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Definition, assessment and management of frailty for people with intellectual disabilities: A scoping review.
(2024-05)
Background: People with intellectual disabilities may experience frailty earlier than the general population. This scoping review aimed to investigate how frailty is defined, assessed, and managed in adults with an ...
Perceptions, behaviours and barriers towards exercise practices in inflammatory bowel disease
(2024-04-05)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a chronic disease affecting the digestive tract, has a significant impact on health-related quality of life. Pharmaceutical treatment is typically adopted, yet exercise is increasingly ...
Assessing the role of biomarker feedback in a 12-week community weight management programme among overweight men: a pilot study
(2024-03-28)
Background The primary objective of this study was to examine the feasibility of recruitment, retention, and delivery of biomarker feedback among men partaking in Shape Up, a physical activity for health programme. ...
Modified dietary fat intake for treatment of gallstone disease in people of any age
(2024-02-06)
Background The prevalenceof gallstones varies between less than 1% and 64% in different populations andis thought to be increasing in response to changes in nutritional intake andincreasing obesity. Some people with ...
Psychometric validation of the Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency Diary and Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency Impact Assessment in adults in the phase 3 ACTIVATE trial
(2023-11-09)
Background: Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is a rare hereditary disorder characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia and serious sequalae which negatively affect patient quality of life. This study aimed to psychometrically ...
Psychosocial interventions for survivors of rape and sexual assault experienced during adulthood (Review)
(2023-10-05)
Background: Exposure to rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse has lifelong impacts for mental health and well-being. Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing ...
No prescription? No problem: A qualitative study investigating self-medication with novel psychoactive substances (NPS)
(2023-08-30)
Background The proliferation of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) presents a challenge for global drug policy. The ease of online drug purchase and the emergence of the dark web have created new avenues for the growth ...
Comparing music‐ and food‐evoked autobiographical memories in young and older adults: A diary study
(2023-07-19)
Previous research has found that music brings back more vivid and emotional autobiographical memories than various other retrieval cues. However, such studies have often been low in ecological validity and constrained by ...
An investigation into the associations between psychological skills, anaerobic fitness, and aerobic fitness in elite Iranian taekwondo athletes
(2023-07-07)
This study investigated the relationship between psychological skills and fitness levels among elite taekwondo athletes. A total of ten Iranian male elite taekwondo athletes (mean age of 20.6±2 years, BMI 18.78±0.62 kg/m2, ...
Health-risk behaviours among people with severe mental ill health: understanding modifiable risk in the Closing the Gap Health Study
(2023-04-30)
BACKGROUND: People with severe mental ill health (SMI) experience some of the largest health inequalities of any sector within society. For these inequalities to be reduced, an understanding of the behavioural determinants ...