Recovering the self: A manifesto for primary care
(2016)
Journal Article
Dowrick, C., Heath, I., Hjörleifsson, S., Misselbrook, D., May, C., Reeve, J., Swinglehurst, D., & Toon, P. (2016). Recovering the self: A manifesto for primary care. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 66(652), 582-583. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp16X687901
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Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review (2016)
Journal Article
Katusiime, B., Corlett, S., Reeve, J., & Krska, J. (2016). Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review. Patient Related Outcome Measures, 2016(7), 157-171. https://doi.org/10.2147/prom.s102198Background: There is an increasing drive to measure and so improve patients’ experiences and outcomes of health care. This also applies to medicines, given their ubiquity as health care interventions. Patients’ experiences of using medicines vary, an... Read More about Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review.
Developing, delivering and evaluating primary mental health care: the co-production of a new complex intervention (2016)
Journal Article
Reeve, J., Cooper, L., Harrington, S., Rosbottom, P., & Watkins, J. (2016). Developing, delivering and evaluating primary mental health care: the co-production of a new complex intervention. BMC health services research, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1726-6Background: Health services face the challenges created by complex problems, and so need complex intervention solutions. However they also experience ongoing difficulties in translating findings from research in this area in to quality improvement ch... Read More about Developing, delivering and evaluating primary mental health care: the co-production of a new complex intervention.
Do colorectal cancer patients diagnosed as an emergency differ from non-emergency patients in their consultation patterns and symptoms? A longitudinal data-linkage study in England (2016)
Journal Article
Renzi, C., Lyratzopoulos, G., Card, T., Chu, T., Macleod, U., & Rachet, B. (2016). Do colorectal cancer patients diagnosed as an emergency differ from non-emergency patients in their consultation patterns and symptoms? A longitudinal data-linkage study in England. The British Journal of Cancer, 115(7), 866-875. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.250Background: More than 20% of colorectal cancers are diagnosed following an emergency presentation. We aimed to examine pre-diagnostic primary-care consultations and related symptoms comparing patients diagnosed as emergencies with those diagnosed thr... Read More about Do colorectal cancer patients diagnosed as an emergency differ from non-emergency patients in their consultation patterns and symptoms? A longitudinal data-linkage study in England.
Illness identity as an important component of candidacy: Contrasting experiences of help-seeking and access to care in cancer and heart disease (2016)
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Macleod, U., Blane, D., Browne, S., Conway, E., Macdonald, S., Mair, F., & May, C. (2016). Illness identity as an important component of candidacy: Contrasting experiences of help-seeking and access to care in cancer and heart disease. Social science & medicine, 168, 101-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.022How and when we use health services or healthcare provision has dominated exploration of and debates around healthcare access. Levels of utilisation are assumed as a proxy for access. Yet, focusing on utilisation conceals an important aspect of the a... Read More about Illness identity as an important component of candidacy: Contrasting experiences of help-seeking and access to care in cancer and heart disease.
Drug breakthrough offers hope to arthritis sufferers: qualitative analysis of medical research in UK newspapers (2016)
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Hanson, H., O'Brien, N., Whybrow, P., Isaacs, J. D., & Rapley, T. (2017). Drug breakthrough offers hope to arthritis sufferers: qualitative analysis of medical research in UK newspapers. Health Expectations, 20(2), 309-320. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12460Background Newspaper stories can impact behaviours, particularly in relation to research participation. It is therefore important to understand the narratives presented and ways in which these are received. Some work to date assumes journalism trans... Read More about Drug breakthrough offers hope to arthritis sufferers: qualitative analysis of medical research in UK newspapers.
The adaptation, face, and content validation of a needs assessment tool: progressive disease for people with interstitial lung disease (2016)
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Boland, J. W., Reigada, C., Yorke, J., Hart, S. P., Bajwah, S., Ross, J., Wells, A., Papadopoulos, A., Currow, D. C., Grande, G., Macleod, U., & Johnson, M. J. (2016). The adaptation, face, and content validation of a needs assessment tool: progressive disease for people with interstitial lung disease. Journal of palliative medicine, 19(5), 549-555. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2015.0355Background: Irrreversible interstitial lung disease (ILD) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Palliative care needs of patients and caregivers are not routinely assessed; there is no tool to identify needs and triage support in clinical... Read More about The adaptation, face, and content validation of a needs assessment tool: progressive disease for people with interstitial lung disease.
Mirtazapine added to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for treatment-resistant depression in primary care (MIR trial): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Tallon, D., Wiles, N., Campbell, J., Chew-Graham, C., Dickens, C., Macleod, U., Peters, T. J., Lewis, G., Anderson, I. M., Gilbody, S., Hollingworth, W., Davies, S., & Kessler, D. (2016). Mirtazapine added to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for treatment-resistant depression in primary care (MIR trial): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(1), Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1199-2© 2016 Tallon et al. Background: People with depression are usually managed in primary care and antidepressants are often the first-line treatment, but only one third of patients respond fully to a single antidepressant. This paper describes the prot... Read More about Mirtazapine added to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for treatment-resistant depression in primary care (MIR trial): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey (2016)
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Johnson, M. J., Allgar, V., Macleod, U., Jones, A., Oliver, S., & Currow, D. (2016). Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey. PLoS ONE, 11(1), e0146960. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146960Background Family caregivers provide significant care at the end of life. We aimed to describe caregiver characteristics, and of those unwilling to repeat this role under the same circumstances. Methods Observational study of adults in private househ... Read More about Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey.