Using the theoretical domains framework to explore behavioural determinants for medication taking in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention. (2022)
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CUNNINGHAM, S., JEBARA, T., STEWART, D., SMITH, J., LESLIE, S.J. and RUSHWORTH, G.F. 2023. Using the theoretical domains framework to explore behavioural determinants for medication taking in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention. International journal of pharmacy practice [online], 31(2), pages 190-197. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riac039

The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between factors influencing medication taking and behavioural determinants in patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A cross-sectional survey was undertaken, using... Read More about Using the theoretical domains framework to explore behavioural determinants for medication taking in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention..

A systematic review on physical health education interventions for people with Parkinson's disease: content, impact, and implementation considerations across the Parkinson's trajectory. (2022)
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ALUSHI, L., ALEXANDER, J., JONES, J. and LAFORTUNE, L. 2022. A systematic review on physical health education interventions for people with Parkinson's disease: content, impact, and implementation considerations across the Parkinson's trajectory. Journal of Parkinson's disease [online], 12(5), pages 1389-1407. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3233/JPD-223259

Educational interventions promoting the role of physical activity (PA) aim to address knowledge, poor exercise self-efficacy and low outcome expectations, which are well-researched barriers to PA participation in both healthy people and people with c... Read More about A systematic review on physical health education interventions for people with Parkinson's disease: content, impact, and implementation considerations across the Parkinson's trajectory..

Survey to identify research priorities for primary care in Scotland during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. (2022)
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HUBBARD, G., GRIST, F., POPE, L.M., CUNNINGHAM, S., MAXWELL, M., BENNIE, M., GUTHRIE, B., MERCER, S.W. 2022. Survey to identify research priorities for primary care in Scotland during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open [online], 12(5), article number e056817. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056817

Objectives To identify research priorities for primary care in Scotland following the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Modified James Lind Alliance methodology; respondents completed an online survey to make research suggestions and rank research themes in... Read More about Survey to identify research priorities for primary care in Scotland during and following the COVID-19 pandemic..

What are scoping reviews? Providing a formal definition of scoping reviews as a type of evidence synthesis. (2022)
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MUNN, Z., POLLOCK, D., KHALIL, H., ALEXANDER, L., MCINERNEY, P., GODFREY, C.M., PETERS, M. and TRICCO, A.C. 2022. What are scoping reviews? Providing a formal definition of scoping reviews as a type of evidence synthesis. JBI evidence synthesis [online], 20(4), pages 950-952. Available from: https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-21-00483

Evidence synthesis encompasses a broad range of review types and scoping reviews are an increasingly popular approach to synthesizing evidence in a number of fields. They sit alongside other evidence synthesis methodologies such as systematic reviews... Read More about What are scoping reviews? Providing a formal definition of scoping reviews as a type of evidence synthesis..

Concerns over the prescription of clozapine for people diagnosed with “borderline personality disorder” in private locked psychiatric units. (2022)
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HARDING, K., WARRENDER, D. and BERRIGAN, H. 2022. Concerns over the prescription of clozapine for people diagnosed with 'borderline personality disorder' in private locked psychiatric units. Mental health review journal [online], 27(3), pages 348-354. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/MHRJ-03-2022-0017

Purpose: The use of long-term anti-psychotic medication for borderline personality disorder contravenes prescribing guidelines in the UK. There is evidence to suggest clozapine can be beneficial yet anecdotally it is prescribed almost exclusively in... Read More about Concerns over the prescription of clozapine for people diagnosed with “borderline personality disorder” in private locked psychiatric units..

