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Young people's perspectives on open communication between family members when a parent is dying (2017)
Journal Article
Turner, N. (2017). Young people's perspectives on open communication between family members when a parent is dying. Palliative and Supportive Care, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951517000578

Objective: Living with a parent who is approaching the end of life is profoundly troubling for young people. Research indicates that family communication about life-limiting parental illness can influence how young people manage living with dying. In... Read More about Young people's perspectives on open communication between family members when a parent is dying.

Interventions that improve maternity care for immigrant women in the UK: protocol for a narrative synthesis systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Higginbottom, G. M., Evans, C., Morgan, M., Bharj, K. K., Eldridge, J., & Hussain, B. (2017). Interventions that improve maternity care for immigrant women in the UK: protocol for a narrative synthesis systematic review. BMJ Open, 7(7), Article e016988. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016988

Introduction: A quarter of all births in the UK are to mothers born outside the UK. There is also evidence that immigrant women have higher maternal and infant death rates and of inequalities in the provision and uptake of maternity services/birth c... Read More about Interventions that improve maternity care for immigrant women in the UK: protocol for a narrative synthesis systematic review.

Should exercises be painful in the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain?: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Smith, B. E., Hendrick, P., Smith, T. O., Bateman, M., Moffatt, F., Rathleff, M. S., …Logan, P. (2017). Should exercises be painful in the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain?: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(23), https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-097383

Background: Chronic musculoskeletal disorders are a prevalent and costly global health issue. A new form of exercise therapy focused on loading and resistance programmes that temporarily aggravates a patient’s pain has been proposed. The object of th... Read More about Should exercises be painful in the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain?: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The use of music in Mutual Recovery: a qualitative pilot study (2017)
Journal Article
Callahan, K., Schlozman, S., Beresin, E., & Crawford, P. (2017). The use of music in Mutual Recovery: a qualitative pilot study. Journal of Applied Arts and Health, 8(1), 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah.8.1.103_1

Mutual Recovery involves caregivers and their clients mutually participating in artistic endeavours to foster resilience in both parties. A qualitative enquiry into the use of group music making (referred to as a ‘Music Jam’) between both the caregiv... Read More about The use of music in Mutual Recovery: a qualitative pilot study.

The costs, resource use, and cost-effectiveness of Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNSs) led interventions for patients with palliative care needs: a systematic review of international evidence (2017)
Journal Article
Salamanca-Balen, N., Seymour, J., Caswell, G., Whynes, D., & Tod, A. (2017). The costs, resource use, and cost-effectiveness of Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNSs) led interventions for patients with palliative care needs: a systematic review of international evidence. Palliative Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216317711570

Background: Patients with palliative care (PC) needs do not access specialist palliative care services according to their necessities. Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) working across a variety of fields are playing an increasingly important role in t... Read More about The costs, resource use, and cost-effectiveness of Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNSs) led interventions for patients with palliative care needs: a systematic review of international evidence.

Smartphone apps for the self-management of low back pain: a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Machado, G. C., Pinheiro, M. B., Lee, H., Ahmed, O. H., Hendrick, P., Williams, C., & Kamper, S. J. (in press). Smartphone apps for the self-management of low back pain: a systematic review. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.berh.2017.04.002

Guidelines for low back pain (LBP) often recommend the use of self-management such as unsupervised exercise, booklets, and online education. Another potentially useful way for patients to self-manage LBP is by using smartphone applications (apps). Ho... Read More about Smartphone apps for the self-management of low back pain: a systematic review.

Stigma associated with living in a care home: perspectives of older residents living in care homes in Thailand (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tosangwarn, S., Clissett, P., & Blake, H. (2017). Stigma associated with living in a care home: perspectives of older residents living in care homes in Thailand.

Background: High prevalence of depression has been reported among older adults living in care homes in Thailand, associated with physical impairment, low social support, low self-esteem and particularly stigma associated with living in a care home. H... Read More about Stigma associated with living in a care home: perspectives of older residents living in care homes in Thailand.

Attitudes of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their relatives about falls risk and prevention: a qualitative study (2017)
Journal Article
Peach, T., Pollock, K., van der Wardt, V., das Nair, R., Logan, P., & Harwood, R. H. (2017). Attitudes of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their relatives about falls risk and prevention: a qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 12(5), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177530

Objective: To explore the perceptions of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment, and their family carers, about falling, falls risk and the acceptability of falls prevention interventions. Design: Qualitative study involving t... Read More about Attitudes of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their relatives about falls risk and prevention: a qualitative study.

Communication practices that encourage and constrain shared decision making in health-care encounters: systematic review of conversation analytic research (2017)
Journal Article
Land, V., Parry, R. H., & Jane, S. (2017). Communication practices that encourage and constrain shared decision making in health-care encounters: systematic review of conversation analytic research. Health Expectations, 20(6), 1228-1247. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12557

Background: Shared decision making (SDM) is generally treated as good practice in health-care interactions. Conversation analytic research has yielded detailed findings about decision making in health-care encounters. Objective: To map decision maki... Read More about Communication practices that encourage and constrain shared decision making in health-care encounters: systematic review of conversation analytic research.

