Conditions, Lifestyle Factors & Interventions: Recent submissions
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Assessing Fluid Resuscitation in Adults with Sepsis Who Are Not Mechanically Ventilated: a Systematic Review of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
(2019-05)BACKGROUND: Fluid resuscitation is a widely used intervention that is mandated in the management of sepsis. While its use can be life-saving, its overuse is associated with harm. Despite this, the best means of assessing ... -
Hippocampal network abnormalities explain amnesia after VGKCC-Ab related autoimmune limbic encephalitis
(2019-05)Objective Limbic encephalitis associated with antibodies to components of the voltage-gated potassium channel complex (VGKCC-Ab-LE) often leads to hippocampal atrophy and persistent memory impairment. Its long-term impact ... -
The tempos of Performance
(2019-06)Human performance fluctuates over time. Rather than random, the complex time course of variation reflects, among other factors, influences from regular periodic processes operating at multiple time scales. In this review, ... -
A Cross-Sectional Study Using Wireless Electrocardiogram to Investigate Physical Workload of Wheelchair Control in Real World Environments
(Springer, 2019-06)The wheelchair is a key invention that provides individuals with limitations in mobility increased independence and participation in society. However, wheelchair control is a complicated motor task that increases physical ... -
Implementation of the back skills training programme
(2018-02)Purpose of study; To evaluate implementation of the Back Skills Training (BeST) programme in clinical practice within the National Health Service (NHS). Background: The BeST programme is a group Cognitive Behavioural ... -
Can Your Phone Be Your Therapist? Young People’s Ethical Perspectives on the Use of Fully Automated Conversational Agents (Chatbots) in Mental Health Support
(2019-03)Over the last decade, there has been an explosion of digital interventions that aim to either supplement or replace face-to-face mental health services. More recently, a number of automated conversational agents have also ... -
Conceptual Framework for an Episode of Rehabilitative Care After Surgical Repair of Hip Fracture
(2019-03)Researchers face a challenge when evaluating the effectiveness of rehabilitation after a surgical procedure for hip fracture. Reported outcomes of rehabilitation will vary depending on the end point of the episode of care. ... -
Clinician-targeted interventions to improve advance care planning in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2019-05)Objective Advance care planning (ACP) is widely advocated to contribute to better outcomes for patients suffering from heart failure. But clinicians appear hesitant to engage with ACP. Our aim was to identify interventions ... -
Associations between modifiable risk factors and white matter of the aging brain: insights from diffusion tensor imaging studies
(2019-08)There is increasing interest in factors that may modulate white matter (WM) breakdown and, consequentially, age-related cognitive and behavioral deficits. Recent diffusion tensor imaging studies have examined the relationship ... -
Effectiveness and Acceptability of Cognitive Behavior Therapy Delivery Formats in Adults With Depression A Network Meta-analysis
(2019-04)Importance Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in the treatment of acute depression. However, whether CBT can be effectively delivered in individual, group, telephone-administered, guided ... -
What is the evidence for using bed rest as part of hospital treatment of severe anorexia nervosa?
(2019-04)Bed rest is commonly used on medical and paediatric wards as part of nursing management of the physically compromised patient with severe anorexia nervosa. The aim of this study was to review the evidence base of bed rest ... -
The Functional Consequences of Social Attention for Memory-guided Attention Orienting and Anticipatory Neural Dynamics
(2019-02)Social attention when viewing natural social (compared to non-social) images has functional consequences on contextual memory in healthy human adults. In addition to attention affecting memory performance, strong evidence ... -
Effects of patient suicide on psychiatrists: survey of experiences and support required
(2019-03)Aims and method Death of patients by suicide can have powerful effects on psychiatrists. We report the findings of a survey completed by 174 psychiatrists on the effects of patient suicide on their emotional well-being ... -
Implementing a digital clinical decision support tool for side effects of antipsychotics: a focus group study
(2019-04-15)In medicine, algorithms can inform treatment decisions by combining the most up-to-date evidence about side effect profiles of medications, which are comparable in efficacy. Their use provides opportunities for improved ... -
The Oxford study of Calcium channel Antagonism, Cognition, Mood instability and Sleep (OxCaMS): study protocol for a randomised controlled, experimental medicine study
(2019-02)Background: The discovery that voltage-gated calcium channel genes such as CACNA1C are part of the aetiology of psychiatric disorders has rekindled interest in the therapeutic potential of L-type calcium channel (LTCC) ... -
Hebephrenia is dead, long live hebephrenia, or why Hecker and Chaslin were on to something
(2019-05-03)Since its first description in 1863, ‘hebephrenia’ has highlighted a group of patients characterised by an early onset of illness, formal thought disorder, bizarre behaviour and incongruent emotional expression. A proportion ... -
Innovations in Practice: Avatar-based virtual reality in CAMHS talking therapy: two exploratory case studies
(2019-03)Background: Avatar-based virtual reality therapy is an emerging digital technology that can be used to assist the treatment of common mental health problems. This may be particularly appealing to young people who are ... -
The theory-practice gap in wound care: effective ways of embedding your learning into clinical practice
(2020-12)It has been suggested that there are approximately 2.2 million patients in the UK with a chronic wound (Guest et al, 2016). The cost of managing these wounds and associated comorbidities is approximately £5.3 billion (Guest ... -
A Systematic Review of Professionals' Experiences of Discussing Fertility Issues with Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
(2019-03-22)impaired fertility is one potential late effect of cancer, with 15% of adolescents and young adults with cancer (AYAC) at a high risk. Guidelines state that fertility advice should be available at diagnosis; however, ... -
Risk assessment scales to predict risk of hospital treated repeat self-harm: A cost-effectiveness modelling analysis
(2019-04-15)Risk scales are used widely for assessing individuals presenting to Emergency Departments (EDs) following self-harm. There is growing evidence that risk scales have limited clinical utility in identifying episodes at highest ...