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A systematic review of cardiac rehabilitation registries (2017)
Journal Article
Poffley, A., Thomas, E., Grace, S. L., Neubeck, L., Gallagher, R., Niebauer, J., & O’Neil, A. (2017). A systematic review of cardiac rehabilitation registries. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487317724576

Introduction: Despite cardiac rehabilitation (CR) being recommended in clinical practice guidelines internationally these services are under-utilised, programs are not standardised and quality improvement methods and outcomes are rarely published. Na... Read More about A systematic review of cardiac rehabilitation registries.

Estimated peak functional capacity: an accurate method for assessing change in peak oxygen consumption after cardiac rehabilitation? (2017)
Journal Article
Nichols, S., Gleadall‐Siddall, D. O., Antony, R., Clark, A. L., Cleland, J. G. F., Carroll, S., & Ingle, L. (2018). Estimated peak functional capacity: an accurate method for assessing change in peak oxygen consumption after cardiac rehabilitation?. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 38(4), 681-688. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpf.12468

Objective
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is the ‘gold standard’ method of determining VO2peak. When CPET is unavailable, VO2peak may be estimated from treadmill or cycle ergometer workloads and expressed as estimated metabolic equivalents (... Read More about Estimated peak functional capacity: an accurate method for assessing change in peak oxygen consumption after cardiac rehabilitation?.

Art participation for psychosocial wellbeing during stroke rehabilitation: a feasibility randomised controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
Morris, J. H., Kelly, C., Joice, S., Kroll, T., Mead, G., Donnan, P., Toma, M., & Williams, B. (2019). Art participation for psychosocial wellbeing during stroke rehabilitation: a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Disability and Rehabilitation, 41(1), 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2017.1370499

Purpose: To examine the feasibility of undertaking a pragmatic single-blind randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a visual arts participation programme to evaluate effects on survivor wellbeing within stroke rehabilitation.
Methods: Stroke survivors... Read More about Art participation for psychosocial wellbeing during stroke rehabilitation: a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

The Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised Indicator (BSS-RI) (2017)
Journal Article
Martin, C. R., Hollins Martin, C., & Redshaw, M. (2017). The Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised Indicator (BSS-RI). BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17(1), 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1459-5

Background: The current study sought to develop a short birth satisfaction indicator utilising items from the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) for use as a brief measure of birth satisfaction and as a possible key performance indicator for pe... Read More about The Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised Indicator (BSS-RI).

Healthy lifestyle behaviours for people with intellectual disabilities: An exploration of organizational barriers and enablers (2017)
Journal Article
O'Leary, L., Taggart, L., & Cousins, W. (2018). Healthy lifestyle behaviours for people with intellectual disabilities: An exploration of organizational barriers and enablers. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31, 122-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12396

Background
The health-related behaviours of people with intellectual disabilities may be determined by organisational influences. This innovative study aimed to explore managers’ and staffs’ perspectives on organisational influences on the promotion... Read More about Healthy lifestyle behaviours for people with intellectual disabilities: An exploration of organizational barriers and enablers.

Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (2017)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Hubner, U., Shaw, T., Blake, R., & Ball, M. (2017). Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform. Nurse Education Today, 58, 78-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.07.014

Information Technology (IT) continues to evolve and develop with electronic devices and systems becoming integral to healthcare in every country. This has led to an urgent need for all professions working in healthcare to be knowledgeable and skilled... Read More about Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform.

A physical activity referral program improves risk factors in those who have completed cardiac rehabilitation. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hanson, C., Neubeck, L., & Dodd-Reynolds, C. (2017, August). A physical activity referral program improves risk factors in those who have completed cardiac rehabilitation. Presented at 65th Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, Australia

Background: On completion of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), participants may be referred to community-based physical activity programs. There is limited data to determine additional benefits of these programs supplemental to CR.

Methods: Using longi... Read More about A physical activity referral program improves risk factors in those who have completed cardiac rehabilitation..

A Physical Activity Referral Program Improves Risk Factors in Those Who Have Completed Cardiac Rehabilitation (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hanson, C., Neubeck, L., & Dodd-Reynolds, C. (2017, August). A Physical Activity Referral Program Improves Risk Factors in Those Who Have Completed Cardiac Rehabilitation. Presented at Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand 65th Annual Scientific Meeting Clinical and Preventative Cardiology Symposium, Perth, Australia

Background: On completion of cardiac rehabilitation (CR),participants may be referred to community-based physical activity programs. There is limited data to determine additional benefits of these programs supplemental to CR.
Methods: Using l... Read More about A Physical Activity Referral Program Improves Risk Factors in Those Who Have Completed Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Postgraduate taught students and preparedness for Master’s level study: polishing the facets of the Master’s diamond (2017)
Journal Article
Bamber, V., Choudhary, C. J., Hislop, J., & Lane, J. (2019). Postgraduate taught students and preparedness for Master’s level study: polishing the facets of the Master’s diamond. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 43(2), 236-250. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2017.1359502

Transitions are increasingly recognised as difficult, and less has been written about transitions to postgraduate taught programmes than about transitions into undergraduate or doctoral study. A Scotland-wide project found that new taught Post-gradua... Read More about Postgraduate taught students and preparedness for Master’s level study: polishing the facets of the Master’s diamond.

