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Alcohol Consumption and Measures of Sarcopenic Muscle Risk: Cross-Sectional and Prospective Associations Within the UK Biobank Study
(Springer Science and Business Media LLCUnited States, 2023-05-25)Alcohol intake is a major modifiable risk factor for many diseases. Alcohol can also damage skeletal muscle health during ageing which in turn increases risk of sarcopenia, frailty and falls but this relationship is ... -
Factors Associated With the Quality of Life of Nursing Home Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Elsevier BVUnited States, 2023-04-06)Objectives Quality of life (QoL) of nursing home (NH) residents is critical, yet understudied, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our objective was to examine whether COVID-19 outbreaks, lack of access to geriatric ... -
Bridging the second gap in translation: a case study of barriers and facilitators to implementing Patient-initiated Clinics into secondary care
(University of Buckingham Press, 2017-05-23)Rationale: Patient-initiated Clinics (PIC) have been found to be safe and have patient and service benefits in terms of satisfaction and cost. This paper reports our experiences of implementing PIC and the practical ... -
Emotion-focused dyadic coping styles used by family carers of people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic
(SAGE PublicationsEngland, 2023-05-05)Emotional wellbeing of family carers and people with dementia is associated with not only how each individual copes with stress and conflict, but also by how they cope together. Finding ways to positively cope together ... -
International consensus on quality standards for multiple sclerosis care: results from a modified Delphi process
(2018-06)Background and aims: The importance of prompt intervention in multiple sclerosis (MS) was described in the widely endorsed report, Brain health: time matters in multiple sclerosis.1 The present study aimed to define ... -
Simulating Peers: Can puppets simulate peer interactions in studies on children's socio-cognitive development?
(WileyUnited States, 2023-02-13)Interactions with peers are fundamental to socio-cognitive development, but assessing peer interactions in standardized experiments is challenging. Therefore, researchers commonly utilize puppetry to simulate peers. This ... -
‘It should be more outspoken and not hushed away, not like put in a dark box’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiences of menopause voiced by women with learning disabilities
(Wiley, 2023-04-05)Background: There is little research into experiences of menopause voiced by women with learning disabilities, who can be neglected in academic research. There is a particular lack of knowledge around the psychological ... -
A study protocol to develop and test an e‐health intervention in follow‐up service for intensive care survivors' relatives
(Wiley, 2023-05-09)Background: The negative impact on long-term health-related outcomes among relatives of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) has been well described. High-quality ICU specialized follow-up care, which ... -
At home EEG monitoring technologies for people with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities: A scoping review
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Exploring incidence and risk factors for persistent postoperative opioid use in adult surgical patients: a systematic review protocol
(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)United States, 2022-11-24)Objective: The objective of this review is to determine the incidence of persistent postsurgical use of opioids in adult patients and the associated risk factors. Introduction: Surgery has been identified as an independent ...
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