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Understanding patients' perceptions of asthma control: a qualitative study.
(2018-06)Asthma control is suboptimal for many sufferers despite the existence of effective treatments. Patients' self-management is influenced by their perceptions of asthma and its treatment. This study explored sufferers' ... -
Understanding the applicability of results from primary care trials: lessons learned from applying PRECIS-2.
(2017-10)OBJECTIVE: To compare two approaches for trial teams to apply PRECIS-2 to pragmatic trials: independent scoring and scoring following a group discussion. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We recruited multidisciplinary teams who ... -
Understanding the processes underpinning IMPlementing IMProved Asthma self-management as RouTine (IMP2ART) in primary care: study protocol for a process evaluation within a cluster randomised controlled implementation trial.
(BMC, 2024-06-04)BACKGROUND: Providing supported self-management for people with asthma can reduce the burden on patients, health services and wider society. Implementation, however, remains poor in routine clinical practice. IMPlementing ... -
Unheard voices: outcomes of tertiary care for treatment-refractory psychosis.
(2014-04)Aims and method In up to a quarter of patients, schizophrenia is resistant to standard treatments. We undertook a naturalistic study of 153 patients treated in the tertiary referral in-patient unit of the National Psychosis ... -
The use of electronic alerts in primary care computer systems to identify the excessive prescription of short-acting beta2-agonists for people with asthma: a systematic review.
(2018-04-16)Computers are increasingly used to improve prescribing decisions in the management of long-term conditions however the effects on asthma prescribing remain unclear. We aimed to synthesise the evidence for the use of ...