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Angina Management is Poor After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (2016)
Journal Article
Dawkes, S., Smith, G., Raeside, R., Elliott, L., & Donaldson, J. (2016). Angina Management is Poor After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 32(10), S318-S319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2016.07.548

Self-management of coronary heart disease (CHD) is critical after elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). While elective PCIs should reduce patients’ stable angina symptoms, recurring pain is a common problem post-procedure and effective s... Read More about Angina Management is Poor After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Self-management of coronary heart disease in older patients after elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (2016)
Journal Article
Dawkes, S., Smith, G., Elliott, L., Raeside, R., & Donaldson, J. (2016). Self-management of coronary heart disease in older patients after elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, 13(5), 393-400. https://doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2016.05.010

Objective To explore how older patients self-manage their coronary heart disease (CHD) after undergoing elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Methods This mixed methods study used a sequential, explanatory design and recr... Read More about Self-management of coronary heart disease in older patients after elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

The effects of Tai-Chi in conjunction with thera-band resistance exercise on functional fitness and muscle strength among community-based older people. (2015)
Journal Article
Lin, S., Sung, H., Li, T., Hsieh, T., Lan, H., Perng, S., & Smith, G. D. (2015). The effects of Tai-Chi in conjunction with thera-band resistance exercise on functional fitness and muscle strength among community-based older people. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(9-10), 1357-1366. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12751

Aims and objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Tai-Chi in conjunction with thera-band resistance exercise on functional fitness and muscle strength in community-based older people. Background Tai-Chi is known to... Read More about The effects of Tai-Chi in conjunction with thera-band resistance exercise on functional fitness and muscle strength among community-based older people..

Health value & perceived control over health: behavioural constructs to support Type 2 diabetes self-management in clinical practice (2015)
Journal Article
Nugent, L. E., Carson, M., Zammitt, N. N., Smith, G. D., & Wallston, K. A. (2015). Health value & perceived control over health: behavioural constructs to support Type 2 diabetes self-management in clinical practice. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(15-16), 2201-2210. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12878

Aims and objectives To explore health value and perceived control over health in relation to self-management behaviours in adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Background Helping people to modify health related behaviour in diabetes is comple... Read More about Health value & perceived control over health: behavioural constructs to support Type 2 diabetes self-management in clinical practice.

The effects of hazardous working conditions on burnout in Macau nurses (2015)
Journal Article
Hu, S. X., Luk, A. L., & Smith, G. D. (2015). The effects of hazardous working conditions on burnout in Macau nurses. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2(1), 86-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2015.01.006

Objective To examine the effects of various hazardous factors in working environments on burnout in a cohort of clinical nurses in Macau. Methods A cross–sectional survey was used to examine specific workplace hazards for burnout in qualifie... Read More about The effects of hazardous working conditions on burnout in Macau nurses.

Measurement of resilience in Chinese older people: Measurement of resilience in Chinese older people (2015)
Journal Article
Yang, F., Bao, J., Huang, X., Guo, Q., & Smith, G. (2015). Measurement of resilience in Chinese older people: Measurement of resilience in Chinese older people. International Nursing Review, 62(1), 130-139. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12168

Background Resilience has been identified as a personal construct that may contribute to the process of healthy ageing in older people. To date, no measurement instrument has been tested to evaluate resilience in Chinese older people. Aim To e... Read More about Measurement of resilience in Chinese older people: Measurement of resilience in Chinese older people.

Uncovering male and female experiences of irritable bowel syndrome (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, G. D. (2015). Uncovering male and female experiences of irritable bowel syndrome. Evidence-Based Nursing, 18(3), 75-75. https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2014-101936

Implications for practice and research: - A more gender sensitive approach in the healthcare setting could increase understanding of patients’ experience of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). - Intervention studies from a person centred, gender-sensit... Read More about Uncovering male and female experiences of irritable bowel syndrome.

The effects of light therapy on depression and sleep disruption in older adults in a long-term care facility: Light therapy for older adults with depression (2014)
Journal Article
Wu, M., Sung, H., Lee, W., & Smith, G. D. (2015). The effects of light therapy on depression and sleep disruption in older adults in a long-term care facility: Light therapy for older adults with depression. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 21(5), 653-659. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12307

This study aims to evaluate the effect of light therapy on depression and sleep disruption in older adults residing in a long‐term care facility. Psychological morbidity is a problem commonly seen in older adults residing in long‐term care facilities... Read More about The effects of light therapy on depression and sleep disruption in older adults in a long-term care facility: Light therapy for older adults with depression.

Non-pharmacological approaches toward the management of gastritis (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, G. D. (2014). Non-pharmacological approaches toward the management of gastritis. Gastrointestinal Nursing, 12(2), 15-16. https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2014.12.2.15

Gastritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach (gastric mucosa), and has many possible causes, including an infection, irritant, autoimmune disorder, or backflow of bile and intestinal juice into the stomach (Smith and Watson, 2005). Contr... Read More about Non-pharmacological approaches toward the management of gastritis.

Using chamomile for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (2013)
Journal Article
Smith, G. D. (2013). Using chamomile for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. Gastrointestinal Nursing, 11(8), 11-12. https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2013.11.8.11

The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for the management of gastrointestinal symptoms is becoming increasingly popular across the world. Several herbal remedies have been claimed to improve the symptoms associated with irritab... Read More about Using chamomile for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.

Content validity of the Chinese version of resilience scale for older people (2013)
Journal Article
Yang, F., Smith, G. D., & Liu, X. (2014). Content validity of the Chinese version of resilience scale for older people. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 23(13-14), 2077-2079. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12349

Aims and objectives To forward- and backward-translate the English version ofthe Resilience Scale for use in Chinese older people and toaddress the equivalence of the content validity of theChinese and English versions of this scale

Inflammatory bowel disease in older people (2013)
Journal Article
Smith, G. D. (2013). Inflammatory bowel disease in older people. Gastrointestinal Nursing, 11(6), 31-35. https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2013.11.6.31

The physiological process of ageing can lead to a number of health challenges, including a deterioration of gastrointestinal functions and increase in digestive disorders. Therefore, although the occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is qui... Read More about Inflammatory bowel disease in older people.

The structure of stress: Confirmatory factor analysis of a Chinese version of the stressors in Nursing Students Scale (SINS) (2013)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Yanhua, C., Ip, M. Y. K., Smith, G. D., Wong, T. K. S., & Deary, I. J. (2013). The structure of stress: Confirmatory factor analysis of a Chinese version of the stressors in Nursing Students Scale (SINS). Nurse Education Today, 33(2), 160-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.02.013

Background Stress is a feature of the life of nursing students and this had been well studied. However, there are very few instruments to measure stress in nursing students specifically. One such instrument, the Stressors in Nursing Students Scale... Read More about The structure of stress: Confirmatory factor analysis of a Chinese version of the stressors in Nursing Students Scale (SINS).

The use of data mining to identify indicators of health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (2012)
Journal Article
Penny, K. I., & Smith, G. D. (2012). The use of data mining to identify indicators of health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2761-2771. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03897.x

Aim.  To examine the health-related quality of life in a cohort of individuals with irritable bowel syndrome and to explore the use of several data-mining methods to identify which socio-demographic and irritable bowel syndrome symptoms are most high... Read More about The use of data mining to identify indicators of health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.