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Proactive review of patients taking opioid medicines for persistent pain led by pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): A feasibility study (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Ashworth, J., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Woodcock, C., Nicholls, E., Laing, L., …Jinks, C. (2023, May). Proactive review of patients taking opioid medicines for persistent pain led by pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): A feasibility study. Presented at BPS Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Predicting persisting disability in musculoskeletal pain patients with the STarT MSK screening tool: Results from a prospective cohort study (2023)
Journal Article
Nativ, N., Pincus, T., Hill, J., & Ben Ami, N. (2023). Predicting persisting disability in musculoskeletal pain patients with the STarT MSK screening tool: Results from a prospective cohort study. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(4), 1005-1010. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1776

Background The STarT MSK screening tool aims to categorise musculoskeletal patients into three risk groups for treatment stratification. The tool has been translated and validated into Hebrew. However, its ability to predict persistent disability in... Read More about Predicting persisting disability in musculoskeletal pain patients with the STarT MSK screening tool: Results from a prospective cohort study.

Improving the Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy for Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (BEEP Trial). (2023)
Journal Article
Foster, N. E., Nicholls, E., Holden, M. A., Healey, E. L., Hay, E. M., & trial team, T. B. (2023). Improving the Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy for Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (BEEP Trial). Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 5(2), Article 100266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arrct.2023.100266

To investigate whether knee osteoarthritis (OA) related pain and function can be improved by offering enhanced physical therapist-led exercise interventions. Three-arm prospectively designed pragmatic randomized controlled trial. General practices an... Read More about Improving the Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy for Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (BEEP Trial)..

Children and adolescents coping with home isolation and social distancing during Covid-19 in Qatar: a cross sectional study with qualitative items (2023)
Journal Article
Zainel, A. A., Daher-Nashif, S., Al-Maadeed, A. N., Qotba, H. A., Al Mujalli, H., & Al-Kohji, S. M. (2023). Children and adolescents coping with home isolation and social distancing during Covid-19 in Qatar: a cross sectional study with qualitative items. BMC Psychology, 11(1), Article ARTN 150. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01183-6

Background Covid-19 related studies report psychological impacts during home isolation and social distancing. Despite that, children and adolescents were able to adopt coping strategies that assisted in lowering severe levels of psychological disord... Read More about Children and adolescents coping with home isolation and social distancing during Covid-19 in Qatar: a cross sectional study with qualitative items.

Psychologically Informed Practice: The Importance of Communication in Clinical Implementation (2023)
Journal Article
Main, C. J., Ballengee, L. A., George, S. Z., Beneciuk, J. M., Greco, C. M., & Simon, C. B. (2023). Psychologically Informed Practice: The Importance of Communication in Clinical Implementation. Physical Therapy, 103(7), https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzad047

There has been increasing interest in the secondary prevention of chronic pain and pain -associated disability over the past 3 decades. In 2011, psychologically informed practice (PiP) was suggested as a framework for managing persistent and recurren... Read More about Psychologically Informed Practice: The Importance of Communication in Clinical Implementation.

Healthcare utilisation and mortality in people with osteoarthritis in the UK: findings from a national primary care database (2023)
Journal Article
Swain, S., Coupland, C., Sarmanova, A., Kuo, C. F., Mallen, C., Doherty, M., & Zhang, W. (2023). Healthcare utilisation and mortality in people with osteoarthritis in the UK: findings from a national primary care database. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 73(733), e615-e622. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0419

The burden of osteoarthritis (OA) in UK primary care has not been investigated thoroughly. To estimate healthcare use and mortality in people with OA (overall and joint specific). A matched cohort study of adults with an incident diagnosis of OA in p... Read More about Healthcare utilisation and mortality in people with osteoarthritis in the UK: findings from a national primary care database.

Transparent reporting of multivariable prediction models for individual prognosis or diagnosis: checklist for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (TRIPOD-SRMA). (2023)
Journal Article
(2023). Transparent reporting of multivariable prediction models for individual prognosis or diagnosis: checklist for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (TRIPOD-SRMA). BMJ, 381, Article e073538. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-073538

Most clinical specialties have a plethora of studies that develop or validate one or more prediction models, for example, to inform diagnosis or prognosis. Having many prediction model studies in a particular clinical field motivates the need for sys... Read More about Transparent reporting of multivariable prediction models for individual prognosis or diagnosis: checklist for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (TRIPOD-SRMA)..

An economic evaluation of targeted case-finding strategies for identifying postnatal depression: A model-based analysis comparing common case-finding instruments (2023)
Journal Article
Camacho, E. M., Shields, G. E., Eisner, E., Littlewood, E., Watson, K., Chew-Graham, C. A., …Gilbody, S. (2023). An economic evaluation of targeted case-finding strategies for identifying postnatal depression: A model-based analysis comparing common case-finding instruments. Journal of Affective Disorders, 334, 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.04.106

Background Half of women with postnatal depression (PND) are not identified in routine care. We aimed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of PND case-finding in women with risk factors for PND. Methods A decision tree was developed to represent t... Read More about An economic evaluation of targeted case-finding strategies for identifying postnatal depression: A model-based analysis comparing common case-finding instruments.

Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged males: a national consecutive case series study (2023)
Journal Article
Mughal, F., Bojanic, L., Rodway, C., Graney, J., Ibrahim, S., Quinlivan, L., …Kapur, N. (2023). Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged males: a national consecutive case series study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0589

Background Reducing suicide risk in middle-aged males (40–54 years) is a national priority. People have often presented to their GP within 3 months before suicide thus highlighting an opportunity for early intervention. Aim To describe the soc... Read More about Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged males: a national consecutive case series study.

Long-term Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pre-existing Coronary Artery Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2023). Long-term Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pre-existing Coronary Artery Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Current Problems in Cardiology, 101626 - 101626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101626

Coronary artery ectasia is associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction. This meta-analysis evaluates outcomes following acute myocardial infarction in patients with pre-existing coronary artery ectasia. A search strategy was desi... Read More about Long-term Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pre-existing Coronary Artery Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Adverse Clinical Outcomes Attributable to Socioeconomic and Ethnic Disparities Among People with Type 2 Diabetes in New Zealand Between 1994–2018: A Multiple Linked Cohort Study (2023)
Journal Article
Yu, D., Osuagwu, U. L., Pickering, K., Baker, J., Cutfield, R., Wang, Z., …Simmons, D. (2023). Adverse Clinical Outcomes Attributable to Socioeconomic and Ethnic Disparities Among People with Type 2 Diabetes in New Zealand Between 1994–2018: A Multiple Linked Cohort Study. Clinical Epidemiology, 15, 511 - 523. https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S402307

Purpose: The study aimed to examine the separate population-level contributions of the ethnic and socioeconomic disparities among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and residence in New Zealand (NZ). Patients and Methods: A prospective coho... Read More about Adverse Clinical Outcomes Attributable to Socioeconomic and Ethnic Disparities Among People with Type 2 Diabetes in New Zealand Between 1994–2018: A Multiple Linked Cohort Study.

A benchtop brain injury model using resected donor tissue from patients with Chiari malformation. (2023)
Journal Article
Tickle, J., Sen, J., Adams, C., Furness, D., Price, R., Kandula, V., …Chari, D. (2023). A benchtop brain injury model using resected donor tissue from patients with Chiari malformation. Neural Regeneration Research, 1057 - 1061. https://doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.355761

The use of live animal models for testing new therapies for brain and spinal cord repair is a controversial area. Live animal models have associated ethical issues and scientific concerns regarding the predictability of human responses. Alternative m... Read More about A benchtop brain injury model using resected donor tissue from patients with Chiari malformation..

