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Whole Exome Re-Sequencing Implicates CCDC38 and Cilia Structure and Function in Resistance to Smoking Related Airflow Obstruction (2014)
Journal Article
Wain, L. V., Sayers, I., Soler Artigas, M., Portelli, M. A., Zeggini, E., Obeidat, M., …Tobin, M. D. (2014). Whole Exome Re-Sequencing Implicates CCDC38 and Cilia Structure and Function in Resistance to Smoking Related Airflow Obstruction. PLoS Genetics, 10(5), Article e1004314. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004314

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality and, whilst smoking remains the single most important risk factor, COPD risk is heritable. Of 26 independent genomic regions showing association with l... Read More about Whole Exome Re-Sequencing Implicates CCDC38 and Cilia Structure and Function in Resistance to Smoking Related Airflow Obstruction.

Occupational stress amongmhealth professionals in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (A.B.U.T.H.),Shika, Zaria, Nigeria (2014)
Journal Article
Ladan, M. A., Khalid, D. S., Musa, H. A., Ogbeh, M., & Muhammad, F. L. (2014). Occupational stress amongmhealth professionals in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (A.B.U.T.H.),Shika, Zaria, Nigeria

This study was carried out to survey occupational stress among health professionals in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH),Shika, Zaria. The study was aimed at investigating the differences in perception of stress among different health... Read More about Occupational stress amongmhealth professionals in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (A.B.U.T.H.),Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.

Diagnoses, problems and healthcare interventions amongst older people with an unscheduled hospital admission who have concurrent mental health problems: a prevalence study (2014)
Journal Article
Glover, A., Bradshaw, L., Watson, N., Laithwaite, E., Goldberg, S. E., Whittamore, K. H., & Harwood, R. H. (2014). Diagnoses, problems and healthcare interventions amongst older people with an unscheduled hospital admission who have concurrent mental health problems: a prevalence study. BMC Geriatrics, 14, Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-43

Background Frail older people with mental health problems including delirium, dementia and depression are often admitted to general hospitals. However, hospital admission may cause distress, and can be associated with complications. Some commentator... Read More about Diagnoses, problems and healthcare interventions amongst older people with an unscheduled hospital admission who have concurrent mental health problems: a prevalence study.

Evaluating the feasibility of complex interventions in mental health services: standardised measure and reporting guidelines (2014)
Journal Article
Bird, V., Le Boutillier, C., Leamy, M., Williams, J., Bradstreet, S., & Slade, M. (2014). Evaluating the feasibility of complex interventions in mental health services: standardised measure and reporting guidelines. British Journal of Psychiatry, 204(4), https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.113.128314

Aims: To develop a) an empirically-based standardised measure of the feasibility of complex interventions for use within mental health services and b) reporting guidelines to facilitate feasibility assessment. Method: A focussed narrative review of... Read More about Evaluating the feasibility of complex interventions in mental health services: standardised measure and reporting guidelines.

Social anxiety in first-episode psychosis: the role of childhood trauma and adult attachment (2014)
Journal Article
Michail, M., & Birchwood, M. (in press). Social anxiety in first-episode psychosis: the role of childhood trauma and adult attachment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 163, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.03.033

Background: Social anxiety is among the most prevalent affective disturbances among people with psychosis. The developmental pathways associated with its emergence in psychosis, however, remain unclear. The aim of this study is to identify the develo... Read More about Social anxiety in first-episode psychosis: the role of childhood trauma and adult attachment.

Challenges and solutions during analysis in a longitudinal narrative case study (2014)
Journal Article
Whiffin, C. J., Bailey, C., Ellis-Hill, C., & Jarrett, N. (2014). Challenges and solutions during analysis in a longitudinal narrative case study. Nurse Researcher, 21(4), https://doi.org/10.7748/nr2014.03.21.4.20.e1238

Aim To describe the challenges faced by those performing complex qualitative analysis during a narrative study and to offer solutions. Background Qualitative research requires rigorous analysis. However, novice researchers often struggle t... Read More about Challenges and solutions during analysis in a longitudinal narrative case study.

