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Effect of opioids and benzodiazepines on clinical outcomes in patients receiving palliative care: an exploratory analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Boland, J. W., Allgar, V., Boland, E. G., Oviasu, O., Agar, M., Currow, D. C., & Johnson, M. J. (2017). Effect of opioids and benzodiazepines on clinical outcomes in patients receiving palliative care: an exploratory analysis. Journal of palliative medicine, 20(11), 1274-1279. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2017.0129

Background: Medications for symptom management in palliative care have associated, but poorly understood, harms. Drug-related harms have important clinical implications, may impact on patients’ compliance and contribute to symptoms. Objective: To exp... Read More about Effect of opioids and benzodiazepines on clinical outcomes in patients receiving palliative care: an exploratory analysis.

Development of a core outcome set for disease modification trials in mild to moderate dementia: A systematic review, patient and public consultation and consensus recommendations (2017)
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Webster, L., Groskreutz, D., Grinbergs-Saull, A., Howard, R., O’Brien, J. T., Mountain, G., …Livingston, G. (2017). Development of a core outcome set for disease modification trials in mild to moderate dementia: A systematic review, patient and public consultation and consensus recommendations. Health Technology Assessment, 21(26), 1-192. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta21260

© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2017. Background: There is currently no disease-modifying treatment available to halt or delay the progression of the disease pathology in dementia. An agreed core set of the best-available and most appropriat... Read More about Development of a core outcome set for disease modification trials in mild to moderate dementia: A systematic review, patient and public consultation and consensus recommendations.

Qualitative analysis of how patients decide that they want risk-reducing mastectomy, and the implications for surgeons in responding to emotionally-motivated patient requests (2017)
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Brown, S. L., Whiting, D., Fielden, H. G., Saini, P., Beesley, H., Holcombe, C., …Salmon, P. (2017). Qualitative analysis of how patients decide that they want risk-reducing mastectomy, and the implications for surgeons in responding to emotionally-motivated patient requests. PLoS ONE, 12(5), e0178392. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178392

Objective: Contemporary approaches to medical decision-making advise that clinicians should respect patients' decisions. However, patients' decisions are often shaped by heuristics, such as being guided by emotion, rather than by objective risk and b... Read More about Qualitative analysis of how patients decide that they want risk-reducing mastectomy, and the implications for surgeons in responding to emotionally-motivated patient requests.

Quality of missing data reporting and handling in palliative care trials demonstrates that further development of the CONSORT statement is required : a systematic review (2017)
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Hussain, J. A., Johnson, M. J., Currow, D. C., White, I. R., Currow, D., Hussain, J., …White, I. (2017). Quality of missing data reporting and handling in palliative care trials demonstrates that further development of the CONSORT statement is required : a systematic review. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 88, 81-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.05.009

Objectives Assess (i) the quality of reporting and handling of missing data (MD) in palliative care trials, (ii) whether there are differences in the reporting of criteria specified by the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) 2010 sta... Read More about Quality of missing data reporting and handling in palliative care trials demonstrates that further development of the CONSORT statement is required : a systematic review.

How many people will need palliative care in 2040? Past trends, future projections and implications for services (2017)
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Etkind, S. N., Bone, A. E., Gomes, B., Lovell, N., Evans, C. J., Higginson, I. J., & Murtagh, F. E. M. (2017). How many people will need palliative care in 2040? Past trends, future projections and implications for services. BMC medicine, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0860-2

Background: Current estimates suggest that approximately 75% of people approaching the end-of-life may benefit from palliative care. The growing numbers of older people and increasing prevalence of chronic illness in many countries mean that more peo... Read More about How many people will need palliative care in 2040? Past trends, future projections and implications for services.

Strategies to address the shortcomings of commonly used advanced chronic heart failure descriptors to improve recruitment in palliative care research: A parallel mixed-methods feasibility study (2017)
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Kane, P. M., Murtagh, F. E., Ryan, K. R., Brice, M., Mahon, N. G., McAdam, B., …on behalf of BuildCARE. (2018). Strategies to address the shortcomings of commonly used advanced chronic heart failure descriptors to improve recruitment in palliative care research: A parallel mixed-methods feasibility study. Palliative medicine, 32(2), 517-524. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216317706426

Background: Recruitment challenges contribute to the paucity of palliative care research with advanced chronic heart failure patients. Aim: To describe the challenges and outline strategies of recruiting advanced chronic heart failure patients. Des... Read More about Strategies to address the shortcomings of commonly used advanced chronic heart failure descriptors to improve recruitment in palliative care research: A parallel mixed-methods feasibility study.

Towards an expert consensus to delineate a clinical syndrome of chronic breathlessness (2017)
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Johnson, M. J., Yorke, J., Hansen-Flaschen, J., Lansing, R., Ekström, M., Similowski, T., & Currow, D. (2017). Towards an expert consensus to delineate a clinical syndrome of chronic breathlessness. European respiratory journal, 49(5), Article 1602277. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02277-2016

Copyright ©ERS 2017. Breathlessness that persists despite treatment for the underlying conditions is debilitating. Identifying this discrete entity as a clinical syndrome should raise awareness amongst patients, clinicians, service providers, researc... Read More about Towards an expert consensus to delineate a clinical syndrome of chronic breathlessness.

A systematic review of the effectiveness of palliative interventions to treat rectal tenesmus in cancer (2017)
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Ní Laoire, Á., Fettes, L., & Murtagh, F. E. (2017). A systematic review of the effectiveness of palliative interventions to treat rectal tenesmus in cancer. Palliative medicine, 31(10), 975-981. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216317697897

Background: Rectal tenesmus is a distressing symptom in patients with advanced cancer and challenging to treat. There is lack of consensus on the appropriate management of tenesmus in this patient population. Aim: To identify and examine the effecti... Read More about A systematic review of the effectiveness of palliative interventions to treat rectal tenesmus in cancer.

Chronic breathlessness associated with poorer physical and mental health-related quality of life (SF-12) across all adult age groups (2017)
Journal Article
Currow, D. C., Johnson, M. J., Dal Grande, E., Ekström, M., Ferreira, D., & McCaffrey, N. (2017). Chronic breathlessness associated with poorer physical and mental health-related quality of life (SF-12) across all adult age groups. Thorax, 72(12), 1151-1153. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209908

© 2017 Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Little is known about the impact of chronic breathlessness (modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) score ≥2 for most days, at least three of the last six months) on health-related quality of lif... Read More about Chronic breathlessness associated with poorer physical and mental health-related quality of life (SF-12) across all adult age groups.

Breathlessness and presentation to the emergency department: a survey and clinical record review (2017)
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Hutchinson, A., Pickering, A., Williams, P., Bland, J. M., & Johnson, M. J. (2017). Breathlessness and presentation to the emergency department: a survey and clinical record review. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 17(1), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0396-4

Background Breathlessness is a frequently occurring symptom of cardiorespiratory conditions and is a common cause of emergency department presentation. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of acute-on-chronic breathlessness as a cause... Read More about Breathlessness and presentation to the emergency department: a survey and clinical record review.

Non-opioid medications for the relief of chronic breathlessness: current evidence (2017)
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Barbetta, C., Currow, D. C., & Johnson, M. J. (2017). Non-opioid medications for the relief of chronic breathlessness: current evidence. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 11(4), 333-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/17476348.2017.1305896

Introduction: To evaluate systematically randomised clinical trials investigating non-opioid medications for the management and treatment of chronic breathlessness. Areas covered: The evidence for the role of benzodiazepines, anxiolytics, selective s... Read More about Non-opioid medications for the relief of chronic breathlessness: current evidence.

Development of a patient-reported palliative care-specific health classification system: the POS-E (2017)
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Murtagh, F. E. M., Murtagh, F. E., Dzingina, M., Higginson, I. J., McCrone, P., & Murtagh, F. (2017). Development of a patient-reported palliative care-specific health classification system: the POS-E. Patient, 10(3), 353-365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-017-0224-1

Background Generic preference-based measures are commonly used to estimate quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) to inform resource-allocation decisions. However, concerns have been raised that generic measures may be inappropriate in palliative care.... Read More about Development of a patient-reported palliative care-specific health classification system: the POS-E.

Funding models in palliative care: lessons from international experience (2017)
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Groeneveld, E. I., Cassel, J. B., Murtagh, F. E., Merino, T. G. B., Murtagh, F. E., Csikos, A., …Murtagh, F. E. M. (2017). Funding models in palliative care: lessons from international experience. Palliative medicine, 31(4), 296-305. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216316689015

Background: Funding models influence provision and development of palliative care services. As palliative care integrates into mainstream health care provision, opportunities to develop funding mechanisms arise. However, little has been reported on w... Read More about Funding models in palliative care: lessons from international experience.

Opportunities, challenges and concerns for the implementation and uptake of pelvic floor muscle assessment and exercises during the childbearing years: Protocol for a critical interpretive synthesis (2017)
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Salmon, V. E., Hay-Smith, E. J. C., Jarvie, R., Dean, S., Oborn, E., Bayliss, S. E., …Pearson, M. (2017). Opportunities, challenges and concerns for the implementation and uptake of pelvic floor muscle assessment and exercises during the childbearing years: Protocol for a critical interpretive synthesis. Systematic reviews, 6(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0420-z

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Pregnancy and childbirth are important risk factors for urinary incontinence (UI) in women. Pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME) are effective for prevention of UI. Guidelines for the management of UI recommend offer... Read More about Opportunities, challenges and concerns for the implementation and uptake of pelvic floor muscle assessment and exercises during the childbearing years: Protocol for a critical interpretive synthesis.

Clinical decision making in the recognition of dying: a qualitative interview study (2017)
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Taylor, P., Dowding, D., & Johnson, M. (2017). Clinical decision making in the recognition of dying: a qualitative interview study. BMC Palliative Care, 16(11), Article ARTN 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-016-0179-3

Background: Recognising dying is an essential clinical skill for general and palliative care professionals alike. Despite the high importance, both identification and good clinical care of the dying patient remains extremely difficult and often contr... Read More about Clinical decision making in the recognition of dying: a qualitative interview study.

Palliative care and Parkinson's disease : meeting summary and recommendations for clinical research (2017)
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Kluger, B. M., Galifianakis, N. B., Carter, J. H., Johnson, M. J., Richfield, E. W., Kutner, J. S., …Miyasaki, J. (2017). Palliative care and Parkinson's disease : meeting summary and recommendations for clinical research. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 37, 19-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2017.01.008

Introduction: Palliative care is an approach to caring for patients and families affected by serious illnesses that focuses on the relief of suffering through the management of medical symptoms, psychosocial issues, advance care planning and spiritua... Read More about Palliative care and Parkinson's disease : meeting summary and recommendations for clinical research.

On the appearance and reality of mind (2016)
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Whiting, D. (2016). On the appearance and reality of mind. Journal of Mind and Behavior, 37(1), 47-70

According to what I will call the “appearance-is-reality doctrine of mind,” conscious mental states are identical to how they subjectively appear or present themselves to us in our experience of them. The doctrine has had a number of supporters but t... Read More about On the appearance and reality of mind.

Dog ownership and physical activity among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors (2016)
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Forbes, C. C., Blanchard, C. M., Mummery, W. K., & Courneya, K. S. (2017). Dog ownership and physical activity among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors. Psycho-oncology, 26(12), 2186-2193. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4324

Background Dog ownership has been associated with higher rates of physical activity (PA) in several populations but no study to date has focused on cancer survivors. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between dog ownership and... Read More about Dog ownership and physical activity among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors.