevention is an NHS priority in England. Bereavement by suicide is a risk factor for suicide, but the needs of those bereaved by suicide have not been addressed, and little is known about how GPs support these patients, and how t... Read More about GPs' experiences of dealing with parents bereaved by suicide: a qualitative study..

Personalised Hip Therapy: development of a non-operative protocol to treat femoroacetabular impingement syndrome in the FASHIoN randomised controlled trial. (2016)
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(2016). Personalised Hip Therapy: development of a non-operative protocol to treat femoroacetabular impingement syndrome in the FASHIoN randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 1217 - 1223. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096368

INTRODUCTION: Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome is increasingly recognised as a cause of hip pain. As part of the design of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of arthroscopic surgery for FAI syndrome, we developed a protocol for non-operat... Read More about Personalised Hip Therapy: development of a non-operative protocol to treat femoroacetabular impingement syndrome in the FASHIoN randomised controlled trial..

Clinical Significance of Medial Versus Lateral Compartment Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis: Cross-Sectional Analyses in an Adult Population With Knee Pain (2016)
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Ukachukwu, V., Duncan, R., Belcher, J., Marshall, M., Stefanik, J., Crossley, K., …Peat, G. (2017). Clinical Significance of Medial Versus Lateral Compartment Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis: Cross-Sectional Analyses in an Adult Population With Knee Pain. Arthritis Care and Research, 69(7), 943-951. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23110

Objective To determine the comparative prevalence, associations with selected patient characteristics, and clinical outcomes of medial and lateral compartment patellofemoral (PF) joint osteoarthritis (OA). Methods Information was collected by qu... Read More about Clinical Significance of Medial Versus Lateral Compartment Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis: Cross-Sectional Analyses in an Adult Population With Knee Pain.

Behaviour change techniques in home-based cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review (2016)
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Heron, N., Kee, F., Donnelly, M., Cardwell, C., Tully, M. A., & Cupples, M. E. (2016). Behaviour change techniques in home-based cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), e747 - e757. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp16X686617

Background Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes offering secondary prevention for cardiovascular disease (CVD) advise healthy lifestyle behaviours, with the behaviour change techniques (BCTs) of goals and planning, feedback and monitoring, and soci... Read More about Behaviour change techniques in home-based cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review.

The Feasibility of Health Trainer Improved Patient Self-Management in Patients with Low Health Literacy and Poorly Controlled Diabetes: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial (2016)
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Protheroe, J., Rathod, T., Bartlam, B., Rowlands, G., Richardson, G., & Reeves, D. (2016). The Feasibility of Health Trainer Improved Patient Self-Management in Patients with Low Health Literacy and Poorly Controlled Diabetes: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2016, Article 6903245. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6903245

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is most prevalent in deprived communities and patients with low health literacy have worse glycaemic control and higher rates of diabetic complications. However, recruitment from this patient population into intervention tria... Read More about The Feasibility of Health Trainer Improved Patient Self-Management in Patients with Low Health Literacy and Poorly Controlled Diabetes: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.

The implications of living with heart failure; the impact on everyday life, family support, co-morbidities and access to healthcare: a secondary qualitative analysis. (2016)
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Fry, M., McLachlan, S., Purdy, S., Sanders, T., Kadam, U. T., & Chew-Graham, C. A. (2016). The implications of living with heart failure; the impact on everyday life, family support, co-morbidities and access to healthcare: a secondary qualitative analysis. BMC Family Practice, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0537-5

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to use secondary analysis to interrogate a qualitative data set to explore the experiences of patients living with heart failure. METHODS: The data-set comprised interviews with 11 patients who had participated i... Read More about The implications of living with heart failure; the impact on everyday life, family support, co-morbidities and access to healthcare: a secondary qualitative analysis..

Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study (2016)
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Bartlam, B., Rathod, T., Rowlands, G., & Protheroe, J. (2016). Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2016, Article 4723636. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/4723636

This article reports a mixed methods process evaluation of a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial comparing a Lay Health Trainer (LHT) intervention and usual care for those with poorly controlled Type 2 Diabetes Melitus (T2DM). Set in a depr... Read More about Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study.