Responders to Exercise Therapy in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Hip: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Responders to Exercise Therapy in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Hip: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207380

The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology workgroup (OMERACT), together with the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) developed the OMERACT-OARSI responder criteria. These criteria are used to determine if a patient with osteoarthritis (O... Read More about Responders to Exercise Therapy in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Hip: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis..

Physiotherapists may improve management of knee osteoarthritis through greater psychosocial focus, being proactive with advice, and offering longer-term reviews: a qualitative study. (2020)
Journal Article
Dziedzic. (2020). Physiotherapists may improve management of knee osteoarthritis through greater psychosocial focus, being proactive with advice, and offering longer-term reviews: a qualitative study. Journal of Physiotherapy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2020.09.005

QUESTIONS: What are the experiences of physiotherapists delivering care for people with knee osteoarthritis? How do these experiences align with the national Clinical Care Standard? DESIGN: A qualitative study using individual interviews. PARTICIPANT... Read More about Physiotherapists may improve management of knee osteoarthritis through greater psychosocial focus, being proactive with advice, and offering longer-term reviews: a qualitative study..

Perspectives on public involvement in health research from Singapore: The potential of a supported group model of involvement. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Perspectives on public involvement in health research from Singapore: The potential of a supported group model of involvement. Health Expectations, 1074 - 1085. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13058

BACKGROUND: Singapore is an international research hub, with an emphasis on translational clinical research. Despite growing evidence of the positive impact of public involvement (PPI) in research, it remains rare in Singapore. AIMS: To investigate S... Read More about Perspectives on public involvement in health research from Singapore: The potential of a supported group model of involvement..

Identification of Patterns of Foot and Ankle Pain in the Community: Cross-sectional Findings from the Clinical Assessment Study of the Foot (2020)
Journal Article
Chean, C. S., Lingham, A., Rathod-Mistry, T., Thomas, M. J., Marshall, M., Menz, H. B., & Roddy, E. (2021). Identification of Patterns of Foot and Ankle Pain in the Community: Cross-sectional Findings from the Clinical Assessment Study of the Foot. Musculoskeletal Care, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1502

Objectives: To investigate patterns of foot and ankle pain locations and symptoms, socio-demographic and comorbid characteristics to examine whether there are distinct foot and ankle pain phenotypes. Methods: Adults aged =50 years registered with fou... Read More about Identification of Patterns of Foot and Ankle Pain in the Community: Cross-sectional Findings from the Clinical Assessment Study of the Foot.

Clinical features and outcomes of adults with COVID-19: A systematic review and pooled analysis of the literature (2020)
Journal Article
Mallen. (2020). Clinical features and outcomes of adults with COVID-19: A systematic review and pooled analysis of the literature. International Journal of Clinical Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13725

Background: The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic and the published literature describing the virus has grown exponentially.
Methods: We conducted a systematic review of the literature to identify the symptoms, comorb... Read More about Clinical features and outcomes of adults with COVID-19: A systematic review and pooled analysis of the literature.

The national Targeted Lung Health Checks programme: Focusing on the lungs does not mean missing adrenal lesions. (2020)
Journal Article
Hussain, I., Fryer, A. A., Barnett, J., & Hanna, F. W. (2020). The national Targeted Lung Health Checks programme: Focusing on the lungs does not mean missing adrenal lesions. Clinical Medicine, e202 - e203. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0231

Recently, the UK's national Targeted Lung Health Checks programme produced recommendations for the management of incidental findings identified during the scans performed as part of the lung cancer screening programme. We identified significant discr... Read More about The national Targeted Lung Health Checks programme: Focusing on the lungs does not mean missing adrenal lesions..

Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in the Development of Therapeutic Approaches for Neurodegenerative Diseases (2020)
Journal Article
Bowerman, M. (2020). Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in the Development of Therapeutic Approaches for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Brain Sciences, 10(9), Article 633. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10090633

Note: In lieu of an abstract, this is an excerpt from the first page.

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Huntington’s disease (HD), severely impact the function of neuronal cells in the brain... Read More about Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in the Development of Therapeutic Approaches for Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Why are children with asthma bullied? A quantitative analysis of bullying risk factors in the Room to Breathe cohort (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Gilchrist. (2020, September). Why are children with asthma bullied? A quantitative analysis of bullying risk factors in the Room to Breathe cohort. Presented at ERS International Congress 2020

Background: Bullying and asthma are common challenges faced by children worldwide. It has been shown that children with chronic health conditions are at higher risk of being bullied, but this has not been explored in detail in asthma. Aims and Object... Read More about Why are children with asthma bullied? A quantitative analysis of bullying risk factors in the Room to Breathe cohort.

Cohort profile: Oxford Pain, Activity and Lifestyle (OPAL) Study, a prospective cohort study of older adults in England. (2020)
Journal Article
Mallen. (2020). Cohort profile: Oxford Pain, Activity and Lifestyle (OPAL) Study, a prospective cohort study of older adults in England. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037516

PURPOSE: The 'Oxford Pain, Activity and Lifestyle' (OPAL) Cohort is a longitudinal, prospective cohort study of adults, aged 65 years and older, living in the community which is investigating the determinants of health in later life. Our focus was on... Read More about Cohort profile: Oxford Pain, Activity and Lifestyle (OPAL) Study, a prospective cohort study of older adults in England..

