Learn to see patients in their own world.
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2014)
Learn to see patients in their own world. Nursing Standard, 28(50), 22-24. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.28.50.22.s26
Insights from the social sciences can help nurses understand the influences that shaped their patients and the decisions they make. This can develop empathy and encourage bett...
The influence of non-modifiable illness perceptions on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation
Journal Article
Blair, J., Angus, N. J., Lauder, W. J., Atherton, I., Evans, J., & Leslie, S. J. (2014)
The influence of non-modifiable illness perceptions on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 13(1), 55-62. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515113477272
Background: Despite the established benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) attendance rates remain variable. Physical barriers to attendance have been extensively investigate...
Differences in self-assessed health by socioeconomic group amongst people with and without a history of cancer: an analysis using representative data from Scotland
Journal Article
Atherton, I., Evans, J., Dibben, C. J. L., Woods, L. M., & Hubbard, G. (2012)
Differences in self-assessed health by socioeconomic group amongst people with and without a history of cancer: an analysis using representative data from Scotland. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 6, 458-467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-012-0226-x
Introduction
This paper considers socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health amongst people with and without a history of cancer using representative data from Scotla...
Compassion or speed, which is a more accurate indicator of healthcare quality in the emergency department from the patients’ perspective
Journal Article
Beattie, M., Atherton, I., McLennan, B., & Lauder, W. (2012)
Compassion or speed, which is a more accurate indicator of healthcare quality in the emergency department from the patients’ perspective. International journal of person centered medicine, 2, 647-655
Rationale, aims and objectives: Devising indicators to measure quality of care is challenging in Emergency Departments (ED). It is difficult to measure aspects of quality whi...
Relationship between physical and psychosocial factors and attendance at cardiac rehabilitation
Journal Article
Munro, J., Angus, N. J., Atherton, I., Lauder, W., & Leslie, S. J. (2012)
Relationship between physical and psychosocial factors and attendance at cardiac rehabilitation. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 11, S1-S84
Purpose: To examine the relationship between physical and psychosocial factors and attendance at out-patient cardiac rehabilitation classes.
Methods: Patients offered hospita...
Cardiac misconceptions in healthcare workers
Journal Article
Angus, N. J., Patience, F., Maclean, E., Corrigall, H., Bradbury, I., Thompson, D. R., …Leslie, S. J. (2011)
Cardiac misconceptions in healthcare workers. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 11, 396-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2011.01.004
Background: Cardiac misconceptions are common and may have a detrimental effect on patients. Such misconceptions may be introduced or reinforced by vague and inconsistent advi...
The health and well-being of people with a previous diagnosis of cancer: A record-linkage study in Scotland
Journal Article
Evans, J., Atherton, I., Dibben, C., & Hubbard, G. (2011)
The health and well-being of people with a previous diagnosis of cancer: A record-linkage study in Scotland. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 3, 429-432
Routinely collected health care data (the Scottish Cancer Registry) were record-linked to representative survey data on health and health behaviours (the Government-funded Sco...
Health and well-being of people living with and beyond cancer in Scotland: An investigation using a nationally representative dataset.
Working Paper
Atherton, I., Evans, J. & Hubbard, G. (2009)
Health and well-being of people living with and beyond cancer in Scotland: An investigation using a nationally representative dataset.