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Results of a UK-wide vignette study with occupational therapists to explore cognitive screening post-stroke (2020)
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Background. There is a paucity of evidence in the UK regarding occupational therapy (OT) cognitive screening, and whether, and how, cognitive impairments are identified and assessed. Aims To identify current OT practice for the assessment of c... Read More about Results of a UK-wide vignette study with occupational therapists to explore cognitive screening post-stroke.

Dr Holly Blake: Remote healthcare options for employees are rapidly expanding (2020)
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Mobilisation practices in critically ill children: A European point prevalence study (EU PARK-PICU) (2020)
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Background: Early mobilization of adults receiving intensive care improves health outcomes, yet little is known about mobilization practices in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs). We aimed to determine the prevalence of and factors associated... Read More about Mobilisation practices in critically ill children: A European point prevalence study (EU PARK-PICU).

A nurse-led youth volunteering project to support older people on acute hospital wards (2020)
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Young people volunteering on acute hospital wards can provide extra support to older patients, for example with eating and drinking, with mobilising and with therapeutic activities. This extra support can reduce nurses' workload while providing older... Read More about A nurse-led youth volunteering project to support older people on acute hospital wards.

Post-intensive care syndrome in paediatrics: setting our sights on survivorship (2020)
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Anticipatory prescribing in community end-of-life care in the UK and Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic: online survey (2020)
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Priorities for service improvement in personality disorder in Australia: Perspectives of consumers, carers and clinicians (2020)
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Background: Improvements to service provision for personality disorder has been predominately explored through the perspectives of clinicians, with limited understanding of the views of consumers and carers. The aim of the present study was to unders... Read More about Priorities for service improvement in personality disorder in Australia: Perspectives of consumers, carers and clinicians.

Exercise interventions for older adults: A systematic review of meta-analyses (2020)
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Background The evidence concerning which physical exercise characteristics are most effective for older adults is fragmented. Methods We aimed to characterise the extent of this diversity and inconsistency and identify future directions for rese... Read More about Exercise interventions for older adults: A systematic review of meta-analyses.

An extended stroke rehabilitation service for people who have had a stroke: the EXTRAS RCT (2020)
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Background There is limited evidence about the effectiveness of rehabilitation in meeting the longer-term needs of stroke patients and their carers. Objective To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an extended stroke r... Read More about An extended stroke rehabilitation service for people who have had a stroke: the EXTRAS RCT.

A multicentre, randomised controlled trial to compare the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment versus standard NHS Speech and Language Therapy versus control in Parkinson’s disease: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2020)
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Background Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects approximately 145,519 people in the UK. Speech impairments are common with a reported prevalence of 68%, which increase physical and mental demands during conversation, reliance on family and/or carers, an... Read More about A multicentre, randomised controlled trial to compare the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment versus standard NHS Speech and Language Therapy versus control in Parkinson’s disease: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Exploration of temperature and shelf-life dependency of the therapeutically available Insulin Detemir (2020)
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© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Purpose: Insulin, in typical use, undergoes multiple changes in temperature; from refrigerator, to room temperature, to body temperature. Although long-term storage temperature has been well-studied, the short term changes to ins... Read More about Exploration of temperature and shelf-life dependency of the therapeutically available Insulin Detemir.

Characterising the evidence base for advanced clinical practice in the UK: A scoping review protocol (2020)
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© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Introduction A global health workforce crisis, coupled with ageing populations, wars and the rise of non-com... Read More about Characterising the evidence base for advanced clinical practice in the UK: A scoping review protocol.

Silent voices: exploring narratives of women's experiences of health care professional responses to domestic violence and abuse (2020)
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The impact of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is far reaching not least in terms of both the immediate and longer term physical and mental wellbeing of those who have experienced abuse. DVA also exerts a considerable detrimental impact on the wider... Read More about Silent voices: exploring narratives of women's experiences of health care professional responses to domestic violence and abuse.

“Body as a Machine”: How Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease Construct Their Fatigue Experiences (2020)
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Research exploring illness experiences of young people with sickle cell disease (SCD) has, to date, ignored fatigue, despite the distinctive anemic nature of SCD. To examine adolescents with SCD fatigue experiences, we conducted narrative and picture... Read More about “Body as a Machine”: How Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease Construct Their Fatigue Experiences.

An exploration of the experiences of professionals supporting patients approaching the end of life in medicines management at home. A qualitative study (2020)
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BACKGROUND: The management of medicines towards the end of life can place increasing burdens and responsibilities on patients and families. This has received little attention yet it can be a source of great difficulty and distress patients and famili... Read More about An exploration of the experiences of professionals supporting patients approaching the end of life in medicines management at home. A qualitative study.

Peer support for people with severe mental illness versus usual care in high-, middle- A nd low-income countries: Study protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial (UPSIDES-RCT) (2020)
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© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Peer support is an established intervention involving a person recovering from mental illness supporting others with mental illness. Peer support is an under-used resource in global mental health. Building upon compr... Read More about Peer support for people with severe mental illness versus usual care in high-, middle- A nd low-income countries: Study protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial (UPSIDES-RCT).

Mitigating the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers: A Digital Learning Package (2020)
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The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) will undoubtedly have psychological impacts for healthcare workers, which could be sustained; frontline workers will be particularly at risk. Actions are needed to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health... Read More about Mitigating the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers: A Digital Learning Package.

Codesigning a Mental Health Discharge and Transitions of Care Intervention: A Modified Nominal Group Technique (2020)
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Background: Discharge from acute mental health services has long been associated with mortality, risk, and related adverse outcomes for patients. Many of the interventions that currently aim to reduce adverse outcomes focus on a single group of healt... Read More about Codesigning a Mental Health Discharge and Transitions of Care Intervention: A Modified Nominal Group Technique.

Atypical presentation of COVID-19 in a frail older person (2020)
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Common symptoms of pandemic coronavirus disease (COVID-19) include fever and cough.We describe a 94-year-old man with well-controlled schizoaffective disorder, who presented with non-specific and atypical symptoms: delirium, low-grade pyrexia and a... Read More about Atypical presentation of COVID-19 in a frail older person.

Ethical Considerations for Participatory Health through Social Media: Healthcare Workforce and Policy Maker Perspectives (2020)
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OBJECTIVES: To identify the different ethical issues that should be considered in participatory health through social media from different stakeholder perspectives (i.e., patients/service users, health professionals, health information technology (If... Read More about Ethical Considerations for Participatory Health through Social Media: Healthcare Workforce and Policy Maker Perspectives.