Publications

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Staff at the Lincoln Clinical Trials Unit help to produce a wide range of publications.

You can browse a selection of publications below :

Community First Responders’ Contribution to Emergency Medical Service Provision in the United Kingdom – The Lincoln Repository  

Botan V, Asghar Z, Rowan E, Smith M, Patel G, Phung V, Trueman I, Spaight R, Brewster A, Mountain P, Orner R, Siriwardena AN.  Annals of Emergency Medicine 2023: 81(2): 176-183.

Patients’ experiences and perceptions of Guillain-Barré syndrome: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research – The Lincoln Repository

Laparidou D, Curtis F, Akanuwe J, Jackson J, Hodgson TL, Siriwardena AN:  PLoS One 2021, 16(2):e0245826. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245826   

The effects of a leaflet-based intervention, ‘Hypos can strike twice’, on recurrent hypoglycaemic attendances by ambulance services: A non-randomised stepped wedge study

Botan V, Law G, Laparidou D, Rowan E, Smith M, Ridyard C, Brewster A, Spaight R, Spurr K, Mountain P, Dunmore S, James J, Roberts L, Khunti K, Siriwardena AN. Diabetic Medicine 2021; 38:e14612.

Primary care treatment of insomnia: study protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial comparing nurse-delivered sleep restriction therapy to sleep hygiene (the HABIT trial). – The Lincoln Repository

Kyle SD, Madigan CD, Begum N, Abel L, Armstrong S, Aveyard P, Bower P, Ogburn E, Siriwardena AN, Yu LM, Espie C. BMJ Open 2020;10: e036248.

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036248.

Effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for insomnia in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lincoln Repository 

Keogh S, Bridle C, Siriwardena NA, Nadkarni A, Laparidou D, Durrant SJ, Kargas N, Law GR, Curtis F. 

PLoS One. 2019; 14:e0221428.

Developing new ways of measuring the quality and impact of ambulance service care: the PhOEBE mixed-methods research programme – The Lincoln Repository

Turner J, Siriwardena AN, Coster J, Jacques R, Irving A et al.  Programme Grants Appl Res 2019;7(3).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/pgfar07030.

Prehospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with ultra-acute presumed stroke (RIGHT-2): an ambulance-based, randomised, sham-controlled, blinded, phase 3 trial – The Lincoln Repository

Bath PM, Scutt P, Anderson CS, Ankolekar A, Appleton JP, Berge E, Cala L, Dixon M, England TJ, Godolphin PJ, Havard D, Haywood L, Hepburn T, Krishnan K, Mair G, Montgomery AA, Muir K, Phillips SJ, Pocock S, Potter J, Price CI, Randall M, Robinson TG, Roffe C, Rothwell PM, Sandset EC, Sanossian N, Saver JL, Shone A, Siriwardena AN, Wardlaw JM, Woodhouse LJ, Venables G, Sprigg N et al.  Lancet 2019; 393: 1009–20.

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30194-1.

The mediating impact of improved insomnia symptoms on functional health, quality of life and psychological wellbeing: a randomized controlled trial.

Espie CA, Emsley R, Kyle SD, Gordon C, Drake CL, Siriwardena AN. Cape J, Ong JC, Sheaves B, Foster R, Freeman D, Costa-Font J, Marsden A, Luik AI.

JAMA Psychiatry 2019;76 (1): 21-30.

Telemonitoring in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (CHROMED). A Randomized Clinical Trial – The Lincoln Repository

Walker PP, Pompilio PP, Zanaboni P, Bergmo TS, Prikk K, Malinovschi A, Montserrat JM, Middlemass J, Šonc S, Munaro J, Marušič D, Sepper R, Rosso R, Siriwardena AN, Janson C, Farre R, Calverley PMA, Dellaca RL. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2018; 198-620-628.

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201712-2404OC.

An explanatory randomised controlled trial testing the effects of improving sleep on mental health: an interventionist-causal model approach with mediation analysis.

