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Defining optimal interventions for Perinatal Anxiety (PNA) in a primary care population: a multi-methods study (2024)
Thesis
Silverwood, V. A. Defining optimal interventions for Perinatal Anxiety (PNA) in a primary care population: a multi-methods study. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/1015697

Introduction
Perinatal anxiety (PNA) occurs during pregnancy and up to 12 months postpartum. PNA affects approximately 21% of women worldwide and can have a negative impact on mothers, children and their families. The National Institute for Health... Read More about Defining optimal interventions for Perinatal Anxiety (PNA) in a primary care population: a multi-methods study.

Trajectories of work absence in England due to a musculoskeletal or mental health condition: an electronic health record study (2024)
Thesis
Legha, A. S. Trajectories of work absence in England due to a musculoskeletal or mental health condition: an electronic health record study. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/956328

Introduction
Long-term sickness absence has recently been rising in the UK, causing a record number of economically inactive individuals and prompting concern from the Government. The aim of this thesis is to derive trajectories of absence over time... Read More about Trajectories of work absence in England due to a musculoskeletal or mental health condition: an electronic health record study.

The prognostic value of mean platelet volume in patients with coronary artery disease: An updated systematic review with meta-analyses. (2024)
Journal Article
Galimzhanov, A., Tun, H. N., Sabitov, Y., Perone, F., Kursat, T. M., Tenekecioglu, E., & Mamas, M. A. (in press). The prognostic value of mean platelet volume in patients with coronary artery disease: An updated systematic review with meta-analyses. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, Article e14295. https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.14295

Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a widely available laboratory index, however its prognostic significance in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is still unclear. We intended to investigate and pool the evidence on the prognostic utility of admi... Read More about The prognostic value of mean platelet volume in patients with coronary artery disease: An updated systematic review with meta-analyses..

Central and Eastern European Migrants in the United Kingdom: A Scoping Review of the Reasons for Utilisation of Transnational Healthcare (2024)
Journal Article
Stepanova, V., Poppleton, A., & Ponsford, R. (2024). Central and Eastern European Migrants in the United Kingdom: A Scoping Review of the Reasons for Utilisation of Transnational Healthcare. Health Expectations, 27(4), Article e14155. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.14155

Background: An estimated 2.2 million people from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) live in the United Kingdom. It has been documented that CEE migrants underutilise health services in the United Kingdom and, as an alternative, seek healthcare in their... Read More about Central and Eastern European Migrants in the United Kingdom: A Scoping Review of the Reasons for Utilisation of Transnational Healthcare.

Google Internet searches related to inflammatory arthritis: An observational study using Google Trends data (2024)
Journal Article
Akthar, M., Mason, K. J., & Scott, I. C. (2024). Google Internet searches related to inflammatory arthritis: An observational study using Google Trends data. Musculoskeletal Care, 22(3), Article e1916. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1916

Objective: The Internet has transformed how patients access health information. We examined Google search engine data to understand which aspects of health are most often searched for in combination with inflammatory arthritis (IA). Methods: Using Go... Read More about Google Internet searches related to inflammatory arthritis: An observational study using Google Trends data.

Exploring Experiences of People With Knee Osteoarthritis Who Received a Physiotherapist-Delivered Dietary Weight Loss and Exercise Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study. (2024)
Journal Article
Lawford, B. J., Allison, K., Nelligan, R., Campbell, P., Hinman, R. S., Jones, S. E., …Bennell, K. L. (2024). Exploring Experiences of People With Knee Osteoarthritis Who Received a Physiotherapist-Delivered Dietary Weight Loss and Exercise Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study. Arthritis Care & Research, https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25401

Explore the experiences of people with knee osteoarthritis who received a very low energy diet (VLED) and exercise program from a physiotherapist. Mixed methods study involving questionnaires (n=42) and semi-structured interviews (n=22) with randomiz... Read More about Exploring Experiences of People With Knee Osteoarthritis Who Received a Physiotherapist-Delivered Dietary Weight Loss and Exercise Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study..

Musculoskeletal Health and Work: Development and Internal–External Cross-Validation of a Model to Predict Risk of Work Absence and Presenteeism in People Seeking Primary Healthcare (2024)
Journal Article
Archer, L., Peat, G., Snell, K. I. E., Hill, J. C., Dunn, K. M., Foster, N. E., …Wynne-Jones, G. (2024). Musculoskeletal Health and Work: Development and Internal–External Cross-Validation of a Model to Predict Risk of Work Absence and Presenteeism in People Seeking Primary Healthcare. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-024-10223-w

Purpose
To develop and validate prediction models for the risk of future work absence and level of presenteeism, in adults seeking primary healthcare with musculoskeletal disorders (MSD).

Methods
Six studies from the West-Midlands/Northwest regi... Read More about Musculoskeletal Health and Work: Development and Internal–External Cross-Validation of a Model to Predict Risk of Work Absence and Presenteeism in People Seeking Primary Healthcare.

Understanding the preferences of young adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus with regard to diabetes self-management education: a qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Sim, R. R. J., Soon, W., Smith, H. E., Griva, K., & Wong, S. K. W. (2024). Understanding the preferences of young adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus with regard to diabetes self-management education: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 14(7), Article e086133. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086133

Aim: Young-onset type 2 diabetes (YOD) is associated with poorer clinical outcomes. To support the development of more effective diabetes self-management education (DSME) programmes, this study aimed to understand the preferences of young adults with... Read More about Understanding the preferences of young adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus with regard to diabetes self-management education: a qualitative study.

GPs’ views of prescribing beta- blockers for people with anxiety disorders: a qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Archer, C., Kessler, D., Wiles, N., Chew-Graham, C. A., & Turner, K. (2024). GPs’ views of prescribing beta- blockers for people with anxiety disorders: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), Article BJGP.2024.0091. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0091

Between 2003-2018, incident prescriptions of beta-blockers for anxiety increased substantially, particularly in young adults. NICE guidance for anxiety does not recommend beta-blockers, probably due to a lack of evidence to support such use. Recent r... Read More about GPs’ views of prescribing beta- blockers for people with anxiety disorders: a qualitative study.

Community based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people: systematic review and network meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Crocker, T. F., Ensor, J., Lam, N., Jordão, M., Bajpai, R., Bond, M., …Clegg, A. (2024). Community based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people: systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ, 384, Article e077764. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-077764

To synthesise evidence of the effectiveness of community based complex interventions, grouped according to their intervention components, to sustain independence for older people. Systematic review and network meta-analysis. Medline, Embase, CINAHL,... Read More about Community based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people: systematic review and network meta-analysis.

The Extent to Which the Wish to Donate One’s Organs After Death Contributes to Life-Extension Arguments in Favour of Voluntary Active Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill: An Ethical Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Armitage, R. C. (in press). The Extent to Which the Wish to Donate One’s Organs After Death Contributes to Life-Extension Arguments in Favour of Voluntary Active Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill: An Ethical Analysis. New Bioethics, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/20502877.2024.2308346

In terminally ill individuals who would otherwise end their own lives, active voluntary euthanasia (AVE) can be seen as life-extending rather than life-shortening. Accordingly, AVE supports key pro-euthanasia arguments (appeals to autonomy and benefi... Read More about The Extent to Which the Wish to Donate One’s Organs After Death Contributes to Life-Extension Arguments in Favour of Voluntary Active Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill: An Ethical Analysis.

Counting the Lifetime Cost of Obesity: Analysis based on National England Data (2024)
Journal Article
Fryer, A. A., Heald, A., Stedman, M., Stedman, M., Davies, M. B., Rutter, M. K., …Whyte, M. (2024). Counting the Lifetime Cost of Obesity: Analysis based on National England Data. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(4), 1464-1478. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.15447

Aim
Obesity has a significant impact on all-cause mortality rate and overall health care resource use (HCRU). These outcomes are also strongly linked to age, sex and local deprivation of the population. We aimed to establish the lifetime costs of ob... Read More about Counting the Lifetime Cost of Obesity: Analysis based on National England Data.

