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Recruiting care homes to a randomised controlled trial

There are more than a quarter of a million individuals aged ≥ 65 years who are resident in care homes in England and Wales. Care home residents have high levels of cognitive impairment, physical disability, mu...

Alison Ellwood, Jennifer Airlie, Robert Cicero, Bonnie Cundill, David R Ellard… in Trials (2018)

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PATCH: posture and mobility training for care staff versus usual care in care homes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Residents of care homes have high levels of disability and poor mobility, but the promotion of health and wellbeing within care homes is poorly realised. Residents spend the majority of their time sedentary wh...

Liz Graham, Robert Cicero, David Clarke, Bonnie Cundill, Alison Ellwood… in Trials (2018)

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TIGA-CUB – manualised psychoanalytic child psychotherapy versus treatment as usual for children aged 5–11 years with treatment-resistant conduct disorders and their primary carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends evidence-based parenting programmes as a first-line intervention for conduct disorders (CD) in children aged 5–11 years. As these are not...

Elizabeth Edginton, Rebecca Walwyn, Kayleigh Burton, Robert Cicero, Liz Graham… in Trials (2017)

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The evaluation of enhanced feedback interventions to reduce unnecessary blood transfusions (AFFINITIE): protocol for two linked cluster randomised factorial controlled trials

Blood for transfusion is a frequently used clinical intervention, and is also a costly and limited resource with risks. Many transfusions are given to stable and non-bleeding patients despite no clear evidence...

Suzanne Hartley, Robbie Foy, Rebecca E. A. Walwyn, Robert Cicero… in Implementation Science (2017)

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The INVEST project: investigating the use of evidence synthesis in the design and analysis of clinical trials

When designing and analysing clinical trials, using previous relevant information, perhaps in the form of evidence syntheses, can reduce research waste. We conducted the INVEST (INVestigating the use of Eviden...

Gemma L. Clayton, Isabelle L. Smith, Julian P. T. Higgins, Borislava Mihaylova… in Trials (2017)

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Research Exploring Physical Activity in Care Homes (REACH): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

As life expectancy increases and the number of older people, particularly those aged 85 years and over, expands there is an increase in demand for long-term care. A large proportion of people in a care home se...

Anne Forster, Jennifer Airlie, Karen Birch, Robert Cicero, Bonnie Cundill… in Trials (2017)

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A multidimensional approach to assessing intervention fidelity in a process evaluation of audit and feedback interventions to reduce unnecessary blood transfusions: a study protocol

In England, NHS Blood and Transplant conducts national audits of transfusion and provides feedback to hospitals to promote evidence-based practice. Audits demonstrate 20% of transfusions fall outside guideline...

Fabiana Lorencatto, Natalie J. Gould, Stephen A. McIntyre… in Implementation Science (2016)

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Evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Dementia Care Map**™ to enable person-centred care for people with dementia and their carers (DCM-EPIC) in care homes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Up to 90 % of people living with dementia in care homes experience one or more behaviours that staff may describe as challenging to support (BSC). Of these agitation is the most common and difficult to manage....

Claire A. Surr, Rebecca E. A. Walwyn, Amanda Lilley-Kelly, Robert Cicero… in Trials (2016)

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Complex considerations for randomisation across linked randomised trials of complex interventions: illustration from the affinitie programme

Robert Cicero, Rebecca Walwyn, Amanda Farrin, Robbie Foy, Jillian Francis… in Trials (2015)

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Optimising intervention implementation in the DCM™ epic trial (dementia care map**™: to enable person-centred care in care homes)

Liz Graham, Claire Surr, Sharon Jones, Amanda Farrin, Rebecca Walwyn… in Trials (2015)

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Complexities of trial recruitment in the care home setting: an illustration via the DCM™epic (dementia care map**™: to enable person-centred care in care homes) trial

Claire Surr, Amanda Lilley-Kelly, Liz Graham, Rebecca Walwyn, Robert Cicero… in Trials (2015)