All Outputs (11)

The INSIGHT project: reflections on the co-production of a quality recognition programme to showcase excellence in public involvement in health and care research (2023)
Journal Article

Background: The quality of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in healthcare research varies considerably and is frequently tokenistic. We aimed to co-produce the Insight | Public Involvement Quality Recognition and Awards programme, based on the UK... Read More about The INSIGHT project: reflections on the co-production of a quality recognition programme to showcase excellence in public involvement in health and care research.

The INSIGHT project: reflections on the co-production of a quality recognition programme to showcase excellence in public involvement in health and care research (2023)
Journal Article

Background The quality of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in healthcare research varies considerably and is frequently tokenistic. We aimed to co-produce the Insight | Public Involvement Quality Recognition and Awards programme, based on the UK... Read More about The INSIGHT project: reflections on the co-production of a quality recognition programme to showcase excellence in public involvement in health and care research.

Is the Current Cut Point for Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) Correct for Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus in Premenopausal Women? Evidence to Inform Discussion (2023)
Journal Article

Women are on average diagnosed with diabetes mellitus at later age than men but have higher mortality. As the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus is primarily based on HbA1c, the use of a non-specific reference range and cut point for diabetes mellitus th... Read More about Is the Current Cut Point for Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) Correct for Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus in Premenopausal Women? Evidence to Inform Discussion.

Failure to control conventional cardiovascular risk factors in women with type 2 diabetes might explain worse mortality (2023)
Journal Article

Introduction: The standardised mortality rate (SMR) for people with diabetes in England is 1.5–1.7, with differences in outcomes between sexes. There has been little work examining the factors that could have an impact on this or on what may determin... Read More about Failure to control conventional cardiovascular risk factors in women with type 2 diabetes might explain worse mortality.

Diabetes detection in women with gestational diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome (2023)
Journal Article

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) represent two of the highest risk factors for development of type 2 diabetes mellitus in young women. As these increasingly common conditions generally affect younger women, e... Read More about Diabetes detection in women with gestational diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome.

The Utility of Salivary Cortisone in the Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Adrenal Incidentalomas (2023)
Journal Article

BackgroundGuidelines recommend the assessment of cortisol secretion in patients with adrenal incidentalomas (AI) using the overnight dexamethasone suppression test (ONDST). This requires attendance to a health care facility and venepuncture. Alternat... Read More about The Utility of Salivary Cortisone in the Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Adrenal Incidentalomas.

Quantifying the prevalence and impact of risk factors that might explain why women with type 2 diabetes have higher mortality rate than men of similar age using the retrospective data from Salford Hospital, England (2023)
Presentation / Conference

IDF2022-0948 Health Inequality and its link to HbA1c Test Recovery in a Developed Health Economy: In a ‘Nearly Post COVID-19’ World (2023)
Journal Article

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HbA1c Testing: Prioritization of High-Risk Cases and Impact of Social Deprivation (2023)
Journal Article

INTRODUCTION: Studies show that the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected people with diabetes and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. During the first 6 months of the UK lockdown,?>?6.6 M glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) tests were missed. We... Read More about The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HbA1c Testing: Prioritization of High-Risk Cases and Impact of Social Deprivation.

Monitoring drug interventions in people with bipolar disorder (2023)
Journal Article

'Editorial Material'

Evaluation of thyroid function monitoring in people treated with lithium: Advice based on real‐world data (2023)
Journal Article

INTRODUCTION: Blood test monitoring is essential for management of lithium treatment and NICE guidance recommends 6-monthly serum testing of thyroid function. We examined conformity to these guidelines and impact of monitoring outside these intervals... Read More about Evaluation of thyroid function monitoring in people treated with lithium: Advice based on real‐world data.