RELAX (REducing Levels of AnXiety): a study protocol for a parallel two-arm randomised controlled trial evaluating a web-based early intervention for pregnant women with high levels of repetitive negative thinking to prevent escalating anxiety during pregnancy and after birth

Authors: Brittannia Volkmer, Yogini Sawjani, Mary Newburn, Jo Bennett, Megan McGovern, Laura Bridle, Nathalie Towner, Laura McCabe, Katherine Clark, Sophie Webster, Alison Hylton-Potts, Lucy Mayer, Gertrude Senevirante, Debra Bick, Jill Newby, Kimberley Goldsmith, Michelle L. Moulds, Colette Hirsch

Source: Trials, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2024)

Subject Terms: Anxiety, Repetitive negative thinking (RNT), Perinatal mental health, Digital therapy, Cognitive bias modification (CBM), Prevention, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215

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Antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention led by midwives in England to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL feasibility and pilot randomised controlled cluster trial

Authors: Karla Hemming, Jonathan Bishop, Sarah Dean, Jean Hay-Smith, Tim Coleman, Elizabeth Edwards, Christine MacArthur, Debra Bick, Mark Pearson, Rohini Terry, Eivor Oborn, Sara Webb, Eleni Gkini, Victoria Salmon, Ellie Jones, Helena Frawley

Source: BMJ Open, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2025)

Subject Terms: Medicine

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Relation: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1/e091248.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2044-6055

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Perinatal emotional skills groups for women and birthing people with borderline personality disorder: outcomes from a feasibility randomised controlled trial

Authors: Paul Moran, Debra Bick, Lucy Biddle, Belinda Borries, Rebecca Kandiyali, Farah Mgaieth, Vivan Patel, Janice Rigby, Penny Seume, Vaneeta Sadhnani, Nadine Smith, Michaela Swales, Nicholas Turner

Source: BJPsych Open, Vol 11 (2025)

Subject Terms: Borderline personality disorder, perinatal psychiatry, randomised controlled trial, psychological treatments, personality disorders, Psychiatry, RC435-571

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Relation: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472424008330/type/journal_article; https://doaj.org/toc/2056-4724

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Midwifery-led antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL research programme including a feasibility and pilot cluster RCT

Authors: Christine MacArthur, Debra Bick, Victoria Salmon, Ellie Jones, Jean Hay-Smith, Jon Bishop, Eleni Gkini, Karla Hemming, Sara Webb, Mark Pearson, Tim Coleman, Rohini Terry, Libby Edwards, Helena Frawley, Eivor Oborn, Sarah Dean

Source: Programme Grants for Applied Research, Vol 12, Iss 09 (2024)

Subject Terms: urinary incontinence, pelvic floor muscle exercises, antenatal, postnatal, midwives, feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial, prevention and treatment, behaviour change, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2050-4330

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Effectiveness of a home-based peer support programme for Chinese mothers with low breastfeeding self-efficacy to increase the exclusivity and duration of breastfeeding: study protocol of a randomised control trial

Authors: Debra Bick, Yan-Shing Chang, Rachel Wai Tung Ko, Kris Yuet Wan Lok, Martha Sin Lam Choi, Patsy P H Chau, Christine Chi Oi Lam

Source: BMJ Open, Vol 14, Iss 7 (2024)

Subject Terms: Medicine

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Relation: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/7/e081897.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2044-6055

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A treatment strategy with nifedipine versus labetalol for women with pregnancy hypertension: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (Giant PANDA)

Authors: Danielle Ashworth, Cheryl Battersby, Debra Bick, Marcus Green, Pollyanna Hardy, Lisa Leighton, Laura A. Magee, Alisha Maher, Richard J. McManus, Catherine Moakes, R. Katie Morris, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Jenie Sparkes, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Andrew Webb, Hannah Wilson, Jenny Myers, Lucy C. Chappell

Source: Trials, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2023)

