All Outputs (249)

Changes and Continuities in Adoption Social Work: Adoption in Scotland Since the 1968 Act (2020)
Journal Article
Critchley-Morris, A., Cowan, P., Grant, M., & Hardy, M. (2021). Changes and Continuities in Adoption Social Work: Adoption in Scotland Since the 1968 Act. British Journal of Social Work, 51(6), 2061-2079. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa114

This article charts changes and continuities in the social work role in adoption since 1968. The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 established the Children’s Hearing System, Scotland’s unique approach to child welfare in which lay volunteers make decis... Read More about Changes and Continuities in Adoption Social Work: Adoption in Scotland Since the 1968 Act.

Dashboard application for monitoring routinely collected data by the Improving Cancer Journeys project in Glasgow (2020)
Digital Artefact
Savinc, J. (2020). Dashboard application for monitoring routinely collected data by the Improving Cancer Journeys project in Glasgow. [Application]

An online demo version of the application can be viewed at https://jsvnc.shinyapps.io/dashboard-pivot-data/; Please allow a minute to load, then click on "Load made-up data" on the top of the page, and wait for the data to finish loading (there will... Read More about Dashboard application for monitoring routinely collected data by the Improving Cancer Journeys project in Glasgow.

Transition to Postgraduate Study at Master’s Level: Lessons Learned from Students’ Evaluations of an Online Induction Resource (2020)
Journal Article
Robb, L., & Moffat, S. (2020). Transition to Postgraduate Study at Master’s Level: Lessons Learned from Students’ Evaluations of an Online Induction Resource. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 8(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.14297/

Evidence from UK universities’ Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) concluded that whilst confident and experienced in their area of practice, some find the prospect of returning to study in an on-line environment and making the transition to... Read More about Transition to Postgraduate Study at Master’s Level: Lessons Learned from Students’ Evaluations of an Online Induction Resource.

Atrial Fibrillation Screen, Management And Guideline Recommended Therapy (AF SMART II) in the rural primary care setting: a cross-sectional study and cost-effectiveness analysis of eHealth tools to support all stages of screening (2020)
Journal Article
Orchard, J., Li, J., Freedman, B., Webster, R., Salkeld, G., Hespe, C., Gallagher, R., Patel, A., Kamel, B., Neubeck, L., & Lowres, N. (2020). Atrial Fibrillation Screen, Management And Guideline Recommended Therapy (AF SMART II) in the rural primary care

Background Internationally, most atrial fibrillation (AF) management guidelines recommend opportunistic screening for AF in people aged ≥65 years, and oral anticoagulant (OAC) treatment for those at high stroke risk (CHA₂DS₂-VA ≥2). However, gaps re... Read More about Atrial Fibrillation Screen, Management And Guideline Recommended Therapy (AF SMART II) in the rural primary care setting: a cross-sectional study and cost-effectiveness analysis of eHealth tools to support all stages of screening.

The development and psychometric testing of three instruments that measure person‐centred caring as three concepts – Personalization, participation and responsiveness (2020)
Journal Article
Strachan, H., Williamson, L., Elders, A., Sutherland, B., Hibberd, C., & Williams, B. (2020). The development and psychometric testing of three instruments that measure person‐centred caring as three concepts – Personalization, participation and respo

Aim To develop and test the psychometric properties of three instruments that measure Person‐centred Caring: as Personalization, Participation and Responsiveness. Design A three‐phase mixed methods design used two frameworks: content validity de... Read More about The development and psychometric testing of three instruments that measure person‐centred caring as three concepts – Personalization, participation and responsiveness.

Learning disability, autism and the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act (2020)
Journal Article
McKay, C., Connolly, M., Williams, F., Warwick, M., & Macleod, C. (2020). Learning disability, autism and the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act. Advances in mental health and intellectual disabilities, 14(5), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/AMHID-09-20

This paper aims to investigate the use of Part VI of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (CPSA) for people with Learning Disability (LD) and/or Autism. This is in the context of a recent review commissioned by the Scottish Government into whet... Read More about Learning disability, autism and the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act.

The Development of a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: Insights from the Care Home Innovation Partnership, Lothian (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Johnston, L., Hockley, J., Henderson, D. A., & Shenkin, S. D. The Development of a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: Insights from the Care Home Innovation Partnership, Lothian

Care homes collect a large amount of data about their residents, and the care provided, but there is a lack of consistency in how this information is collected. There is also a need to minimise the burden of data collection on staff, ensure informati... Read More about The Development of a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: Insights from the Care Home Innovation Partnership, Lothian.

Psychological and pharmacological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: systematic review and component network meta-analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Coventry, P. A., Meader, N., Melton, H., Temple, M., Dale, H., Wright, K., …Gilbody, S. (2020). Psychological and pharmacological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: sy

Background: Complex traumatic events associated with armed conflict, forcible displacement, childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence are increasingly prevalent. People exposed to complex traumatic events are at not only at risk of post-traumatic... Read More about Psychological and pharmacological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental health problems following complex traumatic events: systematic review and component network meta-analysis.

A realist evaluation approach to explaining the role of context in the impact of a complex eHealth intervention for improving prevention of cardiovascular disease (2020)
Journal Article
Coorey, G., Peiris, D., Neubeck, L., & Redfern, J. (2020). A realist evaluation approach to explaining the role of context in the impact of a complex eHealth intervention for improving prevention of cardiovascular disease. BMC Health Services Research, 20

Background Reduction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a worldwide health priority and innovative uses of technology-based interventions may assist patients with improving prevention behaviours. Targeting these interventions to recipients most like... Read More about A realist evaluation approach to explaining the role of context in the impact of a complex eHealth intervention for improving prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Psychometric properties of the birth satisfaction scale-revised (BSS-R) in a sample of postpartum Iranian women (2020)
Journal Article
Mortazavi, F., Mehrabadi, M., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2021). Psychometric properties of the birth satisfaction scale-revised (BSS-R) in a sample of postpartum Iranian women. Health Care for Women International, 42(4-6), https://doi.org/10.

Childbirth satisfaction may positively affect maternal intention to have a future pregnancy and preference to have a cesarean. We translate the UK-Birth-Satisfaction-Scale-Revised (UK-BSS-R) into Persian and validate an Iranian-BSS-R for future use i... Read More about Psychometric properties of the birth satisfaction scale-revised (BSS-R) in a sample of postpartum Iranian women.

Running coaches and running group leaders’ engagement with, and beliefs and perceived barriers to prehabilitation and injury prevention strategies for runners (2020)
Journal Article
Linton, L., & Valentin, S. (2020). Running coaches and running group leaders’ engagement with, and beliefs and perceived barriers to prehabilitation and injury prevention strategies for runners. Physical Therapy in Sport, 46, 54-62. https://doi.org/10.1

Objectives To identify which pre-and post-run injury risk reduction activities and prehabilitation (prehab) strategies Coaches and Running Group Leaders (Coaches/RGLs) engage in with runners; to explore their beliefs on why runners get injured; to i... Read More about Running coaches and running group leaders’ engagement with, and beliefs and perceived barriers to prehabilitation and injury prevention strategies for runners.

Characteristics of diabetes medication‐taking in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability compared to those without: a mixed‐methods study (2020)
Journal Article
Paterson, R., Taggart, L., Hoyle, L., & Brown, M. (2020). Characteristics of diabetes medication‐taking in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability compared to those without: a mixed‐methods study. Diabetic Medicine, 37(12), 2035-2043. htt

Aim To compare the frequency and factors associated with diabetes medication‐taking (depression, perceived side effects, self‐efficacy and social support) in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability and those without intellectual disabil... Read More about Characteristics of diabetes medication‐taking in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability compared to those without: a mixed‐methods study.

Strategies to promote nurses ' health: A qualitative study with student nurses (2020)
Journal Article
Bak, M., Hoyle, L., Mahoney, C., & Kyle, R. G. (2020). Strategies to promote nurses ' health: A qualitative study with student nurses. Nurse Education in Practice, 48, Article 102860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102860

Developing strategies to support student nurses' health is a global priority for healthcare organisations and governments. This is because emerging international evidence indicates that improvements in student nurses' health are required to increase... Read More about Strategies to promote nurses ' health: A qualitative study with student nurses.

Designing and Developing Core Physiology Learning Outcomes for Pre-registration Nursing Education Curriculum (2020)
Journal Article
Wood, A. F., Chandler, C., Connolly, S., Finn, G., Redmond, C., Jolly, J., …Grant, A. (2020). Designing and Developing Core Physiology Learning Outcomes for Pre-registration Nursing Education Curriculum. Advances in physiology education, 44(3), 464-474.

Physiology is a key element of ‘bioscience’ education within pre-registration nursing programmes, but there is a lack of clarity on what is included. Physiology and bioscience content and delivery is highly varied across both higher education institu... Read More about Designing and Developing Core Physiology Learning Outcomes for Pre-registration Nursing Education Curriculum.

Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD): Implications for Trauma-Focused Therapies (2020)
Journal Article
Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., Fyvie, C., Grandison, G., Garozi, M., Latham, E., Sinclair, M., Ho, G. W. K., McAnee, G., Ford, J. D., & Hyland, P. (2020). Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (

Objectives We set out to test, using latent variable modelling, whether adverse and benevolent childhood experiences could be best described as a single continuum or two correlated constructs. We also modelled the relationship between adverse and b... Read More about Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD): Implications for Trauma-Focused Therapies.

Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (2020)
Journal Article
Pazan, F., Petrovic, M., Cherubini, A., Onder, G., Cruz-Jentoft, A. J., Denkinger, M., …Wehling, M. (2021). Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review

Background Frailty and adverse drug effects are linked in the fact that polypharmacy is correlated with the severity of frailty; however, a causal relation has not been proven in older people with clinically manifest frailty. Methods A literatur... Read More about Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Inclusion in the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines of non-vitamin K anticoagulants for treatment of non-valvular atrial fibrillation: A step towards reducing the burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality (2020)
Journal Article
Zaidel, E. J., Leng, X., Moshood Adeoye, A., Hakim, F., Karmacharya, B., Katbeh, A., Neubeck, L., Partridge, S., Perel, P., Huffman, M. D., & Di Cesare, M. (2020). Inclusion in the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines of non-vitamin

Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) represent a paradigm shift in the treatment of non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) with major practice guidelines around the world recommending NOACs over vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants... Read More about Inclusion in the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines of non-vitamin K anticoagulants for treatment of non-valvular atrial fibrillation: A step towards reducing the burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

Increasing cardiovascular medication adherence: A medical research council complex mhealth intervention mixed‐methods feasibility study to inform global practice (2020)
Journal Article
Khonsari, S., Chandler, C., Parker, R., & Holloway, A. (2020). Increasing cardiovascular medication adherence: A medical research council complex mhealth intervention mixed‐methods feasibility study to inform global practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing

Aims To evaluate a mHealth intervention to increase medication adherence among Iranian coronary heart disease patients. Design Quantitative-dominant mixed-methods study. Data Source Iranian coronary heart disease patients’ responses and most... Read More about Increasing cardiovascular medication adherence: A medical research council complex mhealth intervention mixed‐methods feasibility study to inform global practice.

The role of images on illness behaviour: Interdisciplinary theory, evidence, and ideas (2020)
Journal Article
Williams, B., & Murray, J. (2021). The role of images on illness behaviour: Interdisciplinary theory, evidence, and ideas. Psychological Reports, 124(6), 2453-2475. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294120945602

If illness behaviour is to be fully understood, the social and behavioural sciences must work together to understand the wider forms in which illness is experienced and communicated with individuals and society. The current paper synthesised literat... Read More about The role of images on illness behaviour: Interdisciplinary theory, evidence, and ideas.

Are patient outcomes improved by models of professionally-led community HIV management which aim to be person-centred? A systematic review of the evidence (2020)
Journal Article
Abboah-Offei, M., Bristowe, K., & Harding, R. (2021). Are patient outcomes improved by models of professionally-led community HIV management which aim to be person-centred? A systematic review of the evidence. AIDS care, 33(9), 1107-1117. https://doi.org/

UNAIDS advocates person-centred care (PCC) for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to improve outcomes and wellbeing. We appraised the evidence of person-centred models of community HIV care delivered or led by trained healthcare professionals and it... Read More about Are patient outcomes improved by models of professionally-led community HIV management which aim to be person-centred? A systematic review of the evidence.