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Natural History of Social Participation in the Very Old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study. (2020)
Journal Article
Wilkie. (2020). Natural History of Social Participation in the Very Old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study. Journal of Aging and Health, 898264320944672 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264320944672

Objective: To describe the natural history of social participation in people aged 85 years and over. Methods: Prospective cohort study; Newcastle 85+ study. Data were collected at baseline (n = 850) and at 18-, 36- and 60-month follow-ups (n = 344).... Read More about Natural History of Social Participation in the Very Old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study..

Using PAR to promote social justice for older people and people with intellectual disabilities (2020)
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Wright Bevans, K., & Richards, M. (2020). Using PAR to promote social justice for older people and people with intellectual disabilities. International Review of Qualitative Research, 13(2), 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940844720934367

Qualitative research methods and participatory action research (PAR) share many intrinsic and complementary qualities. We present two cases, one adopted a broader PAR approach, a health promotion project with men with intellectual disabilities, and t... Read More about Using PAR to promote social justice for older people and people with intellectual disabilities.

Navigating complexity of child abuse through intuition and evidence-based guidelines: a mix-methods study among child and youth healthcare practitioners (2020)
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Erisman, J. C., De Sabbata, K., Zuiderent-Jerak, T., & Syurina, E. V. (2020). Navigating complexity of child abuse through intuition and evidence-based guidelines: a mix-methods study among child and youth healthcare practitioners. BMC Family Practice, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01226-6

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>Dutch child and youth health care (CYHC) practitioners monitor and assess the well-being of children. One of their main concerns is identifying cases of child abu... Read More about Navigating complexity of child abuse through intuition and evidence-based guidelines: a mix-methods study among child and youth healthcare practitioners.

The Effectiveness of Individual or Group Physiotherapy in the Management of Sub-Acromial Impingement: A Randomised Controlled Trial and Health Economic Analysis. (2020)
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Heron. (2020). The Effectiveness of Individual or Group Physiotherapy in the Management of Sub-Acromial Impingement: A Randomised Controlled Trial and Health Economic Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155565

Background: Shoulder pain is common in primary care. The management of subacromial impingement (SAI) can include corticosteroid injections and physiotherapy. Physiotherapy can be on an individual or group basis. Aim: To examine the clinical effective... Read More about The Effectiveness of Individual or Group Physiotherapy in the Management of Sub-Acromial Impingement: A Randomised Controlled Trial and Health Economic Analysis..

Adoption of same day discharge following elective left main stem percutaneous coronary intervention. (2020)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2020). Adoption of same day discharge following elective left main stem percutaneous coronary intervention. International Journal of Cardiology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.07.038

BACKGROUND: This study sought to investigate the safety and feasibility of same day discharge (SDD) practice and compare clinical outcomes to patients admitted for overnight stay (ON) undergoing elective left main stem (LMS) percutaneous coronary int... Read More about Adoption of same day discharge following elective left main stem percutaneous coronary intervention..

Association between long-term pulse pressure trajectories and risk of end-stage renal diseases in incident malignant hypertensive nephropathy (2020)
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Zhuang, Y., Ding, C., Xu, Y., Ding, Z., & Yu, D. (2021). Association between long-term pulse pressure trajectories and risk of end-stage renal diseases in incident malignant hypertensive nephropathy. Blood Pressure Monitoring, 26(1), 14-21. https://doi.org/10.1097/MBP.0000000000000477

Objective The trajectories of pulse pressure (PP) might affect the prognosis of malignant hypertensive nephropathy (MHN). We aimed to describe the association between PP trajectories and the future risk of end-stage renal disease and to identify and... Read More about Association between long-term pulse pressure trajectories and risk of end-stage renal diseases in incident malignant hypertensive nephropathy.

Patient response, treatments and mortality for acute myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2020)
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Rashid, & Mamas. (2020). Patient response, treatments and mortality for acute myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaa062

AIM: COVID-19 might have affected the care and outcomes of hospitalised acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We aimed to determine whether the COVID-19 pandemic changed patient response, hospital treatment and mortality from AMI. METHODS AND RESULTS: A... Read More about Patient response, treatments and mortality for acute myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic..

Testing small study effects in multivariate meta-analysis. (2020)
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(2020). Testing small study effects in multivariate meta-analysis. Biometrics, https://doi.org/10.1111/biom.13342

Small study effects occur when smaller studies show different, often larger, treatment effects than large ones, which may threaten the validity of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The most well-known reasons for small study effects include publi... Read More about Testing small study effects in multivariate meta-analysis..

Physical activity and liver health among urban and rural Chinese adults: results from two independent surveys (2020)
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Chen, Y., Chen, Y., Qin, R., Cai, Y., Bai, F., Yu, D., Zhang, Y., & Geng, B. (2021). Physical activity and liver health among urban and rural Chinese adults: results from two independent surveys. Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness, 19(1), 8-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesf.2020.07.004

Background
Increased physical activity has been associated with reduced risks of various physical and mental conditions. However, the association between physical activity and liver health in the Chinese general adult population is not clear. This s... Read More about Physical activity and liver health among urban and rural Chinese adults: results from two independent surveys.

