Outputs (3)

Title: Towards a common definition of Hospital-Acquired Deconditioning in Adults: A Scoping Review (2024)
Journal Article
Westlake, M., Cowley, A., Robinson, K., & Gordon, A. L. (in press). Title: Towards a common definition of Hospital-Acquired Deconditioning in Adults: A Scoping Review. BMJ Open,

Background: Hospital-acquired deconditioning is a term utilised in clinical practice, describing a loss of physical and/or cognitive function associated with hospitalisation. Previous reviews have addressed interventions, its prevalence in older adul... Read More about Title: Towards a common definition of Hospital-Acquired Deconditioning in Adults: A Scoping Review.

Quality of Life, Pain and Use of Analgesic, Anxiolytic and Antidepressant medication, in people living in care homes (2024)
Journal Article
Collins, J., Irvine, L., Logan, P., Robinson, K., Sims, E., & Gordon, A. (2024). Quality of Life, Pain and Use of Analgesic, Anxiolytic and Antidepressant medication, in people living in care homes. Age and Ageing, 53(9), Article afae196. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae196

Background
People living in care homes often have problems with pain, anxiety and depression. Whether being on analgesia, anxiolytics or antidepressants has any bearing on pain severity and quality of life (QoL) in this population, requires further... Read More about Quality of Life, Pain and Use of Analgesic, Anxiolytic and Antidepressant medication, in people living in care homes.

Identifying and Managing Frailty: A Survey of UK Healthcare Professionals (2023)
Journal Article
Frost, R., Robinson, K., Gordon, A., Caldeira de Melo, R., Villas-Boas, P. J. F., Azevedo, P. S., Hinsliff-Smith, K., & Gavin, J. P. (2024). Identifying and Managing Frailty: A Survey of UK Healthcare Professionals. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 43(4), 402-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231206321

Frailty is a common condition that leads to multiple adverse outcomes. Frailty should be identified and managed in a holistic, evidence-based and patient-centered way. We aimed to understand how UK healthcare professionals (HCPs) identify and manage... Read More about Identifying and Managing Frailty: A Survey of UK Healthcare Professionals.