KATE WALKER's Outputs (14)

The acceptability of group B streptococcal bacteria (GBS) testing to women, including self-swabbing procedures: A qualitative study (2024)
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Constantinou, G., Ayers, S., Mitchell, E. J., Moore, S., Jones, A.-M., Downe, S., Walker, K. F., & Daniels, J. (2024). The acceptability of group B streptococcal bacteria (GBS) testing to women, including self-swabbing procedures: A qualitative study. Midwifery, 135, Article 104063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2024.104063

Background: Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium carried by 20–25 % of pregnant women in the UK, which can be transmitted from pregnant women to their babies at the time of birth. Women can be tested for GBS in pregnancy using a vaginal-rectal... Read More about The acceptability of group B streptococcal bacteria (GBS) testing to women, including self-swabbing procedures: A qualitative study.

Care for older forensic mental health patients: A consensus guidance document (2023)
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Tomlin, J., Walker, K., Yates, J., Dening, T., Goethals, K., Völlm, B., & Griffiths, C. (2023). Care for older forensic mental health patients: A consensus guidance document. European Psychiatry, 66(1), Article e44. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.2413

Background
It is important to investigate the needs, experiences, and outcomes of older forensic mental health inpatients. In this consensus document, we offer practitioners working with older forensic inpatients recommendations to meet the unique o... Read More about Care for older forensic mental health patients: A consensus guidance document.

Self-collected versus health-care professional taken swab for identification of vaginal-rectal colonisation with group B streptococcus in late pregnancy: a systematic review (2023)
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Odubamowo, K., Garcia, M., Muriithi, F., Ogollah, R., Daniels, J. P., & Walker, K. F. (2023). Self-collected versus health-care professional taken swab for identification of vaginal-rectal colonisation with group B streptococcus in late pregnancy: a systematic review. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 286, 95-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2023.05.027

Background
Testing for group B streptococcus (GBS) requires a vaginal-rectal swab in late pregnancy.
Objective
A systematic review of the test accuracy of a self-collected swab compared with a health-care professional collected swab in the diagnos... Read More about Self-collected versus health-care professional taken swab for identification of vaginal-rectal colonisation with group B streptococcus in late pregnancy: a systematic review.

Women’s knowledge of and attitudes towards group B streptococcus (GBS) testing in pregnancy: a qualitative study (2023)
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Constantinou, G., Ayers, S., Mitchell, E. J., Walker, K. F., Daniels, J., Moore, S., …Downe, S. (2023). Women’s knowledge of and attitudes towards group B streptococcus (GBS) testing in pregnancy: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23, Article 339. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05651-0

Background: 20–25% pregnant women in the UK carry group B streptococcus (GBS) which, if left undetected, is transmitted from pregnant mothers to their babies during birth in 36% of cases. This transmission leads to early onset GBS infection (EOGBS) i... Read More about Women’s knowledge of and attitudes towards group B streptococcus (GBS) testing in pregnancy: a qualitative study.

Quality of life, wellbeing, recovery, and progress for older forensic mental health patients: a qualitative investigation based on the perspectives of patients and staff (2023)
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Walker, K., Yates, J., Dening, T., Völlm, B., Tomlin, J., & Griffiths, C. (2023). Quality of life, wellbeing, recovery, and progress for older forensic mental health patients: a qualitative investigation based on the perspectives of patients and staff. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 18(1), Article 2202978. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2202978

Purpose
There is a lack of research informing service requirements for older (aged≥55 years) forensic mental health patients. The aim of this research was to increase knowledge about older forensic mental health patients’ quality of life, wellbeing,... Read More about Quality of life, wellbeing, recovery, and progress for older forensic mental health patients: a qualitative investigation based on the perspectives of patients and staff.

Feasibility of a RCT of techniques for managing an impacted fetal head during emergency caesarean section: the MIDAS scoping study (2023)
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Walker, K. F., Mitchell, E. J., Ayers, S., Jones, N. W., Ogollah, R., Wakefield, N., …Thornton, J. G. (2023). Feasibility of a RCT of techniques for managing an impacted fetal head during emergency caesarean section: the MIDAS scoping study. Health Technology Assessment, 27(6), 1-87. https://doi.org/10.3310/KUYP6832

Background: Second-stage caesarean sections, of which there are around 34,000 per year in the United Kingdom, have greater maternal and perinatal morbidity than those in the first stage. The fetal head is often deeply impacted in the maternal pelvis,... Read More about Feasibility of a RCT of techniques for managing an impacted fetal head during emergency caesarean section: the MIDAS scoping study.

Induction of labour (2023)
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Azhur, S., & Walker, K. F. (2023). Induction of labour. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, 33(5), 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogrm.2023.02.001

Induction of labour describes the artificial stimulation of the onset of labour and occurs in up to 30% of pregnancies in the United Kingdom. Both mechanical and pharmacological methods of induction of labour exist. Induction of labour is associated... Read More about Induction of labour.

Techniques for managing an impacted fetal head at caesarean section: A systematic review (2022)
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Peak, A. G., Barwise, E., & Walker, K. F. (2023). Techniques for managing an impacted fetal head at caesarean section: A systematic review. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 281, 12-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2022.12.017

A complication arising at caesarean birth when the baby's head is deeply engaged in the pelvis and may be difficult to deliver, is known as an ‘impacted fetal head’. This obstetric emergency occurs in 16% of second stage caesarean sections. Multiple... Read More about Techniques for managing an impacted fetal head at caesarean section: A systematic review.

Synthetic osmotic dilators (Dilapan-S) or dinoprostone vaginal inserts (Propess) for inpatient induction of labour: A UK cost-consequence model (2022)
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Walker, K. F., Zaher, S., Torrejon Torres, R., Saunders, S. J., Saunders, R., & Gupta, J. K. (2022). Synthetic osmotic dilators (Dilapan-S) or dinoprostone vaginal inserts (Propess) for inpatient induction of labour: A UK cost-consequence model. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 278, 72-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2022.08.018

To estimate the costs of synthetic osmotic dilators (Dilapan-S) compared to dinoprostone vaginal inserts (Propess) for inpatient induction of labour (IOL). A population-level, Markov model-based cost-consequence analysis was developed to compare the... Read More about Synthetic osmotic dilators (Dilapan-S) or dinoprostone vaginal inserts (Propess) for inpatient induction of labour: A UK cost-consequence model.

Caring for women experiencing miscarriage and the importance of good communication (2022)
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Hart, S., & Walker, K. F. (2022). Caring for women experiencing miscarriage and the importance of good communication. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, 32(11), 262-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogrm.2022.08.009

The importance of good quality nursing care for pregnancy loss patients can not be underestimated. Pregnancy loss is comparable to any other kind of loss and patients have noted that the nursing care they receive while in hospital can either add to o... Read More about Caring for women experiencing miscarriage and the importance of good communication.

Systems and Processes that Enable Progress for Older Forensic Mental Health Patients (2022)
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Walker, K., Furtado, V., Yates, J., Dening, T., Völlm, B., & Griffiths, C. (2023). Systems and Processes that Enable Progress for Older Forensic Mental Health Patients. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 22(2), 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2022.2080304

Older forensic mental health patients have complex needs and requirements; service provision is required to address mental health, offending risk and issues associated with aging (geriatric care). This study aimed to identify the systems and processe... Read More about Systems and Processes that Enable Progress for Older Forensic Mental Health Patients.

Management of pregnancy complications in women of advanced maternal age (2022)
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Garcia, M., Walker, K. F., & Thornton, J. G. (2022). Management of pregnancy complications in women of advanced maternal age. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, 32(6), 101-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogrm.2022.04.001

The average age of women at childbirth in high resource obstetric settings has been increasing steadily for approximately 30 years. Women aged 35 years or over have an increased risk of gestational hypertensive disease, gestational diabetes, placenta... Read More about Management of pregnancy complications in women of advanced maternal age.

Timing of umbilical cord clamping for preterm infants in low-and-middle-income countries: A survey of current practice (2021)
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Payne, L., Walker, K. F., & Mitchell, E. J. (2021). Timing of umbilical cord clamping for preterm infants in low-and-middle-income countries: A survey of current practice. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 264, 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.06.041

Introduction
The optimal timing of umbilical cord clamping in preterm infants has been contested for years. Previously, it was common practice to clamp the cord immediately after birth. There is now high-quality evidence that delayed cord clamping (... Read More about Timing of umbilical cord clamping for preterm infants in low-and-middle-income countries: A survey of current practice.

Episiotomy and Initiation of Human Milk Feeds: A Retrospective Observational Study (2021)
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Servante, J., Abramson, J., Walker, K. F., & Ojha, S. (2021). Episiotomy and Initiation of Human Milk Feeds: A Retrospective Observational Study. Breastfeeding Medicine, 16(5), 407-413. https://doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2020.0071

Objective: To investigate the association, in the United Kingdom, between having an episiotomy during childbirth and giving human milk by any modality as an infant's first feed. We also identified maternal demographic factors and perinatal experience... Read More about Episiotomy and Initiation of Human Milk Feeds: A Retrospective Observational Study.