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Children’s pictures of COVID-19 and measures to mitigate its spread: an international qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Protheroe. (2021). Children’s pictures of COVID-19 and measures to mitigate its spread: an international qualitative study. Health Education Journal, 811-832. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969211019459

Objectives: To gain insight into children’s health-related knowledge and understanding of SARS-CoV2 and measures adopted to mitigate transmission.
Design: A child-centred qualitative creative element, embedded in an online mixed method survey of ch... Read More about Children’s pictures of COVID-19 and measures to mitigate its spread: an international qualitative study.

Determining sample size for progression criteria for pragmatic pilot RCTs: the hypothesis test strikes back! (2021)
Journal Article
Lewis, M., Bromley, K., Sutton, C., McCray, G., Myers, H., & Lancaster, G. (2021). Determining sample size for progression criteria for pragmatic pilot RCTs: the hypothesis test strikes back!. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00770-x

BACKGROUND: The current CONSORT guidelines for reporting pilot trials do not recommend hypothesis testing of clinical outcomes on the basis that a pilot trial is under-powered to detect such differences and this is the aim of the main trial. It state... Read More about Determining sample size for progression criteria for pragmatic pilot RCTs: the hypothesis test strikes back!.

From Entrepreneur to Undergraduate: Does the University Support or Constrain Student Entrepreneurs? (2020)
Book Chapter
McLuskie. (2020). From Entrepreneur to Undergraduate: Does the University Support or Constrain Student Entrepreneurs?. In ECIE 2020-Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (880 - 880). https://doi.org/10.34190/EIE.20.067

This paper focusses on an under researched area of research within the fields of enterprise education and the entrepreneurial start-up. Much of the scholarly focus around enterprise education and support within Higher Education (HE) institutions has... Read More about From Entrepreneur to Undergraduate: Does the University Support or Constrain Student Entrepreneurs?.

Sex-differences in mortality rates and underlying conditions for COVID-19 deaths in England and Wales (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas, & Rashid. (2020). Sex-differences in mortality rates and underlying conditions for COVID-19 deaths in England and Wales. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2110-2124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.07.009

Background: Limited national data exists on the prevalence and distribution of underlying conditions among COVID-19 deaths between sexes and across age groups. Methods: All adult (=18 years) deaths recorded in England and Wales (1st March 2020 to 12t... Read More about Sex-differences in mortality rates and underlying conditions for COVID-19 deaths in England and Wales.

Using Google Trends to assess the impact of global public health days on online health information seeking behaviour in Central and South America (2020)
Journal Article
Havelka, E. M., Mallen, C. D., & Shepherd, T. A. (2020). Using Google Trends to assess the impact of global public health days on online health information seeking behaviour in Central and South America. Journal of Global Health, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.10.010403

Background
Public health awareness can help prevent illness and result in earlier intervention when it does occur. For this reason, health promotion and disease awareness campaigns have great potential to alleviate the global burden of disease. Glob... Read More about Using Google Trends to assess the impact of global public health days on online health information seeking behaviour in Central and South America.

One-stage individual participant data meta-analysis models for continuous and binary outcomes: comparison of treatment coding options and estimation methods (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). One-stage individual participant data meta-analysis models for continuous and binary outcomes: comparison of treatment coding options and estimation methods. Statistics in Medicine, 2536-2555. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8555

A one-stage individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis synthesises IPD from multiple studies using a general or generalised linear mixed model. This produces summary results (e.g. about treatment effect) in a single step, whilst accounting for c... Read More about One-stage individual participant data meta-analysis models for continuous and binary outcomes: comparison of treatment coding options and estimation methods.

How do older adults understand and manage distress? A qualitative study (2020)
Journal Article
Moult, A., Kingstone, T., & Chew-Graham, C. (2020). How do older adults understand and manage distress? A qualitative study. BMC Family Practice, 21, -. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01152-7

BACKGROUND: Distress is an expected emotional response to a negative life event. Experiences common in later life may trigger distress such as bereavement or loss of physical mobility. Distress is considered to be distinct to anxiety and/or depressio... Read More about How do older adults understand and manage distress? A qualitative study.

Dementia knowledge and attitudes of the general public among the Bangladeshi community in England: a focus group study (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Dementia knowledge and attitudes of the general public among the Bangladeshi community in England: a focus group study. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 290-296. https://doi.org/10.1159/000506123

Background: Worldwide, an increasingly ageing population mean more people may suffer from dementia. Despite the rapid growth of older Bangladeshi immigrants living in the UK, there is little evidence about how community members understand and view th... Read More about Dementia knowledge and attitudes of the general public among the Bangladeshi community in England: a focus group study.

