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Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study (2024)
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Sahota, O., Narayanasamy, M., Bastounis, A., Paskins, Z., Bishop, S., Langley, T., …Leonardi-Bee, J. (2024). Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care / NIHR

Bisphosphonates are a class of medication commonly used to treat osteoporosis. Alendronate is recommended as the first-line treatment; however, long-term adherence (both treatment compliance and persistence) is poor. Alternative bisphosphonates are a... Read More about Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study.

Improving the understanding and management of back pain in older adults: the BOOST research programme including RCT and OPAL cohort (2023)
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Williamson, E., Sanchez-Santos, M. T., Marian, I. R., Maredza, M., Srikesavan, C., Garrett, A., …Lamb, S. E. (2023). Improving the understanding and management of back pain in older adults: the BOOST research programme including RCT and OPAL cohort. NIHR

Background Back pain frequently affects older people. Knowledge about back pain in older people and evidence to inform clinical care was lacking, particularly for older people with neurogenic claudication due to spinal stenosis, which is a debilitati... Read More about Improving the understanding and management of back pain in older adults: the BOOST research programme including RCT and OPAL cohort.

Digital health and inpatient palliative care: a cohort-controlled study (2023)
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Singh, B. M., Kumari-Dewat, N., Ryder, A., Parry, E., Klaire, V., Matthews, D., …Warren, K. (2023). Digital health and inpatient palliative care: a cohort-controlled study. BMJ

Objectives End of life has unacceptable levels of hospital admission and death. We aimed to determine the association of a novel digital specific system (Proactive Risk-Based and Data-Driven Assessment of Patients at the End of Life, PRADA) to modify... Read More about Digital health and inpatient palliative care: a cohort-controlled study.

Stratified primary care for adults with musculoskeletal pain: the STarT MSK research programme including RCTs (2023)
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E Foster, N., M Dunn, K., Protheroe, J., C Hill, J., Lewis, M., Saunders, B., …Chudyk, A. (2023). Stratified primary care for adults with musculoskeletal pain: the STarT MSK research programme including RCTs. NIHR

Background Usual primary care for patients with musculoskeletal pain varies widely and treatment outcomes are suboptimal. Stratified care involves targeting treatments according to patient subgroups, in the hope of maximising treatment benefit and re... Read More about Stratified primary care for adults with musculoskeletal pain: the STarT MSK research programme including RCTs.

Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce restrictive practices in adult mental health inpatient settings: the COMPARE systematic mapping review (2021)
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Baker, J., Berzins, K., Canvin, K., Benson, I., Kellar, I., Wright, J., …Stewart, D. (2021). Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce restrictive practices in adult mental health inpatient settings: the COMPARE systematic mapping review. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme

Objectives The study aimed to provide a mapping review of non-pharmacological interventions to reduce restrictive practices in adult mental health inpatient settings; classify intervention components using the behaviour change technique taxonomy; ex... Read More about Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce restrictive practices in adult mental health inpatient settings: the COMPARE systematic mapping review.

Non-traditional support workers delivering a brief psychosocial intervention for older people with anxiety and depression: the NOTEPAD feasibility study (2019)
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Burroughs, H., Bartlam, B., Bullock, P., Lovell, K., Ogollah, R., Ray, M., …Chew-Graham, C. (2019). Non-traditional support workers delivering a brief psychosocial intervention for older people with anxiety and depression: the NOTEPAD feasibility study. NIHR

BACKGROUND:Anxiety and depression often coexist in older people. These disorders are often underdiagnosed and undertreated, and are associated with increased use of health and social care services, and raised mortality. Barriers to diagnosis include... Read More about Non-traditional support workers delivering a brief psychosocial intervention for older people with anxiety and depression: the NOTEPAD feasibility study.

The association of pain and stiffness with fatigue in incident polymyalgia rheumatica: baseline results from the polymyalgia rheumatica cohort study (2019)
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Prior, J., Muller, S., Helliwell, T., Hider, S., Barraclough, K., Dasgupta, B., & Mallen, C. (2019). The association of pain and stiffness with fatigue in incident polymyalgia rheumatica: baseline results from the polymyalgia rheumatica cohort study

We aimed to examine the association between pain, stiffness and fatigue in newly diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patients using baseline data from a prospective cohort study. Fatigue is a known, but often ignored symptom of PMR. Newly diagnose... Read More about The association of pain and stiffness with fatigue in incident polymyalgia rheumatica: baseline results from the polymyalgia rheumatica cohort study.

‘Acute Flare-Ups’ In Patients With, Or At High Risk Of, Knee Osteoarthritis: A Daily Diary Study With Case-Crossover Analysis (2019)
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Parry, E., Ogollah, R., & Peat, G. (2019). ‘Acute Flare-Ups’ In Patients With, Or At High Risk Of, Knee Osteoarthritis: A Daily Diary Study With Case-Crossover Analysis

Objective To determine the natural history of flare-ups in knee osteoarthritis and their relation to physical exposures. Design Adults aged =45 years with a recent primary care consultation for knee OA/arthralgia completed a daily pen-and-paper... Read More about ‘Acute Flare-Ups’ In Patients With, Or At High Risk Of, Knee Osteoarthritis: A Daily Diary Study With Case-Crossover Analysis.

Looking into listening (2017)
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Holzknecht, F., Eberharter, K., Kremmel, B., Zehentner, M., McCray, G., Konrad, E., & Spöttl, C. (2017). Looking into listening. British Council

Looking into listening: Using eye-tracking to establish the cognitive validity of the Aptis Listening Test (2017)
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Holzknecht, F., Eberharter, K., Kremmel, B., Zehentner, M., McCray, G., Konrad, E., & Spöttl, C. (2017). Looking into listening: Using eye-tracking to establish the cognitive validity of the Aptis Listening Test. British Council

This study investigated the cognitive processing of 30 test-takers while completing the Aptis Listening Test. The research studied test-takers’ processes according to ones targeted at the different item levels in the Aptis Test. Specifically, it... Read More about Looking into listening: Using eye-tracking to establish the cognitive validity of the Aptis Listening Test.

CollAborative care for Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depression (CASPER plus): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness (2017)
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Bosanquet, K., Adamson, J., Atherton, K., Bailey, D., Baxter, C., Beresford-Dent, J., …Gilbody, S. (in press). CollAborative care for Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depression (CASPER plus): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. NIHR

Background Depression in older adults is common and is associated with poor quality of life, increased morbidity and early mortality, and increased health and social care use. Collaborative care, a low-intensity intervention for depression that is s... Read More about CollAborative care for Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depression (CASPER plus): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.

Prevalence of cardiovascular-related comorbidity in ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis in primary care: a matched retrospective cohort study. (2016)
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Ahmed, N., Prior, J., Chen, Y., Hayward, R., Mallen, C., & Hider, S. (2016). Prevalence of cardiovascular-related comorbidity in ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis in primary care: a matched retrospective cohort study

The aim of this study is to compare the prevalence of cardiovascular (CVD)-related comorbidities in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or psoriasis (Ps) in UK primary care against matched cohorts. Matched retrospecti... Read More about Prevalence of cardiovascular-related comorbidity in ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis in primary care: a matched retrospective cohort study..

Community-based exercise and physical activity programmes led by exercise professionals for osteoarthritis (2016)
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Walsh, N., Jordan, J., Babatunde, O., Powell, J., & Healey, E. (2016). Community-based exercise and physical activity programmes led by exercise professionals for osteoarthritis

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and harms of community-based exercise and physical activity programmes led by non-healthcare exercise professionals for osteoarthriti... Read More about Community-based exercise and physical activity programmes led by exercise professionals for osteoarthritis.

Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of collaborative care for depression in UK primary care (CADET): a cluster randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Richards, D. A., Bower, P., Chew-Graham, C., Gask, L., Lovell, K., Cape, J., …Russell, A. Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of collaborative care for depression in UK primary care (CADET): a cluster randomised controlled trial. Medical Research Council, HTA, NIHR

Background Collaborative care is effective for depression management in the USA. There is little UK evidence on its clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Objective To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of collab... Read More about Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of collaborative care for depression in UK primary care (CADET): a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Looking into test-takers' cognitive processes whilst completing reading tasks: a mixed-methods eye-tracking and stimulated recall study (2015)
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Brunfaut, T., & McCray, G. (2015). Looking into test-takers' cognitive processes whilst completing reading tasks: a mixed-methods eye-tracking and stimulated recall study. British Council

This research examined the cognitive processing of 25 test-takers while completing Aptis reading tasks. The study investigated test-takersʼ task processing in general, and according to a number of task and test-taker characteristics. More specificall... Read More about Looking into test-takers' cognitive processes whilst completing reading tasks: a mixed-methods eye-tracking and stimulated recall study.

Quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis: a systematic review. (2013)
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Edwards, J., Khanna, M., Jordan, K. P., Jordan, J. L., Bedson, J., & Dziedzic, K. S. (2013). Quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis: a systematic review. Not commissioned

OBJECTIVE: To identify valid and feasible quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis (OA). DESIGN: Systematic review and narrative synthesis. DATA SOURCES: Electronic reference databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, HMIC, PsychINFO), qual... Read More about Quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis: a systematic review..