5 Result(s)

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The Help for Hay Fever community pharmacy-based pilot randomised controlled trial for intermittent allergic rhinitis

Management of intermittent allergic rhinitis (IAR) is suboptimal in the UK. An Australian community pharmacy-based intervention has been shown to help patients better self-manage their IAR. We conducted a pilo...

Sarah Smith, Terry Porteous, Christine Bond… in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2020)

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Establishing a journal club to promote professional development within a trials unit

Fiona Strachan, Chris Tuck, Gina Cranswick, Lorraine Smith in Trials (2015)

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Barriers and facilitators to patient recruitment to a cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care: lessons for future trials

Primary-care based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) build an important evidence base for general practice but little evidence exists about barriers to recruitment which often hamper such trials.

Juliet M Foster, Susan M Sawyer, Lorraine Smith… in BMC Medical Research Methodology (2015)

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‘Help for Hay Fever’, a goal-focused intervention for people with intermittent allergic rhinitis, delivered in Scottish community pharmacies: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial

Despite the availability of evidence-based guidelines for managing allergic rhinitis in primary care, management of the condition in the United Kingdom (UK) remains sub-optimal. Its high prevalence and negativ...

Terry Porteous, Sally Wyke, Sarah Smith, Christine Bond, Jill Francis… in Trials (2013)

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Experiences of community pharmacists involved in the delivery of a specialist asthma service in Australia

The role of community pharmacists in disease state management has been mooted for some years. Despite a number of trials of disease state management services, there is scant literature into the engagement of, ...

Lynne M Emmerton, Lorraine Smith, Kate S LeMay, Ines Krass… in BMC Health Services Research (2012)