All Outputs (553)

Caregiver stress in traumatic brain injury (2013)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (in press). Caregiver stress in traumatic brain injury. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 15(6), https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2008.15.6.29878

Aims Many patients experience physical, behavioural, cognitive and emotional problems following traumatic brain injury (TBI). They may require continuing care for many years, most of which is provided by informal caregivers, such as spouses, parents... Read More about Caregiver stress in traumatic brain injury.

Mobile technology: streamlining practice and improving care (2013)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (in press). Mobile technology: streamlining practice and improving care. British Journal of Community Nursing, 18(9), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2013.18.9.430

The use of mobile phones in care delivery has the potential to improve the way in which care is delivered. When implemented effectively, mobile technologies can empower patients and enhance communication between patients and their health-care provide... Read More about Mobile technology: streamlining practice and improving care.

Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes (2013)
Journal Article
Blake, H., & Lee, S. (in press). Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes. British Journal of Community Nursing, 12(6), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2007.12.6.23774

Community nursing is associated with stress and burnout, which can impact heavily on the individual and the NHS both economically and on the quality of patient care. Recent Government publications have called for an increase in workplace health schem... Read More about Health of community nurses: a case for workplace wellness schemes.

At the borders of medical reasoning: aetiological and ontological challenges of medically unexplained symptoms (2013)
Journal Article
Eriksen, T. E., Kerry, R., Mumford, S., Lie, S. A. N., & Anjum, R. L. (2013). At the borders of medical reasoning: aetiological and ontological challenges of medically unexplained symptoms. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 8(11), https://doi.org/10.1186/1747-5341-8-11

Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) remain recalcitrant to the medical profession, proving less suitable for homogenic treatment with respect to their aetiology, taxonomy and diagnosis. While the majority of existing medical research methods are des... Read More about At the borders of medical reasoning: aetiological and ontological challenges of medically unexplained symptoms.

Structural and functional effects of metastases in rat brain determined by multimodal MRI (2013)
Journal Article
Martin, C. J., Serres, S., Sarmiento Soto, M., Bristow, C., O'Brien, E. R., Connell, J. J., …Sibson, N. R. (2014). Structural and functional effects of metastases in rat brain determined by multimodal MRI. International Journal of Cancer, 134(4), 885-896. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.28406

Metastasis to the brain results in significant impairment of brain function and poor patient survival. Currently, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is under‐utilised in monitoring brain metastases and their effects on brain function. Here, we sought t... Read More about Structural and functional effects of metastases in rat brain determined by multimodal MRI.

Immigrant women’s experiences of maternity services in Canada: a meta-ethnography (2013)
Journal Article
Higginbottom, G. M., Hadziabdic, E., Yohani, S., & Paton, P. (2014). Immigrant women’s experiences of maternity services in Canada: a meta-ethnography. Midwifery, 30(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2013.06.004

Objective: to synthesise data on immigrant women's experiences of maternity services in Canada. Design: a qualitative systematic literature review using a meta-ethnographic approach. Methods: a comprehensive search strategy of multiple databases wa... Read More about Immigrant women’s experiences of maternity services in Canada: a meta-ethnography.

What is a good midwife? Insights from the literature (2013)
Journal Article
Borrelli, S. E. (2014). What is a good midwife? Insights from the literature. Midwifery, 30(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2013.06.019

OBJECTIVE: to review the literature around what is considered to be a good midwife and in particular what women value in a midwife, in order to identify the gaps in the evidence for future research. DESIGN: this paper reviews the research in the are... Read More about What is a good midwife? Insights from the literature.

Health behaviours and attitudes towards being role models (2013)
Journal Article
Blake, H., & Harrison, C. (2013). Health behaviours and attitudes towards being role models. British Journal of Nursing, 22(2), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2013.22.2.86

Nurses are often viewed by the general public as role models for health. This study investigated health behaviours in pre-registered nurses and their attitudes towards being role models to their patients. In total, 540 pre-registered nurses self-repo... Read More about Health behaviours and attitudes towards being role models.

An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2013)
Journal Article
Nkhoma, K., Seymour, J., & Arthur, A. (2013). An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 14, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-216

Many HIV/AIDS patients experience pain often due to advanced HIV/AIDS infection and side effects of treatment. In sub-Saharan Africa, pain management for people with HIV/AIDS is suboptimal. With survival extended as a direct consequence of improved a... Read More about An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

A systematic review of workplace health promotion interventions for increasing physical activity (2013)
Journal Article
Malik, S. H., Blake, H., & Suggs, L. S. (2014). A systematic review of workplace health promotion interventions for increasing physical activity. British Journal of Health Psychology, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12052

Purpose The benefits of an active lifestyle are widely documented, yet studies show that only a small proportion of adults engage in sufficient levels of physical activity. The workplace presents an ideal avenue for delivering initiatives to promo... Read More about A systematic review of workplace health promotion interventions for increasing physical activity.

