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The relationship between pain, analgesics and survival in patients with advanced cancer: a secondary data analysis of the international European palliative care cancer symptom study. (2019)
Journal Article
Boland, J. W., Allgar, V., Boland, E. G., Bennett, M. I., Kaasa, S., Hjermstad, M. J., & Johnson, M. (2020). The relationship between pain, analgesics and survival in patients with advanced cancer: a secondary data analysis of the international European palliative care cancer symptom study. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 76(3), 393-402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-019-02801-2

© 2019, The Author(s). Purpose: Opioids reduce cancer-related pain but an association with shorter survival is variably reported. Aim: To investigate the relationship between pain, analgesics, cancer and survival within the European Palliative Care C... Read More about The relationship between pain, analgesics and survival in patients with advanced cancer: a secondary data analysis of the international European palliative care cancer symptom study..

Towards person-centered quality care for children with life-limiting and life-threatening illness: self-reported symptoms, concerns and priority outcomes from a multi-country qualitative study (2019)
Journal Article
Namisango, E., Bristowe, K., Murtagh, F. E. M., Downing, J., Powell, R. A., Abas, M., Ali, L. L. Z., Atieno, M., Haufiku, D., Guma, S., Luyirika, E. B. K., Mwangi-Powell, F. N., Higginson, I. J., Harding, R., & Murtagh, F. (in press). Towards person-centered quality care for children with life-limiting and life-threatening illness: self-reported symptoms, concerns and priority outcomes from a multi-country qualitative study. Palliative medicine,

Abstract
Background: Paediatric life-limiting and life-threatening conditionslife-limiting conditions place significant strain on children, families and health systems. Given high service use among this population, it is essential that care address... Read More about Towards person-centered quality care for children with life-limiting and life-threatening illness: self-reported symptoms, concerns and priority outcomes from a multi-country qualitative study.

Implementing pelvic floor muscle training in women's childbearing years: A critical interpretive synthesis of individual, professional, and service issues (2019)
Journal Article
Salmon, V. E., Hay‐Smith, E. J. C., Jarvie, R., Dean, S., Terry, R., Frawley, H., Oborn, E., Bayliss, S. E., Bick, D., Davenport, C., MacArthur, C., & Pearson, M. (2020). Implementing pelvic floor muscle training in women's childbearing years: A critical interpretive synthesis of individual, professional, and service issues. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 39(2), 863-870. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.24256

Antenatal pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) may be effective for the prevention and treatment of urinary and fecal incontinence both in pregnancy and postnatally, but it is not routinely implemented in practice despite guideline recommendations. Th... Read More about Implementing pelvic floor muscle training in women's childbearing years: A critical interpretive synthesis of individual, professional, and service issues.

Traumatic Brain Injury with Personality Change: a Challenge to Mental Capacity Law in England and Wales (2019)
Journal Article
Whiting, D. (2020). Traumatic Brain Injury with Personality Change: a Challenge to Mental Capacity Law in England and Wales. Psychological Injury and Law, 13(1), 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-019-09366-6

It is well documented that people with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) can undergo personality changes, including becoming more impulsive in terms of how they behave. Legal guidance and academic commentary support the view that impuls... Read More about Traumatic Brain Injury with Personality Change: a Challenge to Mental Capacity Law in England and Wales.

Low-intensity educational interventions supporting self-management to improve outcomes related to chronic breathlessness: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Raymond, B., Johnson, M., Luckett, T., Hutchinson, A., Lovell, M., & Phillips, J. (2019). Low-intensity educational interventions supporting self-management to improve outcomes related to chronic breathlessness: a systematic review. NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 29(1), Article 41. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-019-0152-8

Chronic breathlessness is debilitating and frightening, often resulting in emergency department presentations with acute-on-chronic breathlessness. Self-management is complex, involving 14 components as identified by the Practical Systematic Review i... Read More about Low-intensity educational interventions supporting self-management to improve outcomes related to chronic breathlessness: a systematic review.

Online training improves medical students’ ability to recognise when a person is dying: The ORaClES randomised controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article
White, N., Oostendorp, L. J., Tomlinson, C., Yardley, S., Ricciardi, F., Gökalp, H., Minton, O., Boland, J. W., Clark, B., Harries, P., & Stone, P. (2020). Online training improves medical students’ ability to recognise when a person is dying: The ORaClES randomised controlled trial. Palliative medicine, 34(1), 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216319880767

Background:
Recognising dying is a key clinical skill for doctors, yet there is little training.

Aim:
To assess the effectiveness of an online training resource designed to enhance medical students’ ability to recognise dying.

Design:
Online... Read More about Online training improves medical students’ ability to recognise when a person is dying: The ORaClES randomised controlled trial.

Intention-to-treat analyses for randomised controlled trials in hospice/palliative care: the case for analyses to be of people exposed to the intervention. (2019)
Journal Article
Kochovska, S., Huang, C., Johnson, M. J., Agar, M. R., Fallon, M. T., Kaasa, S., Hussain, J. A., Portenoy, R. K., Higginson, I. J., & Currow, D. C. (2020). Intention-to-treat analyses for randomised controlled trials in hospice/palliative care: the case for analyses to be of people exposed to the intervention. Journal of pain and symptom management, 59(3), 637-645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.10.026

© 2019 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Context: Minimizing bias in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) includes intention-to-treat analyses. Hospice/palliative care RCTs are constrained by high attrition unpredictable when consent... Read More about Intention-to-treat analyses for randomised controlled trials in hospice/palliative care: the case for analyses to be of people exposed to the intervention..

The effects of opioids on cognition in older adults with cancer and chronic non-cancer pain: A systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Pask, S., Dell’Olio, M., Murtagh, F. E., & Boland, J. W. (2020). The effects of opioids on cognition in older adults with cancer and chronic non-cancer pain: A systematic review. Journal of pain and symptom management, 59(4), 871-893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.10.022

Context
Opioids are prescribed to manage moderate to severe pain and can be used with older adults; however, they may lead to several adverse effects, including cognitive impairment.

Objective
To identify, appraise and synthesise evidence on i)... Read More about The effects of opioids on cognition in older adults with cancer and chronic non-cancer pain: A systematic review.