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Typologies for Restructuring Relationships in Cancer Survivorship
(2017-07)
Background: Cancer survivors with good social support are generally more
motivated to undertake self-management behaviors and make lifestyle changes.
However, the impact of changes in social support over time, from ...
The Role of Self-Management Practices as Mechanisms for Re-Establishing Normality in Cancer Survivors
(2016)
This article explores the relationship between cancer survivors' use of self-management practices and their search for normality. Using Frank's illness narratives and other theoretical literature on normality in chronic ...
Making Mesothelioma Patient Research Happen: The United Kingdom Experience
(2020-06)
In just a few years, the collaboration between an expert team of nurses, a charity committed to patients, the NHS, and successful health academics has resulted in an excellent, clinically relevant portfolio of research. ...
A systematic review to explore influences on parental attitudes towards antibiotic prescribing in children
(2018-03)
Aims and objectives: To understand the factors influencing parental attitudes towards antibiotic prescribing.
Background: Overuse of antibiotics and inappropriate prescribing has resulted in rapid development of antimicrobial ...
Improving the quality and content of midwives’ discussions with low-risk women about their options for place of birth: Co-production and evaluation of an intervention package
(2018-01)
Objective: Women's planned place of birth is gaining increasing importance in the UK, however evidence suggests
that there is variation in the content of community midwives’ discussions with low risk women about their ...
A web-based clinical decision tool to support treatment decision-making in psychiatry: a pilot focus group study with clinicians, patients and carers
(2017)
Background
Treatment decision tools have been developed in many fields of medicine, including psychiatry, however benefits for patients have not been sustained once the support is withdrawn. We have developed a web-based ...
A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis to Explore the Effectiveness of Exercise-Based Interventions in Improving Fatigue, Dyspnea, and Depression in Lung Cancer Survivors.
(2018-05)
Lung cancer survival rates are increasing; however, lung cancer survivors' mental and physical well-being can suffer from experiencing symptoms of fatigue, dyspnea, and depression. Exercise can improve these symptoms. ...
Implementing a digital clinical decision support tool for side effects of antipsychotics: a focus group study
(2019-04-15)
In medicine, algorithms can inform treatment decisions by combining the most up-to-date evidence about side effect profiles of medications, which are comparable in efficacy. Their use provides opportunities for improved ...
Recommendations for improving follow-up care for patients with mesothelioma: a qualitative study comprising documentary analysis, interviews and consultation meetings
(2021-01)
Objectives
The study aim was to explore experiences of patients with pleural mesothelioma of follow-up care in three National Health Service (NHS) Trusts to develop recommendations for practice.
Design
The study design ...
Harnessing the nursing contribution to COVID-19 mass vaccination programmes: Addressing hesitancy and promoting confidence
(2021-04)
The need for a mass vaccination programme for COVID-19 is considered a pivotal public health strategy to reduce rates of infection, hospitalizations and deaths which have been so much a feature of the past year of the ...