All Outputs (101)

Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Background: Most Thai people reject the idea of letting their ageing parents live in a care home due to the belief that a care home is a place for poor older adults who have no family. These beliefs could influence the perception of living in a care... Read More about Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand.

A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing effectiveness of prism glasses, visual search training and standard care in hemianopia (2016)
Journal Article

Objective: Pilot trial comparing prism therapy and visual search training, for homonymous hemianopia, to standard care (information only). Methods: Prospective, multicentre, parallel, single-blind, three-arm RCT across fifteen UK acute stroke units.... Read More about A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing effectiveness of prism glasses, visual search training and standard care in hemianopia.

School-based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people. (2016)
Journal Article

Background: Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in children aged four to 18 years and are a major cause of ill health. The school setting offers the opportunity to deliver preventive interventions to a large number of children and h... Read More about School-based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people..

‘Gaps, mishaps and overlaps’: nursing documentation: how does it affect care? (2016)
Journal Article

Introduction: Complete, accurate and relevant nursing documentation is essential for the multidisciplinary comprehensive geriatric assessment process which can improve older patient’s outcomes following a hospital admission. Aims: to understand olde... Read More about ‘Gaps, mishaps and overlaps’: nursing documentation: how does it affect care?.

Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis (2016)
Journal Article

Background More women experience depressive symptoms antenatally than postnatally. Supporting women through the antenatal period is recognised as important in mitigating negative outcomes and in preventing postnatal depression (PND). A systematic... Read More about Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis.

Promoting an active lifestyle (2016)
Journal Article

Feasibility of an online intervention (STAK-D) to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article

Background: Regular physical activity has important health benefits for children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), yet children and their parents face barriers to participation such as lack of self-efficacy or concerns around hypoglycaemia. Multi... Read More about Feasibility of an online intervention (STAK-D) to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Surgery Versus 5% Imiquimod for Nodularand Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma: 5-Year Results of the SINSRandomized Controlled Trial (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors We previously reported modest clinical 3-year benefit for topical imiquimod compared with surgery for superficial or nodular basal cell carcinoma at low-risk sites in our noninferiority randomized controlled SINS trial. Here we rep... Read More about Surgery Versus 5% Imiquimod for Nodularand Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma: 5-Year Results of the SINSRandomized Controlled Trial.

Chronic oedema: a prevalent health care problem for UK health services (2016)
Journal Article

Chronic oedema is a major clinical problem worldwide, which has many important secondary consequences for health, activity and participation. Effective treatment planning and organisation of services is dependent on an understanding of the condition... Read More about Chronic oedema: a prevalent health care problem for UK health services.

Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity (SKIP): protocol for a randomized feasibility trial of an online intervention to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes (2016)
Presentation / Conference

Respectful handover: a good alternative when intrapartum continuity of carer cannot be guaranteed (2016)
Journal Article

AIM: To explore first-time mothers’ expectations and experiences of being cared for by an unknown midwife and their perceptions around continuity of carer during childbirth. DESIGN: Qualitative Straussian grounded theory methodology. SETTING: Three... Read More about Respectful handover: a good alternative when intrapartum continuity of carer cannot be guaranteed.

Supporting underserved patients with their medicines: a study protocol for a patient/professional coproduced education intervention for community pharmacy staff to improve the provision and delivery of Medicine Use Reviews (MURs) (2016)
Journal Article

Introduction Community pharmacy increasingly features in global strategies to modernise the delivery of primary healthcare. Medicine Use Reviews (MURs) form part of the English Government's medicines management strategy to improve adherence and r... Read More about Supporting underserved patients with their medicines: a study protocol for a patient/professional coproduced education intervention for community pharmacy staff to improve the provision and delivery of Medicine Use Reviews (MURs).

‘Ghost’ stories: sociocultural factors influencing tuberculosis treatment adherence in Ghana (2016)
Journal Article

Background: Non-adherence to treatment is a major problem in tuberculosis (TB) control and leads to adverse outcomes and increased morbidity and mortality. Aim: To explore the experiences of TB patients taking anti-TB drugs in Ghana to improve treat... Read More about ‘Ghost’ stories: sociocultural factors influencing tuberculosis treatment adherence in Ghana.

Long-term topical corticosteroid use and risk of skin cancer: a systematic review protocol (2016)
Journal Article

Review question/objective: The objective of this systematic review is to synthesize the best available research evidence to determine the risk of skin cancer in patients on long-term use of topical corticosteroids. Specifically the review question is... Read More about Long-term topical corticosteroid use and risk of skin cancer: a systematic review protocol.

How do nurses facilitate shared decision making in HIV care?: an exploratory study of UK nurses knowledge, perspective and experience of facilitating shared decision making in clinical practice (2016)
Journal Article

Shared Decision Making (SDM) enables clinicians to promote self-management and to empower patients with long-term health conditions. Whilst it has been reported in other health conditions, there is little empirical research on the nature and practice... Read More about How do nurses facilitate shared decision making in HIV care?: an exploratory study of UK nurses knowledge, perspective and experience of facilitating shared decision making in clinical practice.

Examination of England's New Medicine Service (NMS) of complex health care interventions in community pharmacy (2016)
Journal Article

Background Community pharmacies are increasingly commissioned to deliver new, complex health interventions in response to the growing demands on family doctors and secondary health care services. Little is known about how these complex interventio... Read More about Examination of England's New Medicine Service (NMS) of complex health care interventions in community pharmacy.

Nurses' views on workplace wellbeing programmes (2016)
Journal Article

Workplace stress is prevalent amongst nurses. Healthcare employers have implemented complementary and alternative therapies (CATs) for relaxation and stress management, within workplace wellbeing programmes for their employees. In-depth interviews we... Read More about Nurses' views on workplace wellbeing programmes.

Development of the Critical Thinking Toolkit (CriTT): A measure of student attitudes and beliefs about critical thinking (2016)
Journal Article

Critical thinking is an important focus in higher education and is essential for good academic achievement. We report the development of a tool to measure critical thinking for three purposes: (i) to evaluate student perceptions and attitudes about c... Read More about Development of the Critical Thinking Toolkit (CriTT): A measure of student attitudes and beliefs about critical thinking.

Arts on Prescription in Scandinavia: a review of current practice and future possibilities (2016)
Journal Article

Aims: This article reviews current practice relating to arts and culture on prescription in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and in the UK. It considers future possibilities and considers each of the Scandinavian countries from a culture and health policy and... Read More about Arts on Prescription in Scandinavia: a review of current practice and future possibilities.

Exploring the acceptability of innovative technology: a pilot study using LENA with parents of young deaf children in the UK (2016)
Journal Article

Early intervention is widely recommended for children at risk of difficulties with speech, language and communication. Evidence for effective practice remains limited due in part to inherent difficulties in defining complex interventions and measurin... Read More about Exploring the acceptability of innovative technology: a pilot study using LENA with parents of young deaf children in the UK.