Publications by authors named "Woolf K"
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of UK healthcare workers (HCWs) who reported symptoms of COVID-19 lasting for longer than 5 weeks and examine associated factors with experiencing long COVID in an ethnically diverse cohort.
Design: A cross-sectional study using data from the UK Research study into Ethnicity And COVID-19 Outcomes in HCWs cohort study.
Setting: Data were collected electronically between December 2020 and March 2021.
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Objectives: To assess how ethnicity, migration status and occupation are associated with healthcare workers (HCW) redeployment experiences during COVID-19 in a nationwide ethnically diverse sample.
Design: A cross-sectional analysis using data from the nationwide United Kingdom Research Study into Ethnicity And COVID-19 outcomes in Healthcare workers (UK-REACH) cohort study.
Setting: Healthcare settings.
Women, particularly those in college, have the highest prevalence of any mental illness (MI), which negatively impacts social connection, academic performance, and health. Research into alternative treatment methods suggests that lifestyle behaviors are safer and more effective than medication at reducing MI symptoms. This study explores the relationship between lifestyle behaviors and MI in college women through an online survey.
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- Melanosis in the genitourinary tract is a rare condition characterized by melanin deposition without the presence of melanocytes, as seen in a case of a 74-year-old male with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
- Diagnostic procedures revealed numerous unusual lesions in the bladder, and biopsy results showed black pigmentation in the urothelium and stroma, confirming the presence of melanin.
- The case emphasizes the necessity for further research on bladder and prostate melanosis, underlining its benign nature while also suggesting it should be considered in differential diagnoses for similar lesions.
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder experienced by women. PCOS is a lifelong condition associated with reproductive, metabolic, and psychological presentations. PCOS is also linked with increased prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Healthcare workers' (HCW) well-being has a direct effect on patient care. However, little is known about the prevalence and patterns of long-term medical conditions in HCWs, especially those from ethnic minorities. This study evaluated the burden of multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs), i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Exploration of the association between financial concerns and depression in UK healthcare workers (HCWs) is paramount given the current 'cost of living crisis', ongoing strike action and recruitment/retention problems in the National Health Service.
Aims: To assess the impact of financial concerns on the risk of depression in HCWs, how these concerns have changed over time and what factors might predict financial concerns.
Method: We used longitudinal survey data from a UK-wide cohort of HCWs to determine whether financial concerns at baseline (December 2020 to March 2021) were associated with depression (measured with the Public Health Questionnaire-2) at follow-up (June to October 2022).
Introduction: There are limited data on the outcomes of COVID-19 risk assessment in healthcare workers (HCWs) or the association of ethnicity, other sociodemographic and occupational factors with risk assessment outcomes.
Methods: We used questionnaire data from UK-REACH (UK Research study into Ethnicity And COVID-19 outcomes in Healthcare workers), an ethnically diverse, nationwide cohort of UK HCWs. We derived four binary outcomes: (1) offered a risk assessment; (2) completed a risk assessment; (3) working practices changed as a result of the risk assessment; (4) wanted changes to working practices after risk assessment but working practices did not change.
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- The study investigates how prenatal dietary patterns affect gestational weight gain (GWG) and birthweight among low-income Hispanic women, a group that’s often underrepresented in research.
- Data from 500 mother-infant pairs were analyzed, using methods like the Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2015) to assess dietary patterns and medical records for weight outcomes.
- Results showed that while dietary patterns didn’t significantly impact GWG, healthier diets were linked to higher birthweight z-scores, specifically for male infants.
Introduction: A proportion of those who survive the acute phase of COVID-19 experience prolonged symptoms, commonly known as long COVID-19. Given that healthcare workers (HCWs) face an elevated risk of acute COVID-19 compared with the general population, the global burden of long COVID-19 in HCWs is likely to be large; however, there is limited understanding of the prevalence of long COVID-19 in HCWs, or its symptoms and their clustering. This review will aim to estimate the pooled prevalence and the symptoms of long COVID-19 among HCWs infected with SARS-CoV-2 globally, and investigate differences by country, age, sex, ethnicity, vaccination status and occupation.
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- About 23.5% of healthcare workers (HCWs) in the UK show hesitancy towards receiving regular SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations, with certain groups being more hesitant, such as Black HCWs and those with previous COVID-19 infections.
- Factors influencing this hesitancy include trust in official vaccine information sources and prior influenza vaccination, where those who were vaccinated against influenza were significantly less likely to be hesitant.
- The study highlights the importance of addressing hesitancy in targeted groups to improve vaccine uptake and maintain immunity against SARS-CoV-2 among at-risk populations.
Purpose: To generate a large cohort of those in 2019 seriously considering applying to study Medicine, collecting data on a range of socioeconomic and other demographic factors that influence choice of medical schools and to link to other datasets to form a longitudinal study of progress through medical school and careers in medicine.
Design: Cross-sectional questionnaire studies, part of the longitudinal UK Medical Applicant Cohort Study (UKMACS).
Setting: UK medical school admissions in 2020.
Students from lower socio-economic backgrounds who were educated in state funded schools are underrepresented in medicine in the UK. Widening access to medical students from these backgrounds has become a key political and research priority. It is known that medical schools vary in the number of applicants attracted and accepted from non-traditional backgrounds but the reasons for this are poorly understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUniversity students are a critical group for vaccination programmes against COVID-19, meningococcal disease (MenACWY) and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR). We aimed to evaluate risk factors for vaccine hesitancy and views about on-campus vaccine delivery among university students. Data were obtained through a cross-sectional anonymous online questionnaire study of undergraduate students in June 2021 and analysed by univariate and multivariate tests to detect associations.
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- School nutrition programs aim to improve access to healthy foods in schools but face challenges due to varying kitchen and cafeteria infrastructure.
- A study analyzed data from 1804 schools in NYC and found that factors like co-location, overcrowding, and cafeteria capacity significantly influenced meal participation and scheduling.
- Poor infrastructure can create disparities in access to these nutrition programs, highlighting the need for improvements to ensure equity across all schools.
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- * A nationwide study found that 35.2% of HCWs reported having aPPE at all times during the first lockdown, which improved to 83.9% by early 2021, highlighting a significant increase over time.
- * Factors influencing access to aPPE included age and work environment, with older HCWs and those in Intensive Care Units more likely to report consistent access, while Asian HCWs and those in non-medical roles were less likely to do so.
Objectives: Although technology-supported interventions are effective for reducing chronic disease risk, little is known about the relative and combined efficacy of mobile health strategies aimed at multiple lifestyle factors. The purpose of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of technology-supported behavioral intervention strategies for managing multiple lifestyle-related health outcomes in overweight adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Design And Methods: Using a 2 × 2 factorial design, adults with excess body weight (body mass index ≥27 kg/m, age ≥40 years), T2D, and CKD stages 2-4 were randomized to an advice control group, or remotely delivered programs consisting of synchronous group-based education (all groups), plus (1) Social Cognitive Theory-based behavioral counseling and/or (2) mobile self-monitoring of diet and physical activity.
Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs), particularly those from ethnic minority groups, have been shown to be at disproportionately higher risk of infection with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to the general population. However, there is insufficient evidence on how demographic and occupational factors influence infection risk among ethnic minority HCWs.
Methods And Findings: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using data from the baseline questionnaire of the United Kingdom Research study into Ethnicity and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outcomes in Healthcare workers (UK-REACH) cohort study, administered between December 2020 and March 2021.