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Priorities for service improvement in personality disorder in Australia: Perspectives of consumers, carers and clinicians (2020)
Journal Article
Ng, F., Townsend, M. L., Jewell, M., Marceau, E. M., & Grenyer, B. F. (2020). Priorities for service improvement in personality disorder in Australia: Perspectives of consumers, carers and clinicians. Personality and Mental Health, 14(4), 350-360. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1485

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)
Journal Article
Di Lorito, C., Long, A., Byrne, A., Harwood, R. H., Gladman, J. R., Schneider, S., …van der Wardt, V. (2021). Exercise interventions for older adults: A systematic review of meta-analyses. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 10(1), 29-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2020.06.003

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)
Journal Article
Shaw, L., Bhattarai, N., Cant, R., Drummond, A., Ford, G. A., Forster, A., …Rodgers, H. (2020). An extended stroke rehabilitation service for people who have had a stroke: the EXTRAS RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 24(24), 1-202. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24240

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)
Journal Article
Sackley, C. M., Rick, C., Au, P., Brady, M. C., Beaton, G., Burton, C., …on behalf of the PD COMM Collaborative Group. (2020). 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. Trials, 21, Article 436. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04354-7

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)
Journal Article
Beji, O., Gillis, R. B., Dinu, V., Jiwani, S. I., Gyasi-Antwi, P., Fisk, I. D., …Adams, G. G. (2020). Exploration of temperature and shelf-life dependency of the therapeutically available Insulin Detemir. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 152, 340-347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2020.05.016

© 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)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Poku, B., Pearce, R., Eldridge, J., Hendrick, P., Knaggs, R., …Collier, R. (2020). Characterising the evidence base for advanced clinical practice in the UK: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 10(5), Article e036192. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036192

© 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)
Journal Article
McGarry, . J., & Hinsliff-Smith, K. (2021). Silent voices: exploring narratives of women's experiences of health care professional responses to domestic violence and abuse. Journal of Medical Humanities, 42, 245-252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-020-09621-x

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)
Journal Article
Poku, B. A., Caress, A.-L., & Kirk, S. (2020). “Body as a Machine”: How Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease Construct Their Fatigue Experiences. Qualitative Health Research, 30(9), 1431-1444. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320916464

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)
Journal Article
Wilson, E., Caswell, G., Latif, A., Anderson, C., Faull, C., & Pollock, K. (2020). An exploration of the experiences of professionals supporting patients approaching the end of life in medicines management at home. A qualitative study. BMC Palliative Care, 19, Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-0537-z

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)
Journal Article
Moran, G. S., Kalha, J., Mueller-Stierlin, A., Kilian, R., Krumm, S., Slade, M., …Puschner, B. (2020). 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). Trials, 21(1), Article 371. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-4177-7

© 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)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Bermingham, F., Johnson, G., & Tabner, A. (2020). Mitigating the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers: A Digital Learning Package. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(9), Article 2997. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17092997

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.

Paediatric intensive care follow-up provision in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (2020)
Journal Article
Manning, J. C., Scholefield, B. R., Popejoy, E., Dodds, E., & Latour, J. M. (2021). Paediatric intensive care follow-up provision in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Nursing in Critical Care, 26(2), 128-134. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12510

The objective of this study was to examine the characteristic, content, and role of Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in the provision of follow-up for children and their families' post-intensive care discharge in the United Kingdom (UK) and Re... Read More about Paediatric intensive care follow-up provision in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

Codesigning a Mental Health Discharge and Transitions of Care Intervention: A Modified Nominal Group Technique (2020)
Journal Article
Tyler, N., Wright, N., Grundy, A., Gregoriou, K., Campbell, S., & Waring, J. (2020). Codesigning a Mental Health Discharge and Transitions of Care Intervention: A Modified Nominal Group Technique. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, Article 328. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00328

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)
Journal Article
Tay, H. S., & Harwood, R. (2020). Atypical presentation of COVID-19 in a frail older person. Age and Ageing, 49(4), 523-524. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa068

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)
Journal Article
Rivera-Romero, O., Konstantinidis, S., Denecke, K., Gabarrón, E., Petersen, C., Househ, M., …Mayer, M. Á. (2020). Ethical Considerations for Participatory Health through Social Media: Healthcare Workforce and Policy Maker Perspectives. IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 29(1), 71-76. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1701981

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.

‘Socialised care futility’ in the care of older people in hospital who call out repetitively: an ethnographic study (2020)
Journal Article
Beaver, J., Goldberg, S. E., Edgley, A., & Harwood, R. (2020). ‘Socialised care futility’ in the care of older people in hospital who call out repetitively: an ethnographic study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 107, Article 103589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103589

Background

People living with dementia may call out repetitively, sometimes called disruptive vocalisation, or verbal agitation. In literature and policy, patients who call out repetitively are assumed to be expressing an unmet need, which should... Read More about ‘Socialised care futility’ in the care of older people in hospital who call out repetitively: an ethnographic study.

Applications of qualitative grounded theory methodology to investigate hearing loss: protocol for a qualitative systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Ali, Y. H., Wright, N., Charnock, D., Henshaw, H., & Hoare, D. (2020). Applications of qualitative grounded theory methodology to investigate hearing loss: protocol for a qualitative systematic review. BMJ Open, 10(4), Article e033537. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033537

Introduction Hearing loss is a chronic condition affecting 12 million individuals in the UK. People with hearing loss regularly experience difficulties interacting in everyday conversations. These difficulties in communication can result in a person... Read More about Applications of qualitative grounded theory methodology to investigate hearing loss: protocol for a qualitative systematic review.

‘My life's properly beginning’: young people with a terminally ill parent talk about the future (2020)
Journal Article
Turner, N. (2020). ‘My life's properly beginning’: young people with a terminally ill parent talk about the future. Sociology of Health and Illness, 42(5), 1171-1183. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13086

This paper explores how young people who are living with a parent who is dying talk about the future. Drawing on a qualitative, interview study, I argue that young people are able to move imaginatively beyond the death of a parent, and in doing so, t... Read More about ‘My life's properly beginning’: young people with a terminally ill parent talk about the future.

What do family caregivers want from domiciliary care for relatives living with dementia? a qualitative study (2020)
Journal Article
Pollock, K., Wilkinson, S., Perry-Young, L., Turner, N., & Schneider, J. (2021). What do family caregivers want from domiciliary care for relatives living with dementia? a qualitative study. Ageing and Society, 41(9), 2060-2073. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20000185

In the current ecology of care, social, rather than medical, support is critical in enabling frail older people to live at home. This paper reports findings from a qualitative study about how home care workers (HCWs) support persons with dementia li... Read More about What do family caregivers want from domiciliary care for relatives living with dementia? a qualitative study.