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Grading evidence from test accuracy studies: what makes it challenging compared with the grading of effectiveness studies?
(2017-06)Guideline panels need to process a sizeable amount of information to issue a decision on whether to recommend a health technology or not. Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) is being ... -
Group clinics for young adults living with diabetes in an ethnically diverse, socioeconomically deprived population: mixed-methods evaluation
(2022-01-01)Background: Our research was based on the expressed need to evaluate the potential for group clinics to enhance care within the NHS for people with long-term conditions. Objectives: We aimed to explore the scope, feasibility, ... -
Group-based cognitive stimulation therapy for dementia: a qualitative study on experiences of group interactions
Objectives: Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) is an evidence-based group intervention shown to improve cognition and quality of life in dementia and is widely implemented across the NHS. However, no attempt has been made ... -
The growing burden of atrial fibrillation and its consequences.
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Guidelines for reporting embedded recruitment trials
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Haemoglobin concentrations in pregnancy and respiratory and allergic outcomes in childhood: Birth cohort study.
(2017-12)BACKGROUND: Limited epidemiological evidence suggests that low maternal iron status and anaemia in pregnancy may increase the risk of childhood respiratory and allergic outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relation ... -
HbA1c and hypoglycaemia in intensively treated type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study in primary care.
(2018-07)Objective: To establish whether low HbA1c is associated with clinical hypoglycaemia among people with type 2 diabetes prescribed insulins or sulphonylureas. Design: Retrospective cohort study using routine electronic GP ... -
Health inequalities affect the health of all
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Health inequalities worsen with the drop in hospital referrals
(2021-02-11)Letter. A response to the article by Rachel Mulholland et al on the ‘Impact of COVID-19 on accident and emergency attendances and planned hospital admissions in Scotland:’ -
Health psychology interventions to improve adherence to maintenance therapies in asthma
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2018-10-29)© 2018 The Cochrane Collaboration. This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: Main objectives To determine the effectiveness of theory-based and non-theory based health psychology ... -
Healthy diets, lifestyle changes and well-being during and after lockdown: longitudinal evidence from the West Midlands.
(2022-12)BACKGROUND: 'Lockdowns' to control the spread of COVID-19 in the UK affected many aspects of life and may have adversely affected diets. We aimed to examine (1) the effect of lockdowns on fruit and vegetable consumption, ... -
Helpful advice and hidden expertize: pharmacy users' experiences of community pharmacy accessibility.
(2017-09-01)Background: In recent years community pharmacies have emerged as strategically important settings to deliver services aimed at promoting public health. In order to develop evidence-based approaches to public health ...