Publications by authors named "V Elise Hardy"
Background: 'Twenty-minute neighbourhoods' (or variations, such as 15-minute cities) are receiving increasing policy attention with anticipated impacts on population health (inequalities) outcomes alongside sustainability improvements. Yet, factors contributing to possible health impacts are not well understood. This scoping review aimed to identify proposed and evidenced pathways to health (inequality) outcomes from international policy plans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study aimed to understand the role of surgical Trainee Research Collaboratives (TRCs) in conducting randomised controlled trials and identify strategies to enhance trainee engagement in trials.
Design: This is a mixed methods study. We used observation of TRC meetings, semi-structured interviews and an online survey to explore trainees' motivations for engagement in trials and TRCs, including barriers and facilitators.
Background Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is a highly effective surgical procedure used to treat patients with osteoarthritis affecting a single knee compartment. UKA has gained significant popularity, accompanied by an expansion of its surgical indications. This increasing trend can be attributed to the consistently excellent clinical outcomes associated with UKA, which rival those achieved with total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
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- Abdominal symptoms are frequent in primary care but are rarely linked to upper gastrointestinal cancers, partly due to differences in how patients describe symptoms compared to medical terms used by general practitioners (GPs).
- The study aimed to analyze how these symptoms are communicated during consultations and how that affects the documentation in medical records.
- Findings from 28 consultations showed that the way patients described their symptoms often didn't match what GPs documented, revealing that vague language and figurative speech led to more misalignments than clear, precise descriptions.