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Overview

Paul Little is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

The scientist's work addresses numerous topics within medical research, notably:

  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare

Paul Little has authored multiple recent papers, including:

  • Molnupiravir plus usual care versus usual care alone as early treatment for adults with COVID-19 at increased risk of adverse outcomes (PANORAMIC): an open-label, platform-adaptive randomised controlled trial, 2022, The Lancet
  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and covid-19, 2020, BMJ
  • Long COVID and Post-infective Fatigue Syndrome: A Review, 2021, Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Home and Online Management and Evaluation of Blood Pressure (HOME BP) using a digital intervention in poorly controlled hypertension: randomised controlled trial, 2021, BMJ
  • The economic burden of antibiotic resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2023, PLoS ONE

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Beth Stuart
  • Michael Moore
  • Lucy Yardley
  • Nick Francis
  • Christopher Butler

Paul Little's research has been published extensively across various venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • BMJ Open
  • British Journal of General Practice
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BJGP Open
  • Trials

Best Publications

  • Observational study of effect of patient centredness and positive approach on outcomes of general practice consultations

    Paul Little;Hazel Everitt;Ian Williamson;Greg Warner

  • Preferences of patients for patient centred approach to consultation in primary care: observational study.

    Paul Little;Hazel Everitt;Ian Williamson;Greg Warner

  • Telemonitoring and self-management in the control of hypertension (TASMINH2): a randomised controlled trial.

    Richard J McManus;Jonathan Mant;Emma P Bray;Roger Holder

  • Reattendance and complications in a randomised trial of prescribing strategies for sore throat: the medicalising effect of prescribing antibiotics.

    P Little;C Gould;I Williamson;G Warner

  • Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of two prescribing strategies for childhood acute otitis media.

    Paul Little;Clare Gould;Ian Williamson;Michael Moore

  • Diabetes risk score: towards earlier detection of type 2 diabetes in general practice

    S. J. Griffin;P. S. Little;C. N. Hales;A. L. Kinmonth

  • Effect of Self-monitoring and Medication Self-titration on Systolic Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: The TASMIN-SR Randomized Clinical Trial

    Richard J. McManus;Jonathan Mant;M. Sayeed Haque;Emma P. Bray

  • Open randomised trial of prescribing strategies in managing sore throat.

    P.S. Little;Ian Williamson;G. Warner;C. Gould

  • Antibiotics for acute otitis media: a meta-analysis with individual patient data

    Maroeska M Rovers;Paul Glasziou;Cees L Appelman;Peter Burke

  • Importance of patient pressure and perceived pressure and perceived medical need for investigations, referral, and prescribing in primary care: nested observational study.

    Paul Little;Martina Dorward;Greg Warner;Katharine Stephens

  • Effects of internet-based training on antibiotic prescribing rates for acute respiratory-tract infections: a multinational, cluster, randomised, factorial, controlled trial

    Paul Little;Beth Stuart;Nicholas Andrew Francis;Elaine Douglas

  • Variation in antibiotic prescribing and its impact on recovery in patients with acute cough in primary care: prospective study in 13 countries

    Christopher Collett Butler;Kerenza Hood;T. Verheij;P. Little

  • Randomised controlled trial of Alexander technique lessons, exercise, and massage (ATEAM) for chronic and recurrent back pain

    Paul Little;George Lewith;Fran Webley;Maggie Evans

  • Guideline for the management of acute sore throat.

    C. Pelucchi;L. Grigoryan;L. Grigoryan;C. Galeone;C. Galeone;S. Esposito

  • Information leaflet and antibiotic prescribing strategies for acute lower respiratory tract infection: a randomized controlled trial.

    Paul Little;Kate Rumsby;Joanne Kelly;Louise Watson

  • Why do general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for sore throat? Grounded theory interview study

    Satinder Kumar;Paul Little;Nicky Britten

  • Design, analysis and presentation of factorial randomised controlled trials

    Alan A Montgomery;Tim J Peters;Paul Little

  • Effectiveness of five different approaches in management of urinary tract infection: randomised controlled trial

    P Little;M V Moore;S Turner;K Rumsby

  • Amoxicillin for acute lower-respiratory-tract infection in primary care when pneumonia is not suspected: a 12-country, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

    Paul Little;Beth Stuart;Michael Moore;Samuel Coenen

  • Antibiotics for acute otitis media : a meta-analysis with individual patient data. Commentary

    Petri S. Mattila;Maroeska M. Rovers;Paul Glasziou;Cees L. Appelman

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucy Yardley
Lucy Yardley University of Bristol
Christopher Collett Butler
Christopher Collett Butler University of Oxford
Herman Goossens
Herman Goossens University of Antwerp
Kerenza Hood
Kerenza Hood Cardiff University
Richard J McManus
Richard J McManus University of Oxford
Margareta Ieven
Margareta Ieven University of Antwerp
Rona Moss-Morris
Rona Moss-Morris King's College London
Jonathan A C Sterne
Jonathan A C Sterne University of Bristol
David Mant
David Mant University of Oxford
Bryan Williams
Bryan Williams University College London

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