Ultrasound detected synovial change and pain response following intra-articular injection of corticosteroid and a placebo in symptomatic osteoarthritic knees: a pilot study (2014)
Journal Article
Hall, M. C., Doherty, S., Courtney, P., Latief, K., Zhang, W., & Doherty, M. (in press). Ultrasound detected synovial change and pain response following intra-articular injection of corticosteroid and a placebo in symptomatic osteoarthritic knees: a pilot study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205206

Parent's perceptions of antenatal groups in supporting them through the transition to parenthood (2014)
Journal Article
Pilcher, H., & Hughes, A. J. (2014). Parent's perceptions of antenatal groups in supporting them through the transition to parenthood. Midirs Midwifery Digest, 24(1),

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore parents’ experiences and perceptions of their antenatal groups in supporting their needs through the transition to parenthood. Local research ethics approval was obtained before the study commenced. De... Read More about Parent's perceptions of antenatal groups in supporting them through the transition to parenthood.

Surgical site infection: poor compliance with guidelines and care bundles (2014)
Journal Article
Leaper, D. J., Tanner, J., Kiernan, M., Assadian, O., & Edmiston, C. E. (2015). Surgical site infection: poor compliance with guidelines and care bundles. International Wound Journal, 12(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.12243

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are probably the most preventable of the health care- associated infections. Despite the widespread international introduction of level I evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of SSIs, such as that of the Nation... Read More about Surgical site infection: poor compliance with guidelines and care bundles.

How does it really feel to be in my shoes? Patients' experiences of compassion within nursing care and their perceptions of developing compassionate nurses (2014)
Journal Article
Bramley, L., & Matiti, M. (2014). How does it really feel to be in my shoes? Patients' experiences of compassion within nursing care and their perceptions of developing compassionate nurses. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 23(19-20), 2790-2799. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12537

Aims and objectives To understand how patients experience compassion within nursing care and explore their perceptions of developing compassionate nurses. Background Compassion is a fundamental part of nursing care. Individually, nurses have a d... Read More about How does it really feel to be in my shoes? Patients' experiences of compassion within nursing care and their perceptions of developing compassionate nurses.

Protocol for a longitudinal qualitative study: survivors of childhood critical illness exploring long-term psychosocial well-being and needs—The SCETCH Project (2014)
Journal Article
Manning, J., Hemingway, P., & Redsell, S. A. (2014). Protocol for a longitudinal qualitative study: survivors of childhood critical illness exploring long-term psychosocial well-being and needs—The SCETCH Project. BMJ Open, 4, Article e004230

Introduction Life-threatening critical illness affects over a quarter of a million children and adolescents (0–18 years old) annually in the USA and the UK. Death from critical illness is rare; however, survivors and their families can be exposed to... Read More about Protocol for a longitudinal qualitative study: survivors of childhood critical illness exploring long-term psychosocial well-being and needs—The SCETCH Project.

Copy Number Variation of the Beta-Defensin Genes in Europeans: No Supporting Evidence for Association with Lung Function, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma (2014)
Journal Article
Wain, L. V., Odenthal-Hesse, L., Abujaber, R., Sayers, I., Beardsmore, C., Gaillard, E. A., …Hollox, E. J. (2014). Copy Number Variation of the Beta-Defensin Genes in Europeans: No Supporting Evidence for Association with Lung Function, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e84192. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084192

Lung function measures are heritable, predict mortality and are relevant in diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD and asthma are diseases of the airways with major public health impacts and each have a heritable component. G... Read More about Copy Number Variation of the Beta-Defensin Genes in Europeans: No Supporting Evidence for Association with Lung Function, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma.

