Category: Health and Social Care

Saving bones without risking brain—bisphosphonates and risk of stroke: matched case-control study

We investigated the association between bisphosphonate treatment and the risk of stroke using a large routine clinical dataset. We found no association between bisphosphonate treatment and risk of stroke, after adjusting for large number of clinical and demographic confounders. University of Lincoln, College of Social Science and College of Science Research Z B Ashgar, University…Continue Reading Saving bones without risking brain—bisphosphonates and risk of stroke: matched case-control study

Planning for the future: Exploring the experiences of older carers of adult children with a learning disability

  There are a significant number of adults with a learning disability who live with and are cared for by their parents. There is a pressing need for interventions to support older parent carers with their role and to plan for a time when they can no longer continue caring. This article reports on the…Continue Reading Planning for the future: Exploring the experiences of older carers of adult children with a learning disability

We propose a method for analyzing repeated residential movements based on graphical loglinear models. This method allows an explicit representation of residential presence and absence patterns from several areas without defining mobility measures. We make use of our method to analyze data from one of the most comprehensive demographic surveillance sites in Africa that is…Continue Reading

Louise Canacott (DClinPsy Trainee) and Dr Nima Moghaddam Publish New Article

Louise Canacott – a DClinPsy trainee- and Dr Nima Moghaddam have had a new article published: Canacott, L., Moghaddam, N., & Tickle, A. (2019). Is the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) efficacious for improving personal and clinical recovery outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/prj0000368 The meta-analyses revealed that, relative…Continue Reading Louise Canacott (DClinPsy Trainee) and Dr Nima Moghaddam Publish New Article

CaHRU/LIH Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar: Process evaluation in complex intervention trials

The latest CaHRU and LIH Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar was given on April 10th 2019 by Dr Julie Pattinson, research assistant in CaHRU. Julie’s talk, entitled ‘Exploring primary care nurse-administered Sleep Restriction Therapy: process evaluation in a complex intervention trial’, focused on the process evaluation of a complex intervention trial aiming to improve…Continue Reading CaHRU/LIH Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar: Process evaluation in complex intervention trials

Professor Colin Espie visits CaHRU, LIH and sleep lab to support sleep research at Lincoln

We were proud to welcome Prof Espie to the University of Lincoln as a Lincoln Institute for Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow attached to the Community and Health Research Unit, Lincoln Institute for Health and Lincoln Sleep and Cognition Laboratory during May 2019. He is a world-leading expert in sleep research and sleep medicine. He was…Continue Reading Professor Colin Espie visits CaHRU, LIH and sleep lab to support sleep research at Lincoln

CaHRU attends 999EMS Research Forum on advancing patient care

Members of CaHRU, Laura Simmons, Viet-Hai Phung and Prof Niro Siriwardena recently attended the annual 999EMS Research Forum conference, which took place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, NEC Birmingham, on 1-2 April 2019. This year’s theme was, ‘Advancing patient care: taking research to the front line’. Following workshops, focus groups as well as the drinks…Continue Reading CaHRU attends 999EMS Research Forum on advancing patient care

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