Outputs (643)

Effect of exercise interventions on health-related quality of life after stroke and transient ischemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2021)
Journal Article
ALI, A., TABASSUM, D., BAIG, S.S., MOYLE, B., REDGRAVE, J., NICHOLS, S., MCGREGOR, G., EVANS, K., TOTTON, N., COOPER, C. and MAJID, A. 2021. Effect of exercise interventions on health-related quality of life after stroke and transient ischemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Stroke [online], 52(7), pages 2445-2455. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.032979

Exercise interventions have been shown to help physical fitness, walking, and balance after stroke, but data are lacking on whether such interventions lead to improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). In this systematic review and meta-... Read More about Effect of exercise interventions on health-related quality of life after stroke and transient ischemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis..

How has technology been used to deliver cardiac rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic? An international cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals conducted by the BACPR. (2021)
Journal Article
O'DOHERTY, A.F., HUMPHREYS, H., DAWKES, S., COWIE, A., HINTON, S., BRUBAKER, P.H., BUTLER, T. and NICHOLS, S. 2021. How has technology been used to deliver cardiac rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic? An international cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals conducted by the BACPR. BMJ open [online], 11(4), article e046051. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046051

Objective: To investigate whether exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation services continued during the COVID-19 pandemic and how technology has been used to deliver home-based cardiac rehabilitation. Design: A mixed methods survey including questions... Read More about How has technology been used to deliver cardiac rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic? An international cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals conducted by the BACPR..

The labour process of illness work: the hard work of chronic illness in austerity. (2021)
Presentation / Conference
MACIVER, E., DOUGLAS, F. and YUILL, C. 2021. The labour process of illness work: the hard work of chronic illness in austerity. Presented at 2021 British Sociological Association (BSA) annual conference: remaking the future, 13 April 2021, [virtual conference].

This paper focuses on the invisibilised, hidden and deleted forms of work undertaken by unemployed people with long-term chronic illnesses who are in receipt of state support. We lay out what Pritlovie et al (2019) term the ‘hard work’ of being ill.... Read More about The labour process of illness work: the hard work of chronic illness in austerity..

Developing a socioecological framework of understanding to deconstruct the complex personal growth narratives of health and social care students, entering healthcare practice early during the Covid-19 pandemic. (2021)
Presentation / Conference
ADAMS, N.N., BUTLER-WARKE, A., TORRANCE, N., GRANT, A., KENNEDY, C., KYDD, A., CUNNINGHAM, S. and DOUGLAS, F. 2021. Developing a socioecological framework of understanding to deconstruct the complex personal growth narratives of health and social care students, entering healthcare practice early during the Covid-19 pandemic. Presented at 2021 British Sociological Association (BSA) annual conference: remaking the future, 13 April 2021, [virtual conference].

During the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown, UK health and social care students were offered the opportunity to become ‘early entrants’: nursing and midwifery students were asked to enter extended paid placements, while some student pharmacis... Read More about Developing a socioecological framework of understanding to deconstruct the complex personal growth narratives of health and social care students, entering healthcare practice early during the Covid-19 pandemic..

Children living with long‐term conditions: a meta‐aggregation of parental experiences of partnership nursing. (2021)
Journal Article
BARRATT, M., BAIL, K. and PATERSON, C. 2021. Children living with long-term conditions: a meta-aggregation of parental experiences of partnership nursing. Journal of clinical nursing [online], 30(17-18), pages 2611-2633. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15770

Aim: To explore how parents of children with long-term conditions experience partnership in paediatric and neonatal nursing care and to identify existing partnership barriers and facilitators. Background: Parent–nurse partnership is fundamental to pa... Read More about Children living with long‐term conditions: a meta‐aggregation of parental experiences of partnership nursing..

Challenges in achieving immediate skin-to-skin contact following birth by elective caesarean section: a narrative review of the literature. (2021)
Journal Article
KELLY, L. and HARPER-MCDONALD, B. 2021. Challenges in achieving immediate skin-to-skin contact following birth by elective caesarean section: a narrative review of the literature. MIDIRS midwifery digest, 31(1), pages 96-100.

The benefits of immediate safe, observed, skin-to-skin contact following birth are well documented, and it is established best practice following vaginal birth in the United Kingdom (UK). However, women who deliver their babies by caesarean section a... Read More about Challenges in achieving immediate skin-to-skin contact following birth by elective caesarean section: a narrative review of the literature..

The influence of resistance training on neuromuscular function in middle-aged and older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. (2021)
Journal Article
JAMES, E., NICHOLS, S., GOODALL, S., HICKS, K.M. and O'DOHERTY, A.F. 2021. The influence of resistance training on neuromuscular function in middle-aged and older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Experimental gerontology [online], 149, article number 111320. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2021.111320

Deterioration of neuromuscular function is a major mechanism of age-related strength loss. Resistance training (RT) improves muscle strength and mass. However, the effects of RT on neuromuscular adaptations in middle-aged and older adults are unclear... Read More about The influence of resistance training on neuromuscular function in middle-aged and older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials..

Exercise and Parkinson's update: are your patients getting the right dose? (2021)
Journal Article
OLIVER, B. and JONES, J. 2021. Exercise and Parkinson's update: are your patients getting the right dose? In touch [online], Spring 2021, pages 4-12. Available from: https://www.physiofirst.org.uk/uploads/assets/715be485-8f73-4e19-9e26bedef2200335/Parkinsons-final.pdf

Parkinson's is the second most common neurological disorder. Assessment and treatment needs to be adapted to accommodate the wide range of motor and non-motor symptoms seen in Parkinson's. People with Parkinson's (PwP) present with a unique combinati... Read More about Exercise and Parkinson's update: are your patients getting the right dose?.

Pause time: a multi-perspective exploration of person-centred care in an acute hospital: an interpretative phenomenological analysis study with older people, families and staff. (2021)
Thesis
WHITTINGHAM, K.A. 2021. Pause time: a multi-perspective exploration of person-centred care in an acute hospital: an interpretative phenomenological analysis study with older people, families and staff. Robert Gordon University, DPP thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1358171

Since the turn of the 21st century, the term 'Person Centred Care' (PCC) has become integral to healthcare language in policy, education, research and practice. In several healthcare arenas, PCC has become synonymous with the delivery of high-quality... Read More about Pause time: a multi-perspective exploration of person-centred care in an acute hospital: an interpretative phenomenological analysis study with older people, families and staff..

Expectant parents’ perspectives on the influence of a single antenatal relaxation class: a qualitative study. (2021)
Journal Article
TABIB, M., HUMPHREY, T., FORBES-MCKAY, K. and LAU, A. 2021. Expectant parents’ perspectives on the influence of a single antenatal relaxation class: a qualitative study. Complementary therapies in clinical practice [online], 43, article ID 101341. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101341

Aim: This study explores the perspectives of expectant parents on the influence of a single antenatal class incorporating education on childbirth physiology and relaxation techniques. Method: The data for this qualitative descriptive study were colle... Read More about Expectant parents’ perspectives on the influence of a single antenatal relaxation class: a qualitative study..