Outputs (140)

Development and preliminary psychometric properties of the Care Experience Feedback Improvement Tool (CEFIT) (2016)
Journal Article
Beattie, M., Shepherd, A., Lauder, W., Atherton, I., Cowie, J., & Murphy, D. J. (2016). Development and preliminary psychometric properties of the Care Experience Feedback Improvement Tool (CEFIT). BMJ Open, 6(6), Article e010101. https://doi.org/10.1136/

Objective To develop a structurally valid and reliable, yet brief measure of patient experience of hospital quality of care, the Care Experience Feedback Improvement Tool (CEFIT). Also, to examine aspects of utility of CEFIT. Background Measuring... Read More about Development and preliminary psychometric properties of the Care Experience Feedback Improvement Tool (CEFIT).

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey (2015)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Neall, R. A., & Atherton, I. (2016). Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 53, 126-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijn

Background Increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity represents a global pandemic. As the largest occupational group in international healthcare systems nurses are at the forefront of health promotion to address this pandemic. However, nurse... Read More about Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey.

“Everybody Knows Everybody Else’s Business”—Privacy in Rural Communities (2015)
Journal Article
Leung, J., Smith, A., Atherton, I., & McLaughlin, D. (2016). “Everybody Knows Everybody Else’s Business”—Privacy in Rural Communities. Journal of Cancer Education, 31(4), 811-812. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-015-0862-8

Patients have a right to privacy in a health care setting. This involves conversational discretion, security of medical records and physical privacy of remaining unnoticed or unidentified when using health care services other than by those who need t... Read More about “Everybody Knows Everybody Else’s Business”—Privacy in Rural Communities.

By reaching out we can change worlds (2015)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2015). By reaching out we can change worlds. Nursing Standard, 29(19), 22-23. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.19.22.s25

The Ebola epidemic has forced many nurses to face the limits of their power to help. But our feelings of empathy can be used to spark more local engagement with the people we help

Stepping outside your comfort zone. (2015)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2015). Stepping outside your comfort zone. Nursing Standard, 29, 24-25. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.21.24.s28

In the final article in this series on the social sciences, the authors explain how cultivating a spirit of enquiry enables nurses to travel beyond the limits of personal experience to have a better understanding of their patients and themselves. In... Read More about Stepping outside your comfort zone..

Prevalence of skin problems and leg ulceration in a sample of young injecting drug users (2014)
Journal Article
Coull, A. F., Atherton, I., Taylor, A., & Watterson, A. E. (2014). Prevalence of skin problems and leg ulceration in a sample of young injecting drug users. Harm Reduction Journal, 11(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-11-22

Drug users suffer harm from the injecting process, and clinical services are reporting increasing numbers presenting with skin-related problems such as abscesses and leg ulcers. Skin breakdown can lead to long-term health problems and increased servi... Read More about Prevalence of skin problems and leg ulceration in a sample of young injecting drug users.

Delivering healthcare information via the internet: cardiac patients' access, usage, perceptions of usefulness, and web site content preferences. (2014)
Journal Article
Jones, J., Cassie, S., Thompson, M., Atherton, I., & Leslie, S. J. (2014). Delivering healthcare information via the internet: cardiac patients' access, usage, perceptions of usefulness, and web site content preferences. Telemedicine and e-Health, 20(3),

OBJECTIVES: To assess patients' usage of the Internet as a source of personal healthcare information and patients' perceptions of usefulness and content preferences of more locally focused online health-related material. MATERIALS AND METHODS:... Read More about Delivering healthcare information via the internet: cardiac patients' access, usage, perceptions of usefulness, and web site content preferences..

Instruments to measure patient experience of health care quality in hospitals: a systematic review protocol (2014)
Journal Article
Beattie, M., Lauder, W., Atherton, I., & Murphy, D. J. (2014). Instruments to measure patient experience of health care quality in hospitals: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 3, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-3-4

Improving and sustaining the quality of care in hospitals is an intractable and persistent challenge. The patients’ experience of the quality of hospital care can provide insightful feedback to enable clinical teams to direct quality improvement effo... Read More about Instruments to measure patient experience of health care quality in hospitals: a systematic review protocol.

Habitat and health: why place matters. (2014)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2014). Habitat and health: why place matters. Nursing Standard, 29(3), 24-25. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.3.24.s27

Each of us is shaped by the places we spend our lives in. Thinking about your patients in their geographical context – their biogeography – can enable more holistic care

Learn to see patients in their own world. (2014)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2014). Learn to see patients in their own world. Nursing Standard, 28(50), 22-24. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.28.50.22.s26

Insights from the social sciences can help nurses understand the influences that shaped their patients and the decisions they make. This can develop empathy and encourage better care. Nurses are passionate about their patients’ wellbeing. They can us... Read More about Learn to see patients in their own world..

The influence of non-modifiable illness perceptions on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation (2013)
Journal Article
Blair, J., Angus, N. J., Lauder, W. J., Atherton, I., Evans, J., & Leslie, S. J. (2014). The influence of non-modifiable illness perceptions on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 13(1), 55-62. https://doi.org

Background: Despite the established benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) attendance rates remain variable. Physical barriers to attendance have been extensively investigated but relatively less is known about the relationship between attendance at... Read More about The influence of non-modifiable illness perceptions on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation.

More than just a jag? The delivery of childhood vaccinations as an interpersonal over a technical skill. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McIntosh, P., Gray Brunton, C., & Kennedy, C. (2011). More than just a jag? The delivery of childhood vaccinations as an interpersonal over a technical skill

Background: This paper reports findings from a qualitative study which explored the role of the health professional in the delivery of childhood vaccinations, particularly previously controversial vaccines and newly introduced vaccines. ‘Emotional la... Read More about More than just a jag? The delivery of childhood vaccinations as an interpersonal over a technical skill..

Crossing boundaries: the role of the advanced nurse practitioner in an integrated specialist palliative care service in NHS Tayside. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, C., Gray Brunton, C., Black, P., Campbell, K., & Nicol, J. (2011). Crossing boundaries: the role of the advanced nurse practitioner in an integrated specialist palliative care service in NHS Tayside.

Following international trends, increasing adoption of Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) have occurred in the United Kingdom (UK) in the face of economic drives towards cost-effectiveness and changes to the regulation of workforce such as junior do... Read More about Crossing boundaries: the role of the advanced nurse practitioner in an integrated specialist palliative care service in NHS Tayside..

Resisting’ Ritalin: parental talk about treatment medication in childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)/resistance au Ritalin: entretiens avec les parents sur le traitement medicinal pour traiter le TDAH (Trouble déficitaire de l’attention et/ou hyperactivité) infantile. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray Brunton, C. (2009). Resisting’ Ritalin: parental talk about treatment medication in childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)/resistance au Ritalin: entretiens avec les parents sur le traitement medicinal pour traiter le TDAH (Troub

‘Resisting’ Ritalin: Parental Talk about Treatment Medication in Childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). ABSTRACT Background: Childhood ADHD is a contested public health area in international contexts with rising incidences predi... Read More about Resisting’ Ritalin: parental talk about treatment medication in childhood ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)/resistance au Ritalin: entretiens avec les parents sur le traitement medicinal pour traiter le TDAH (Trouble déficitaire de l’attention et/ou hyperactivité) infantile..

(Mis)Communication and context for childhood vaccinations: a role for critical health psychology? (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, C., Gray Brunton, C., & Hogg, R. (2009). (Mis)Communication and context for childhood vaccinations: a role for critical health psychology?.

Background: The promotion of childhood vaccinations is complex in the literature. Vaccination is important to ensure protection from infectious diseases but in developed countries rates for vaccinations have fallen in recent years. The Measles, Mumps... Read More about (Mis)Communication and context for childhood vaccinations: a role for critical health psychology?.

Negotiating Parental Accountability in the Face of Uncertainty for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (2014)
Journal Article
Gray Brunton, C., McVittie, C., Ellison, M., & Willock, J. (2014). Negotiating Parental Accountability in the Face of Uncertainty for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Qualitative Health Research, 24(2), 242-253. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732314

Despite extensive research into attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), parents’ constructions of their children’s behaviors have received limited attention. This is particularly true outside North American contexts, where ADHD is less est... Read More about Negotiating Parental Accountability in the Face of Uncertainty for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Diagnosing dying: an integrative literature review (2014)
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., Brooks Young, P., Gray Brunton, C., Larkin, P., Connolly, M., Wilde-Larsson, B., …Chater, S. (2014). Diagnosing dying: an integrative literature review. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 4(3), 263-270. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-20

Background To ensure patients and families receive appropriate end-of-life care pathways and guidelines aim to inform clinical decision making. Ensuring appropriate outcomes through the use of these decision aids is dependent on timely use. Diag... Read More about Diagnosing dying: an integrative literature review.

Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a protocol for systematic review of prospective cohort studies (2013)
Journal Article
Schoultz, M., Atherton, I., Hubbard, G., & Watson, A. J. M. (2013). Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a protocol for systematic review of prospective cohort studies. Systematic

Background Inflammatory bowel disease is an idiopathic chronic disease that affects around 28 million people worldwide. Symptoms are distressing and have a detrimental effect on patients’ quality of life. A possible link between exacerbation of sy... Read More about Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a protocol for systematic review of prospective cohort studies.

The use of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for improving quality of life for inflammatory bowel disease patients: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial with embedded process evaluation (2013)
Journal Article
Schoultz, M., Atherton, I., Hubbard, G., & Watson, A. J. M. (2013). The use of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for improving quality of life for inflammatory bowel disease patients: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial with embedded

Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition with an unpredictable disease course. Rates of anxiety and depression among IBD patients in relapse (active disease symptoms) as well as in remission are higher than in the genera... Read More about The use of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for improving quality of life for inflammatory bowel disease patients: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial with embedded process evaluation.

Housing options and solutions for young people in 2020 (2012)
Report
Clapham, D., Mackie, P., Orford, S., Buckley, K., Thomas, I., Atherton, I., & McAnullty, U. (2012). Housing options and solutions for young people in 2020. Edinburgh, Scotland: Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Recent economic, social and political change has resulted in a lot of uncertainty regarding the housing options for young people in the UK. This report aims to inform the development of housing policy and practice by identifying the key challenges li... Read More about Housing options and solutions for young people in 2020.