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Career Guidance, Health and Well-being (2017)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. (2017). Career Guidance, Health and Well-being. Career Matters, 5(1), 36-37

This is a brief article for practitioners in the Career Development Institute's magazine: Career Matters. It explores the links between work, health and well-being, and considers the implications for career development practice.

The Use of Phenomenological Approach in Evaluating Mentorship Preparation Program in South East Scotland (2017)
Journal Article
Neades, B. L., Lawson, B., Watson, W., & Montgomery, S. (2017). The Use of Phenomenological Approach in Evaluating Mentorship Preparation Program in South East Scotland. Sage Research Methods Cases, https://doi.org/10.4135/9781473970663

The Nursing and Midwifery Council for the United Kingdom highlighted the importance of the role of the mentor in the development of competence in student nurses and midwives. Veronica Lambert and Margaret Glacken, as well as Zoe Wilkes, suggested tha... Read More about The Use of Phenomenological Approach in Evaluating Mentorship Preparation Program in South East Scotland.

Alternative models of disorders of traumatic stress based on the new ICD-11 proposals (2017)
Journal Article
Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Fyvie, C., Roberts, N., Bisson, J. I., Brewin, C. R., & Cloitre, M. (2017). Alternative models of disorders of traumatic stress based on the new ICD-11 proposals. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 135(5), 419-428. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12695

Objective Although there is emerging evidence for the factorial validity of the distinction between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD) proposed in ICD-11, such evidence has been predominantly based on using selected items f... Read More about Alternative models of disorders of traumatic stress based on the new ICD-11 proposals.

Gerontology as a specialty (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kydd, A. (2017, January). Gerontology as a specialty. Presented at Winterschool

No abstract available.

eHealth Literacy: Predictors in a Population With Moderate-to-High Cardiovascular Risk (2017)
Journal Article
Richtering, S. S., Hyun, K., Neubeck, L., Coorey, G., Chalmers, J., Usherwood, T., Peiris, D., Chow, C. K., & Redfern, J. (2017). eHealth Literacy: Predictors in a Population With Moderate-to-High Cardiovascular Risk. JMIR Human Factors, 4(1), e4. https://doi.org/10.2196/humanfactors.6217

Background: Electronic health (eHealth) literacy is a growing area of research parallel to the ongoing development of eHealth interventions. There is, however, little and conflicting information regarding the factors that influence eHealth literacy,... Read More about eHealth Literacy: Predictors in a Population With Moderate-to-High Cardiovascular Risk.

What stops patients from taking their medicines. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dawkes, S. (2017, January). What stops patients from taking their medicines. Presented at Topics in Research and Education for Nursing Development

No abstract available.

Development of a cross-cultural HPV community engagement model within Scotland (2017)
Journal Article
Carnegie, E., Whittaker, A., Gray Brunton, C., Hogg, R., Kennedy, C., Hilton, S., Harding, S., Pollock, K. G., & Pow, J. (2017). Development of a cross-cultural HPV community engagement model within Scotland. Health Education Journal, 76(4), 398-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896916685592

Objective
To examine cultural barriers and participant solutions regarding acceptance and uptake of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine from the perspective of Black African, White-Caribbean, Arab, Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani young people.... Read More about Development of a cross-cultural HPV community engagement model within Scotland.

Recruitment to the “Breast—Activity and Healthy Eating After Diagnosis” (B-AHEAD) Randomized Controlled Trial (2017)
Journal Article
Pegington, M., Adams, J. E., Bundred, N. J., Harvie, M. N., Campbell, A., Howell, A., Howell, S. J., Speed, S., Wolstenholme, J., & Harvey, M. (2018). Recruitment to the “Breast—Activity and Healthy Eating After Diagnosis” (B-AHEAD) Randomized Controlled Trial. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 17(1), 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534735416687850

Excess weight at breast cancer diagnosis and weight gain during treatment are linked to increased breast cancer specific and all-cause mortality. The Breast—Activity and Healthy Eating After Diagnosis (B-AHEAD) trial tested 2 weight loss diet and exe... Read More about Recruitment to the “Breast—Activity and Healthy Eating After Diagnosis” (B-AHEAD) Randomized Controlled Trial.

Wireless Body Area Network System Architecture for Real-Time Diabetes Monitoring (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huzooree, G., Khedo, K. K., & Joonas, N. (2016, November). Wireless Body Area Network System Architecture for Real-Time Diabetes Monitoring. Presented at First International Conference on Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering (ELECOM 2016), Bagatelle, Mauritius

Technological advancement in Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) has gained much interest and became an emerging technology in the remote healthcare monitoring as WBANs are a collection of low-power, intelligent, miniaturized, lightweight, invasive o... Read More about Wireless Body Area Network System Architecture for Real-Time Diabetes Monitoring.

The feasibility and clinical benefits of improving facial affect recognition impairments in schizophrenia: Systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Bordon, N., O'Rourke, S., & Hutton, P. (2017). The feasibility and clinical benefits of improving facial affect recognition impairments in schizophrenia: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Research, 188, 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.01.014

Background
People diagnosed with schizophrenia have significant difficulty accurately recognising emotions expressed by others. This may generate anomalous experiences which, if misinterpreted, could contribute to experiences of social defeat, psych... Read More about The feasibility and clinical benefits of improving facial affect recognition impairments in schizophrenia: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

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.

Implementation of a consumer-focused eHealth intervention for people with moderate-to-high cardiovascular disease risk: protocol for a mixed-methods process evaluation (2017)
Journal Article
Coorey, G. M., Neubeck, L., Usherwood, T., Peiris, D., Parker, S., Lau, A. Y. S., Chow, C., Panaretto, K., Harris, M., Zwar, N., & Redfern, J. (2017). Implementation of a consumer-focused eHealth intervention for people with moderate-to-high cardiovascular disease risk: protocol for a mixed-methods process evaluation. BMJ Open, 7(1), Article e014353. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014353

Technology-mediated strategies have potential to engage patients in modifying unhealthy behaviour and improving medication adherence to reduce morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Furthermore, electronic tools offer a medium by... Read More about Implementation of a consumer-focused eHealth intervention for people with moderate-to-high cardiovascular disease risk: protocol for a mixed-methods process evaluation.

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.

Autism and Visual Impairment: a Review of the Literature (2017)
Journal Article
Butchart, M., Long, J. J., Brown, M., McMillan, A., Bain, J., & Karatzias, T. (2017). Autism and Visual Impairment: a Review of the Literature. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 4(2), 118-131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-016-0101-1

Purpose
This review presents the evidence on the prevalence of visual impairments in children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and the similar behavioural traits associated with both visual impairment and autism.

Method
A systemat... Read More about Autism and Visual Impairment: a Review of the Literature.

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.