Kamlesh Khunti

Waist circumference measurement: knowledge, attitudes and barriers in patients and practitioners in a multi-ethnic population (2009)

Dunkley, Alison J, Stone, Margaret A, Patel, Naina, Davies, Melanie J, Khunti, Kamlesh

Background. Currently, body mass index (BMI) is widely used to identify health risk due to overweight or obesity. However, waist circumference is considered by many to be a better indicator of health...

Rationale, design and baseline data from the PREPARE (Pre-diabetes Risk Education and Physical Activity Recommendation and Encouragement) programme study: a randomized controlled trial. (2008)

Yates, Thomas, Davies, Melanie J., Gorely, Trish, Bull, Fiona, Khunti, Kamlesh

This is the author’s final draft of the paper published as Patient Education and Counseling, 2008, 73 (2), pp. 264-271. The final published version is available at http://www.elsevier.com, Doi:...

Walking and Inflammatory Markers in Individuals Screened for Type 2 Diabetes. (2008)

Yates, Thomas, Davies, Melanie J., Brady, Emer, Webb, David, Gorely, Trish, Bull, Fiona, ...

This is the author’s final draft of the paper published as Preventive Medicine, 2008, 47 (4), pp. 417-421. The final published version is available at http://www.elsevier.com, Doi:...

Stepwise screening for diabetes identifies people with high but modifiable coronary heart disease risk. The ADDITION study (2008)

Sandbaek, A., Griffin, S.J., Rutten, G., Davies, Melanie J., Stolk, R., Khunti, Kamlesh, ...

This is the author's final draft of the paper published as Diabetologia, 2008, 51 (7), pp. 1127-1134. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com. Doi: 10.1007/s00125-008-1013-0.

Insulin Management in Overweight or Obese Type 2 Diabetes Patients: the Role of Insulin Glargine (2008)

Davies, Melanie J., Khunti, Kamlesh

This is the author's final draft of the paper published as Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 2008, 10 (s2), pp. 42-49. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com. Doi:...

Different strategies for screening and prevention of type 2 diabetes in adults: cost effectiveness analysis (2008)

Gillies, Clare L., Lambert, Paul C., Abrams, Keith R., Sutton, Alex J., Cooper, Nicola J., Hsu, Ron T., ...

This is the author's final version of the article published as British Medical Journal, 2008, 336 (7654), p.1180 and can also be accessed via http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/336/7654/1180

Effectiveness of the diabetes education and self management for ongoing and newly diagnosed (DESMOND) programme for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial (2008)

Davies, Melanie J., Heller, S., Skinner, T.C., Campbell, M.J., Carey, M.E., Cradock, S., ...

This is the author's final draft of the version published as British Medical Journal, 2008, 336 (7642), pp.491-495. This can be accessed at http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/336/7642/491

A cross sectional survey of secondary prevention measures in patients with peripheral arterial disease in primary care (2007)

Dunkley, Alison, Stone, Margaret, Sayers, Robert, Farooqi, Azhar, Khunti, Kamlesh

This is the authors' final draft of the paper published as Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2007, 83(983), pp. 602-605. The final published version is available at...

The role of physical activity in the management of impared glucose tolerance: a systematic review. (2007)

Yates, Thomas, Khunti, Kamlesh, Bull, Fiona, Gorely, Trish, Davies, Melanie J.

This is the author's own draft of an article published in Diabetologia. 'The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com'...

Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Management and Pay-for-Performance in the UK: The Wandsworth Prospective Diabetes Study (2007)

Christopher Millett, Jeremy Gray, Sonia Saxena, Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, Kamlesh Khunti, Azeem Majeed

BackgroundPay-for-performance rewards health-care providers by paying them more if they succeed in meeting performance targets. A new contract for general practitioners in the United Kingdom...

Physical activity and sedentary behaviours of South Asian and white European children in inner city secondary schools in the UK (2007)

Khunti, Kamlesh, Stone, Margaret A, Bankart, John, Sinfield, Paul K, Talbot, Diane, Farooqi, Azhar, ...

Background. People of South Asian (SA) origin have an increased risk of premature coronary heart disease. In children of SA origin, there is an increased prevalence of obesity and evidence of insulin...

Physical activity and sedentary behaviours of South Asian and white European children in inner city secondary schools in the UK (2007)

Khunti, Kamlesh, Stone, Margaret A., Bankart, John, Sinfield, Paul K., Talbot, Diane, Farooqi, Azhar, ...

Background. People of South Asian (SA) origin have an increased risk of premature coronary heart disease. In children of SA origin, there is an increased prevalence of obesity and evidence of insulin...

Empowering patients with diabetes: a qualitative primary care study focusing on South Asians in Leicester, UK (2005)

Stone, Margaret, Pound, Elspeth, Pancholi, Ahuti, Farooqi, Azhar, Khunti, Kamlesh

Objectives. We aimed to explore the experience and attitudes of primary care patients with diabetes living in a UK community with a high proportion of South Asian patients of Indian origin, with...

Empowering patients with diabetes: a qualitative primary care study focusing on South Asians in Leicester, UK (2005)

Stone, Margaret, Pound, Elspeth, Pancholi, Ahuti, Farooqi, Azhar, Khunti, Kamlesh

Objectives. We aimed to explore the experience and attitudes of primary care patients with diabetes living in a UK community with a high proportion of South Asian patients of Indian origin, with...

Managing heart failure in primary care: first steps in implementing the National Service Framework (2004)

Gnani, Shamini, Gray, Jeremy, Khunti, Kamlesh, Majeed, Azeem

Background Heart failure is common, causes considerable morbidity, and imposes a major financial burden on both society and the National Health Service. The National Service Framework (NSF) for...

Features of primary health care teams associated with successful quality improvement of diabetes care: a qualitative study (2001)

Stevenson, Keith, Baker, Richard, Farooqi, Azhar, Sorrie, Roz, Khunti, Kamlesh

Background. In quality improvement activities such as audit, some general practices succeed in improving care and some do not. With audit of care likely to be one of the major tools in clinical...

Attitudes to lifestyle risk factors for coronary heart disease amongst South Asians in Leicester: a focus group study (2000)

Farooqi, Azhar, Nagra, Davinder, Edgar, Tony, Khunti, Kamlesh

Background. South Asians have a significantly higher risk of mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) compared with the general population in the UK. There is a lack of evidence on attitudes to...

Quality of care of patients with diabetes: collation of data from multi-practice audits of diabetes in primary care (1999)

Khunti, Kamlesh, Baker, Richard, Rumsey, Moira, Lakhani, Mayur

Background. GPs are now playing a greater role in the care of patients with diabetes. The challenges described in the Saint Vincent Joint Task Force Report include achievement of a reduction in...

Use of multiple methods to determine factors affecting quality of care of patients with diabetes (1999)

Khunti, Kamlesh

Background. The process of care of patients with diabetes is complex; however, GPs are playing a greater role in its management. Despite the research evidence, the quality of care of patients with...

Pharmacological and lifestyle interventions to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in people with impaired glucose tolerance: systematic review and meta-analysis

Gillies, Clare L, Abrams, Keith R, Lambert, Paul C, Cooper, Nicola J, Sutton, Alex J, Hsu, Ron T, ...

Objective To quantify the effectiveness of pharmacological and lifestyle interventions to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in people with impaired glucose tolerance.

Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Management and Pay-for-Performance in the UK: The Wandsworth Prospective Diabetes Study

Millett, Christopher, Gray, Jeremy, Saxena, Sonia, Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan, Khunti, Kamlesh, Majeed, Azeem

Based on a population-based longitudinal survey, Christopher Millett and colleagues concluded that pay-for-performance incentives for UK general practitioners had not addressed disparities in the...

Different strategies for screening and prevention of type 2 diabetes in adults: cost effectiveness analysis

Gillies, Clare L, Lambert, Paul C, Abrams, Keith R, Sutton, Alex J, Cooper, Nicola J, Hsu, Ron T, ...

Objective To compare four potential screening strategies, and subsequent interventions, for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes: (a) screening for type 2 diabetes to enable early...