Highlighting the latest research: August 2025

Van Miert, C, Solomon, S and Lotto, R ORCID: 0000-0002-4305-0513 (2025) Highlighting the latest research: August 2025. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 20 (8). ISSN 1749-6403

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Abstract

A recent consensus statement from the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Clinical Research Collaborative underscores the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion in cardiovascular research (Kunadian et al, 2025). Despite cardiovascular disease being the leading cause of death among women in the UK, females still account for only about 30% of clinical trial participants. The statement highlights barriers including restrictive trial designs, scheduling constraints and biased inclusion criteria, and recommends strategies such as flexible appointments, transport support, more diverse trial leadership and sex- and gender-stratified reporting. Improving representation is critical to ensure that evidence is robust, reliable and applicable to all patients. In this month's Research Roundup presented by the British Association of Nursing in Cardiovascular Care (BANCC), Van Miert et al showcase recent studies reflecting the need for inclusive, patient-centred approaches, spanning coronary artery disease in very young women, the impact of antidepressant therapy in women veterans, technology-enabled rehabilitation in middle-income settings and lifestyle behaviours in South Asian populations.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, copyright © 2025 MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2025.0038
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology; 1110 Nursing; 1117 Public Health and Health Services; 4205 Nursing
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions:	Nursing and Advanced Practice
Publisher:	MA Healthcare
Date of acceptance:	21 July 2025
Date Deposited:	29 Jul 2025 15:13
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2025 10:54
DOI or ID number:	10.12968/bjca.2025.003
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/26840

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