Trends of in-hospital and 30-day mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention in England before and after the COVID-19 era (2020)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2020). Trends of in-hospital and 30-day mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention in England before and after the COVID-19 era. MedRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.18.20155549v1

Objectives: To examine short-term primary causes of death after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a national cohort before and during COVID-19. Background: Public reporting of PCI outcomes is a performance metric and a requirement in many h... Read More about Trends of in-hospital and 30-day mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention in England before and after the COVID-19 era.

Dose-response association between physical activity and clustering of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among 26,093 Chinese adults (2020)
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Shi, R., Cai, Y., Yang, Y., Yu, D., & Qin, R. (2020). Dose-response association between physical activity and clustering of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among 26,093 Chinese adults. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 20, Article 347. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01627-6

Background
There is uncertain evidence in the dose-response association between overall physical activity levels and clustering of cardiovascular diseases modifiable risk factors (CVDMRF) in Chinese adults. This study examined the hypothesis whether... Read More about Dose-response association between physical activity and clustering of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among 26,093 Chinese adults.

Reasons why Dutch novice nurses leave nursing: A qualitative approach. (2020)
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(2020). Reasons why Dutch novice nurses leave nursing: A qualitative approach. Nurse Education in Practice, 102848 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102848

Shortages in the nursing profession are increasing. It is, therefore, imperative to understand why novice nurses are leaving the profession. This qualitative study explores Dutch novice nurses' motives for leaving the profession. Individual semi-stru... Read More about Reasons why Dutch novice nurses leave nursing: A qualitative approach..

Is a definitive trial of prehospital continuous positive airway pressure versus standard oxygen therapy for acute respiratory failure indicated? The ACUTE pilot randomised controlled trial. (2020)
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Fuller, G., Keating, S., Goodacre, S., Perkins, G., Rosser, A., Gunson, I., Miller, J., Ward, M., Bradburn, M., Thokala, P., Harris, T., Scott, A., Cooper, C., Marsh, M., & Herbert, E. (2020). Is a definitive trial of prehospital continuous positive airway pressure versus standard oxygen therapy for acute respiratory failure indicated? The ACUTE pilot randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, e035915 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035915

OBJECTIVES: To determine the feasibility of a large-scale definitive multicentre trial of prehospital continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in acute respiratory failure.

DESIGN: A single-centre, open-label, individual patient randomised, con... Read More about Is a definitive trial of prehospital continuous positive airway pressure versus standard oxygen therapy for acute respiratory failure indicated? The ACUTE pilot randomised controlled trial..

Patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives on a ‘fast-track’ pathway for patients with sciatica in primary care: qualitative findings from the SCOPiC stratified care trial (2020)
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Saunders, B., Konstantinou, K., Artus, M., E Foster, N., & Bartlam, B. (2020). Patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives on a ‘fast-track’ pathway for patients with sciatica in primary care: qualitative findings from the SCOPiC stratified care trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21, Article 469. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03483-z

Background
Sciatica is common and associated with significant impacts for the individual and society. The SCOPiC randomised controlled trial (RCT) (trial registration: ISRCTN75449581) tested stratified primary care for sciatica by subgrouping patien... Read More about Patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives on a ‘fast-track’ pathway for patients with sciatica in primary care: qualitative findings from the SCOPiC stratified care trial.

The Place of the Bifactor Model in Confirmatory Factor Analysis Investigations Into Construct Dimensionality in Language Testing. (2020)
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Dunn, K. J., & McCray, G. (2020). The Place of the Bifactor Model in Confirmatory Factor Analysis Investigations Into Construct Dimensionality in Language Testing. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1- 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01357

For practical and theoretical purposes, tests of second language (L2) ability commonly aim to measure one overarching trait, general language ability, while simultaneously measuring multiple sub-traits (e.g., reading, grammar, etc.). This tension bet... Read More about The Place of the Bifactor Model in Confirmatory Factor Analysis Investigations Into Construct Dimensionality in Language Testing..

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on admission rates for, and management of, acute coronary syndromes in England (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on admission rates for, and management of, acute coronary syndromes in England. Lancet, 381-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2820%2931356-8

Background
Several countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have reported a substantial drop in the number of patients attending the emergency department with acute coronary syndromes and a reduced number of cardiac procedures. We aimed to unders... Read More about Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on admission rates for, and management of, acute coronary syndromes in England.

Improving Empathy in Healthcare Consultations-a Secondary Analysis of Interventions. (2020)
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Mallen. (2020). Improving Empathy in Healthcare Consultations-a Secondary Analysis of Interventions. Journal of General Internal Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05994-w

A recent systematic review of randomised trials suggested that empathic communication improves patient health outcomes. However, the methods for training healthcare practitioners (medical professionals; HCPs) in empathy and the empathic behaviours de... Read More about Improving Empathy in Healthcare Consultations-a Secondary Analysis of Interventions..

Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in Primary Care Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain (2020)
Journal Article
Scott, I. C., McCray, G., Lancaster, G., Foster, N. E., & Hill, J. C. (2020). Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in Primary Care Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 50(5), 813-820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.06.022

Objective
To evaluate the responsiveness, and concurrent validity of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in UK primary care patients with common musculoskeletal (MSK) pain presentations.

Methods
A secondary analysis of a primary ca... Read More about Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in Primary Care Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain.