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The “what, why, and how?” of story completion in health services research: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Pong, C. Y., Roberts, N. J., & Lum, E. (2024). The “what, why, and how?” of story completion in health services research: a scoping review. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24, Article 159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-024-02274-7

Background: The story completion method provides a different way of doing qualitative research. We note the emergent popularity of this method in health-related research, while much remains to be negotiated in terms of best practices for such studies... Read More about The “what, why, and how?” of story completion in health services research: a scoping review.

Severe dissociative experiences beyond detachment in a large clinical sample of inpatients with PTSD: Diagnostic and treatment implications (2024)
Journal Article
Kratzer, L., Tschöke, S., Schröder, J., Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Eckenberger, C., Heinz, P., & Karatzias, T. (online). Severe dissociative experiences beyond detachment in a large clinical sample of inpatients with PTSD: Diagnostic and treatment implications. Psychopathology, https://doi.org/10.1159/000539740

Introduction: The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) contains a dissociative subtype of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) characterized by depersonalization a... Read More about Severe dissociative experiences beyond detachment in a large clinical sample of inpatients with PTSD: Diagnostic and treatment implications.

Physical Activity Interventions Framed by the Health Action Process Approach for Adults with Long-Term Conditions: A Scoping Review (2024)
Journal Article
Silva-Smith, A. L., Hanson, C. L., Neubeck, L., Rowat, A., & McHale, S. (online). Physical Activity Interventions Framed by the Health Action Process Approach for Adults with Long-Term Conditions: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-024-10305-2

Background
Interventions that use the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model show promise for increasing PA frequency, duration, and intensity. However, there is limited understanding of how HAPA model variables have been operationalized for PA... Read More about Physical Activity Interventions Framed by the Health Action Process Approach for Adults with Long-Term Conditions: A Scoping Review.

Machine Learning and Clinical Predictors of Mortality in Cardiac Arrest Patients: A Comprehensive Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Lewandowski, Ł., Czapla, M., Uchmanowicz, I., Kubielas, G., Zieliński, S., Krzystek-Korpacka, M., Ross, C., Juárez-Vela, R., & Zielińska, M. (2024). Machine Learning and Clinical Predictors of Mortality in Cardiac Arrest Patients: A Comprehensive Analysis. Medical Science Monitor, 30, Article e944408. https://doi.org/10.12659/msm.944408

BACKGROUND: Cardiac arrest (CA) is a global public health challenge. This study explored the predictors of mortality and their interactions utilizing machine learning algorithms and their related mortality odds among patients following CA.

MATERI... Read More about Machine Learning and Clinical Predictors of Mortality in Cardiac Arrest Patients: A Comprehensive Analysis.

Testing for Hepatitis B and C virus and HIV in mental healthcare settings in England between 2015–2021 (2024)
Journal Article
Hibbert, M., Simmons, R., Dearman, P., Lester, J., Powell, A., Chau, C., Humphreys, C., Hughes, L., Heslin, M., Desai, M., & Sabin, C. (in press). Testing for Hepatitis B and C virus and HIV in mental healthcare settings in England between 2015–2021. PLOS Mental Health, 1(2), Article e0000011. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000011

People living with severe mental illness have an increased prevalence of bloodborne viruses (BBVs) such as hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C viruses (HCV), and HIV. To help improve the physical health of people living with severe mental illness, we a... Read More about Testing for Hepatitis B and C virus and HIV in mental healthcare settings in England between 2015–2021.

Attitudes and Practices of Women Towards Cervical Cancer Screening in Lesotho: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey (2024)
Journal Article
Mphunyane, E. M., & Nyangu, I. (2024). Attitudes and Practices of Women Towards Cervical Cancer Screening in Lesotho: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey. American Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences, 5(3), 51-57. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajnhs.20240503.11

In 2020, Lesotho reported 541 new cases of cervical cancer and 362 women died. This study aimed to assess the attitudes and practices of women towards cervical cancer screening. A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional design was used to collect da... Read More about Attitudes and Practices of Women Towards Cervical Cancer Screening in Lesotho: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey.

Learning what really matters to older adults living with and beyond cancer through co-design (2024)
Thesis
Brown, L. R. Learning what really matters to older adults living with and beyond cancer through co-design. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

In the UK 66% of all cancers are diagnosed in those aged 65 and over. Increased physical activity, healthy diet and reduced sedentary time can alleviate the impact of cancer and associated treatments. Behaviour change interventions are becoming incre... Read More about Learning what really matters to older adults living with and beyond cancer through co-design.

Multimorbidity: A key influencer of complexity and care integration within primary care (2024)
Thesis
Hughes, L. D. Multimorbidity: A key influencer of complexity and care integration within primary care. (Thesis by Publication). Edinburgh Napier University

This paper represents a connective narrative towards the award of a PhD by Published Works by Edinburgh Napier University. The papers represent a body of literature that investigate responses to demands on primary care in Scotland in the context of a... Read More about Multimorbidity: A key influencer of complexity and care integration within primary care.

