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Influence of aerial manoeuvres on surfing performance (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ferrier, B., Secomb, J., Parsonage, J., Dowse, R., Newton, R., Sheppard, J., & Nimphius, S. (2016, November). Influence of aerial manoeuvres on surfing performance. Poster presented at 2016 Australian Strength and Conditioning Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia

Challenges for drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration of police perceptions (2022)
Journal Article
Falzon, D., Aston, E. V., Carver, H., Masterton, W., Wallace, B., Sumnall, H., Measham, F., Fletcher, E., Gittins, R., Priyadarshi, S., & Parkes, T. (2022). Challenges for drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration of police perceptions. Harm Reduction Journal, 19(1), Article 105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00686-6

Background The impact of policing practices on the engagement of people who use drugs (PWUD) with harm reduction services is well evidenced. Although the police have traditionally taken an enforcement role in responding to drug use, it is increasing... Read More about Challenges for drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration of police perceptions.

Dose-response effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor monotherapy for the treatment of depression: systematic review of reviews and meta-narrative synthesis (2022)
Journal Article
Johnson, C., Maxwell, M., Williams, B., Dougall, N., & MacGillivray, S. (2022). Dose-response effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor monotherapy for the treatment of depression: systematic review of reviews and meta-narrative synthesis. BMJ Medicine, 1(1), Article e000017. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmed-2021-000017

Objective: To assess and clarify the relations between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) dose efficacy, acceptability (early treatment discontinuation (dropouts)), and tolerability (reported adverse drug effects), and critically evaluate... Read More about Dose-response effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor monotherapy for the treatment of depression: systematic review of reviews and meta-narrative synthesis.

Evaluation of New Models of Primary Care in Scotland: Lanarkshire Case Study (2019)
Report
Jani, B., Thomas, L., Wood, K., Saunders, K., Cunningham, Y., Murray, V., …Mair, F. S. (2019). Evaluation of New Models of Primary Care in Scotland: Lanarkshire Case Study. Glasgow: Scottish Government

Over recent years, the Scottish Government (SG) has progressed a raft of major new policy developments that aim to transform health and social care, with primary care being at the heart of these changes. In 2015, SG established a Primary Care Develo... Read More about Evaluation of New Models of Primary Care in Scotland: Lanarkshire Case Study.

Systematic Review of the Content Validity of Patient Reported Outcome Measures of Transition to Parenthood (2022)
Journal Article
Beeck, E. V., Van den Branden, L., Bramer, W. M., & Kuipers, Y. (2023). Systematic Review of the Content Validity of Patient Reported Outcome Measures of Transition to Parenthood. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 46(1), 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/01632787221127382

This review aims to identify self-report instruments examining aspects of transition to parenthood for use in practice and research. After performing a literature search in Embase, Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane, PsycINFO and Google Scholar, the P... Read More about Systematic Review of the Content Validity of Patient Reported Outcome Measures of Transition to Parenthood.

The effect of a game-based mobile app “MyHeartMate” to promote lifestyle change in coronary disease patients: a randomised controlled trial (2022)
Journal Article
Gallagher, R., Chow, C. K., Parker, H., Neubeck, L., Celermajer, D., Redfern, J., Tofler, G., Buckley, T., Schumacher, T., Hyun, K., Bouramond, F., & Figtree, G. (2023). The effect of a game-based mobile app “MyHeartMate” to promote lifestyle change in coronary disease patients: a randomised controlled trial. European Heart Journal – Digital Health, 4(1), 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/ztac069

Aims Secondary prevention reduces coronary heart disease (CHD) progression. Traditional prevention programs including cardiac rehabilitation are under-accessed, which smartphone apps may overcome. To evaluate the effect of a game-based mobile app in... Read More about The effect of a game-based mobile app “MyHeartMate” to promote lifestyle change in coronary disease patients: a randomised controlled trial.

Epidemiology of q-fever in domestic ruminants and humans in Africa: A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Festo Bwatota, S., Cook, E. A. J., Mark de Clare Bronsvoort, B., Wheelhouse, N., Hernandez-Castor, L. E., & Mkilema Shirima, G. (2022). Epidemiology of q-fever in domestic ruminants and humans in Africa: A systematic review. CABI One Health, https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2022.0008

Q-fever is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the gram-negative, intracellular, spore-forming bacterium Coxiella burnetii. Infected ruminants (cattle, sheep, and goats) are the reservoirs of the pathogen and thus an important source of infection... Read More about Epidemiology of q-fever in domestic ruminants and humans in Africa: A systematic review.

Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on the Livelihoods of Male Commercial Boda-Boda Motorists in Uganda (2022)
Book Chapter
Kebirungi, H., & Mwenyango, H. (2022). Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on the Livelihoods of Male Commercial Boda-Boda Motorists in Uganda. In M. Laituri, R. B. Richardson, & J. Kim (Eds.), The Geographies of COVID-19: Geospatial Stories of a Global Pandemic (195-207). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11775-6_16

We examined the impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on the livelihoods of commercial male Boda-Boda motorists in Uganda. The objectives of the study were to (1) characterize social services within the working environment of Boda-Boda motorists and (2) e... Read More about Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on the Livelihoods of Male Commercial Boda-Boda Motorists in Uganda.

Academic, clinical and personal experiences of undergraduate healthcare students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study (2022)
Journal Article
McFadden, S., Guille, S., Daly-Lynn, J., O’Neill, B., Marley, J., Hanratty, C., Shepherd, P., Ramsey, L., Breen, C., Duffy, O., Jones, A., Kerr, D., & Hughes, C. (2022). Academic, clinical and personal experiences of undergraduate healthcare students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study. PLOS ONE, 17(7), Article e0271873. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271873

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 has impacted upon the role and safety of healthcare workers, with the potential to have a lasting effect on their wellbeing. Limited research has been conducted during previous pandemics exploring how student heal... Read More about Academic, clinical and personal experiences of undergraduate healthcare students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study.

Electrocardiogram interpretation competency among emergency nurses and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel: A cross‐sectional and comparative descriptive study (2021)
Journal Article
Rahimpour, M., Shahbazi, S., Ghafourifard, M., Gilani, N., & Breen, C. (2021). Electrocardiogram interpretation competency among emergency nurses and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel: A cross‐sectional and comparative descriptive study. Nursing Open, 8(4), 1712-1719. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.809

Aims The aim of this research study was to compare electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation competency among emergency nurses and EMS personnel. Design A cross-sectional comparative descriptive study design was used. Methods This study recruit... Read More about Electrocardiogram interpretation competency among emergency nurses and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel: A cross‐sectional and comparative descriptive study.

ATP and prevention pacing to reduce AF burden in pacemaker patients (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMahon, L., & Breen, C. (2020, September). ATP and prevention pacing to reduce AF burden in pacemaker patients. Poster presented at Heart Rhythm Congress, Manchester, UK [online]

Background/Objectives: Pacemakers detect subclinical atrial fibrillation that may be a predictor of risk of stroke. Evidence for the efficacy of algorithms for prevention and treatment of atrial fibrillation is controversial. The aim is to systematic... Read More about ATP and prevention pacing to reduce AF burden in pacemaker patients.

Can sensory integration have a role in multi‐element behavioural intervention? An evaluation of factors associated with the management of challenging behaviour in community adult learning disability services (2020)
Journal Article
McGill, C., & Breen, C. J. (2020). Can sensory integration have a role in multi‐element behavioural intervention? An evaluation of factors associated with the management of challenging behaviour in community adult learning disability services. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 48(2), 142-153. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12308

1.1 Introduction Adults with complex needs and severe learning disability present as a serious management problem within the community. Restrictive interventions are often used to manage adults with these issues, even though best practice recommends... Read More about Can sensory integration have a role in multi‐element behavioural intervention? An evaluation of factors associated with the management of challenging behaviour in community adult learning disability services.

ECG interpretation skill acquisition: A review of learning, teaching and assessment (2019)
Journal Article
Breen, C., Kelly, G., & Kernohan, W. (2022). ECG interpretation skill acquisition: A review of learning, teaching and assessment. Journal of Electrocardiology, 73, 125-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2019.03.010

The recording of 12 lead electrocardiograms (ECG) is one of the most useful and commonly performed medical procedures. ECGs are used in diagnosis, risk-stratification management decision-making, and assessment in response to therapy. The correct inte... Read More about ECG interpretation skill acquisition: A review of learning, teaching and assessment.

A clinical decision support tool to assist with the interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram (2017)
Journal Article
Breen, C., Bond, R., & Finlay, D. (2019). A clinical decision support tool to assist with the interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram. Health Informatics Journal, 25(1), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458216683534

This article reports the design and testing of a novel interactive method, abbreviated to ANALYSE (systemAtic aNALYsiS of Electrocardiography) to assist interpretation of 12-lead electrocardiogram. 15 participants interpreted a total of 150 12-lead e... Read More about A clinical decision support tool to assist with the interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram.

The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2019, March). The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance. Presented at Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2019), Dublin

Introduction: The recording of 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) is one of the most useful and commonly performed medical procedures. Interpretation of the 12-lead ECG involves analysing several waveforms (P, QRS, ST and T waves) which permits the de... Read More about The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance.

A computer-human interaction model to improve the diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making during 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation (2016)
Journal Article
Cairns, A. W., Bond, R. R., Finlay, D. D., Breen, C., Guldenring, D., Gaffney, R., Gallagher, A. G., Peace, A. J., & Henn, P. (2016). A computer-human interaction model to improve the diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making during 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 64, 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2016.09.016

Introduction The 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) presents a plethora of information and demands extensive knowledge and a high cognitive workload to interpret. Whilst the ECG is an important clinical tool, it is frequently incorrectly interpreted. E... Read More about A computer-human interaction model to improve the diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making during 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation.