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Shared treatment decision-making and empowerment-related outcomes in psychosis: systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
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Stovell, D., Morrison, A. P., Panayiotou, M., & Hutton, P. (2016). Shared treatment decision-making and empowerment-related outcomes in psychosis: systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 209(1), 23-28. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.158931

BACKGROUND: In the UK almost 60% of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia who use mental health services say they are not involved in decisions about their treatment. Guidelines and policy documents recommend that shared decision-making should be... Read More about Shared treatment decision-making and empowerment-related outcomes in psychosis: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Patient and carer experience of hospital-based rehabilitation from intensive care to hospital discharge: mixed methods process evaluation of the RECOVER randomised clinical trial (2016)
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Ramsay, P., Huby, G., Merriweather, J., Salisbury, L., Rattray, J., Griffith, D., & Walsh, T. (2016). Patient and carer experience of hospital-based rehabilitation from intensive care to hospital discharge: mixed methods process evaluation of the RECOVER randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open, 6(8), Article e012041. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012041

Objectives To explore and compare patient/carer experiences of rehabilitation in the intervention and usual care arms of the RECOVER trial (ISRCTN09412438); a randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention of post-intensive care unit (ICU) acu... Read More about Patient and carer experience of hospital-based rehabilitation from intensive care to hospital discharge: mixed methods process evaluation of the RECOVER randomised clinical trial.

Biogeography as critical nursing pedagogy: Breathing life into nurse education (2016)
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Kyle, R. G., & Atherton, I. M. (2016). Biogeography as critical nursing pedagogy: Breathing life into nurse education. Nurse Education in Practice, 20, 76-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2016.07.006

Insights from the social sciences, including geography, sociology, and anthropology, have long been incorporated into pre-registration nursing programmes. However, scholars have suggested that their inclusion has been sporadic and lacks clear theoret... Read More about Biogeography as critical nursing pedagogy: Breathing life into nurse education.

Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5) (2016)
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Bousquet, J., Farrell, J., Crooks, G., Hellings, P., Bel, E. H., Bewick, M., Chavannes, N. H., Mair, A., & Mercier, J. (2016). Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5). Clinical and Translational Allergy, 6, Article 29 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13601-016-0116-9

Action Plan B3 of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) focuses on the integrated care of chronic diseases. Area 5 (Care Pathways) was initiated using chronic respiratory diseases as a model. The chronic respir... Read More about Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5).

Community midwifery initiatives in fragile and conflict-affected countries: a scoping review of approaches from recruitment to retention (2016)
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Miyake, S., Speakman, E. M., Currie, S., & Howard, N. (2017). Community midwifery initiatives in fragile and conflict-affected countries: a scoping review of approaches from recruitment to retention. Health Policy and Planning, 32(1), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czw093

Background: Birth assisted by skilled health workers is one of the most effective interventions for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. Fragile and conflict-affected states and situations (FCAS), with one-third of global maternal deaths, face s... Read More about Community midwifery initiatives in fragile and conflict-affected countries: a scoping review of approaches from recruitment to retention.

A systematic review on the factors associated with positive experiences in carers of someone with cancer (2016)
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Young, J., & Snowden, A. (2017). A systematic review on the factors associated with positive experiences in carers of someone with cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care, 26(3), Article e12544. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12544

The aim of this review was to identify the factors associated with positive experiences in non-professional carers of someone with a cancer diagnosis. A systematic search of the following electronic databases was undertaken: Cochrane Library, CINAHL,... Read More about A systematic review on the factors associated with positive experiences in carers of someone with cancer.

Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients: a cluster randomised trial (2016)
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Walsh, T. S., Kydonaki, K., Antonelli, J., Stephen, J., Lee, R. J., Everingham, K., …Weir, C. J. (2016). Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 4(10), 807-817. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600%2816%2930178-3

Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients: a cluster randomised trial.

Supported Telemonitoring and Glycemic Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes: The Telescot Diabetes Pragmatic Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (2016)
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Wild, S. H., Hanley, J., Lewis, S. C., McKnight, J. A., McCloughan, L. B., Padfield, P. L., Parker, R. A., Paterson, M., Pinnock, H., Sheikh, A., & McKinstry, B. (2016). Supported Telemonitoring and Glycemic Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes: The Telescot Diabetes Pragmatic Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS Medicine, 13(7), Article e1002098. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002098

Background Self-monitoring of blood glucose among people with type 2 diabetes not treated with insulin does not appear to be effective in improving glycemic control. We investigated whether health professional review of telemetrically transmitted... Read More about Supported Telemonitoring and Glycemic Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes: The Telescot Diabetes Pragmatic Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

Antenatal physical activity: a qualitative study exploring women’s experiences and the acceptability of antenatal walking groups (2016)
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Currie, S., Gray, C., Shepherd, A., & McInnes, R. J. (2016). Antenatal physical activity: a qualitative study exploring women’s experiences and the acceptability of antenatal walking groups. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16(1), Article 182. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-016-0973-1

Background: Regular physical activity (PA) can be beneficial to pregnant women, however, many women do not adhere to current PA guidelines during the antenatal period. Patient and public involvement is essential when designing antenatal PA interventi... Read More about Antenatal physical activity: a qualitative study exploring women’s experiences and the acceptability of antenatal walking groups.

