Systematic reviews of and integrated report on the quantitative, qualitative and economic evidence base for the management of obesity in men by Clare Robertson, Daryll Archibald, Alison Avenell, Flora Douglas, Pat Hoddinott, Edwin van Teijlingen, Dwayne Boyers, Fiona Stewart, Charles Boachie, Evie Fioratou, David Wilkins, Tim Street, Paula Carroll, Colin Fowler

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A systematic review and economic evaluation of the use of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors, adalimumab and infliximab, for Crohn’s disease by J Dretzke, R Edlin, J Round, M Connock, C Hulme, J Czeczot, A Fry-Smith, C McCabe, C Meads

“…A budget impact assessment suggested that total cost to the NHS in England and Wales for induction in severe disease only could range between £17M and £92M and for maintenance for 1 year between £140M and £200M. …”
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Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion versus multiple daily injections in children and young people at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes: the SCIPI RCT by Joanne Blair, Andrew McKay, Colin Ridyard, Keith Thornborough, Emma Bedson, Matthew Peak, Mohammed Didi, Francesca Annan, John W Gregory, Dyfrig Hughes, Carrol Gamble

“…Setting: Fifteen diabetes clinics in hospitals in England and Wales. Participants: Patients aged 7 months to 15 years. …”
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The role of digital communication in patient–clinician communication for NHS providers of specialist clinical services for young people [the Long-term conditions Young people Netwo... by Frances E Griffiths, Xavier Armoiry, Helen Atherton, Carol Bryce, Abigail Buckle, Jonathan AK Cave, Rachel Court, Kathryn Hamilton, Thandiwe R Dliwayo, Melina Dritsaki, Patrick Elder, Vera Forjaz, Joe Fraser, Richard Goodwin, Caroline Huxley, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Eleni Karasouli, Sung Wook Kim, Peter Kimani, Jason J Madan, Harjit Matharu, Mike May, Luhanga Musumadi, Moli Paul, Gyanu Raut, Sailesh Sankaranarayanan, Anne-Marie Slowther, Mark A Sujan, Paul A Sutcliffe, Isabelle Svahnstrom, Frances Taggart, Ayesha Uddin, Alice Verran, Leigh Walker, Jackie Sturt

“…Setting: Twenty NHS specialist clinical teams from across England and Wales, providing care for 13 different long-term physical or mental health conditions. …”
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Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER) 2: a cluster randomised trial and systematic review of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of new protocols fo... by Helen A Snooks, Rebecca Anthony, Robin Chatters, Jeremy Dale, Rachael Fothergill, Sarah Gaze, Mary Halter, Ioan Humphreys, Marina Koniotou, Phillipa Logan, Ronan Lyons, Suzanne Mason, Jon Nicholl, Julie Peconi, Ceri Phillips, Judith Phillips, Alison Porter, A Niroshan Siriwardena, Graham Smith, Alun Toghill, Mushtaq Wani, Alan Watkins, Richard Whitfield, Lynsey Wilson, Ian T Russell

“…Participants: Participating paramedics at three ambulance services in England and Wales were based at stations randomised to intervention or control arms. …”
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The early use of Antibiotics for At-risk children with InfluEnza in Primary Care (the ARCHIE programme) by Wang, K, Tonner, S, Semple, MG, Wolstenholme, J, Perera, R, Harnden, A

“…We conducted the clinical trial (work package C and nested work packages D and E) in general practices and ambulatory care services in England and Wales. <br><strong> Participants<br></strong> General practitioners and parents/guardians of at-risk children who previously had influenza-like illness participated in work package B. …”

3-month versus 6-month adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with high-risk stage II and III colorectal cancer: 3-year follow-up of the SCOT non-inferiority RCT by Timothy Iveson, Kathleen A Boyd, Rachel S Kerr, Jose Robles-Zurita, Mark P Saunders, Andrew H Briggs, Jim Cassidy, Niels Henrik Hollander, Josep Tabernero, Andrew Haydon, Bengt Glimelius, Andrea Harkin, Karen Allan, John McQueen, Sarah Pearson, Ashita Waterston, Louise Medley, Charles Wilson, Richard Ellis, Sharadah Essapen, Amandeep S Dhadda, Mark Harrison, Stephen Falk, Sherif Raouf, Charlotte Rees, Rene K Olesen, David Propper, John Bridgewater, Ashraf Azzabi, David Farrugia, Andrew Webb, David Cunningham, Tamas Hickish, Andrew Weaver, Simon Gollins, Harpreet Wasan, James Paul

“…Setting: A total of 244 oncology clinics from six countries: UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. …”
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Teachers in the UK Prefer Research Evidence that is Synthesized, Practical, and Locally Available by Stephanie Schulte