Is it just motion that silences awareness of other visual changes? (2013)
Journal Article
Pierce, J. (2013). Is it just motion that silences awareness of other visual changes?. Journal of Vision, 13(7), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1167/13.7.17

When an array of visual elements is changing color, size, or shape incoherently, the changes are typically quite visible even when the overall color, size, or shape statistics of the field may not have changed. When the dots also move, however, the c... Read More about Is it just motion that silences awareness of other visual changes?.

Employee perceptions of a pedometer walking intervention in a hospital workplace (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Blake, H., Leighton, P., & Batt, M. E. (2013, June). Employee perceptions of a pedometer walking intervention in a hospital workplace. Presented at Health Services Research Network, Nottingham, UK

Five-year workplace wellness intervention in the NHS (2013)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Zhou, D., & Batt, M. E. (2013). Five-year workplace wellness intervention in the NHS. Perspectives in Public Health, 133(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913913489611

aims: Poor health and well-being has been observed among NHS staff and has become a key focus in current public health policy. The objective of this study was to deliver and evaluate a five-year employee wellness programme aimed at improving the hea... Read More about Five-year workplace wellness intervention in the NHS.

Comorbidities affect risk of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (2013)
Journal Article
Crooks, C. J., West, J., & Card, T. R. (2013). Comorbidities affect risk of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastroenterology, 144(7), Article 1384-1393.e2. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2013.02.040

Background & Aims The incidence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) has not been reduced despite the decreasing incidence of peptic ulcers, strategies to eradicate Helicobacter pylori infection, and prophylaxis against ulceration from nonsteroi... Read More about Comorbidities affect risk of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Systematically reviewing and synthesizing evidence from conversation analytic and related discursive research to inform healthcare communication practice and policy: an illustrated guide (2013)
Journal Article
Parry, R. H., & Land, V. (2013). Systematically reviewing and synthesizing evidence from conversation analytic and related discursive research to inform healthcare communication practice and policy: an illustrated guide. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13(May), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-13-69

Background Healthcare delivery is largely accomplished in and through conversations between people, and healthcare quality and effectiveness depend enormously upon the communication practices employed within these conversations. An important body... Read More about Systematically reviewing and synthesizing evidence from conversation analytic and related discursive research to inform healthcare communication practice and policy: an illustrated guide.

An oral health intervention for people with serious mental illness (Three Shires Early Intervention Dental Trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2013)
Journal Article
Jones, H. F., Adams, C. E., Clifton, A., Simpson, J., Tosh, G., Liddle, P. F., …Furtado, V. (2013). An oral health intervention for people with serious mental illness (Three Shires Early Intervention Dental Trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 14, Article 158. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-158

Background Oral health is an important part of general physical health and is essential for self-esteem, self-confidence and overall quality of life. There is a well-established link between mental illness and poor oral health. Oral health problems... Read More about An oral health intervention for people with serious mental illness (Three Shires Early Intervention Dental Trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Wound assessment tools and nurses’ needs: an evaluation study (2013)
Journal Article
Greatrex-White, S., & Moxey, H. (in press). Wound assessment tools and nurses’ needs: an evaluation study. International Wound Journal, 12(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.12100

The purpose of this study was to ascertain how well different wound assessment tools meet the needs of nurses in carrying out general wound assessment and whether current tools are fit for purpose. The methodology employed was evaluation research. In... Read More about Wound assessment tools and nurses’ needs: an evaluation study.

An evaluation of the effects of the smoking ban at an acute NHS trust (2013)
Journal Article
Arack, R., Blake, H., Lee, S., & Coulson, N. (2013). An evaluation of the effects of the smoking ban at an acute NHS trust. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 47(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2009.10708169

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of a complete smoking ban at an NHS Trust focusing on the attitudes, compliance and smoking behaviour of NHS Staff on the smoke-free NHS policy. Questionnaires were distributed to staff 17 months a... Read More about An evaluation of the effects of the smoking ban at an acute NHS trust.

Efficacy of individual computer-based auditory training for people with hearing loss: a systematic review of the evidence (2013)
Journal Article
Henshaw, H., & Ferguson, M. (2013). Efficacy of individual computer-based auditory training for people with hearing loss: a systematic review of the evidence. PLoS ONE, 8(5), Article e62836. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062836

Auditory training involves active listening to auditory stimuli and aims to improve performance in auditory tasks. As such, auditory training is a potential intervention for the management of people with hearing loss. Objective This systematic... Read More about Efficacy of individual computer-based auditory training for people with hearing loss: a systematic review of the evidence.

Measures of satisfaction with care during labour and birth: a comparative review (2013)
Journal Article
Sawyer, A., Ayers, S., Abbott, J., Gyte, G., Rabe, H., & Duley, L. (2013). Measures of satisfaction with care during labour and birth: a comparative review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13, Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-13-108

Background Satisfaction is the one of the most frequently reported outcome measures for quality of care. Assessment of satisfaction with maternity services is crucial, and psychometrically sound measures are needed if this is to inform health practi... Read More about Measures of satisfaction with care during labour and birth: a comparative review.