Mixed methods evaluation of using the ‘EMPathicO’ communication skills e-learning in primary care: “<i>a super weapon to make the whole experience a bit better”</i> (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Teasdale, E., Dewar-Haggart, R., Pollet, S., Leydon, G. M., Everitt, H., Cross, N., Atherton, H., Becque, T., Bostock, J., Garfield, K., Herbert, A., Howick, J., Little, P., Mallen, C., Morrison, L., Nuttall, J., Ridd, M. J., Robnson, M. E., Stuart, B., Vennick, J., …Bishop, F. L. (2025). Mixed methods evaluation of using the ‘EMPathicO’ communication skills e-learning in primary care: “a super weapon to make the whole experience a bit better”

Objectives To examine primary care practitioners’ experiences and use of EMPathicO e-learning to enhance communication of clinical empathy and realistic optimism.

Design Mixed methods evaluation incorporating thematic analysis of qualitative inter... Read More about Mixed methods evaluation of using the ‘EMPathicO’ communication skills e-learning in primary care: “<i>a super weapon to make the whole experience a bit better”</i>.

The Michael Mason Prize: Development and feasibility testing of a complex intervention to improve adherence to fracture prevention medicine using a person-centred approach (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Bullock, L., Tyler, N., Clark, E. M., Thomas, S., Gidlow, C., Bentley, I., Hawarden, A., Peel, N., Gregson, C. L., Ralston, S. H., Protheroe, J., Lefroy, J., O’Neill, T. W., Mallen, C., Clare, J., & Paskins, Z. (in press). The Michael Mason Prize: Development and feasibility testing of a complex intervention to improve adherence to fracture prevention medicine using a person-centred approach

Objectives The improving uptake of Fracture Prevention treatments (iFraP) intervention consists of an osteoporosis decision support tool (DST), clinician skills training, and information resources, to improve shared decision-making (SDM) about, and u... Read More about The Michael Mason Prize: Development and feasibility testing of a complex intervention to improve adherence to fracture prevention medicine using a person-centred approach.

Feasibility trial of a new digital training package to enhance primary care practitioners’ communication of clinical empathy and realistic optimism (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
L Bishop, F., Howick, J., Vennik, J., Bostock, J., Little, P., Mallen, C., Morrison, L., Steele, M., Stuart, B., Hughes, S., Smith, K., Ratnapalan, M., Lyness, E., Dambha-Miller, H., Tiwari, R., Lockyer-Stevens, C., & Everitt, H. Feasibility trial of a new digital training package to enhance primary care practitioners’ communication of clinical empathy and realistic optimism

Association of air pollution from a landfill site with primary care consultation (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Jordan, K. P., Muller, S., Usman, M., Bailey, J., Burton, C., Lawton, S. A., Mallen, C. D., Mason, K. J., Wathall, S., & van der Windt, D. A. Association of air pollution from a landfill site with primary care consultation

Background Waste landfill sites are associated with gaseous emissions and this air pollution can cause unpleasant smells (“malodour”). This causes concerns about its impact on the health of the local population. This study assessed change in general... Read More about Association of air pollution from a landfill site with primary care consultation.

Protocol for the development and validation of a Rheumatoid Arthritis PredIction moDel using primary care health records (RAPID) (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Hammond, B., Baranskaya, A., Adderley, N., Zemedikun, D., d’Elia, A., Falahee, M., Mallen, C., Insch, E., Singh Chandan, J., Nirantharakumar, K., Snell, K., & Raza, K. Protocol for the development and validation of a Rheumatoid Arthritis PredIction moDel using primary care health records (RAPID)

Background Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic rheumatological condition which causes inflammation of both the joint lining and extra-articular sites. It affects around 1% of the UK population and, if not properly treated, can lead joint damage, d... Read More about Protocol for the development and validation of a Rheumatoid Arthritis PredIction moDel using primary care health records (RAPID).

The relationship between research activity and the performance of English general practices: cross sectional and longitudinal analyses (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Gibson, J., Kontopantelis, E., Sutton, M., Boaz, A., Little, P., Mallen, C., McManus, R., Park, S., Usher-Smith, J., & Bower, P. (2024). The relationship between research activity and the performance of English general practices: cross sectional and longitudinal analyses

Introduction
Research activity usually improves outcomes by being translated into practice. However, there is developing evidence that research activity itself may improve the overall performance of health care organisations. However, evidence that... Read More about The relationship between research activity and the performance of English general practices: cross sectional and longitudinal analyses.

Long-term outcomes of COVID-19 infection in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Twohig, H., Bajpai, R., Corp, N., Faux-Nightingale, A., Mallen, C., Robinson, T., Somayajula, G., Van der Windt, D., Welsh, V., & Burton, C. Long-term outcomes of COVID-19 infection in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Children and young people (CYP) may experience prolonged symptoms following COVID-19, commonly termed ‘Long-COVID’. The nature of this in CYP is unclear, as are the sequalae of acute COVID-19. We aimed to systematically synthesise evidence... Read More about Long-term outcomes of COVID-19 infection in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Propranolol Reduces Risk of Knee or Hip Replacement Due to Osteoarthritis: a Propensity Score Matched Cohort Study-using Data From the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. (2021)
Journal Article
Mamas, M., & Mallen, C. (2021). Propranolol Reduces Risk of Knee or Hip Replacement Due to Osteoarthritis: a Propensity Score Matched Cohort Study-using Data From the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Research Square, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-670522/v1

<h4>Objectives: </h4> To examine the association between ß -blocker prescription and knee or hip total joint replacement (TJR) in a UK primary-care population with incident knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA). <h4>Methods: </h4> Cohort study using data f... Read More about Propranolol Reduces Risk of Knee or Hip Replacement Due to Osteoarthritis: a Propensity Score Matched Cohort Study-using Data From the Clinical Practice Research Datalink..