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Open AccessGeneral practitioners’ accounts of negotiating antibiotic prescribing decisions with patients: a qualitative study on what influences antibiotic prescribing in low, medium and high prescribing practices
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is high on the UK public health policy agenda, and poses challenges to patient safety and the provision of health services. Widespread prescribing of antibiotics is thought to in...
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Open AccessClinical and cost-effectiveness of vaginal pessary self-management compared to clinic-based care for pelvic organ prolapse: protocol for the TOPSY randomised controlled trial
Pelvic organ prolapse (or prolapse) is a common condition in women where the pelvic organs (bladder, bowel or womb) descend into the vagina and cause distressing symptoms that adversely affect quality of life....
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Open AccessThe TOPSY pessary self-management intervention for pelvic organ prolapse: a study protocol for the process evaluation
Process evaluations have become a valued component, alongside clinical trials, of the wider evaluation of complex health interventions. They support understanding of implementation, and fidelity, related to th...
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Open AccessFacilitating Perinatal Access to Resources and Support (PeARS): a feasibility study with external pilot of a novel intervention
Up to 50% of women in areas of high socio-economic deprivation are at risk of develo** depressive symptoms in pregnancy. Feeling well supported, can facilitate good mental health perinatally. A brief, innova...
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Open AccessTranslating the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Score into Samoan using a modified back translation methodology
Although Samoan women have a high prevalence of obesity and multiple parity which are risk factors of pelvic organ prolapse, there is no prevalence data on this condition.
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Open AccessTheoretical and practical development of the TOPSY self-management intervention for women who use a vaginal pessary for pelvic organ prolapse
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common condition in women, where the downward descent of pelvic organs into the vagina causes symptoms which impacts quality of life. Vaginal pessaries offer an effective alter...
