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A 5 item version of the Compliance Questionnaire for Rheumatology (CQR5) successfully identifies low adherence to DMARDs
Hughes, Lyndsay D.; Done, D.J.; Young, Adam (2013-10)Taking DMARDs as prescribed is an essential part of self-management for patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. To date, the Compliance Questionnaire for Rheumatology (CQR) is the only self-report adherence measure created ... -
Accuracy and preference of measuring resting energy expenditure using a handheld calorimeter in healthy adults
Madden, Angela; Parker, Lloyd J. F.; Amirabdollahian, Farzad (2013-12)Background: Accurate estimates of energy expenditure are required in clinical nutrition in order to determine the requirements of individuals and to inform feeding regimes. Calorimetry can provide accurate measurements but ... -
Across the Great Divide: reflecting on dual positions in Clinical Psychology to enhance equality and inclusion between those working in and those referred to services
Keville, Saskia (2018-11-14)In the United Kingdom there are guidelines and policies to facilitate boundaries within professional interactions which recognise power differences between those employed in services and those referred to them. However, ... -
Adaptation to increasing severity of phoma stem canker on winter oilseed rape in the UK under climate change
Barnes, A. P.; Wreford, A.; Butterworth, M. H.; Semenov, M.A.; Moran, D.; Evans, Neal; Fitt, Bruce D.L. (2010-12)Various adaptation strategies are available that will minimize or negate predicted climate change-related increases in yield loss from phoma stem canker in UK winter oilseed rape (OSR) production. A number of forecasts for ... -
Addressing policy challenges for more sustainable local-global food chains : policy frameworks and possible food ‘futures’
Smith, Julie; Lang, Tim; Vorley, B.; Barling, David (2016-03-25)The article considers how policy can address the local–global within a wider commitment to food sustainability and draws on research conducted for the EU-funded GLAMUR project (Global and local food assessment: a ... -
Addressing the challenges of UK national food security
Barling, David; Lang, T.; Sharpe, R. (2008) -
Adherence in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients assessed with a validated Italian version of the 5-item compliance questionnaire for rheumatology
Ometto, Francesca; Raffeiner, B.; Azzolina , D.; Botsios, C.; Astorri, D.; Friso, L; Favero, M; Done, John; Gregori, D; Doria, A (2019-11-28)OBJECTIVES: The 5-item Compliance Questionnaire for Rheumatology (CQR5) proved reliability and validity in respect of identification of patients likely to be high adherers (HAs) to anti-rheumatic treatment, or low adherers ... -
Adherence to prophylaxis in adolescents and young adults with severe haemophilia, A qualitative study with patients
Van Os, Sandra; Ryder, Nuala; Hart, Daniel; Troop, Nicholas (2018-09-24)Abstract Introduction: Reported levels of adherence to prophylaxis among young people with haemophilia (YPH) vary widely and are predominately based on estimations made by healthcare professionals and parents. Reasons for ... -
Adherence to prophylaxis in adolescents and young adults with severe haemophilia: a qualitative study with healthcare professionals
Van-Os, Sandra; Ryder, Nuala; Hart, Daniel; Troop, Nicholas (2020-01-28)Aim: to examine healthcare professionals’ (HP) perceptions and experiences in relation to adherence to prophylactic treatment among young people living with haemophilia (YPH). Methods: All HPs in four haemophilia centres ... -
Adherence to prophylaxis in adolescents and young adults with severe haemophilia: A quantitative study with patients
Van Os, Sandra; Troop, Nicholas; Sullivan, Keith; Hart, Daniel (2017-01-19)Introduction: haemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency in one of the blood coagulation factors. For people affected by severe haemophilia, the deficiency can cause spontaneous internal bleeding. ... -
Advances in Food Security & Sustainability Volume 1
