All Outputs (101)

An evaluation of a biomass stove safety protocol used for testing household cookstoves, in low-middle income countries (2016)
Journal Article

To mitigate the impact of: excess pollution, deforestation and injuries attributable to cookstoves in low-middle income countries, humanitarian and private sector organisations have made a commitment to distribute 100 million improved cookstoves (ICS... Read More about An evaluation of a biomass stove safety protocol used for testing household cookstoves, in low-middle income countries.

The uses of coercive measures in forensic psychiatry: a literature review (2016)
Book Chapter

Lack of anticipated support for care for community-dwelling older adults (2016)
Journal Article

Objective: to identify the factors associated with lack of anticipated support for care for community-dwelling older adults. Method: this study presents comparison and logistic regression analyses of data from 671 individuals who took part of the... Read More about Lack of anticipated support for care for community-dwelling older adults.

Unmet care needs in people living with advanced cancer: a systematic review (2016)
Journal Article

Purpose The support needs of cancer patients vary according to the phase of their cancer journey. Recent developments in healthcare are such that the advanced cancer phase is increasingly experienced as a chronic illness phase, with consequent chang... Read More about Unmet care needs in people living with advanced cancer: a systematic review.

Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study protocol (2016)
Journal Article

Studies on self-management (SM) support programmes in chronic low back pain (CLBP) have failed to show clinically meaningful treatment benefit, which potentially highlights lack of research on predictors of effective SM. The purpose of this multi-cen... Read More about Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study protocol.

Domestic violence and abuse: an exploration and evaluation of a domestic abuse nurse specialist role in acute health care services (2016)
Journal Article

Aims and objectives: The aim of the present study was to explore the experiences of clinical staff in responding to disclosure of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and to evaluate the effectiveness of training and support provided by a dedicated Dome... Read More about Domestic violence and abuse: an exploration and evaluation of a domestic abuse nurse specialist role in acute health care services.

Advance care planning, a multi-centre cluster randomised clinical trial: the research protocol of the ACTION study (2016)
Journal Article

Background: Awareness of preferences regarding medical care should be a central component of the care of patients with advanced cancer. Open communication can facilitate this but can occur in an ad hoc or variable manner. Advance care planning (ACP)... Read More about Advance care planning, a multi-centre cluster randomised clinical trial: the research protocol of the ACTION study.

The effectiveness of Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills model-based Diabetes Self-Management Education among patients with type 2 diabetes in Jordan (IMB-DSME) (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Abstract for International Nursing conference: Background: According to the World Health Organization in 2014, 9% of adults over 18 years old are diagnosed with diabetes and more than 1.5 million deaths occur directly by diabetes in low and middle-i... Read More about The effectiveness of Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills model-based Diabetes Self-Management Education among patients with type 2 diabetes in Jordan (IMB-DSME).

Participation in medical decision-making across Europe: an international longitudinal multicenter study (2016)
Journal Article

Background: The purpose of this paper was to examine national differences in the desire to participate in decision-making of people with severe mental illness in six European countries. Methods: The data was taken from a European longitudinal obse... Read More about Participation in medical decision-making across Europe: an international longitudinal multicenter study.

Antibiotics and antiseptics for pressure ulcers (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Cochrane Collaboration. Background: Pressure ulcers, also known as bedsores, decubitus ulcers and pressure injuries, are localised areas of injury to the skin or the underlying tissue, or both. A range of treatments with antimicrobial prop... Read More about Antibiotics and antiseptics for pressure ulcers.

Undergraduate students' perception towards ward rounds as a clinical teaching strategy and perceived impact on academic performance in Zaria (2016)
Journal Article

Background: The primary aim of this study is to assess the undergraduate students’ perception on ward-round and clinical teaching activities and its perceived impact on their academic performance in Ahmadu Bello University T... Read More about Undergraduate students' perception towards ward rounds as a clinical teaching strategy and perceived impact on academic performance in Zaria.

Assessment of medication adherence and factors affecting it among diagnosed hypertensive patients attending outpatient department in some selected hospitals in Zaria metropolis (2016)
Journal Article

Background: Medication adherence ameliorates/reduces the complications associated with various disease conditions especially diseases that are not curable but rather, are to be managed from its onset to the end of its victim’s life, as seen in... Read More about Assessment of medication adherence and factors affecting it among diagnosed hypertensive patients attending outpatient department in some selected hospitals in Zaria metropolis.

A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the benefits of a multimedia educational program for first-time hearing aid users (2016)
Journal Article

Objectives: The aims of this study were to (1) develop a series of short interactive videos (or reusable learning objects [RLOs]) covering a broad range of practical and psychosocial issues relevant to the auditory rehabilitation for first-time heari... Read More about A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the benefits of a multimedia educational program for first-time hearing aid users.

Why decision support systems are important for medical education (2016)
Journal Article

© The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2016. During the last decades, the inclusion of digital tools in health education has rapidly lead to a continuously enlarging digital era. All the online interactions between learners and tutors, the d... Read More about Why decision support systems are important for medical education.

Acceptability and design of video-based research on healthcare communication: evidence and recommendations (2016)
Journal Article

Objectives: To contribute to understandings about acceptability and risks entailed in video-based research on healthcare communication. To generate recommendations for non-covert video-based research on healthcare communication − with a focus on maxi... Read More about Acceptability and design of video-based research on healthcare communication: evidence and recommendations.

Cardio pulmonary resuscitation decisions in the emergency department: an ethnography of tacit knowledge in practice (2016)
Journal Article

Despite media images to the contrary, cardiopulmonary resuscitation in emergency departments is often unsuccessful. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to explore how health care professionals working in two emergency departments in the UK, ma... Read More about Cardio pulmonary resuscitation decisions in the emergency department: an ethnography of tacit knowledge in practice.

A community arts programme for older people: an evaluation (2016)
Journal Article

Purpose This paper presents an evaluation of a community based arts programme for older people in Nottinghamshire. Design The evaluation was conducted using a combination of pre and post-initiative quantitative questionnaires and qualitative... Read More about A community arts programme for older people: an evaluation.

Synovial changes detected by ultrasound in people with knee osteoarthritis – a meta-analysis of observational studies (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors Objectives To examine the prevalence of synovial effusion, synovial hypertrophy and positive Doppler signal (DS) detected by ultrasound (US) in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and/or knee pain compared to that in the general p... Read More about Synovial changes detected by ultrasound in people with knee osteoarthritis – a meta-analysis of observational studies.

Decision making in mental health team meetings (2016)
Journal Article

Background: Single point of access meetings represent a critical juncture in the lives of mental health clients. The decision-making process undertaken by mental health professionals during this time is therefore crucial. Method: Glaserian grounde... Read More about Decision making in mental health team meetings.

Predictors of satisfaction with life in family carers: evidence from the third European quality of life survey (2016)
Journal Article

This research aimed to identify predictors of satisfaction with life in family carers. Evidence from the literature and from the Third European Quality of Life Survey (years 2011–2012) led to the construction of a model which was tested through linea... Read More about Predictors of satisfaction with life in family carers: evidence from the third European quality of life survey.