Features of self-management interventions for people with COPD associated with improved health-related quality of life and reduced emergency department visits: a systematic review... by Newham JJ, Presseau J, Heslop-Marshall K, Russell S, Ogunbayo OJ, Netts P, Hanratty B, Kaner E

“…James J Newham,1 Justin Presseau,2 Karen Heslop-Marshall,1 Sian Russell,1 Oladapo J Ogunbayo,1 Paul Netts,3 Barbara Hanratty,1 Eileen Kaner1 1Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; 2Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 3NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Background: Self-management interventions (SMIs) are recommended for individuals with COPD to help monitor symptoms and optimize health-related quality of life (HRQOL). …”
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Visual Cues for Turning in Parkinson’s Disease by Julia Das, Rodrigo Vitorio, Allissa Butterfield, Rosie Morris, Lisa Graham, Gill Barry, Claire McDonald, Richard Walker, Martina Mancini, Samuel Stuart

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Residual disease after primary surgery for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: expert elicitation exercise to explore opinions about potential impact of publication bias in a plann... by Andrew Bryant, Luke Vale, Dawn Craig, Raj Naik, Michael Grayling, Ketankumar Gajjar, Ahmed Elattar, Shaun Hiu, Eugenie Johnson

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Importance of Duration, Duty-Cycling and Thresholds for the Implementation of Ultraviolet C in Marine Biofouling Control by Paul Whitworth, Nick Aldred, Nick Aldred, Kevin J. Reynolds, Joseph Plummer, Phillip W. Duke, Anthony S. Clare

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Expression and Activity of the NF-κB Subunits in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia: A Role for RelB and Non-Canonical Signalling by Evan A. Mulligan, Susan J. Tudhope, Jill E. Hunter, Arabella E. G. Clift, Sarah L. Elliott, Geoffrey P. Summerfield, Jonathan Wallis, Chris J. Pepper, Barabara Durkacz, Stephany Veuger, Elaine Willmore

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Views about primary care health checks for autistic adults: UK survey findings by David Mason, Helen Taylor, Barry Ingham, Tracy Finch, Colin Wilson, Clare Scarlett, Anna Urbanowicz, Christina Nicolaidis, Nicholas Lennox, Sebastian Moss, Carole Buckley, Sally-Ann Cooper, Malcom Osborne, Deborah Garland, Dora Raymaker, Jeremy R Parr

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Association of diabetes with atrial fibrillation types: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fadi Alijla, Chepkoech Buttia, Tobias Reichlin, Salman Razvi, Beatrice Minder, Matthias Wilhelm, Taulant Muka, Oscar H. Franco, Arjola Bano

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A programme to spread eGFR graph surveillance for the early identification, support and treatment of people with progressive chronic kidney disease (ASSIST-CKD): protocol for the s... by Hugh Gallagher, Shona Methven, Anna Casula, Nicola Thomas, Charles R. V. Tomson, Fergus J. Caskey, Tracey Rose, Stephen J. Walters, David Kennedy, Anne Dawnay, Martin Cassidy, Richard Fluck, Hugh C. Rayner, Michael Nation

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Digital phenotyping: An equal opportunity approach to reducing disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia research by Gabrielle B. Britton, Li‐Kai Huang, Alcibiades E. Villarreal, Allan Levey, Anthony Philippakis, Chaur‐Jong Hu, Cheng Chang Yang, Declare Mushi, Diana C. Oviedo, Giselle Rangel, Jor Sam Ho, Louisa Thompson, Mahdi Khemakhem, Makayla Ross, María B. Carreira, Nicole Kim, Philip Joung, Omar Albastaki, Po Chih Kuo, Spencer Low, Stella‐Maria Paddick, Yi‐Chun Kuan, Rhoda Au

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Comparing usage of a web and app stress management intervention: An observational study by Leanne G. Morrison, Adam W.A. Geraghty, Scott Lloyd, Natalie Goodman, Danius T. Michaelides, Charlie Hargood, Mark Weal, Lucy Yardley

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A study protocol to investigate if acipimox improves muscle function and sarcopenia: an open-label, uncontrolled, before-and-after experimental medicine feasibility study in commun... by Miles D Witham, Lynn Rochester, Charlotte Warren, Laura Brown, Claire McDonald, Silvia Del Din, Kieren Hollingsworth, Craig Alderson, Matthew G Birkbeck, Grainne G Gorman, Clare Massarella, Rana Rehman, Avan AP Sayer, Huizhong Su, Helen Tuppen

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A randomised controlled trial to compare minimally invasive glucose monitoring devices with conventional monitoring in the management of insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (MITRE) by SP Newman, D Cooke, A Casbard, S Walker, S Meredith, A Nunn, L Steed, A Manca, M Sculpher, M Barnard, D Kerr, J Weaver, J Ahlquist, SJ Hurel

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Adjunctive colposcopy technologies for examination of the uterine cervix – DySIS, LuViva Advanced Cervical Scan and Niris Imaging System: a systematic review and economic evaluatio... by R Wade, E Spackman, M Corbett, S Walker, K Light, R Naik, M Sculpher, A Eastwood

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INVESTIGATE-I (INVasive Evaluation before Surgical Treatment of Incontinence Gives Added Therapeutic Effect?): a mixed-methods study to assess the feasibility of a future randomise... by Paul Hilton, Natalie Armstrong, Catherine Brennand, Denise Howel, Jing Shen, Andrew Bryant, Douglas G Tincello, Malcolm G Lucas, Brian S Buckley, Christopher R Chapple, Tara Homer, Luke Vale, Elaine McColl, on behalf of the INVESTIGATE studies group

“…Setting: Urogynaecology, female urology and general gynaecology units in Newcastle, Leicester, Swansea, Sheffield, Northumberland, Gateshead and South Tees. Participants: Trial recruits were women with SUI or stress predominant MUI who were considering surgery after unsuccessful conservative treatment. …”
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Prognostic Significance of Ultrasound Characteristics and Body Mass Index in Patients with Apparent Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: A Single-Center, Retrospective, Cohort Study by Nicolò Bizzarri, Antonella Biscione, Francesca Moro, Luigi Pedone Anchora, Valeria Catinella, Camilla Certelli, Elena Teodorico, Anna Fagotti, Francesco Fanfani, Ali Kucukmetin, Denis Querleu, Gabriella Ferrandina, Giovanni Scambia, Antonia Carla Testa

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Comparison of ESSDAI and ClinESSDAI in potential optimisation of trial outcomes in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: examination of data from the UK Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Registry... by Alexandre Dumusc, Wan-Fai Ng, Katherine James, Bridget Griffiths, Elizabeth Price, Colin T. Pease, Paul Emery, Peter Lanyon, Adrian Jones, Michele Bombardieri, Nurhan Sutcliffe, Costantino Pitzalis, Monica Gupta, John McLaren, Annie Cooper, Ian Giles, David Isenberg, Vadivelu Saravanan, David Coady, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Neil McHugh, Steven Young-Min, Robert J. Moots, Nagui Gendi, Mohammed Akil, Francesca Barone, Benjamin A. Fisher, Saaeha Rauz, Andrea Richards, Simon J. Bowman, Swiss Medical Weekly

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British Gynaecological Cancer Society Recommendations for Evidence Based, Population Data Derived Quality Performance Indicators for Ovarian Cancer by Sudha Sundar, Andy Nordin, Jo Morrison, Nick Wood, Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami, Jo Nieto, Andrew Phillips, John Butler, Kevin Burton, Rob Gornall, Stephen Dobbs, Rosalind Glasspool, Richard Peevor, Jonathan Ledermann, Iain McNeish, Nithya Ratnavelu, Tim Duncan, Jonathan Frost, Kenneth Lim, Agnieszka Michael, Elly Brockbank, Ketankumar Gajjar, Alexandra Taylor, Rebecca Bowen, Adrian Andreou, Raji Ganesan, Shibani Nicum, Richard Edmondson, Richard Clayton, Janos Balega, Phil Rolland, Hilary Maxwell, Christina Fotopoulou

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Factors influencing public health engagement in alcohol licensing in England and Scotland including legal and structural differences: comparative interview analysis by Niamh Fitzgerald, Andrea Mohan, Richard Purves, Rachel O’Donnell, Matt Egan, James Nicholls, Nason Maani, Maria Smolar, Andrew Fraser, Tim Briton, Laura Mahon

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Medication errors and adverse drug events in a UK hospital during the optimisation of electronic prescriptions: a prospective observational study by Sarah P Slight, PhD, Clare L Tolley, PhD, David W Bates, ProfMSc, Rachel Fraser, MPharm, Theophile Bigirumurame, PhD, Adetayo Kasim, PhD, Konstantinos Balaskonis, MSc, Steven Narrie, MPharm, Andrew Heed, BPharm, E John Orav, PhD, Neil W Watson, MSc

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Optimal surveillance strategies for patients with stage 1 cutaneous melanoma post primary tumour excision: three systematic reviews and an economic model by Luke Vale, Patience Kunonga, Diarmuid Coughlan, Vasileios Kontogiannis, Margaret Astin, Fiona Beyer, Catherine Richmond, Dor Wilson, Dalvir Bajwa, Mehdi Javanbakht, Andrew Bryant, Wanwuri Akor, Dawn Craig, Penny Lovat, Marie Labus, Batoul Nasr, Timothy Cunliffe, Helena Hinde, Mohamed Shawgi, Daniel Saleh, Pam Royle, Paul Steward, Rachel Lucas, Robert Ellis

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