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ORCHARD: a model for conducting pragmatic randomised trials in pregnancy
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Open AccessParticipatory development of an mHealth intervention delivered in general practice to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour of patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (ENERGISED)
The escalating global prevalence of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes presents a major public health challenge. Physical activity plays a critical role in managing (pre)diabetes; however, adherence to physical a...
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Open AccessImpact of COVID-19 on patient experience of kidney care: a rapid review
In March 2020, a pandemic state was declared due to SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19). Patients with kidney disease, especially those on replacement therapies, proved more susceptible to severe infection. This rapid liter...
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Open AccessImpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on services for patients with chronic kidney disease: findings of a national survey of UK kidney centres
Services for patients with kidney disease underwent radical adaptations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We undertook an online national survey of UK kidney centres to understand the nature, range, and de...
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Open AccessYoga Programme for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention (YOGA-DP): A Qualitative Study Exploring the Trial Team’s Facilitators and Challenges in Conducting a Feasibility Trial in India
In India, around 77 million people are at high risk of develo** type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Yoga interventions can be effective in preventing T2DM. We conducted a feasibility randomized controlled trial...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Yoga Programme for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention (YOGA-DP) Among High-Risk People in India: A Multicenter Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
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Open AccessYoga Programme for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention (YOGA-DP) Among High-Risk People in India: A Multicenter Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
Many Indians are at high risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The blood glucose level can be improved through a healthy lifestyle (such as physical activity and a healthy diet). Yoga can help in T2DM preve...
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Open AccessmHealth intervention delivered in general practice to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour of patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (ENERGISED): rationale and study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial
The growing number of patients with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes is a major public health concern. Physical activity is a cornerstone of diabetes management and may prevent its onset in prediabetes patients...
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Patient-centred clinical trial design
Patient involvement in clinical trial design can facilitate the recruitment and retention of participants as well as potentially increase the uptake of the tested intervention and the impact of the findings on...
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Patient-centred approaches for the management of unpleasant symptoms in kidney disease
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) frequently experience unpleasant symptoms. These can be gastrointestinal (constipation, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea), psychological (anxiety and sadness), neurolog...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Living Well with Kidney Disease by patient and care-partner empowerment: Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere
A correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-021-01073-3
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Open AccessThe rising tide of dementia deaths: triangulation of data from three routine data sources using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
Dementia is currently the leading certified underlying cause of death in England. We assess how dementia recording on Office for National Statistics death certificates (ONS) corresponded to recording in genera...
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Living well with kidney disease by patient and care-partner empowerment: kidney health for everyone everywhere
Living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with hardships for patients and their care partners. Empowering patients and their care partners, including family members or friends involved in their ca...
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Nomenclature in nephrology: preserving ‘renal’ and ‘nephro' in the glossary of kidney health and disease
A recently published nomenclature by a “Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes” (KDIGO) Consensus Conference suggested that the word “kidney” should be used in medical writings instead of “renal” or “nephro”...
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Open AccessEquity-specific effects of interventions to promote physical activity among middle-aged and older adults: results from applying a novel equity-specific re-analysis strategy
Reducing inequalities in physical activity (PA) and PA-associated health outcomes is a priority for public health. Interventions to promote PA may reduce inequalities, but may also unintentionally increase the...
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Open AccessLiving Well with Kidney Disease by patient and care-partner empowerment: Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere
Living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with hardships for patients and their care-partners. Empowering patients and their care-partners, including family members or friends involved in their ca...
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Open AccessThe effects of step-count monitoring interventions on physical activity: systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based randomised controlled trials in adults
Step-count monitors (pedometers, body-worn trackers and smartphone applications) can increase walking, hel** to tackle physical inactivity. We aimed to assess the effect of step-count monitors on physical ac...
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Open AccessInternational consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in children and young people
These recommendations were systematically developed on behalf of the Network for Early Onset Cystic Kidney Disease (NEOCYST) by an international group of experts in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease...
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Open AccessClinical practice guideline monitoring children and young people with, or at risk of develo** autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is thought to affect about 1 in 1000 people in the UK. ADPKD causes a progressive decline in kidney function, with kidney failure tending to occur in middle...
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Open AccessMeasuring change in trials of physical activity interventions: a comparison of self-report questionnaire and accelerometry within the PACE-UP trial
Few trials have compared estimates of change in physical activity (PA) levels using self-reported and objective PA measures when evaluating trial outcomes. The PACE-UP trial offered the opportunity to assess t...