In-hospital Outcomes of Patients With and Without Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Who Present With a Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (2023)
Journal Article
Dhaduk, N., Xia, Y., Feit, F., Mamas, M., Alviar, C., Keller, N., …Bangalore, S. (2023). In-hospital Outcomes of Patients With and Without Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Who Present With a Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. American Journal of Cardiology, 194, 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.02.013

The clinical course of patients with a previous coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) presenting with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is not well defined. We aimed to compare the management and outcomes of patients with and with... Read More about In-hospital Outcomes of Patients With and Without Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Who Present With a Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Epac as a tractable therapeutic target (2023)
Journal Article
Slika, H., Mansour, H., Nasser, S., Shaito, A., Kobeissy, F., N. Orekhov, A., …Eid, A. (2023). Epac as a tractable therapeutic target. European Journal of Pharmacology, 945, Article 175645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2023.175645

In 1957, cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) was identified as the first secondary messenger, and the first signaling cascade discovered was the cAMP-protein kinase A (PKA) pathway. Since then, cAMP has received increasing attention given its multi... Read More about Epac as a tractable therapeutic target.

Thinking differently: evidence on what patients want and need in an explanation about osteoarthritis (2023)
Journal Article
Jinks, C., Campbell, L., Croft, P., Dziedzic, K., Grossman, H., Maddison, J., …Cottrell, L. (2023). Thinking differently: evidence on what patients want and need in an explanation about osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 31(5), 711-712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2023.02.064

Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of pain and disability worldwide. Despite this and the existence of evidence-based guidelines, many patients and professionals lack clarity about the nature of OA and effective treatment strategies. Healt... Read More about Thinking differently: evidence on what patients want and need in an explanation about osteoarthritis.

Twelve tips for optimising learning for postgraduate doctors in the operating theatre (2023)
Journal Article
Chatterton, B. D., Sharma, N., Rees, E. L., Hadfield-Law, L., Jermin, P. J., Banerjee, R., & Kiely, N. T. (2023). Twelve tips for optimising learning for postgraduate doctors in the operating theatre. Medical Teacher, 45(9), 972-977. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2023.2206536

Learning in the operating theatre forms a critical part of postgraduate medical education. Postgraduate doctors present a diverse cohort of learners with a wide range of learning needs that will vary by their level of experience and curriculum requir... Read More about Twelve tips for optimising learning for postgraduate doctors in the operating theatre.

Where are we after a year? Providing responsive primary care for Ukrainian refugees (2023)
Journal Article
Poppleton, A., Ougrin, D., Kolesnyk, P., & Morton, S. (2023). Where are we after a year? Providing responsive primary care for Ukrainian refugees. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 73(730), 220-221. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp23x732765

The conflict in Ukraine has displaced over 8.1 million people since February 2022. The UK Government has responded by issuing 224 800 visas for Ukrainians through sponsorship schemes, at the time of writing. One year on, we feel there is value in ref... Read More about Where are we after a year? Providing responsive primary care for Ukrainian refugees.

Higher risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in females with type 2 diabetes Mellitus: an Umbrella review of systematic reviews (2023)
Journal Article
Yaow, C. Y. L., Chong, B., Chin, Y. H., Kueh, M. T. W., Ng, C. H., Chan, K. E., …Chew, N. W. S. (2023). Higher risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in females with type 2 diabetes Mellitus: an Umbrella review of systematic reviews. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 30(12), 1227–1235. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwad133

Background Previous studies have shown that females with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) may have excess mortality risk compared to their male counterparts. An important next step to address the high global burden of T2DM and cardiovascular disease... Read More about Higher risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in females with type 2 diabetes Mellitus: an Umbrella review of systematic reviews.

Socioeconomic deprivation and prognostic outcomes in acute coronary syndrome: A meta-analysis using multidimensional socioeconomic status indices (2023)
Journal Article
Anand, V. V., Zhe, E. L. C., Chin, Y. H., Goh, R. S. J., Lin, C., Kueh, M. T. W., …Chew, N. W. S. (2023). Socioeconomic deprivation and prognostic outcomes in acute coronary syndrome: A meta-analysis using multidimensional socioeconomic status indices. International Journal of Cardiology, 383, 140-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.04.042