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Mortality risk associated with nuclear disasters depends on the time during and following evacuation of hospitals near nuclear power plants: An observational and qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article

This study aimed to examine the factors correlated with emergency evacuations on patients’ prognosis in hospitals severely affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP) accident in March 2011, and to recommend measures mitigating pote... Read More about Mortality risk associated with nuclear disasters depends on the time during and following evacuation of hospitals near nuclear power plants: An observational and qualitative study.

Healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions of providing support for mental health during the period from pregnancy to two years postpartum (2022)
Journal Article

Objective: Mental health issues in the perinatal period are common, and can have negative consequences for maternal and child health. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) who provide women with perinatal care are well-placed to detect mental health issues... Read More about Healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions of providing support for mental health during the period from pregnancy to two years postpartum.

Effects of Intensive Blood Glucose Control on Surgical Site Infection for Liver Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The evidence supporting intensive blood glucose control to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) among liver transplant recipients is insufficient. We aimed to assess the effects of postoperative intensive blood glucose control (IBGC) a... Read More about Effects of Intensive Blood Glucose Control on Surgical Site Infection for Liver Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Development of a novel COMPAssion focused online psyChoTherapy for bereaved informal caregivers: the COMPACT feasibility trial protocol (2022)
Journal Article

Introduction An easy-to-access and effective psychotherapy for bereaved informal caregivers has not been established. People with higher self-compassion status tend to have lower bereavement related grief, psychotherapy focused on self-compassion can... Read More about Development of a novel COMPAssion focused online psyChoTherapy for bereaved informal caregivers: the COMPACT feasibility trial protocol.

Simultaneously reassuring and unsettling: a longitudinal qualitative study of community anticipatory medication prescribing for older patients (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The prescription of injectable anticipatory medications is widely accepted by clinicians to be key in facilitating effective last-days-of-life symptom control. Community end-of-life care and admission avoidance is particularly strongly ad... Read More about Simultaneously reassuring and unsettling: a longitudinal qualitative study of community anticipatory medication prescribing for older patients.

Why only me? A case report of a breast cancer patient with unresolved trauma from a past disaster experience developing a mental disorder (2022)
Journal Article

Little is known about how the psychological stress of having experienced a natural disaster affects cancer patients. We experienced a patient who was treated with breast cancer after having been stricken by a typhoon, which resulted in significant ps... Read More about Why only me? A case report of a breast cancer patient with unresolved trauma from a past disaster experience developing a mental disorder.

Role and response of primary healthcare services in community end-of-life care during COVID-19: Qualitative study and recommendations for primary palliative care delivery (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The need for end-of-life care in the community increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Primary care services, including general practitioners and community nurses, had a critical role in providing such care, rapidly changing... Read More about Role and response of primary healthcare services in community end-of-life care during COVID-19: Qualitative study and recommendations for primary palliative care delivery.

The Mental Health Benefits of Religion and Spirituality in People Living With Bipolar Disorder in Malaysia (2022)
Journal Article

Introduction: The taxonomy of spirituality is fraught with complexities in relation to mental health studies, due to contextual variables such as religion. While positive mental health outcomes have been reported by many studies in relation to spirit... Read More about The Mental Health Benefits of Religion and Spirituality in People Living With Bipolar Disorder in Malaysia.

“I Need Help”: A Study of Spiritual Distress Among People Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder in Malaysia (2022)
Journal Article

Introduction: Little is known about spiritual distress in people with bipolar disorder, where they are inclined to maladaptive coping. Given the contextual influence of religion towards Malaysians, this study is aimed at exploring the phenomenon of s... Read More about “I Need Help”: A Study of Spiritual Distress Among People Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder in Malaysia.

‘This Is What the Colour Green Smells Like!’: Urban Forest Bathing Improved Adolescent Nature Connection and Wellbeing (2022)
Journal Article

Background: Research suggests that an early connection with nature can benefit wellbeing into adulthood. However, there is less research assessing whether adolescents benefit from formal nature connection interventions such as forest bathing (slow mi... Read More about ‘This Is What the Colour Green Smells Like!’: Urban Forest Bathing Improved Adolescent Nature Connection and Wellbeing.

Talking about death and dying: Findings from deliberative discussion groups with members of the public (2022)
Journal Article

Talking about death and dying is promoted in UK health policy and practice, from a perception that to do so encourages people to plan for their end of life and so increase their likelihood of experiencing a good death. This encouragement occurs along... Read More about Talking about death and dying: Findings from deliberative discussion groups with members of the public.

The impact of care experience prior to commencing pre-registration nurse education and training: A scoping review (2022)
Journal Article

Objectives: Compassion in nursing and interventions to support it are of international relevance and concern. Prior care experience as a prerequisite for entry into pre-registration nurse education is suggested as a means of improving compassion. The... Read More about The impact of care experience prior to commencing pre-registration nurse education and training: A scoping review.

Development and delivery cost of digital health technologies for mental health: Application to the Narrative Experiences Online Intervention (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The increasing development and use of digital health interventions requires good quality costing information to inform development and commissioning choices about resource allocation decisions. The Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Inte... Read More about Development and delivery cost of digital health technologies for mental health: Application to the Narrative Experiences Online Intervention.

Fear, depression, and well-being during COVID-19 in German and South African students: A cross-cultural comparison (2022)
Journal Article

Various studies have shown a decrease in well-being and an increase in mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, only a few studies have explored fear, depression, and well-being cross-culturally during this time. Accordingly, we... Read More about Fear, depression, and well-being during COVID-19 in German and South African students: A cross-cultural comparison.