Freeman D, Sheaves B, Goodwin G, Yu L, Nickless A, Harrison P, Emsley R, Luik A, Foster R, Wadekar V, Hinds C, Gumley A, Jones R, Lightman S, Jones S, Bentall R, Kinderman P, Rowse G, Brugha T, Blagrove M, Gregory A, Fleming L, Walklet E, Glazebrook C, Davies B, Hollis C, Haddock G, John B, Coulson M, Fowler D, Pugh K, Cape J, Moseley P, Brown G, Hughes C, Obonsawin M, Coker S, Watkins E, Schwannauer M, Macmahon K, Siriwardena N, C Espie.

The Lancet Psychiatry 2017; 4 (10): 749–758.

Paramedic assessment of older adults after falls, including community care referral pathway: cluster randomized trial – The Lincoln Repository 

Snooks HA, Anthony R, Chatters R, Dale J, Fthergill R, Gaze S, Halter M, Humphreys I, Koniotou M, Logan P, Lyons RA, Mason S, Nicholl J, Pecono J, Phillips C Porter A, Siriwardena AN, Wani M, Watkins A, Wilson L, Russell IT. 

Annals of Emergency Medicine 2017;70:495-505.

doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.01.006.

The mediating impact of improved insomnia symptoms on functional health, quality of life and psychological wellbeing: a randomized controlled trial.

Espie CA, Emsley R, Kyle SD, Gordon C, Drake CL, Siriwardena AN et al.

JAMA Psychiatry 2019;76(1):21-30.

Candidate perceptions of the UK Recorded Consultation Assessment for general practice licensing during COVID-19: cross-sectional data linkage study.

Botan V, Laparidou D, Phung VH, Cheung P, Freeman A, Wakeford R, Denney M, Law GR, Siriwardena AN (2021). Education for Primary Care 2022;33(1):32-40.

DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2021.1970630.

Exploring reasons for differences in performance between UK and international medical graduates in the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners Applied Knowledge Test: a cognitive interview study.

Pattinson J, Blow C, Sinha B, Siriwardena AN. BMJ Open 2019;9:e030341.

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030341.

Strengthening Mental Abilities with Relational Training (SMART) in Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial – The Lincoln Repository

Golijani-Moghaddam N, Dawson DL, Evangelou N, Turton J, Hawton A, Law GR, Roche B, Rowan E, Burge R, Frost AC, das Nair R.  Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2022 Sep 3;8(1):195.

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-022-01152-7. PMID: 36056385 Free PMC article.

On the effectiveness and costs of inhaled methoxyflurane versus usual analgesia for prehospital injury and trauma – The Lincoln Repository

Smith MD, Rowan E, Spaight R, Siriwardena AN.  non-randomised clinical study.

BMC Emerg Med. 2022 Jul 7;22(1):122. doi: 10.1186/s12873-022-00664-y. PMID: 35799131 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial. 

People with diabetes and ambulance staff perceptions of a booklet-based intervention for diabetic hypoglycaemia, “Hypos can strike twice”: a mixed methods process evaluation.

Laparidou D, Botan V, Law GR, Rowan E, Smith MD, Brewster A, Spaight R, Mountain P, Dunmore S, James J, Roberts L, Khunti K, Siriwardena AN. BMC Emerg Med. 2022 Feb 8;22(1):21.

DOI: 10.1186/s12873-022-00583-y. PMID: 35135499 Free PMC article.

Clinical effectiveness and costs of pre-hospital inhaled methoxyflurane for acute pain in trauma in adults: non-randomised control group study.

Siriwardena AN, Smith MD, Rowan E, Spaight R.

Br Paramed J. 2021 Mar 1;5(4):66-67.

DOI: 10.29045/14784726.2021.3.5.4.66. PMID: 34421382 Free PMC article.

The effects of a leaflet-based intervention, ‘Hypos can strike twice’, on recurrent hypoglycaemic attendances by ambulance services: A Non-Randomised Stepped Wedge Study. – The Lincoln Repository 

Botan V, Law GR, Laparidou D, Rowan E, Smith MD, Ridyard C, Brewster A, Spaight R, Spurr K, Mountain P, Dunmore S, James J, Roberts L, Khunti K, Siriwardena AN. 

Diabet Med. 2021 Oct;38(10):e14612. DOI: 10.1111/dme.14612. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34053095