Early detection to improve outcome in people with undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis: the PROMPT research programme including RCT by Neil McHugh, Laura Bojke, Mel Brooke Turfrey, Rachel Charlton, Myka Ransom, Laura C Coates, Howard Collier, Claire Davies, Emma Dures, Philip Helliwell, Jana James, Anya Lissina, Vishnu B Madhok, Alison L Nightingale, Jonathan Packham, Catherine Smith, Eldon Spackman, Cerys Tassinari, William Tillett, Sarah T Brown

“…ASSESSment of modified composite disease measures study: Shortened versions of visual analogue scales performed well in detecting treatment change and responsiveness over 6 months. …”
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RA V15 N2, Mensaje del Editor en Jefe (Mayo - Agosto 2025) by Pedro Castro Borges

“…Las decisiones de evaluación y reparación deben basarse en una evaluación exhaustiva que consista en una inspección visual, ensayos no destructivos (END), pruebas de laboratorio y un análisis de evaluación de la vida útil. …”
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Decolonization Projects by Cornelius Ewuoso

“…Reflections before the storm: the AI reproduction of biased imagery in global health visuals. Lancet Glob Health. [12] Jonathan K. Burns & Andrew Tomita 2015. …”
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Are medical record front page data suitable for risk adjustment in hospital performance measurement? Development and validation of a risk model of in-hospital mortality after acute... by Chao Zhang, Lin Li, Yan Liu, Bin Li, Jun Wang, Wei Liu, Xiang Li, Qi Zhang, Xueke Bai, Qianying Wang, Xi Li, Jing Zhang, Hui Zhang, Xin Li, Ying Wang, Min Zhang, Zhong Li, Lili Sun, Yuzhen Zhang, Qian Wang, Hong Wang, Wei Zhang, Lei Wu, Kai Li, Bo Yu, Hui Dai, Tianyu Liu, Guang Ma, Xiaoping Gao, Jie Wu, Shu Zhang, Junli Wang, Yan Han, Yong Wang, Guiling Li, Yang Cao, Yi Tian, Zheng Wan, Yin Zhou, Yun Chen, Jian Liu, Xin Jin, Jian Guan, Yu Huang, Feng Sun, Ruijun Zhang, Wei Luo, Qin Xu, Lei Shi, Xuexin Li, Weiwei Zhou, Long Chen, Wei Guo, Min Feng, Weimin Li, Qing Huang, Mei Chen, Yong Yi, Bin Xu, Yongfei Wang, Zhenqiu Lin, Jia Li, Chun Yuan, Ping Yang, Haifeng Wang, Zhiming Li, Kaihong Chen, Guangming Yang, Chun Wu, Liang Lu, Yong Gao, Hongyan Li, Xiaofei Li, Hua Lu, Yanlong Liu, Yuhong Liu, Ting Jiang, Yuhui Lin, Chaoqun Wu, Danwei Zhang, Tiannan Zhou, Guangda He, Shiping Weng, Shuying Xie, Lirong Wu, Jiulin Chen, Tianfa Li, Qin Yu, Shiguo Hao, Xuemei Wu, Yachen Zhang, Zhifeng Liu, Zhongxin Wang, Hao Jia, Bayin Bate, Badeng Qiqige, Xiang Jin, Ting Cai, Fengqin Liu, Dayong Xu, Xuejin He, Shui Yang, Jiping Wang, Lihua Gu, Shijiao Chen, Yongchao Zhi, Shengcheng Zhou, Lingjiao Jin, Yong Leng, Liangchuan Zhang, Tianyun Deng, Yuanjin Wang, Wenhua Zhang, Xinmin Ma, Xuan Ge, Xiaoping Wu, Yanming He, Fanju Meng, Dexi Liao, Guangyong Liu, Wen Qin, Wen Long, Xiangwen Chen, Baohong Zhang, Yonghou Yin, Bin Tian, Chaoyong Wu, Baoqi Liu, Zhihui Zhao, Haiming Li, Yansong Guo, Xinjing Chen, Liquan Xiang, Lin