Development, Testing and Reporting of Mobile Apps for Psycho-social Interventions: Lessons from the Pharmaceuticals. (2015)
Journal Article
Farooq. (2015). Development, Testing and Reporting of Mobile Apps for Psycho-social Interventions: Lessons from the Pharmaceuticals. https://doi.org/10.4172/2168-9784.1000.191

The mobile Health offers great potential for delivery of Psycho-social Interventions. So far, the researchers have focused mainly on efficacy, and to some extent feasibility of Psycho-social Interventions. Poor reporting of development and initial te... Read More about Development, Testing and Reporting of Mobile Apps for Psycho-social Interventions: Lessons from the Pharmaceuticals..

Influences on the decision to use an osteoarthritis diagnosis in primary care: a cohort study with linked survey and electronic health record data (2015)
Journal Article
Jordan, K., Tan, V., Edwards, J., Chen, Y., Englund, M., Hubertsson, J., Jöud, A., Porcheret, M., Turkiewicz, A., & Peat, G. (2016). Influences on the decision to use an osteoarthritis diagnosis in primary care: a cohort study with linked survey and electronic health record data. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 24(5), 786-793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2015.12.015

Objective
Clinicians may record patients presenting with osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms with joint pain rather than an OA diagnosis. This may have implications for OA research studies and patient care. The objective was to assess whether older adults... Read More about Influences on the decision to use an osteoarthritis diagnosis in primary care: a cohort study with linked survey and electronic health record data.

"Why me? I don't fit the mould...I am a freak of nature": a qualitative study of women's experience of gout (2015)
Journal Article
Richardson, J. C., Liddle, J., Mallen, C. D., Roddy, E., Prinjha, S., Ziebland, S., & Hider, S. (2015). "Why me? I don't fit the mould...I am a freak of nature": a qualitative study of women's experience of gout. BMC Women's Health, Article 122. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-015-0277-z

Background
Gout is more common in men, and is often perceived by both patients and health practitioners to be a disorder of men, but its prevalence in women is increasing. Little is known about women’s experience of gout and the impact it has on the... Read More about "Why me? I don't fit the mould...I am a freak of nature": a qualitative study of women's experience of gout.

Addressing the Healthcare Needs of an Ageing Population The Need for an Integrated Solution (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Addressing the Healthcare Needs of an Ageing Population The Need for an Integrated Solution

All stakeholders involved in healthcare are well aware of the ticking time bomb of our ageing world with demand exceeding supply even within the most affluent of countries. The Director- General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently dra... Read More about Addressing the Healthcare Needs of an Ageing Population The Need for an Integrated Solution.

Reliability among clinicians diagnosing low back-related leg pain. (2015)
Journal Article
Stynes, S., Konstantinou, K., Dunn, K., Lewis, M., & Hay, E. (2015). Reliability among clinicians diagnosing low back-related leg pain. European Spine Journal, 25, 2734–2740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-015-4359-2

PURPOSE: To investigate agreement and reliability among clinicians when diagnosing low back-related leg pain (LBLP) in primary care consulters. METHODS: Thirty-six patients were assessed by one of six physiotherapists and diagnosed as having either l... Read More about Reliability among clinicians diagnosing low back-related leg pain..

Achieving change in primary care-effectiveness of strategies for improving implementation of complex interventions: systematic review of reviews. (2015)
Journal Article
Lau, R., Stevenson, F., Nio Ong, B., Dziedzic, K., Treweek, S., Eldridge, S., Everitt, H., Kennedy, A., Qureshi, N., Rogers, A., Peacock, R., & Murray, E. (2015). Achieving change in primary care-effectiveness of strategies for improving implementation of complex interventions: systematic review of reviews. BMJ Open, 5(12), Article e009993. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009993

OBJECTIVE: To identify, summarise and synthesise available literature on the effectiveness of implementation strategies for optimising implementation of complex interventions in primary care. DESIGN: Systematic review of reviews. DATA SOURCES: MEDLIN... Read More about Achieving change in primary care-effectiveness of strategies for improving implementation of complex interventions: systematic review of reviews..

Implementing international osteoarthritis treatment guidelines in primary health care: study protocol for the SAMBA stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Østerås, N., van Bodegom-Vos, L., Dziedzic, K., Moseng, T., Aas, E., Andreassen, Ø., Mdala, I., Natvig, B., Harald Røtterud, J., Schjervheim, U.-B., Vliet Vlieland, T., & Birger Hagen, K. (2015). Implementing international osteoarthritis treatment guidelines in primary health care: study protocol for the SAMBA stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. Implementation Science, 10, Article 165. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0353-7

Background
Previous research indicates that people with osteoarthritis (OA) are not receiving the recommended and optimal treatment. Based on international treatment recommendations for hip and knee OA and previous research, the SAMBA model for inte... Read More about Implementing international osteoarthritis treatment guidelines in primary health care: study protocol for the SAMBA stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.

Being human: the ethics, law, and scientific progress of genome editing (2015)
Journal Article
Wrigley. (2015). Being human: the ethics, law, and scientific progress of genome editing

Apps in mental health practice: uses, opportunities and challenges. (2015)
Journal Article
Farooq. (2015). Apps in mental health practice: uses, opportunities and challenges. BJPsych Bulletin, 288 - 290. https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.114.050005

Smartphones are used by patients and clinicians alike. Vast numbers of software applications (apps) run on smartphones and carry out useful functions. Clinician- and patient-oriented mental health apps have been developed. In this article, we provide... Read More about Apps in mental health practice: uses, opportunities and challenges..