Subject Terms: Hypertension, Pregnancy, Randomised controlled trial, Antihypertensives, Blood pressure, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215

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Preconception health among migrant women in England: A cross-sectional analysis of maternity services data 2018–2019

Authors: Majel McGranahan, Elizabeth Augarde, Danielle Schoenaker, Helen Duncan, Sue Mann, Debra Bick, Felicity Boardman, Oyinlola Oyebode

Source: Journal of Migration and Health, Vol 10, Iss , Pp 100250- (2024)

Subject Terms: Preconception health, Reproductive health, Migration, Asylum seeker, Refugee, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration, JV1-9480

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666623524000394; https://doaj.org/toc/2666-6235

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Randomised placebo-controlled trial of antenatal corticosteroids for planned birth in twins (STOPPIT-3): study protocol

Authors: Jane E Norman, John Norrie, Jane Denton, James P Boardman, Kathleen Anne Boyd, Manuela Deidda, Karen Luyt, Catriona Keerie, Debra Bick, Asma Khalil, Sarah Jane Stock, Rebecca Reynolds, Jessica Thompson, Keith Reed, Sarah Murray, Rosie C Townsend, Natasha Fenwick

Source: BMJ Open, Vol 14, Iss 1 (2024)

Subject Terms: Medicine

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Relation: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1/e078778.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2044-6055

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Lived experience of recurrent miscarriage: women and their partners’ experience of subsequent pregnancy and support within an NHS specialist clinic – a qualitative study

Authors: Debra Bick, Bronwyn Harris, Siobhan Quenby, Amelia Hawkes, Rebecca Claire Shields, Jo Parsons

Source: BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 12 (2023)

Subject Terms: Medicine

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Relation: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/12/e075062.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2044-6055

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A mixed methods systematic review exploring infant feeding experiences and support in women with severe mental illness

Authors: Natasha Baker, Debra Bick, Louise Bamber, Claire A. Wilson, Louise M. Howard, Ioannis Bakolis, Tayana Soukup, Yan‐Shing Chang

Source: Maternal and Child Nutrition, Vol 19, Iss 4, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)

Subject Terms: breastfeeding, infant feeding, mixed methods, perinatal mental health, severe mental illness, Pediatrics, RJ1-570, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991, Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases, RC620-627

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1740-8695; https://doaj.org/toc/1740-8709

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A feasibility randomised controlled trial with an embedded qualitative evaluation of perinatal emotional skills groups for women with borderline personality disorder: protocol for the EASE study

Authors: Paul Moran, Debra Bick, Lucy Biddle, Belinda Borries, Rebecca Kandiyali, Janice Rigby, Penny Seume, Vaneeta Sadhnani, Nadine Smith, Michaela Swales, Nicholas Turner

Source: Pilot and Feasibility Studies, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2022)

Subject Terms: Borderline personality disorder, Perinatal mental health, Psychological treatment, Clinical trial, Qualitative study, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2055-5784

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Cost-effectiveness of screening tools for identifying depression in early pregnancy: a decision tree model

Authors: Margaret Heslin, Huajie Jin, Kylee Trevillion, Xiaoxiao Ling, Selina Nath, Barbara Barrett, Jill Demilew, Elizabeth G. Ryan, Sheila O’Connor, Polly Sands, Jeannette Milgrom, Debra Bick, Nicky Stanley, Myra S. Hunter, Louise M. Howard, Sarah Byford

Source: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2022)

Subject Terms: Cost-effectiveness, Decision analytic model, Depression, Pregnancy, Screening, Whooley, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6963

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/4e5144d60cb54f92a1f2a1ed6d1a9fea

Postnatal health and care following hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: a prospective cohort study (BPiPP study)

Authors: Danielle C. Ashworth, Liza Bowen, Sophie P. Maule, Paul T. Seed, Marcus Green, Debra Bick, BPiPP study group, Lucy C. Chappell

