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  1. What do patients value as incentives for participation in clinical trials? A pilot discrete choice experiment

    Article • Research Ethics, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  2. Role of patient descriptors in predicting antimicrobial resistance in urinary tract infections using a decision tree approach: A retrospective cohort study

    Article • International Journal of Medical Informatics, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  3. COSUTI: a protocol for the development of a core outcome set (COS) for interventions for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) in adults

    Article • Trials, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  4. Improving Antimicrobial Prescribing: A Multinomial Model Identifying Factors Associated With First- and Second-Line Prescribing

    Article • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  5. Antimicrobial prescribing and infections in long-term care facilities (LTCF): a multilevel analysis of the HALT 2016 study, Ireland, 2017

    Article • Eurosurveillance, November 2018, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  6. Development of an online resource for recruitment research in clinical trials to organise and map current literature

    Article • Clinical Trials, August 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  7. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival in international airports

    Article • Resuscitation, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  8. Apples to apples: can differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcomes between Sweden and Ireland be explained by core Utstein variables?

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  9. Adverse events of fluoroquinolones vs. other antimicrobials prescribed in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  10. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the home: Can area characteristics identify at-risk communities in the Republic of Ireland?

    Article • International Journal of Health Geographics, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  11. A 2-year comparative study of mold and bacterial counts in air samples from neutral and positive pressure rooms in 2 tertiary care hospitals

    Article • American Journal of Infection Control, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  12. Adverse Effects of Amoxicillin for Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Primary Care: Secondary and Subgroup Analysis of a Randomised Clinical Trial

    Article • Antibiotics, December 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  13. Geographic distribution and incidence of Lyme borreliosis in the west of Ireland

    Article • Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  14. The Effect of Rurality on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Incidence: An Exploratory Study of a National Registry Utilizing a Categorical Approach

    Article • The Journal of Rural Health, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  15. Epidemiology of gestational diabetes mellitus according to IADPSG/WHO 2013 criteria among obese pregnant women in Europe

    Article • Diabetologia, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga, Professor Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

  16. A longitudinal and multicentre study of burnout and error in Irish junior doctors

    Article • Postgraduate Medical Journal, June 2017, BMJ

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  17. Are antibiotics really necessary to treat urinary tract infections in women or can support be offered with pain relief?

    Article • May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  18. Using Mobile Phones to Collect Patient Data: Lessons Learned From the SIMPle Study

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, April 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  19. Association of arterial stiffness burden with anxiety and depression in different stages of hypertension

    Article • European Psychiatry, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  20. Changing antibiotic prescribing in General Practice – The results of the SIMPle process evaluation

    Article • International Journal of Healthcare, February 2017, Sciedu Press

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  21. Targeted de-escalation rounds may effectively and safely reduce meropenem use

    Article • Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  22. The cost effectiveness of the SIMPle intervention to improve antimicrobial prescribing for urinary tract infection in primary care

    Article • Journal of Public Health, September 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  23. Reconsultation and Antimicrobial Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection in Male and Female Patients in General Practice

    Article • Antibiotics, September 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  24. Exploring Experiences of Delayed Prescribing and Symptomatic Treatment for Urinary Tract Infections among General Practitioners and Patients in Ambulatory Care: A Qualitative Study

    Article • Antibiotics, August 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  25. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest attended by ambulance services in Ireland: first 2 years’ results from a nationwide registry

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, August 2016, BMJ

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  26. Using qualitative insights to change practice: exploring the culture of antibiotic prescribing and consumption for urinary tract infections

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2016, BMJ

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  27. Do general practitioners prescribe more antimicrobials when the weekend comes?

    Article • SpringerPlus, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  28. Intervention to improve the quality of antimicrobial prescribing for urinary tract infection: a cluster randomized trial

    Article • Canadian Medical Association Journal, November 2015, Canadian Medical Association (CMA)

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  29. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Ireland: Results from a nationwide registry

    Article • Resuscitation, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  30. The Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Primary Care: A Meta-Analytic Review

    Article • The Annals of Family Medicine, November 2015, Annals of Family Medicine

    Dr Edurne Zabaleta-del-Olmo, Dr Akke Vellinga, Jesus Montero-Marin

  31. Six-year follow-up of the SPHERE RCT: secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2015, BMJ

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  32. Improving antimicrobial prescribing in Irish primary care through electronic data collection and surveillance: a feasibility study

    Article • BMC Family Practice, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  33. Primary care organisational interventions for secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, June 2015, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Dr Akke Vellinga, Dr Brian S Buckley

  34. Urban and rural differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Ireland

    Article • Resuscitation, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  35. Colonisation with ESBL-producing and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a long-term care facility over one year

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  36. General practitioner contribution to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcome: A national registry study

    Article • European Journal of General Practice, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  37. The Economic Cost Of Urinary Tract Infections In The Community: Results From Ireland

    Article • Value in Health, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  38. The Use of Transient Elastography and FibroTest for Monitoring Hepatotoxicity in Patients Receiving Methotrexate for Psoriasis

    Article • JAMA Dermatology, August 2014, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  39. Public practice regarding disposal of unused medicines in Ireland

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  40. The very first requirement of treatment is that it should do no harm, so why are antibiotics still overprescribed?

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Practice, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  41. Outcomes and prevalence of adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by population density groups in the Republic of Ireland

    Article • Resuscitation, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  42. How teaching on the care of the victim of sexual violence alters undergraduate medical students' awareness of the key issues involved in patient care and their attitudes to such patients

    Article • Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  43. Exploratory Spatial Mapping of the Occurrence of Antimicrobial Resistance in E. coli in the Community

    Article • Antibiotics, July 2013, MDPI AG

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  44. OUR EXPERIENCE OF TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY AND FIBROTEST(R) IN MONITORING PATIENTS TAKING METHOTREXATE FOR PSORIASIS

    Article • Gut, June 2013, BMJ

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  45. Supporting the improvement and management of prescribing for urinary tract infections (SIMPle): protocol for a cluster randomized trial

    Article • Trials, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  46. Spot urinary protein analysis for excluding significant proteinuria in pregnancy

    Article • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  47. Does adrenaline in OOHCA make the wrong kind of difference? Observations from the Irish OHCAR data

    Article • Resuscitation, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  48. Termination of pregnancy: Attitudes and clinical experiences of Irish GPs and GPs-in-training

    Article • European Journal of General Practice, September 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  49. Principles of multilevel analysis and its relevance to studies of antimicrobial resistance

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, June 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  50. Trimethoprim and ciprofloxacin resistance and prescribing in urinary tract infection associated with Escherichia coli: a multilevel model

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, June 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  51. Gestational diabetes mellitus in Europe: prevalence, current screening practice and barriers to screening. A review

    Article • Diabetic Medicine, June 2012, Wiley

    Dr Akke Vellinga, Dr Brian S Buckley, Professor Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

  52. Associations of Body Mass Index (Maternal BMI) and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus with Neonatal and Maternal Pregnancy Outcomes in a Multicentre European Database (Diabetes and Pregnancy Vitamin D and Lifestyle Intervention for Gestational Diabetes Mel...

    Article • ISRN Obesity, June 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Akke Vellinga, Dr Brian S Buckley, Professor Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

  53. Increasing prevalence of ESBL production among Irish clinical Enterobacteriaceae from 2004 to 2008: an observational study

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  54. Existing classes of antibiotics are probably the best we will ever have

    Article • BMJ, May 2012, BMJ

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  55. Thirty-minute compared to standardised office blood pressure measurement in general practice

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, March 2012, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  56. Opt out as an acceptable method of obtaining consent in a prospective study on antimicrobial resistance and prescribing

    Article • Journal of Infection, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  57. Antimicrobial management and appropriateness of treatment of urinary tract infection in general practice in Ireland

    Article • BMC Family Practice, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  58. Interpreting asymptomatic bacteriuria

    Article • BMJ, August 2011, BMJ

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  59. Opt-out as an acceptable method of obtaining consent in medical research: a short report

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  60. WestREN: a description of an Irish academic general practice research network

    Article • BMC Family Practice, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  61. P66 Opt out as an acceptable method of obtaining consent in medical research

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, September 2010, BMJ

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  62. Predictive value of antimicrobial susceptibility from previous urinary tract infection in the treatment of re-infection

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, July 2010, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  63. Enumeration and Characterization of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli Bacteria in Effluent from Municipal, Hospital, and Secondary Treatment Facility Sources

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  64. A multilevel analysis of trimethoprim and ciprofloxacin prescribing and resistance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in general practice

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, May 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  65. Frequency and risk factors associated with emergency medical readmissions in Galway University Hospitals

    Article • Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  66. Chlamydia trachomatis infection and sexual behaviour among female students attending higher education in the Republic of Ireland

    Article • BMC Public Health, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  67. Length of stay and associated costs of obesity related hospital admissions in Ireland

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  68. Is breast feeding a risk factor for eczema during the first year of life?

    Article • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, August 2007, Wiley

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  69. Vaccination coverage estimates by EPI cluster sampling survey of children (18-24 months) in Flanders, Belgium

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  70. CHANGES IN RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC SYMPTOMS IN SCHOOLCHILDREN FROM 1996 TO 2002, RESULTS FROM THE ISAAC SURVEYS IN ANTWERP (BELGIUM)

    Article • Acta Clinica Belgica, October 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  71. Perinatal risk factors for sensitization, atopic dermatitis and wheezing during the first year of life (PIPO study)

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, June 2005, Wiley

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  72. Vaccination coverage estimates by EPI cluster sampling survey of children (18-24 months) in Flanders, Belgium

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, May 2002, Wiley

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  73. The Dioxin Crisis as Experiment To Determine Poultry-Related Campylobacter Enteritis

    Article • January 2002, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  74. Second diphtheria booster in adults raises immunity to 92%

    Article • BMJ, December 2001, BMJ

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  75. Analysis of factors influencing vaccine uptake: perspectives from Belgium

    Article • Vaccine, October 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  76. Repeated‐measures models to evaluate a hepatitis B vaccination programme

    Article • Statistics in Medicine, March 2001, Wiley

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  77. Response to diphtheria booster vaccination in healthy adults: vaccine trial

    Article • BMJ, January 2000, BMJ

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  78. Hepatitis B and C in institutions for individuals with intellectual disability

    Article • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, December 1999, Wiley

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  79. Hepatitis B vaccination in mentally retarded: Effectiveness after 11 years1To whom it may concern I declare that the parents (guardian) of all subjects have given informed consent and that the study was approved by the ethical committee of the Universi...

    Article • Vaccine, February 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  80. Modelling long-term persistence of hepatitis B antibodies after vaccination

    Article • Journal of Medical Virology, February 1999, Wiley

    Dr Akke Vellinga

  81. Long term protection in mentally retarded vaccinated against hepatitis B: results after 11 years

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, January 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Akke Vellinga