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Exploring rehabilitation potential in older people living with frailty: a qualitative focus group study (2021)
Journal Article
Cowley, A., Goldberg, S. E., Gordon, A. L., Kerr, M., & Logan, P. (2021). Exploring rehabilitation potential in older people living with frailty: a qualitative focus group study. BMC Geriatrics, 21(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02107-y

Background: Rehabilitation interventions are frequently cited as key in supporting frail older people’s recovery following periods of decompensation and acute ill-health. Clinicians are required to make decisions about a patient’s potential to respon... Read More about Exploring rehabilitation potential in older people living with frailty: a qualitative focus group study.

Management practices for urinary incontinence in women in the primary care setting: health care professionals’ perspective (2021)
Journal Article
Campbell, K., & Drummond, A. (2021). Management practices for urinary incontinence in women in the primary care setting: health care professionals’ perspective. Journal of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy, 128(Spring 2021), 27-38

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a debilitating condition affecting up to 40 % of women. NICE guidelines and the NHS long term plan recommend access to multidisciplinary teams for management of pelvic floor disorders, and a clear management strategy. Our... Read More about Management practices for urinary incontinence in women in the primary care setting: health care professionals’ perspective.

Spontaneous rupture of membranes and potential use of reagent pads: midwives' experiences and perspectives (2021)
Journal Article
Borrelli, S., Harton, S., Poole, G., Robertson, K., Walmsley, A., Jomeen, J., …Spiby, H. (2021). Spontaneous rupture of membranes and potential use of reagent pads: midwives' experiences and perspectives. Midirs Midwifery Digest, 31(1), 89-95

Aims and objective: The aim of this study was to explore midwives' experiences and perspectives of current approaches to midwifery care for women with pre-labour or early labour spontaneous rupture of membranes (SROM), with a focus on the potential u... Read More about Spontaneous rupture of membranes and potential use of reagent pads: midwives' experiences and perspectives.

Effects of interventions for women and their partners to reduce or prevent stress and anxiety: A systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Matvienko-Sikar, K., Flannery, C., Redsell, S., Hayes, C., Kearney, P. M., & Huizink, A. (2021). Effects of interventions for women and their partners to reduce or prevent stress and anxiety: A systematic review. Women and Birth, 34(2), e97-e117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2020.02.010

© 2021 The Authors Background: The period from conception to two years postpartum (the first 1000 days) represents a normative transitional period, which can be potentially stressful for some parents. Parental stress and anxiety adversely impacts psy... Read More about Effects of interventions for women and their partners to reduce or prevent stress and anxiety: A systematic review.

Hearing the unheard voice‐puberty experiences of young Pakistani men: A qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Shivji, N. A., Lymn, J. S., Meade, O., & Watts, K. (2021). Hearing the unheard voice‐puberty experiences of young Pakistani men: A qualitative study. Journal of Adolescence, 88(1), 36-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.02.003

Introduction: Puberty experiences of male adolescents can have significant impacts on physical and psychological health outcomes. This qualitative study explored the puberty experiences of young males in Pakistan, as there are limited accounts of wha... Read More about Hearing the unheard voice‐puberty experiences of young Pakistani men: A qualitative study.

Managing volunteers who support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards: The NURTURe model (2021)
Journal Article
Charalambous, L. (2021). Managing volunteers who support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards: The NURTURe model. Nursing Management, 28(2), https://doi.org/10.7748/NM.2021.E1981

Volunteers are widely used to support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards. However, it appears that traditional volunteer management models do not fully address the challenges posed by managing volunteers in that se... Read More about Managing volunteers who support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards: The NURTURe model.

“I don’t have any emotions”: An ethnography of emotional labour and feeling rules in the emergency department (2021)
Journal Article
Kirk, K., Cohen, L., Edgley, A., & Timmons, S. (2021). “I don’t have any emotions”: An ethnography of emotional labour and feeling rules in the emergency department. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(4), 1956-1967. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14765

Aims: This study aims to apply Hochschild's theory of emotional labour to emergency care, and uncover the 'specialty-specific' feeling rules driving this labour. Despite the importance of positive nurse wellbeing, the emotional labour of nursing (a g... Read More about “I don’t have any emotions”: An ethnography of emotional labour and feeling rules in the emergency department.

Motor Developmental Outcomes in Children Exposed to Maternal Diabetes During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Arabiat, D., Jabery, M. A., Kemp, V., Jenkins, M., Whitehead, L. C., & Adams, G. (2021). Motor Developmental Outcomes in Children Exposed to Maternal Diabetes During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), Article 1699. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041699

Studies on the association of maternal diabetes with motor development in children provide inconsistent findings. We searched MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, Emcare, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar databases for primary observational, case–control, or cohort st... Read More about Motor Developmental Outcomes in Children Exposed to Maternal Diabetes During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Pressure injury and risk in the inpatient paediatric and neonatal populations: a single centre point-prevalence study (2021)
Journal Article
Marufu, T. C., Setchell, B., Cutler, E., Dring, E., Wesley, T., Banks, A., …Manning, J. C. (2021). Pressure injury and risk in the inpatient paediatric and neonatal populations: a single centre point-prevalence study. Journal of Tissue Viability, 30(2), 231-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtv.2021.02.004

Introduction: Prevention and management of pressure injury is a key nurse-sensitive quality indicator. From clinical insights, pressure injury effects hospitalised neonates and children, however it is unclear how prevalent this is. The aim of this st... Read More about Pressure injury and risk in the inpatient paediatric and neonatal populations: a single centre point-prevalence study.

