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The Provocateurs! Fringe Preview (2025)
Exhibition / Performance
Varghese, R., Rae, A., & Uegaki, W. The Provocateurs! Fringe Preview. 16 July 2025 - 16 July 2025

Take top academics, some thought-provoking ideas, add one comedian…

New for 2025, The Provocateurs promise to blend humour with ground breaking research. Join us for a spirited debate with some of Scotland’s sharpest intellects.

With host comed... Read More about The Provocateurs! Fringe Preview.

Promoting Neurodiversity-Affirming Care for Autistic Children: A Scoping Review (2025)
Journal Article
Wagland, Z., Sterman, J., Scott-Cole, L., Spassiani, N., & Njelesani, J. (2025). Promoting Neurodiversity-Affirming Care for Autistic Children: A Scoping Review. Neurodiversity, 3, https://doi.org/10.1177/27546330251357479

Historically, educational and clinical practice with autistic children centred on developing their ability to ‘fit in’ and achieve neurotypical milestones. The neurodiversity movement aims to shift the focus from normalising behaviours to acceptance... Read More about Promoting Neurodiversity-Affirming Care for Autistic Children: A Scoping Review.

Using our nursing superpower: Improving cancer care for older people and their care partners by addressing what matters most: Age-Friendly Cancer Nursing Collective (AFCNC) (2025)
Journal Article
Campbell, K., Dunham, M., He, E. S., Kagan, S. H., Kinnane, N. A., Krishnasamy, M., Lynch, M. P., Staats, K., & Torstveit, A.-H. (online). Using our nursing superpower: Improving cancer care for older people and their care partners by addressing what matters most: Age-Friendly Cancer Nursing Collective (AFCNC). Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100752

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Illuminating Humanity: Narrative Medicine Practices for Crisis Negotiators (2025)
Journal Article
Thompson, J., & Launer, J. (online). Illuminating Humanity: Narrative Medicine Practices for Crisis Negotiators. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-025-09756-4

This exploratory paper examines how the practical application of narrative medicine (NM) has the capability to support police hostage/crisis negotiators. Narrative medicine ensures that the humanity and dignity of both medical professional and patien... Read More about Illuminating Humanity: Narrative Medicine Practices for Crisis Negotiators.

Nutritional risk, frailty and functional status in elderly heart failure patients (2025)
Journal Article
Lisiak, M., Jędrzejczyk, M., Wleklik, M., Lomper, K., Czapla, M., & Uchmanowicz, I. (online). Nutritional risk, frailty and functional status in elderly heart failure patients. ESC Heart Failure, https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.15351

Aims: Heart failure (HF) in elderly patients is frequently associated with frailty, malnutrition and reduced functional status. This study assessed the associations between nutritional risk, functional capacity, frailty and length of hospital stay (L... Read More about Nutritional risk, frailty and functional status in elderly heart failure patients.

Accelerating the development of a psychological intervention to restore treatment decision-making capacity in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder: An umbrella trial (2025)
Journal Article
Hutton, P., Taylor, C. D., Kelly, J., Emsley, R., Vikram, A., Alexander, C. H., McCann, A., Saddington, D., Eliasson, E., Burke, J., Harper, S., Karatzias, T., Taylor, P. J., Watson, A., Dougall, N., Stavert, J., O'Rourke, S., Glasgow, A., Murphy, R., Palmer, K., …Woodrow, A. (2025). Accelerating the development of a psychological intervention to restore treatment decision-making capacity in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder: An umbrella trial. Schizophrenia Research, 282, 184-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2025.06.018

Introduction
Many individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder (‘psychosis’) lack capacity to make decisions about psychiatric treatment (‘incapacity’), however we lack robust evidence from clinical trials on interventions to improve it. To acce... Read More about Accelerating the development of a psychological intervention to restore treatment decision-making capacity in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder: An umbrella trial.

Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Prototype Hospital Digital Antibiotic Review Tracking Toolkit: A Qualitative Study Using the RE-AIM Framework (2025)
Journal Article
Wojcik, G., Ring, N., Smith, J., Willis, D., Williams, B., & Kydonaki, C. (2025). Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Prototype Hospital Digital Antibiotic Review Tracking Toolkit: A Qualitative Study Using the RE-AIM Framework. Antibiotics, 14(7), Article 660. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14070660

Background: Internationally, digital health interventions have increasingly been adopted within hospital settings. Optimising their clinical implementation requires user involvement, but there is a lack of evidence regarding how this should be done.... Read More about Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Prototype Hospital Digital Antibiotic Review Tracking Toolkit: A Qualitative Study Using the RE-AIM Framework.

Human rights and psychiatric practice in relation to involuntary treatment of young people in Europe (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stavert, J., Malmendier-Muehlschegel, A., & Schulze, U. (2025, June). Human rights and psychiatric practice in relation to involuntary treatment of young people in Europe. Presented at ESCAP 2025: 21st International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Strasbourg

Aims: International human rights treaties emphasize autonomy and reducing or eliminating psychiatric coercion making which can conflict with involuntary psychiatric treatment. The aim of our workshop is to facilitate a discussion between mental healt... Read More about Human rights and psychiatric practice in relation to involuntary treatment of young people in Europe.

Usability Challenges in Electronic Health Records: Impact on Documentation Burden and Clinical Workflow: A Scoping Review (2025)
Journal Article
Olakotan, O., Samuriwo, R., Ismaila, H., & Atiku, S. (2025). Usability Challenges in Electronic Health Records: Impact on Documentation Burden and Clinical Workflow: A Scoping Review. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 31(4), 16. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.70189

Background
The adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) has become integral to today's healthcare by supporting preventive care; however, it often imposes significant documentation burdens that disrupt workflows. These challenges may stem from u... Read More about Usability Challenges in Electronic Health Records: Impact on Documentation Burden and Clinical Workflow: A Scoping Review.

