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Large-scale implementation of stroke early supported discharge: the WISE realist mixed-methods study (2021)
Journal Article
Fisher, R. J., Chouliara, N., Byrne, A., Cameron, T., Lewis, S., Langhorne, P., …Walker, M. F. (in press). Large-scale implementation of stroke early supported discharge: the WISE realist mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 9(22), 1-150. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr09220

Background In England, the provision of early supported discharge is recommended as part of an evidence-based stroke care pathway. Objectives To investigate the effectiveness of early supported discharge services when implemented at scale in pra... Read More about Large-scale implementation of stroke early supported discharge: the WISE realist mixed-methods study.

Evaluating stroke early supported discharge using cost-consequence analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Byrne, A., Chouliara, N., Cameron, T., Geue, C., Lewis, S., Robinson, T., …Fisher, R. J. (2022). Evaluating stroke early supported discharge using cost-consequence analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(23), 7127-7133. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1983043

Purpose: To evaluate different stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) services in different geographical settings using cost-consequence analysis (CCA), which presents information about costs and outcomes in the form of a balance sheet. ESD is a mult... Read More about Evaluating stroke early supported discharge using cost-consequence analysis.

How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation (2021)
Journal Article
Devi, R., Chadborn, N. H., Meyer, J., Banerjee, J., Goodman, C., Dening, T., …Gordon, A. L. (2021). How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation. Age and Ageing, 50(4), 1371-1381. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab007

Background Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) bring together multidisciplinary teams in a structured process to improve care quality. How QICs can be used to support healthcare improvement in care homes is not fully understood. Methods A... Read More about How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation.

Effect of stroke early supported discharge on length of hospital stay: analysis from a national stroke registry (2021)
Journal Article
Fisher, R. J., Byrne, A., Chouliara, N., Lewis, S., Paley, L., Hoffman, A., …Walker, M. (2021). Effect of stroke early supported discharge on length of hospital stay: analysis from a national stroke registry. BMJ Open, 11(1), Article e043480. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043480

Objective: The first observational study to investigate the impact of early supported discharge (ESD) on length of hospital stay in real-world conditions. Design: Using historical prospective Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) data (... Read More about Effect of stroke early supported discharge on length of hospital stay: analysis from a national stroke registry.

Effectiveness of Stroke Early Supported Discharge: Analysis From a National Stroke Registry (2020)
Journal Article
Fisher, R. J., Byrne, A., Chouliara, N., Lewis, S., Paley, L., Hoffman, A., …Walker, M. F. (2020). Effectiveness of Stroke Early Supported Discharge: Analysis From a National Stroke Registry. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 13(8), Article e006395. https://doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.119.006395

Background Implementation of stroke early supported discharge (ESD) services has been recommended in many countries’ clinical guidelines, based on clinical trial evidence. This is the first observational study to investigate the effectiveness of ESD... Read More about Effectiveness of Stroke Early Supported Discharge: Analysis From a National Stroke Registry.

What is the impact of large-scale implementation of stroke Early Supported Discharge?: a mixed methods realist evaluation study protocol (2019)
Journal Article
Fisher, R., Chouliara, N., Byrne, A., Lewis, S., Langhorne, P., Robinson, T., …Walker, M. (2019). What is the impact of large-scale implementation of stroke Early Supported Discharge?: a mixed methods realist evaluation study protocol. Implementation Science, 14, Article 61. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-019-0908-0

Background Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) is a service innovation that facilitates discharge from hospital and delivery of specialist rehabilitation in patients’ homes. There is currently widespread implementation of ESD services in many cou... Read More about What is the impact of large-scale implementation of stroke Early Supported Discharge?: a mixed methods realist evaluation study protocol.

Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses (2019)
Journal Article
Usman, A., Lewis, S., Hinsliff-Smith, K., Long, A., Housley, G., Jordan, J., …Gordon, A. L. (2019). Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses. Age and Ageing, 48(3), 407–413. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy191

Introduction: Care home residents are often unable to complete Health Related Quality of Life questionnaires for themselves because of prevalent cognitive impairment. This study compared care home resident and staff proxy responses for two measures,... Read More about Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses.

Quality improvement collaborative aiming for Proactive HEAlthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH): a realist evaluation protocol (2018)
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Devi, R., Meyer, J., Banerjee, J., Goodman, C., Gladman, J. R., Dening, T., …Gordon, A. L. (2018). Quality improvement collaborative aiming for Proactive HEAlthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH): a realist evaluation protocol. BMJ Open, 8(11), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023287

Introduction: This protocol describes a study of a Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) to support implementation and delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in UK care homes. The QIC will be formed of health and social care professio... Read More about Quality improvement collaborative aiming for Proactive HEAlthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH): a realist evaluation protocol.

Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents, comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses for EQ-5D-5L and HowRu: protocol for assessing proxy reliability in care home outcome testing (2018)
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Usman, A., Lewis, S., Hinsliff-Smith, K., Long, A., Housley, G., Jordan, J., …Gordon, A. L. (2018). Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents, comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses for EQ-5D-5L and HowRu: protocol for assessing proxy reliability in care home outcome testing. BMJ Open, 8(8), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022127

Introduction Research into interventions to improve health and wellbeing for older people living in care homes is increasingly common. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is frequently used as an outcome measure but collecting both self-reported... Read More about Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents, comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses for EQ-5D-5L and HowRu: protocol for assessing proxy reliability in care home outcome testing.

Scaling the Peaks Research Protocol: understanding the barriers and drivers to providing and using dementia-friendly community services in rural areas—a mixed methods study (2018)
Journal Article
Marshall, F., Basiri, A., Riley, M., Dening, T., Gladman, J. R., Griffiths, A., & Lewis, S. (2018). Scaling the Peaks Research Protocol: understanding the barriers and drivers to providing and using dementia-friendly community services in rural areas—a mixed methods study. BMJ Open, 8(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020374

Introduction: Scaling the Peaks is a cross-disciplinary research study which draws on medical ethnography, human geography and Geospatial Information Science (GIS) to address the issues surrounding the design and delivery of dementia friendly service... Read More about Scaling the Peaks Research Protocol: understanding the barriers and drivers to providing and using dementia-friendly community services in rural areas—a mixed methods study.