Outputs (46)

Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree (2022)
Journal Article
Curry, J., Roberts, H., Smith, A., Riley, D., Pearson, M., & Forbes, C. C. (2022). Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(1), Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-022-00395-1

Background: Lung cancer has one of the highest incidence and mortality rates worldwide. Physical activity can provide those diagnosed with lung cancer with several physical and psychological benefits. However, the examination of digitally delivered p... Read More about Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree.

Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Bravington, A., Chen, H., Dyson, J., Jones, L., Dalgliesh, C., Bryan, A., Patnick, J., & Macleod, U. (2022). Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 72(725), e873-e881. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0036

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a preventable disease. Cases in women age >50 years are predicted to rise by 60% in the next two decades, yet this group are less likely to attend for screening than younger women. AIM: To seek novel solutions to the ch... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study.

Effect of regular low-dose extended-release morphine on chronic breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the BEAMS randomized clinical trial (2022)
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Ekström, M., Ferreira, D., Chang, S., Louw, S., Johnson, M. J., Eckert, D. J., …Currow, D. C. (2022). Effect of regular low-dose extended-release morphine on chronic breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the BEAMS randomized clinical trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 328(20), 2022-2032. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.20206

Importance: Chronic breathlessness is common in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Regular, low-dose, extended-release morphine may relieve breathlessness, but evidence about its efficacy and dosing is needed. Objective: To det... Read More about Effect of regular low-dose extended-release morphine on chronic breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the BEAMS randomized clinical trial.

Validity and Reliability of the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale in Asian Heart Failure Patients (2022)
Journal Article
Neo, S. H. S., Tan, J. Y. T., Sim, D. K. L., Ng, E. S. L., Loh, J. K. X., Yang, G. M., …Cheung, Y. B. (2022). Validity and Reliability of the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale in Asian Heart Failure Patients. Palliative Medicine Reports, 3(1), 287-295. https://doi.org/10.1089/pmr.2022.0029

Background: The Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale (IPOS) was developed in the United Kingdom for health assessment in advanced illness. Objectives: To evaluate the validity and reliability of a culturally adapted IPOS (both patient and staff v... Read More about Validity and Reliability of the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale in Asian Heart Failure Patients.

Parental death: a systematic review of support experiences and needs of children and parent survivors (2022)
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Wray, A., Pickwell-Smith, B., Greenley, S., Pask, S., Bamidele, O., Wright, B., …Boland, J. W. (2022). Parental death: a systematic review of support experiences and needs of children and parent survivors. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2022-003793

Background: Bereaved people need a supportive response from those around them. Knowing children's and surviving parents' needs following parental death is the first step to ensuring a supportive response. However, no systematic review has reported on... Read More about Parental death: a systematic review of support experiences and needs of children and parent survivors.

Primary palliative care in Japan: needs estimation and projections - national database study with international comparisons (2022)
Journal Article
Ito, M., Aoyama, M., Murtagh, F. E., & Miyashita, M. (2022). Primary palliative care in Japan: needs estimation and projections - national database study with international comparisons. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2022-003743

Objectives: We aimed to estimate the potential population that requires palliative care, clarify the relationship between this population and the rate of ageing in Japan, and compare these trends with those of other countries. Design: We used the nat... Read More about Primary palliative care in Japan: needs estimation and projections - national database study with international comparisons.

Respiratory distress symptom intervention for non-pharmacological management of the lung cancer breathlessness-cough-fatigue symptom cluster: randomised controlled trial (2022)
Journal Article
Yorke, J., Johnson, M. J., Punnett, G., Smith, J., Blackhall, F., Lloyd Williams, M., …Molassiotis, A. (in press). Respiratory distress symptom intervention for non-pharmacological management of the lung cancer breathlessness-cough-fatigue symptom cluster: randomised controlled trial. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2022-003924

Objectives: In lung cancer, three prominent symptoms, such as breathlessness, cough and fatigue, are closely related with each other forming a 'respiratory distress symptom cluster'. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical and cost-effect... Read More about Respiratory distress symptom intervention for non-pharmacological management of the lung cancer breathlessness-cough-fatigue symptom cluster: randomised controlled trial.

Cancer patients’ experiences of the diagnosis and treatment of incidental pulmonary embolism (a qualitative study) (2022)
Journal Article
Benelhaj, N. E., Hutchinson, A., Maraveyas, A., & Johnson, M. (2022). Cancer patients’ experiences of the diagnosis and treatment of incidental pulmonary embolism (a qualitative study). PLoS ONE, 17(10), Article e0276754. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276754

Background: The diagnosis of symptomatic cancer-associated thrombosis often causes distress and alarm for patients, especially for those unaware of the risk, or the signs and symptoms to look out for. There are few data about cancer patients’ experie... Read More about Cancer patients’ experiences of the diagnosis and treatment of incidental pulmonary embolism (a qualitative study).

Antenatal preventative pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention led by midwives to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence (APPEAL): protocol for a feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial (2022)
Journal Article
Bick, D., Bishop, J., Coleman, T., Dean, S., Edwards, E., Frawley, H., …MacArthur, C. (2022). Antenatal preventative pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention led by midwives to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence (APPEAL): protocol for a feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8(1), Article 231. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-022-01185-y

Background: Antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME) in women without prior urinary incontinence (UI) are effective in reducing postnatal UI; however, UK midwives often do not provide advice and information to women on undertaking PFME, with ev... Read More about Antenatal preventative pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention led by midwives to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence (APPEAL): protocol for a feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.

Researching minoritised communities in palliative care: An agenda for change (2022)
Journal Article
Koffman, J., Bajwah, S., Davies, J. M., & Hussain, J. A. (2022). Researching minoritised communities in palliative care: An agenda for change. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163221132091

Background: Palliative care access, experiences and outcomes of care disadvantage those from ethnically diverse, Indigenous, First nation and First people communities. Research into this field of inquiry raises unique theoretical, methodological, and... Read More about Researching minoritised communities in palliative care: An agenda for change.