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Usual care and a self-management support programme versus usual care and a relaxation programme for people living with chronic headache disorders: a randomised controlled trial protocol (CHESS).

Patel, S; Achana, F; Carnes, D; Eldridge, S; Ellard, DR; Griffiths, F; Haywood, K; Hee, SW; Mistry, D; Mistry, H;... (BMJ, 2020-04-12)

INTRODUCTION: Chronic headaches are poorly diagnosed and managed and can be exacerbated by medication overuse. There is insufficient evidence on the non-pharmacological approaches to helping people living with chronic ...

Protocol for the development of the Wales Multimorbidity e-Cohort (WMC): data sources and methods to construct a population-based research platform to investigate multimorbidity.

Lyons, J; Akbari, A; Agrawal, U; Harper, G; Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A; Bailey, R; Rafferty, J; Watkins, A; Fry, R; McCowan, C;... (BMJ, 2021-01-19)

INTRODUCTION: Multimorbidity is widely recognised as the presence of two or more concurrent long-term conditions, yet remains a poorly understood global issue despite increasing in prevalence.We have created the Wales ...

Tensions and opportunities in social prescribing. developing a framework to facilitate its implementation and evaluation in primary care: a realist review.

Calderón-Larrañaga, S; Milner, Y; Clinch, M; Greenhalgh, T; Finer, S (Royal College of General Practitioners, 2021-04-13)

BACKGROUND: Social prescribing (SP) involves linking patients in primary care with services provided by the voluntary and community sector. Despite growing interest within NHS primary care, it remains unclear how and under ...

Faecal immunochemical test to triage patients with abdominal symptoms for suspected colorectal cancer in primary care: review of international use and guidelines

van Melle, M; Manzano, SISY; Wilson, H; Hamilton, W; Walter, FM; Bailey, SER (Oxford University Press, 2020-10)

Rapid, early and accurate SARS-CoV-2 detection using RT-qPCR in primary care: a prospective cohort study (REAP-1).

Leber, W; Lammel, O; Redlberger-Fritz, M; Mustafa-Korninger, ME; Glehr, RC; Camp, J; Agerer, B; Lercher, A; Popa, A; Genger, J-W;... (2021-08-02)

OBJECTIVES: We explore the importance of SARS-CoV-2 sentinel surveillance testing in primary care during a regional COVID-19 outbreak in Austria. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: A single sentinel practice serving ...

Organising polypharmacy: unpacking medicines, unpacking meanings-an ethnographic study.

Swinglehurst, D; Fudge, N (BMJ, 2021-08-26)

OBJECTIVES: We explore how older patients affected by polypharmacy manage the 'hidden work' of organising their medicines, how they make sense of this work and integrate it into their lives. DESIGN AND SETTING: Ethnographic ...

Dermoscopy for melanoma detection and triage in primary care: a systematic review

Jones, OT; Jurascheck, LC; van Melle, MA; Hickman, S; Burrows, NP; Hall, PN; Emery, J; Walter, FM (BMJ, 2019-08-20)

Could social prescribing contribute to type 2 diabetes prevention in people at high risk? Protocol for a realist, multilevel, mixed methods review and evaluation.

Calderón Larrañaga, S; Clinch, M; Greenhalgh, T; Finer, S (BMJ, 2021-04-09)

INTRODUCTION: Social prescribing is an innovation being widely adopted within the UK National Health Service policy as a way of improving the management of people with long-term conditions, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). ...

Prevalence of suspected COVID-19 infection in patients from ethnic minority populations: a cross-sectional study in primary care

Hull, SA; Williams, C; Ashworth, M; Carvalho, C; Boomla, K (2020-10)

Use and impact of social prescribing: a mixed-methods feasibility study protocol.

Jani, A; Liyanage, H; Hoang, U; Moore, L; Ferreira, F; Yonova, I; Tzortziou Brown, V; de Lusignan, S (2020-09-18)

INTRODUCTION: Social prescribing aims to address social determinants of health, which account for 80%-90% of health outcomes, but the evidence base behind it is limited due to a lack of data linkingsocial prescribing ...