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1. A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a nurse-led palliative care intervention for HIV positive patients on antiretroviral therapy: recruitment, refusal, randomisation and missing data

   Despite the life threatening nature of an HIV diagnosis and the multidimensional problems experienced by this patient population during antiretroviral therapy, the effectiveness of a palliative care approach f...

   Authors: Keira Lowther, Irene J Higginson, Victoria Simms, Nancy Gikaara, Aabid Ahmed, Zipporah Ali, Gaudencia Afuande, Hellen Kariuki, Lorraine Sherr, Rachel Jenkins, Lucy Selman and Richard Harding

   Citation: BMC Research Notes 2014 7:600

   Content type: Project Note Published on: 3 September 2014

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2. Treatment outcomes in palliative care: the TOPCare study. A mixed methods phase III randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a nurse-led palliative care intervention for HIV positive patients on antiretroviral therapy

   Patients with HIV/AIDS on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) suffer from physical, psychological and spiritual problems. Despite international policy explicitly stating that a multidimensional approach such as palli...

   Authors: Keira Lowther, Victoria Simms, Lucy Selman, Lorraine Sherr, Liz Gwyther, Hellen Kariuki, Aabid Ahmed, Zipporah Ali, Rachel Jenkins, Irene J Higginson and Richard Harding

   Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2012 12:288

   Content type: Study protocol Published on: 6 November 2012

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3. Active ingredients of a person-centred intervention for people on HIV treatment: analysis of mixed methods trial data

   A new model of care is required to meet the changing needs of people living with HIV (PLWH), particularly in low and middle-income countries, where prevalence is highest. We evaluated a palliative care interve...

   Authors: Keira Lowther, Richard Harding, Victoria Simms, Aabid Ahmed, Zipporah Ali, Nancy Gikaara, Lorraine Sherr, Hellen Kariuki, Irene J. Higginson and Lucy Ellen Selman

   Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:27

   Content type: Research article Published on: 10 January 2018

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4. Gaps and challenges: WHO treatment recommendations for tobacco cessation and management of substance use disorders in people with severe mental illness

   People with severe mental disorders (SMD) experience premature mortality mostly from preventable physical causes. The World Health Organization (WHO) have recently produced guidelines on the management of phys...

   Authors: Jayati Das-Munshi, Maya Semrau, Corrado Barbui, Neerja Chowdhary, Petra C. Gronholm, Kavitha Kolappa, Dzmitry Krupchanka, Tarun Dua and Graham Thornicroft

   Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:237

   Content type: Research article Published on: 14 May 2020

   The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Psychiatry 2020 20:326

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5. Public preferences and priorities for end-of-life care in Kenya: a population-based street survey

   End-of-life care needs are great in Africa due to the burden of disease. This study aimed to explore public preferences and priorities for end-of-life care in Nairobi, Kenya.

   Authors: Julia Downing, Barbara Gomes, Nancy Gikaara, Grace Munene, Barbara A Daveson, Richard A Powell, Faith N Mwangi-Powell, Irene J Higginson and Richard Harding

   Citation: BMC Palliative Care 2014 13:4

   Content type: Research article Published on: 15 February 2014

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