All Outputs (310)

Top 10 research priorities relating to stroke nursing: a rigorous approach to establish a national nurse-led research agenda (2016)
Journal Article
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.

Comparison of Two Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Techniques (2016)
Journal Article
Craven, T. H., Wojcik, G., & Walsh, T. S. (2016). Comparison of Two Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Techniques. Critical Care, 20(Supp 2),

Comparison of two ventilator associated pneumonia surveillance techniques.

An 11-year-old child with learning disability who steps into scalding bath water (2016)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, R. (2016). An 11-year-old child with learning disability who steps into scalding bath water. In T. Long (Ed.), Children's Nursing Case Book (95-103). London: McGraw Hill

A child with a suspected diagnosis of typhoid fever following recent foreign travel (2016)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, R. (2016). A child with a suspected diagnosis of typhoid fever following recent foreign travel. In T. Long (Ed.), Children's Nursing Case Book (65-75). London: McGraw Hill

Effectiveness of biomarker-based exclusion of ventilator-acquired pneumonia to reduce antibiotic use (VAPrapid-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Don’t nurses care anymore? An investigation into the apparent decline of empathy in nursing (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharp, S., Broadbent, M., & Mcallister, M. (2016, July). Don’t nurses care anymore? An investigation into the apparent decline of empathy in nursing. Paper presented at Empathy3, Oxford, UK

Empathy and compassion are expected in all nurses and required for person-centred care. However, common public discourse has tended to focus on patient experiences of nursing care that lacked empathy and which subsequently led to negative health outc... Read More about Don’t nurses care anymore? An investigation into the apparent decline of empathy in nursing.

Using the ‘Think Aloud’ Technique to Explore Quality of Life Issues During Standard Quality-of-Life Questionnaires in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (2016)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

What is the Current State of Digital Health Readiness in the UK: Progression Towards Sustainability in the Naitonal Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale: “dallas” programme (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Devlin, A., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M., O'Connor, S., Chetty, U., O'Donnell, C., & Mair, F. (2016, July). What is the Current State of Digital Health Readiness in the UK: Progression Towards Sustainability in the Naitonal Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale: “dallas” programme. Presented at 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC)

Selected as distinguished paper.

A randomised controlled pilot study of Experience Focused Counselling with voice hearers (2016)
Journal Article
Schnackenberg, J., Fleming, M., & Martin, C. R. (2017). A randomised controlled pilot study of Experience Focused Counselling with voice hearers. Psychosis, 9(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2016.1185452

Background: There is a need for improved psychosocial interventions for distressed voice hearers. Aims: To evaluate a novel approach to hearing voices: Experience Focused Counselling (EFC) aka Making Sense of Voices. Study design and methods: Twe... Read More about A randomised controlled pilot study of Experience Focused Counselling with voice hearers.

Slower Decline in C-Reactive Protein after an Inflammatory Insult Is Associated with Longer Survival in Older Hospitalised Patients (2016)
Journal Article
Barma, M., Goodbrand, J. A., Donnan, P. T., McGilchrist, M. M., Frost, H., McMurdo, M. E. T., & Witham, M. D. (2016). Slower Decline in C-Reactive Protein after an Inflammatory Insult Is Associated with Longer Survival in Older Hospitalised Patients. PLOS ONE, 11(7), Article e0159412. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159412

Background Enhancing biological resilience may offer a novel way to prevent and ameliorate disease in older patients. We investigated whether changes in C-reactive protein (CRP), as a dynamic marker of the acute inflammatory response to diverse stre... Read More about Slower Decline in C-Reactive Protein after an Inflammatory Insult Is Associated with Longer Survival in Older Hospitalised Patients.

Midwives' experience of offering anti-D immunoglobulin to women: The importance of choice (2016)
Journal Article
Harkness, M., Freer, Y., & Warner, P. (2016). Midwives' experience of offering anti-D immunoglobulin to women: The importance of choice. British Journal of Midwifery, 24(7), 500-505. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.7.500

Background Informed decision making around anti-D immunoglobulin (Ig) is important but complex, requiring consideration of individual factors to reach the most appropriate choices for individual women. This research aimed to develop understanding of... Read More about Midwives' experience of offering anti-D immunoglobulin to women: The importance of choice.

A Flexible Toolkit for Evaluating Person-Centred Digital Health and Wellness at Scale (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O’Donnell, C. A., O’Connor, S., Devlin, A. M., Mair, F. S., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M., Grieve, E., O'Donnell, C., O'Connor, S., Agbakoba, R., Devlin, A., Barry, S., Bikker, A., Finch, T., & Mair, F. (2016, July). A Flexible Toolkit for Evaluating Person-Centred Digital Health and Wellness at Scale. Presented at 7th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2016), Florida, USA

The Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) program was a large-scale, nationwide deployment of digital health and wellbeing products and services in the UK. Telehealth, telecare, mobile apps, personal health records, and assisted liv... Read More about A Flexible Toolkit for Evaluating Person-Centred Digital Health and Wellness at Scale.

Operationalising Arts 12(3) and 12(4) of the UNCRPD: Observations from Scotland (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stavert, J. (2016, June). Operationalising Arts 12(3) and 12(4) of the UNCRPD: Observations from Scotland. Paper presented at UK and Ireland Mental Diversity Law Conference 2016, University of Nottingham

Report from the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association to the International Council for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neubeck, L. (2016, June). Report from the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association to the International Council for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. Presented at World Congress of Cardiology, Mexico City, Mexico

New Technology (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neubeck, L. (2016, June). New Technology. Presented at Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Rotorua, New Zealand