A Device for Prehabilitation of Total Knee Replacement Surgery (Slider): Usability Study. (2023)
Journal Article
Islam, R., Gooch, D., Karlakki, S., & Price, B. (in press). A Device for Prehabilitation of Total Knee Replacement Surgery (Slider): Usability Study. JMIR Formative Research, 7, e48055. https://doi.org/10.2196/48055

Rehabilitation, or "prehabilitation," is essential in preparing for and recovering from knee replacement surgery. The recent demand for these services has surpassed available resources, a situation further strained by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has... Read More about A Device for Prehabilitation of Total Knee Replacement Surgery (Slider): Usability Study..

Barriers and facilitators to seeking and accessing mental health support in primary care and the community among female migrants in Europe: a “feminisms” systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Nyikavaranda, P., Pantelic, M., Jones, C. J., Paudyal, P., Tunks, A., & Llewellyn, C. D. (in press). Barriers and facilitators to seeking and accessing mental health support in primary care and the community among female migrants in Europe: a “feminisms” systematic review. International Journal for Equity in Health, 22(1), Article 196. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-01990-8

Background
Recent years have seen record levels of migration to Europe. Female migrants are at heightened risk of developing mental health disorders, yet they face barriers to accessing mental health services in their host countries. This systematic... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to seeking and accessing mental health support in primary care and the community among female migrants in Europe: a “feminisms” systematic review.

Knowledge, attitudes and practice of female genital mutilation and cutting: An observational cross-sectional study in primary care (FGM/C Study) (2023)
Journal Article
Robinson, M., Prior, J., Mallen, C. D., & Shepherd, T. A. (2023). Knowledge, attitudes and practice of female genital mutilation and cutting: An observational cross-sectional study in primary care (FGM/C Study). British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 7(3), Article BJGPO20230005. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2023.0005

Background: Female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) describes procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Increasing migration means many c... Read More about Knowledge, attitudes and practice of female genital mutilation and cutting: An observational cross-sectional study in primary care (FGM/C Study).

The aftermath of war; mental health, substance use and their correlates with social support and resilience among adolescents in a post-conflict region of Sri Lanka (2023)
Journal Article
Dissanayake, L., Jabir, S., Shepherd, T., Helliwell, T., Selvaratnam, L., Jayaweera, K., …Sumathipala, A. (in press). The aftermath of war; mental health, substance use and their correlates with social support and resilience among adolescents in a post-conflict region of Sri Lanka. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 17(1), Article 101. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00648-1

Background:
Armed conflicts impact on the health and well-being of everyone, but its effect on adolescent mental health is a significant, yet under-explored area in global health. Mental health disorders which develop during adolescence often lead... Read More about The aftermath of war; mental health, substance use and their correlates with social support and resilience among adolescents in a post-conflict region of Sri Lanka.

Mental illness stigma as a moderator in the relationship between religiosity and help-seeking attitudes among Muslims from 16 Arab countries (2023)
Journal Article
Fekih-Romdhane, F., Daher-Nashif, S., Stambouli, M., Alhuwailah, A., Helmy, M., Shuwiekh, H. A. M., …Hallit, S. (in press). Mental illness stigma as a moderator in the relationship between religiosity and help-seeking attitudes among Muslims from 16 Arab countries. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 1671. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16622-7

Background:
Determining the potential barriers responsible for delaying access to care, and elucidating pathways to early intervention should be a priority, especially in Arab countries where mental health resources are limited. To the best of our... Read More about Mental illness stigma as a moderator in the relationship between religiosity and help-seeking attitudes among Muslims from 16 Arab countries.

Osteoporosis and fracture as risk factors for self-harm and suicide: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Manning, F. M., Mughal, F., Ismail, H. A. S. M., Baines, L. M., Chew-Graham, C. A., Paskins, Z., & Prior, J. A. (2023). Osteoporosis and fracture as risk factors for self-harm and suicide: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 73(735), e735-e743. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0035

Background: Increase in presentations of self-harm to primary care, a risk factor of suicide, has led to a growing interest in identifying at-risk populations.

Aim: To examine whether osteoporosis or fractures are risk factors for self-harm, sui... Read More about Osteoporosis and fracture as risk factors for self-harm and suicide: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Diabetes detection in women with gestational diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome (2023)
Journal Article
Hanna, F., Wu, P., Heald, A., & Fryer, A. (2023). Diabetes detection in women with gestational diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome. BMJ, 382, Article e071675. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-071675

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.