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A systematic literature review and meta-analysis on digital health interventions for people living with dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (2022)
Journal Article
Di Lorito, C., Bosco, A., Rai, H., Craven, M., McNally, D., Todd, C., …Harwood, R. H. (2022). A systematic literature review and meta-analysis on digital health interventions for people living with dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37(6), https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5730

Objectives: Digital health interventions enable services to support people living with dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) remotely. This literature review gathers evidence on the effectiveness of digital health interventions on physical, co... Read More about A systematic literature review and meta-analysis on digital health interventions for people living with dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment.

UK clinical approaches to address post-stroke fatigue: findings from The Nottingham Fatigue after Stroke study (2022)
Journal Article
Ablewhite, J., Condon, L., das Nair, R., Jones, A., Jones, F., Nouri, F., …Drummond, A. (2022). UK clinical approaches to address post-stroke fatigue: findings from The Nottingham Fatigue after Stroke study. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 29(5), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2021.0163

Background/aims Although post-stroke is common and debilitating, there is little published research on how it is managed by clinicians. The aim of this study was to document UK management of post-stroke fatigue and ascertain whether there are any dif... Read More about UK clinical approaches to address post-stroke fatigue: findings from The Nottingham Fatigue after Stroke study.

Nurses’ strategies for overcoming barriers to fundamental nursing care in patients with COVID-19 caused by infection with the SARS-COV-2 virus: Results from the ‘COVID-NURSE’survey (2022)
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Sugg, H. V. R., Richards, D. A., Russell, A. M., Burnett, S., Cockcroft, E. J., Thompson Coon, J., …Whear, R. (2023). Nurses’ strategies for overcoming barriers to fundamental nursing care in patients with COVID-19 caused by infection with the SARS-COV-2 virus: Results from the ‘COVID-NURSE’survey. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(3), 1003-1017. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15261

Aims: To identify strategies used by registered nurses and non-registered nursing care staff in overcoming barriers when providing fundamental nursing care for non-invasively ventilated inpatients with COVID-19. Design: Online survey with open-ended... Read More about Nurses’ strategies for overcoming barriers to fundamental nursing care in patients with COVID-19 caused by infection with the SARS-COV-2 virus: Results from the ‘COVID-NURSE’survey.

Qualitative study exploring factors affecting the implementation of a vocational rehabilitation intervention in the UK major trauma pathway (2022)
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Kettlewell, J., Radford, K., Kendrick, D., Patel, P., Bridger, K., Kellezi, B., …Timmons, S. (2022). Qualitative study exploring factors affecting the implementation of a vocational rehabilitation intervention in the UK major trauma pathway. BMJ Open, 12(3), Article e060294. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060294

Objectives This study aimed to: (1) understand the context for delivering a trauma vocational rehabilitation (VR) intervention; (2) identify potential barriers and enablers to the implementation of a VR intervention post-trauma. Design Qualitative st... Read More about Qualitative study exploring factors affecting the implementation of a vocational rehabilitation intervention in the UK major trauma pathway.

Advance Care Plans in UK care home residents: a service evaluation using a stepped wedge design (2022)
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Garden, G., Usman, A., Readman, D., Storey, L., Wilkinson, L., Wilson, G., …Gladman, J. (2022). Advance Care Plans in UK care home residents: a service evaluation using a stepped wedge design. Age and Ageing, 51(3), Article afac069. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac069

Introduction Advance care planning (ACP) in care homes has high acceptance, increases the proportion of residents dying in place and reduces hospital admissions in research. We investigated whether ACP had similar outcomes when introduced during re... Read More about Advance Care Plans in UK care home residents: a service evaluation using a stepped wedge design.

A Qualitative Study Exploring the Lives and Caring Practices of Young Carers of Stroke Survivors (2022)
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Cameron, T. M., Walker, M. F., & Fisher, R. J. (2022). A Qualitative Study Exploring the Lives and Caring Practices of Young Carers of Stroke Survivors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 3941. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073941

This study investigated the life transformation of children when a parent returned home from hospital after a stroke. The study explored children’s experiences of taking on caring roles in partnership with their well parent and stroke survivors’ perc... Read More about A Qualitative Study Exploring the Lives and Caring Practices of Young Carers of Stroke Survivors.

Sustaining interventions in care homes initiated by quality improvement projects: a qualitative study (2022)
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Devi, R., Martin, G. P., Banerjee, J., Gladman, J. R., Dening, T., Barat, A., & Gordon, A. L. (2022). Sustaining interventions in care homes initiated by quality improvement projects: a qualitative study. BMJ Quality and Safety, 32(11), 665-675. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014345

Introduction: Inadequate and varied quality of care in care homes has led to a proliferation of quality improvement (QI) projects. This study examined the sustainability of interventions initiated by such projects. Method: This qualitative study expl... Read More about Sustaining interventions in care homes initiated by quality improvement projects: a qualitative study.

Enabling the Authentic Voice: Generating Ethnographies of Women with Cerebral Palsy (2022)
Journal Article
Shah, S., Bradbury-Jones, C., & Taylor, J. (2022). Enabling the Authentic Voice: Generating Ethnographies of Women with Cerebral Palsy. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 24(1), 82-95. https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.833

Historically, research has been undertaken using methods that have restricted the participation of disabled women with speech impairments. Metaphorically and literally, their voices have not been heard. Facing barriers to speak for themselves makes i... Read More about Enabling the Authentic Voice: Generating Ethnographies of Women with Cerebral Palsy.

Patients views on which return-to-work outcomes should be prioritised: A nominal group technique focus group (2022)
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Bridger, K., Kellezi, B., Kendrick, D., Kettlewell, J., Holmes, J., Timmons, S., …Radford, K. (2022). Patients views on which return-to-work outcomes should be prioritised: A nominal group technique focus group. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 85(9), 704-711. https://doi.org/10.1177/03080226211072766

Objective: Injuries can have a long-lasting effect on ability to return to work, but there is little research on which outcomes are most important to patients. This study aims to identify and prioritise return-to-work outcomes important to patients f... Read More about Patients views on which return-to-work outcomes should be prioritised: A nominal group technique focus group.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to invest in care home research infrastructure (2022)
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Gordon, A. L., Rick, C., Juszczak, E., Montgomery, A., Howard, R., Guthrie, B., …Tate, V. (2022). The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to invest in care home research infrastructure. Age and Ageing, 51(3), Article afac052. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac052

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in catastrophic levels of morbidity and mortality for care home residents. Despite this, research platforms for COVID-19 in care homes arrived late in the pandemic compared with other care settings. The Prophylactic The... Read More about The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to invest in care home research infrastructure.