Risk and protective factors for falls from furniture in young children: multicenter case-control study (2014)
Journal Article
Kendrick, D., Maula, A., & Reading, R. (2015). Risk and protective factors for falls from furniture in young children: multicenter case-control study. JAMA Pediatrics, 169(2), 145-153. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.2374

Importance: Falls from furniture are common in young children but there is little evidence on protective factors for these falls. Objective: To estimate associations for risk and protective factors for falls from furniture in children aged 0 to 4... Read More about Risk and protective factors for falls from furniture in young children: multicenter case-control study.

Developing stroke specific vocational rehabilitation: a soft systems analysis of current service provision (2014)
Journal Article
Grant, M., Radford, K., Sinclair, E., & Terry, J. (2014). Developing stroke specific vocational rehabilitation: a soft systems analysis of current service provision. Disability and Rehabilitation, 36(5), https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2013.793410

Purpose: This study aimed to clarify the existing service provision of stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation (VR) in one English county, in order to facilitate future service development. Method: Using soft systems methodology, services in Health... Read More about Developing stroke specific vocational rehabilitation: a soft systems analysis of current service provision.

Conversational pursuit of medication compliance in a Therapeutic Community for persons diagnosed with mental disorders (2014)
Journal Article
Mortari, L., & Pino, M. (2014). Conversational pursuit of medication compliance in a Therapeutic Community for persons diagnosed with mental disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation, 36(17), https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2013.834987

Purpose: In this article, we contribute to the debate on medication compliance by exploring the conversational "technologies" entailed in the process of promoting clients’ adherence to psychopharmacological prescriptions. Using a case study approach,... Read More about Conversational pursuit of medication compliance in a Therapeutic Community for persons diagnosed with mental disorders.

Epistemic struggles in addiction therapeutic community meetings (2014)
Book Chapter
Pino, M. (2014). Epistemic struggles in addiction therapeutic community meetings. In A. Zuczkowski, R. Bongelli, I. Riccioni, & C. Canestrari (Eds.), Communicating certainty and uncertainty in medical, supportive and scientific contexts. John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/ds.25.10pin

In this study I analyse Therapeutic Community (TC) group meetings for persons with drug addiction problems. Using the method of Conversation Analysis, I specifically focus on practices of knowledge management and sharing between the educators and cli... Read More about Epistemic struggles in addiction therapeutic community meetings.

The inclusion of students with dyslexia in higher education: a systematic review using narrative synthesis (2014)
Journal Article
Pino, M., & Mortari, L. (2014). The inclusion of students with dyslexia in higher education: a systematic review using narrative synthesis. Dyslexia, 20(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.1484

This article reports on a study focusing on the inclusion of students with dyslexia in higher education (HE). A systematic review was carried out to retrieve, critically appraise and synthesize the available evidence on how the inclusion of students... Read More about The inclusion of students with dyslexia in higher education: a systematic review using narrative synthesis.

Pressure ulcer stages among bed-ridden patients in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria- Nigeria (2014)
Journal Article
Ladan, A. M., Garba, S. N., Sani, D. K., Sani, H. M., & Muhammed, A. F. (2014). Pressure ulcer stages among bed-ridden patients in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria- Nigeria. https://doi.org/10.9790/1959-03146168

This study was carried out to assesspressure ulcer stages among bed-ridden patients in Medical, Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic wards inAhmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) Shika-Zaria. The main aim of this study is to determine the preval... Read More about Pressure ulcer stages among bed-ridden patients in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria- Nigeria.

National survey of the injury prevention activities of children's centres (2014)
Journal Article
Watson, M., Mulvaney, C. A., Kendrick, D., Stewart, J., Coupland, C., Hayes, M., & Wynn, P. (2014). National survey of the injury prevention activities of children's centres. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12059

Children's centres were established across England to provide a range of services including early education, social care and health to pre-school children and their families. We surveyed children's centres to ascertain the activities they were undert... Read More about National survey of the injury prevention activities of children's centres.