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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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Marital relationship quality in early-stage dementia: Perspectives from people with dementia and their spouses (2012)
Journal Article
Martyr, A., Clare, L., Nelis, S. M., Markova, I. S., Roth, I., Woods, R. T., Whitaker, C. J., & Morris, R. G. (2012). Marital relationship quality in early-stage dementia: Perspectives from people with dementia and their spouses. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 26(2), 148-158. https://doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0b013e318221ba23

Spouse caregivers of people with dementia (PwD) report relatively poor marital relationship quality (RQ), but few studies have obtained the perspective of the PwD, examined discrepancies between spouses, or considered changes in RQ over time. This st... Read More about Marital relationship quality in early-stage dementia: Perspectives from people with dementia and their spouses.

Verbal fluency and awareness of functional deficits in early-stage dementia (2012)
Journal Article
Marková, I. S., Woods, R. T., Whitaker, C. J., Markova, I., Clare, L., Martyr, A., Morris, R. G., Nelis, S. M., Roth, I., Whitaker, C., & Woods, R. (2012). Verbal fluency and awareness of functional deficits in early-stage dementia. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 26(3), 501-519. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2012.665482

Assessment of activities of daily living is an important element in the diagnosis of dementia, with research suggesting a link between functional ability and cognition. We investigated the relationship between self- and informant ratings of instrumen... Read More about Verbal fluency and awareness of functional deficits in early-stage dementia.

ICDs in end-stage heart failure (2012)
Journal Article
Pettit, S. J., Browne, S., Hogg, K. J., Connelly, D. T., Gardner, R. S., May, C. R., Macleod, U., & Mair, F. S. (2012). ICDs in end-stage heart failure. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2(2), 94-97. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000176

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) reduce mortality in selected patients with chronic heart failure but prognostic benefit is likely to attenuate with progression to end-stage heart failure. The incidence of multiple futile ICD shocks bef... Read More about ICDs in end-stage heart failure.