All Outputs (56)

Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
Crooks, M. G., Wright, C., Hart, S., Allgar, V., English, A., Swan, F., Dyson, J., Richardson, G., Twiddy, M., Cohen, J., Simpson, A., Huang, C., Sykes, D. L., & Johnson, M. (2025). Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 12(1), Article e002327. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002327

Introduction Breathlessness is common and impairs the quality of life of people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and non-IPF fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (ILD). We report the findings of a multicentre, fast-track (wait-list), mixed-met... Read More about Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial.

Exploring COPD patients’ and carers’ experiences, understandings and expectations of exacerbations: an interview study (2024)
Journal Article
Hutchinson, A., Russell, R., Cummings, H., Usmani, O., MacFadyen, S., Cohen, J., Morris, T., Muellerova, H., Xu, Y., Hellens, G., Roy, K., & Crooks, M. G. (2025). Exploring COPD patients’ and carers’ experiences, understandings and expectations of exacerbations: an interview study. BJGP Open, https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0026

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exacerbations are clinically significant events that affect millions globally.
Aim: To explore patients’ and carers’ experiences, understandings and responses to exacerbations.
Design and... Read More about Exploring COPD patients’ and carers’ experiences, understandings and expectations of exacerbations: an interview study.

What does ALSPAC data tell us about the relationship between physical activity, alcohol consumption and psychosocial health in adolescents? (2024)
Thesis
Codling, S. (2024). What does ALSPAC data tell us about the relationship between physical activity, alcohol consumption and psychosocial health in adolescents?. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4910602

The study aim was to investigate the connection between early to mid-adolescent alcohol consumption and physical activity. Two models of association were identified, from a critical review of 30 studies on European adolescents aged between 11-17 year... Read More about What does ALSPAC data tell us about the relationship between physical activity, alcohol consumption and psychosocial health in adolescents?.

Patterns of acute hospital and specialist palliative care use among people with non-curative upper gastrointestinal cancer (2024)
Journal Article
Boland, E. G., Tay, K. T., Khamis, A., & Murtagh, F. E. (2024). Patterns of acute hospital and specialist palliative care use among people with non-curative upper gastrointestinal cancer. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 32(7), Article 432. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-024-08624-x

Purpose: Upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancers contribute to 16.7% of UK cancer deaths. These patients make high use of acute hospital services, but detail about palliative care use is lacking. We aimed to determine the patterns of use of acute hospita... Read More about Patterns of acute hospital and specialist palliative care use among people with non-curative upper gastrointestinal cancer.

Outcomes in patients treated with loop diuretics without a diagnosis of heart failure: a retrospective cohort study (2024)
Journal Article
Cuthbert, J. J., Soyiri, I., Lomax, S. J., Turgoose, J., Fuat, A., Cohen, J., & Clark, A. L. (2024). Outcomes in patients treated with loop diuretics without a diagnosis of heart failure: a retrospective cohort study. Heart, 110(12), 854-862. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2023-323577

Background Loop diuretics are commonly prescribed in the community, not always to patients with a recorded diagnosis of heart failure (HF). The rate of HF events in patients prescribed loop diuretics without a diagnosis of HF is unknown. Methods This... Read More about Outcomes in patients treated with loop diuretics without a diagnosis of heart failure: a retrospective cohort study.

Non-pharmacological interventions to manage psychological distress in patients living with cancer: a systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Paley, C. A., Boland, J. W., Santarelli, M., Murtagh, F. E., Ziegler, L., & Chapman, E. J. (2023). Non-pharmacological interventions to manage psychological distress in patients living with cancer: a systematic review. BMC Palliative Care, 22(1), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01202-8

BACKGROUND: Psychological distress is common in patients with cancer; interfering with physical and psychological wellbeing, and hindering management of physical symptoms. Our aim was to systematically review published evidence on non-pharmacological... Read More about Non-pharmacological interventions to manage psychological distress in patients living with cancer: a systematic review.

Improving asthma care through implementation of the SENTINEL programme: findings from the pilot site (2023)
Journal Article
Crooks, M. G., Crowther, L., Cummings, H., Cohen, J., Huang, C., Pitel, L., Pearson, M., Morice, A., Turgoose, J., Faruqi, S., Watt, M., Morris, T., & Xu, Y. (2023). Improving asthma care through implementation of the SENTINEL programme: findings from the pilot site. ERJ Open Research, 9(3), Article 00685-2022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00685-2022

Aim: Short-acting β2-agonist (SABA) overuse adversely impacts asthma-related outcomes and the environment. The SABA rEductioN Through ImplemeNting Hull asthma guidELines (SENTINEL) programme aims to reduce SABA overuse through supported implementatio... Read More about Improving asthma care through implementation of the SENTINEL programme: findings from the pilot site.

