Changes in received quality of care for knee osteoarthritis after a multicomponent intervention in a general practice in Denmark (2021)
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Baumbach, L., Roos, E. M., Ankerst, D., Nyberg, L. A., Cottrell, E., & Lykkegaard, J. (2021). Changes in received quality of care for knee osteoarthritis after a multicomponent intervention in a general practice in Denmark. Health Science Reports, 4(4), Article e402. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.402

Objective: First-line treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis should ideally prescribe patient education, exercise, and if needed, weight loss. In practice, however, adjunctive treatments, including painkillers and referrals to specialists, a... Read More about Changes in received quality of care for knee osteoarthritis after a multicomponent intervention in a general practice in Denmark.

Implementing a Stratified Vocational Advice Intervention for People on Sick Leave with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Multimethod Process Evaluation. (2021)
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Aanesen, F., Øiestad, B., Grotle, M., Løchting, I., Solli, R., Sowden, G., …Eik, H. (2021). Implementing a Stratified Vocational Advice Intervention for People on Sick Leave with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Multimethod Process Evaluation. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-021-10007-6

Purpose To perform a process evaluation of a stratified vocational advice intervention (SVAI), delivered by physiotherapists in primary care, for people on sick leave with musculoskeletal disorders participating in a randomised controlled trial. The... Read More about Implementing a Stratified Vocational Advice Intervention for People on Sick Leave with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Multimethod Process Evaluation..

When Covid-19 first struck: analysis of the influence of structural characteristics of countries - technocracy is strengthened by open democracy (2021)
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(2021). When Covid-19 first struck: analysis of the influence of structural characteristics of countries - technocracy is strengthened by open democracy. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257757

Context: The Covid-19 pandemic hit the developed world differentially due to accidental factors, and countries had to respond rapidly within existing resources, structures, and processes to manage totally new health challenges. This study aimed to id... Read More about When Covid-19 first struck: analysis of the influence of structural characteristics of countries - technocracy is strengthened by open democracy.

Racial disparities in management and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest complicating myocardial infarction; a national study from England and Wales (2021)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2021). Racial disparities in management and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest complicating myocardial infarction; a national study from England and Wales. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2021.09.026

Background Studies of racial disparities in patients admitted with an OHCA in the setting of AMI have shown inconsistent results. Whether these differences in care exist in a universal healthcare system in England is unknown. Methods Patients admitte... Read More about Racial disparities in management and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest complicating myocardial infarction; a national study from England and Wales.

Chronic pain in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (2021)
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Bakshi, N., Hart, A. L., Lee, M. C., Williams, A. C. D. C., Lackner, J. M., Norton, C., & Croft, P. (2021). Chronic pain in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. PAIN, 162(10), 2466-2471. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002304

How parents share and limit their child’s access to information about COVID-19: a mixed methods online survey study (2021)
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Protheroe. (2021). How parents share and limit their child’s access to information about COVID-19: a mixed methods online survey study. Journal of Child Health Care, https://doi.org/10.1177/13674935211046724

This study aimed to understand the role that parents play in sharing or limiting their child’s access to information about Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A subset of data from an international mixed-method online survey study was analyzed to e... Read More about How parents share and limit their child’s access to information about COVID-19: a mixed methods online survey study.

Improving Sleep Quality Leads to Better Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials (2021)
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Scott, A., Webb, T. L., Martyn-St James, M., Rowse, G., & Weich, S. (2021). Improving Sleep Quality Leads to Better Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 60, Article 101556. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/t2efb

<p>The extent to which sleep is causally related to mental health is unclear. One way to test the causal link is to evaluate the extent to which interventions that improve sleep quality also improve mental health. We conducted a meta-analysis of rand... Read More about Improving Sleep Quality Leads to Better Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.

Skeletal Muscle Possesses an Epigenetic Memory of Exercise: Role of Nucleus Type-Specific DNA Methylation (2021)
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(2021). Skeletal Muscle Possesses an Epigenetic Memory of Exercise: Role of Nucleus Type-Specific DNA Methylation. Function, https://doi.org/10.1093/function/zqab047

Integrating case-finding and initial management for osteoarthritis, anxiety, and depression into primary care long-term condition reviews: results from the ENHANCE pilot trial. (2021)
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Healey, E. L., Mallen, C. D., Chew-Graham, C. A., Nicholls, E., Lewis, M., Lawton, S. A., …Jinks, C. (2022). Integrating case-finding and initial management for osteoarthritis, anxiety, and depression into primary care long-term condition reviews: results from the ENHANCE pilot trial. Family Practice, 39(4), 592–602. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmab113

Background: Multimorbidity is increasingly the norm; however, primary care remains focused on single diseases. Osteoarthritis, anxiety, and depression are frequently comorbid with other long-term conditions (LTCs), but rarely prioritized by clinician... Read More about Integrating case-finding and initial management for osteoarthritis, anxiety, and depression into primary care long-term condition reviews: results from the ENHANCE pilot trial..

Determining the ideal osteotomy for stemless total shoulder replacement – a cadaveric study (2021)
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McClelland, D., Blackwell, J. R., O’Beirne, S., Grocott, N. E., & Ogrodnik, P. (2022). Determining the ideal osteotomy for stemless total shoulder replacement – a cadaveric study. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 31(2), 413-419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2021.08.018

Hypothesis: To determine the angle of osteotomy that produces a circular humeral cut surface.
Methods: 49 cadaveric shoulders, from 25 cadavers, underwent sequential humeral head osteotomy from 180 degrees (vertical, in line with the humeral diaphys... Read More about Determining the ideal osteotomy for stemless total shoulder replacement – a cadaveric study.

