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A Pilot Project to Create Awareness of Clinical Research Funding Streams Among Nurses and Allied Health Professionals in England (2025)
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Background: A culturally diverse research workforce benefits patients, the community and the population as patients see health and care professionals who are like them and can build trusting relationships. From our experience, ethnic minority group n... Read More about A Pilot Project to Create Awareness of Clinical Research Funding Streams Among Nurses and Allied Health Professionals in England.

Development and validation of a measure to assess patient experience of needling of arteriovenous fistulas or grafts for haemodialysis access: the NPREM (2025)
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Background
Needling is a key step in haemodialysis. Research suggests needling experience is sub-optimal; however, no validated measure exists to inform improvements. We addressed this by developing the Needling Patient Reported Experience Measure (... Read More about Development and validation of a measure to assess patient experience of needling of arteriovenous fistulas or grafts for haemodialysis access: the NPREM.

Public and patient involvement (PPI) in the design, execution and dissemination of a trial: the BISTRO trial (2025)
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For people receiving haemodialysis, a balance has to be struck between removing sufficient but not too much fluid during a treatment session and maintaining any remaining kidney function they might have. In the BISTRO trial, this study so... Read More about Public and patient involvement (PPI) in the design, execution and dissemination of a trial: the BISTRO trial.

Treatment Utilisation and Satisfaction With Management in Individuals With Osteoarthritis and Metabolic Multimorbidity: A Cross‐Sectional Multi‐Country Study (2025)
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Recenti, F., Dell'isola, A., Giardulli, B., Testa, M., Pchelnikova, P., Ndosi, M., & Battista, S. (2025). Treatment Utilisation and Satisfaction With Management in Individuals With Osteoarthritis and Metabolic Multimorbidity: A Cross‐Sectional Multi‐Country Study. Musculoskeletal Care, 23(1), e70058. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.70058

Purpose: To compare treatment utilisation for osteoarthritis (OA) and satisfaction with OA management between individuals with and without comorbid metabolic conditions (e.g., diabetes, obesity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension). Methods: Secondary analys... Read More about Treatment Utilisation and Satisfaction With Management in Individuals With Osteoarthritis and Metabolic Multimorbidity: A Cross‐Sectional Multi‐Country Study.

Breaking Barriers Transforming Primary Care to Serve the Physical Health Needs of Individuals With SMI in the NHS (2025)
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This critical review paper examines the health inequalities faced by individuals with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) in the United Kingdom; highlighting the disproportionate burden of physical health conditions such as respiratory disorders, cardiac ill... Read More about Breaking Barriers Transforming Primary Care to Serve the Physical Health Needs of Individuals With SMI in the NHS.

Parents’ lived experience of support through their neonate’s end of life and grief journey: An interpretative phenomenology study (2025)
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Medical and pharmacological advancements have influenced the ability to treat acutely ill neonates. However, complications of prematurity mean that death is unpreventable in some cases. The aim of this study was to explore parents’ lived experiences... Read More about Parents’ lived experience of support through their neonate’s end of life and grief journey: An interpretative phenomenology study.

Evaluation of an e-self-management intervention (Happy Hands app) for hand osteoarthritis: Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (2025)
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Objective: This protocol paper describes the rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) that aims to evaluate the (cost-)effectiveness of a 12 week e-self-management intervention (Happy Hands app) in people with hand osteoarthritis (... Read More about Evaluation of an e-self-management intervention (Happy Hands app) for hand osteoarthritis: Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

“Three Sides to Every Story”: Living the Patient, Carer and Staff Experience of COVID (2025)
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Hurst, H., & Ramsey, S. M. (in press). “Three Sides to Every Story”: Living the Patient, Carer and Staff Experience of COVID. #Journal not on list, 12, 23333936241292737. https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936241292737

In 2020, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) braced itself for the challenge of the COVID pandemic. Older, frail adults were among those at highest risk for morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to capture the lived experiences of patients, fa... Read More about “Three Sides to Every Story”: Living the Patient, Carer and Staff Experience of COVID.

Underutilization of coper/non-coper screening in anterior cruciate ligament injuries management in Italy: an online survey (2025)
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Introduction: Total and sub-total lesions of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are one of the most frequent and performance-limiting injuries to the knee joint within the active population. Early surgical management, often regarded as the primary... Read More about Underutilization of coper/non-coper screening in anterior cruciate ligament injuries management in Italy: an online survey.

Validity and Inter‐Device Reliability of an Artificial Intelligence App for Real‐Time Assessment of 505 Change of Direction Tests (2025)
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The present study aimed to explore the validity and inter‐device reliability of a novel artificial intelligence app (Asstrapp) for real‐time measurement of the traditional (tra505) and modified‐505 (mod505) change of direction (COD) tests. Twenty‐fiv... Read More about Validity and Inter‐Device Reliability of an Artificial Intelligence App for Real‐Time Assessment of 505 Change of Direction Tests.

Depression and anxiety in people with kidney disease: understanding symptom variability, patient experience and preferences for mental health support. (2025)
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Depression and anxiety are commonly experienced by people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study aimed to evaluate person- and service-level factors associated with depression and anxiety symptoms. We sought to also understand utilisation of m... Read More about Depression and anxiety in people with kidney disease: understanding symptom variability, patient experience and preferences for mental health support..

Presenting Symptoms Define Time to Diagnosis in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Process Mapping From a Musculoskeletal Triage Unit in the UK (2025)
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Foulds, S., Henshaw, L., & Davies, B. M. (2025). Presenting Symptoms Define Time to Diagnosis in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Process Mapping From a Musculoskeletal Triage Unit in the UK. Musculoskeletal Care, 23(1), Article e70044. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.70044

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objective: Tackling delayed diagnosis in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a global research priority. On average, it takes 2–5 years, leading to worse outcomes from surgery and greater disability... Read More about Presenting Symptoms Define Time to Diagnosis in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Process Mapping From a Musculoskeletal Triage Unit in the UK.

Skin adaptation in lower limb amputees assessed through Raman spectroscopy and mechanical characterization (2025)
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Following lower limb amputation residuum skin from the lower leg is used to reconstruct the residual limb. Unlike skin on the sole of the foot (plantar skin), leg skin is not inherently load bearing. Despite this, leg skin is required to be load bear... Read More about Skin adaptation in lower limb amputees assessed through Raman spectroscopy and mechanical characterization.

Characteristics of refractory disease and persistent symptoms in inflammatory arthritis: Qualitative framework analysis of interviews with patients and health care professionals (2025)
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This study aims to explore patients' and clinicians' understanding and experiences of refractory disease (RD) and persistent physical and emotional symptoms (PPES) in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA), namely rheumatoid arthri... Read More about Characteristics of refractory disease and persistent symptoms in inflammatory arthritis: Qualitative framework analysis of interviews with patients and health care professionals.