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Non-invasive measurement of right atrial pressure by near-infrared spectroscopy: preliminary experience. A report from the SICA-HF study (2017)
Journal Article
Pellicori, P., Clark, A. L., Kallvikbacka-Bennett, A., Zhang, J., Urbinati, A., Monzo, L., Dierckx, R., Anker, S. D., & Cleland, J. G. (2017). Non-invasive measurement of right atrial pressure by near-infrared spectroscopy: preliminary experience. A report from the SICA-HF study. European journal of heart failure, 19(7), 883-892. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.825

Background: Jugular venous distension, reflecting raised right atrial pressure (RAP), is a classical sign of congestive heart failure (CHF), but its clinical assessment can be difficult. Methods: RAP was measured non-invasively using near-infrared sp... Read More about Non-invasive measurement of right atrial pressure by near-infrared spectroscopy: preliminary experience. A report from the SICA-HF study.

Attitudes of newly qualified doctors towards a career in general practice: A qualitative focus group study (2017)
Journal Article
Merrett, A., Jones, D., Sein, K., Green, T., & Macleod, U. (2017). Attitudes of newly qualified doctors towards a career in general practice: A qualitative focus group study. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 67(657), e253-e259. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X690221

© British Journal of General Practice 2017. Background A key element of the NHS is universal access to a GP. Recently, UK general practice has been described as being in crisis, with training places unfilled and multiple practices reporting vacancies... Read More about Attitudes of newly qualified doctors towards a career in general practice: A qualitative focus group study.

Equipoise across the patient population: optimising recruitment to a randomised controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
Whybrow, P., Pickard, R., Hrisos, S., & Rapley, T. (2017). Equipoise across the patient population: optimising recruitment to a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 18(1), Article 140. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1711-8

Background
This paper proposes a novel perspective on the value of qualitative research for improving trial design and optimising recruitment. We report findings from a qualitative study set within the OPEN trial, a surgical randomised controlled tr... Read More about Equipoise across the patient population: optimising recruitment to a randomised controlled trial.

A systematic review examining reducing unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancer (2017)
Preprint / Working Paper
Walabyeki, J., Macleod, U., Johnson, M., Dyson, J., Oliver, S., Allgar, V., Oviasu, O., Chen, H., Smith, S., & Hammond, T. A systematic review examining reducing unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancer

Review question:
1. What interventions have been tested and have successfully reduced unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancer?

2. What are the factors associated with unplanned hospital admissions in adults with cancer?

Enabling the flow of compassionate care: a grounded theory study (2017)
Journal Article
Tierney, S., Seers, K., Tutton, E., & Reeve, J. (2017). Enabling the flow of compassionate care: a grounded theory study. BMC health services research, 17(1), Article 174. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2120-8

Background: Compassion has become a topic of increasing interest within healthcare over recent years. Yet despite its raised profile, little research has investigated how compassionate care is enacted and what it means to healthcare professionals (HC... Read More about Enabling the flow of compassionate care: a grounded theory study.

Multiple myeloma: routes to diagnosis, clinical characteristics and survival - findings from a UK population-based study (2017)
Journal Article
Howell, D., Smith, A., Appleton, S., Bagguley, T., Macleod, U., Cook, G., Patmore, R., & Roman, E. (2017). Multiple myeloma: routes to diagnosis, clinical characteristics and survival - findings from a UK population-based study. British journal of haematology, 177(1), 67-71. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.14513

Prompt cancer diagnosis may align UK survival with European averages. We examined the impact of route to diagnosis on survival for multiple myeloma patients diagnosed 2012–2013 using data from our population-based patient cohort that links to nationa... Read More about Multiple myeloma: routes to diagnosis, clinical characteristics and survival - findings from a UK population-based study.

Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review (2016)
Journal Article
Katusiime, B., Corlett, S., Reeve, J., & Krska, J. (2016). Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review. Patient Related Outcome Measures, 2016(7), 157-171. https://doi.org/10.2147/prom.s102198

Background: There is an increasing drive to measure and so improve patients’ experiences and outcomes of health care. This also applies to medicines, given their ubiquity as health care interventions. Patients’ experiences of using medicines vary, an... Read More about Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review.

Developing, delivering and evaluating primary mental health care: the co-production of a new complex intervention (2016)
Journal Article
Reeve, J., Cooper, L., Harrington, S., Rosbottom, P., & Watkins, J. (2016). Developing, delivering and evaluating primary mental health care: the co-production of a new complex intervention. BMC health services research, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1726-6

Background: Health services face the challenges created by complex problems, and so need complex intervention solutions. However they also experience ongoing difficulties in translating findings from research in this area in to quality improvement ch... Read More about Developing, delivering and evaluating primary mental health care: the co-production of a new complex intervention.