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Rates and Reasons for Non-adherence to Home Physiotherapy in Paediatrics

Journal Article
Chappell, F., & Williams, B. (2002)
Rates and Reasons for Non-adherence to Home Physiotherapy in Paediatrics. Physiotherapy, 88(3), 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9406%2805%2960547-0
Background and purpose Little evidence is currently available on adherence to home physiotherapy within paediatrics. This study aims to provide an indication of the likely siz...

Eating Habits of Young Persons for Healthy Aging: An Exploratory Study Involving University Students in Hong Kong

Book
Cheung, S. T., & Dawkes, S. (2017)
Eating Habits of Young Persons for Healthy Aging: An Exploratory Study Involving University Students in Hong Kong. In B. Fong, A. Ng, & P. Yuen (Eds.), Sustainable Health and Long-Term Care Solutions for an Aging Population, 343-356. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-2633-9.ch018
Fruits and vegetables are important parts of healthy eating and they provide excellent sources of vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber in our diet. Those who consume fruits a...

Are self-reported telemonitored blood pressure readings affected by end-digit preference: a prospective cohort study in Scotland

Journal Article
Parker, R. A., Paterson, M., Padfield, P., Pinnock, H., Hanley, J., Hammersley, V. S., …McKinstry, B. (2018)
Are self-reported telemonitored blood pressure readings affected by end-digit preference: a prospective cohort study in Scotland. BMJ Open, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019431
Objective Simple forms of blood pressure (BP) telemonitoring require patients to text readings to central servers creating an opportunity for both entry error and manipulati...

Research priorities about stoma-related quality of life from the perspective of people with a stoma: A pilot survey

Journal Article
Hubbard, G., Taylor, C., Beeken, B., Campbell, A., Gracey, J., Grimmett, C., …Gorely, T. (2017)
Research priorities about stoma-related quality of life from the perspective of people with a stoma: A pilot survey. Health Expectations, 20(6), 1421-1427. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12585
Background:There is a recognized need to include patients in setting research priorities. Research priorities identified by people with a stoma are rarely elicited. Objectives...

Application of Mixed Effects Limits of Agreement in the Presence of Multiple Sources of Variability: Exemplar from the Comparison of Several Devices to Measure Respiratory Rate in COPD Patients

Journal Article
Parker, R. A., Weir, C. J., Rubio, N., Rabinovich, R., Pinnock, H., Hanley, J., …McKinstry, B. (2016)
Application of Mixed Effects Limits of Agreement in the Presence of Multiple Sources of Variability: Exemplar from the Comparison of Several Devices to Measure Respiratory Rate in COPD Patients. PLOS ONE, 11(12), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168321
Introduction The Bland-Altman limits of agreement method is widely used to assess how well the measurements produced by two raters, devices or systems agree with each other. H...

Is there an app for that? Mobile phones and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease

Journal Article
Neubeck, L., Cartledge, S., Dawkes, S., & Gallagher, R. (2017)
Is there an app for that? Mobile phones and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Current Opinion in Cardiology, 32(5), 567-571. https://doi.org/10.1097/hco.0000000000000428
Purpose of review Advances in technology coupled with increased penetration of mobile phones and smart devices are rapidly changing healthcare delivery. Mobile phone applicati...

An exploration of how illness perceptions of cardiac patients influence their ability to self-manage their condition after coronary angioplasty

Presentation / Conference
Dawkes, S. (2011, May)
An exploration of how illness perceptions of cardiac patients influence their ability to self-manage their condition after coronary angioplasty. Presented at Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Post Graduate Conference, Edinburgh
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Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a protocol for a longitudinal case-control linked data study

Journal Article
Dougall, N., Savinc, J., Maxwell, M., Karatzias, T., O'Connor, R. C., Williams, B., …Nolan, L. (2020)
Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a protocol for a longitudinal case-control linked data study. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1338
Introduction Suicide is a tragic outcome with devastating consequences. In 2018, Scotland experienced a 15% increase in suicide from 680 to 784 deaths. This was marked among y...

A novel e-health resource to support patients and families after Intensive Care: criticalcarerecovery.com

Digital Artefact
Ramsay, P., Hope, D., Donaghy, E., & Walsh, T. (2017)
A novel e-health resource to support patients and families after Intensive Care: criticalcarerecovery.com. [Poster]. SECC, Glasgow
No abstract available.

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

Journal Article
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.
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MRes Scholarships in Digital Health - Does implementation of an electronic prescribing system in Critical Care reduce risk, improve quality of care and patient safety.

2019 - 2021
The aim of this study is to explore the perceptions and experiences of the implementation, management and use electronic prescribing systems in the hospital setting with a focus on Critical Care Units...
Funder: Digital Health Institute | Value: £7,387

The role of CHildhood Adversities and their subsequent effect on mental ill-health and Suicidal behaviour (CHASe)

2018 - 2020
Deaths by suicide among young people are common, increasing year by year in 15-19 year olds, have devastating consequences for everyone involved, and are a signficant UK public health problem. People ...
Funder: Chief Scientists Office | Value: £80,064

Increasing medication adherence among adults with atrial fibrillation: A Medical Research Council complex intervention framework development and feasibility study.

2019 - 2023
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common abnormal heart rhythm affecting more than 1-million people in Scotland. People with AF are five-times more likely to have a stroke and twice as likely to die, comp...
Funder: Chief Scientists Office | Value: £283,191

Administrative Data Research Centres 2018

2018 - 2022
Administrative data (that is, information collected primarily for administrative purposes) has long contributed to central government and other statistics. However in the last 15-20 years, technologic...
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council | Value: £433,264

Developing a behavioural intervention to increase lay-people's intentions to initiate CPR in the event of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)

2019 - 2020
This project aims to increase the number of people who survive after an "out of hospital cardiac arrest" by helping make sure that people who are trained in resuscitation feel able and confident enoug...
Funder: Medical Research Council | Value: £3,663

Take Ten Scoping Study

2023 - 2023
This is an external inward investment by the Scottish Catalyst Fund to conduct a programme of scoping work with a company new to Scotland and the University. We will be working with the company to tes...
Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £9,998

Exploring the use of activity tracking and mobile phone based feedback integrated with health care records to increase activity levels and reduce sedentary behaviour in people with type 2 diabetes

2018 - 2024
The benefits of exercise and reduced sedentary behavior on health and wellbeing are important for the whole population, but for those with type 2 diabetes they have particular benefits in enhancing bl...
Funder: NHS Lothian | Value: £11,072

An Evaluation Of HeARtbeat augmented reality smartphone application for 12 lead ECG electrode placement teaching to health and social care pre-registration students.

2023 - 2024
This study focuses on developing a set of digital tools integrated into an smartphone application (heARtbeat App) that will assist in the accurate acquisition of ECG recordings. This study will take a...
Funder: The Physiological Society | Value: £9,054

Recovery from Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

2023 - 2025
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is increasingly recognised as an important cause of myocardial infarction (MI). Despite this, there are no recovery programmes tailored for SCAD survivors...
Funder: Burdett Trust for Nursing | Value: £184,716

Scotland 2030 Vision

2017 - 2019
The "Scotland 2030 Vision” project seeks to build on internal research funding from Edinburgh Napier University to engage citizens in gaining their social, economic and cultural aspirations for the f...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £2,000