Top 10 research priorities relating to stroke nursing: a rigorous approach to establish a national nurse-led research agenda (2016)
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Rowat, A., Pollock, A., St George, B., Cowey, E., Booth, J., & Lawrence, M. (2016). Top 10 research priorities relating to stroke nursing: a rigorous approach to establish a national nurse-led research agenda. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(11), 2831-2843. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13048

Aim To determine the top 10 research priorities specific to stroke nursing. Background It is important that stroke nurses build their research capability and capacity. This project built on a previous James Lind Alliance prioritization project, wh... Read More about Top 10 research priorities relating to stroke nursing: a rigorous approach to establish a national nurse-led research agenda.

Effectiveness of biomarker-based exclusion of ventilator-acquired pneumonia to reduce antibiotic use (VAPrapid-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Hellyer, T. P., Anderson, N. H., Parker, J., Dark, P., Van Den Broeck, T., Singh, S., McMullan, R., Agus, A. M., Emerson, L. M., Blackwood, B., Gossain, S., Walsh, T. S., Perkins, G. D., Conway Morris, A., McAuley, D. F., & Simpson, A. J. (2016). Effectiveness of biomarker-based exclusion of ventilator-acquired pneumonia to reduce antibiotic use (VAPrapid-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(1), Article 318. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1442-x

Background Ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP) is a common reason for antimicrobial therapy in the intensive care unit (ICU). Biomarker-based diagnostics could improve antimicrobial stewardship through rapid exclusion of VAP. Bronchoalveloar lavage... Read More about Effectiveness of biomarker-based exclusion of ventilator-acquired pneumonia to reduce antibiotic use (VAPrapid-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

An Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress in the Netherlands - Its Development from Start to Finish (2016)
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Kuipers, Y. F. (2016). An Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress in the Netherlands - Its Development from Start to Finish. Women's Health International, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.19104/whi.2016.115

Prevalence rates and the health problems related to maternal distress instigated the development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy. Intervention Mapping served as a framework for the intervention development.... Read More about An Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress in the Netherlands - Its Development from Start to Finish.

Using the ‘Think Aloud’ Technique to Explore Quality of Life Issues During Standard Quality-of-Life Questionnaires in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (2016)
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Zhang, L., Gallagher, R., Lowres, N., Orchard, J., Freedman, S. B., & Neubeck, L. (2016). Using the ‘Think Aloud’ Technique to Explore Quality of Life Issues During Standard Quality-of-Life Questionnaires in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 26(2), 150-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2016.05.121

Aims and Objectives: to investigate whether using the ‘think aloud’ technique during standard quality of life surveys provides useful additional information about patients’ experiences of living with atrial fibrillation (AF) and health related qualit... Read More about Using the ‘Think Aloud’ Technique to Explore Quality of Life Issues During Standard Quality-of-Life Questionnaires in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.

Reflections about experiences of compassionate care from award winning undergraduate nurses – What, so what … now what? (2016)
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Smith, S., James, A., Brogan, A., Adamson, E., & Gentleman, M. (2016). Reflections about experiences of compassionate care from award winning undergraduate nurses – What, so what … now what?. Journal of Compassionate Health Care, 3(6), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40639-016-0023-x

Background From 2007 until 2012 Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Nursing Midwifery and Social Care in conjunction with NHS Lothian, collaborated on a programme of action research entitled, the Leadership in Compassionate Care Programme. One s... Read More about Reflections about experiences of compassionate care from award winning undergraduate nurses – What, so what … now what?.

Maternal Distress-Every Unhappy Pregnant Woman is Unhappy in Her Own Way (2016)
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Fontein-Kuipers, Y. (2016). Maternal Distress-Every Unhappy Pregnant Woman is Unhappy in Her Own Way. Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.16966/2474-7769.106

Maternal distress varies in prevalence rates and displays various complaints, signs and symptoms. Additionally, multiple factors and causes contribute to both women’s vulnerability and manifestation of maternal distress. Worldwide maternal distress p... Read More about Maternal Distress-Every Unhappy Pregnant Woman is Unhappy in Her Own Way.

Birth Satisfaction Scale/Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS/BSS-R): A large scale United States planned home birth and birth centre survey (2016)
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Fleming, S. E., Donovan-Batson, C., Burduli, E., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2016). Birth Satisfaction Scale/Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS/BSS-R): A large scale United States planned home birth and birth centre survey. Midwifery, 41, 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.07.008

Objective: to explore the prevalence of birth satisfaction for childbearing women planning to birth in their home or birth centers in the United States. Examining differences in birth satisfaction of the home and birth centers; and those who birthed... Read More about Birth Satisfaction Scale/Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS/BSS-R): A large scale United States planned home birth and birth centre survey.

Heavy drinkers' perspectives on minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: a qualitative interview study (2016)
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O’May, F., Gill, J., Black, H., Rees, C., Chick, J., & McPake, B. (2016). Heavy drinkers' perspectives on minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: a qualitative interview study. SAGE Open, 6(3), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244016657141

The irrefutable consequence of Scottish excessive alcohol consumption has prompted implementation and proposal of alcohol policy measures. The purpose of this study is to explore with heavy drinkers their awareness of and identify potential implicati... Read More about Heavy drinkers' perspectives on minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: a qualitative interview study.