All Outputs (20)

Is health-related quality of life the same for elderly Polish migrants, Turkish migrants and German natives? Testing the reliability and construct validity of the Sf-36 health survey in a cross-cultural comparison (2017)
Journal Article
Buchcik, J., Westenhöfer, J., Fleming, M., & Martin, C. R. (2017). Is health-related quality of life the same for elderly Polish migrants, Turkish migrants and German natives? Testing the reliability and construct validity of the Sf-36 health survey in a cross-cultural comparison. Cogent Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2017.1280984

Objective:The Sf-36 is the most widely used instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with the most convincing evidence of both internal consistency and test-retest reliability. In addition, it is appropriate for use among elderly... Read More about Is health-related quality of life the same for elderly Polish migrants, Turkish migrants and German natives? Testing the reliability and construct validity of the Sf-36 health survey in a cross-cultural comparison.

A systematic review of evidence relating to clinical supervision for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals (2017)
Journal Article
Pollock, A., Campbell, P., Deery, R., Fleming, M., Rankin, J., Sloan, G., & Cheyne, H. (2017). A systematic review of evidence relating to clinical supervision for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(8), 1825-1837. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13253

Aim The aim of this study was to systematically review evidence relating to clinical supervision for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. Background Since 1902 statutory supervision has been a requirement for UK midwives, but this is... Read More about A systematic review of evidence relating to clinical supervision for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.

A randomised controlled pilot study of Experience Focused Counselling with voice hearers (2016)
Journal Article
Schnackenberg, J., Fleming, M., & Martin, C. R. (2017). A randomised controlled pilot study of Experience Focused Counselling with voice hearers. Psychosis, 9(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2016.1185452

Background: There is a need for improved psychosocial interventions for distressed voice hearers. Aims: To evaluate a novel approach to hearing voices: Experience Focused Counselling (EFC) aka Making Sense of Voices. Study design and methods: Twe... Read More about A randomised controlled pilot study of Experience Focused Counselling with voice hearers.

Measurement properties of the Illness Perception Questionnaire in practitioners working with patients with co-morbid schizophrenia and learning disability (2016)
Journal Article
Martin, C., Fleming, M., & McCorkindale, S. (2016). Measurement properties of the Illness Perception Questionnaire in practitioners working with patients with co-morbid schizophrenia and learning disability. European journal for person centered healthcare, 4(1), 215-220. https://doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v4i1.1073

Rationale, aims and objectives: The widely-used Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ) adapted for use in patients with major mental health problems and those who care and work with them, was originally developed for evaluating the illness perception... Read More about Measurement properties of the Illness Perception Questionnaire in practitioners working with patients with co-morbid schizophrenia and learning disability.

Mental Health and Well-being in the Learning and Teaching Environment (2016)
Book
Martin, C. R., Fleming, M., & Smith, H. (2016). Mental Health and Well-being in the Learning and Teaching Environment. UK: Swan & Horn

Expertise from the two previously separate disciplines of education and mental health is combined in this book to examine the complex problems associated with today's high-stress, high-emotion learning and teaching environments - affecting learners a... Read More about Mental Health and Well-being in the Learning and Teaching Environment.

Validation of the electronic Holistic Needs Assessment. (2015)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Fleming, M. (2015). Validation of the electronic Holistic Needs Assessment. SpringerPlus, 4, 623. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-1401-0

Macmillan Cancer Support UK have developed an electronic Holistic Needs Assessment (eHNA) to: (1) help people living with cancer express all their needs, (2) help those helping them better target support. eHNA consists of 48 items each ranked from ze... Read More about Validation of the electronic Holistic Needs Assessment..

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Schizophrenia: A Case Study (2015)
Book Chapter
Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2015). Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Schizophrenia: A Case Study. In C. R. Martin, V. R. Preedy, & V. B. Patel (Eds.), Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (1-8). Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08613-2_125-1

The trends that are emerging from the literature point to a relationship between trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress, and schizophrenia. People with schizophrenia are at more risk of being exposed to a number of traumas and are more likely to exper... Read More about Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Schizophrenia: A Case Study.

Faith and belief in Scotland. (2014)
Report
Siddiqui, M., Allison, A., Snowden, A., & Fleming, M. (2014). Faith and belief in Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Government

The nature of Scottish society is changing. Scotland is becoming more ethnically and religiously diverse. Within an equalities framework, consideration must be given to service provision for these changing demographics. The Public Sector Duty make... Read More about Faith and belief in Scotland..

An examination and appreciation of the dimensions of locus of control in psychosis: issues and relationships between constructs and measurement: Locus of control in psychosis (2014)
Journal Article
Hutcheson, C., Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2014). An examination and appreciation of the dimensions of locus of control in psychosis: issues and relationships between constructs and measurement: Locus of control in psychosis. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 21(10), 906-916. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12160

Internal locus of control is associated with better psychological outcomes in comparison with external locus of control. Individuals experiencing a psychotic episode have a more external orientation, an externalizing bias for negative events and asso... Read More about An examination and appreciation of the dimensions of locus of control in psychosis: issues and relationships between constructs and measurement: Locus of control in psychosis.

Practitioners undertaking modular family intervention training: measuring competence (2014)
Journal Article
Fleming, M. P., Savage-Grainge, A., Allinson, R., & Martin, C. R. (2014). Practitioners undertaking modular family intervention training: measuring competence. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 3(1), 12-17. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2014.3.1.12

Family interventions based on the principles of behavioural and cognitive therapy, delivered for more than three months or 10–15 sessions have proved efficacious in reducing relapses and re-hospitalisation for people with schizophrenia. They are reco... Read More about Practitioners undertaking modular family intervention training: measuring competence.

Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research (2012)
Journal Article
Fleming, M., Kirby, B., & Penny, K. I. (2012). Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2711-2721. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04021.x

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:   This paper will focus on the key concepts behind record linkage and describe how probability matching of Scottish health records can be used for national health research. BACKGROUND:   Record linkage can bring togeth... Read More about Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research.

From classical psychodynamics to evidence synthesis: the motif of repression and a contemporary understanding of a key mediatory mechanism in psychosis (2012)
Journal Article
Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2012). From classical psychodynamics to evidence synthesis: the motif of repression and a contemporary understanding of a key mediatory mechanism in psychosis. Current psychiatry reports, 14(3), 252-258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-012-0260-4

The stress vulnerability model has proven to be a politically important model for two reasons. It has provided the framework that defines a temporal and dynamic process whereby a person’s uniquely determined biopsychosocial vulnerability to schizophr... Read More about From classical psychodynamics to evidence synthesis: the motif of repression and a contemporary understanding of a key mediatory mechanism in psychosis.

Nutrition and quality of life in adults receiving palliative care. (2011)
Book Chapter
Fleming, M., Martin, C. R., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2011). Nutrition and quality of life in adults receiving palliative care. In V. R. Preedie (Ed.), Diet and Nutrition in palliative care (75-88). Routledge

Palliative care refers to treatment and care delivered when the disease/illness is not responsive to curative treatment. The World Health Organization defines palliative care as ‘an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their fam... Read More about Nutrition and quality of life in adults receiving palliative care..

Nutritional intervention and quality of life in palliative care patients (2011)
Journal Article
Fleming, M., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2011). Nutritional intervention and quality of life in palliative care patients. British Journal of Nursing, 20, 1320-1324

Quality of life measures can be used by health professionals to assess effectiveness of nutritional interventions administered to palliative care patients. Stabilizing, maintaining and attempting to increase weight in palliative care patients through... Read More about Nutritional intervention and quality of life in palliative care patients.

Using timelines as part of recovery-focused practice in psychosis: Timelines and recovery in psychosis (2011)
Journal Article
Marland, G., McNay, L., Fleming, M., & McCaig, M. (2011). Using timelines as part of recovery-focused practice in psychosis: Timelines and recovery in psychosis. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18(10), 869-877. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01738.x

The value of timelines is discussed with regard to the promotion of recovery, particularly emphasizing relapse signature and concordance in medicine-taking. Recovery approaches in contemporary mental health care rely on understanding motivations, asp... Read More about Using timelines as part of recovery-focused practice in psychosis: Timelines and recovery in psychosis.

The Impact of Dietary Restrictions on Quality of Life in Kidney Disease (2011)
Book Chapter
Glover, C., Banks, P., Carson, A., Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2011). The Impact of Dietary Restrictions on Quality of Life in Kidney Disease. In Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition, 3187-3197. Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92271-3_198

Kidney disease represents a chronic, distressing, and debilitating diagnosis with relatively few treatment options and those options that are available are associated with a number of complications that impact deleteriously on the individual patient’... Read More about The Impact of Dietary Restrictions on Quality of Life in Kidney Disease.

Dysphagia, Behavior, and Quality of Life (2011)
Book Chapter
de Luis, D. A., Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2011). Dysphagia, Behavior, and Quality of Life. In Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition, 3163-3172. Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92271-3_196

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is associated with high mortality, morbidity, and cost. Estimates of the prevalence of dysphagia among individuals older than 50 years ranges from 15% to 22%. The correct evaluation of a patient with dysphagia must not only ta... Read More about Dysphagia, Behavior, and Quality of Life.

Issues in Quality of Life Assessment in Schizophrenia (2010)
Book Chapter
Martin, C. R., & Fleming, M. (2010). Issues in Quality of Life Assessment in Schizophrenia. In Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures, 3607-3624. Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78665-0_209

Quality of Life is an important aspect of everyday functioning to patients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia. The multifactorial nature of schizophrenia enmeshed within a biopsychosocial phenomena and the impact of pharmacological therapy mak... Read More about Issues in Quality of Life Assessment in Schizophrenia.

Low-grade psychotic symptoms in a non-clinical population: a study (2010)
Journal Article
Fleming, M., & Martin, C. R. (2010). Low-grade psychotic symptoms in a non-clinical population: a study. British Journal of Wellbeing, 1(8), 21-25

Low-grade psychotic symptoms have consistently been found to be experienced by members of the general population. Evidence suggests that they are less frequent, intrusive and severe than those experienced by people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.... Read More about Low-grade psychotic symptoms in a non-clinical population: a study.

The utility of the Illness Perception Questionnaire in the evaluation of mental health practitioners' perspectives on patients with schizophrenia (2008)
Journal Article
Fleming, M. P., Martin, C. R., Miles, J., & Atkinson, J. (2009). The utility of the Illness Perception Questionnaire in the evaluation of mental health practitioners' perspectives on patients with schizophrenia. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 15(5), 826-831. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01103.x

Rationale, aims, objectives  The Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ) was designed as a measure of illness perception and has been used extensively for measuring the perceptions of people with physical illness. Latterly modified versions of the IPQ... Read More about The utility of the Illness Perception Questionnaire in the evaluation of mental health practitioners' perspectives on patients with schizophrenia.