School of Medicine: Recent submissions
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Epidemiology of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in an Irish subpopulation with total case ascertainment: an additional tool for health economic planning
(2021)Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) is the commonest B-cell malignancy affecting Caucasians, with a variable national incidence depending on the ethnic composition and age profile of ... -
A core outcome set for trials of infant-feeding interventions to prevent childhood obesity
(2020)Standardisation of outcomes measured and reported in trials of infant-feeding interventions to prevent childhood obesity is essential to evaluate and synthesise intervention effects. The aim of this study is to develop an ... -
Effects on an acute priming exercise and high-intensity interval training on oxygen uptake and muscle deoxygenation kinetics in older individuals with type 2 diabetes
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Physiology, 2021)Peak oxygen uptake (V̇O2peak) is consistently reduced in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) of all ages compared with non-diabetic (ND) controls. In middle-aged (between 45 to 60 y) individuals with T2D these reductions ... -
A collaborative approach to developing sustainable behaviour change interventions for childhood obesity prevention: Development of the Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) intervention and implementation strategy
(2020)Objectives and Design. There is growing recognition of the need for effective behaviour change interventions to prevent chronic diseases that are feasible and sustainable and can be implemented within routine health care ... -
Intervention fidelity within trials of infant feeding behavioural interventions to prevent childhood obesity: a systematic review
(2019)Background: Intervention fidelity refers to whether an intervention has been implemented as intended. Trials of infant feeding behavioral interventions to prevent childhood obesity show inconsistent evidence of effectiveness. ... -
Effectiveness of motivational interviewing in influencing smoking cessation in pregnant and postpartum disadvantaged women
(2013)Introduction: Systematic assessments of Motivational Interviewing (MI) in smoking behavior have been rare to date. This study aimed to determine whether an integrated approach, involving staff training in MI techniques, ... -
The SOS-framework (Systems of Sedentary behaviours): An international transdisciplinary consensus framework for the study of determinants, research priorities and policy on sedentary behaviour across the life course: A DEDIPAC-study
(2016)Background: Ecological models are currently the most used approaches to classify and conceptualise determinants of sedentary behaviour, but these approaches are limited in their ability to capture the complexity of and ... -
Ten-year survival of Down syndrome births.
(1997)Objective: To determine the survival status of children with Down syndrome (DS), and to document factors influencing survival. Design: Follow-up study of cases identified from the Dublin European Register of Congenital ... -
The influence of ethnicity on breastfeeding rates in Ireland: a cross-sectional study.
(2014)Background: Historically, breastfeeding rates in Ireland have been low compared with international averages. It has been suggested that maternal ethnicity and citizenship may influence breastfeeding rates, with ethnic ... -
Antibiotic use in early childhood and risk of obesity: Longitudinal analysis of a national cohort
(2019)Background: Taking oral antibiotics during childhood has been linked with an increased risk of childhood obesity. This study assessed any potential association in number of courses of antibiotics taken between 2-3 and 4-5 ... -
Exploring healthcare professionals¿ views of the acceptability of delivering interventions to promote healthy infant feeding practices within primary care: a qualitative interview study
(2021)Objective: Early-life nutrition plays a key role in establishing healthy lifestyles and preventing chronic disease. This study aimed to (1) explore healthcare professionals' (HCP) opinions on the acceptability of and factors ... -
Recruiting `hard to reach? parents for health promotion research: experiences from a qualitative study
(2021)Objective: Marginalised populations are less likely to take part in health research, and are sometimes considered ‘easy to ignore’. We aimed to describe our approach and results of recruiting parents who experience ... -
A Cluster-Randomised Crossover Pilot Feasibility Study of a Multicomponent Intervention to Reduce Occupational Sedentary Behaviour in Professional Male Employees
(2021)Professional male office employees have been identified as those most at risk of prolonged sedentary time, which is associated with many long-term adverse health conditions. The aim of the study was to assess the acceptability ... -
Not really a smoker? A study on the prevalence of and attitudes to occasional social smoking in a third level institution in Ireland
(2021)Background: Occasional smoking is defined as any smoking occurring on a less than daily basis. Social smoking, i.e. smoking primarily in social contexts, is a sub-group of occasional smoking. Data on occasional cigarette ... -
Peer-Delivery of a Gender-Specific Smoking Cessation Intervention for Women Living in Disadvantaged Communities in Ireland We Can Quit2 (WCQ2) A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
(2022)Introduction: The We Can Quit2 (WCQ2) pilot trial assessed the feasibility of ‘We Can Quit’ (WCQ), a community-based stop-smoking programme delivered by trained community facilitators, based on the socio-ecological framework ... -
The usability and applicability of knowledge translation theories, models, and frameworks for research in the context of a national health service
(2021)Background: Translating research findings into service improvements for patients and/or policy changes is a key challenge for health service organizations. The Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland launched the Action ... -
To survive or to thrive: An investigation into fatigue and associated factors on surgical performance
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Surgery, 2021)Background The issue of fatigue has been long-standing in the profession of surgery. Typically the term has been associated with performance decrement, and in particular, focus has been on mitigating fatigue to prevent ... -
Genetic Epidemiology and Cognitive Endophenotyping in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2021)Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive debilitating and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder affecting both upper (UMN) and lower (LMN) motor neurons. While it has been long known to exist on a spectrum ...