Ning, Xiuqi Li, Xing’an Wu, Congjun Tan, Mingfang Feng, Meili Wang, Liangfa Wen, Xiang Fu, Qunxing Xie, Yanni Zhuang, Jiaqian Lu, Qiuling Hu, Chunhui Xiao, Xiaoli Hu, Yongshuan Wu, Qiuli Wang, Youlin Xu, Xuefei Yu, Jianhong Zhang, You Zhang, Wentang Niu, Xiaolei Ma, Xiaowen Pan, Lifu Miao, Yanping Yin, Zhiying Zhang, Shutang Feng, Aiping Wang, Jiangli Zhang, Feipeng Li, Lijun Yu, Xinxin Zhao, Yuansheng Shen, Lizhen He, Zhiyi Rong, Xueqiao Wang, Rongjun Wan, Jianglin Tang, Guanghan Wu, Xiaohe Wu, Sang Ge, Pian Pu, Pingcuo Duoji, Yuming Du, Jianping Shi, Peihua Zhao, Jingsheng Sun, Hongxiang Li, Wen Liang, Zhiwen Dong, Zhenhai Zhao, Yaofeng Yuan, Zhirong Li, Jinbo Gao, Qiu’e Guo, Ruiqing Zhao, Guangjun Song, Lize Wang, Haiyun Song, Jinwen He, Jinming He, Keyong Shang, Changjiang Liu, Kuituan Xi, Rihui Liu, Peng Guo, Chaoyang Guo, Xiangjun Liu, Rujun Zhao, Zeyong Yu, Wenzhou Li, Xudong Jing, Huanling Wang, Xiyuan Zhao, Meifa Wei, Shengde Chen, Yong Fang, Ying Liao, Suzhe Cheng, Yunke Zhou, Xiaoxia Niu, Huifang Cao, Zebin Feng, Feilong Duan, Haiming Yi, Yuanxun Xu, Anran Guo, Xianshun Zhou, Hongzhuan Cai, Peng Zheng, Gaofeng Guo, Minwu Bao, Shaoliang Chen, Haibo Jia, Hongjuan Peng, Duanping Dai, Shaoxiong Hong, Song Chen, Dongya Zhang, Yudong Li, Jianbu Gao, Shouzhong Yang, Junhu An, Chenyang Shen, Yunfeng Liu, Huan Qu, Saiyong Chen, Dehai Jiao, Manhong Wang, Qiu Wang, Yingliang Xue, Cheng Yuan, Jianqing Zhang, Chunmei Wei, Yanmei Shen, Hehua Zhang, Hongmei Pan, Xiaowen Ma, Yanli Liang, Tianbiao Wang, Daguo Zhao, Xiaoming Tu, Zhenyan Gao, Fangning Wang, Qiang Yang, Xiaoping Kang, Jianbin Fang, Dongmei Liu, Chengning Shen, Mengfei Li, Yingmin Guan, Wenfeng Wang, Ting Xiao, Fengyun Jiang, Kaiyou Wu, Songguo Wang, Xujie Fu, Lifang Gao, Kai Fu, Xiaojing Duan, Rui Xiao, Ruixia Wu, Hongtu Zhang, Yuerong Ma, Zhonghui Cao, Zhansheng Ba, Wanhai Fu, Jianjun Jiang, Yafei Mi, Shiyu Zheng, Yang Zhong, Fangjiang Li, Xiaoyuan Wang, Pingshuan Dong, Laijing Du, Zhaofa He, Meihua Jin, Zhuoyan Chen, Manli Cheng, Yuqiang Ji, Youhua Zhou, Jvyuan Li, Yizhi Pan, Tianxun Wang, Guiyu Huang, Jianjun Pan, Qingliang Cai, Yuanming Yi, Xuelian Deng, Wenhua Chen, RongCai; Bing Zhang, Yousheng Xu, Zhengqiu Wang, Jun Shu, Puxia Suo, Aimin Zhang, Yongfen Kang, Yuemin Sun, Bo Bian, Xuejun Hu, Dawa Ciren, Guojiong Jia, Jieli Pan, Guofu Li, Hongliang Zhang, Longliang Zhan, Junping Fang, Xinli Yu, Dacheng Wang, Dajun Liu, Xinhong Cao, Haisheng Zhu, Wanchuan Liu, Zhaohai Zhou, Wuwang Fang, Manxin Chen, Fuqin Han, Jianye Fu, Yunmei Wang, Binglu Liu, Yanliang Zhang, Xiupin Yuan, Qingfei Lin, Yuliang Zhu, Zhiqiang Cai, Xingping Li, Lirong Ao, Shubing Wu, Fusheng Zhao, Renfei Liu, Wenwei Ai, Jianbao Chang, Haijie Zhao, Qijun Ran, Xuan Ma, Shijun Jiang, Xiaochun Shu, Zhiru Peng, Jianbin Wang, Li Yang; Yu Shen, Xingcun Shang, Zhisong Liao, Meiying Cai, Lining You, Shuqin Li, Yingjia Li, Jianxun Yang, Song Ai, Jianfei Ma, Lailin Deng, Keyu Wang, Shitang Gao, Banghua He, Youyi Lu, Weirong Yang, Zhizhong Zhang, Xiaohong Chi, Ru Duan, Guangli Wang

