• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

We Walk: a person-centred, dyadic behaviour change intervention to promote physical activity through outdoor walking after stroke--an intervention development study
Conclusions Our multilens intervention development approach ensured this novel intervention was evidence-informed, person-centred, theoretically coherent provided appropriate social support, and addressed issues of concern to PWS. This study established intervention components and structure and identified operational issues critical to future success. Future research will pilot and refine We Walk and evaluate acceptability, feasibility, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Trial registration number ISRCTN34488928.
Source: BMJ Open - June 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Morris, J. H., Irvine, L. A., Dombrowski, S. U., McCormack, B., Van Wijck, F., Lawrence, M. Tags: Open access, Rehabilitation medicine Source Type: research

Supported self-management in community stroke rehabilitation: what is it and how does it work? A protocol for a realist evaluation study
Introduction A growing evidence base demonstrates the effectiveness of supported self-management in stroke for stroke survivors and their families. However, there is significant variation in its implementation in community stroke care and little understanding about how supported self-management works and is delivered across different settings, models used and contexts of community stroke rehabilitation. Methods and analysis Using a mixed method, realist approach across two phases, this protocol describes a study on community-based supported self-management. The aim is to identify the mechanisms and outcomes of supported s...
Source: BMJ Open - January 20, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kidd, L., Millar, J. D., Mason, H., Quinn, T., Gallacher, K. I., Jones, F., Fisher, R. J., Lebedis, T., Barber, M., Brennan, K., Smith, M. Tags: Open access, Rehabilitation medicine Source Type: research

Trends in cardiovascular disease in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study
Conclusions The excess burden of CVD in veterans which was evident at the end of 2012 has reduced in the following 5 years from 23% to 16% overall. The increased risk continues to affect only those veterans born prior to 1960, suggesting that improvements in military health promotion since 1978, when veterans born from 1960 joined the armed forces, have had an important and ongoing beneficial effect on the long-term health of veterans.
Source: BMJ Open - July 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Bergman, B. P., Mackay, D. F., Pell, J. P. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology Source Type: research

Asians at Higher Risk of COVID-Linked Stroke: Study
MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 -- Asian COVID-19 patients in the United Kingdom have a higher stroke risk than other racial/ethnic groups, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data on 1,470 stroke patients admitted to 13 hospitals in England and Scotland...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Preventing unnecessary disability after stroke in Scotland
Publication date: 5–11 October 2019Source: The Lancet, Volume 394, Issue 10205Author(s): Shelagh B Coutts
Source: The Lancet - October 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Practice patterns and outcomes after stroke across countries at different economic levels (INTERSTROKE): an international observational study
Publication date: 19–25 May 2018 Source:The Lancet, Volume 391, Issue 10134 Author(s): Peter Langhorne, Martin J O'Donnell, Siu Lim Chin, Hongye Zhang, Denis Xavier, Alvaro Avezum, Nandini Mathur, Melanie Turner, Mary Joan MacLeod, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Albertino Damasceno, Graeme J Hankey, Antonio L Dans, Ahmed Elsayed, Charles Mondo, Mohammad Wasay, Anna Czlonkowska, Christian Weimar, Afzal Hussein Yusufali, Fawaz Al Hussain, Liu Lisheng, Hans-Christoph Diener, Danuta Ryglewicz, Nana Pogosova, Romana Iqbal, Rafael Diaz, Khalid Yusoff, Aytekin Oguz, Xingyu Wang, Ernesto Penaherrera, Fernando Lanas, Okechukwu S Ogah...
Source: The Lancet - May 18, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Comment The social sciences, humanities, and health
Humanities and social sciences have had many positive influences on health experiences, care, and expenditure. These include on self-management for diabetes, provision of psychological therapy, handwashing, hospital checklists, the Scottish Government's stroke guidelines, England's tobacco control strategy, the response to the Ebola outbreak in west Africa and Zika virus in Brazil, and many more.1 Researchers have shown time and time again the political, practical, economic, and civic value of education and research in disciplines like anthropology, history, and philosophy.
Source: LANCET - April 13, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Martyn Pickersgill, Sarah Chan, Gill Haddow, Graeme Laurie, Devi Sridhar, Steve Sturdy, Sarah Cunningham-Burley Tags: Comment Source Type: research

Outcomes, experiences and palliative care in major stroke: a multicentre, mixed-method, longitudinal study.
Authors: Kendall M, Cowey E, Mead G, Barber M, McAlpine C, Stott DJ, Boyd K, Murray SA Abstract BACKGROUND: Case fatality after total anterior circulation stroke is high. Our objective was to describe the experiences and needs of patients and caregivers, and to explore whether, and how, palliative care should be integrated into stroke care. METHODS: From 3 stroke services in Scotland, we recruited a purposive sample of people with total anterior circulation stroke, and conducted serial, qualitative interviews with them and their informal and professional caregivers at 6 weeks, 6 months and 1 year. Interviews we...
Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal - March 7, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: CMAJ Source Type: research