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Patient experience of home and waiting room blood pressure measurement: a qualitative study of patients with recently diagnosed hypertension
(2018-12)
Background Out-of-office blood pressure (BP) measurement is advocated to confirm hypertension diagnosis. However, little is known about how primary care patients view and use such measurement.
Aim To investigate patient ...
Differential effects of poor recall and memory disjointedness on trauma symptoms
(2018)
Clinical theories of PTSD suggest that trauma memories are disorganised. The present study examined how trauma film exposure affects two aspects of memory disorganisation, poor memory recall and memory disjointedness, and ...
Experiences of Reframing during Self-Directed Weight Loss and Weight Loss Maintenance: Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies
(2018-06)
Background: Reframing means changing the way that a person thinks or feels
about a weight loss attempt or weight loss maintenance to enhance its experience
or facilitate its success. Although participants have described ...
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 ...
Qualitative Analysis of Remote Consultations (QuARC): A study of technology-enhanced consultations in diabetes, cancer and heart failure
(2018-07)
Background
Remote video consulting is promoted by policymakers as a way of delivering healthcare efficiently to
an ageing population with rising rates of chronic illness. As a radically new service model, it brings
operational ...
Self-reported depression symptoms in haemodialysis patients: Bi-factor structures of two common measures and their association with clinical factors
(2018-08)
Objective: To validate the factor structure of two common self-report depression tools in a
large sample of haemodialysis (HD) patients and to examine their demographic and clinical
correlates, including urine output, ...
A Dissociation of the Acute Effects of Bupropion on Positive Emotional Processing and Reward Processing in Healthy Volunteers
(2018-10)
Background: Previous research indicates that antidepressants can restore the balance between negative and positive emotional processing early in treatment, indicating a role of this effect in later mood improvement. However, ...
School- and class-level variation in self-harm, suicide ideation and suicide attempts in Danish high schools.
(2018-09)
AIM: Strong associations have been found between being exposed to self-harm in family and friends and own self-harm in adolescence. Therefore, self-harm and suicide behaviour might tend to cluster within school and school ...
The effect of a youth mental health service model on access to secondary mental healthcare for young people aged 14–25 years
(2018-09)
Aims and method The Norfolk Youth Service was created in 2012 in response to
calls to redesign mental health services to better meet the needs of young people.
The new service model transcends traditional boundaries by ...
Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs for the acute treatment of adults with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
(2018-04)
BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder is one of the most common, burdensome, and costly psychiatric disorders worldwide in adults. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments are available; however, because of ...