Appraisal and illness delay with symptoms of ACS: A questionnaire study of illness representations (2012)
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Farquharson, B., Johnston, M., & Bugge, C. (2012). Appraisal and illness delay with symptoms of ACS: A questionnaire study of illness representations. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 7(10), 493-499. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2012.7.10.493

Background: Reducing patient delay is key to reducing mortality in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Interventions to date have had little success.

Aim: To explore whether illness representations (Leventhal's Commonsense Model of Self-Regulation (CS-... Read More about Appraisal and illness delay with symptoms of ACS: A questionnaire study of illness representations.

Reviewing long-term antidepressants can reduce drug burden: a prospective observational cohort study (2012)
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Johnson, C. F., Macdonald, H. J., Atkinson, P., Buchanan, A. I., Downes, N., & Dougall, N. (2012). Reviewing long-term antidepressants can reduce drug burden: a prospective observational cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, 62(604), 773-779. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp12x658304

BACKGROUND: Antidepressant prescribing continues to rise. Contributing factors are increased long-term prescribing and possibly the use of higher selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) doses.

AIM: To review general practice patients prescr... Read More about Reviewing long-term antidepressants can reduce drug burden: a prospective observational cohort study.

Special Edition: Innovative developments and debates for midwifery education in practice (2012)
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Hollins Martin, C. J. (2012). Special Edition: Innovative developments and debates for midwifery education in practice. Nurse Education in Practice, 12(5), 239-300

Caroiline Hollins-Martin was guest editor of the special issue of Nurse Education in Practice titled "Innovative Developments and Debates for Midwifery Education in Practice".

Examining the support needs of ageing family carers in developing future plans for a relative with an intellectual disability (2012)
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Taggart, L., Truesdale-Kennedy, M., Ryan, A., & McConkey, R. (2012). Examining the support needs of ageing family carers in developing future plans for a relative with an intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 16(3), 217-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629512456465

Background: Planning for the future care of adults with an intellectual disability after the main family carer ceases their care, continues to be a sensitive and difficult time posing challenges for service providers internationally. Limited research... Read More about Examining the support needs of ageing family carers in developing future plans for a relative with an intellectual disability.

More Active Mums in Stirling (MAMMiS): a physical activity intervention for postnatal women. Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2012)
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Gilinsky, A. S., Hughes, A. R., & McInnes, R. J. (2012). More Active Mums in Stirling (MAMMiS): a physical activity intervention for postnatal women. Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 13(1), Article 112. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-13-112

Background: Many postnatal women are insufficiently physically active in the year after childbirth and could benefit from interventions to increase activity levels. However, there is limited information about the efficacy, feasibility and acceptabili... Read More about More Active Mums in Stirling (MAMMiS): a physical activity intervention for postnatal women. Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

MEPE is a novel regulator of growth plate cartilage mineralization (2012)
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Staines, K. A., Mackenzie, N. C. W., Clarkin, C. E., Zelenchuk, L., Rowe, P. S., MacRae, V. E., & Farquharson, C. (2012). MEPE is a novel regulator of growth plate cartilage mineralization. Bone, 51(3), 418-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2012.06.022

Matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE) belongs to the SIBLING protein family which play key roles in biomineralization. Although the growth plates of MEPE-overexpressing mice display severe morphological disruption, the expression and functi... Read More about MEPE is a novel regulator of growth plate cartilage mineralization.

Exploring cognitive skill development in midwifery education (2012)
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Lake, S., & McInnes, R. J. (2012). Exploring cognitive skill development in midwifery education. Nurse Education in Practice, 12(5), 264-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2012.04.015

Changes in maternity services and the role of the midwife mean that the midwife must provide flexible, evidence-based, woman-centred care. As the lead professional, the midwife must use a high level of professional judgement, clinical reasoning and d... Read More about Exploring cognitive skill development in midwifery education.

What future for midwifery? (2012)
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McInnes, R. J., & Mc Intosh, C. (2012). What future for midwifery?. Nurse Education in Practice, 12(5), 297-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2012.04.011

Safe, effective and high quality maternity care is crucial to the wellbeing of mother and baby and for society as a whole. The midwife is now recognized and recommended as the lead professional and co-ordinator of care for low risk women and plays a... Read More about What future for midwifery?.

Stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service: relationship with job satisfaction, intention to leave, sickness absence, and performance (2012)
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Farquharson, B., Allan, J., Johnston, D., Johnston, M., Choudhary, C., & Jones, M. (2012). Stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service: relationship with job satisfaction, intention to leave, sickness absence, and performance. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(7), 1624-1635. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06006.x

Aims.  This paper is a report of a study, which assessed levels of stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service. We explored whether stress related to performance, sickness absence, and intention to leave.

Background.  Nu... Read More about Stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service: relationship with job satisfaction, intention to leave, sickness absence, and performance.

Acute effects of weight training on glycaemia in type 1 diabetes (2012)
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Chisholm, J., Kilbride, L., Charlton, J., & McKnight, J. (2012). Acute effects of weight training on glycaemia in type 1 diabetes. Practical Diabetes, 29(4), 155-159. https://doi.org/10.1002/pdi.1681

Exercise is regarded as a potential strategy to assist in the management of blood glucose in people with type 1 diabetes. However, currently there is little evidence-based information detailing the acute effects weight training has on glycaemia in ty... Read More about Acute effects of weight training on glycaemia in type 1 diabetes.

A serial qualitative interview study of infant feeding experiences: idealism meets realism (2012)
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Hoddinott, P., Craig, L. C. A., Britten, J., & McInnes, R. M. (2012). A serial qualitative interview study of infant feeding experiences: idealism meets realism. BMJ Open, 2(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000504

Objective: To investigate the infant feeding experiences of women and their significant others from pregnancy until 6 months after birth to establish what would make a difference. Design: Qualitative serial interview study. Setting: Two health boards... Read More about A serial qualitative interview study of infant feeding experiences: idealism meets realism.

Influencing expert judgment: attributions of crime causality. (2011)
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Murray, J., Thomson, M. E., Cooke, D. J., & Charles, K. E. (2011). Influencing expert judgment: attributions of crime causality. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 16, 126-143. https://doi.org/10.1348/135532510X490183

Purpose: The present research aimed to investigate the effects of attribution on expert clinical judgment in comparison to semi-experts and lay-people. Two research questions were addressed. Firstly, would experts be less subject to attributional m... Read More about Influencing expert judgment: attributions of crime causality..

Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (Part 1) (2011)
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Wiseman-Orr, M. L., Scott, E. M., & Nolan, A. M. (2011). Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (Part 1). Animal Welfare, 20(4), 535=548

Health-related quality of life (HRQL) was defined for farmed animals and identified as an appropriate focus of integrative welfare
measurement for farmed pigs that embraces measurement of positive welfare. The instrument for HRQL measurement was
de... Read More about Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (Part 1).

Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (part 2) (2011)
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Wiseman-Orr, M. L., Scott, E. M., & Nolan, A. (2011). Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (part 2). Animal Welfare, 20(4), 549-558

The development of a novel structured questionnaire instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) in individual farmed pigs was described previously (companion paper). The instrument embraces the measurement of positive welfare, and was... Read More about Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (part 2).

Integrating Mental Skills into a Physical Activity Program for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities Intégration des capacités intellectuelles à un programme d'activité physique pour les enfants et les adolescents ayant une déficience intellectuelle (2011)
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Spassiani, N. A., & Fraser-Thomas, J. L. (2011). Integrating Mental Skills into a Physical Activity Program for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities Intégration des capacités intellectuelles à un programme d'activité physique pour les enfants et les adolescents ayant une déficience intellectuelle. Revue phénEPS, 3(3),

Past studies have found physical activity (PA) programs can be effective in promoting mental skills; however, no research has examined a PA program that incorporates mental skills training for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities (... Read More about Integrating Mental Skills into a Physical Activity Program for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities Intégration des capacités intellectuelles à un programme d'activité physique pour les enfants et les adolescents ayant une déficience intellectuelle.

A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication (2011)
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Morrison, A. P., Turkington, D., Wardle, M., Spencer, H., Barratt, S., Dudley, R., …Hutton, P. (2012). A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 50(2), 163-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2011.12.001

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Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in an open trial for people with psychotic disorders who have not been taking antipsychotic medication. There is little known about predictors of outcome in CBT for psych... Read More about A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication.

Is regulation good for skill development? Mediating actors and workplace practice in adult social care in England (2011)
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Rainbird, H., Leeson, E., & Munro, A. (2011). Is regulation good for skill development? Mediating actors and workplace practice in adult social care in England. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(18), 3727-3741. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.622921

The Care Standards Act (2000) regulates the provision of care services in the UK, specifying induction and competence requirements for managers and workers, and that workers should have access to 3 days of training a year. Applying Dickens' concept... Read More about Is regulation good for skill development? Mediating actors and workplace practice in adult social care in England.

Quality of life is reduced in obese dogs but improves after successful weight loss (2011)
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German, A. J., Holden, S. L., Wiseman-Orr, M. L., Reid, J., Nolan, A. M., Biourge, V., …Scott, E. M. (2012). Quality of life is reduced in obese dogs but improves after successful weight loss. Veterinary Journal, 192(3), 428-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.09.015

Obesity is thought to affect quality of life, but limited objective data exist to support this supposition. The current study aim was to use a questionnaire to determine health-related quality of life (HRQOL) both before and after weight loss, in obe... Read More about Quality of life is reduced in obese dogs but improves after successful weight loss.

Metaphorical Use of Song Lyrics within Sport Psychology Practice: Targeting the Transition within a Premier League Football Youth Academy (2011)
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Triggs, C., Lafferty, M. E., Brown, H. E., & Tolley, H. L. (2011). Metaphorical Use of Song Lyrics within Sport Psychology Practice: Targeting the Transition within a Premier League Football Youth Academy. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 2(3), 183-195. https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2011.619046

This article explains how a sport psychologist practitioner used metaphors within song lyrics to broach the transition phase of retention or release with elite young football players. The metaphorical use of song lyrics within sport psychology practi... Read More about Metaphorical Use of Song Lyrics within Sport Psychology Practice: Targeting the Transition within a Premier League Football Youth Academy.

Cognitive therapy for people with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis not taking antipsychotic medication: an exploratory trial (2011)
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Morrison, A. P., Hutton, P., Wardle, M., Spencer, H., Barratt, S., Brabban, A., …Turkington, D. (2012). Cognitive therapy for people with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis not taking antipsychotic medication: an exploratory trial. Psychological Medicine, 42(05), 1049-1056. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291711001899

Although antipsychotic medication is the first line of treatment for schizophrenia, many service users choose to refuse or discontinue their pharmacological treatment. Cognitive therapy (CT) has been shown to be effective when delivered in combinatio... Read More about Cognitive therapy for people with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis not taking antipsychotic medication: an exploratory trial.