Outputs (557)

Care pathways in the transition of patients between district psychiatric hospital centres (DPCs) and community mental health services (2018)
Journal Article
Sather, E. W., Svindseth, M. F., Crawford, P., & Iversen, V. C. (2018). Care pathways in the transition of patients between district psychiatric hospital centres (DPCs) and community mental health services. Health Science Reports, 1(5), Article e37. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.37

Rationale, aims, and objectives: Patients with mental health problems experience numerous transitions into and out of the hospital. Primary care providers have mixed success in identifying and managing patients' needs. This study explores health pers... Read More about Care pathways in the transition of patients between district psychiatric hospital centres (DPCs) and community mental health services.

Medical revalidation as professional regulatory reform: challenging the power of enforceable trust in the United Kingdom (2018)
Journal Article
Spendlove, Z. (2018). Medical revalidation as professional regulatory reform: challenging the power of enforceable trust in the United Kingdom. Social Science and Medicine, 205, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.04.004

For more than two decades, international healthcare crises and ensuing political debates have led to increasing professional governance and regulatory policy reform. Governance and policy reforms, commonly representing a shift from embodied trust in... Read More about Medical revalidation as professional regulatory reform: challenging the power of enforceable trust in the United Kingdom.

Why do stroke survivors not receive recommended amounts of active therapy? Findings from the ReAcT study, a mixed-methods case-study evaluation in eight stroke units (2018)
Journal Article
Clarke, D., Burton, L.-J., Tyson, S. F., Rogers, H., Drummond, A. E., Palmer, R., Hoffmann, A., Prescott, M., Tyrrell, P., Brkic, L., & Forster, A. (in press). Why do stroke survivors not receive recommended amounts of active therapy? Findings from the ReAcT study, a mixed-methods case-study evaluation in eight stroke units. Clinical Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215518765329

Objective:
To identify why the National Clinical Guideline recommendation of 45 minutes of each appropriate therapy daily is not met in many English stroke units.

Design:
Mixed-methods case-study evaluation, including modified process mapping, n... Read More about Why do stroke survivors not receive recommended amounts of active therapy? Findings from the ReAcT study, a mixed-methods case-study evaluation in eight stroke units.

Engaging workplace representatives in research: what recruitment strategies work best? (2018)
Journal Article
Coole, C., Nouri, F., Narayanasamy, M., Baker, P., Khan, S., & Drummond, A. E. (2018). Engaging workplace representatives in research: what recruitment strategies work best?. Occupational Medicine, 68(4), 282-285. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqy047

Background

Workplaces are key stakeholders in work and health but little is known about the methods used to recruit workplace representatives (WRs), including managers, occupational health advisers and colleagues, to externally funded healthcare r... Read More about Engaging workplace representatives in research: what recruitment strategies work best?.

Controlled depolymerisation, as assessed by analytical ultracentrifugation, of low molecular weight chitosan for potential use in archaeological conservation (2018)
Journal Article
Wakefield, J. M., Gillis, R. B., Adams, G. G., McQueen, C., & Harding, S. E. (2018). Controlled depolymerisation, as assessed by analytical ultracentrifugation, of low molecular weight chitosan for potential use in archaeological conservation. European Biophysics Journal, 47(7), 769-775. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-018-1290-6

The heterogeneity and molecular weight of a chitosan of low molecular weight (molar mass) and low degree of acetylation (0.1), for potential use as a consolidant for decayed archaeological wood, has been examined by sedimentation velocity and sedimen... Read More about Controlled depolymerisation, as assessed by analytical ultracentrifugation, of low molecular weight chitosan for potential use in archaeological conservation.

Towards understanding healthcare professionals’ adoption and use of technologies in clinical practice: using Qmethodology and models of technology acceptance (2018)
Journal Article
Ladan, M. A., Wharrad, H., & Windle, R. (2018). Towards understanding healthcare professionals’ adoption and use of technologies in clinical practice: using Qmethodology and models of technology acceptance. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 25(1), 027-037. https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v25i1.965

Background: Globally, technologies have been recognised to improve productivity across different areas of practice including healthcare. This has been achieved by the expansion of computers and other forms of information technologies (IT). Despite th... Read More about Towards understanding healthcare professionals’ adoption and use of technologies in clinical practice: using Qmethodology and models of technology acceptance.

Hip precautions after hip operation (HippityHop): protocol for a before and after study evaluating hip precautions following total hip replacement (2018)
Journal Article
Lightfoot, C., Sehat, K., Drury, G., Brewin, C., Coole, C., & Drummond, A. E. (in press). Hip precautions after hip operation (HippityHop): protocol for a before and after study evaluating hip precautions following total hip replacement. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022618757183

Introduction
Hip precautions are routinely used despite inconclusive evidence that they reduce dislocations, and concern that they impede activities of daily living. HippityHop compares a change in practice locally from implementing routine hip prec... Read More about Hip precautions after hip operation (HippityHop): protocol for a before and after study evaluating hip precautions following total hip replacement.

Reappraising ‘the good death’ for populations in the age of ageing (2018)
Journal Article
Pollock, K., & Seymour, J. (2018). Reappraising ‘the good death’ for populations in the age of ageing. Age and Ageing, 47(3), 328-330. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy008

This is the second in an occasional series of paired commentaries in Age and Ageing, the Journal of the British Geriatrics Society and the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS). The aim is to address issues of current significance and to... Read More about Reappraising ‘the good death’ for populations in the age of ageing.

Exploring caregivers’ experiences of caring for men with advanced prostate cancer in a resource-poor setting: a qualitative serial interview study (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salifu, Y., Almack, K., & Caswell, G. Exploring caregivers’ experiences of caring for men with advanced prostate cancer in a resource-poor setting: a qualitative serial interview study. Presented at APM Supportive & Palliative Care Conference 2018

Background: Family caregivers who assume the responsibility of care for patients living with advanced diseases could have challenges especially in resource-poor settings. The bulk and responsibility for care are predominantly provided by the family c... Read More about Exploring caregivers’ experiences of caring for men with advanced prostate cancer in a resource-poor setting: a qualitative serial interview study.

Innovation in assessment: building student confidence in preparation for unfamiliar assessment methods (2018)
Journal Article
Spendlove, Z., & Best, R. (2018). Innovation in assessment: building student confidence in preparation for unfamiliar assessment methods. British Journal of Midwifery, 26(3), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2018.26.3.180

Innovative assessment methods in which students are active participants promote deeper learning. A group debate and a webfolio were implemented as methods of assessment in the 2015 undergraduate midwifery curriculum, with the assessment tools being e... Read More about Innovation in assessment: building student confidence in preparation for unfamiliar assessment methods.