Barling, David; School of Life and Medical Sciences; Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences; Geography, Environment and Agriculture; Weight and Obesity Research Group; Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences; Food Policy, Nutrition and Diet (Academic Press, 2016-11-08) -
Affect systems, changes in body mass index, disordered eating and stress: An 18-month longitudinal study in women
Kupeli, Nuriye; Norton, Sam; Chilcot, Joseph; Campbell, Iain C.; Schmidt, Ulrike; Troop, Nicholas (2017-04-18)Background: Evidence suggests that stress plays a role in changes in body weight and disordered eating. The present study examined the effect of mood, affect systems (attachment and social rank) and affect regulatory ... -
Air sampling to forecast risk of mycotoxin-producing fusarium species in wheat crops
West, Jon S.; Townsend, J.A.; East, A.; Canning, G.; Halder, J. B.; Fitt, Bruce D.L. (Bayer CropScience, 2010) -
Altered distribution and life cycles of major pathogens in Europe
Evans, N.; Gladders, P.; Fitt, Bruce D.L.; Tiedemann, A. V. (DPG Selbstverlag, 2009)Climate is a major determinant of crop productivity. Besides its direct impact on plant growth it has a major effect on the prevalence and incidence of plant diseases. The sensitivity of pathogens to climate is pronounced. ... -
“Am iz kwiin” (I’m his queen): Combining Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis with a feminist approach to work with gems in a resource-constrained setting
Clifford, Gayle; Craig, Gillian; McCourt, Christine (2018-12-28)This paper focuses on working with gems using a feminist approach to Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) in a resource-constrained setting. The research explores the experiences of maternal disclosure of HIV to ... -
Analyses of air samples for ascospores of Leptosphaeria maculans and L.biglobosa by light microscopy and molecular techniques
Kaczmarek, J.; Jedryczka, M.; Fitt, Bruce D.L.; Lucas, J. A.; Latunde-Dada, A. O. (2009)Spores of many fungal pathogens are dispersed by wind. Detection of these airborne inocula is important in forecasting both the onset and the risk of epiphytotics. Species-specific primers targeted at the internal transcribed ... -
Analysing virulent and avirulent Leptosphaeria maculans isolates to understand R gene-mediated resistance in Brassica napus
Mitrousia, Georgia; Huang, Yongju; Hall, Avice; Fitt, Bruce D.L. (2012-10)Phoma stem canker (Leptosphaeria maculans) is a major disease on oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in Europe (e.g. it causes losses to UK farmers of > £100M p.a.). Single major gene resistance (R) in B. napus against L. maculans ... -
Analysis of leaf appearance, leaf death and phoma leaf spot, caused by Leptosphaeria maculans, on oilseed rape (Brassica napus) cultivars
Powers, S. J.; Pirie, E. J.; Latunde-Dada, A. O.; Fitt, Bruce D.L. (2010)Development of phoma leaf spot (caused by Leptosphaeria maculans) on winter oilseed rape (canola, Brassica napus) was assessed in two experiments at Rothamsted in successive years (2003-04 and 2004-05 growing seasons). ... -
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Implementation in a Saudi Medical City: An Exploratory Case Study.
Alghamdi, Saleh; Berrou, Ilhem; Aslanpour, Zoe; Bajnaid, Eshtyag; Hammad, Mohamed; Haseeb, Abdul; Shebl, Nada Atef (2021-03-09)Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) in hospitals have long been shown to improve antimicrobials’ use and reduce the rates of antimicrobial resistance. However, their implementation in hospitals, especially in developing ... -
APOE genotype influences insulin resistance, apolipoprotein CII and CIII according to plasma fatty acid profile in the Metabolic Syndrome
Fallaize, Rosalind; Carvalho-Wells, Andrew L; Tierney, Audrey C; Marin, Carmen; Kieć-Wilk, Beata; Dembińska-Kieć, Aldona; Drevon, Christian A.; DeFoort, Catherine; Lopez-Miranda, José; Risérus, Ulf; Saris, Wim H.; Blaak, Ellen E; Roche, Helen M; Lovegrove, Julie A (2017-07-24)Metabolic markers associated with the Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) may be affected by interactions between the APOE genotype and plasma fatty acids (FA). In this study, we explored FA-gene interactions between the missense ...