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Feasibility and effectiveness of deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs; systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Soni, A., Thiyagarajan, A., & Reeve, J. (2022). Feasibility and effectiveness of deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs; systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15997

Background and Aims
2.4 million adults in England were dispensed a benzodiazepine or Z-drug (BZRA) in 2017/18, and more than 250,000 patients in the UK take BZRAs beyond the recommended duration. Deprescribing is a clinician-guided process of withdr... Read More about Feasibility and effectiveness of deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs; systematic review and meta-analysis.

Translating qualitative data into intervention content using the Theoretical Domains Framework and stakeholder co-design: a worked example from a study of cervical screening attendance in older women (2022)
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Bravington, A., Chen, H., Dyson, J., Jones, L., Dalgliesh, C., Bryan, A., Patnick, J., & Macleod, U. (2022). Translating qualitative data into intervention content using the Theoretical Domains Framework and stakeholder co-design: a worked example from a study of cervical screening attendance in older women. BMC health services research, 22(1), Article 610. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07926-2

Background: Previous screening interventions have demonstrated a series of features related to social determinants which have increased uptake in targeted populations, including the assessment of health beliefs and barriers to screening attendance as... Read More about Translating qualitative data into intervention content using the Theoretical Domains Framework and stakeholder co-design: a worked example from a study of cervical screening attendance in older women.

A qualitative exploration of women's perspectives and acceptability of including new cancer awareness information in all‐clear breast or cervical screening results (2022)
Journal Article
Bamidele, O. O., Green, T., Tookey, S., Walabyeki, J., & Macleod, U. (2022). A qualitative exploration of women's perspectives and acceptability of including new cancer awareness information in all‐clear breast or cervical screening results. European Journal of Cancer Care, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13574

Objective: This study explored women's perspectives on the acceptability of including new cancer information with an all-clear breast or cervical screening result letter (using ovarian cancer as a case study). Methods: In 2016, six focus group discus... Read More about A qualitative exploration of women's perspectives and acceptability of including new cancer awareness information in all‐clear breast or cervical screening results.

An evaluation of community placements for GP registrars in Yorkshire and the Humber: ‘a home visit… not to a patient but to the community’ (2022)
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Lang, J., Graffy, H., & Reeve, J. (in press). An evaluation of community placements for GP registrars in Yorkshire and the Humber: ‘a home visit… not to a patient but to the community’. Education for Primary Care, https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2022.2027274

Background: GP registrars are required to demonstrate capabilities in ‘community orientation’, reflecting skills in developing and working with services that respond to community needs. These skills have sometimes been seen as vague and difficult to... Read More about An evaluation of community placements for GP registrars in Yorkshire and the Humber: ‘a home visit… not to a patient but to the community’.

Geographical distance and reduced access to palliative radiotherapy: Systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
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Chand, C. P., Greenley, S., Macleod, U., Lind, M., Barton, R., & Kelly, C. (2022). Geographical distance and reduced access to palliative radiotherapy: Systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2021-003356

Background: Palliative radiotherapy (PRT) is an effective way of reducing symptoms caused by advanced incurable cancer. Several studies have investigated factors that contribute to inequalities in access to PRT; distance to a radiotherapy centre has... Read More about Geographical distance and reduced access to palliative radiotherapy: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Helping the quitters quit: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the barriers and facilitators to e-cigarette cessation and the support that is needed (2021)
Journal Article
Dyson, J., Bhatnagar, M., Skinner, J., & Crooks, M. (2022). Helping the quitters quit: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the barriers and facilitators to e-cigarette cessation and the support that is needed. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(6), 1402-1410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.09.024

Objective: To investigate the barriers and facilitators to and support needed for e-cigarette cessation. Methods: We systematically searched the subject-specific databases MEDLINE, CINAHL complete and psycINFO and the Cochrane database using synonyms... Read More about Helping the quitters quit: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the barriers and facilitators to e-cigarette cessation and the support that is needed.

The craft of generalism clinical skills and attitudes for whole person care (2021)
Journal Article
Lynch, J. M., van Driel, M., Meredith, P., Stange, K. C., Getz, L., Reeve, J., …Dowrick, C. (in press). The craft of generalism clinical skills and attitudes for whole person care. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13624

Rationale, aims and objectives: Generalists manage a broad range of biomedical and biographical knowledge as part of each clinical encounter, often in multiple encounters over time. The sophistication of this broad integrative work is often misunders... Read More about The craft of generalism clinical skills and attitudes for whole person care.

Endoscopic urethrotomy versus open urethroplasty for men with bulbar urethral stricture: the OPEN randomised trial cost-effectiveness analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Shen, J., Vale, L., Goulao, B., Whybrow, P., Payne, S., Watkin, N., & OPEN trial investigators. (2021). Endoscopic urethrotomy versus open urethroplasty for men with bulbar urethral stricture: the OPEN randomised trial cost-effectiveness analysis. BMC Urology, 21(1), Article 76. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12894-021-00836-1

Abstract
Background: Bulbar urethral stricture is a common cause for urinary symptoms in men and its two main treatment options both have drawbacks with little evidence on their relative cost-efectiveness. Current guidelines on
the management of re... Read More about Endoscopic urethrotomy versus open urethroplasty for men with bulbar urethral stricture: the OPEN randomised trial cost-effectiveness analysis.

The role of diagnostic ultrasound imaging for patients with known prostate cancer within an active surveillance pathway: a systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Simms, M., Parker, P., Rigby, A., Whybrow, P., & Twiddy, M. (in press). The role of diagnostic ultrasound imaging for patients with known prostate cancer within an active surveillance pathway: a systematic review. Ultrasound, https://doi.org/10.1177/1742271X21995212

Background: The use of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) within active surveillance of prostate cancer programmes is identified by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE guideline NG 131 2019) as having a role... Read More about The role of diagnostic ultrasound imaging for patients with known prostate cancer within an active surveillance pathway: a systematic review.

Understanding the impact of professional motivation on the workforce crisis in medicine: a rapid review (2021)
Journal Article
Andah, E., Essang, B., Friend, C., Greenley, S., Harvey, K., Spears, M., & Reeve, J. (2021). Understanding the impact of professional motivation on the workforce crisis in medicine: a rapid review. BJGP Open, 5(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0005

Background: The NHS is facing a workforce crisis. Responses to date have focused on improving recruitment of staff, but less attention has been paid to retention. Aim: To conduct a rapid review using Rosabeth Moss Kanter's three Ms model of workforce... Read More about Understanding the impact of professional motivation on the workforce crisis in medicine: a rapid review.

‘It's just one of those natural progressions': Stories of relocating to neighbourhoods of high and low walkability (2021)
Journal Article
Whybrow, P., Bramley, G., & Brown, C. (2021). ‘It's just one of those natural progressions': Stories of relocating to neighbourhoods of high and low walkability. Health and Place, 69, Article 102509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102509

Walkable neighbourhood characteristics, such as connectivity and land use mix, have been found to correlate with people walking more and being active. However, the relationship between the built environment and behaviour is highly complex making it d... Read More about ‘It's just one of those natural progressions': Stories of relocating to neighbourhoods of high and low walkability.

Professional identity formation within longitudinal integrated clerkships: A scoping review (2021)
Journal Article
Brown, M. E. L., Whybrow, P., Kirwan, G., & Finn, G. M. (in press). Professional identity formation within longitudinal integrated clerkships: A scoping review. Medical Education, https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14461

Context
Although the uptake of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) is increasing worldwide, and there are documented benefits to participation, there is a lack of conceptual evidence regarding how LICs exert many of their benefits, including t... Read More about Professional identity formation within longitudinal integrated clerkships: A scoping review.

A cluster randomised trial of a Needs Assessment Tool for adult Cancer patients and their carers (NAT-C) in primary care: A feasibility study (2021)
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Clark, J., Amoakwa, E., Wright-Hughes, A., Blenkinsopp, J., Currow, D. C., Meads, D., Farrin, A., Allgar, V., Macleod, U., & Johnson, M. (2021). A cluster randomised trial of a Needs Assessment Tool for adult Cancer patients and their carers (NAT-C) in primary care: A feasibility study. PLoS ONE, 16(1), Article e0245647. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245647

Background People with cancer often have unidentified symptoms and social care needs. The Needs Assessment Tool-Cancer (NAT-C) is a validated, structured method of assessing patient/ carer concerns and prompting action, to address unmet need. Aims As... Read More about A cluster randomised trial of a Needs Assessment Tool for adult Cancer patients and their carers (NAT-C) in primary care: A feasibility study.

Improving the Reporting of Primary Care Research: An International Survey of Researchers (2021)
Journal Article
Phillips, W. R., Sturgiss, E., Hunik, L., Glasziou, P. P., olde Hartman, T., Orkin, A., Reeve, J., Russell, G. M., & van Weel, C. (2021). Improving the Reporting of Primary Care Research: An International Survey of Researchers. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 34(1), 12-21. https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.01.200266

PURPOSE: To assess opportunities to improve reporting of primary care (PC) research to better meet the needs of its varied users. METHODS: International, interprofessional online survey of PC researchers and users, 2018 to 2019. Respondents used Like... Read More about Improving the Reporting of Primary Care Research: An International Survey of Researchers.