Understanding for whom, under what conditions, and how an integrated approach to atrial fibrillation service delivery works: a realist review
Journal Article
Pearsons, A., Hanson, C., Hendriks, J., & Neubeck, L. (in press)
Understanding for whom, under what conditions, and how an integrated approach to atrial fibrillation service delivery works: a realist review. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Article zvad093. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvad093
Aims
To understand for whom, under what conditions, and how an integrated approach to atrial fibrillation service delivery works (or does not work).
Methods and Results
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An inquiry into what organised difficult advance care planning conversations in a Scottish Residential Care Home using Institutional Ethnography
Journal Article
Reid, L., Kydd, A., & Slater, B. (2018)
An inquiry into what organised difficult advance care planning conversations in a Scottish Residential Care Home using Institutional Ethnography. Journal of Research in Nursing, 23(2-3), https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987118756477
This paper provides an institutional ethnographic analysis of how discussions and advance decisions about serious illness, hospital admission and Do Not Attempt Cardio Pulmona...
Understanding what asthma plans mean: a linguistic analysis of terminology used in published texts
Journal Article
Ring, N., Pinnock, H., Wilson, C., Hoskins, G., Jepson, R., Wyke, S., & Sheikh, A. (2011)
Understanding what asthma plans mean: a linguistic analysis of terminology used in published texts. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 20(2), 170-177. https://doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2011.00012
Aim: To identify from the literature what terms are used for ‘asthma plans’, with what meaning, and in what context(s).
Methods: Linguistic analysis of a selected body of asth...
Understanding what helps or hinders asthma action plan use: A systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature
Journal Article
Ring, N., Jepson, R., Hoskins, G., Wilson, C., Pinnock, H., Sheikh, A., & Wyke, S. (2011)
Understanding what helps or hinders asthma action plan use: A systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature. Patient Education and Counseling, 85(2), e131-e143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.025
Objective: To understand better what helps and/or hinders asthma action plan use from the professionals and patients/carers perspective.
Methods: Systematic review and qualita...
What determines patient satisfaction with surgery? A prospective cohort study of 4709 patients following total joint replacement
Journal Article
Hamilton, D. F., Lane, J. V., Gaston, P., Patton, J. T., MacDonald, D., Simpson, A. H. R. W., & Howie, C. R. (2013)
What determines patient satisfaction with surgery? A prospective cohort study of 4709 patients following total joint replacement. BMJ Open, 3(4), e002525. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002525
Objectives
To investigate the factors which influence patient satisfaction with surgical services and to explore the relationship between overall satisfaction, satisfaction w...
What Is the Impact of Chaplaincy in Primary Care? The GP Perspective
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Gibbon, A., & Grant, R. (2019)
What Is the Impact of Chaplaincy in Primary Care? The GP Perspective. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 6(2), 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.34709
People often attend primary care with sub-clinical or non-medical issues such as bereavement, distress, or loneliness. Often what is needed is someone to listen, but GP appoin...
“What Works” to Support LGBTQ+ Young People's Mental Health: An Intersectional Youth Rights Approach
Journal Article
McDermott, E., Eastham, R., Hughes, E., Johnson, K., Davis, S., Pryjmachuk, S., …Jenzen, O. (2024)
“What Works” to Support LGBTQ+ Young People's Mental Health: An Intersectional Youth Rights Approach. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 54(2), 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1177/27551938241230766
Despite overwhelming international evidence of elevated rates of poor mental health in LGBTQ+ youth compared to their cis-heterosexual peers, we know relatively little about e...
The intervening effect of the What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like-Revised questionnaire on maternal affect
Journal Article
Van Beeck, E., Pridham, K. F., & Kuipers, Y. (2022)
The intervening effect of the What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like-Revised questionnaire on maternal affect. Research Ethics, 18(3), 250-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161221094929
The 'What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like-Revised' (WPL-R) is an instrument designed to measure adaptation to parenthood. In the process of pilot testing and validating...
Reflections about experiences of compassionate care from award winning undergraduate nurses – What, so what … now what?
Journal Article
Smith, S., James, A., Brogan, A., Adamson, E., & Gentleman, M. (2016)
Reflections about experiences of compassionate care from award winning undergraduate nurses – What, so what … now what?. Journal of Compassionate Health Care, 3(6), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40639-016-0023-x
Background
From 2007 until 2012 Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Nursing Midwifery and Social Care in conjunction with NHS Lothian, collaborated on a programme of actio...
What influences women with intellectual disabilities to attend breast screening? Experiences of women who have and have not participated
Journal Article
Willis, D. S., & Willis, D. (2016)
What influences women with intellectual disabilities to attend breast screening? Experiences of women who have and have not participated. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 44(4), (269-276). ISSN 1354-4187
Background: Despite breast screening in Britain being free to all women within the allotted age range, uptake of this service is often poor in women with intellectual disabili...