Achieving Good Outcomes for Asthma Living (GOAL): Mixed methods feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a practical intervention for eliciting, setting and achieving goals for adults with asthma (2016)
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Hoskins, G., Williams, B., Abhyankar, P., Donnan, P., Duncan, E., Pinnock, H., …Sheikh, A. (2016). Achieving Good Outcomes for Asthma Living (GOAL): Mixed methods feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a practical intervention for eliciting, setting and achieving goals for adults with asthma. Trials, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1684-7

Background Despite being a core component of self-management, goal setting is rarely used in routine care. We piloted a primary care, nurse-led intervention called Achieving Good Outcomes for Asthma Living (GOAL) for adults with asthma. Patients wer... Read More about Achieving Good Outcomes for Asthma Living (GOAL): Mixed methods feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a practical intervention for eliciting, setting and achieving goals for adults with asthma.

Physical activity participation in community dwelling stroke survivors: synergy and dissonance between motivation and capability. A qualitative study (2016)
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Morris, J. H., Oliver, T., Kroll, T., Joice, S., & Williams, B. (2017). Physical activity participation in community dwelling stroke survivors: synergy and dissonance between motivation and capability. A qualitative study. Physiotherapy, 103(3), 311-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2016.05.001

Objectives The evidence supporting benefits of physical activity (PA) on fitness, functioning, health and secondary prevention after stroke is compelling. However, many stroke survivors remain insufficiently active. This study explored survivors’ pe... Read More about Physical activity participation in community dwelling stroke survivors: synergy and dissonance between motivation and capability. A qualitative study.

The psychological experience of living with head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-synthesis: Review and meta-synthesis of the experience of head and neck cancer (2013)
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Lang, H., France, E., Williams, B., Humphris, G., & Wells, M. (2013). The psychological experience of living with head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-synthesis: Review and meta-synthesis of the experience of head and neck cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 22(12), 2648-2663. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.3343

Objective: To summarise patients' experiences of head and neck cancer (HNC) by examining the findings of existing qualitative studies Methods: We undertook a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies in 29 published articles using... Read More about The psychological experience of living with head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-synthesis: Review and meta-synthesis of the experience of head and neck cancer.

Risky single-occasion drinking and disadvantaged men: Will recruitment through primary care miss hazardous drinkers? (2013)
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Crombie, I. K., Falconer, D. W., Irvine, L., Norrie, J., Williams, B., & Slane, P. W. (2013). Risky single-occasion drinking and disadvantaged men: Will recruitment through primary care miss hazardous drinkers?. Alcoholism: clinical and experimental research, 37(9), 1577-1581. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.12123

BACKGROUND: Men who are socially disadvantaged are at a substantially higher risk of developing alcohol-related diseases. People from deprived areas are known to be more difficult to recruit to research studies. As part of a feasibility assessment fo... Read More about Risky single-occasion drinking and disadvantaged men: Will recruitment through primary care miss hazardous drinkers?.

Problems and solutions: Accounts by parents and children of adhering to chest physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis (2007)
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Williams, B., Mukhopadhyay, S., Dowell, J., & Coyle, J. (2007). Problems and solutions: Accounts by parents and children of adhering to chest physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 29(14), 1097-1105

Although chest physiotherapy is central to the management of cystic fibrosis (CF), adherence among children is problematic. This study explores accounts by parents and children of the difficulties of adhering to chest physiotherapy for cystic fibrosi... Read More about Problems and solutions: Accounts by parents and children of adhering to chest physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis.

The role of the gastroenterologist in the provision of artificial nutrition support (1998)
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Stockdale, A., Williams, B., & Pennington, C. (1998). The role of the gastroenterologist in the provision of artificial nutrition support. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 12(4), 367-372. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2036.1998.00317.x

Background: Nutrition support is required for the prevention or treatment of malnutrition in patients with intestinal failure and those who are unable to eat. Aims: To determine the demands upon gastroenterologists for nutrition support, the avail... Read More about The role of the gastroenterologist in the provision of artificial nutrition support.