All Outputs (266)

‘University opened up so many doors for me’: the personal and professional development of graduates from non-traditional backgrounds (2017)
Journal Article
Christie, H., Cree, V. E., Mullins, E., & Tett, L. (2018). ‘University opened up so many doors for me’: the personal and professional development of graduates from non-traditional backgrounds. Studies in Higher Education, 43(11), 1938-1948. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2017.1294577

There is a substantial body of quantitative evidence about the benefits of higher education. However there is little qualitative evidence about the extent to which these benefits accrue to graduates from non-traditional backgrounds. This paper contri... Read More about ‘University opened up so many doors for me’: the personal and professional development of graduates from non-traditional backgrounds.

Valuing feedback: an evaluation of a National Health Service programme to support compassionate care practice through hearing and responding to feedback (2017)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Gentleman, M., Conway, L., & Sloan, S. (2017). Valuing feedback: an evaluation of a National Health Service programme to support compassionate care practice through hearing and responding to feedback. Journal of Research in Nursing, 22(1-2), 112-127. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987116685913

There is an emergent recognition in healthcare that people need to be at the heart of services, and experiences of care matter; these should therefore be recognised and enhance practice.
The aims of this research were to evaluate an NHS development... Read More about Valuing feedback: an evaluation of a National Health Service programme to support compassionate care practice through hearing and responding to feedback.

End of treatment holistic needs assessment –are psychosocial needs masked by physical concerns? (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Campbell, K., Johnston, L., & Marron, B. (2017, March). End of treatment holistic needs assessment –are psychosocial needs masked by physical concerns?. Poster presented at British Psychosocial Oncology Society, Oxford, UK

Background: The Transforming Care after Treatment programme in Scotland (TCAT) established national and regional structures to support the implementation of 25 local projects, each with different local approaches to achieving ‘good survivorship’. Fun... Read More about End of treatment holistic needs assessment –are psychosocial needs masked by physical concerns?.

The views of non-medical prescribing students and medical mentors on interprofessional competency assessment – A qualitative exploration (2017)
Journal Article
Afseth, J. D., & Paterson, R. E. (2017). The views of non-medical prescribing students and medical mentors on interprofessional competency assessment – A qualitative exploration. Nurse Education Today, 52, 103-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.02.022

Background
The United Kingdom (UK) is one of the least restrictive countries in terms of scope of prescribing practice for non-medical prescribers and is a rapidly expanding group of professionals. In the United Kingdom nurse prescribers are assesse... Read More about The views of non-medical prescribing students and medical mentors on interprofessional competency assessment – A qualitative exploration.

Getting Out There: Community Support Services for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Medicaid HCBS Waivers (2017)
Journal Article
Friedman, C., & Spassiani, N. A. (2017). Getting Out There: Community Support Services for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Medicaid HCBS Waivers. Inclusion, 5(1), 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1352/2326-6988-5.1.33

Despite an increased number of community-based services, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) continue to struggle with meaningful community participation and often feel they are not valued community members. This study exami... Read More about Getting Out There: Community Support Services for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Medicaid HCBS Waivers.

Development and feasibility of clinical intervention to support breastfeeding in substance dependency (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacVicar, S. (2017, February). Development and feasibility of clinical intervention to support breastfeeding in substance dependency. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier University Learning, Teaching and Research conference, Edinburgh, UK

The promotion and support of breastfeeding for the substance dependent mother and baby is internationally recommended but in practice it is not without its challenges or challengers. This study developed and tested an intervention to support breastfe... Read More about Development and feasibility of clinical intervention to support breastfeeding in substance dependency.

Norms and normalisation: understanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth, suicidality and help-seeking (2017)
Journal Article
McDermott, E., Hughes, E., & Rawlings, V. (2017). Norms and normalisation: understanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth, suicidality and help-seeking. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 20(2), 156-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2017.1335435

Young people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer transgender have elevated rates of suicidality. Despite the increased risk, there is a paucity of research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer help-seeking and suicidality. W... Read More about Norms and normalisation: understanding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth, suicidality and help-seeking.

Improving diabetes care for people with intellectual disabilities: a qualitative study exploring the perceptions and experiences of professionals in diabetes and intellectual disability services: Improving diabetes care for people with intellectual disabilities (2017)
Journal Article
Brown, M., Taggart, L., Karatzias, T., Truesdale, M., Walley, R., Northway, R., Macrae, S., Carey, M., & Davies, M. (2017). Improving diabetes care for people with intellectual disabilities: a qualitative study exploring the perceptions and experiences of professionals in diabetes and intellectual disability services: Improving diabetes care for people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 61(5), 435-449. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12369

Background: Globally diabetes is increasing with concerns about the impact on outcomes, including premature death and the costs associated with managing the condition. Research indicates that adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are 2-3 times m... Read More about Improving diabetes care for people with intellectual disabilities: a qualitative study exploring the perceptions and experiences of professionals in diabetes and intellectual disability services: Improving diabetes care for people with intellectual disabilities.

Guideline for the treatment and planning of services for complex post-traumatic stress disorder in adults (2017)
Report
McFetridge, M., Hauenstein Swan, A., Heke, S., Karatzias, T., Greenberg, N., Kitchiner, N., & Morley, R. (2017). Guideline for the treatment and planning of services for complex post-traumatic stress disorder in adults. Scotland: UK Psychological Trauma Society (UKPTS)

No abstract available.

Care homes: The developing ideology of a homelike place to live (2017)
Journal Article
Fleming, A., Kydd, A., & Stewart, S. (2017). Care homes: The developing ideology of a homelike place to live. Maturitas, 99, 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.02.013

This paper reports on part of a doctoral study which explored stakeholder perceptions of the importance of a homelike environment in a care home and which factors contributed to this. The changes in institutional care for older people have evolved fr... Read More about Care homes: The developing ideology of a homelike place to live.

Shared Decision-Making Regarding Place of Birth–Mission Impossible or Mission Accomplished? (2017)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Banda, A., Hassink, E. O., & Ruiter, D. D. (2017). Shared Decision-Making Regarding Place of Birth–Mission Impossible or Mission Accomplished?. Women's Health, 3(2), 36-44. https://doi.org/10.17140/whoj-3-120

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 Shared Decision-Making Regarding Place of Birth–Mission Impossible or Mission Accomplished?.

Exploring the experiences of patients attending day hospitals in the rural Scotland: capturing the patient's voice (2017)
Journal Article
Adamson, E., Pow, J., Houston, F., & Redpath, P. (2017). Exploring the experiences of patients attending day hospitals in the rural Scotland: capturing the patient's voice. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(19-20), 3044-3055. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13651

Aims and objectives
To understand the meaning of person-centred compassionate care for people attending day hospitals in rural Scotland.
Background
Increasing numbers of older people are living with chronic conditions and require support to live a... Read More about Exploring the experiences of patients attending day hospitals in the rural Scotland: capturing the patient's voice.

Print media representations of UK Accident and Emergency treatment targets: Winter 2014-2015 (2017)
Journal Article
Grant, A., & Hoyle, L. (2017). Print media representations of UK Accident and Emergency treatment targets: Winter 2014-2015. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(23-24), 4425-4435. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13772

Aims and Objectives: to undertake an analysis of UK national daily newspaper coverage of accident and emergency treatment targets, in order to understand if the media could be seen to be creating a scandal.
Background: Emergency Department treatment... Read More about Print media representations of UK Accident and Emergency treatment targets: Winter 2014-2015.

The tension between person centred and task focused care in an acute surgical setting: A critical ethnography (2017)
Journal Article
Sharp, S., Mcallister, M., & Broadbent, M. (2017). The tension between person centred and task focused care in an acute surgical setting: A critical ethnography. Collegian, 25(1), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2017.02.002

Problem: Person centred care is a key indicator of quality care and a policy direction in many hospitals yet some patients experience care that falls short of this standard.
Background: Health services worldwide are prioritising the delivery of pers... Read More about The tension between person centred and task focused care in an acute surgical setting: A critical ethnography.

Risk Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behavior Relevant to Emergency Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Post-2007 Reviews (2017)
Journal Article
McClatchey, K., Murray, J., Rowat, A., & Chouliara, Z. (2017). Risk Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behavior Relevant to Emergency Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Post-2007 Reviews. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 47(6), 729-745. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12336

Suicide is a global public health problem and with recent economic and societal changes, there may be emerging risk factors unrecognised by healthcare professionals. The aim of this systematic review is to update existing suicide risk factor literatu... Read More about Risk Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behavior Relevant to Emergency Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Post-2007 Reviews.

Improving vision awareness in autism services: Evaluation of a dedicated education programme for support practitioners (2017)
Journal Article
Long, J. J., Butchart, M., Brown, M., Bain, J., McMillan, A., & Karatzias, T. (2018). Improving vision awareness in autism services: Evaluation of a dedicated education programme for support practitioners. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(2), e244-e252. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12330

Background: The research reported here sought to evaluate whether a dedicated education programme in vision awareness improved the knowledge and skills of autism support practitioners in identifying visual impairment in autistic people with intellect... Read More about Improving vision awareness in autism services: Evaluation of a dedicated education programme for support practitioners.

Examining the Disconnect Between Psychometric Models and Clinical Reality of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2017)
Journal Article
Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Bisson, J. I., & Roberts, N. P. (2017). Examining the Disconnect Between Psychometric Models and Clinical Reality of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 47, 54-59

There have been many factor analytic studies aimed at testing alternative latent structures of DSM-IV and DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The primary rationale for such studies is that determining the ‘best’ factor analytic model... Read More about Examining the Disconnect Between Psychometric Models and Clinical Reality of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

‘Determined to breastfeed’: A case study of exclusive breastfeeding using interpretative phenomenological analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Charlick, S. J., Fielder, A., Pincombe, J., & McKellar, L. (2017). ‘Determined to breastfeed’: A case study of exclusive breastfeeding using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Women and Birth, 30(4), 325-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2017.01.002

Background
Given the significant benefits of breastfeeding, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend exclusive breastfeeding for six months. Despite numerous strategies aimed at increasing the percentage of babies who are exclusively breastfed,... Read More about ‘Determined to breastfeed’: A case study of exclusive breastfeeding using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Program in the United Kingdom (2017)
Journal Article
Lennon, M. R., Bouamrane, M.-M., Devlin, A. M., O'Connor, S., O'Donnell, C., Chetty, U., Agbakoba, R., Bikker, A., Grieve, E., Finch, T., Watson, N., Wyke, S., & Mair, F. S. (2017). Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Program in the United Kingdom. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(2), Article e42. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.6900

Background: Digital health has the potential to support care delivery for chronic illness. Despite positive evidence from localized implementations, new technologies have proven slow to become accepted, integrated, and routinized at scale.

Objecti... Read More about Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Program in the United Kingdom.

Patient Reported Outcome Measure of Spiritual Care as Delivered by Chaplains (2017)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Telfer, I. (2017). Patient Reported Outcome Measure of Spiritual Care as Delivered by Chaplains. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 23(4), 131-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/08854726.2017.1279935

Chaplains are employed by health organizations around the world to support patients in recognizing and addressing their spiritual needs. There is currently no generalizable measure of the impact of these interventions and so the clinical and strategi... Read More about Patient Reported Outcome Measure of Spiritual Care as Delivered by Chaplains.