Ball heading and subclinical concussion in soccer as a risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament injury. (2021)
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(2021). Ball heading and subclinical concussion in soccer as a risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament injury. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 566 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02711-z

Soccer players have a high risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, a potentially career-ending event. ACL rupture has been linked with abnormal neuromuscular control in the lower limb. Additionally, heading the ball with the unprotected head... Read More about Ball heading and subclinical concussion in soccer as a risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament injury..

‘Permission to be kind to myself’. The experiences of informal carers of those with a life-limiting or terminal illness of a brief self-compassion-based self-care intervention (2021)
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Diggory, K., & Reeves, A. (2021). ‘Permission to be kind to myself’. The experiences of informal carers of those with a life-limiting or terminal illness of a brief self-compassion-based self-care intervention. Progress in Palliative Care, 30(3), 1 - 9. https://doi.org/10.1080/09699260.2021.1972722

Background
Informal carers of someone with a life-limiting or terminal illness often experience marked levels of depression, anxiety and stress. Carers have limited free time to devote to lengthy, well-being interventions. Carers also struggle to pr... Read More about ‘Permission to be kind to myself’. The experiences of informal carers of those with a life-limiting or terminal illness of a brief self-compassion-based self-care intervention.

Effects of an e-learning programme on osteopaths' back pain attitudes: a mixed methods feasibility study. (2021)
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(2021). Effects of an e-learning programme on osteopaths' back pain attitudes: a mixed methods feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 174 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00901-4

BACKGROUND: The biopsychosocial model is recommended in the management of non-specific low back pain but musculoskeletal practitioners can lack skills in assessing and managing patients using a biopsychosocial framework. Educational interventions hav... Read More about Effects of an e-learning programme on osteopaths' back pain attitudes: a mixed methods feasibility study..

Establishing the acceptability and usability of an animated virtual patient simulation. (2021)
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Lucy Richardson, C., Chapman, S., & White, S. (2021). Establishing the acceptability and usability of an animated virtual patient simulation. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 4, Article 100069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2021.100069

Background: An animated, video-based, virtual patient (VP) has been developed to allow pharmacists to learn how, and practice how, to advise patients taking non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants, a group of high-risk medicines. VPs are well-established r... Read More about Establishing the acceptability and usability of an animated virtual patient simulation..

The patient pathway review: A new method of evaluating clinical practices to understand the complexities of real-world care. (2021)
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Kwok, C. S., Muntean, E., & Mallen, C. (2021). The patient pathway review: A new method of evaluating clinical practices to understand the complexities of real-world care. Critical Pathways in Cardiology: A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 20(4), 213-219. https://doi.org/10.1097/HPC.0000000000000267

Healthcare research has contributed to the good patient care that is delivered today. With the perpetual demand for higher quality, cost-effective care, the current approaches in research could be improved to answer important research questions relat... Read More about The patient pathway review: A new method of evaluating clinical practices to understand the complexities of real-world care..

Impact of the admitting ward on care quality and outcomes in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI): insights from a national registry. (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). Impact of the admitting ward on care quality and outcomes in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI): insights from a national registry. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcab062

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the association between the type of admission ward and quality of care and outcomes for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). METHODS & RESULTS: We analysed data from 337,155 NSTEMI admissions betw... Read More about Impact of the admitting ward on care quality and outcomes in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI): insights from a national registry..

Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts. (2021)
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(2021). Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts. Hormones and Behavior, -. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105054

Comparing twins from same- and opposite-sex pairs can provide information on potential sex differences in a variety of outcomes, including socioeconomic-related outcomes such as educational attainment. It has been suggested that this design can be ap... Read More about Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts..

Reply (2021)
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Hay, C. A., Mallen, C. D., Belcher, J., Roddy, E., & Prior, J. A. (2022). Reply. Arthritis Care and Research, 74(1), 161-162. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24777

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Social Work and Social Care: Mapping Workforce Engagement, Relevance, Experience and Interest in Research (2021)
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Lambley-Burke, R., Wakefield, J., Lavender, S., Nixon, K., Hornby, S., Dobel-Ober, D., …Mallen, C. (2022). Social Work and Social Care: Mapping Workforce Engagement, Relevance, Experience and Interest in Research. British Journal of Social Work, 52(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab169

Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been promoted within social work/social care, with emerging evidence of benefit to practitioners and service users. Advocates argue that EBP enables practitioners to have the skills to interpret and evaluate evidence... Read More about Social Work and Social Care: Mapping Workforce Engagement, Relevance, Experience and Interest in Research.

The Fourth Trimester: Pregnancy as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease (2021)
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Wu, P., Park, K., & Gulati, M. (2021). The Fourth Trimester: Pregnancy as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease. European Cardiology Review, 16, Article e31. https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2021.18

Pregnancy identifies women who may be at a greater risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), based on the development of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), and may identify women who may benefit from atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD) risk reduction efforts. AP... Read More about The Fourth Trimester: Pregnancy as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease.