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The challenges of using the Hospital Frailty Risk Score by Soong, John, Bell, Derek, Poots, Alan J

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Hypothyroidism and Type D Personality: Results From E-MPATHY, a Cross-sectional International Online Patient Survey by Perros, Petros, Nagy, Endre Vezekenyi, Papini, Enrico, Abad-Madroñero, Juan, Lakwijk, Peter, Poots, Alan J, Mols, Floortje, Hegedüs, Laszlo

“…Between 10% and 15% of people with hypothyroidism experience persistent symptoms, despite achieving biochemical euthyroidism. The underlying causes are…”
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Parents' Experiences of Communication in Neonatal Care (PEC): a neonatal survey refined for real-time parent feedback by Sakonidou, Susanna, Kotzamanis, Sophia, Tallett, Amy, Poots, Alan J, Modi, Neena, Bell, Derek, Gale, Chris

“…Assessing parent experiences of neonatal services can help improve quality of care; however, there is no formally evaluated UK instrument available to assess…”
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The Impact of Hypothyroidism on Satisfaction with Care and Treatment and Everyday Living: Results from E-Mode Patient Self-Assessment of Thyroid Therapy, a Cross-Sectional, International Online Patient Survey by Perros, Petros, Hegedüs, Laszlo, Nagy, Endre Vezekenyi, Papini, Enrico, Hay, Harriet Alexandra, Abad-Madroñero, Juan, Tallett, Amy Johanna, Bilas, Megan, Lakwijk, Peter, Poots, Alan J

“…Hypothyroid patients often report dissatisfaction and poor quality of life. This survey explored the impact of hypothyroidism on patient satisfaction, everyday…”
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How to attribute causality in quality improvement: lessons from epidemiology by Poots, Alan J, Reed, Julie E, Woodcock, Thomas, Bell, Derek, Goldmann, Don

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Are the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Stop-Bang model effective at predicting the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA); in particular OSA requiring treatment? by Panchasara, Binita, Poots, Alan J., Davies, Gary

“…Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a condition characterised by repetitive upper airway collapse during sleep. The condition carries a range of health sequelae…”
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Education around medication review and deprescribing: a survey of medical and pharmacy students’ perspectives by Poots, Alan J., Jubraj, Barry, Ward, Emily, Wycoco, Amante, Barnett, Nina

“…Research into the practice of medication review is developing across the world in response to the ever-increasing burden of inappropriate polypharmacy…”
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Preschool children who are frequent attenders in emergency departments: an observational study of associated demographics and clinical characteristics by Blair, Mitch, Poots, Alan J, Lim, Valencia, Hiles, Stephen, Greenfield, Geva, Crehan, Caroline, Kugler, Beverley, Boreham, Charlotte

“…BackgroundUnscheduled visits to emergency departments (ED) have increased in the UK in recent years. Children who are repeat attenders are relatively…”
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Deprescribing medicines in the acute setting to reduce the risk of falls by Marvin, Vanessa, Ward, Emily, Poots, Alan J, Heard, Katie, Rajagopalan, Arvind, Jubraj, Barry

“…BackgroundFalls are a common cause of morbidity and hospitalisation in older people. Inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy contribute to falls risk in…”
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Author’s response to Letter-to-the-editor regarding “Are the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Stop-Bang Model effective at predicting the severity of obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA); in particular OSA requiring treatment?” by Panchasara, Binita, Poots, Alan J., Davies, Gary

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Experiences and supportive care needs of UK patients with pancreatic cancer: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey by Watson, Eila K, Brett, Jo, Hay, Harriet, Witwicki, Cara, Perris, Anna, Poots, Alan J, Sizmur, Steve, Soonawalla, Zahir, Tallett, Amy

“…ObjectivesPatients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer have the poorest survival prognosis of any cancer. This survey aimed to describe their experiences of care…”
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Finding consensus on frailty assessment in acute care through Delphi method by Soong, John T Y, Poots, Alan J, Bell, Derek

“…ObjectiveWe seek to address gaps in knowledge and agreement around optimal frailty assessment in the acute medical care setting. Frailty is a common term…”
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Considering chance in quality and safety performance measures: an analysis of performance reports by boards in English NHS trusts by Schmidtke, Kelly Ann, Poots, Alan J, Carpio, Juan, Vlaev, Ivo, Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin, Lilford, Richard J

“…Hospital board members are asked to consider large amounts of quality and safety data with a duty to act on signals of poor performance. However, in order to…”
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How can patient experience scores be used to predict quality inspection ratings? A retrospective cross-sectional study of national primary care datasets in the UK by Tallett, Amy, Poots, Alan J, Graham, Chris, Peters, Michele, Corbett, Rory, Sizmur, Steve, Forder, Julien

“…ObjectivesThe relationship between patient feedback in the General Practice Patient Survey (GPPS) and Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections of practices…”
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Statistical process control for data without inherent order by Poots, Alan J, Woodcock, Thomas

“…The XmR chart is a powerful analytical tool in statistical process control (SPC) for detecting special causes of variation in a measure of quality. In this…”
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Model-driven approach to data collection and reporting for quality improvement by Curcin, Vasa, Woodcock, Thomas, Poots, Alan J., Majeed, Azeem, Bell, Derek

“…[Display omitted] •Addressing the challenge of the second translational gap is key to improving healthcare processes.•Data-driven methodologies improve…”
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Applying quality improvement methods to address gaps in medicines reconciliation at transfers of care from an acute UK hospital by Marvin, Vanessa, Kuo, Shirley, Poots, Alan J, Woodcock, Tom, Vaughan, Louella, Bell, Derek

“…ObjectivesReliable reconciliation of medicines at admission and discharge from hospital is key to reducing unintentional prescribing discrepancies at…”
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Validating a methodology to measure frailty syndromes at hospital level utilising administrative data by Soong, John TY, Rolph, Giles, Poots, Alan J, Bell, Derek

“…Identifying older people with clinical frailty, reliably and at scale, is a research priority. We measured frailty in older people using a novel methodology…”
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Acceptability and necessity of HIV and other blood-borne virus testing in a psychiatric setting by Sanger, Camilla, Hayward, Janine, Patel, Gira, Phekoo, Karen, Poots, Alan J., Howe, Cathy, Bowden-Jones, Owen, Green, John

“…Studies in North America and Europe indicate that the prevalence of blood-borne viruses (BBVs) is elevated in individuals with severe mental illness; there are…”
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Living with cardiovascular disease (CVD): Exploring the biggest challenges for people affected by CVD in the UK, and their use (or not) of online resources by Burger, Sarah-Ann, Poots, Alan J, Perris, Anna, Crump, Helen, Thorne, Helen, Hughes, Sally, West, Jacob

“…As death rates decrease, people affected by cardiovascular disease (CVD) continue to live with these diseases and the associated challenges, long-term. We…”
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