“…The survey was distributed across Scotland, England, and Wales. The study was conducted during 2002 to 2003. …”
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Group cognitive–behavioural programme to reduce the impact of rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: the RAFT RCT with economic and qualitative evaluations by Sarah Hewlett, Celia Almeida, Nicholas Ambler, Peter S Blair, Ernest Choy, Emma Dures, Alison Hammond, William Hollingworth, Bryar Kadir, John Kirwan, Zoe Plummer, Clive Rooke, Joanna Thorn, Nicholas Turner, Jonathan Pollock

“…Setting: Seven hospital rheumatology units in England and Wales. Participants: Adults with RA and fatigue severity of ≥ 6 [out of 10, as measured by the Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Numerical Rating Scale (BRAF-NRS)] who had no recent changes in major RA medication/glucocorticoids. …”
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Debt Counselling for Depression in Primary Care: an adaptive randomised controlled pilot trial (DeCoDer study) by Mark B Gabbay, Adele Ring, Richard Byng, Pippa Anderson, Rod S Taylor, Caryn Matthews, Tirril Harris, Vashti Berry, Paula Byrne, Elliot Carter, Pam Clarke, Laura Cocking, Suzanne Edwards, Richard Emsley, Mauro Fornasiero, Lucy Frith, Shaun Harris, Peter Huxley, Siw Jones, Peter Kinderman, Michael King, Liv Kosnes, Daniel Marshall, Dave Mercer, Carl May, Debbie Nolan, Ceri Phillips, Tim Rawcliffe, Alexandra V Sardani, Elizabeth Shaw, Sam Thompson, Jane Vickery, Brian Wainman, Mark Warner

“…Setting: General practices in England and Wales. Participants: Individuals were included who were aged ≥ 18 years, scored ≥ 14 on the Beck Depression Inventory II and self-identified as having debt worries. …”
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Adrenaline to improve survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the PARAMEDIC2 RCT by Gavin D Perkins, Chen Ji, Felix Achana, John JM Black, Karl Charlton, James Crawford, Adam de Paeztron, Charles Deakin, Mark Docherty, Judith Finn, Rachael T Fothergill, Simon Gates, Imogen Gunson, Kyee Han, Susie Hennings, Jessica Horton, Kamran Khan, Sarah Lamb, John Long, Joshua Miller, Fionna Moore, Jerry Nolan, Lyndsey O’Shea, Stavros Petrou, Helen Pocock, Tom Quinn, Nigel Rees, Scott Regan, Andy Rosser, Charlotte Scomparin, Anne Slowther, Ranjit Lall

“…Setting: This trial was set in five NHS ambulance services in England and Wales. Participants: Adults treated for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were included. …”
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Better post-operative prediction and management of chronic pain in adults after total knee replacement: the multidisciplinary STAR research programme including RCT by Gooberman-Hill, R, Wylde, V, Bertram, W, Moore, AJ, Pinedo Villanueva, R, Sanderson, E, Dennis, J, Harris, S, Judge, A, Noble, S, Beswick, AD, Burston, A, Peters, TJ, Bruce, J, Eccleston, C, Long, S, Walsh, D, Howells, N, White, S, Price, A, Arden, N, Toms, A, McCabe, C, Blom, AW

“…We randomised 363 people with pain at 3 months after knee replacement from eight NHS Trusts in England and Wales. At 12 months’ follow-up, the intervention group had lower mean pain severity (adjusted difference –0.65, 95% confidence interval –1.17 to -0.13; p = 0.014) and pain interference (adjusted difference –0.68, 95% confidence interval –1.29 to -0.08; p = 0.026), as measured on the Brief Pain Inventory subscales (scale 0–10). …”

Improving emergency treatment for patients with acute stroke: the PEARS research programme, including the PASTA cluster RCT by Christopher I Price, Phil White, Joyce Balami, Nawaraj Bhattarai, Diarmuid Coughlan, Catherine Exley, Darren Flynn, Kristoffer Halvorsrud, Joanne Lally, Peter McMeekin, Lisa Shaw, Helen Snooks, Luke Vale, Alan Watkins, Gary A Ford

“…Setting: The paramedic assessment trial was hosted by three regional ambulance services (in north-east England, north-west England and Wales) serving 15 hospitals. Participants: A total of 103 health-care representatives and 20 public representatives assisted in the development of the paramedic assessment. …”
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Parliamentary army chaplains, 1642-51 by Laurence, A, Laurence, Anne

“…The expedition to Scotland was seen more as an extension of the New Model's activities in England and Wales and most of those chaplains who went North in 1650 returned with the army in 1651.…”