The association between comorbidity and physical activity levels in people with osteoarthritis: Secondary analysis from two randomised controlled trials (2020)
Journal Article
Healey, & Jinks. (2020). The association between comorbidity and physical activity levels in people with osteoarthritis: Secondary analysis from two randomised controlled trials. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 2(2), Article 100057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100057

Objective
To determine whether comorbidity presence, frequency or type is associated with Physical Activity (PA) levels in people with Osteoarthritis (OA).

Design
Secondary data analysis of adults aged =45, with OA related pain recruited to the... Read More about The association between comorbidity and physical activity levels in people with osteoarthritis: Secondary analysis from two randomised controlled trials.

Suicide prevention in young people: optimising primary care (2020)
Journal Article
Robinson, J., Michail, M., & Mughal, F. (2020). Suicide prevention in young people: optimising primary care. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 104 - 105. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X708329

Youth suicide is a global public health concern. Despite significant differences in suicide rates depending on age, sex, and country, young people remain a key target for prevention and intervention with late adolescence (15–19 years) identified as a... Read More about Suicide prevention in young people: optimising primary care.

Managing loneliness: a qualitative study of older people's views. (2020)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2020). Managing loneliness: a qualitative study of older people's views. Aging and Mental Health, 1 - 8. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1729337

Engaging with older people who self-identify as lonely may help professionals in mental health and other services understand how they deal with loneliness. The evidence-base for effective interventions to address loneliness is inconclusive. This stud... Read More about Managing loneliness: a qualitative study of older people's views..

Relative prevalence and distribution of knee, hand and foot symptomatic osteoarthritis subtypes in an English population (2020)
Journal Article
Peat, G., Rathod-Mistry, T., Paskins, Z., Marshall, M., Thomas, M. J., Menz, H. B., …Dziedzic, K. S. (2020). Relative prevalence and distribution of knee, hand and foot symptomatic osteoarthritis subtypes in an English population. Musculoskeletal Care, 18(2), 219-224. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1457

In this brief report, we used data from a series of three related cohorts on pain and osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, hand and foot, which were conducted in North Staffordshire, England. We used a common approach for sampling, data collection and co... Read More about Relative prevalence and distribution of knee, hand and foot symptomatic osteoarthritis subtypes in an English population.

Evaluation of the Impact of the PABBS Suicide Bereavement Training on Clinicians' Knowledge and Skills. (2020)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2020). Evaluation of the Impact of the PABBS Suicide Bereavement Training on Clinicians' Knowledge and Skills. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 351- 358. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000646

Background: Health-care professionals do not routinely receive training on how best to support parents bereaved by suicide. Evidence-based training - Postvention Assisting Those Bereaved by Suicide (PABBS) - was designed to address this gap. Aims: Th... Read More about Evaluation of the Impact of the PABBS Suicide Bereavement Training on Clinicians' Knowledge and Skills..

Measuring the statistical validity of summary meta-analysis and meta-regression results for use in clinical practice (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Measuring the statistical validity of summary meta-analysis and meta-regression results for use in clinical practice. Statistics in Medicine, 3283 -3301. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.7372

An important question for clinicians appraising a meta-analysis is: are the findings likely to be valid in their own practice-does the reported effect accurately represent the effect that would occur in their own clinical population? To this end we a... Read More about Measuring the statistical validity of summary meta-analysis and meta-regression results for use in clinical practice.

Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 1896 -1911. https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280215592269

Hierarchical models such as the bivariate and hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic (HSROC) models are recommended for meta-analysis of test accuracy studies. These models are challenging to fit when there are few studies and/or spar... Read More about Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data.

Police and cross-border crime in an era of globalisation: The case of the Benin–Nigeria border (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Police and cross-border crime in an era of globalisation: The case of the Benin–Nigeria border. Security Journal, 859 - 879. https://doi.org/10.1057/sj.2015.17

West Africa has become notorious for instability and armed conflict and is increasingly known for transnational criminal networks. Free movement across borders creates security threats in the sub-region. Smugglers, traffickers, terrorists and armed r... Read More about Police and cross-border crime in an era of globalisation: The case of the Benin–Nigeria border.

Does attrition during follow-up of a population cohort study inevitably lead to biased estimates of health status? (2013)
Journal Article
Lacey, R. J., Jordan, K. P., & Croft, P. R. (2013). Does attrition during follow-up of a population cohort study inevitably lead to biased estimates of health status?. PloS one, e83948 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083948

Attrition is a potential source of bias in cohort studies. Although attrition may be inevitable in cohort studies of older people, there is little empirical evidence as to whether bias due to such attrition is also inevitable. Anonymised primary care... Read More about Does attrition during follow-up of a population cohort study inevitably lead to biased estimates of health status?.