Publications by authors named "A L Kinmonth"
Background: Levels of self-reported health do not always correlate with levels of physical disability in stroke survivors. We aimed to explore what underlies the difference between subjective self-reported health and objectively measured disability among stroke survivors.
Methods: Face to face semi-structured interviews were conducted with stroke survivors recruited from a stroke clinic or rehabilitation ward in the UK.
Article Synopsis
- The study examined how a major haemorrhage protocol (MHP) affects the use of blood products in children with major trauma and massive blood loss in a Melbourne pediatric trauma center.
- Over six years, 47 out of 767 major trauma patients received blood products, but none achieved the optimal 1:1:1 ratio of red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma, and platelets during any time period.
- The researchers concluded that the MHP did not significantly change blood product ratios due to the rare occurrence of massive blood loss, suggesting future research should explore treatment for coagulopathy and hypofibrinogenaemia.
Inequalities in mental health: predictive processing and social life.
Curr Opin Psychiatry
March 2021
Purpose Of Review: The paper applies recent conceptualisations of predictive processing to the understanding of inequalities in mental health.
Recent Findings: Social neuroscience has developed important ideas about the way the brain models the external world, and how the interface between cognitive and cultural processes interacts. These resonate with earlier concepts from cybernetics and sociology.
Background: Remission of Type 2 diabetes is achievable through dietary change and weight loss. In the UK, lifestyle advice and referrals to weight loss programmes predominantly occur in primary care where most Type 2 diabetes is managed.
Objective: To quantify the association between primary care experience and remission of Type 2 diabetes over 5-year follow-up.
Background: There is little evidence on the impact of national pressures on primary care provision for type 2 diabetes from the perspectives of patients, their GPs, and nurses.
Aim: To explore experiences of primary care provision for people with type 2 diabetes and their respective GPs and nurses.
Design And Setting: A qualitative primary care interview study in the East of England.