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Epidemiology of emergency ambulance service calls related to mental health problems and self harm: a national record linkage study.

Journal Article
Duncan, E., Best, C., Dougall, N., Skar, S., Evans, J., Corfield, A., …Wojcik, W. (2019)
Epidemiology of emergency ambulance service calls related to mental health problems and self harm: a national record linkage study. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 27(34), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-019-0611-9
Background: People experiencing a mental health crisis receive variable and poorer quality care than those experiencing a physical health crisis. Little is known about the epi...

Data management and wearables in older adults: A systematic review.

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Straiton, N., Alharbi, M., Smith, S., Neubeck, L., & Gallagher, R. (2019)
Data management and wearables in older adults: A systematic review. Maturitas, 124, 100-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.03.012
Background: Wearable trackers as research or clinical tools are increasingly used to support the care of older adults, due to their practicality in self-monitoring and potenti...

Telehealth interventions for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Jin, K., Khonsari, S., Gallagher, R., Gallagher, P., Clark, A. M., Freedman, B., …Neubeck, L. (2019)
Telehealth interventions for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 18(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515119826510
Background - Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major cause of death worldwide. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR), an evidence-based CHD secondary prevention programme, remains under...

Media Depictions of “Unacceptable” Workplace Violence towards Nurses

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Hoyle, L., Smith, E., Mahoney, C., & Kyle, R. (2018)
Media Depictions of “Unacceptable” Workplace Violence towards Nurses. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, doi:10.1177/1527154418802488
Violence and aggression towards nurses are global concerns. Despite repeated research on causal factors and widespread “zero tolerance” campaigns, rates of violence and aggres...

Implementing telemonitoring in primary care: learning from a large qualitative dataset gathered during a series of studies

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Hanley, J., Pinnock, H., Paterson, M., & McKinstry, B. (2018)
Implementing telemonitoring in primary care: learning from a large qualitative dataset gathered during a series of studies. BMC family practice, 19(1), 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0814-6
Background: Telemonitoring for long term conditions such as hypertension and diabetes has not been widely adopted despite evidence of efficacy in trials and policy support. Th...

The rise of PCI and its implication for patient-centred care delivery

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Dawkes, S. (2018)
The rise of PCI and its implication for patient-centred care delivery. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 13(4), 162-163. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2018.13.4.162
No abstract available. Item is guest editorial.

Big data and data science in health care: What nurses and midwives need to know

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O'Connor, S. (2018)
Big data and data science in health care: What nurses and midwives need to know. Journal of Clinical Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14164
The evolution of technology in contemporary society has been accelerating in recent decades, with smaller, more interconnected hardware devices and software applications becom...

Acculturation is associated with higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among Chinese immigrants in Australia: Evidence from a large population-based cohort

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Jin, K., Gullick, J., Neubeck, L., Koo, F., & Ding, M. (2017)
Acculturation is associated with higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among Chinese immigrants in Australia: Evidence from a large population-based cohort. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology,
Background: Acculturation is associated with increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk-factors among immigrants in Western countries. Little is known about acc...

Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events (CHOICE) replication study two-year follow-up: is an extended program beneficial?

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Neubeck, L., Freedman, B., Lowres, N., Hyund, K., Orchard, J., Briffa, T., …Redfern, J. (2017)
Choice of Health Options In prevention of Cardiovascular Events (CHOICE) replication study two-year follow-up: is an extended program beneficial?. Heart, Lung and Circulation,
Background: Globally, attendance at cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is between 15-30%. Alternative models of individualised care are recommended to promote participation in CR, ho...

Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform

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O'Connor, S., Hubner, U., Shaw, T., Blake, R., & Ball, M. (2017)
Time for TIGER to ROAR! Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform. Nurse Education Today, 58, 78-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.07.014
Information Technology (IT) continues to evolve and develop with electronic devices and systems becoming integral to healthcare in every country. This has led to an urgent nee...