Browsing by Subject "outcomes"

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    • A preliminary evaluation of acceptance and commitment therapy (act) training in sierra leone 

      Stewart, Corinna; G. White, Ross; Ebert, Beate; Mays, Iain; Nardozzi, Jennifer; Bockarie, Hannah (Elsevier BV, 2016-01-01)

    • Abnormal glucose tolerance post-gestational diabetes mellitus as defined by the international association of diabetes and pregnancy study groups criteria 

      Noctor, Eoin; Crowe, Catherine; Carmody, Louise A; Saunders, Jean A; Kirwan, Breda; O’Dea, Angela; Gillespie, Paddy; Glynn, Liam G; McGuire, Brian E; O’Neill, Ciarán; O’Shea, P M; Dunne, F P (BioScientifica, 2016-07-15)
      Objective: An increase in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) prevalence has been demonstrated across many countries with adoption of the International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) ...

    • An exploration of strategies used by older people to obtain information about health- and social care services in the community 

      Mc Grath, Margaret; Clancy, Kathleen; Kenny, Anne (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-09-08)
      Purpose To explore the strategies used by older people living in Ireland to obtain information about community health and social services. Methods A qualitative exploratory design was used. Focus groups (n = 3) were conducted ...

    • Apples to apples: can differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcomes between sweden and ireland be explained by core utstein variables? 

      Masterson, Siobhán; Strömsöe, Anneli; Cullinan, John; Deasy, Conor; Vellinga, Akke (Springer Nature, 2018-05-03)
      Background: Variation in reported incidence and outcome based on aggregated data is a persistent feature of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) epidemiology. Objective: To investigate the extent to which patient-level ...

    • Assessing the impact of an ageing population on complication rates and in-patient length of stay 

      McVeigh, Terri P.; Al-Azawi, Dhafir; O'Donoghue, Gerrard T.; Kerin, Michael J. (Elsevier BV, 2013-11-01)

    • Associations between cms's clinical performance measures project benchmarks, profit structure, and mortality in dialysis units 

      Szczech, L.A.; Klassen, P.S.; Chua, B.; Hedayati, S.S.; Flanigan, M.; McClellan, W.M.; Reddan, D.N.; Rettig, R.A.; Frankenfield, D.L.; Owen, W.F. (Elsevier BV, 2006-06-01)
      Prior studies observing greater mortality in for-profit dialysis units have not captured information about benchmarks of care. This study was undertaken to examine the association between profit status and mortality while ...

    • Atlantic dip: high prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance post partum is reduced by breast-feeding in women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus 

      O'Reilly, M. W.; Avalos, G.; Dennedy, M. C.; O'Sullivan, E. P.; Dunne, F. (BioScientifica, 2011-09-21)
      Objective: Gestational diabetes (GDM) is associated with adverse fetal and maternal outcomes, and identifies women at risk of future type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Breast-feeding may improve post partum maternal glucose ...

    • Cardiopoietic cell therapy for advanced ischemic heart failure: results at 39 weeks of the prospective, randomized, double blind, sham-controlled chart-1 clinical trial 

      Bartunek, Jozef; Terzic, Andre; Davison, Beth A.; Filippatos, Gerasimos S.; Radovanovic, Slavica; Beleslin, Branko; Merkely, Bela; Musialek, Piotr; Wojakowski, Wojciech; Andreka, Peter; Horvath, Ivan G.; Katz, Amos; Dolatabadi, Dariouch; El Nakadi, Badih; Arandjelovic, Aleksandra; Edes, Istvan; Seferovic, Petar M.; Obradovic, Slobodan; Vanderheyden, Marc; Jagic, Nikola; Petrov, Ivo; Atar, Shaul; Halabi, Majdi; Gelev, Valeri L.; Shochat, Michael K.; Kasprzak, Jaroslaw D.; Sanz-Ruiz, Ricardo; Heyndrickx, Guy R.; Nyolczas, Noémi; Legrand, Victor; Guédès, Antoine; Heyse, Alex; Moccetti, Tiziano; Fernandez-Aviles, Francisco; Jimenez-Quevedo, Pilar; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Hernandez-Garcia, Jose Maria; Ribichini, Flavio; Gruchala, Marcin; Waldman, Scott A.; Teerlink, John R.; Gersh, Bernard J.; Povsic, Thomas J.; Henry, Timothy D.; Metra, Marco; Hajjar, Roger J.; Tendera, Michal; Behfar, Atta; Alexandre, Bertrand; Seron, Aymeric; Stough, Wendy Gattis; Sherman, Warren; Cotter, Gad; Wijns, William; , (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016-12-23)
      Aims Cardiopoietic cells, produced through cardiogenic conditioning of patients' mesenchymal stem cells, have shown preliminary efficacy. The Congestive Heart Failure Cardiopoietic Regenerative Therapy (CHART-1) trial aimed ...

