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The Workwell trial: protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis (2022)
Journal Article
Hammond, A., Radford, K., Ching, A., Prior, Y., O'Brien, R., Woodbridge, S., …Holland, P. (2022). The Workwell trial: protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis. Trials, 23, 937. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06871-z

Background: The Workwell trial is a multi-centre randomised controlled trial with the aims of evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis, who are expe... Read More about The Workwell trial: protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis.

Effectiveness of single dose oral dexamethasone versus multidose prednisolone for treatment of acute exacerbations of asthma among children (2022)
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Tayyab, A., Asif, A., Qazi, S., Wahid, S., Zafar, A., Halim, M., …Mumtaz, H. (2022). Effectiveness of single dose oral dexamethasone versus multidose prednisolone for treatment of acute exacerbations of asthma among children. Annals of medicine and surgery (London), 84, 104799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104799

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in children and worldwide its prevalence has increased dramatically in the last three decades. We aimed to compare single dose oral dexamethasone versus multiple doses of oral prednisolone in children... Read More about Effectiveness of single dose oral dexamethasone versus multidose prednisolone for treatment of acute exacerbations of asthma among children.

Mental health challenges facing male survivors of child sexual abuse: implications for mental health nurses (2022)
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Viliardos, L., Murphy, N., & McAndrew, S. (2022). Mental health challenges facing male survivors of child sexual abuse: implications for mental health nurses. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13087

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is an issue of epidemic proportions in the United Kingdom (UK) and an international public health problem. Evidence suggests that in the UK one in twenty children have been sexually abused, with one in three not telling anyon... Read More about Mental health challenges facing male survivors of child sexual abuse: implications for mental health nurses.

Self‐harm in secure settings: exploring the lived experiences of people who self‐harm in secure hospitals (2022)
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Dake, A., Murphy, N., & McAndrew, S. (2022). Self‐harm in secure settings: exploring the lived experiences of people who self‐harm in secure hospitals. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13092

Globally, an increasing number of people who Self‐Harm (SH) are being treated in mental health hospitals. Incidences of SH are common in secure hospitals, with those using the behaviour being highly dependent on staff for care and support but impacti... Read More about Self‐harm in secure settings: exploring the lived experiences of people who self‐harm in secure hospitals.

Engineering auxetic cylinders and intestine to improve longitudinal intestinal lengthening and tailoring procedure (2022)
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Valentini, L., Chiesa, I., De Maria, C., Ugolini, S., Volpe, Y., Mussi, E., …Morabito, A. (2022). Engineering auxetic cylinders and intestine to improve longitudinal intestinal lengthening and tailoring procedure. Bioengineering, 9(11), https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9110658

Auxetic materials can be exploited for coupling different types of tissues. Herein, we designed a material where the microorganism metabolic activity yields the formation of buckled/collapsed bubbles within gelling silicone cylinders thus providing a... Read More about Engineering auxetic cylinders and intestine to improve longitudinal intestinal lengthening and tailoring procedure.

Word knowledge and lexical access in monolingual and bilingual migrant children: Impact of word properties (2022)
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Łuniewska, M., Wójcik, M., Kołak, J., Mieszkowska, K., Wodniecka, Z., & Hamana, E. (2022). Word knowledge and lexical access in monolingual and bilingual migrant children: Impact of word properties. Language Acquisition, 29(2), 135-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/10489223.2021.1973475

Word knowledge and the speed of word processing in monolingual children and adults are influenced by word properties, such as the age of acquisition (AoA), imageability, and frequency. Understanding how different properties of words contribute to the... Read More about Word knowledge and lexical access in monolingual and bilingual migrant children: Impact of word properties.

The United Kingdom Paediatric Critical Care Society Study Group: The 20-Year Journey Toward Pragmatic, Randomized Clinical Trials (2022)
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Peters, M. J., Ramnarayan, P., Scholefield, B. R., Tume, L. N., & Tasker, R. C. (2022). The United Kingdom Paediatric Critical Care Society Study Group: The 20-Year Journey Toward Pragmatic, Randomized Clinical Trials. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 23(12), 1067-1075. https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000003099

Over the past two decades, pediatric intensive care research networks have been formed across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. The U.K. Paediatric Critical Care Society Study Group (PCCS-SG) has over a 20-year tradition of fost... Read More about The United Kingdom Paediatric Critical Care Society Study Group: The 20-Year Journey Toward Pragmatic, Randomized Clinical Trials.

Polypharmacy and the older adult (2022)
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Robertson, D. (2022). Polypharmacy and the older adult. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 4(11), 478-479. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2022.4.11.478

Last month's research roundup provided you with an overview of articles looking at the role and remit of physiotherapist prescribers (Robertson, 2022). This month, we will be reviewing articles concerning polypharmacy and the older adult. The first a... Read More about Polypharmacy and the older adult.

High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) in Hypoxia Improves Maximal Aerobic Capacity More Than HIIT in Normoxia: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression (2022)
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Westmacott, A., Sanal-Hayes, N. E. M., McLaughlin, M., Mair, J. L., & Hayes, L. D. (in press). High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) in Hypoxia Improves Maximal Aerobic Capacity More Than HIIT in Normoxia: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), 14261. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114261

The present study aimed to determine the effect of high intensity interval training (HIIT) in hypoxia on maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) compared with HIIT in normoxia with a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA)-... Read More about High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) in Hypoxia Improves Maximal Aerobic Capacity More Than HIIT in Normoxia: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression.