The evidence-based development of an intervention to improve clinical health literacy practice (2020)
Journal Article
Tabassum, B., Campbell, P., Harvey, S., Vaittinen, A., Stobbart, L., Rowlands, G., …Protheroe, J. (2020). The evidence-based development of an intervention to improve clinical health literacy practice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(5), Article 1513. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051513

Abstract: Low health literacy is an issue with high prevalence in the UK and internationally. It has a social gradient with higher prevalence in lower social groups and is linked with higher rates of long-term health conditions, lower self-rated heal... Read More about The evidence-based development of an intervention to improve clinical health literacy practice.

Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak (2020)
Journal Article
Habibi, R., Burci, G. L., de Campos, T. C., Chirwa, D., Cina, M., Dagron, S., …Hoffman, S. J. (2020). Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Lancet, 395(10225), 664-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2820%2930373-1

Potentially over 3 million children in EU Europe believed not to be receiving needed medical and dental treatment-and parents' reasons why. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Potentially over 3 million children in EU Europe believed not to be receiving needed medical and dental treatment-and parents' reasons why. Child: Care, Health and Development, https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12757

BACKGROUND: Children have the right to health and countries a duty under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to facilitate this. The European Union has emphasized the importance of investing in children, but at times this seems m... Read More about Potentially over 3 million children in EU Europe believed not to be receiving needed medical and dental treatment-and parents' reasons why..

Patient safety in marginalised groups: a narrative scoping review (2020)
Journal Article
Cheraghi-Sohi, S., Panagioti, M., Daker-White, G., Giles, S., Riste, L., Kirk, S., …Sanders, C. (2020). Patient safety in marginalised groups: a narrative scoping review. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19(1), Article ARTN 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-019-1103-2

BACKGROUND: Marginalised groups ('populations outside of mainstream society') experience severe health inequities, as well as increased risk of experiencing patient safety incidents. To date however no review exists to identify, map and analyse the l... Read More about Patient safety in marginalised groups: a narrative scoping review.

The impact of the enhanced recovery pathway and other factors on outcomes and costs following hip and knee replacement: routine data study (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). The impact of the enhanced recovery pathway and other factors on outcomes and costs following hip and knee replacement: routine data study. Health Services and Delivery Research, https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr08040

BACKGROUND:There is limited evidence concerning the effectiveness of enhanced recovery programmes in hip and knee replacement surgery, particularly when applied nationwide across a health-care system. OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of hospital or... Read More about The impact of the enhanced recovery pathway and other factors on outcomes and costs following hip and knee replacement: routine data study.

Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article
Hill, J., Garvin, S., Chen, Y., Cooper, V., Wathall, S., Saunders, B., …Foster, N. E. (2020). Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Family Practice, 21, Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-1074-9

Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain from the five most common presentations to primary care (back, neck, shoulder, knee or multi-site pain), where the majority of patients are managed, is a costly global health challenge. At present, first-line de... Read More about Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.

The role of hospital organisation, surgical factors, and the enhanced recovery pathway, on patient outcomes and NHS costs following primary hip and knee replacement surgery: spatial and longitudinal analysis of routine data: ATLAS (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). The role of hospital organisation, surgical factors, and the enhanced recovery pathway, on patient outcomes and NHS costs following primary hip and knee replacement surgery: spatial and longitudinal analysis of routine data: ATLAS. Health Services and Delivery Research, https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr08040

Objective(s)
To determine the effect of hospital organisation, surgical factors, and the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway on patient outcomes and NHS costs of hip/knee replacement.

Design
(1) Statistical analysis of national linked... Read More about The role of hospital organisation, surgical factors, and the enhanced recovery pathway, on patient outcomes and NHS costs following primary hip and knee replacement surgery: spatial and longitudinal analysis of routine data: ATLAS.

Adrenal lesions found incidentally: how to improve clinical and cost-effectiveness (2020)
Journal Article
Hanna, F., Issa, B., Lea, S., George, C., Golash, A., Firn, M., …Fryer, A. (2020). Adrenal lesions found incidentally: how to improve clinical and cost-effectiveness. BMJ Open Quality, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000572

INTRODUCTION: Adrenal incidentalomas are lesions that are incidentally identified while scanning for other conditions. While most are benign and hormonally non-functional, around 20% are malignant and/or hormonally active, requiring prompt interventi... Read More about Adrenal lesions found incidentally: how to improve clinical and cost-effectiveness.

Flare-ups of osteoarthritis: what do they mean in the short-term and the long-term? (2020)
Journal Article
Thomas, M., & Neogi, T. (2020). Flare-ups of osteoarthritis: what do they mean in the short-term and the long-term?. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 28(7), 870-873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2020.01.005

Symptoms of osteoarthritis (OA) evolve over years with variable rate and course. While studies have focused on understanding long-term trajectories of OA [e.g., 1 ], how these relate to shorter-term fluctuations in symptoms is not well-understood. Ye... Read More about Flare-ups of osteoarthritis: what do they mean in the short-term and the long-term?.

