Adolescents' views on preventing self-harm: a large community study by Fortune, S, Sinclair, J, Hawton, K

“…Background: Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is a major problem in young people in the United Kingdom. The majority of young people who harm themselves do not seek help and therefore community based prevention strategies are important. …”

A Tailored App for the Self-management of Musculoskeletal Conditions: Evidencing a Logic Model of Behavior Change by Alice Berry, Carey McClellan, Ben Wanless, Nicola Walsh

“… BackgroundMusculoskeletal conditions such as joint pain are a growing problem, affecting 18.8 million people in the United Kingdom. Digital health interventions (DHIs) are a potentially effective way of delivering information and supporting self-management. …”
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‘I don't know what to do or where to go’. Experiences of accessing healthcare support from the perspectives of people living with Long Covid and healthcare professionals: A qualita... by Sarah A. Baz, Chao Fang, J. D. Carpentieri, Laura Sheard

“…Abstract Background In October 2022, it was estimated 2.3 million people in the United Kingdom have self‐reported Long Covid (LC). …”
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Prognostic model for atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a UK cohort study by Chung, S-C, O'Brien, B, Lip, GYH, Fields, KG, Muehlschlegel, JD, Thakur, A, Clifton, D, Collins, GS, Watkinson, P, Providencia, R

“…<br><strong> Methods<br></strong> Prospective cohort study with linked electronic health records from a cohort of 5.6 million people in the United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink from 1998 to 2016. …”

Generational perspective on asthma self‐management in the Bangladeshi and Pakistani community in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study by Salina Ahmed, Hilary Pinnock, Anna Dowrick, Liz Steed

“…We aimed to explore the perspectives of Bangladeshi and Pakistani people in the United Kingdom, across multiple generations (first, second and third/fourth), on how they self‐manage their asthma, with a view to suggesting recommendations for cultural interventions. …”
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Co-production of a feasibility trial of pacing interventions for Long COVID by Grace M. Turner, Christel McMullan, Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi, Sarah E. Hughes, Anita Walker, Felicity Jeyes, Yvonne Adler, Amy Chong, Lewis Buckland, David Stanton, Elin Haf Davies, Shamil Haroon, Melanie Calvert

“…Today, over 2 million people in the United Kingdom suffer from Long COVID and there is a lack of drugs and non-drugs treatment. …”
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Inequalities in children’s mental health prescribing and referrals for specialist mental health services. by William Ball, Helen Rowlands, Corri Black, Shantini Paranjothy, Adelene Rasalam, David Ritchie, Magdalena Rzewuska, Elaine Thompson, Katie Wilde, Jessica Butler

“…Objective 1 in 8 young people in the United Kingdom are estimated to have a diagnosable mental health condition. …”
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Determination of Giardia duodenalis assemblages and multi-locus genotypes in patients with sporadic giardiasis from England by Corrado Minetti, Kenneth Lamden, Caroline Durband, John Cheesbrough, Andrew Fox, Jonathan M. Wastling

“…There is very little information available on the diversity of Giardia sub-assemblages and multi-locus genotypes infecting people in the United Kingdom. In this study we studied the molecular epidemiology of Giardia in symptomatic patients from North West England. …”
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A fully integrated real-time detection, diagnosis, and control of community diarrheal disease clusters and outbreaks (the INTEGRATE project): protocol for an enhanced surveillance... by McIntyre, K, Bolton, F, Christley, R, Cleary, P, Deja, E, Durie, A, Diggle, P, Hughes, D, De Lusignan, S, Orton, L, Radford, A, Elliot, A, Smith, G, Snape, D, Stanistreet, D, Vivancos, R, Winstanley, C, O'Brien, S

“…BACKGROUND: Diarrheal disease, which affects 1 in 4 people in the United Kingdom annually, is the most common cause of outbreaks in community and health care settings. …”

Digital Peer-Supported Self-Management Intervention Codesigned by People With Long COVID: Mixed Methods Proof-of-Concept Study by Hayley Wright, Andrew Turner, Stuart Ennis, Carol Percy, Garry Loftus, Wendy Clyne, Gabriela Matouskova, Faith Martin

“… BackgroundThere are around 1.3 million people in the United Kingdom with the devastating psychological, physical, and cognitive consequences of long COVID (LC). …”
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Outcomes of percutaneous vertebroplasty in multiple myeloma: a tertiary neurosciences experience with long-term follow-up by Hannah E. Holmes, Hannah E. Holmes, Vartan Balian, Saminderjit Kular, Saminderjit Kular, Ruth Batty, Daniel J. A. Connolly, Andrew Chantry, Andrew Chantry, Andrew Martin

“…BackgroundMultiple myeloma is diagnosed in 5,800 people in the United Kingdom (UK) each year with up to 64% having vertebral compression fractures at the time of diagnosis. …”
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Automated analysis of retinal imaging using machine learning techniques for computer vision [version 2; referees: 2 approved] by Jeffrey De Fauw, Pearse Keane, Nenad Tomasev, Daniel Visentin, George van den Driessche, Mike Johnson, Cian O Hughes, Carlton Chu, Joseph Ledsam, Trevor Back, Tunde Peto, Geraint Rees, Hugh Montgomery, Rosalind Raine, Olaf Ronneberger, Julien Cornebise

“…There are almost two million people in the United Kingdom living with sight loss, including around 360,000 people who are registered as blind or partially sighted. …”
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A Conversational, Virtual, Avatar-Led Cognitive Behavioral Therapy App Intervention for Improving the Quality of Life and Mental Health of People With Epilepsy: Protocol for a Rand... by Frank Burbach, Francesca Lecce, Victoria M E Allen, Catherine M Porter

“… BackgroundEpilepsy is a common neurological disorder affecting about 1 in 100 people in the United Kingdom. Many individuals experience a lower quality of life as a result of their epilepsy diagnosis and are more likely to develop mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression. …”
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Opportunities for the Implementation of a Digital Mental Health Assessment Tool in the United Kingdom: Exploratory Survey Study by Benedetta Spadaro, Nayra A Martin-Key, Erin Funnell, Jiří Benáček, Sabine Bahn

“… BackgroundEvery year, one-fourth of the people in the United Kingdom experience diagnosable mental health concerns, yet only a proportion receive a timely diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Evaluation of myCOPD Digital Self-management Technology in a Remote and Rural Population: Real-world Feasibility Study by Rowena Cooper, Adam Giangreco, Michelle Duffy, Elaine Finlayson, Shellie Hamilton, Mahri Swanson, Judith Colligan, Joanna Gilliatt, Mairi McIvor, Elizabeth Kathryn Sage

“… BackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, costly, and incurable respiratory disease affecting 1.2 million people in the United Kingdom alone. Acute COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization place significant demands on health services, and the incidence of COPD in poor, remote, and rural populations is up to twice that of cities. …”
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Eye donation from palliative and hospice care contexts: the EDiPPPP mixed-methods study by Tracy Long-Sutehall, Mike Bracher, Sarah Mollart, Jane Wale

“…Background Over 2 million people in the United Kingdom are living with sight loss with costs to the United Kingdom economy reported as £4.34 billion annually. …”
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