Planned delivery for pre-eclampsia between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation: the PHOENIX RCT by Lucy C Chappell, Peter Brocklehurst, Marcus Green, Pollyanna Hardy, Rachael Hunter, Alice Beardmore-Gray, Ursula Bowler, Anna Brockbank, Virginia Chiocchia, Alice Cox, Kate Duhig, Jessica Fleminger, Carolyn Gill, Melanie Greenland, Eleanor Hendy, Ann Kennedy, Paul Leeson, Louise Linsell, Fergus P McCarthy, Jamie O’Driscoll, Anna Placzek, Lucilla Poston, Stephen Robson, Pauline Rushby, Jane Sandall, Laura Scholtz, Paul T Seed, Jenie Sparkes, Kayleigh Stanbury, Sue Tohill, Basky Thilaganathan, John Townend, Edmund Juszczak, Neil Marlow, Andrew Shennan

“…Methods: We undertook an individually randomised, triple non-masked controlled trial in 46 maternity units across England and Wales, with an embedded health economic evaluation, comparing planned delivery and expectant management (usual care) in women with late preterm pre-eclampsia. …”
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Pain self-management interventions for community-based patients with advanced cancer: a research programme including the IMPACCT RCT by Michael I Bennett, Matthew J Allsop, Peter Allen, Christine Allmark, Bridgette M Bewick, Kath Black, Alison Blenkinsopp, Julia Brown, S José Closs, Zoe Edwards, Kate Flemming, Marie Fletcher, Robbie Foy, Mary Godfrey, Julia Hackett, Geoff Hall, Suzanne Hartley, Daniel Howdon, Nicholas Hughes, Claire Hulme, Richard Jones, David Meads, Matthew R Mulvey, John O’Dwyer, Sue H Pavitt, Peter Rainey, Diana Robinson, Sally Taylor, Angela Wray, Alexandra Wright-Hughes, Lucy Ziegler

“…Background: Each year in England and Wales, 150,000 people die from cancer, of whom 110,000 will suffer from cancer pain. …”
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A facilitated home-based cardiac rehabilitation intervention for people with heart failure and their caregivers: a research programme including the REACH-HF RCT by Hasnain M Dalal, Rod S Taylor, Jennifer Wingham, Colin J Greaves, Kate Jolly, Chim C Lang, Russell C Davis, Karen M Smith, Patrick J Doherty, Jackie Miles, Robin van Lingen, Fiona C Warren, Susannah Sadler, Charles Abraham, Nicky Britten, Julia Frost, Melvyn Hillsdon, Sally Singh, Christopher Hayward, Victoria Eyre, Kevin Paul

“…Setting: Four centres in England and Wales (Birmingham, Cornwall, Gwent and York); one centre in Scotland (Dundee) for a pilot randomised controlled trial. …”
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APPLICATION OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES IN THE LOCATIONAL PLANNING OF HEALTH CARE CENTERS IN MINNA, NIGERIA by Oluwaseun Olubadewo-Joshua, Kenneth Michael Ugom

“…British Journal of General Practice, 29, pp. 160-168 Kufoniyi, O. (1998) Education requirements in Geospatial Information Technology, Proceedings of the Workshop on Surveying and Spatial Information Technology, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 13p Law, M.R and Morris, J.R (1998) Why is mortality higher in poorer and in more Northern areas of England and Wales? Journal of Epidemiology Community Health, 52:344-352 Lekan, S. (2010), Distributional Pattern of Healthcare Facilities in Osun State, Nigeria. …”
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Experiences of Emotion Management in Medical Care (Case Study: Toronto) by Masoud Kianpour

“…C. (2000) “Chaplaincy in Hospice and Hospital: Findings from a Survey in England and Wales.” Palliative Medicine, 15: 229-242.…”
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Patient-reported outcome measures for monitoring primary care patients with depression: the PROMDEP cluster RCT and economic evaluation by Tony Kendrick, Christopher Dowrick, Glyn Lewis, Michael Moore, Geraldine M Leydon, Adam WA Geraghty, Gareth Griffiths, Shihua Zhu, Guiqing Lily Yao, Carl May, Mark Gabbay, Rachel Dewar-Haggart, Samantha Williams, Lien Bui, Natalie Thompson, Lauren Bridewell, Emilia Trapasso, Tasneem Patel, Molly McCarthy, Naila Khan, Helen Page, Emma Corcoran, Jane Sungmin Hahn, Molly Bird, Mekeda X Logan, Brian Chi Fung Ching, Riya Tiwari, Anna Hunt, Beth Stuart

“…The setting was UK primary care (141 group general practices in England and Wales). Inclusion criteria were age ≥ 18 years with a new episode of depressive disorder or symptoms. …”
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