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The Feasibility of Health Trainer Improved Patient Self-Management in Patients with Low Health Literacy and Poorly Controlled Diabetes: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial (2016)
Journal Article
Protheroe, J., Rathod, T., Bartlam, B., Rowlands, G., Richardson, G., & Reeves, D. (2016). The Feasibility of Health Trainer Improved Patient Self-Management in Patients with Low Health Literacy and Poorly Controlled Diabetes: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2016, Article 6903245. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6903245

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is most prevalent in deprived communities and patients with low health literacy have worse glycaemic control and higher rates of diabetic complications. However, recruitment from this patient population into intervention tria... Read More about The Feasibility of Health Trainer Improved Patient Self-Management in Patients with Low Health Literacy and Poorly Controlled Diabetes: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.

Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study (2016)
Journal Article
Bartlam, B., Rathod, T., Rowlands, G., & Protheroe, J. (2016). Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2016, Article 4723636. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/4723636

This article reports a mixed methods process evaluation of a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial comparing a Lay Health Trainer (LHT) intervention and usual care for those with poorly controlled Type 2 Diabetes Melitus (T2DM). Set in a depr... Read More about Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study.

Prevalence and incidence of chronic wounds and related complications: a protocol for a systematic review (2016)
Journal Article
Ni, G., Sönnergren, H., Schmidtchen, A., Pang, C., Bajpai, R., Järbrink, K., & Car, J. (2016). Prevalence and incidence of chronic wounds and related complications: a protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0329-y

Background
Chronic wounds impose a significant and often underappreciated burden to the individual, the healthcare system and the society as a whole. Preliminary literature search suggests that there are at present no reliable estimates on the total... Read More about Prevalence and incidence of chronic wounds and related complications: a protocol for a systematic review.

Prevalence of cardiovascular-related comorbidity in ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis in primary care: a matched retrospective cohort study. (2016)
Report
Ahmed, N., Prior, J., Chen, Y., Hayward, R., Mallen, C., & Hider, S. (2016). Prevalence of cardiovascular-related comorbidity in ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis in primary care: a matched retrospective cohort study

The aim of this study is to compare the prevalence of cardiovascular (CVD)-related comorbidities in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or psoriasis (Ps) in UK primary care against matched cohorts. Matched retrospecti... Read More about Prevalence of cardiovascular-related comorbidity in ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis in primary care: a matched retrospective cohort study..

D-dimer test for excluding the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). D-dimer test for excluding the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CD010864 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010864.pub2

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary embolism (PE) can occur when a thrombus (blood clot) travels through the veins and lodges in the arteries of the lungs, producing an obstruction. People who are thought to be at risk include those with cancer, people who have ha... Read More about D-dimer test for excluding the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism..

Primary care-based screening for cardiovascular risk factors in patients with psoriasis. (2016)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2016). Primary care-based screening for cardiovascular risk factors in patients with psoriasis. British Journal of Dermatology, 348 -356. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.14557

BACKGROUND: Studies assessing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in patients with psoriasis have been limited by selection bias, inappropriate controls or a reliance on data collected for clinical reasons. OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether sc... Read More about Primary care-based screening for cardiovascular risk factors in patients with psoriasis..

Implementation of musculoskeletal Models of Care in primary care settings: Theory, practice, evaluation and outcomes for musculoskeletal health in high-income economies (2016)
Journal Article
Dziedzic, K., French, S., Davis, A. M., Geelhoed, E., & Porcheret, M. (2016). Implementation of musculoskeletal Models of Care in primary care settings: Theory, practice, evaluation and outcomes for musculoskeletal health in high-income economies. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology, 30(3), 375 - 397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.berh.2016.08.004

Musculoskeletal conditions represent one of the largest causes of years lived with disability in high-income economies. These conditions are predominantly managed in primary care settings, and yet, there is a paucity of evidence on which approaches w... Read More about Implementation of musculoskeletal Models of Care in primary care settings: Theory, practice, evaluation and outcomes for musculoskeletal health in high-income economies.

Virtual imaging for patient information on radiotherapy planning and delivery (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Sule-Suso, J., Finney, S., Bisson, J., Hammersley, S., Jassal, S., Knight, C., …Moloney, A. (2016, April). Virtual imaging for patient information on radiotherapy planning and delivery. Poster presented at ESTRO 35, Turin, Italy

Purpose or Objective: To assess whether both patients and
their relatives would welcome further information on a oneto-one basis on RT planning and delivery using the virtual
reality (VR) system VERT.

The Maintaining Musculoskeletal Health (MAmMOTH) Study: Protocol for a randomised trial of cognitive behavioural therapy versus usual care for the prevention of chronic widespread pain (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). The Maintaining Musculoskeletal Health (MAmMOTH) Study: Protocol for a randomised trial of cognitive behavioural therapy versus usual care for the prevention of chronic widespread pain. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 179 - 179. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1037-4

Background Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been shown to improve outcomes for patients with fibromyalgia, and its cardinal feature chronic widespread pain (CWP). Prediction models have now been developed which identify groups who are at high-... Read More about The Maintaining Musculoskeletal Health (MAmMOTH) Study: Protocol for a randomised trial of cognitive behavioural therapy versus usual care for the prevention of chronic widespread pain.

POPULATION PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANKLE PAIN AND SYMPTOMATIC RADIOGRAPHIC ANKLE OSTEOARTHRITIS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS (2016)
Journal Article
Murray, C. L., Marshall, M., Rathod, T., Menz, H., & Roddy, E. (2016). POPULATION PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANKLE PAIN AND SYMPTOMATIC RADIOGRAPHIC ANKLE OSTEOARTHRITIS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS. Rheumatology, 55(S1), https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew140.006

Background: OA is highly prevalent in the UK general population, particularly in adults =50 years of age. Numerous epidemiological studies have estimated the population prevalence of OA at joint sites such as the hands, hips and knees, while fewer st... Read More about POPULATION PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANKLE PAIN AND SYMPTOMATIC RADIOGRAPHIC ANKLE OSTEOARTHRITIS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With or Without Pre-implantation Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Bagur, R., Shing Kwok, C., Nombela-Franco, L., Ludman, P., de Belder, M., Sponga, S., …Mamas, M. (2016). Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With or Without Pre-implantation Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 67(13), 411-411. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097%2816%2930412-0

Objectives: Pre-implantation balloon-aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) is considered routine procedure during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) to facilitate prosthesis implantation and expansion; however, it has been speculated that fewer embo... Read More about Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With or Without Pre-implantation Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents (2016)
Journal Article
Dunn. (2016). Musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 275 - 284. https://doi.org/10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0149

INTRODUCTION: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain in children and adolescents is responsible for substantial personal impacts and societal costs, but it has not been intensively or systematically researched. This means our understanding of these conditions is... Read More about Musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents.

Risk Related to Pre–Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Mellitus in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (2016)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2016). Risk Related to Pre–Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Mellitus in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. Circulation: Heart Failure, https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002560

Background—
The prevalence of pre–diabetes mellitus and its consequences in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction are not known. We investigated these in the Prospective Comparison of ARNI With ACEI to Determine Impact on Global... Read More about Risk Related to Pre–Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Mellitus in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction.

The development and initial validation of a questionnaire to measure help-seeking behaviour in patients with new onset rheumatoid arthritis (2015)
Journal Article
Stack, R. J., Mallen, C., Deighton, C., Kiely, P., Shaw, K. L., Booth, A., …Raza, K. (2015). The development and initial validation of a questionnaire to measure help-seeking behaviour in patients with new onset rheumatoid arthritis. Health Expectations, 18(6), 2340-2355. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12203

BACKGROUND: Early treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is vital. However, people often delay in seeking help at symptom onset. An assessment of the reasons behind patient delay is necessary to develop interventions to promote rapid consultation. O... Read More about The development and initial validation of a questionnaire to measure help-seeking behaviour in patients with new onset rheumatoid arthritis.