Optimising GPs' communication of advice to facilitate patients' self-care and prompt follow-up when the diagnosis is uncertain: a realist review of 'safety-netting'in …

CF Smith, H Lunn, G Wong… - BMJ quality & …, 2022 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Safety-netting has become best practice when dealing with diagnostic
uncertainty in primary care. Its use, however, is highly varied and a lack of evidence-based …

Improving experience of medical abortion at home in a changing therapeutic, technological and regulatory landscape: a realist review

P Baraitser, C Free, WV Norman, M Lewandowska… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To inform UK service development to support medical abortion at home,
appropriate for person and context. Design Realist review Setting/participants Peer …

Understanding what happens to attendees after an NHS Health Check: a realist review

C Duddy, E Gadsby, V Hibberd, J Krska, G Wong - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The NHS Health Check offers adults aged 40–74 an assessment of their risk of
developing cardiovascular disease. Attendees should be offered appropriate clinical or …

Understanding primary care diagnosis and management of sleep disturbance for people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment: a realist review protocol

L Greene, A Aryankhesal, M Megson, J Blake… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction The increasingly ageing population is associated with greater numbers of
people living with dementia (PLwD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). There are an …

Shared decision-making interventions in the choice of antipsychotic prescription in people living with psychosis (SHAPE): Protocol for a realist review

I Fitzgerald, LJ Sahm, J Howe, I Maidment, E Wallace… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Shared decision-making (SDM) has yet to be successfully adopted into routine
use in psychiatric settings amongst people living with severe mental illnesses. Suboptimal …

A machine learning model to aid detection of familial hypercholesterolemia

J Gratton, M Futema, SE Humphries, AD Hingorani… - JACC: Advances, 2023 - jacc.org
Background People with monogenic familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) are at an increased
risk of premature coronary heart disease and death. With a prevalence of 1: 250, FH is …

Testing a breast cancer prevention and a multiple disease prevention weight loss programme amongst women within the UK NHS breast screening programme—a …

M Harvie, DP French, M Pegington, G Cooper… - Pilot and Feasibility …, 2021 - Springer
Background Excess weight and unhealthy behaviours (eg sedentariness, high alcohol) are
common amongst women including those attending breast screening. These factors …

[HTML][HTML] Improving access to general practice for people with severe and multiple disadvantage: a realist review protocol (The Connection Study)

L Potter, L McDonagh, J Horwood, M Farr… - Wellcome Open …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: Despite having high unmet health need, people with severe and multiple
disadvantage (SMD, including combinations of homelessness, substance misuse, poor …

Modelling a two-stage adult population screen for autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolaemia: cross-sectional analysis within the UK Biobank

J Gratton, SE Humphries, AF Schmidt… - BMJ Public …, 2023 - bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
Background Most people with autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH)
remain undetected, which represents a missed opportunity for coronary heart disease …

What happens after an NHS Health Check? A survey and realist review

C Duddy, E Gadsby, V Hibberd, J Krska… - Health and Social Care …, 2023 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Background: The National Health Service Health Check in England aims to provide adults
aged 40 to 74 with an assessment of their risk of developing cardiovascular disease and to …