    • Common germline polymorphisms associated with breast cancer-specific survival 

      Pirie, Ailith; ,; Guo, Qi; Kraft, Peter; Canisius, Sander; Eccles, Diana M; Rahman, Nazneen; Nevanlinna, Heli; Chen, Constance; Khan, Sofia; Tyrer, Jonathan; Bolla, Manjeet K; Wang, Qin; Dennis, Joe; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Lush, Michael; Dunning, Alison M; Shah, Mitul; Czene, Kamila; Darabi, Hatef; Eriksson, Mikael; Lambrechts, Dieter; Weltens, Caroline; Leunen, Karin; van Ongeval, Chantal; Nordestgaard, Børge G; Nielsen, Sune F; Flyger, Henrik; Rudolph, Anja; Seibold, Petra; Flesch-Janys, Dieter; Blomqvist, Carl; Aittomäki, Kristiina; Fagerholm, Rainer; Muranen, Taru A; Olsen, Janet E; Hallberg, Emily; Vachon, Celine; Knight, Julia A; Glendon, Gord; Mulligan, Anna Marie; Broeks, Annegien; Cornelissen, Sten; Haiman, Christopher A; Henderson, Brian E; Schumacher, Frederick; Le Marchand, Loic; Hopper, John L; Tsimiklis, Helen; Apicella, Carmel; Southey, Melissa C; Cross, Simon S; Reed, Malcolm WR; Giles, Graham G; Milne, Roger L; McLean, Catriona; Winqvist, Robert; Pylkäs, Katri; Jukkola-Vuorinen, Arja; Grip, Mervi; Hooning, Maartje J; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Martens, John WM; van den Ouweland, Ans MW; Marme, Federick; Schneeweiss, Andreas; Yang, Rongxi; Burwinkel, Barbara; Figueroa, Jonine; Chanock, Stephen J; Lissowska, Jolanta; Sawyer, Elinor J; Tomlinson, Ian; Kerin, Michael J; Miller, Nicola; Brenner, Hermann; Butterbach, Katja; Holleczek, Bernd; Kataja, Vesa; Kosma, Veli-Matti; Hartikainen, Jaana M; Li, Jingmei; Brand, Judith S; Humphreys, Keith; Devilee, Peter; Tollenaar, Robert AEM; Seynaeve, Caroline; Radice, Paolo; Peterlongo, Paolo; Manoukian, Siranoush; Ficarazzi, Filomena; Beckmann, Matthias W; Hein, Alexander; Ekici, Arif B; Balleine, Rosemary; Phillips, Kelly-Anne; Benitez, Javier; Zamora, M Pilar; Perez, Jose Ignacio Arias; Menéndez, Primitiva; Jakubowska, Anna; Lubinski, Jan; Gronwald, Jacek; Durda, Katarzyna; Hamann, Ute; Kabisch, Maria; Ulmer, Hans Ulrich; Rüdiger, Thomas; Margolin, Sara; Kristensen, Vessela; Nord, Siljie; Evans, D Gareth; Abraham, Jean; Earl, Helena; Poole, Christopher J; Hiller, Louise; Dunn, Janet A; Bowden, Sarah; Yang, Rose; Campa, Daniele; Diver, W Ryan; Gapstur, Susan M; Gaudet, Mia M; Hankinson, Susan; Hoover, Robert N; Hüsing, Anika; Kaaks, Rudolf; Machiela, Mitchell J; Willett, Walter; Barrdahl, Myrto; Canzian, Federico; Chin, Suet-Feung; Caldas, Carlos; Hunter, David J; Lindstrom, Sara; Garcia-Closas, Montserrat; Couch, Fergus J; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Mannermaa, Arto; Andrulis, Irene L; Hall, Per; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Easton, Douglas F; Bojesen, Stig E; Cox, Angela; Fasching, Peter A; Pharoah, Paul DP; Schmidt, Marjanka K; , (Springer Nature, 2015-04-22)
      Introduction: Previous studies have identified common germline variants nominally associated with breast cancer survival. These associations have not been widely replicated in further studies. The purpose of this study was ...

    • Considerations and recommendations for the introduction of objective performance criteria for transcatheter aortic heart valve device approval 

      Head, Stuart J.; Mylotte, Darren; Mack, Michael J.; Piazza, Nicolo; van Mieghem, Nicolas M.; Leon, Martin B.; Kappetein, A. Pieter; Holmes, David R. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2016-05-23)
      In the United States, new surgical heart valves can be approved on the basis of objective performance criteria (OPC). In contrast, the US Food and Drug Administration traditionally requires stricter criteria for transcatheter ...

    • Correlates of poor mental health in early pregnancy in obese european women 

      Sattler, Matteo C.; Jelsma, Judith G. M.; Bogaerts, Annick; Simmons, David; Desoye, Gernot; Corcoy, Rosa; Adelantado, Juan M.; Kautzky-Willer, Alexandra; Harreiter, Jürgen; van Assche, Frans A.; Devlieger, Roland; Jans, Goele; Galjaard, Sander; Hill, David; Damm, Peter; Mathiesen, Elisabeth R.; Wender-Ozegowska, Ewa; Zawiejska, Agnieszka; Blumska, Kinga; Lapolla, Annunziata; Dalfrà, Maria G.; Bertolotto, Alessandra; Dunne, Fidelma; Jensen, Dorte M.; Andersen, Lise Lotte T.; Snoek, Frank J.; van Poppel, Mireille N. M. (Springer Nature, 2017-12-01)
      Background: Depression during pregnancy is associated with higher maternal morbidity and mortality, and subsequent possible adverse effects on the cognitive, emotional and behavioral development of the child. The aim of ...

