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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.

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.

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.

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.

Exploring barriers to accessing person-centred care for men who have sex with men and living with HIV. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abboah-Offei, M. (2025, May). Exploring barriers to accessing person-centred care for men who have sex with men and living with HIV. Poster presented at 19th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Helsinki, Finland

Background: Achieving the United Nations global HIV targets requires a more person-centred approach, socially inclusive and stigma-free care services that positively impact the overall quality of life for men who have sex with men (MSM) and living wi... Read More about Exploring barriers to accessing person-centred care for men who have sex with men and living with HIV..

A two‐phase approach to identifying HFpEF in heart failure patients: Risk score evaluation and decision tree development (2025)
Journal Article
Uchmanowicz, I., Lisiak, M., Ponikowski, P., Jankowska, E. A., Mysiak, A., & Wleklik, M. (online). A two‐phase approach to identifying HFpEF in heart failure patients: Risk score evaluation and decision tree development. ESC Heart Failure, https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.15333

Aims: Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) poses significant diagnostic challenges due to its complex aetiology and overlapping symptoms with other HF types. The heterogeneity of HFpEF, compounded by frequent comorbidities, com... Read More about A two‐phase approach to identifying HFpEF in heart failure patients: Risk score evaluation and decision tree development.

Effects of hearing intervention on falls in older adults: Findings from a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
Goman, A. M., Tan, N., Pike, J., Bessen, S. Y., Chen, Z. (., Huang, A. R., Arnold, M. L., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T. H., Couper, D., Deal, J. A., Glynn, N. W., Gmelin, T., Gravens-Mueller, L., Hayden, K. M., Martinez-Amezcua, P., Mitchell, C. M., Pankow, J. S., Reed, N. S., Sanchez, V. A., …Lin, F. R. (2025). Effects of hearing intervention on falls in older adults: Findings from a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial. The Lancet Public Health, 10(6), e492-e502. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667%2825%2900088-X

Background
Hearing loss is highly prevalent among older adults and has been associated with an increased likelihood of falling. We aimed to examine the effect of a hearing intervention on falls over three years among older adults in a secondary anal... Read More about Effects of hearing intervention on falls in older adults: Findings from a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial.

COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3: The Provision of Health and Social Care: Social Care for Children (2025)
Report
McKay, C., Stavert, J., Breen, C., McKay, E., Spassiani, N., Rose, S., Petropoulou, E., Davey, J., Sterman, J., Thompson, K., Higgins, A., Woodrow, A., & King, M. COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3: The Provision of Health and Social Care: Social Care for Children. Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry

This report reviews available evidence regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social care for children in Scotland, focusing on the strategic response of the Scottish Government. It was commissioned by the Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry,... Read More about COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3: The Provision of Health and Social Care: Social Care for Children.

ExtraCECI: a community-based person-centred-enhanced care intervention to improve the quality of life and person-centred outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana—protocol for cluster randomised controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
Abboah-Offei, M., Elsey, H., Nkhoma, K. B., Abboah-Offei, S., Keding, A., Fenty, J., Yakimova, A., Hewitt, C., Dzansi, G., Senoo-Dogbey, V. E., Ayisi Addo, S., Akazili, J., Ayim, A., & Harding, R. (2025). ExtraCECI: a community-based person-centred-enhanced care intervention to improve the quality of life and person-centred outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana—protocol for cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 15(5), Article e102692. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102692

Introduction - People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) have complex physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs following diagnosis and poorer health-related quality of life than the general population. Holistic assessment and care delivery incor... Read More about ExtraCECI: a community-based person-centred-enhanced care intervention to improve the quality of life and person-centred outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana—protocol for cluster randomised controlled trial.

The fallacy of pre-submission commentary in university assessment: Let’s move to encouraging independence among our students (2025)
Digital Artefact
Atherton, I., Mahoney, C., Graham, C., & Samuriwo, R. (2025). The fallacy of pre-submission commentary in university assessment: Let’s move to encouraging independence among our students. [Blog post]

Do you find yourself commenting on students’ work and providing feedback individually? Do you see a role for feeding back on individual work, whether formative or summative? If so, do the ideas in this blog challenge your approach? We’d love to hear... Read More about The fallacy of pre-submission commentary in university assessment: Let’s move to encouraging independence among our students.

Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with learning 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, May). Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with learning disabilities. Presented at ENclusion Conference: Connecting EDI Research and Action at and by ENU, Edinburgh Napier University

Introduction

Individuals with ID (intellectual Disabilities) need self-management support from nurses (all fields) to avoid risk of hospital admissions due to respiratory illness. We aimed to co-design a CPD toolkit focused on providing nurses wit... Read More about Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with learning disabilities.

Factors influencing burnout, stress levels, and coping strategies among nursing staff in intensive care units (2025)
Journal Article
Wudarczyk, B., Krupa-Nurcek, S., Czapla, M., & Uchmanowicz, I. (2025). Factors influencing burnout, stress levels, and coping strategies among nursing staff in intensive care units. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, Article 1530353. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1530353

Introduction: Professional burnout among nurses, particularly in intensive care units, is a significant issue affecting both healthcare professionals and patient care quality. It contributes to increased medical errors and diminished care standards.... Read More about Factors influencing burnout, stress levels, and coping strategies among nursing staff in intensive care units.

Sex differences in the association between nutritional status and in‐hospital mortality in HFpEF patients (2025)
Journal Article
Czapla, M., Kwaśny, A., Uchmanowicz, I., Pietrzykowski, Ł., Lee, C. S., Kosowski, W., Surma, S., Grajeta, H., & Lewandowski, Ł. (online). Sex differences in the association between nutritional status and in‐hospital mortality in HFpEF patients. ESC Heart Failure, https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.15332

Aims: The study aimed to assess whether the effect of nutritional risk score (NRS‐2002) on the odds of in‐hospital mortality would be modulated by sex and body mass index (BMI) in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).... Read More about Sex differences in the association between nutritional status and in‐hospital mortality in HFpEF patients.

Skin Tears in People with Different Skin Tones (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Samuriwo, R. (2025, May). Skin Tears in People with Different Skin Tones. Presented at Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada (NSWOCC) 44th National Conference, Montréal, Canada

Research indicates that there are disparities and unnecessary variations in skin health and wound healing related care that people with different skin tones receive that are harmful and contribute to increased morbidity and mortality especially for t... Read More about Skin Tears in People with Different Skin Tones.

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression after Stroke (HEADS: UP): An Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Stroke Survivors (2025)
Journal Article
Lawrence, M., Davis, B., Clark, N. E., Booth, J., Donald, G., Dougall, N., Fenocchi, L., Grealy, M., Jamieson, M., Jani, B., Kontou, E., Macdonald, J., Mason, H., Maxwell, M., Parkinson, B., Pieri, M., Wang, X., & Mercer, S. W. (online). A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression after Stroke (HEADS: UP): An Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Stroke Survivors. Mindfulness, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02595-8

Objectives
The purpose of this study was to assess feasibility and acceptability of a stroke-specific mindfulness-based intervention called Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression after Stroke (HEADS: UP).

Method
This study was a mixed-methods pi... Read More about A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression after Stroke (HEADS: UP): An Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Stroke Survivors.