‘I’m managing my diabetes between two worlds’: Beliefs and experiences of diabetes management in British South Asians on holiday in the East: a qualitative study (2015)
Journal Article
Patel, N. R., Kennedy, A., Blickem, C., Reeves, D., & Chew-Graham, C. (in press). ‘I’m managing my diabetes between two worlds’: Beliefs and experiences of diabetes management in British South Asians on holiday in the East: a qualitative study. Journal of Diabetes Research, Article 5436174. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/5436174

Background. Diabetes is disproportionately high among British South Asians compared to the general UK population. Whilst the migrant British South Asians group has received most attention on research related to diabetes management, little considerati... Read More about ‘I’m managing my diabetes between two worlds’: Beliefs and experiences of diabetes management in British South Asians on holiday in the East: a qualitative study.

Are clinical measures of foot posture and mobility associated with foot kinematics when walking? (2015)
Journal Article
Buldt, A., Murley, G., Levinger, P., Menz, H., Nester, C., & Landorf, K. (2015). Are clinical measures of foot posture and mobility associated with foot kinematics when walking?. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 63 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-015-0122-5

BACKGROUND: There is uncertainty as to which foot posture measures are the most valid in terms of predicting kinematics of the foot. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations of clinical measures of static foot posture and mobility wi... Read More about Are clinical measures of foot posture and mobility associated with foot kinematics when walking?.

Physician's prescribing preference as an instrumental variable: exploring assumptions using survey data (2015)
Journal Article
Mallen, C. (2015). Physician's prescribing preference as an instrumental variable: exploring assumptions using survey data. Epidemiology, 276-283. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000425

Background: Physician's prescribing preference is increasingly used as an instrumental variable in studies of therapeutic effects. However, differences in prescribing patterns among physicians may reflect differences in preferences or in case-mix. Fu... Read More about Physician's prescribing preference as an instrumental variable: exploring assumptions using survey data.

The role of diet and exercise and of glucosamine sulfate in the prevention of knee osteoarthritis: Further results from the PRevention of knee Osteoarthritis in Overweight Females (PROOF) study. (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). The role of diet and exercise and of glucosamine sulfate in the prevention of knee osteoarthritis: Further results from the PRevention of knee Osteoarthritis in Overweight Females (PROOF) study. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, S42 - S48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.11.001

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The PRevention of knee Osteoarthritis in Overweight Females (PROOF) study (ISRCTN 42823086) described a trend for a decrease in the incidence of knee osteoarthritis (OA) by a tailored diet and exercise program (DEP) or by o... Read More about The role of diet and exercise and of glucosamine sulfate in the prevention of knee osteoarthritis: Further results from the PRevention of knee Osteoarthritis in Overweight Females (PROOF) study..

Systematic review of the use of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) in home-based cardiac rehabilitation programmes for patients with cardiovascular disease—protocol (2015)
Journal Article
Heron. (2015). Systematic review of the use of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) in home-based cardiac rehabilitation programmes for patients with cardiovascular disease—protocol. Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-015-0149-5

Background
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including myocardial infarction, heart failure, peripheral arterial disease and strokes, are highly prevalent conditions and are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is... Read More about Systematic review of the use of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) in home-based cardiac rehabilitation programmes for patients with cardiovascular disease—protocol.

Reviewing the evidence supporting predictive biomarkers in European medicines agency indications and contraindications using visual plots (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Reviewing the evidence supporting predictive biomarkers in European medicines agency indications and contraindications using visual plots. Trials, https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-P157

Objectives
Predictive biomarkers can be used to identify most suitable treatments for patients. To maximise patient benefit valid predictive biomarkers need to be used and several trial designs have been proposed to achieve this.

We aimed to revi... Read More about Reviewing the evidence supporting predictive biomarkers in European medicines agency indications and contraindications using visual plots.

A better participant experience using sms for real time data collection (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). A better participant experience using sms for real time data collection. Trials, https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-O63

High quality, error free and complete data is the Holy Grail for healthcare researchers.

Using SMS, researchers can build a data collection pathway which, when integrated with web technologies, can provide a dynamic data collection experience for... Read More about A better participant experience using sms for real time data collection.

An empirical evaluation of the impact of missing data on treatment effect (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Royes, J., Sim, J., Ogollah, R., & Lewis, M. (2015, November). An empirical evaluation of the impact of missing data on treatment effect. Poster presented at 3rd International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference, Glasgow, UK

Objectives
Missing data represent a potential source of bias in randomized clinical trials (RCTs). A simple approach that makes use of the responses subsequently obtained via reminder is proposed to assess the validity of the inferences from a missi... Read More about An empirical evaluation of the impact of missing data on treatment effect.

Innovation methods for optimising clinical trial recruitment and retention within primary care (2015)
Journal Article
Lawton, S., & Wathall, S. (2015). Innovation methods for optimising clinical trial recruitment and retention within primary care. Trials, 105. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-P105

Background
Recruiting patients to research and collecting study data in a primary care setting, combined with maximising retention rates from a primary care population can be challenging and requires recruitment and retention methods which are innov... Read More about Innovation methods for optimising clinical trial recruitment and retention within primary care.

Stratified care for patients with sciatica and suspected sciatica in primary care: the scopic trial protocol (scopic-sciatica outcomes in primary care) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, N., Konstantinou, K., Beardmore, R., Dunn, K., Lewis, M., Bartlam, B., Artus, M., & Hay, E. (2015, November). Stratified care for patients with sciatica and suspected sciatica in primary care: the scopic trial protocol (scopic-sciatica outcomes in primary care). Poster presented at 3rd International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference, Glasgow

Design, validity and clinical utility of smartphone app to assess short-term pain trajectories (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bedson, J., Dunn, K., Dent, S., & van der Windt, D. Design, validity and clinical utility of smartphone app to assess short-term pain trajectories. Presented at 3rd International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (16-17 November 2015), Glasgow, Scotland, UK