Provision and delivery of survivorship care for adult patients with haematological malignancies: A scoping review protocol (2023)
Journal Article
Baldwin, Z.-A., Busby, S., Allsup, D., Cohen, J., & Bamidele, O. (2023). Provision and delivery of survivorship care for adult patients with haematological malignancies: A scoping review protocol. PLoS ONE, 18(3), Article e0282458. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282458

Introduction Haematological malignancies are a heterogenous group of blood and lymphatic cancers. Survivorship care is a similarly diverse term concerning patients’ health and wellbeing from diagnosis to end of life. Survivorship care for patients wi... Read More about Provision and delivery of survivorship care for adult patients with haematological malignancies: A scoping review protocol.

A non-randomised controlled study to assess the effectiveness of a new proactive multidisciplinary care intervention for older people living with frailty (2023)
Journal Article
Murtagh, F. E., Okoeki, M., Ukoha-kalu, B. O., Khamis, A., Clark, J., Boland, J. W., Pask, S., Nwulu, U., Elliott-Button, H., Folwell, A., Harman, D., & Johnson, M. J. (2023). A non-randomised controlled study to assess the effectiveness of a new proactive multidisciplinary care intervention for older people living with frailty. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03727-2

Background
Integrated care may improve outcomes for older people living with frailty. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of a new, anticipatory, multidisciplinary care service in improving the wellbeing and quality of life (QoL) of older people li... Read More about A non-randomised controlled study to assess the effectiveness of a new proactive multidisciplinary care intervention for older people living with frailty.

Co-designed weight management intervention for women recovering from oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer (2022)
Journal Article
Saxton, J. M., Pickering, K., Wane, S., Humphreys, H., Crank, H., Anderson, A. S., Cain, H., Cohen, J., Copeland, R. J., Gray, J., Hargreaves, J., McNally, R. J., & Wilson, C. (2022). Co-designed weight management intervention for women recovering from oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer. BMC Cancer, 22(1), Article 1202. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10287-y

Background: Weight gain is commonly observed during and after breast cancer treatment and is associated with poorer survival outcomes, particularly in women with oestrogen receptor-positive (ER +) disease. The aim of this study was to co-design (with... Read More about Co-designed weight management intervention for women recovering from oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer.

The experiences and perceptions of female breast cancer patients regarding weight management during and after treatment for oestrogen-receptor positive disease: a qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Saxton, J., Pickering, K., Wane, S., Crank, H., Anderson, A., Cain, H., Cohen, J., Copeland, R., Gray, J., Hargreaves, J., McNally, R., & Wilson, C. (2022). The experiences and perceptions of female breast cancer patients regarding weight management during and after treatment for oestrogen-receptor positive disease: a qualitative study. BMC Cancer, 22(1), Article 1189. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10238-7

Background: Weight gain is commonly observed during and after breast cancer treatment and is associated with poorer survival outcomes, notably in women with oestrogen-receptor positive disease. The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate the... Read More about The experiences and perceptions of female breast cancer patients regarding weight management during and after treatment for oestrogen-receptor positive disease: a qualitative study.

Mixed-methods feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a paramedic-administered breathlessness management intervention for acute-on-chronic breathlessness (BREATHE): study findings (2022)
Journal Article
Hutchinson, A., Allgar, V., Cohen, J., Currow, D. C., Griffin, S., Hart, S., Hird, K., Hodge, A., Mason, S., Northgraves, M., Reeve, J., Swan, F., & Johnson, M. J. (2022). Mixed-methods feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a paramedic-administered breathlessness management intervention for acute-on-chronic breathlessness (BREATHE): study findings. ERJ Open Research, 8(4), Article 00257-2022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00257-2022

Introduction: One-fifth of emergency department presentations by ambulance are due to acute-on-chronic breathlessness. We explored the feasibility of an evaluation-phase, cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) of the effectiveness and cost-effect... Read More about Mixed-methods feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a paramedic-administered breathlessness management intervention for acute-on-chronic breathlessness (BREATHE): study findings.

Examination of differential ratings of perceived exertion (dRPE) during bio-banded small-sided games (2022)
Journal Article
Barrett, S., Short, K., Lowthorpe, A., Swinton, P., Maughan, P., Hamilton, A., Hunter, F., & Towlson, C. (2022). Examination of differential ratings of perceived exertion (dRPE) during bio-banded small-sided games. PLoS ONE, 17(7), Article e0270259. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270259

The aims of the current study were to investigate the use of dRPE with academy soccer players to: 1) examine the effect of bio-banded and non-bio-banded maturity groups within SSG on players dRPE; 2) describe the multivariate relationships between dR... Read More about Examination of differential ratings of perceived exertion (dRPE) during bio-banded small-sided games.

A prospective registry-based cohort study of the diagnosis and management of acute leukaemia in pregnancy: Study protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Northgraves, M., Allsup, D., Cohen, J., Huang, C., Turgoose, J., & Ali, S. (2022). A prospective registry-based cohort study of the diagnosis and management of acute leukaemia in pregnancy: Study protocol. PLoS ONE, 17(2), Article e0263195. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263195

Background
Acute leukaemias (AL) are aggressive but potentially curable blood cancers that can potentially affect women of childbearing age. When a pregnancy is complicated by a diagnosis of AL, clinicians face a complex dilemma: to balance risking... Read More about A prospective registry-based cohort study of the diagnosis and management of acute leukaemia in pregnancy: Study protocol.

Tenotomy for diabetic foot ulcers: a scoping survey of current practice (2022)
Journal Article
Hitchman, L., Nandhra, S., Gooday, C., Cowan, C., Bowling, F., Nixon, J., Pickard, J., Cohen, J., Atkin, L., Rudarakanchana, N., Collings, R., Kavarthapu, V., Shalhoub, J., Games, F., & Russell, D. (2022). Tenotomy for diabetic foot ulcers: a scoping survey of current practice. Journal of Vascular Societies Great Britain and Ireland, 1(2), 54-58. https://doi.org/10.54522/jvsgbi.2022.006

Background: Diabetes mellitus is one of the fastest growing health crises of our time. One of the major complications is diabetic foot ulcers, many of which fail to heal. Tenotomy – transection of tendon fibres – may help to redistribute pressure in... Read More about Tenotomy for diabetic foot ulcers: a scoping survey of current practice.

Endometrial scratch to increase live birth rates in women undergoing first-time in vitro fertilisation: RCT and systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Metwally, M., Chatters, R., Pye, C., Dimairo, M., White, D., Walters, S., Cohen, J., Young, T., Cheong, Y., Laird, S., Mohiyiddeen, L., Chater, T., Pemberton, K., Turtle, C., Hall, J., Taylor, L., Brian, K., Sizer, A., & Hunter, H. (2022). Endometrial scratch to increase live birth rates in women undergoing first-time in vitro fertilisation: RCT and systematic review. Health Technology Assessment, 26(10), vii-122. https://doi.org/10.3310/JNZT9406

Background: In vitro fertilisation is a widely used reproductive technique that can be undertaken with or without intracytoplasmic sperm injection. The endometrial scratch procedure is an in vitro fertilisation ‘add-on’ that is sometimes provided pri... Read More about Endometrial scratch to increase live birth rates in women undergoing first-time in vitro fertilisation: RCT and systematic review.

Concurrent validity and prognostic utility of the Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease Heart Failure (2022)
Journal Article
King, C., Khamis, A., Ross, J., Murtagh, F. E., Johnson, M. J., & Ramsenthaler, C. (in press). Concurrent validity and prognostic utility of the Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease Heart Failure. Journal of pain and symptom management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.01.014

Context: People with advanced heart failure have supportive and palliative needs requiring systematic assessment. Objectives: We aimed to assess the validity of the Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease – Heart Failure (NAT:PD-HF). Methods: Seco... Read More about Concurrent validity and prognostic utility of the Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease Heart Failure.

The effect of bio-banding on academy soccer player passing networks: Implications of relative pitch size (2021)
Journal Article
McLaren-Towlson, C., Abt, G., Barrett, S., Cumming, S., Hunter, F., Hamilton, A., Lowthorpe, A., Goncalves, B., Corsie, M., & Swinton, P. (2021). The effect of bio-banding on academy soccer player passing networks: Implications of relative pitch size. PLoS ONE, 16(12), Article e0260867. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260867

The primary aims of this study were to examine the effects of bio-banding players on passing networks created during 4v4 small-sided games (SSGs), while also examining the interaction of pitch size using passing network analysis compared to a coach-b... Read More about The effect of bio-banding on academy soccer player passing networks: Implications of relative pitch size.

Implementing person-centred outcome measures (PCOMs) into routine palliative care: A protocol for a mixed-methods process evaluation of the RESOLVE PCOM Implementation Strategy (2021)
Journal Article
Bradshaw, A., Santarelli, M., Khamis, A. M., Sartain, K., Johnson, M., Boland, J., Pearson, M., & Murtagh, F. E. (2021). Implementing person-centred outcome measures (PCOMs) into routine palliative care: A protocol for a mixed-methods process evaluation of the RESOLVE PCOM Implementation Strategy. BMJ open, 11(9), Article e051904. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051904

Introduction Person-centred outcome measures improve quality of care and patient outcomes but are used inconsistently in palliative care practice. To address this implementation gap, we developed the 'RESOLVE Implementation Strategy'. This protocol d... Read More about Implementing person-centred outcome measures (PCOMs) into routine palliative care: A protocol for a mixed-methods process evaluation of the RESOLVE PCOM Implementation Strategy.

Experiences and perceptions of trial participants and healthcare professionals in the UK Frozen Shoulder Trial (UK FROST): a nested qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Srikesavan, C., Toye, F., Brealey, S., Goodchild, L., Northgraves, M., Charalambous, C. P., Rangan, A., & Lamb, S. (2021). Experiences and perceptions of trial participants and healthcare professionals in the UK Frozen Shoulder Trial (UK FROST): a nested qualitative study. BMJ open, 11(6), Article e040829. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040829

Objectives To explore the experiences and perceptions of trial participants and healthcare professionals in the UK Frozen Shoulder Trial (UK FROST), a multicentre randomised controlled trial that compared manipulation under anaesthesia (MUA), arthros... Read More about Experiences and perceptions of trial participants and healthcare professionals in the UK Frozen Shoulder Trial (UK FROST): a nested qualitative study.