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Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tosangwarn, S., Clissett, P., & Blake, H. (2016, October). Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand. Presented at 13th International Conference on Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, London, UK

Background: Most Thai people reject the idea of letting their ageing parents live in a care home due to the belief that a care home is a place for poor older adults who have no family. These beliefs could influence the perception of living in a care... Read More about Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand.

School-based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people. (2016)
Journal Article
Orton, E., Whitehead, J., Mhizha-Murira, J. R., Clarkson, M., Watson, M. C., Mulvaney, C. A., Staniforth, J. U., & Bhuchar, M. (2016). School-based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 12(CD0102), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010246.pub2

Background: Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in children aged four to 18 years and are a major cause of ill health. The school setting offers the opportunity to deliver preventive interventions to a large number of children and h... Read More about School-based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people..

A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing effectiveness of prism glasses, visual search training and standard care in hemianopia (2016)
Journal Article
Rowe, F., Conroy, E. J., Bedson, E. J., Cwiklinski, E., Drummond, A. E., Garcia-Finana, M., Howard, C., Pollock, A., Shipman, T., Dodridge, C., Macintosh, C., Johnson, S., Noonan, C., Barton, G., & Sackley, C. (2017). A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing effectiveness of prism glasses, visual search training and standard care in hemianopia. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 136(4), 310-321. https://doi.org/10.1111/ane.12725

Objective: Pilot trial comparing prism therapy and visual search training, for homonymous hemianopia, to standard care (information only). Methods: Prospective, multicentre, parallel, single-blind, three-arm RCT across fifteen UK acute stroke units.... Read More about A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing effectiveness of prism glasses, visual search training and standard care in hemianopia.

‘Gaps, mishaps and overlaps’: nursing documentation: how does it affect care? (2016)
Journal Article
Charalambous, L., & Goldberg, S. (2016). ‘Gaps, mishaps and overlaps’: nursing documentation: how does it affect care?. Journal of Research in Nursing, 21(8), 638-648. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987116678900

Introduction: Complete, accurate and relevant nursing documentation is essential for the multidisciplinary comprehensive geriatric assessment process which can improve older patient’s outcomes following a hospital admission.
Aims: to understand olde... Read More about ‘Gaps, mishaps and overlaps’: nursing documentation: how does it affect care?.

Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis (2016)
Journal Article
Scope, A., Booth, A., Morrell, C. J., Sutcliffe, P., & Cantrell, A. (2017). Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 210, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.12.017

Background

More women experience depressive symptoms antenatally than postnatally. Supporting women through the antenatal period is recognised as important in mitigating negative outcomes and in preventing postnatal depression (PND). A systematic... Read More about Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis.

Feasibility of an online intervention (STAK-D) to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Quirk, H., Leighton, P., Randell, T., Greening, J., Guo, B., & Glazebrook, C. (2016). Feasibility of an online intervention (STAK-D) to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(283), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1719-0

Background: Regular physical activity has important health benefits for children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), yet children and their parents face barriers to participation such as lack of self-efficacy or concerns around hypoglycaemia. Multi... Read More about Feasibility of an online intervention (STAK-D) to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Surgery versus 5% imiquimod for nodular and superficial basal-cell carcinoma: five year results of the SINS randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
Williams, H. C., Bath-Hextall, F., Ozolins, M., Armstrong, S. J., Colver, G. B., Perkins, W., Miller, P. S., & Surgery versus Imiquimod forNodular and Superficial basal cell carcinoma (SINS) study group. (2017). Surgery versus 5% imiquimod for nodular and superficial basal-cell carcinoma: five year results of the SINS randomised controlled trial. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 137(3), 614-619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2016.10.019

Background: We previously reported modest clinical 3-year benefit for topical imiquimod compared with surgery for superficial or nodular basal cell carcinoma (sBCC, nBCC) at low risk sites in our non-inferiority randomised controlled SINS trial. Here... Read More about Surgery versus 5% imiquimod for nodular and superficial basal-cell carcinoma: five year results of the SINS randomised controlled trial.

Chronic oedema: a prevalent health care problem for UK health services (2016)
Journal Article
Moffatt, C. J., Keeley, V., Franks, P. J., Rich, A., & Pinnington, L. L. (in press). Chronic oedema: a prevalent health care problem for UK health services. International Wound Journal, 14(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.12694

Chronic oedema is a major clinical problem worldwide, which has many important secondary consequences for health, activity and participation. Effective treatment planning and organisation of services is dependent on an understanding of the condition... Read More about Chronic oedema: a prevalent health care problem for UK health services.

Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity (SKIP): protocol for a randomized feasibility trial of an online intervention to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Quirk, H., Leighton, P., Randell, T., Greening, J., Knox, E., Guo, B., & Glazebrook, C. (2016, December). Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity (SKIP): protocol for a randomized feasibility trial of an online intervention to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes. Paper presented at UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 12th Annual Scientific Meeting