Is health-related quality of life the same for elderly Polish migrants, Turkish migrants and German natives? Testing the reliability and construct validity of the Sf-36 health survey in a cross-cultural comparison
Journal Article
Buchcik, J., Westenhöfer, J., Fleming, M., & Martin, C. R. (2017)
Is health-related quality of life the same for elderly Polish migrants, Turkish migrants and German natives? Testing the reliability and construct validity of the Sf-36 health survey in a cross-cultural comparison. Cogent Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2017.1280984
Objective:The Sf-36 is the most widely used instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with the most convincing evidence of both internal consistency and tes...
A systematic review of evidence relating to clinical supervision for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
Journal Article
Pollock, A., Campbell, P., Deery, R., Fleming, M., Rankin, J., Sloan, G., & Cheyne, H. (2017)
A systematic review of evidence relating to clinical supervision for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(8), 1825-1837. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13253
Aim
The aim of this study was to systematically review evidence relating to clinical supervision for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.
Background
Since 1902 st...
A randomised controlled pilot study of Experience Focused Counselling with voice hearers
Journal Article
Schnackenberg, J., Fleming, M., & Martin, C. R. (2017)
A randomised controlled pilot study of Experience Focused Counselling with voice hearers. Psychosis, 9(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2016.1185452
Background: There is a need for improved psychosocial interventions for distressed voice hearers.
Aims: To evaluate a novel approach to hearing voices: Experience Focused Cou...
Measurement properties of the Illness Perception Questionnaire in practitioners working with patients with co-morbid schizophrenia and learning disability
Journal Article
Martin, C., Fleming, M., & McCorkindale, S. (2016)
Measurement properties of the Illness Perception Questionnaire in practitioners working with patients with co-morbid schizophrenia and learning disability. European journal for person centered healthcare, 4(1), 215-220. https://doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v4i1.1073
Rationale, aims and objectives: The widely-used Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ) adapted for use in patients with major mental health problems and those who care and wor...
Validation of the electronic Holistic Needs Assessment.
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Fleming, M. (2015)
Validation of the electronic Holistic Needs Assessment. SpringerPlus, 4, 623. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-1401-0
Macmillan Cancer Support UK have developed an electronic Holistic Needs Assessment (eHNA) to: (1) help people living with cancer express all their needs, (2) help those helpin...
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Schizophrenia: A Case Study
Book Chapter
Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2015)
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Schizophrenia: A Case Study. In Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 1-8. Springer Science + Business Media. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08613-2_125-1
The trends that are emerging from the literature point to a relationship between trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress, and schizophrenia. People with schizophrenia are at mor...
Faith and belief in Scotland.
Report
Siddiqui, M., Allison, A., Snowden, A., & Fleming, M. (2014)
Faith and belief in Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Government
The nature of Scottish society is changing. Scotland is becoming more ethnically and religiously diverse. Within
an equalities framework, consideration must be given to
servic...
An examination and appreciation of the dimensions of locus of control in psychosis: issues and relationships between constructs and measurement: Locus of control in psychosis
Journal Article
Hutcheson, C., Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2014)
An examination and appreciation of the dimensions of locus of control in psychosis: issues and relationships between constructs and measurement: Locus of control in psychosis. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 21(10), 906-916. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12160
Internal locus of control is associated with better psychological outcomes in comparison with external locus of control. Individuals experiencing a psychotic episode have a mo...
Practitioners undertaking modular family intervention training: measuring competence
Journal Article
Fleming, M. P., Savage-Grainge, A., Allinson, R., & Martin, C. R. (2014)
Practitioners undertaking modular family intervention training: measuring competence. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 3(1), 12-17. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2014.3.1.12
Family interventions based on the principles of behavioural and cognitive therapy, delivered for more than three months or 10–15 sessions have proved efficacious in reducing r...
Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research
Journal Article
Fleming, M., Kirby, B., & Penny, K. I. (2012)
Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2711-2721. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04021.x
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
This paper will focus on the key concepts behind record linkage and describe how probability matching of Scottish health records can be used for natio...