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Difficulty in eye drop administration for people with rheumatoid arthritis (2016)
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Adamson, E., & Kendall, G. (2016). Difficulty in eye drop administration for people with rheumatoid arthritis. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(9), 550-556. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022616643101

Introduction: Many people require eye drops administered daily, yet many do not instil them as prescribed. This can be due to physical difficulty managing the delivery device yet little research has focused on this. Methods: Participants from ophtha... Read More about Difficulty in eye drop administration for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

G181(P) Evaluation of a new e-health intervention in neonatal care: Perspectives of parents and health professionals (2016)
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King, C., Kerr, S., Hogg, R., McPherson, K., Hanley, J., Brierton, M., & Ainsworth, S. (2016). G181(P) Evaluation of a new e-health intervention in neonatal care: Perspectives of parents and health professionals. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 101(Suppl 1), A95.1-A95. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-310863.172

Aim This paper will report findings from the first phase of an evaluation of a new e-health intervention designed to allow mothers to ‘see’ their baby in neonatal care (NNU) when they are not able to be with them. The intervention, MyLittleOne, invol... Read More about G181(P) Evaluation of a new e-health intervention in neonatal care: Perspectives of parents and health professionals.

Supporting practice learning time for non-medical prescribing students: managers’ views (2016)
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Unwin, R., Redman, S., Bain, H., Macphee, M., McElhinney, E., Downer, F., & Paterson, R. (2016). Supporting practice learning time for non-medical prescribing students: managers’ views. Nursing Management, 23(3), 25-29. https://doi.org/10.7748/nm.23.3.25.s27

Managers in healthcare services have ever-increasing demands to consider in relation to front line care, including the continuing professional education needs of qualified practitioners who are advancing their roles. One advancement is non-medical pr... Read More about Supporting practice learning time for non-medical prescribing students: managers’ views.

Accessing and engaging women from socio-economically disadvantaged areas: a participatory approach to the design of a public health intervention for delivery in a Bingo club (2016)
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Shepherd, A., Jepson, R., Gray, C., Mackison, D., Evans, J., Ryde, G., Ireland, A., McMurdo, M., Williams, B., Evans, J. M. M., Ryde, G., Jepson, R., Gray, C., Shepherd, A., Mackison, D., Ireland, A. V., McMurdo, M. E. T., & Williams, B. (2016). Accessing and engaging women from socio-economically disadvantaged areas: a participatory approach to the design of a public health intervention for delivery in a Bingo club. BMC Public Health, 16, Article 345. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3013-1

Background Our aim was to use participatory methods to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of using Bingo clubs for the design and delivery of an evidence-based physical activity and/or healthy eating intervention to socio-economically dis... Read More about Accessing and engaging women from socio-economically disadvantaged areas: a participatory approach to the design of a public health intervention for delivery in a Bingo club.

Harmonising data collection from osteoarthritis studies to enable stratification: recommendations on core data collection from an Arthritis Research UK clinical studies group (2016)
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Kingsbury, S. R., Corp, N., Watt, F. E., Felson, D. T., O’Neill, T. W., Holt, C. A., Jones, R. K., Conaghan, P. G., Arden, N. K., & Arthritis Research UK Osteoarthritis and Crystal Disease Clinical Studies Group working group. (2016). Harmonising data collection from osteoarthritis studies to enable stratification: recommendations on core data collection from an Arthritis Research UK clinical studies group. Rheumatology, 55(8), 1394-1402. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew201

Objective. Treatment of OA by stratifying for commonly used and novel therapies will likely improve the range of effective therapy options and their rational deployment in this undertreated, chronic disease. In order to develop appropriate datasets f... Read More about Harmonising data collection from osteoarthritis studies to enable stratification: recommendations on core data collection from an Arthritis Research UK clinical studies group.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for DSM–5 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults with intellectual disabilities: A case study review. (2016)
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Jowett, S., Karatzias, T., Brown, M., Grieve, A., Paterson, D., & Walley, R. (2016). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for DSM–5 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults with intellectual disabilities: A case study review. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 8(6), 709-719. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000101

Objective: People with intellectual disabilities may be at a greater risk for exposure to traumatic events and consequently develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an established... Read More about Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for DSM–5 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults with intellectual disabilities: A case study review..

The families and friends of heavy drinkers: Caught in the cross-fire of policy change? (2016)
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O'May, F., Whittaker, A., Black, H., & Gill, J. S. (2017). The families and friends of heavy drinkers: Caught in the cross-fire of policy change?. Drug and Alcohol Review, 36(2), 192-199. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12403

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Research highlights the need to better understand the impact of alcohol-related harm on families and communities. Scottish policy initiatives to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm include the planned introd... Read More about The families and friends of heavy drinkers: Caught in the cross-fire of policy change?.

