All Outputs (11)

Can proactive support prevent unscheduled care? A controlled observational retrospective cohort study in cancer patients in Scotland (2024)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Young, J., & Savinc, J. (2024). Can proactive support prevent unscheduled care? A controlled observational retrospective cohort study in cancer patients in Scotland. BMC Health Services Research, 24, Article 457. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10923-2

Introduction: Preventative spend is a global health and social care strategy. Improving Cancer Journeys (ICJ) is a proactive, holistic, multidisciplinary project consistent with this agenda, currently being rolled out across Scotland and parts of UK.... Read More about Can proactive support prevent unscheduled care? A controlled observational retrospective cohort study in cancer patients in Scotland.

Childhood adversity and mental health admission patterns prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a case-control 36 year linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981-2017 (2024)
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Dougall, N., Savinc, J., Maxwell, M., Karatzias, T., O’Connor, R. C., Williams, B., …Murray, J. (in press). Childhood adversity and mental health admission patterns prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a case-control 36 year linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981-2017. BJPsych Open,

Background Childhood adversity (CA) is associated with increased later mental health (MH) problems and suicidal behaviour. Opportunities for earlier healthcare identification and intervention are needed. Aim To determine associations between hos... Read More about Childhood adversity and mental health admission patterns prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a case-control 36 year linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981-2017.

Associations between home death, demographic factors and health care service usage for people who died in Scotland before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland (2023)
Journal Article
Savinc, J. (2023). Associations between home death, demographic factors and health care service usage for people who died in Scotland before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland. International Journal of Population Data Science, 8(2), Article 3:039. https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i2.2220

Objectives To compare pre-pandemic and pandemic associations between death at home and: 1) demographic characteristics, 2) health care usage characteristics of people who died in Scotland. Methods Retrospective observational study of linked rout... Read More about Associations between home death, demographic factors and health care service usage for people who died in Scotland before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland.

Novel linkage of health and prison data in Scotland: Investigating access to services for mental health and substance use following release from prison (2023)
Journal Article
Connell, C., Kjellgren, R., & Savinc, J. (2023). Novel linkage of health and prison data in Scotland: Investigating access to services for mental health and substance use following release from prison. International Journal of Population Data Science, 8(2), Article 3:99. https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i2.2314

Objectives To compare the use of NHS services for mental health and substance use (MH/SU) between people released from prison and the general population. This paper describes the data linkage and analytical process, discusses policy implications and... Read More about Novel linkage of health and prison data in Scotland: Investigating access to services for mental health and substance use following release from prison.

Have increased deaths at home during the pandemic returned to pre-pandemic levels? An analysis of publicly available Scottish death registrations (2023)
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Savinc, J., & Atherton, I. M. (2023). Have increased deaths at home during the pandemic returned to pre-pandemic levels? An analysis of publicly available Scottish death registrations. Journal of Public Health, 45(4), e664–e667. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad156

Deaths at home increased in Scotland at the start of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by ~35%. The majority did not involve COVID-19. This has implications for resource allocation and care at the end of life. Publicly available weekly... Read More about Have increased deaths at home during the pandemic returned to pre-pandemic levels? An analysis of publicly available Scottish death registrations.

Differences in end-of-life health service usage between people who died at home before and during the pandemic in Scotland (2022)
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Savinc, J., & Atherton, I. (2022). Differences in end-of-life health service usage between people who died at home before and during the pandemic in Scotland. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(3), https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1880

Objectives To compare health service usage of people who died at home in Scotland during the Covid-19 pandemic to the population who died at home prior to the pandemic, as a proxy measure of end-of-life care availability during the pandemic. Appr... Read More about Differences in end-of-life health service usage between people who died at home before and during the pandemic in Scotland.

Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control linked data study of lifetime inpatient records associated with suicide (2022)
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Savinc, J., Dougall, N., Maxwell, M., Karatzias, T., O'Connor, R., Williams, B., …Nolan, L. (2022). Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control linked data study of lifetime inpatient records associated with suicide. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(3), https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1878

Objectives Childhood adversity (CA) carries an increased risk of developing later mental health (MH) problems and suicidal behaviour. This study aimed to summarise lifetime hospital attendances for CA and MH in young people who later died by suicide... Read More about Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control linked data study of lifetime inpatient records associated with suicide.

Reducing patient delay in acute coronary syndrome: Randomized controlled trial testing effect of behaviour change intervention on intentions to seek help (2022)
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Farquharson, B., Johnston, M., Williams, B., Smith, K., Dombrowski, S., Jones, C., …Abyhankar, P. (2023). Reducing patient delay in acute coronary syndrome: Randomized controlled trial testing effect of behaviour change intervention on intentions to seek help. British Journal of Health Psychology, 28(1), 188-207. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12619

Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a behaviour change intervention to reduce patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome. Design A 3-arm web-based, parallel randomized controlled trial. Methods The in... Read More about Reducing patient delay in acute coronary syndrome: Randomized controlled trial testing effect of behaviour change intervention on intentions to seek help.

Meeting psychosocial needs to improve health: a prospective cohort study (2020)
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Snowden, A., Young, J., & Savinc, J. (2020). Meeting psychosocial needs to improve health: a prospective cohort study. BMC Cancer, 20(1), Article 528. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-07022-w

Background Cancer impacts on patients and their families across a range of different domains. For that reason, optimal cancer care has moved away from a disease-centric focus to a more holistic approach in order to proactively support people with th... Read More about Meeting psychosocial needs to improve health: a prospective cohort study.

Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a protocol for a longitudinal case-control linked data study (2020)
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Dougall, N., Savinc, J., Maxwell, M., Karatzias, T., O'Connor, R. C., Williams, B., …Nolan, L. (2020). Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a protocol for a longitudinal case-control linked data study. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1338

Introduction Suicide is a tragic outcome with devastating consequences. In 2018, Scotland experienced a 15% increase in suicide from 680 to 784 deaths. This was marked among young people, with an increase of 53% in those aged 15-24, the highest sinc... Read More about Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a protocol for a longitudinal case-control linked data study.

Proactive community support tailored to holistic needs: A cohort study (2018)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Young, J., & Savinc, J. (2018). Proactive community support tailored to holistic needs: A cohort study. Cancer Medicine, 7(9), 4836-4845. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1709

Background: It is increasingly internationally recognised that a cancer diagnosis impacts on people practically and financially as well as physically and psychologically. It is less clear what to do about this. This study introduces an original com... Read More about Proactive community support tailored to holistic needs: A cohort study.