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Bisoprolol for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high risk of exacerbation: the BICS RCT by Graham Devereux, Seonaidh Cotton, Mintu Nath, Nicola McMeekin, Karen Campbell, Rekha Chaudhuri, Gourab Choudhury, Anthony De Soyza, Shona Fielding, Simon Gompertz, John Haughney, Amanda Lee, Graeme MacLennan, Alyn Morice, John Norrie, David Price, Philip Short, Jorgen Vestbo, Paul Walker, Jadwiga Wedzicha, Andrew Wilson, Olivia Wu, Brian Lipworth

“…At 12 months, there were no significant differences between groups with respect to EQ-5D-5L utility, EQ-5D-5L visual analogue scale or CAT scores. Treatment adherence/compliance was defined as participants having taken ≥ 70% of expected doses of study tablets. …”
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Effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the management of sleep problems in people with fibromyalgia: a multi-methods evidence synthesis by Mari Imamura, Clare Robertson, Jemma Hudson, Daniel Whibley, Lorna Aucott, Katie Gillies, Marcus Beasley, Martin J Stevens, Paul Manson, Debra Dulake, Abhishek Abhishek, Nicole KY Tang, Gary J Macfarlane, Miriam Brazzelli

“…Common and serious adverse-effect outcomes and other sleep-related outcomes assessed using non-validated PROMs (e.g. visual analogue and numerical rating scales) were tabulated and summarised narratively. …”
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Hybrid closed-loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and economic modelling by Asra Asgharzadeh, Mubarak Patel, Martin Connock, Sara Damery, Iman Ghosh, Mary Jordan, Karoline Freeman, Anna Brown, Rachel Court, Sharin Baldwin, Fatai Ogunlayi, Chris Stinton, Ewen Cummins, Lena Al-Khudairy

“…Economic evaluation showed that the published model validation papers suggest that an earlier version of the iQVIA CDM tended to overestimate the incidences of the complications of diabetes, this being particularly important for severe visual loss and end-stage renal disease. Overall survival’s medium-term modelling appeared good, but there was uncertainty about its longer-term modelling. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedics working in general practice: a mixed-methods realist evaluation by Matthew Booker, Sarah Voss, Nicky Harris, William Hollingworth, Nouf Jeynes, Hazel Taylor, Kirsty Garfield, Helen Baxter, Jonathan Benger, Andy Gibson, Trudy Goodenough, Justin Jagosh, Kim Kirby, Cathy Liddiard, Alyesha Proctor, Sarah Purdy, Behnaz Schofield, Hannah Stott, Grace Scrimgeour, Nicola Walsh

