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A scoping review exploring adoption of digital stress management resources for long-term health conditions – just useful for respiratory conditions? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roberts, N., Gebreheat, G., MacLean, F., Connolly, F., Breen, C., & Porter-Armstrong, A. A scoping review exploring adoption of digital stress management resources for long-term health conditions – just useful for respiratory conditions?. Presented at British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2023, QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE, 22 to 24 November 2023, Programme and Abstracts, London, UK

Proceedings of the International Ambulatory Drug Safety Symposium: Munich, Germany, June 2023 (2023)
Journal Article
Alexander, G. C., Budnitz, D., Hughes, C., Maas, R., Mair, A., McDonald, E. G., Meid, A. D., Payne, R., Seidling, H. M., Shakir, S., Suissa, S., Tannenbaum, C., Schneeweiss, S., & Dreischulte, T. (2024). Proceedings of the International Ambulatory Drug Safety Symposium: Munich, Germany, June 2023. Drug Safety, 47(1), 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-023-01362-9

Meeting report.

The International Grief Questionnaire (IGQ): A new measure of ICD‐11 prolonged grief disorder (2023)
Journal Article
Hyland, P., Redican, E., Karatzias, T., & Shevlin, M. (2024). The International Grief Questionnaire (IGQ): A new measure of ICD‐11 prolonged grief disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 37(1), 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22986

Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is included in the 11th version of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD‐11). This study sought to test the validity and reliability of a new brief measure to screen f... Read More about The International Grief Questionnaire (IGQ): A new measure of ICD‐11 prolonged grief disorder.

Predictors of quality of childcare centers in low-income settings: findings from a cross-sectional study in two Nairobi slums (2023)
Journal Article
Nampijja, M., Langat, N., Oloo, L., Okelo, K., Muendo, R., Kiyeng, M., Amboka, P., Abboah-Offei, M., Ray, A., Kitsao-Wekulo, P., Kimani-Murage, E. W., & Elsey, H. (2023). Predictors of quality of childcare centers in low-income settings: findings from a cross-sectional study in two Nairobi slums. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, Article 1163491. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1163491

Background: Rapid urbanization and increased women’s involvement in paid work have contributed to the upsurge of informal childcare centers, especially in low-income settings where quality is a major issue. However, there are limited data on the fact... Read More about Predictors of quality of childcare centers in low-income settings: findings from a cross-sectional study in two Nairobi slums.

Prevalence of Post COVID-19 Condition among Healthcare Workers: Self-Reported Online Survey in Four African Countries, December 2021–January 2022 (2023)
Journal Article
Elnadi, H., Al-Mustapha, A. I., Odetokun, I. A., Anjorin, A. A., Mosbah, R., Fasina, F. O., Razouqi, Y., Awiagah, K. S., Nyandwi, J. B., Mhgoob, Z. E., Gachara, G., Yusuf Mohamud, M. F., Damaris, B. F., Maisara, A. M. O., & Radwan, M. (2023). Prevalence of Post COVID-19 Condition among Healthcare Workers: Self-Reported Online Survey in Four African Countries, December 2021–January 2022. COVID, 3(11), 1663-1676. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3110114

The impact of Post COVID-19 Condition (PCC) is ongoing despite the declaration that the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic has ended. In this study, we explore the prevalence of PCC among healthcare workers (HCWs) in four African Countries and its influence on t... Read More about Prevalence of Post COVID-19 Condition among Healthcare Workers: Self-Reported Online Survey in Four African Countries, December 2021–January 2022.

Individuals who lived alone or with an unpaid carer approaching the end of life at 2001 and 2011 census in Scotland (2023)
Report
Savinc, J., & Atherton, I. (2023). Individuals who lived alone or with an unpaid carer approaching the end of life at 2001 and 2011 census in Scotland. Scottish Government

The census provides invaluable information on Scotland’s population and linking it to other data enables analysis of specific groups to inform policy. The following briefing provides key findings relating to the availability of carers at home for tho... Read More about Individuals who lived alone or with an unpaid carer approaching the end of life at 2001 and 2011 census in Scotland.

Completeness of intervention reporting in randomised trials of technology-enabled remote or hybrid exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: A systematic review using the TIDieR framework (2023)
Journal Article
McGrath, A., McHale, S., Hanson, C. L., McClelland, C., & Hamilton, D. F. (online). Completeness of intervention reporting in randomised trials of technology-enabled remote or hybrid exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: A systematic review using the TIDieR framework. Disability and Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2274887

Background Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation improves clinical outcomes and quality of life. Technology-enabled delivery of remote cardiac rehabilitation is as effective in improving health outcomes as in-person delivery and has the potential... Read More about Completeness of intervention reporting in randomised trials of technology-enabled remote or hybrid exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: A systematic review using the TIDieR framework.

How to … navigate entry into the field of clinical education research and scholarship (2023)
Journal Article
Harvey Bluemel, A., Gillespie, H., Asif, A., & Samuriwo, R. (2024). How to … navigate entry into the field of clinical education research and scholarship. Clinical Teacher, 21(3), Article e13686. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13686

Abstract Clinical education research (ClinEdR) is a growing field that aims to ensure the way healthcare professionals are taught and learn is evidence-based. There is growing interest in how this evidence is generated in a robust, timely and cost-ef... Read More about How to … navigate entry into the field of clinical education research and scholarship.

How to… support others in developing a career in clinical education research (2023)
Journal Article
Brown, M. E. L., Samuriwo, R., Asif, A., Da Silva, A., Vance, G., & Conn, R. (2024). How to… support others in developing a career in clinical education research. Clinical Teacher, 21(1), Article e13666. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13666

The Incubator for Clinical Education Research (ClinEdR) is a UK-wide network, established with support from the National Institute for Health Research, to lead initiatives to build capacity in the field. A key barrier identified by this group is that... Read More about How to… support others in developing a career in clinical education research.

A Thematic Analysis of Narratives About Birth Satisfaction and Health Awareness From Postnatal Women Who Have High and Low Trauma Scores on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (2023)
Journal Article
Emmens, B., Hollins Martin, C. J., Patterson, J., & Martin, C. R. (2023). A Thematic Analysis of Narratives About Birth Satisfaction and Health Awareness From Postnatal Women Who Have High and Low Trauma Scores on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist. International Journal of Childbirth, 13(4), 285-300. https://doi.org/10.1891/ijc-2022-0036

BACKGROUND: Around one-third of women experience childbirth trauma, with 3%–15% developing postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder (PP-PTSD). AIM: Explore birth satisfaction and health perception across two groups of postnatal women with either h... Read More about A Thematic Analysis of Narratives About Birth Satisfaction and Health Awareness From Postnatal Women Who Have High and Low Trauma Scores on the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist.

Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Research: Update of Health and Social Care research covering the period February 2022 to 31 December 2022 (2023)
Report
McKay, C., Stavert, J., McKay, E., King, M., & Zarins, A. Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Research: Update of Health and Social Care research covering the period February 2022 to 31 December 2022. Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry

Report commissioned by Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry to update previous research into strategic response of Scottish Government to COVID pandemic in relation to health and social care, particularly care and nursing homes, the provision of health a... Read More about Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Research: Update of Health and Social Care research covering the period February 2022 to 31 December 2022.

Optimizing polypharmacy management in the elderly: a comprehensive European benchmarking survey and the development of an innovative online benchmarking application (2023)
Journal Article
Kardas, P., Mair, A., Stewart, D., & Lewek, P. (2023). Optimizing polypharmacy management in the elderly: a comprehensive European benchmarking survey and the development of an innovative online benchmarking application. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 14, Article 1254912. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1254912

Background: Polypharmacy, defined as the simultaneous use of multiple medications by a patient, is a worldwide problem of rising prevalence. Paving the way for drug interactions, adverse drug reactions and non-adherence, it leads to negative health o... Read More about Optimizing polypharmacy management in the elderly: a comprehensive European benchmarking survey and the development of an innovative online benchmarking application.

Evolving allied health professional (AHP) education to promote the right to dementia rehabilitation (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maclean, F., & Hunter, E. (2023, October). Evolving allied health professional (AHP) education to promote the right to dementia rehabilitation. Poster presented at 33rd Alzheimer Europe Conference, Helsinki, Finland

The policy framework for allied health professionals (AHP) working in Scotland recognises that education is key to the transformational changes required to enhance brain health, including rehabilitation outcomes with people living with dementia. Thi... Read More about Evolving allied health professional (AHP) education to promote the right to dementia rehabilitation.

The Voices of People Living with Dementia: A book reading by Margaret (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCallion, M., Rankin-Smith, W., Hunter, E., Maclean, F., Warren, A., & Westcott, L. (2023, October). The Voices of People Living with Dementia: A book reading by Margaret. Paper presented at 33rd Alzheimer Europe Conference, Helsinki, Finland

The Scottish Dementia Working Group (SDWG) is a national member-led campaigning and awareness-raising group, for people living with a diagnosis of dementia in Scotland. To be a member of the group you must have a diagnosis of dementia and hold a comm... Read More about The Voices of People Living with Dementia: A book reading by Margaret.

The Association between the Police, Ambulance, Clinician Early Response (PACER) Model and Involuntary Detentions of People Living with Mental Illness: A Protocol for a Retrospective Observational Study (2023)
Journal Article
Heffernan, J., Pennay, A., Hughes, E., & Gray, R. (2023). The Association between the Police, Ambulance, Clinician Early Response (PACER) Model and Involuntary Detentions of People Living with Mental Illness: A Protocol for a Retrospective Observational Study. Nursing Reports, 13(4), 1452-1467. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13040122

Emergency services are frequently called to attend mental health incidents and are looking for innovative ways to improve their responses and reduce the burden on services. Involuntary detention of people living with mental illness is considered more... Read More about The Association between the Police, Ambulance, Clinician Early Response (PACER) Model and Involuntary Detentions of People Living with Mental Illness: A Protocol for a Retrospective Observational Study.

Supporting the wellbeing of care home staff: lessons from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Johnston, L., Rambabu, L., Malcolm, C., Hockley, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2023). Supporting the wellbeing of care home staff: lessons from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Long-Term Care, 195–208. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.205

The wellbeing of care home staff and the need to support them at work was highlighted with devastating clarity by the COVID pandemic. This small study explores what online and at work wellbeing resources were available to frontline care home workers... Read More about Supporting the wellbeing of care home staff: lessons from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Initial Validation of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) in a sample of Chilean Adults European Journal of Psychotraumatology (2023)
Journal Article
Fresno, A., Ramos Alvarado, N., Núñez, D., Ulloa, J. L., Arriagada, J., Cloitre, M., Bisson, J. I., Roberts, N. P., Shevlin, M., & Karatzias, T. (2023). Initial Validation of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) in a sample of Chilean Adults European Journal of Psychotraumatology. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(2), Article 2263313. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2263313

Background: ICD-11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD) are stress-related disorders. The International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) is a widely used instrument to assess PTSD and CPTSD. To date, there is no evidence of the psy... Read More about Initial Validation of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) in a sample of Chilean Adults European Journal of Psychotraumatology.

Optimizing pharmacotherapy and deprescribing strategies in older adults living with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: EuGMS SIG on pharmacology position paper (2023)
Journal Article
van Poelgeest, E., Seppala, L., Bahat, G., Ilhan, B., Mair, A., van Marum, R., Onder, G., Ryg, J., Fernandes, M. A., Cherubini, A., Denkinger, M., Eidam, A., Egberts, A., Gudmundsson, A., Koçak, F. Ö. K., Soulis, G., Tournoy, J., Masud, T., Wehling, M., & van der Velde, N. (2023). Optimizing pharmacotherapy and deprescribing strategies in older adults living with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: EuGMS SIG on pharmacology position paper. European Geriatric Medicine, 14(6), 1195-1209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-023-00872-0

Key summary points: Aim: To summarize the literature on medication review and deprescribing in older adults, and formulate recommendations to improve prescribing medications in older, multimorbid adults with polypharmacy. Findings: Current evidence d... Read More about Optimizing pharmacotherapy and deprescribing strategies in older adults living with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: EuGMS SIG on pharmacology position paper.

Translation and validation of the Japanese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale‐Revised (2023)
Journal Article
Tezuka, A., Hiroyama, N., Suzuki, M., Matsuoka, M., Martin, C. J. H., & Martin, C. R. (2024). Translation and validation of the Japanese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale‐Revised. Japan Journal of Nursing Science, 21(1), Article e12569. https://doi.org/10.1111/jjns.12569

Aim: This study aimed to develop a Japanese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised and evaluate its reliability and validity. Methods: After translating the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised into Japanese, we conducted an Internet-based cr... Read More about Translation and validation of the Japanese version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale‐Revised.