    • Cos-star: a reporting guideline for studies developing core outcome sets (protocol) 

      Kirkham, Jamie J.; ,; Gorst, Sarah; Altman, Douglas G.; Blazeby, Jane; Clarke, Mike; Devane, Declan; Gargon, Elizabeth; Williamson, Paula R. (Springer Nature, 2015-08-22)
      Background: Core outcome sets can increase the efficiency and value of research and, as a result, there are an increasing number of studies looking to develop core outcome sets (COS). However, the credibility of a COS ...

    • Current use of intracoronary imaging in interventional practice　― results of a european association of percutaneous cardiovascular interventions (eapci) and japanese association of cardiovascular interventions and therapeutics (cvit) clinical practice survey ― 

      Koskinas, Konstantinos C.; Nakamura, Masato; Räber, Lorenz; Colleran, Roisin; Kadota, Kazushige; Capodanno, Davide; Wijns, William; Akasaka, Takashi; Valgimigli, Marco; Guagliumi, Giulio; Windecker, Stephan; Byrne, Robert A. (Japanese Circulation Society, 2018-01-01)
      Background: This study evaluated the views of the cardiology community on the clinical use of coronary intravascular imaging (IVI). Methods and Results: A web-based survey was distributed to 31,893 individuals, with 1,105 ...

    • Decreased pulse pressure during hemodialysis is associated with improved 6-month outcomes 

      Inrig, Jula K.; Patel, Uptal D.; Toto, Robert D.; Reddan, Donal N.; Himmelfarb, Jonathan; Lindsay, Robert M.; Stivelman, John; Winchester, James F.; Szczech, Lynda A. (Elsevier BV, 2009-11-01)
      Pulse pressure is a well established marker of vascular stiffness and is associated with increased mortality in hemodialysis patients. Here we sought to determine if a decrease in pulse pressure during hemodialysis was ...

    • Defining ‘recovery’ for delirium research: a systematic review 

      Adamis, Dimitrios; Devaney, Amanda; Shanahan, Elaine; McCarthy, Geraldine; Meagher, David (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014-12-04)
      Background: delirium is a common neuropsychiatric disorder. The natural course is of an acute, fluctuating and often transient condition; however, accumulating evidence suggests that delirium can be associated with incomplete ...

    • Does empowerment mediate the effects of psychological factors on mental health, well-being, and recovery in young people? 

      Grealish, Annmarie; Tai, Sara; Hunter, Andrew; Emsley, Richard; Murrells, Trevor; Morrison, Anthony P. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016-12-30)
      ObjectivesThere is consensus that empowerment is key to recovery from mental health problems, enabling a person to take charge of their life and make informed choices and decisions about their life. However, little is known ...

    • Early post-operative removal of urethral catheter in patients undergoing colorectal surgery with epidural analgesia – a prospective pilot clinical study 

      Coyle, David; Joyce, Kenneth M.; Garvin, Joseph T.; Regan, Mark; McAnena, Oliver J.; Neary, Peter M.; Joyce, Myles R. (Elsevier BV, 2015-04-01)

    • Effect of physical activity and/or healthy eating on gdm risk: the dali lifestyle study 

      Simmons, David; Devlieger, Roland; van Assche, André; Jans, Goele; Galjaard, Sander; Corcoy, Rosa; Adelantado, Juan M; Dunne, Fidelma; Desoye, Gernot; Harreiter, Jürgen; Kautzky-Willer, Alexandra; Damm, Peter; Mathiesen, Elisabeth R; Jensen, Dorte M; Andersen, Liselotte; Lapolla, Annunziata; Dalfrà, Maria G; Bertolotto, Alessandra; Wender-Ozegowska, Ewa; Zawiejska, Agnieszka; Hill, David; Snoek, Frank J; Jelsma, Judith GM; van Poppel, Mireille NM (The Endocrine Society, 2016-12-09)
      Context: Lifestyle approaches for preventing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have produced mixed results. Objective: The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of 3 lifestyle interventions [healthy ...

    • Effects of interventions promoting monitoring of medication use and brief messaging on medication adherence for people with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of randomized trials 

      Farmer, A. J.; McSharry, J.; Rowbotham, S.; McGowan, L.; Ricci-Cabello, I.; French, D. P. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-11-17)
      AimsTo assess the impact of interventions promoting the monitoring of medication use and brief messaging to support medication adherence in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and to investigate the extent of theory ...

    • Five-year prognosis in an incident cohort of people presenting with acute myocardial infarction 

      Simpson, Colin R.; Buckley, Brian S.; McLernon, David J.; Sheikh, Aziz; Murphy, Andrew; Hannaford, Philip C. (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-10-20)
      Background: Following an AMI, it is important for patients and their physicians to appreciate the subsequent risk of death, and the potential benefits of invasive cardiac procedures and secondary preventive therapy. Studies, ...