Outputs (173)

Predictors of anxiety and depression in people with colorectal cancer (2013)
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Gray, N. M., Hall, S. J., Browne, S., Johnston, M., Lee, A. J., Macleod, U., Mitchell, E. D., Samuel, L., & Campbell, N. C. (2014). Predictors of anxiety and depression in people with colorectal cancer. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 22(2), 307-314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-013-1963-8

Background: People living with colorectal cancer are at risk of anxiety and depression. We investigated what factors were most highly associated with these. Methods: Four hundred and ninety-six people with colorectal cancer completed the Hospital Anx... Read More about Predictors of anxiety and depression in people with colorectal cancer.

Understanding diagnosis of lung cancer in primary care: qualitative synthesis of significant event audit reports (2013)
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Mitchell, E. D., Rubin, G., & Macleod, U. (2013). Understanding diagnosis of lung cancer in primary care: qualitative synthesis of significant event audit reports. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 63(606), e37-e46. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp13X660760

Background Most lung cancers present symptomatically, but the pathway to diagnosis in primary care can be complex and is poorly understood. Significant event audit (SEA) is a quality improvement technique widely used in UK general practice. Aim To ga... Read More about Understanding diagnosis of lung cancer in primary care: qualitative synthesis of significant event audit reports.

Developing a community-based intervention to improve quality of life in people with colorectal cancer: A complex intervention development study (2013)
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Gray, N. M., Allan, J. L., Murchie, P., Browne, S., Hall, S., Hubbard, G., Johnston, M., Lee, A. J., McKinley, A., Macleod, U., Presseau, J., Samuel, L., Wyke, S., & Campbell, N. C. (2013). Developing a community-based intervention to improve quality of life in people with colorectal cancer: A complex intervention development study. BMJ open, 3(4), Article e002596. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002596

Objectives: To develop and pilot a theory and evidence-based intervention to improve quality of life (QoL) in people with colorectal cancer. Design: A complex intervention development study. Setting: North East Scotland and Glasgow. Participants: Sem... Read More about Developing a community-based intervention to improve quality of life in people with colorectal cancer: A complex intervention development study.

Early mortality from colorectal cancer in England: A retrospective observational study of the factors associated with death in the first year after diagnosis (2013)
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Downing, A., Aravani, A., MacLeod, U., Oliver, S., Finan, P. J., Thomas, J. D., Quirke, P., Wilkinson, J. R., & Morris, E. J. (2013). Early mortality from colorectal cancer in England: A retrospective observational study of the factors associated with death in the first year after diagnosis. The British Journal of Cancer, 108(3), 681-685. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.585

Background: The United Kingdom performs poorly in international comparisons of colorectal cancer survival with much of the deficit owing to high numbers of deaths close to the time of diagnosis. This retrospective cohort study investigates the patien... Read More about Early mortality from colorectal cancer in England: A retrospective observational study of the factors associated with death in the first year after diagnosis.

Reducing the time before consulting with symptoms of Lung cancer: a randomised controlled trial in primary care (2013)
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Smith, S., Fielding, S., Murchie, P., Johnston, M., Wyke, S., Powell, R., Devereux, G., Nicolson, M., Wilson, P., Ritchie, L., Lee, A. J., Campbell, N. C., & Macleod, U. (2013). Reducing the time before consulting with symptoms of Lung cancer: a randomised controlled trial in primary care. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 63(606), 47-54. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp13x660779

Background Most individuals with lung cancer have symptoms for several months before presenting to their GP. Earlier consulting may improve survival. Aim To evaluate whether a theory-based primary care intervention increased timely consulting of indi... Read More about Reducing the time before consulting with symptoms of Lung cancer: a randomised controlled trial in primary care.

Evaluation of risk assessment tools for suspected cancer in general practice: a cohort study (2013)
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Hamilton, W., Green, T., Martins, T., Elliott, K., Rubin, G., & Macleod, U. (2013). Evaluation of risk assessment tools for suspected cancer in general practice: a cohort study. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 63(606), 30-36. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp13X660751

Background: Diagnostic delay is deemed to account for an estimated 5000 to 10 000 extra cancer deaths each year in the UK. Many cancer patients do not have symptoms meeting national referral criteria for rapid investigation. Risk assessment tools (RA... Read More about Evaluation of risk assessment tools for suspected cancer in general practice: a cohort study.

A pilot randomised controlled trial to reduce suffering and emotional distress in patients with advanced cancer (2012)
Journal Article
Lloyd-Williams, M., Cobb, M., O'Connor, T., Dunn, L., & Shiels, C. (2013). A pilot randomised controlled trial to reduce suffering and emotional distress in patients with advanced cancer. Journal of affective disorders, 148(1), 141 - 145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2012.11.013

Introduction: A pilot trial was carried out to determine if a focussed narrative interview could alleviate the components of suffering and anxiety and depression in advanced cancer patients. InterventionPatients recruited were invited to participate... Read More about A pilot randomised controlled trial to reduce suffering and emotional distress in patients with advanced cancer.

In search of the cancer candidate: Can lay epidemiology help? (2012)
Journal Article
Macdonald, S., Watt, G., & Macleod, U. (2013). In search of the cancer candidate: Can lay epidemiology help?. Sociology of Health and Illness, 35(4), 575-591. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01513.x

First published in 1991, the ideas embedded in 'Lay epidemiology and the prevention paradox' offered a novel and rational explanation for the lay public's failure to fully engage with the lifestyle messages offered by health educators. During the cou... Read More about In search of the cancer candidate: Can lay epidemiology help?.

Developing a complex intervention to reduce time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancer (2012)
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Smith, S. M., Murchie, P., Devereux, G., Johnston, M., Lee, A. J., Macleod, U., Nicolson, M. C., Powell, R., Ritchie, L. D., Wyke, S., & Campbell, N. C. (2012). Developing a complex intervention to reduce time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancer. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 62(602), e605-e615. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp12X654579

Background: Lung cancer is the commonest cause of cancer in Scotland and is usually advanced at diagnosis. Median time between symptom onset and consultation is 14 weeks, so an intervention to prompt earlier presentation could support earlier diagnos... Read More about Developing a complex intervention to reduce time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancer.

Longitudinal trajectories of awareness in early-stage dementia (2012)
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Clare, L., Nelis, S. M., Martyr, A., Whitaker, C. J., Marková, I. S., Roth, I., Woods, R. T., & Morris, R. G. (2012). Longitudinal trajectories of awareness in early-stage dementia. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 26(2), 140-147. https://doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0b013e31822c55c4

Although it is often assumed that awareness decreases as dementia severity increases, there is limited evidence regarding changes in awareness over time. We examined awareness in 101 individuals with early-stage dementia (PwD) and their carers; 66 we... Read More about Longitudinal trajectories of awareness in early-stage dementia.