Use of GRADE for assessment of evidence about prognostic factors: rating certainty in identification of groups of patients with different absolute risks. (2020)
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(2020). Use of GRADE for assessment of evidence about prognostic factors: rating certainty in identification of groups of patients with different absolute risks. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.12.023

The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to rating certainty in the results of research studies was initially developed for therapeutic questions. The approach considers: study design, risk of bias; inco... Read More about Use of GRADE for assessment of evidence about prognostic factors: rating certainty in identification of groups of patients with different absolute risks..

Optimising Management of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Primary Care (OPTIMISE-HFpEF): Rationale and Protocol for a Multi-Method Study (2020)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2020). Optimising Management of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Primary Care (OPTIMISE-HFpEF): Rationale and Protocol for a Multi-Method Study. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen19X101675

Background: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is less well understood than heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), with greater diagnostic difficulty and management uncertainty. Aim: Our primary aim is to develop an... Read More about Optimising Management of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Primary Care (OPTIMISE-HFpEF): Rationale and Protocol for a Multi-Method Study.

International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: Prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, E. A., Blake, P. G., Boudville, N., Davies, S., de Arteaga, J., Dong, J., …Warady, B. (2020). International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: Prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 40(3), 244- 253. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819895364

The International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis last published a guideline on prescribing peritoneal dialysis (PD) in 2006. This focused on clearance of toxins and used a measure of waste product removal by dialysis using urea as an example. This g... Read More about International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: Prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis.

Evaluating clinical pharmacist management of acute sore throats (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Saeed, S., Patel, B., & Thompson, J. (2020, January). Evaluating clinical pharmacist management of acute sore throats. Presented at PRIMM (UK & Ireland) 31st Annual Scientific, Manchester, UK

The test accuracy of antenatal ultrasound definitions of fetal macrosomia to predict birth injury: A systematic review. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). The test accuracy of antenatal ultrasound definitions of fetal macrosomia to predict birth injury: A systematic review. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 79 - 85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.01.019

OBJECTIVES: To determine which ultrasound measurement for predicted fetal macrosomia most accurately predicts adverse delivery and neonatal outcomes. STUDY DESIGN: Four biomedical databases searched for studies published after 1966. Randomised trials... Read More about The test accuracy of antenatal ultrasound definitions of fetal macrosomia to predict birth injury: A systematic review..

Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature. (2020)
Journal Article
Burgess, R., Hall, J., Bishop, A., Lewis, M., & Hill, J. (2020). Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132719899763

Background: Identifying variation in musculoskeletal service costs requires the use of specific standardized metrics. There has been a large focus on costing, efficiency, and standardized metrics within the acute musculoskeletal setting, but far less... Read More about Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature..

Association of STarT Back Tool and the short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire with multidimensional risk factors. (2020)
Journal Article
Hill, J. (2020). Association of STarT Back Tool and the short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire with multidimensional risk factors. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57105-3

The Short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (ÖMPSQ-short) and the STarT Back Tool (SBT) have been developed to screen for risk factors for future low back pain (LBP) -related disability and work loss respectively. The ai... Read More about Association of STarT Back Tool and the short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire with multidimensional risk factors..

Improving predictor selection for injury modelling methods in male footballers (2020)
Journal Article
Philp, F., Al-shallawi, A., Kyriacou, T., Blana, D., & Pandyan, A. (2020). Improving predictor selection for injury modelling methods in male footballers. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 6(1), e000634 - e000634. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000634

Objectives
This objective of this study was to evaluate whether combining existing methods of elastic net for zero-inflated Poisson and zero-inflated Poisson regression methods could improve real-life applicability of injury prediction models in foo... Read More about Improving predictor selection for injury modelling methods in male footballers.

Aluminum and Amyloid-ß in Familial Alzheimer's Disease. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Aluminum and Amyloid-ß in Familial Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 1627-1635. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-191140

Genetic predispositions associated with metabolism of the amyloid-ß protein precursor underlie familial Alzheimer's disease; a form of dementia characterized by early disease onset and elevated levels of cortical amyloid-ß. Human exposure to aluminum... Read More about Aluminum and Amyloid-ß in Familial Alzheimer's Disease..

Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy. Obesity Surgery, 1168 - 1170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-04379-1

We report a patient with obesity who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy after pre-operative ultrasound mark up to enable safe port insertion due to presence of venous collaterals in the abdominal wall as a result of congenial IVC anomaly. This... Read More about Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy..

Diagnostic accuracy of history taking, physical examination and imaging for phalangeal, metacarpal and carpal fractures: a systematic review update. (2020)
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(2020). Diagnostic accuracy of history taking, physical examination and imaging for phalangeal, metacarpal and carpal fractures: a systematic review update. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 12 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2988-z

BACKGROUND: The standard diagnostic work-up for hand and wrist fractures consists of history taking, physical examination and imaging if needed, but the supporting evidence for this work-up is limited. The purpose of this study was to systematically... Read More about Diagnostic accuracy of history taking, physical examination and imaging for phalangeal, metacarpal and carpal fractures: a systematic review update..