Parents' perspectives of a universal early attachment programme in Scotland (2016)
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Stone, K., & Burgess, C. (2016). Parents' perspectives of a universal early attachment programme in Scotland. Health Promotion International, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daw026

The ‘A Good Start’ programme is a universal early attachment programme for parents and babies aged 8 weeks and over, run by a charitable organization in one Scottish local authority. The programme offers non-stigmatizing support and parents are encou... Read More about Parents' perspectives of a universal early attachment programme in Scotland.

Cognitive therapy for internalised stigma in people experiencing psychosis: A pilot randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Morrison, A. P., Burke, E., Murphy, E., Pyle, M., Bowe, S., Varese, F., Dunn, G., Chapman, N., Hutton, P., Welford, M., & Wood, L. J. (2016). Cognitive therapy for internalised stigma in people experiencing psychosis: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Psychiatry Research, 240(30), 96-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.024

We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of Cognitive Therapy (CT) as an intervention for internalised stigma in people with psychosis. We conducted a single-blind randomised controlled pilot trial comparing CT plus treatment as usual (TAU) with TAU only... Read More about Cognitive therapy for internalised stigma in people experiencing psychosis: A pilot randomised controlled trial.

“Teaches People That I'm More Than a Disability”: Using Nominal Group Technique in Patient-Oriented Research for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2016)
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Spassiani, N. A., Sawyer, A. R., Chacra, M. S. A., Koch, K., Muñoz, Y. A., & Lunsky, Y. (2016). “Teaches People That I'm More Than a Disability”: Using Nominal Group Technique in Patient-Oriented Research for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 54(2), 112-122. https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-54.2.112

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have complex healthcare needs, which are often unmet. Nominal group technique (NGT) uses a mixed-methods approach, which may engage the IDD population in the research process in a per... Read More about “Teaches People That I'm More Than a Disability”: Using Nominal Group Technique in Patient-Oriented Research for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Midwives’ perceptions of influences on their behaviour of woman-centered care: a qualitative study (2016)
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Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Boele, A., & Stuij, C. (2016). Midwives’ perceptions of influences on their behaviour of woman-centered care: a qualitative study. Frontiers in Women’s Health, 1(2), 36-42. https://doi.org/10.15761/fwh.1000107

Aim: To explore Dutch pregnant women’s experiences of shared-decision making about place of birth to better understand this process for midwifery care purposes. Design: Qualitative exploratory study with a constant comparison/grounded theory desig... Read More about Midwives’ perceptions of influences on their behaviour of woman-centered care: a qualitative study.

Waist circumference in coronary heart disease versus type-two diabetes (2016)
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Shi, W., Neubeck, L., & Gallagher, R. (2016). Waist circumference in coronary heart disease versus type-two diabetes. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 11(4), 173-178. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2016.11.4.173

Obesity-related chronic illness is an international health issue. Waist circumference can assess central adiposity, which is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease and type two diabetes mellitus. Aim: This study evaluates the effectivenes... Read More about Waist circumference in coronary heart disease versus type-two diabetes.

Screening for sedentary behaviour in cardiac rehab. (2016)
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Rogerson, M. C., Le Grande, M. R., Murphy, B. M., Neubeck, L., & Jackson, A. C. (2016). Screening for sedentary behaviour in cardiac rehab. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 11(4), 198-199. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2016.11.4.198

Sedentary behaviour is on the rise, particularly among people with cardiovascular disease. Here, Michelle Rogerson and colleagues examine the risks of this behaviour, the presence and absence of guidelines, and incorporation of screening during cardi... Read More about Screening for sedentary behaviour in cardiac rehab..

Development of process control methodology for tracking the quality and safety of pain, agitation and sedation management in critical care units (2016)
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Walsh, T. S., Kydonaki, K., Lee, R. J., Everingham, K., Antonelli, J., Harkness, R. T., Cole, S., Quasim, T., Ruddy, J., McDougall, M., Davidson, A., Rutherford, J., Richards, J., & Weir, C. J. (2016). Development of process control methodology for tracking the quality and safety of pain, agitation and sedation management in critical care units. Critical Care Medicine, 44(3), 564-574. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000001463

Objective: To develop sedation, pain, and agitation quality measures using process control methodology and evaluate their properties in clinical practice. Design: A Sedation Quality Assessment Tool was developed and validated to capture data for 1... Read More about Development of process control methodology for tracking the quality and safety of pain, agitation and sedation management in critical care units.

