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More Active Mums in Stirling (MAMMiS): a physical activity intervention for postnatal women. Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2012)
Journal Article
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.

Integrating community children’s nursing in urgent and emergency care: a qualitative comparison of two teams in North West England (2012)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Banks, M., Kirk, S., Powell, P., & Callery, P. (2012). Integrating community children’s nursing in urgent and emergency care: a qualitative comparison of two teams in North West England. BMC Pediatrics, 12(1), 101. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-101

Background: Despite the policy principle that "children are best cared for at home whenever possible" children continue to have high rates of emergency department (ED) attendance and emergency hospital admission. Community Children's Nursing Teams (C... Read More about Integrating community children’s nursing in urgent and emergency care: a qualitative comparison of two teams in North West England.

A longitudinal qualitative exploration of healthcare and informal support needs among survivors of critical illness: the RELINQUISH protocol (2012)
Journal Article
Ramsay, P., Huby, G., Rattray, J., Salisbury, L. G., Walsh, T. S., & Kean, S. (2012). A longitudinal qualitative exploration of healthcare and informal support needs among survivors of critical illness: the RELINQUISH protocol. BMJ Open, 2(4), Article e001507. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001507

Introduction and background: Survival following critical illness is associated with a significant burden of physical, emotional and psychosocial morbidity. Recovery can be protracted and incomplete, with important and sustained effects upon everyday... Read More about A longitudinal qualitative exploration of healthcare and informal support needs among survivors of critical illness: the RELINQUISH protocol.

Variation in physical development in schoolboy rugby players: can maturity testing reduce mismatch? (2012)
Journal Article
Nutton, R. W., Hamilton, D. F., Hutchison, J. D., Mitchell, M. J., Simpson, A. H. R., & MacLean, J. G. B. (2012). Variation in physical development in schoolboy rugby players: can maturity testing reduce mismatch?. BMJ Open, 2(4), e001149. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001149

Objectives
This study set out to pursue means of reducing mismatch in schoolboy rugby players. The primary objective was to determine whether application of previously reported thresholds of height and grip strength could be used to distinguish tho... Read More about Variation in physical development in schoolboy rugby players: can maturity testing reduce mismatch?.

Differences in self-assessed health by socioeconomic group amongst people with and without a history of cancer: an analysis using representative data from Scotland (2012)
Journal Article
Atherton, I. M., Evans, J. M. M., Dibben, C. J. L., Woods, L. M., & Hubbard, G. (2012). Differences in self-assessed health by socioeconomic group amongst people with and without a history of cancer: an analysis using representative data from Scotland. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 6(4), 458-467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-012-0226-x

Introduction

This paper considers socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health amongst people with and without a history of cancer using representative data from Scotland.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis using the Scottish Health Su... Read More about Differences in self-assessed health by socioeconomic group amongst people with and without a history of cancer: an analysis using representative data from Scotland.

Elective induction of labour: The problem of interpretation and communication of risks (2012)
Journal Article
Cheyne, H., Abhyankar, P., & Williams, B. (2012). Elective induction of labour: The problem of interpretation and communication of risks. Midwifery, 28(4), 412-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2012.06.009

Induction of labour is one of the most commonly performed procedures in maternity care in developed countries, experienced by over 20% of pregnant women (approximately 160,000 women annually in the UK (UK National Statistics)). Current guidelines sug... Read More about Elective induction of labour: The problem of interpretation and communication of risks.

A randomised controlled trial evaluating a rehabilitation complex intervention for patients following intensive care discharge: the RECOVER study (2012)
Journal Article
Walsh, T. S., Salisbury, L. G., Boyd, J., Ramsay, P., Merriweather, J., Huby, G., Forbes, J., Rattray, J. Z., Griffith, D. M., Mackenzie, S. J., Hull, A., Lewis, S., & Murray, G. D. (2012). A randomised controlled trial evaluating a rehabilitation complex intervention for patients following intensive care discharge: the RECOVER study. BMJ Open, 2(4), Article e001475. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001475

Introduction: Patients who survive an intensive care unit admission frequently suffer physical and psychological morbidity for many months after discharge. Current rehabilitation pathways are often fragmented and little is known about the optimum met... Read More about A randomised controlled trial evaluating a rehabilitation complex intervention for patients following intensive care discharge: the RECOVER study.

Violent Female Offending: An Exploration of Repeat and One-Time Offending (2012)
Journal Article
Mahoney, A. L., & Karatzias, T. (2012). Violent Female Offending: An Exploration of Repeat and One-Time Offending. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 11(3), 191-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2012.723664

There has been an increased focus on understanding the factors that may be predictive of violent recidivism among female offenders. Previous research has indicated that repeat and one-time violent female offenders have very different profiles. All fe... Read More about Violent Female Offending: An Exploration of Repeat and One-Time Offending.