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The role of physiotherapy in polymyalgia rheumatica in the United Kingdom: a mixed method study (2023)
Thesis
O'Brien, A. V. (2023). The role of physiotherapy in polymyalgia rheumatica in the United Kingdom: a mixed method study. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/674475

Background: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is the commonest rheumatic condition affecting older people, typically treated with glucocorticoids. However, the treatment side-effects including fatigue, anxiety and other alterations in mood, are frequent a... Read More about The role of physiotherapy in polymyalgia rheumatica in the United Kingdom: a mixed method study.

Association of frailty status with the causes, characteristics and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease using electronic health record data (2023)
Thesis
Sokhal, B. S. (2023). Association of frailty status with the causes, characteristics and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease using electronic health record data. (Thesis). Keele University

Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Frailty is a clinical syndrome of physiological decline, resulting in adverse health outcomes. While the bidirectional relationship between CVD a... Read More about Association of frailty status with the causes, characteristics and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease using electronic health record data.

Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial (2023)
Journal Article
Farooq, S., Sheikh, S., Dikomitis, L., Haq, M. M. U., Khan, A. J., Sanauddin, N., …Lewis, M. (2023). Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(7), Article e072471. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072471

Objectives In low/middle-income countries (LMICs), more than half of patients with first-episode psychosis initially seek treatment from traditional and religious healers as their first care. This contributes to an excessively long duration of untrea... Read More about Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.