All Outputs (11)

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..

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.

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.

Images depicting headache pain – a tool to aid the diagnosis of cluster headache: a pilot study (2019)
Journal Article
Buture, A., Boland, J. W., Ahmed, F., & Dikomitis, L. (2019). Images depicting headache pain – a tool to aid the diagnosis of cluster headache: a pilot study. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 12, 691-698. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S207128

Introduction and objective: The diagnosis of primary headaches is based on the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3). Cluster headache (CH), a debilitating primary headache, is often misdiagnosed as migraine. In the absence of b... Read More about Images depicting headache pain – a tool to aid the diagnosis of cluster headache: a pilot study.

Delirium: non-pharmacological and pharmacological management (2019)
Journal Article
Boland, J. W., Lawlor, P. G., & Bush, S. H. (2019). Delirium: non-pharmacological and pharmacological management. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 9(4), 482-484. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001966

Noisy upper respiratory tract secretions: pharmacological management (2019)
Journal Article
Boland, J. W., & Boland, E. G. (2020). Noisy upper respiratory tract secretions: pharmacological management. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 10(3), 304-305. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001791

Delirium management by palliative medicine specialists: a survey from the association for palliative medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (2019)
Journal Article
Boland, J. W., Kabir, M., Bush, S. H., Spiller, J. A., Johnson, M. J., Agar, M., & Lawlor, P. (in press). Delirium management by palliative medicine specialists: a survey from the association for palliative medicine of Great Britain and Ireland. BMJ supportive & palliative care, bmjspcare-2018-001586. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001586

Objectives Delirium is common in palliative care settings. Management includes detection, treatment of cause(s), non-pharmacological interventions and family support; strategies which are supported with varying levels of evidence. Emerging evidence s... Read More about Delirium management by palliative medicine specialists: a survey from the association for palliative medicine of Great Britain and Ireland.

Parental life-limiting illness: What do we tell the children? (2019)
Journal Article
Fearnley, R., & Boland, J. W. (2019). Parental life-limiting illness: What do we tell the children?. Healthcare, 7(1), 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7010047

Being diagnosed with and having a life-limiting illness is a stressful experience which is compounded when the patient has dependent children. An important aspect of the patient’s psychosocial care should include recognition that their children are a... Read More about Parental life-limiting illness: What do we tell the children?.

Twelve tips for developing palliative care teaching in an undergraduate curriculum for medical students (2019)
Journal Article
Boland, J. W., Barclay, S., & Gibbins, J. (2019). Twelve tips for developing palliative care teaching in an undergraduate curriculum for medical students. Medical Teacher, 41(12), 1359-1365. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2018.1533243

Palliative care is the holistic care of patients with advanced, progressive incurable illness. Palliative care is well recognized as an essential component of medical student curricula. However, teaching is variable within medical schools. Using curr... Read More about Twelve tips for developing palliative care teaching in an undergraduate curriculum for medical students.

Update on the pathophysiology of cluster headache: Imaging and neuropeptide studies (2019)
Journal Article
Buture, A., Boland, J. W., Dikomitis, L., & Ahmed, F. (2019). Update on the pathophysiology of cluster headache: Imaging and neuropeptide studies. Journal of Pain Research, 12, 269-281. https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S175312

Objective: Cluster headache (CH) is the most severe primary headache condition. Its pathophysiology is multifaceted and incompletely understood. This review brings together the latest neuroimaging and neuropeptide evidence on the pathophysiology of C... Read More about Update on the pathophysiology of cluster headache: Imaging and neuropeptide studies.

Identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people with dementia: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Hukins, D., Macleod, U., & Boland, J. W. (2019). Identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people with dementia: a systematic review. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 75(4), 467-481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-018-02612-x

Purpose: Older people with dementia are at risk of adverse events associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing. Aim: to describe (1) how international tools designed to identify potentially inappropriate prescribing have been used in studies... Read More about Identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people with dementia: a systematic review.