Improving the management of behaviour that challenges associated with dementia in care homes: protocol for pharmacy–health psychology intervention feasibility study (2016)
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Maidment, I. D., Shaw, R. L., Killick, K., Damery, S., Hilton, A., Wilcock, J., Barnes, N., Brown, G., Gillespie, S., Fox, C., Barton, G., Iliffe, S., & Seare, N. (2016). Improving the management of behaviour that challenges associated with dementia in care homes: protocol for pharmacy–health psychology intervention feasibility study. BMJ Open, 6(3), Article e010279. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010279

Introduction The inappropriate use of antipsychotics in people with dementia for behaviour that challenges is associated with an estimated 1800 deaths annually. However, solely focusing on antipsychotics may transfer prescribing to other equally dang... Read More about Improving the management of behaviour that challenges associated with dementia in care homes: protocol for pharmacy–health psychology intervention feasibility study.

Service users’ experiences of the treatment decision-making process in psychosis: A phenomenological analysis (2016)
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Stovell, D., Wearden, A., Morrison, A. P., & Hutton, P. (2016). Service users’ experiences of the treatment decision-making process in psychosis: A phenomenological analysis. Psychosis, 8(4), 311-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2016.1145730

Objectives: We aimed to explore the treatment decision-making experiences of individuals with psychosis, and their implications for increasing service users autonomy through clinical practice and research. Design: A qualitative design was used... Read More about Service users’ experiences of the treatment decision-making process in psychosis: A phenomenological analysis.

Predicting Out-of-Office Blood Pressure in the Clinic (PROOF-BP)Novelty and Significance: Derivation and Validation of a Tool to Improve the Accuracy of Blood Pressure Measurement in Clinical Practice (2016)
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Sheppard, J. P., Stevens, R., Gill, P., Martin, U., Godwin, M., Hanley, J., Heneghan, C., Hobbs, F. R., Mant, J., McKinstry, B., Myers, M., Nunan, D., Ward, A., Williams, B., & McManus, R. J. (2016). Predicting Out-of-Office Blood Pressure in the Clinic (PROOF-BP)Novelty and Significance: Derivation and Validation of a Tool to Improve the Accuracy of Blood Pressure Measurement in Clinical Practice. Hypertension, 67(5), 941-950. https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.115.07108

Patients often have lower (white coat effect) or higher (masked effect) ambulatory/home blood pressure readings compared with clinic measurements, resulting in misdiagnosis of hypertension. The present study assessed whether blood pressure and patien... Read More about Predicting Out-of-Office Blood Pressure in the Clinic (PROOF-BP)Novelty and Significance: Derivation and Validation of a Tool to Improve the Accuracy of Blood Pressure Measurement in Clinical Practice.

Are Staffing Shortages Changing the Culture of Midwifery? (2016)
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Edwards, N., Gilbert, A., Mander, R., McHugh, N., Murphy-Lawless, J., & Patterson, J. (2016). Are Staffing Shortages Changing the Culture of Midwifery?. Practising Midwife, 19(3), 12-16

The effects of budgetary changes on midwives' practice environment have raised concerns in many settings. A survey of midwives and student midwives in the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2014 produced 280 responses. Staffing shortages were regarded as... Read More about Are Staffing Shortages Changing the Culture of Midwifery?.

Falling cholesterol trend at acute coronary syndrome presentation is strongly related to statin use for secondary prevention. (2016)
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Chan, T., Dabin, B., Hyun, K., Ranasinghe, I., Neubeck, L., Aliprandi-Costa, B., …Freedman, S. B. (2016). Falling cholesterol trend at acute coronary syndrome presentation is strongly related to statin use for secondary prevention. International Journal of Cardiology, 212(1), 192-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.038

Background: Lifestyle changes are believed responsible for temporal trends of reduced population total cholesterol (TC), but it is uncertain whether this applies to patients with known coronary heart disease (CHD) often prescribed lipid lowering ther... Read More about Falling cholesterol trend at acute coronary syndrome presentation is strongly related to statin use for secondary prevention..

Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis (2016)
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France, E. F., Wells, M., Lang, H., & Williams, B. (2016). Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis. Systematic Reviews, 5, Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0218-4

Background: Meta-ethnography is a unique, systematic, qualitative synthesis approach widely used to provide robust evidence on patient and clinician beliefs and experiences and understandings of complex social phenomena. It can make important theore... Read More about Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis.