Search Results - "Georgia Ntani"
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Coronary heart disease, hypertension and use of biomass fuel among women: comparative cross-sectional study
Published in BMJ open (01-08-2019)“…ObjectivesTo explore the associations of hypertension and coronary heart disease (CHD) with use of biomass fuel for cooking.DesignComparative cross-sectional…”
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Consequences of ignoring clustering in linear regression
Published in BMC medical research methodology (07-07-2021)“…Abstract Background Clustering of observations is a common phenomenon in epidemiological and clinical research. Previous studies have highlighted the…”
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Why did middle-aged and older people retire since the first COVID-19 lockdown? A qualitative study of participants from the Health and Employment After Fifty study
Published in BMC public health (05-01-2024)“…Governments of Western countries need people to work to older ages, however the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the workforce by pushing older adults to retire…”
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Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy: a systematic review
Published in Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) (01-07-2014)“…It is unclear whether or not the current evidence base allows definite conclusions to be made regarding the optimal maternal circulating concentration of…”
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Pre-pandemic socio-economic status and changes in employment during the first lockdown (2020) on the health of middle-aged people in England: a longitudinal study
Published in BMC public health (12-10-2022)“…The COVID-19 pandemic markedly disrupted people's lives. It caused higher mortality and morbidity amongst individuals from poorer socio-economic position…”
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The relationship between dietary quality and the local food environment differs according to level of educational attainment: A cross-sectional study
Published in PloS one (25-08-2017)“…There is evidence that food outlet access differs according to level of neighbourhood deprivation but little is known about how individual circumstances affect…”
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Intensive physical activity following total hip arthroplasty increased the revision risk after 15 years: a cohort study of 973 patients from the Geneva Arthroplasty Register
Published in Acta orthopaedica (15-08-2024)“…Younger recipients of total hip arthroplasty (THA) highly prioritize returning to preoperative levels of physical activity (PA). Surgeons have tended to give…”
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An ESICM systematic review and meta-analysis of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy algorithms in adult critically ill patients
Published in Intensive care medicine (01-06-2012)“…Purpose We sought to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of procalcitonin(PCT)-guided antibiotic therapy algorithms for critically ill adult…”
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Correlations between pain in the back and neck/upper limb in the European Working Conditions Survey
Published in BMC musculoskeletal disorders (23-01-2019)“…Recent research has suggested that wide international variation in the prevalence of disabling regional pain among working populations is driven largely by…”
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Examination of how food environment and psychological factors interact in their relationship with dietary behaviours: test of a cross-sectional model
Published in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity (30-01-2019)“…To improve population diet environmental strategies have been hailed the panacea because they require little agency or investment of personal resources; this…”
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Education and the Relationship Between Supermarket Environment and Diet
Published in American journal of preventive medicine (01-08-2016)“…Introduction Supermarkets are a major source of food for many families. Knowledge of how educational attainment affects the relationship between in-store…”
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Predictors of incident and persistent neck/shoulder pain in Iranian workers: a cohort study
Published in PloS one (28-02-2013)“…Pain in the neck and shoulder has been linked with various psychosocial risk factors, as well as with occupational physical activities. However, most studies…”
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Work participation and risk factors for health-related job loss among older workers in the Health and Employment after Fifty (HEAF) study: Evidence from a 2-year follow-up period
Published in PloS one (17-09-2020)“…Rapidly increasing population old age dependency ratios create a growing economic imperative for people to work to older ages. However, rates of older worker…”
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Sickness absence after carpal tunnel release: a multicentre prospective cohort study
Published in BMJ open (10-02-2021)“…ObjectivesTo describe when patients return to different types of work after elective carpal tunnel release (CTR) surgery and identify the factors associated…”
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A case management occupational health model to facilitate earlier return to work of NHS staff with common mental health disorders: a feasibility study
Published in Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) (01-02-2021)“…The NHS is the biggest employer in the UK. Depression and anxiety are common reasons for sickness absence among staff. Evidence suggests that an intervention…”
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Older working adults in the HEAF study are more likely to report loneliness after two years of follow-up if they have negative perceptions of their work quality
Published in BMC public health (23-03-2021)“…Loneliness is an important public health issue associated with mortality and morbidity. Often researched amongst older people, less is known about risk factors…”
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A behaviour change package to prevent hand dermatitis in nurses working in health care: the SCIN cluster RCT
Published in Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) (01-10-2019)“…Although strategies have been developed to minimise the risk of occupational hand dermatitis in nurses, their clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness…”
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Is radiographic lumbar spondylolisthesis associated with occupational exposures? Findings from a nested case control study within the Wakayama spine study
Published in BMC musculoskeletal disorders (26-12-2019)“…To explore the relationship between radiographic spondylolisthesis and occupational factors in a case-control study nested within the Wakayama Spine Study…”
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Individualised placement and support programme for people unemployed because of chronic pain: a feasibility study and the InSTEP pilot RCT
Published in Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) (01-01-2021)“…Chronic pain is a common cause of health-related incapacity for work among people in the UK. Individualised placement and support is a systematic approach to…”
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Maternal Factors Are Associated with the Expression of Placental Genes Involved in Amino Acid Metabolism and Transport
Published in PloS one (14-12-2015)“…Maternal environment and lifestyle factors may modify placental function to match the mother's capacity to support the demands of fetal growth. Much remains to…”
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