An international consensus statement on the methodological standards for physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines development (2025)
Journal Article
Milton, K., Pearsons, A., Hanson, C., Chou, R., & Stamatakis, E. (in press). An international consensus statement on the methodological standards for physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines development. Journal of Physical Activity and Health,

Background: The World Health Organization and many national health bodies have released physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines; however, there are inconsistencies across jurisdictions, which may partly be due to variation in guideline d... Read More about An international consensus statement on the methodological standards for physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines development.

heARtbeat: Augmented reality for teaching electrocardiogram electrode placement (2025)
Journal Article
Breen, C., & Hurst, W. (2025). heARtbeat: Augmented reality for teaching electrocardiogram electrode placement. Computers & Education: X Reality, 7, Article 100107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cexr.2025.100107

The 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) is currently one of the most widely used, operator-dependent clinical skills in healthcare. To enable correct interpretation of ECG recordings, electrodes must be placed in specific anatomic locations on the chest,... Read More about heARtbeat: Augmented reality for teaching electrocardiogram electrode placement.

Emotional touchpoints and emotions of childbirth: A systematic mixed studies review and Epistemic Network Analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Greig, Y., Martinez, S. A., King, M., & Martin, C. H. (online). Emotional touchpoints and emotions of childbirth: A systematic mixed studies review and Epistemic Network Analysis. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, https://doi.org/10.1111/psrh.70022

Background: Emotional touchpoints are moments during perinatal care that evoke an emotional response in a woman. There is a lack of knowledge regarding the centrality of how touchpoints and emotions are framed in the real‐life experiences of childbea... Read More about Emotional touchpoints and emotions of childbirth: A systematic mixed studies review and Epistemic Network Analysis.

The concept of digital adaptability of nurses and midwives: A factor analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Bleijenbergh, R., Mestdagh, E., Van Rompaey, B., Timmermans, O., & Kuipers, Y. (2025). The concept of digital adaptability of nurses and midwives: A factor analysis. Nurse Education in Practice, 86, Article 104430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104430

Aim/objective
To investigate the underlying constructs of the 29 digital adaptability competencies to identify the phenomenon's key or conceptual properties.

Background
A shift towards a strong and increasing presence of eHealth in future practi... Read More about The concept of digital adaptability of nurses and midwives: A factor analysis.

Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation for Ischaemic Non‐Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Implementation Considerations From a Survey of UK Health Professionals (2025)
Journal Article
Nichols, S., Dawkes, S., Cowie, A., Brown, S., Berry, C., & Humphreys, H. (online). Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation for Ischaemic Non‐Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Implementation Considerations From a Survey of UK Health Professionals. Journal of Advanced Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.70023

Aims: Investigate if UK healthcare professionals have the resources and knowledge to provide cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation to people with ischaemic non‐obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA), and explore what type of care healthca... Read More about Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation for Ischaemic Non‐Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Implementation Considerations From a Survey of UK Health Professionals.

Affective symptoms, cognitive function and self-care behaviours in adults with heart failure according to ejection fraction phenotype (2025)
Journal Article
Jędrzejczyk, M., Lee, C. S., Denfeld, Q. E., Szczepanowski, R., Żółkowska, B., Czapla, M., Vellone, E., Wleklik, M., Lisiak, M., & Uchmanowicz, I. (online). Affective symptoms, cognitive function and self-care behaviours in adults with heart failure according to ejection fraction phenotype. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvaf112

Aims
The aim of this study was to compare affective symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and self-care behaviours among different heart failure (HF) phenotypes and to explore their interrelationships, particularly examining how cognitive and affective f... Read More about Affective symptoms, cognitive function and self-care behaviours in adults with heart failure according to ejection fraction phenotype.

Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with intellectual disabilities (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Leary, L., Dicksit, D., Ring, N., Roberts, N., Dunham, M., Devitt, J., Taylor, J., Mcglade, I., & Theurer, M. (2025, September). Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with intellectual disabilities. Presented at European Respiratory Society Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nurses and smoking: barriers and support for quitting (2025)
Journal Article
Donovan, H., Nuttall, M., Roberts, N. J., Haws, J., & Ross, L. (2025). Nurses and smoking: barriers and support for quitting. Practice Nursing, 36(6), 189-194. https://doi.org/10.12968/pnur.2025.0012

This article describes a short project aiming to understand the prevalence of smoking among nurses, explore the barriers to smoking cessation for nurses who smoke and provide smoking cessation support. The ultimate goal was to enable nurses to help t... Read More about Nurses and smoking: barriers and support for quitting.

Challenges Psoriasis and Its Impact on Quality of Life: Challenges in Treatment and Management (2025)
Journal Article
Ponikowska, M., Vellone, E., Czapla, M., & Uchmanowicz, I. (2025). Challenges Psoriasis and Its Impact on Quality of Life: Challenges in Treatment and Management. Psoriasis: Targets and Therapy, 15, 175-183. https://doi.org/10.2147/ptt.s519420

Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory disease affecting approximately 3% of the global population, presents complex challenges that extend beyond its physical manifestations. This comprehensive review examines the multidimensional impact of psoriasis on... Read More about Challenges Psoriasis and Its Impact on Quality of Life: Challenges in Treatment and Management.