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    Characteristics and general practice resource use of people with comorbid cancer and dementia in England: a retrospective cross-sectional study

    Cancer and dementia are common in older people and management of the conditions as comorbidities can be challenging, yet little is known about the size or characteristics of this group. We aimed to estimate th...

    Michelle Collinson, Ellen Mason, Rachael Kelley, Alys Griffiths in BMC Primary Care (2022)

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    Gendered experiences of providing informal care for older people: a systematic review and thematic synthesis

    The caregiving’s impact on informal carers’ quality of life and gender-based stereotypes make older individuals’ informal care a complex process for which our knowledge is still limited. The purpose of this re...

    Ioanna Zygouri, Fiona Cowdell, Avraam Ploumis, Mary Gouva in BMC Health Services Research (2021)

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    Navigating cancer treatment and care when living with comorbid dementia: an ethnographic study

    The risks of develo** cancer and dementia increase as we age; however, this comorbidity remains relatively under-researched. This study reports on the challenges that people affected by comorbid cancer and d...

    Claire Surr, Alys W. Griffiths, Rachael Kelley, Laura Ashley in Supportive Care in Cancer (2021)

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    How is the theoretical domains framework applied to develo** health behaviour interventions? A systematic search and narrative synthesis

    Enabling behaviour change in health care is a complex process. Although the use of theory to inform behaviour change interventions is advocated, there is limited information about how this might best be achiev...

    Fiona Cowdell, Judith Dyson in BMC Public Health (2019)

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    A multi-centre, parallel group superiority trial of silk therapeutic clothing compared to standard care for the management of eczema in children (CLOTHES Trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

    Eczema is a chronic, itchy skin condition that can have a large impact on the quality of life of patients and their families. People with eczema are often keen to try out non-pharmacological therapies like sil...

    Eleanor F. Harrison, Rachel H. Haines, Fiona Cowdell, Tracey H. Sach in Trials (2015)