Source: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)

Subject Terms: Pregnancy, Hypertension, High blood pressure, Postnatal, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2393

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/36603bce1e7543dda9c276931775e3d7

Qualitative systematic review of general practitioners’ (GPs’) views and experiences of providing postnatal care

Authors: Christine MacArthur, Debra Bick, Sarah Hillman, Clare MacDonald, Beck Taylor, Becky MacGregor

Source: BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 4 (2023)

Subject Terms: Medicine

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Relation: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/4/e070005.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2044-6055

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Women’s experiences of anal incontinence following vaginal birth: A qualitative study of missed opportunities in routine care contacts

Authors: Joanne Parsons, Abi Eccles, Debra Bick, Michael R. B. Keighley, Anna Clements, Julie Cornish, Sarah Embleton, Abigail McNiven, Kate Seers, Sarah Hillman

Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 6 (2023)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10298771/?tool=EBI; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203

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A mixed-methods feasibility study of an intervention to improve men’s mental health and wellbeing during their transition to fatherhood

Authors: Sharin Baldwin, Mary Malone, Trevor Murrells, Jane Sandall, Debra Bick

Source: BMC Public Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2021)

Subject Terms: Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458

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Induction of labour for predicted macrosomia: study protocol for the ‘Big Baby’ randomised controlled trial

Authors: Martin Underwood, Sara Wood, Stavros Petrou, Jaclyn Brown, Simon Gates, Ceri Jones, Mandy Williams, Hema Mistry, Anne-Marie Slowther, Katie Booth, Ranjit Lall, Debra Bick, Siobhan Quenby, SANJEEV DESHPANDE, Joanne D Fisher, Jason Gardosi, Adam Gornall, Adrian Willis, Lauren Jade Ewington, Ryan Griffin, Kirsten Harris, Emily Butler, Kelly Fowler, Jackie Dewdney, Karen Hillyer

Source: BMJ Open, Vol 12, Iss 11 (2022)

Subject Terms: Medicine

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Relation: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/11/e058176.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2044-6055

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Equity in newborn care, evidence from national surveys in low- and middle-income countries

Authors: Kimberly Peven, Lindsay Mallick, Cath Taylor, Debra Bick, Louise T. Day, Lionel Kadzem, Edward Purssell

Source: International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2021)

Subject Terms: Infant, Newborn, Health equity, Socioeconomic factors, Postnatal care, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1475-9276

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Feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of an innovative postnatal home-based breastfeeding peer support programme in Hong Kong: a feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial

Authors: Kris Yuet-Wan Lok, Charlotte L. Y. Chow, Jeffery Sheung Yu Shing, Robert Smith, Christine Chi Oi Lam, Debra Bick, Yan-Shing Chang

Source: International Breastfeeding Journal, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)

Subject Terms: Peer support, Breastfeeding, Pilot, Pediatrics, RJ1-570, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1746-4358

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Perinatal mental health services in pregnancy and the year after birth: the ESMI research programme including RCT

Authors: Louise M Howard, Kathryn M Abel, Katie H Atmore, Debra Bick, Amanda Bye, Sarah Byford, Lauren E Carson, Clare Dolman, Margaret Heslin, Myra Hunter, Stacey Jennings, Sonia Johnson, Ian Jones, Billie Lever Taylor, Rebecca McDonald, Jeannette Milgrom, Nicola Morant, Selina Nath, Susan Pawlby, Laura Potts, Claire Powell, Diana Rose, Elizabeth Ryan, Gertrude Seneviratne, Rebekah Shallcross, Nicky Stanley, Kylee Trevillion, Angelika Wieck, Andrew Pickles

Source: Programme Grants for Applied Research, Vol 10, Iss 5 (2022)

Subject Terms: pregnancy, postpartum, mental disorder, rct, quasi-experimental, mother and baby unit, qualitative, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2050-4322; https://doaj.org/toc/2050-4330

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