“…There was no significant difference in post-index visit scores for the EuroQol visual analogue scale (EuroQol Research Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) between PGP and non-PGP participants. …”
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Software with artificial intelligence-derived algorithms for detecting and analysing lung nodules in CT scans: systematic review and economic evaluation by Julia Geppert, Peter Auguste, Asra Asgharzadeh, Hesam Ghiasvand, Mubarak Patel, Anna Brown, Surangi Jayakody, Emma Helm, Dan Todkill, Jason Madan, Chris Stinton, Daniel Gallacher, Sian Taylor-Phillips, Yen-Fu Chen

“…However, a single incorrect segmentation by stand-alone AI resulting in large measurement discrepancy led to the advice that human readers should visually verify nodule segmentation. Practical implications Segmentation failure ranged from 0% to 57% of nodules (eight studies). …”
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Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components by Marion Henderson, Anja Wittkowski, Katie Buston, Karen Crawford, Alice MacLachlan, Alex McConnachie, Emma McIntosh, Claudia-Martina Messow, Catherine Nixon, Rosaleen O’Brien, Shona Shinwell, Daniel Wight, Yiqiao Xin, Rachel Calam, Ruth Dundas, James Law, Helen Minnis, Lucy Thompson, Philip Wilson

“…Economic evaluation outcomes EuroQol-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D) total domain score and visual analogue scale (VAS). Costs were adjusted using generalised linear models with gamma family and log link to account for covariates and skew distribution of cost. …”
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Increasing uptake of self-management education programmes for type 2 diabetes in primary care: the Embedding research programme including an RCT by Melanie J Davies, Shona Agarwal, Danielle H Bodicoat, Alan Brennan, Simon Dixon, Helen Eborall, Agnieszka Glab, Laura J Gray, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Lisa Huddlestone, Nicky Hudson, Anju Keetharuth, Kamlesh Khunti, Caroline Kristunas, Graham Martin, Alison Northern, Mike Patterson, Daniel Pollard, Rebecca Pritchard, Sally Schreder, Jane Speight, Bernie Stribling, Jackie Sturt, Jess Turner, Christina Weis

“…Negative perceptions included information technology challenges, a lack of interaction and informal conversations with fellow attendees, and difficulties in reading body language and visual cues during virtual delivery. Conclusions This programme was designed to address a gap in understanding how to improve uptake to T2DM SSME. …”
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Increase in colonic propionate as a method of preventing weight gain in adults aged 20–40 years: iPREVENT, a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, parallel-group trial by Gary Frost, Joana C Vasconcelos, Jennifer E Pugh, Aisha Anjum, Katerina Petropoulou, George Thom, Louise McCombie, Martina Tashkova, Sumayya Alshehhi, Daphne Babalis, Leah Holroyd, Christina Prechtl, Tom Preston, Mike J Lean, Waljit Dhillo, A Toby Prevost, and Douglas Morrison

“…Appetite regulation: Measured by visual analogue scales, food diaries, ad libitum intake, and appetite-regulating gut hormones PYY, GLP-1, gastrin and cholecystokinin. …”
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Digital augmentation of aftercare for patients with anorexia nervosa: the TRIANGLE RCT and economic evaluation by Janet Treasure, Katie Rowlands, Valentina Cardi, Suman Ambwani, David McDaid, Jodie Lord, Danielle Clark Bryan, Pamela Macdonald, Eva Bonin, Ulrike Schmidt, Jon Arcelus, Amy Harrison, Sabine Landau

“…Secondary outcomes included patient self-reported measures of BMI and eating psychopathology, visual analogue scale measuring motivation and ability to recover; psychosocial functioning (assessed using the Work and Social Adjustment Scale). …”
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