Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine: Recent submissions
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The impact of mammography screening programmes on incidence of advanced breast cancer in Europe: a literature review.
(BioMed Central, 2018-09-03)Background: Observational studies have reported conflicting results on the impact of mammography service screening programmes on the advanced breast cancer rate (ABCR), a correlation that was firmly established in randomized ... -
Test sensitivity of mammography and mean sojourn time over 40 years of breast cancer screening in Nijmegen (The Netherlands).
(Sage Publications, 2018-12-12)Objectives We investigated whether changes in mammographic technique and screening policy have improved mammographic sensitivity, and elongated the mean sojourn time, since the introduction of biennial breast cancer ... -
Rapid review of factors associated with flexible sigmoidoscopy screening use.
(Elsevier/Science Direct, 2018-12-28)Flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) screening has been shown to reduce colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality among screened adults. The aim of this review was to identify patient-related factors associated with the ... -
Histopathologic False-positive Diagnoses of Prostate Cancer in the Age of Immunohistochemistry.
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2018-12-07)There are few studies into the rate and causes of histopathologic false-positive diagnosis of prostate cancer. Only 2 of these, including a previous one from our group, incorporate survival data. In addition, in none of ... -
Evaluating the effects of community treatment orders (CTOs) in England using the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS): protocol for a national, population-based study.
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018-10-18)Introduction Supervised community treatment (SCT) for people with serious mental disorders has become accepted practice in many countries around the world. In England, SCT was adopted in 2008 in the form of community ... -
The iPrevent online breast cancer risk assessment and risk management tool: Usability and acceptability testing
(JMIR Publications, 2018-11-07)Background: iPrevent estimates breast cancer (BC) risk and provides tailored risk management information. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the usability and acceptability of the iPrevent prototype. Methods: ... -
Lifestyle behaviours and health measures of women at increased risk of breast cancer taking chemoprevention.
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2018-11-15)Women at increased breast cancer (BC) risk are eligible for chemoprevention. Healthy lifestyles are potentially important for these women to improve efficacy and minimise side effects of chemoprevention and reduce the risk ... -
Characteristics, motivations and experiences of volunteer befrienders for people with mental illness
(BioMed Central, 2018-12-04)Background The literature suggests that many people in the general population tend to distance themselves from those with mental illness. However, there are volunteers that behave differently, spending their free time ... -
When Guidelines Cause Hypertension.
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Predictors of personal continuity of care of patients with severe mental illness: A comparison across five European countries.
(2018-12-21)BACKGROUND: In Europe, at discharge from a psychiatric hospital, patients with severe mental illness may be exposed to one of two main care approaches: personal continuity, where one clinician is responsible for in- and ... -
The same or different psychiatrists for in- and out-patient treatment? A multi-country natural experiment.
(2018-12-18)AimsA core question in the debate about how to organise mental healthcare is whether in- and out-patient treatment should be provided by the same (personal continuity) or different psychiatrists (specialisation). The ... -
Erratum to “Erratum to “The SCARE guidelines: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines” [Int. J. Surg. 34 (2016) 180–186]” [Int. J. Surg. 36 (2016) 396], (S1743919116310305), (10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.11.021))
(2017-11-01)© 2017 IJS Publishing Group Ltd The publisher regrets that the title in the original erratum was incorrect. The correct title of the item referred to is: The SCARE Statement: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines ... -
Progressive nicotine patch dosing prior to quitting smoking: feasibility, safety and effects during the pre-quit and post-quit periods.
(2018-10-29)BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) may be more effective in aiding smoking cessation if higher doses of nicotine from it can be tolerated. We examined the responses to, and 4-week abstinence rates ... -
Ethnic variation in personality disorder: Evaluation of 6 years of hospital admissions
(2018-08-01)© The Authors 2018 Aims and method: There is limited evidence on ethnic differences in personality disorder prevalence rates. We compared rates of people with personality disorder admitted to hospital in East London from ... -
What drives changes in institutionalised mental health care? A qualitative study of the perspectives of professional experts.
(2018-11-23)BACKGROUND: Since 1990, the provision of mental healthcare has changed substantially across Western Europe. There are fewer psychiatric hospital beds and more places in forensic psychiatric hospitals and residential ... -
Longitudinal Clinical Performance of the RNA-Based Aptima Human Papillomavirus (AHPV) Assay in Comparison to the DNA-Based Hybrid Capture 2 HPV Test in Two Consecutive Screening Rounds with a 6-Year Interval in Germany.
(2019-01)Longitudinal data on the E6/E7 mRNA-based Aptima human papillomavirus (AHPV) assay exceeding three years in comparison to the gold standard Digene Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) test are not available. We previously reported the ... -
Cancer risk in socially marginalised women: An exploratory study.
(2019-01)BACKGROUND: Cancer is a leading cause of premature death in women worldwide, and is associated with socio-economic disadvantage. Yet many interventions designed to reduce risk and improve health fail to reach the most ... -
Risk stratification in breast screening: A word of caution.
(2018-11-18)
