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Bereavement support: implications for health visiting practice (2001)
Journal Article
Machin, A. (2001). Bereavement support: implications for health visiting practice. Community Practitioner, 74(5), 182-184

Examines the potential role for health visitors in offering bereavement services for bereaved spouses.

Broadening student horizons: exploring occupation. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKay, E. A., & Angell, C. (2001, January). Broadening student horizons: exploring occupation. Paper presented at College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, Swansea, Wales

Women's words and worlds: shaping our future practice. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKay, E. A. (2001, January). Women's words and worlds: shaping our future practice. Paper presented at College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, Keele, England

The life history method. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKay, E. A. (2001, January). The life history method. Paper presented at The Evidence-Based Qualitative Healthcare Conference, Coventry, England

The Influence of food Ingestion on blood pressure in stroke patients. (2001)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M., Wardlaw, J. M., Dennis, M. S., & Warlow, C. P. (2001). The Influence of food Ingestion on blood pressure in stroke patients. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 12, 152-158. https://doi.org/10.1159/000047698

We aimed to investigate whether and how often changes in blood pressure (BP) were occurring in relation to eating in a large sample of acute stroke patients. BP was measured non-invasively at 5-min intervals from 10 min before the meal, throughout th... Read More about The Influence of food Ingestion on blood pressure in stroke patients..

What do nurses and therapists think about the positioning of stroke patients? (2001)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M. (2001). What do nurses and therapists think about the positioning of stroke patients?. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 34, 795-803. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01810.x

Background.  At present, there are a number of different positioning strategies for stroke patients, but these are mainly based on clinical experience rather than research. Prior to developing a study to evaluate the effect of positioning on outcome... Read More about What do nurses and therapists think about the positioning of stroke patients?.

An exploration of competency frameworks developed and implemented for Clinical Nurse Specialists in Community, Acute and Academic settings and their potential applicability to future specialist practice within Scotland (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Finnie, A. (2001, December). An exploration of competency frameworks developed and implemented for Clinical Nurse Specialists in Community, Acute and Academic settings and their potential applicability to future specialist practice within Scotland. Presented at NBS Research Dissemination Conference

No abstract available.

Valuing people as individuals: development of an instrument through a survey of person-centredness in secondary care (2001)
Journal Article
Williams, B., & Coyle, J. (2001). Valuing people as individuals: development of an instrument through a survey of person-centredness in secondary care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 36(3), 450-459. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01993.x

Background. Person‐centred care is regarded as the optimum way of delivering health care and is defined as valuing people as individuals (51). So how can practitioners find out if their service ‘values people as individuals’? Serious doubts have been... Read More about Valuing people as individuals: development of an instrument through a survey of person-centredness in secondary care.

A randomized trial of thermal ablative therapy versus expandable metal stents in the palliative treatment of patients with esophageal carcinoma (2001)
Journal Article
Dallal, H. J., Smith, G. D., Grieve, D. C., Ghosh, S., Penman, I. D., & Palmer, K. R. (2001). A randomized trial of thermal ablative therapy versus expandable metal stents in the palliative treatment of patients with esophageal carcinoma. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 54(5), 549-557. https://doi.org/10.1067/mge.2001.118947

Background: Expandable metal stent insertion and thermal tumor ablation (TTA) both improve dysphagia in patients with advanced esophageal cancer, but no direct comparison study of their efficacy on health-related quality of life has been published. T... Read More about A randomized trial of thermal ablative therapy versus expandable metal stents in the palliative treatment of patients with esophageal carcinoma.

Independent predictors of breastfeeding intention in a disadvantaged population of pregnant women (2001)
Journal Article
Mclnnes, R. J., Love, J. G., & Stone, D. H. (2001). Independent predictors of breastfeeding intention in a disadvantaged population of pregnant women. BMC Public Health, 1(10), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-1-10

Background: Breastfeeding rates in Scotland are very low, particularly in the more disadvantaged areas. Despite a number of interventions to promote breastfeeding very few women actually intend to breastfeed their baby. The aim of this study was to i... Read More about Independent predictors of breastfeeding intention in a disadvantaged population of pregnant women.

Patient positioning and its effect on brain oxygenation. (2001)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M. (2001). Patient positioning and its effect on brain oxygenation. Nursing Times. 97. . 30. . ISSN 0954-7762.

Stroke remains the third most common cause of death and the leading cause of major disability in the developed world. Recent evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) suggests that some pharmacological treatments, such as aspirin (Chinese Acu... Read More about Patient positioning and its effect on brain oxygenation..

Occupational Therapists' perspectives of the needs of women in medium secure units. (2001)
Journal Article
Baker, S., & McKay, E. A. (2001). Occupational Therapists' perspectives of the needs of women in medium secure units. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(9), 441-448. https://doi.org/10.1177/030802260106400905

The Department of Health and Home Office (1992) formally acknowledged women in forensic provision as being a vulnerable group, with neglected needs in terms of care and treatment. It also clearly identified a role for occupational therapy in meeting... Read More about Occupational Therapists' perspectives of the needs of women in medium secure units..

Reliability and responsiveness of the shuttle walking test in patients with chronic low back pain (2001)
Journal Article
Taylor, S., Frost, H., Taylor, A., & Barker, K. (2001). Reliability and responsiveness of the shuttle walking test in patients with chronic low back pain. Physiotherapy Research International, 6(3), 170-178. https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.225

ABSTRACT Background and Purpose. Walking is an important functional activity and the shuttle walking test has been shown to be a useful test for patients with chronic airways obstruction and heart failure. The test has been used in low back pain rese... Read More about Reliability and responsiveness of the shuttle walking test in patients with chronic low back pain.