Social connectedness in adults with mental disorders: ecological validation of a conceptual framework for novel complex interventions (2021)
Journal Article
Hare-Duke, L., Dening, T., Oliveira, D., Dewa, R., & Slade, M. (2021). Social connectedness in adults with mental disorders: ecological validation of a conceptual framework for novel complex interventions. Journal of Mental Health, 30(3), 333-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.1875409

Background
Social connectedness interventions may improve the clinical outcomes and personal recovery of adults with mental disorders but many interventions lack a clear theory-base and show limited effectiveness.

Aim
To evaluate the validity of... Read More about Social connectedness in adults with mental disorders: ecological validation of a conceptual framework for novel complex interventions.

Community midwives' and health visitors' experiences of research recruitment: a qualitative exploration using the Theoretical Domains Framework (2021)
Journal Article
Rose, J., Lynn, K., Akister, J., Maxton, F., & Redsell, S. A. (2021). Community midwives' and health visitors' experiences of research recruitment: a qualitative exploration using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 22, Article e5. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423621000050

Background: Successful research is frequently hampered by poor study recruitment, especially in community settings and with participants who are women and their children. Health visitors and community midwives are well placed to invite young families... Read More about Community midwives' and health visitors' experiences of research recruitment: a qualitative exploration using the Theoretical Domains Framework.

The Effects of Compassion-based Feedback on Wellbeing Ratings During a Professional Assessment Healthcare Task (2021)
Journal Article
Bond, C. A. E., Tsikandilakis, M., Stacey, G., Hui, A., & Timmons, S. (2021). The Effects of Compassion-based Feedback on Wellbeing Ratings During a Professional Assessment Healthcare Task. Nurse Education Today, 99, Article 104788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104788

Background
There is a need for higher education policy to consider how student nurses might be supported, to help them to develop the resilience and mental wellbeing needed to cope with stressful environments. Reviews and qualitative research in thi... Read More about The Effects of Compassion-based Feedback on Wellbeing Ratings During a Professional Assessment Healthcare Task.

Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Blake, H., Knight, H., Jia, R., Corner, J., Morling, J. R., Denning, C., …Vedhara, K. Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

We aimed to explore university students’ perceptions and experiences of SARS-CoV-2 mass asymptomatic testing, social distancing and self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative study comprised of four rapid online focus groups conduc... Read More about Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.

What does safety in mental health care transitions mean for service users and other stakeholder groups?: An open-ended questionnaire study (2021)
Journal Article
Tyler, N., Wright, N., Panagiotti, M., Grundy, A., & Waring, J. (2021). What does safety in mental health care transitions mean for service users and other stakeholder groups?: An open-ended questionnaire study. Health Expectations, 24(51), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13190

Background
Historically, safety mental health research has tended to focus on risks of homicide, suicide, and deaths. Although wider safety issues are now recognised in regards to mental health services, the safety of mental health transitions, a ke... Read More about What does safety in mental health care transitions mean for service users and other stakeholder groups?: An open-ended questionnaire study.

Using a comprehensive audit to identify local context prior to care bundle design and implementation for inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in colorectal surgery (2021)
Journal Article
Tanner, J., Timmons, S., Bayston, R., Adams, K., & Baxendale, B. (2021). Using a comprehensive audit to identify local context prior to care bundle design and implementation for inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in colorectal surgery. BMJ Open Quality, 10(1), Article e001132. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001132

© Background The first step in bundle design or implementation is to identify the problem being addressed. Several validated approaches are recommended to facilitate this. These include using systematic reviews, adverse event triggers and risk asses... Read More about Using a comprehensive audit to identify local context prior to care bundle design and implementation for inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in colorectal surgery.

The experiences of childbearing women who tested positive to COVID-19 during the pandemic in northern Italy (2021)
Journal Article
Fumagalli, S., Ornaghi, S., Borrelli, S., Vergani, P., & Nespoli, A. (2022). The experiences of childbearing women who tested positive to COVID-19 during the pandemic in northern Italy. Women and Birth, 35(3), 242-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2021.01.001

Problem
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly challenged maternity provision internationally. COVID-19 positive women are one of the childbearing groups most impacted by the pandemic due to drastic changes to maternity care pathways put in place.... Read More about The experiences of childbearing women who tested positive to COVID-19 during the pandemic in northern Italy.

The burden of chronic respiratory diseases in adults in Nepal: A systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Ekezie, W., Jenkins, A. R., Hall, I. P., Evans, C., Koju, R., Kurmi, O. P., & Bolton, C. E. (2021). The burden of chronic respiratory diseases in adults in Nepal: A systematic review. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 18, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1479973121994572

While chronic lung disease causes substantial global morbidity and mortality, global estimates have primarily been based on broad assumptions. Specific country data from low-income countries such as Nepal are limited. This review assessed primary evi... Read More about The burden of chronic respiratory diseases in adults in Nepal: A systematic review.

Students' perceptions on chatbots' potential and design characteristics in healthcare education (2020)
Book Chapter
Stathakarou, N., Nifakos, S., Karlgren, K., Konstantinidis, S. T., Bamidis, P. D., Pattichis, C. S., & Davoody, N. (2020). Students' perceptions on chatbots' potential and design characteristics in healthcare education. In J. Mantas, A. Hasman, M. S. Househ, P. Gallos, & E. Zoulias (Eds.), The importance of health informatics in public health during a pandemic (209-212). Amsterdam: IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI200531

Chatbots may have the potential to support healthcare education by enabling personalized learning. Trust is a pre-requisite for the users to accept the chatbots. In this study we analyzed students' assignments of the MSc course "User Needs, Requireme... Read More about Students' perceptions on chatbots' potential and design characteristics in healthcare education.