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Snacktivity: to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Future Risk of Disease

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:40:02 GMT

Loughborough University, in partnership with the Universities of Birmingham, Leicester, Edinburgh, and Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust, has been awarded £2.2 million from the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research Board to develop a new approach to promoting physical activity in the population called Snacktivity. The programme of research involves five work packages, and this third work package is building on from previous activities.

Hydroxychloroquine prevention of COVID-19

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:07:37 GMT

We are looking at whether hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis can protect healthcare workers from catching COVID-19.

Do you work in a GP surgery, dental surgery or opticians and are interested in taking part?

Care Companion

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:53:20 GMT

Recruiting via General Practices in Coventry, Rugby and Warwickshire, starting January 2021; taking expressions of interest now.

Care Companion is a unique online individually tailored resource, designed for informal carers who look after family and friends with long term or life limiting conditions. It has been developed by a team from Warwick Medical School together with a panel of carers to help individuals with caring responsibilities cope with ever-changing physical, emotional and social care needs.

eTHOS: enhancing The Health Of NHS Staff

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:49:54 GMT

Absenteeism and presenteeism costs the NHS approximately £2.4 billion per year and is associated with worse patient outcomes.

The main causes of NHS staff absenteeism are musculoskeletal complaints and mental ill-health. Lifestyle factors such as smoking, obesity and low levels of exercise leading to poor cardiovascular health are also important factors.

RAPTOR-C19

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:35:00 GMT

RAPTOR-C19 is a research study to assess the accuracy of different rapid tests for COVID-19 for patients in the community. The question is whether rapid tests, which give results within minutes/hours, are as accurate as standard laboratory tests. Research will take place in GP surgeries or COVID-19 testing sites. Accurate rapid tests mean quicker decisions about patient care and self-isolation and so are key to our efforts to control COVID-19.

Forthcoming Studies/Re-opening Studies

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 09:47:16 GMT

As the CRN is able to move away from engaging in only Urgent Public Health and COVID-19 work, studies that have been put on hold during the pandemic will start to re-open and expressions of interest will be welcomed.

If any of the following studies are of interest, please contact your local research facilitator, details on the back page of the on-line version of Participate, available here.

ATTACK

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:20:13 GMT

ATTACK (ASPIRIN TO TARGET ARTERIAL EVENTS IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE)

is a pragmatic multicentre open-label randomised controlled trial to determine whether the addition of low-dose aspirin to usual care reduces the risk of major vascular events in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who do not have pre-existing cardiovascular disease (CVD).

eTHOS

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:06:24 GMT

enhancing The Health Of NHS Staff

eTHOS is a multicentre, randomised controlled pilot trial of an employee health screening clinic for NHS staff. The aim of this NIHR funded trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a complex intervention in reducing absenteeism and presenteeism in NHS staff, comparing a hospital-based staff health screening and referral clinic with usual care.

NCMH

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 10:51:53 GMT

The National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) brings together world-leading researchers from Cardiff, Swansea and Bangor Universities to learn more about the triggers and causes of mental health problems.

We've Got Your Back

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:11:59 GMT

Improving the understanding of back-pain by combining patient generated data with health-records.