Police use of force during street protests: A pressing public mental health concern (2020)
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(2020). Police use of force during street protests: A pressing public mental health concern. EClinicalMedicine, 100509 - 100509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100509

A service evaluation of a Hospital In-reach Service for people who are homeless in South England (2020)
Journal Article
Blackwell-Green, G., Sargeant, C., & Paudyal, P. (2020). A service evaluation of a Hospital In-reach Service for people who are homeless in South England. European Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.517

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>Homelessness has increased dramatically in the last decade, with an estimated 165% increase in rough sleeping alone in England since 2010. People experiencing ho... Read More about A service evaluation of a Hospital In-reach Service for people who are homeless in South England.

A qualitative study on mental health and wellbeing of Syrian refugees in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Tattan, M., Paudyal, P., & Cooper, M. (2020). A qualitative study on mental health and wellbeing of Syrian refugees in the UK. European Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.760

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>The Syrian conflict has resulted in an estimated 5.3 million registered Syrian refugees in various parts of the world. Evidence suggests that these individuals a... Read More about A qualitative study on mental health and wellbeing of Syrian refugees in the UK.

Mechanical thrombectomy: can it be safely delivered out of hours in the UK? (2020)
Journal Article
Weddell, J., Parr, E., Knight, S., Muddegowda, G., Natarajan, I., Chembala, J., Ferdinand, P., Ahmad, N., Pencz, Z., Rana, S., Warusevitane, A., Jadun, C., Nayak, S., Hashim, Z., Augustine, A., Sim, J., & Roffe, C. (2020). Mechanical thrombectomy: can it be safely delivered out of hours in the UK?. BMC Neurology, 20, Article 326. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-020-01909-8

BACKGROUND: Mechanical thrombectomy was approved by NICE as a treatment for stroke in 2016. However, most of the evidence is from studies conducted during working hours. Only few centres in the UK perform thrombectomies out-of-hours. The Royal Stoke... Read More about Mechanical thrombectomy: can it be safely delivered out of hours in the UK?.

Virtual patients as a tool for training pre-registration pharmacists and increasing their preparedness to practice: A qualitative study (2020)
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Thompson, J., White, S., & Chapman, S. (2020). Virtual patients as a tool for training pre-registration pharmacists and increasing their preparedness to practice: A qualitative study. PloS one, 15(8), Article e0238226. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238226

Virtual patients are an active learning pedagogical tool which simulate clinical scenarios in a three-dimensional environment. Their use in pharmacy education is under-researched in comparison to other healthcare professions. In the United Kingdom, p... Read More about Virtual patients as a tool for training pre-registration pharmacists and increasing their preparedness to practice: A qualitative study.

A global pandemic is not a good time to introduce ‘opt-out’ for organ donation (2020)
Journal Article
Parsons, J. A. (2020). A global pandemic is not a good time to introduce ‘opt-out’ for organ donation. Medical Law International, 155 - 166. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968533220950002

<jats:p> Following several international examples, England introduced a system of deemed consent for organ donation in May 2020. This had been planned for over a year. However, the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic raise issues tha... Read More about A global pandemic is not a good time to introduce ‘opt-out’ for organ donation.

Developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid BEME systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Rees. (2020). Developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid BEME systematic review. Medical Teacher, https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2020.1807484

Background
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic in March 2020. This rapid systematic review synthesised published reports of medical educational developments in response to the pandemic, considering descriptions of interv... Read More about Developments in medical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid BEME systematic review.

Rotational atherectomy and same day discharge: safety and growth from a national perspective (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas, & Rashid. (2020). Rotational atherectomy and same day discharge: safety and growth from a national perspective. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.29228

Objectives
We explore whether same day discharge (SDD) is a feasible and safe practice following rotational atherectomy (ROTA) treatment during elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and examine which baseline characteristics are indepen... Read More about Rotational atherectomy and same day discharge: safety and growth from a national perspective.

The association between nutrient intake, nutritional status and physical function of community-dwelling ethnically diverse older adults. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). The association between nutrient intake, nutritional status and physical function of community-dwelling ethnically diverse older adults. BMC Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-020-00363-6

Background: There are limited longitudinal data regarding nutrient intake, nutritional status and physical function in community-dwelling ethnically diverse older adults. This study explored these variables and their relationship at baseline (n?=?100... Read More about The association between nutrient intake, nutritional status and physical function of community-dwelling ethnically diverse older adults..

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 Positive Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients; a multisource Electronic Healthcare Records Study from England (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas, & Rashid. (2020). Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 Positive Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients; a multisource Electronic Healthcare Records Study from England. MedRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.20.20175091

Background: Patients with underlying cardiovascular disease and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality. However, there is limited information on management and outcomes of patients presenting wi... Read More about Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 Positive Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients; a multisource Electronic Healthcare Records Study from England.

World-beating? Testing Britain's Covid response and tracing the explanation. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). World-beating? Testing Britain's Covid response and tracing the explanation. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 238-245. https://doi.org/10.1017/S174413312000033X

The UK, and England in particular, has suffered egregiously poor outcomes in managing the Covid-19 pandemic. This short perspective points to the explanation in terms of both current British politics and the public health policy inheritance. Boris Jo... Read More about World-beating? Testing Britain's Covid response and tracing the explanation..