Defining compassionate care from the perspective of people who experience problem substance use (2024)
Thesis
Walsh, N. Defining compassionate care from the perspective of people who experience problem substance use. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

This thesis outlines a three-stage approach to understanding how people who experience problem substance use define compassionate care. Compassion is a fundamental value of the provision of quality health in universal statutory services of care in th... Read More about Defining compassionate care from the perspective of people who experience problem substance use.

Implicit self-esteem: conceptualisation, measurement & contribution to understanding how childhood trauma causes paranoia (2024)
Thesis
Davis, G. Implicit self-esteem: conceptualisation, measurement & contribution to understanding how childhood trauma causes paranoia. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Childhood trauma is a known risk factor for the later development of paranoia and persecutory delusions, however the mechanism of action is unclear. An influential model of persecutory delusions (‘delusions-as-defence’) predicted that paranoia may al... Read More about Implicit self-esteem: conceptualisation, measurement & contribution to understanding how childhood trauma causes paranoia.

Towards the validation of the international trauma interview for post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder, and the role of core beliefs in the development and maintenance of CPTSD (2024)
Thesis
Wagland, Z. Towards the validation of the international trauma interview for post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder, and the role of core beliefs in the development and maintenance of CPTSD. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Background
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) was added to the International Classification of Diseases 11th edition (ICD-11) as a sibling diagnosis to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (WHO, 2018). To date the only validated measure... Read More about Towards the validation of the international trauma interview for post-traumatic stress disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder, and the role of core beliefs in the development and maintenance of CPTSD.

Open tibial shaft fractures requiring flap coverage: the impact of orthoplastic reconstruction on outcomes (2024)
Thesis
Al-Hourani, K. Open tibial shaft fractures requiring flap coverage: the impact of orthoplastic reconstruction on outcomes. (Thesis by Publication). Edinburgh Napier University

Introduction
Open tibial shaft fractures requiring soft tissue coverage (Gustilo-Anderson type IIIB) have been associated with unacceptably high deep infection rates. There remains considerable variation in orthoplastic management. The aim of this t... Read More about Open tibial shaft fractures requiring flap coverage: the impact of orthoplastic reconstruction on outcomes.

Ambient air pollution near petrochemical industries and chronic kidney disease risk: Integrating citizen science within an exploratory mixed methods study (2024)
Thesis
Okoye, O. C. A. Ambient air pollution near petrochemical industries and chronic kidney disease risk: Integrating citizen science within an exploratory mixed methods study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

INTRODUCTION: The disproportionately high prevalence and severity of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the young population of low- or middle-income countries despite preventive interventions, is a matter of global concern. Air pollution is the leading... Read More about Ambient air pollution near petrochemical industries and chronic kidney disease risk: Integrating citizen science within an exploratory mixed methods study.

Mechanisms of end-of-life communication contributing to optimal care at the end of life: a review of reviews (2024)
Journal Article
Khonsari, S., Johnston, B., Patterson, H., & Mayland, C. (online). Mechanisms of end-of-life communication contributing to optimal care at the end of life: a review of reviews. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2024-004904

Background End-of-life communication is an essential component of high-quality care, but its potential mechanisms for improving care are not well understood.

Objectives To summarise the potential mechanisms by which end-of-life communication may c... Read More about Mechanisms of end-of-life communication contributing to optimal care at the end of life: a review of reviews.

Health professionals implicit bias of patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) and its effects on clinical decision-making: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Job, C., Adenipekun, B., Cleves, A., Gill, P., & Samuriwo, R. (2024). Health professionals implicit bias of patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) and its effects on clinical decision-making: a scoping review. BMJ Open, 14(7), Article e081723. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081723

Objectives: Research indicates that people with lower socioeconomic status (SES) receive inferior healthcare and experience poorer health outcomes compared with those with higher SES, in part due to health professional (HP) bias. We conducted a scopi... Read More about Health professionals implicit bias of patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) and its effects on clinical decision-making: a scoping review.

Managing COVID-19 from the Nurses' Perspectives at Primary Healthcare Facilities in Maseru Lesotho (2024)
Journal Article
Phiri, L. J., Nyangu, I., & Shelile, M. (2024). Managing COVID-19 from the Nurses' Perspectives at Primary Healthcare Facilities in Maseru Lesotho. World Journal of Public Health, 9(2), 225-233. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.wjph.20240902.22

Background: Nurses are at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. The modest number of perspectives among healthcare practitioners remained an issue, particularly in developing nations such as Lesotho. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the... Read More about Managing COVID-19 from the Nurses' Perspectives at Primary Healthcare Facilities in Maseru Lesotho.

Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2024, June). Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop. Presented at Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

Trainees, patients and healthcare providers all benefit from better training through practice, feedback and objective assessment. We would like to invite you to join a group of patients, trainees and consultants across surgery, anaesthesia and nursin... Read More about Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop.

Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland (2024)
Journal Article
Hillen, P., Speakman, E. M., Jamieson, M., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Aston, E. V., & McAuley, A. (online). Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland. Policing and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2024.2367142

In the context of escalating drug-related deaths, during 2021 Police Scotland implemented a pilot project incorporating naloxone training to test the carriage and administration of naloxone by officers. The current paper presents data from the evalua... Read More about Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland.