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Modifying gap analysis for use in the profession of occupational therapy (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maclean, F., Kantartzis, S., Dewing, J., Breckenridge, J., & McCormack, B. (2018, June). Modifying gap analysis for use in the profession of occupational therapy. Poster presented at Royal College of Occupational Therapy Annual Conference 2018, Belfast, UK

Recovery, Rights and Social Inclusion (2018)
Book Chapter
McIntosh, G. (2018). Recovery, Rights and Social Inclusion. In I. Norman, & I. Ryrie (Eds.), The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing. (4th). Open University Press

This book chapter will explore the meaning of recovery in relation to rights, social inclusion and stigma. The development and evaluation of recovery principles in mental health nursing. The chapter is aimed at mental health student nurses and will h... Read More about Recovery, Rights and Social Inclusion.

Study to determine the likely accuracy of pH testing to confirm nasogastric tube placement (2018)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M., Graham, C., Dennis, M., & Rowat, A. (2018). Study to determine the likely accuracy of pH testing to confirm nasogastric tube placement. BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 5(1), Article e000211. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000211

Objective To establish the likely accuracy of pH testing to identify gastric aspirates at different pH cut-offs to confirm nasogastric tube placement. Methods This prospective observational study included a convenience sample of adult patients who h... Read More about Study to determine the likely accuracy of pH testing to confirm nasogastric tube placement.

A tale of two pregnancies: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of women’s perceptions about delayed initiation of antenatal care (2018)
Journal Article
Haddrill, R., Jones, G. L., Anumba, D., & Mitchell, C. (2018). A tale of two pregnancies: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of women’s perceptions about delayed initiation of antenatal care. Women and Birth, 31(3), 220-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2017.09.017

Background Delayed access to antenatal care in high income countries is associated with poor maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes. The aim was to synthesise the diverse body of evidence around women’s views of early antenatal care and barriers to a... Read More about A tale of two pregnancies: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of women’s perceptions about delayed initiation of antenatal care.

Celebrating 70 Years of Nursing and Midwifery in NHS Scotland (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Taylor, G., Harper-McDonald, B., O'Conner, S., McLuckie, C., & Moran, M. Celebrating 70 Years of Nursing and Midwifery in NHS Scotland. Exhibited at Edinburgh. 7 June 2018. (Unpublished)

An exhibition celebrating 70 years of nursing and midwifery in NHS Scotland.

The challenges of type 1 diabetes and new psychoactive substance misuse (2018)
Journal Article
Charlton, J., Albanese, A., & Brodie, L. (2018). The challenges of type 1 diabetes and new psychoactive substance misuse. Practical Diabetes, 35(3), 81-85a. https://doi.org/10.1002/pdi.2168

Substance misuse, specifically novel psychoactive substances (NPSs), can have multiple effects on physical and psychological health and well-being. This is of particular concern to people with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) as their use may impact on effecti... Read More about The challenges of type 1 diabetes and new psychoactive substance misuse.

Can the REBT theory explain loneliness? Theoretical and clinical applications (2018)
Journal Article
Hyland, P., McGinty, G., Karatzias, T., Murphy, J., Vallières, F., & McHugh Power, J. (2019). Can the REBT theory explain loneliness? Theoretical and clinical applications. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 48(1), 39-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2018.1475505

Loneliness is a common psychological experience affecting a significant minority of the general population. Loneliness may in part be related to the existence of dysfunctional cognitive evaluations. To date, however, loneliness has yet to be explicit... Read More about Can the REBT theory explain loneliness? Theoretical and clinical applications.

Text message intervention to reduce frequency of binge drinking among disadvantaged men: the TRAM RCT (2018)
Journal Article
Crombie, I. K., Irvine, L., Williams, B., Sniehotta, F. F., Petrie, D. J., Jones, C., Norrie, J., Evans, J. M., Emslie, C., Rice, P. M., Slane, P. W., Humphris, G., Ricketts, I. W., Melson, A. J., Donnan, P. T., McKenzie, A., Huang, L., & Achison, M. (2018). Text message intervention to reduce frequency of binge drinking among disadvantaged men: the TRAM RCT. Public Health Research, 6(6), 1-156. https://doi.org/10.3310/phr06060

Background Socially disadvantaged men are more likely to binge drink frequently and to experience high levels of alcohol-related harm. Objectives To test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a text message intervention in reducing the frequ... Read More about Text message intervention to reduce frequency of binge drinking among disadvantaged men: the TRAM RCT.

Multiple traumatisation and subsequent psychopathology in people with intellectual disabilities and DSM‐5 PTSD: a preliminary study (2018)
Journal Article
Mason‐Roberts, S., Bradley, A., Karatzias, T., Brown, M., Paterson, D., Walley, R., Truesdale, M., Taggart, L., & Sirisena, C. (2018). Multiple traumatisation and subsequent psychopathology in people with intellectual disabilities and DSM‐5 PTSD: a preliminary study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 62(8), 730-736. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12505

Background: Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) are at greater risk of exposure to traumatic life events compared to the non-ID population. Yet no study to date has examined the role of multiple traumatisation and subsequent psychopathology... Read More about Multiple traumatisation and subsequent psychopathology in people with intellectual disabilities and DSM‐5 PTSD: a preliminary study.

Texting to Reduce Alcohol Misuse (TRAM): main findings from a randomized controlled trial of a text message intervention to reduce binge drinking among disadvantaged men. (2018)
Journal Article
Crombie, I. K., Irvine, L., Williams, B., Sniehotta, F. F., Petrie, D., Jones, C., Norrie, J., Evans, J. M. M., Emslie, C., Rice, P. M., Slane, P. W., Humphris, G., Ricketts, I. W., Melson, A. J., Donnan, P. T., Hapca, S. M., McKenzie, A., & Achison, M. (2018). Texting to Reduce Alcohol Misuse (TRAM): main findings from a randomized controlled trial of a text message intervention to reduce binge drinking among disadvantaged men. Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14229

Aims To test the effectiveness of a theoretically-based text message intervention to reduce binge drinking among socially disadvantaged men. Design A multi-centre parallel group, pragmatic, individually randomised controlled trial. Setting Commu... Read More about Texting to Reduce Alcohol Misuse (TRAM): main findings from a randomized controlled trial of a text message intervention to reduce binge drinking among disadvantaged men..

Participant experiences of clean intermittent self-catheterisation, urinary tract infections and antibiotic use on the ANTIC trial – A qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
McClurg, D., Walker, K., Pickard, R., Hilton, P., Ainsworth, H., Leonard, K., Suresh, S., Nilsson, A., & Gillespie, N. (2018). Participant experiences of clean intermittent self-catheterisation, urinary tract infections and antibiotic use on the ANTIC trial – A qualitative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 81, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.01.012

Background: Recurrent urinary tract infections are a commonly reported problem in people who use clean intermittent self-catheterisation. Yet there is a lack of knowledge regarding both the impact on people's lives, the use of prophylactic anti-bioti... Read More about Participant experiences of clean intermittent self-catheterisation, urinary tract infections and antibiotic use on the ANTIC trial – A qualitative study.

Unplanned early hospital readmission among critical care survivors: a mixed methods study of patients and carers (2018)
Journal Article
Donaghy, E., Salisbury, L., Lone, N. I., Lee, R., Ramsey, P., Rattray, J. E., & Walsh, T. S. (2018). Unplanned early hospital readmission among critical care survivors: a mixed methods study of patients and carers. BMJ Quality & Safety, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007513

Background Many intensive care (ICU) survivors experience early unplanned hospital readmission, but the reasons and potential prevention strategies are poorly understood. We aimed to understand contributors to readmissions from the patient/carer pe... Read More about Unplanned early hospital readmission among critical care survivors: a mixed methods study of patients and carers.

Woman-centered care 2.0: Bringing the concept into focus (2018)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., De Groot, R., & Van Staa, A. (2018). Woman-centered care 2.0: Bringing the concept into focus. European Journal of Midwifery, 2, https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/91492

INTRODUCTION Woman-centered care has become a midwifery concept with implied meaning. In this paper we aim to provide a clear conceptual foundation of woman-centered care for midwifery science and practice. METHODS An advanced concept analysis was un... Read More about Woman-centered care 2.0: Bringing the concept into focus.

Probiotics And Their Effect On Maternal and Neonatal Health (2018)
Book Chapter
Hollins Martin, C., & Martin, C. (2018). Probiotics And Their Effect On Maternal and Neonatal Health. In C. R. Martin, & D. Larkin (Eds.), Probiotics in Mental Health (42-54). (1). CRC Press

Probiotics are living microorganisms which when dispensed in sufficient quantities are claimed to bestow benefits in terms of health on the host. The World Health Organization defines a probiotic as any living microorganism that produces a health ben... Read More about Probiotics And Their Effect On Maternal and Neonatal Health.

Development of a clinical risk score for pain and function following total knee arthroplasty: results from the TRIO study (2018)
Journal Article
Shim, A., Mclernon, D. J., Hamilton, D., Simpson, H. A., Beasley, M., & Macfarlane, G. J. (2018). Development of a clinical risk score for pain and function following total knee arthroplasty: results from the TRIO study. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rky021

Objectives The aim was to develop and validate a simple clinical prediction model, based on easily collected preoperative information, to identify patients at high risk of pain and functional disability 6 months after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).... Read More about Development of a clinical risk score for pain and function following total knee arthroplasty: results from the TRIO study.

Promoting sunscreen use and skin self-examination to improve early detection and prevent skin cancer: quasi-experimental trial of an adolescent psycho-educational intervention (2018)
Journal Article
Hubbard, G., Kyle, R. G., Neal, R. D., Marmara, V., Wang, Z., & Dombrowski, S. U. (2018). Promoting sunscreen use and skin self-examination to improve early detection and prevent skin cancer: quasi-experimental trial of an adolescent psycho-educational intervention. BMC Public Health, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5570-y

Background: Skin cancer rates are increasing. Interventions to increase adolescent sunscreen use and skin self-examination (SSE) are required. Methods: Quasi-experimental design; 1 control and 4 intervention group schools in Scotland, UK. Participan... Read More about Promoting sunscreen use and skin self-examination to improve early detection and prevent skin cancer: quasi-experimental trial of an adolescent psycho-educational intervention.

Education of healthcare professionals for preventing pressure ulcers (2018)
Journal Article
Porter-Armstrong, A. P., Moore, Z. E., Bradbury, I., & McDonough, S. (2018). Education of healthcare professionals for preventing pressure ulcers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018(5), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd011620.pub2

Background Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores or pressure sores, are localised areas of tissue damage arising due to excess pressure and shearing forces. Education of healthcare staff has been recognised as an integral component of pressure ul... Read More about Education of healthcare professionals for preventing pressure ulcers.