Publications by authors named "V Wylde"
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- Osteoarthritis is a major cause of joint pain and disability, and intra-articular corticosteroid injections (IACs) are commonly used when other treatments fail, providing short-term symptom relief.
- A study involving interviews with 38 patients and 19 primary care clinicians revealed differing perspectives on IACs, highlighting themes such as access, trust, effectiveness, and clinicians' caution regarding treatment risks and guidelines.
- Both patients and clinicians generally recognize the benefits of IACs in improving quality of life, but there is notable variability in treatment access and clinicians' confidence that influences decision-making.
Background: Low English language literacy is a common barrier to participation in clinical trials. Patient information leaflets (PILs) used in clinical trials are often lengthy, complex and have poor readability; this is a persistent and prevalent problem common to trials across the world. Simplifying the information provided in PILs can lead to improved understanding, comprehension and knowledge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine the feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate a prehabilitation programme for frail patients undergoing total hip replacement (THR) or total knee replacement (TKR).
Design: Randomised feasibility study with embedded qualitative work.
Setting: Three National Health Service hospitals.
Background: Shingles (herpes zoster), caused by reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, is usually diagnosed and managed in primary care. The lifetime risk of shingles in the general population is approximately 30%, and it can have a detrimental effect on quality of life. There has been little qualitative research about patient experience and understanding of shingles.
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- * The RADICAL trial is a randomized controlled study involving 250 adults, comparing RFD to a placebo, with the primary goal of assessing pain severity three months after the procedure.
- * The study will also evaluate various outcomes such as disability and quality of life up to two years later and aims to provide better economic insights into RFD's effectiveness from the NHS's perspective.