Representations of mental health and arts participation in the national and local British press, 2007-2015 (2017)
Journal Article
Atanasova, D., Koteyko, N., Brown, B., & Crawford, P. (2019). Representations of mental health and arts participation in the national and local British press, 2007-2015. Health, 23(1), 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459317708823

We analysed news articles published in national and local British newspapers between 2007 and 2015 to understand 1) how mental health and arts participation were framed and 2) how the relationships between participants in arts initiatives were concep... Read More about Representations of mental health and arts participation in the national and local British press, 2007-2015.

Clinical decision making and mental health service use in people with severe mental illness across Europe (2017)
Journal Article
Cosh, S., Zentner, N., Ay, E.-S., Loos, S., Slade, M., De Rosa, C., …Puschner, B. (2017). Clinical decision making and mental health service use in people with severe mental illness across Europe. Psychiatric Services, 68(9), 970-974. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600114

Objective: This study aims to explore relationships between preferred and experienced clinical decision making with service use, and associated costs, by people with severe mental illness. Methods: Prospective observational study of mental healthcar... Read More about Clinical decision making and mental health service use in people with severe mental illness across Europe.

Implementing shared decision making in routine mental health care (2017)
Journal Article
Slade, M. (2017). Implementing shared decision making in routine mental health care. World Psychiatry, 16(2), 146-153. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20412

Shared decision making (SDM) in mental health care involves clinicians and patients working together to make decisions. The key elements of SDM have been identified, decision support tools have been developed, and SDM has been recommended in mental h... Read More about Implementing shared decision making in routine mental health care.

The PULSAR Specialist Care protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized control trial a training intervention for community mental health teams in recovery-oriented practice (2017)
Journal Article
Shawyer, F., Enticott, J. C., Brophy, L., Bruxner, A., Fossey, E., Inder, B., …Meadows, G. N. (2017). The PULSAR Specialist Care protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized control trial a training intervention for community mental health teams in recovery-oriented practice. BMC Psychiatry, 17(172), Article 172. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1321-3

Background: Recovery features strongly in Australian mental health policy; however, evidence is limited for the efficacy of recovery-oriented practice at the service level. This paper describes the Principles Unite Local Services Assisting Recovery (... Read More about The PULSAR Specialist Care protocol: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized control trial a training intervention for community mental health teams in recovery-oriented practice.

Effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of patient perspectives (2017)
Journal Article
Klein, O. A., Drummond, A. E., Mhizha-Murira, J. R., Mansford, L., & das Nair, R. (in press). Effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of patient perspectives. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2017.1309323

While previous randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses offer only limited evidence for the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation, qualitative studies examining patient perspectives report more positive outcomes. This meta-synthesis of qual... Read More about Effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of patient perspectives.

Helping alliance and unmet needs in routine care of people with severe mental illness across Europe: a prospective longitudinal multicenter study (2017)
Journal Article
Arnold, K., Loos, S., Mayer, B., Clarke, E., Slade, M., Fiorillo, A., …Puschner, B. (2017). Helping alliance and unmet needs in routine care of people with severe mental illness across Europe: a prospective longitudinal multicenter study. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 205(4), 329-333. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000650

The helping alliance (HA) refers to the collaborative bond between patient and therapist including shared goals and tasks. People with severe mental illness have a complex mixture of clinical and social needs. Using mixed-effects regression, this stu... Read More about Helping alliance and unmet needs in routine care of people with severe mental illness across Europe: a prospective longitudinal multicenter study.

Systematic review of cognitive-behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder in psychosis (2017)
Journal Article
Michail, M., Birchwood, M., & Tait, L. (2017). Systematic review of cognitive-behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder in psychosis. Brain Sciences, 7(5), https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci7050045

Background: Social anxiety is highly prevalent among people with psychosis and linked with significant social disability and poorer prognosis. Although cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) has shown to be effective for the treatment of social anxiety... Read More about Systematic review of cognitive-behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder in psychosis.

Setting priorities for EU healthcare workforce IT skills competence improvement (2017)
Journal Article
Li, S., Bamidis, P., Konstantinidis, S. T., Traver, V., Car, J., & Zary, N. (2019). Setting priorities for EU healthcare workforce IT skills competence improvement. Health Informatics Journal, 25(1), 174-185. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458217704257

© The Author(s) 2017. A major challenge for healthcare quality improvement is the lack of IT skills and knowledge of healthcare workforce, as well as their ambivalent attitudes toward IT. This article identifies and prioritizes actions needed to impr... Read More about Setting priorities for EU healthcare workforce IT skills competence improvement.

Child injury prevention: a survey of local authorities and health boards (2017)
Journal Article
Chisholm, A., Watson, M. C., Jones, S. J., & Kendrick, D. (in press). Child injury prevention: a survey of local authorities and health boards. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 55(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2017.1312479

Aims: Unintentional home injuries are a significant global public health issue and are a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Within each country, injuries disproportionately affect children from low income families. Recent guidance issued in the... Read More about Child injury prevention: a survey of local authorities and health boards.

Decision-making and future planning for children with life-limiting conditions: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis (2017)
Journal Article
Popejoy, E., Pollock, K., Almack, K., Manning, J. C., & Johnston, B. (2017). Decision-making and future planning for children with life-limiting conditions: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis. Child: Care, Health and Development, 43(5), 627-644. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12461

Background In the last decade, the number of children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions in England has almost doubled, and it is estimated that worldwide, there are 1.2 million children with palliative care needs. Families and pro... Read More about Decision-making and future planning for children with life-limiting conditions: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis.