Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Healthcare and research priorities of adolescents and young adults with systemic lupus erythematosus: a mixed-methods study
Published 2017-04-01Objectives: Managing juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is particularly challenging. The disease may be severe, adolescent patients have complex medical and psychosocial needs, and they must navigate the ...Open AccessArticle -
Disability income support design and mental illness: a summary of the grey literature
Published 2017-03-08Aim: Mental illnesses have many distinctive features such as their fluctuating nature, invisibility and lack of diagnostic clarity that make determining eligibility for disability income support challenging. How do ...Open AccessDataset -
General practitioners’ use of different cardiovascular risk assessment strategies: a qualitative study
Published 2013-09-30Objectives: To identify factors that influence the extent to which general practitioners use absolute risk (AR) assessment in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment. Design, setting and participants: Semi-structured ...Open AccessArticle -
I don't believe it, but I'd better do something about it: patient experiences of online 'heart age' risk calculators
Published 2014-05-05Background: Health risk calculators are widely available on the internet, including cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk calculators that estimate the probability of a heart attack, stroke or death over a 5 or 10 year period. ...Open AccessArticle -
General practitioners’ decision making about primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older adults: a qualitative study
Published 2017-01-13Background: Primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention in older people is challenging as they are a diverse group with varying needs, frequent presence of comorbidities, and are more sus- ceptible to treatment harms. ...Open AccessArticle