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A website for pilot and feasibility studies: giving your research the best chance of success. [PDF]

Pilot Feasibility Stud, 2019
This editorial introduces a website for pilot and feasibility studies. Pilot and feasibility studies are about giving research the best chance of success, but must be performed well to have the greatest benefit. The website was developed by the Pilot and
Chan CL.
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Antenatal couples’ counselling in Uganda (ACCU): study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial [PDF]

, 2022
BACKGROUND: Common avoidable factors leading to maternal, perinatal and neonatal deaths include lack of birth planning (and delivery in an inappropriate place) and unmet need for contraception.
McGrath, N, Goodhart, C, Willcox, Merlin Luke, Natukunda, Sylvia, Stuart, Beth L., Ngonzi, J, Muller, I, Ngonzi, Joseph, Mubangizi, Vincent, Raftery, JP, Willcox, ML, Muller, Ingrid, Goodhart, Clare, Raftery, James P., McGrath, Nuala, Stuart, BL, Mubangizi, V, Kabakyenga, JK, Natukunda, S, Kabakyenga, Jerome Kahuma   +19 more
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Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study [PDF]

, 2021
Background Traumatic injuries are common amongst working-age adults. Survivors often experience physical and psychological problems, reduced quality of life and difficulty returning to work.
Kellezi, B, Morriss, R, Bridger, K, Radford, K, Brooks, A, Hoffman, K, Holmes, J, Kettlewell, J, das Nair, R, Timmons, S, Kendrick, D, Patel, P   +11 more
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Implementing early rehabilitation and mobilisation for children in UK paediatric intensive care units: the PERMIT feasibility study

Health Technology Assessment, 2023
Background Early rehabilitation and mobilisation encompass patient-tailored interventions, delivered within intensive care, but there are few studies in children and young people within paediatric intensive care units.
Barnaby R Scholefield, Julie C Menzies, Jennifer McAnuff, Jacqueline Y Thompson, Joseph C Manning, Richard G Feltbower, Michelle Geary, Sophie Lockley, Kevin P Morris, David Moore, Nazima Pathan, Fenella Kirkham, Robert Forsyth, Tim Rapley   +13 more
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Incorporating VR-RENDER Fusion Software in Robot-Assisted Partial Prostatectomy: The First Case Report

Current Oncology, 2023
Currently, the active surveillance of men with favorable intermediate-risk localized prostate cancer (PCa) is a longstanding controversy, in terms of their oncological outcomes, and radical prostatectomy would constitute a similar concern of ...
Che-Hsueh Yang, Li-Hsun Chen, Yi-Sheng Lin, Chao-Yu Hsu, Min-Che Tung, Shih-Wei Huang, Chi-Hsiang Wu, Yen-Chuan Ou   +7 more
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Non-pharmacological educational and self-management interventions for people with chronic headache: the CHESS research programme including a RCT

Programme Grants for Applied Research, 2023
Background Headaches are a leading cause of years lived with disability. For some people, headaches become chronic and disabling, with treatment options being primarily pharmaceutical.
Underwood Martin, Achana Felix, Carnes Dawn, Eldridge Sandra, Ellard David R, Griffiths Frances, Haywood Kirstie, Hee Siew Wan, Higgins Helen, Mistry Dipesh, Mistry Hema, Newton Sian, Nichols Vivien, Norman Chloe, Padfield Emma, Patel Shilpa, Petrou Stavros, Pincus Tamar, Potter Rachel, Sandhu Harbinder, Stewart Kimberley, Taylor Stephanie JC, Matharu Manjit   +22 more
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Improving the Quality of Patient Care and Healthcare Staff Well-Being through an Empathy Immersion Educational Programme in New Zealand: Protocol of a Feasibility and Pilot Study

Methods and Protocols, 2021
Empathy is positively related to healthcare workers and patients’ wellbeing. There is, however, limited research on the effects of empathy education delivered in acute clinical settings and its impact on healthcare consumers.
Caz Hales, Chris K. Deak, Tosin Popoola, Deborah L. Harris, Helen Rook   +4 more
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Exploring salivary biomarkers and swallowing perceptions in Sjogren's syndrome: A case–control feasibility study

Rheumatology & Autoimmunity, 2022
Background The autoimmune disease Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is often characterized by salivary changes that may affect swallowing. No known study has investigated the association between salivary biomarkers and perceptions of swallowing in individuals with
Veronica H. Letawsky, Parker J. Holman, Caroline T. Nguyen, Camilla Dawson, Joanne Weinberg, Lynne J. Williams, Stacey A. Skoretz   +6 more
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Referring patients with stable moderate-to-advanced chronic kidney disease back to primary care: a feasibility study

BJGP Open, 2022
Background: Care for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) necessitates tailored pathways between primary and secondary care. It is unknown if back referring patients with CKD is safe and effective.
Carola van Dipten, Wim de Grauw, Marc ten Dam, Willem Assendelft, Nynke Scherpbier-de Haan, Jack Wetzels   +5 more
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Contingency management for smoking cessation among individuals with type 2 diabetes : protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled feasibility trial [PDF]

, 2020
Background -- Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who smoke are at increased risk for many types of cancers as well as an accelerated progression of microvascular and macrovascular complications.
Hasan, A, Beebe, LA, Hasan, Afsheen, Quaife, Samantha L., McMillan, Kathryn A., McMillan, KA, Martinez, SA, Muirhead, F, Martinez, Sydney A., Beebe, Laura A., Quaife, SL, Muirhead, Fiona   +11 more
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