Interventions for maintaining nasogastric feeding after stroke: An integrative review of effectiveness and acceptability (2017)
Journal Article
Mahoney, C., & Veitch, L. (2018). Interventions for maintaining nasogastric feeding after stroke: An integrative review of effectiveness and acceptability. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(3-4), e427-e436. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14013

Aims and objectives
To investigate the effectiveness and acceptability of interventions for maintaining nasogastric tubes (NGT) in adult stroke patients.
Background
Internationally, incidence of Cerebral Vascular Disease (CVD) continues to increas... Read More about Interventions for maintaining nasogastric feeding after stroke: An integrative review of effectiveness and acceptability.

Life after cardiac rehabilitation; the benefits of a community-based physical activity program (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hanson, C., Neubeck, L., & Dodd-Reynolds, C. (2017, August). Life after cardiac rehabilitation; the benefits of a community-based physical activity program. Presented at 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association, Perth, Australia

Background: On completion of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), participants may be directed to community-based physical activity programs for those with chronic conditions. There is limited data to determine additional benefits of these programs supplemen... Read More about Life after cardiac rehabilitation; the benefits of a community-based physical activity program.

Validation of the Australian Midwifery Standards Assessment Tool (AMSAT): A tool to assess midwifery competence (2017)
Journal Article
Sweet, L., Bazargan, M., McKellar, L., Gray, J., & Henderson, A. (2018). Validation of the Australian Midwifery Standards Assessment Tool (AMSAT): A tool to assess midwifery competence. Women and Birth, 31(1), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2017.06.017

Background
There is no current validated clinical assessment tool to measure the attainment of midwifery student competence in the midwifery practice setting. The lack of a valid assessment tool has led to a proliferation of tools and inconsistency... Read More about Validation of the Australian Midwifery Standards Assessment Tool (AMSAT): A tool to assess midwifery competence.

Exploring the Synergic Effects of Nursing Home Work on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Nursing Assistants (2017)
Journal Article
Ching, S. S. Y., Szeto, G., Lai, G. K. B., Lai, X. B., Chan, Y. T., & Cheung, K. (2018). Exploring the Synergic Effects of Nursing Home Work on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Nursing Assistants. Workplace Health and Safety, 66(3), 129-135. https://doi.org/10.1177/2165079917717497

Little is known about how nursing assistants (NAs) perceive the nature of their work and how their work contributes to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). This qualitative study addressed these gaps. Twenty-four NAs with WMSDs working in... Read More about Exploring the Synergic Effects of Nursing Home Work on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Nursing Assistants.

Post traumatic stress disorder post childbirth versus postnatal depression: a guide for midwives (2017)
Journal Article
Bromley, P., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Patterson, J. (2017). Post traumatic stress disorder post childbirth versus postnatal depression: a guide for midwives. British Journal of Midwifery, 25(8), 484-490. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2017.25.8.484

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-Post Childbirth (PTSD-PC) is a powerful pathophysiological reaction that occurs in response to experiencing a traumatic birth and affects between1-6% of women. Regardless of its trigger, PTSD-PC causes significant impai... Read More about Post traumatic stress disorder post childbirth versus postnatal depression: a guide for midwives.

Time-Use, daily activities and health related quality of life of Irish youth (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKay, E. A., Fitzgerald, A. P., & Perry, I. (2017, March). Time-Use, daily activities and health related quality of life of Irish youth. Presented at AOTA Annual Conference, Philadelphia, US

This large cross-sectional time-use study empirically examined, for the first time, the relationship between participation in daily activity and self-reported health-related quality of life for school-going youth in Ireland.

How active are women who play bingo: a cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project (2017)
Journal Article
Ryde, G. C., Gorely, T., Jepson, R., Gray, C., Shepherd, A., Mackison, D., Ireland, A. V., Williams, B., McMurdo, M. E. T., & Evans, J. M. M. (2017). How active are women who play bingo: a cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project. BMC Women's Health, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0405-z

Background
The benefits of physical activity are well established, yet large numbers of people are not sufficiently active to gain health benefits. Certain population groups are less physically active than others, including older women from areas of... Read More about How active are women who play bingo: a cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project.

Defining Old (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fleming, A., Paoletti, I., Hvalic Touzery, S., & Kydd, A. (2017, July). Defining Old. Paper presented at International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics

The number of people classed as the ‘oldest old’ is growing at a faster rate than any other age group. Projections globally show that the numbers of those classed as the ‘oldest old’, those aged 85 and over are the fastest growing cohort Yet, much of... Read More about Defining Old.

Ageism (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kydd, A., Fleming, A., Gardner, S., & Hafford-Letchfield, T. (2017, July). Ageism. Paper presented at International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics

The developed world has an increasing number of people who are classed as the ‘old’, with the largest increase being those aged over eighty-five years. Population ageing is a worldwide phenomenon. The “oldest old” (people aged 85 or older) constitute... Read More about Ageism.