Time-course analysis following initial warm-up to inform pre-pitch entry preparations of soccer substitutes. (2022)
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SWINTON, P.A., SYMON, K., MAUGHAN, P., BURGESS, K.E. and DOLAN, E. 2022. Time-course analysis following initial warm-up to inform pre-pitch entry preparations of soccer substitutes. International journal of sports science and coaching [online], 17(4), pages 860-867. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541221095196

The purpose of this study was to investigate the time-course of decrements in physical performance following a pre-match warm-up in soccer players. Knowledge of this information could be used to inform re-warm-ups and pre-pitch entry practices of soc... Read More about Time-course analysis following initial warm-up to inform pre-pitch entry preparations of soccer substitutes..

Physical activity and exercise for people with Parkinson's. (2022)
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JONES, J., BAKER, K. and RAMASWAMY, B. 2022. Physical activity and exercise for people with Parkinson's. Advances in clinical neuroscience and rehabilitation [online], 21(2), pages 12-14. Available from: https://doi.org/10.47795/FENH4822

A growing body of evidence exists advocating the value of physical activity and exercise for people with Parkinson's. Such is the importance of being active, participation in exercise is perceived to be of equal importance to medication in the long-t... Read More about Physical activity and exercise for people with Parkinson's..

Simulated patients' experiences and perspectives of an interprofessional ward simulation: an exploratory qualitative analysis. (2022)
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MCKINLEY, M., ARNOLD, A., BURNS, I., GEDDES, H., MCDONALD, L. and O'CARROLL, V. 2022. Simulated patients' experiences and perspectives of an interprofessional ward simulation: an exploratory qualitative analysis. Journal of interprofessional education and practice [online], 28, article 100522. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2022.100522

Background: Interprofessional simulation-based education (IPSE) prepares healthcare students for future collaborative practice. Whilst experiences of IPSE have previously been reported by students and faculty, there is a limited understanding of simu... Read More about Simulated patients' experiences and perspectives of an interprofessional ward simulation: an exploratory qualitative analysis..

Moving from consultation to co-creation with knowledge users in scoping reviews: guidance from the JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group. (2022)
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POLLOCK, D., ALEXANDER, L., MUNN, Z., PETERS, M.D.J., KHALIL, H., GODFREY, C.M., MCINERNEY, P., SYNNOT, A. and TRICCO, A.C. 2022. Moving from consultation to co-creation with knowledge users in scoping reviews: guidance from the JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group. JBI evidence synthesis [online], 20(4), pages 969-979. Available from: https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-21-00416

Knowledge user consultation is often limited or omitted in the conduct of scoping reviews. Not including knowledge users within the conduct and reporting of scoping reviews could be due to a lack of guidance or understanding about what consultation r... Read More about Moving from consultation to co-creation with knowledge users in scoping reviews: guidance from the JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group..

Experimental modelling of Alzheimer’s disease for therapeutic screening. (2022)
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BLAIKIE, L., KAY, G., MACIEL, P. and KONG THOO LIN, P. 2022. Experimental modelling of Alzheimer’s disease for therapeutic screening. European journal of medicinal chemistry reports [online], 5, article 100044. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmcr.2022.100044

Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), pose a significant and urgent challenge to healthcare systems worldwide. With an increasing life expectancy, these progressive age-related disorders are expected to rise exponentially. N... Read More about Experimental modelling of Alzheimer’s disease for therapeutic screening..

Carotid intima-media thickness and flow-mediated dilation do not predict acute in-hospital outcomes in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. (2022)
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CRISTINA-OLIVEIRA, M., MEIRELES, K., GIL, S., CAVALCANTE ASSIS, F., GEBER-JÚNIOR, J.C., SHINJO, S.K., POSSOLO DE SOUZA, H., CRUZ SANTANA, A.N., SWINTON, P.A., DRAGER, L.F., GUALANO, B., ROSCHEL, H. and PEÇANHA, T. 2022. Carotid intima-media thickness and flow-mediated dilation do not predict acute in-hospital outcomes in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. American journal of physiology: heart and circulatory physiology [online], 322(6), pages H906-H913. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00026.2022

Studies have suggested a potential role of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis in the pathophysiology of COVID-19. Herein, we tested whether brachial flow-mediated dilation (FMD) and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) measured upon hospita... Read More about Carotid intima-media thickness and flow-mediated dilation do not predict acute in-hospital outcomes in patients hospitalized with COVID-19..

JBI series paper 4: the role of collaborative evidence networks in promoting and supporting evidence-based healthcare globally: reflections from 25 years across 38 countries. (2022)
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PILLA, B., JORDAN, Z., CHRISTINA, R., KYNOCH, K., MCINERNEY, P., COOPER, K., WU, Y., PORRITT, K., LOCKWOOD, C. and MUNN, Z. 2022. JBI series paper 4: the role of collaborative evidence networks in promoting and supporting evidence-based healthcare globally: reflections from 25 years across 38 countries. Journal of clinical epidemiology [online], 150, pages 210-215. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.009

Evidence-based health care (EBHC) is a worldwide movement with hundreds of organisations and thousands of individuals working to ensure that health care practice, policy, and decision-making are informed by rigorous research evidence, to improve heal... Read More about JBI series paper 4: the role of collaborative evidence networks in promoting and supporting evidence-based healthcare globally: reflections from 25 years across 38 countries..

Exploring the health and wellbeing needs and experiences of people who use and deliver integrated health and social care in the community: a multi-case study. (2022)
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HENDERSON, L., BAIN, H., ALLAN, E. and KENNEDY, C. 2022. Exploring the health and wellbeing needs and experiences of people who use and deliver integrated health and social care in the community: a multi-case study. International journal of integrated care [online], 22(S1): abstracts from 21st International conference on integrated care (ICIC21): realising the true value of integrated care, 1-31 May 2021, [virtual conference], abstract 23. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.ICIC21012

Safe, people-centred, effective, affordable, and coordinated health and social support systems are a global priority. Current research in the field focuses on evaluation of services and models of integrated health and social care (IHSC). This qualita... Read More about Exploring the health and wellbeing needs and experiences of people who use and deliver integrated health and social care in the community: a multi-case study..

Isolation and marginalization: exploring attrition of men in preregistration nursing programs. (2022)
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TAYLOR, J., MARLAND, G., WHITFORD, H., CARSON, M. and LEECE, R. 2022. Isolation and marginalization: exploring attrition of men in preregistration nursing programs. Journal of nursing education [online], 61(4), pages 179-186. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20220209-02

BACKGROUND: In Scotland, similar to other countries, male nursing students have a high attrition rate. This study examined the reasons for and ways to decrease the attrition rate. METHOD: This four-phase collaborative study included four Scottish un... Read More about Isolation and marginalization: exploring attrition of men in preregistration nursing programs..

A new training approach for vaccinators: cascade plus training. (2022)
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ÖZTEK, Z. and KYDD, A. 2022. A new training approach for vaccinators: cascade plus training. Turkish journal of public health [online], 20(1), pages 164-176. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.1017386

Effective training of staff plays a major role in reaching and sustaining immunization goals. Training and updating health staff is the responsibility of all governments and immunization related organizations. The critical issue is finding the most e... Read More about A new training approach for vaccinators: cascade plus training..

Five common pitfalls in mixed methods systematic reviews: lessons learned. (2022)
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LIZARONDO, L., STERN, C., APOSTOLO, J., CARRIER, J., DE BORGES, K., GODFREY, C., KIRKPATRICK, P., POLLOCK, D., RIEGER, K., SALMOND, S., VANDYK, A. and LOVEDAY, H. 2022. Five common pitfalls in mixed methods systematic reviews: lessons learned. Journal of clinical epidemiology [online], 148, pages 178-183. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.03.014

Mixed methods systematic reviews (MMSRs) combine quantitative and qualitative evidence within a single review. Since the revision of the JBI methodology for MMSRs in 2020, there has been an increasing number of reviews published that claim to follow... Read More about Five common pitfalls in mixed methods systematic reviews: lessons learned..

The standards of practice for delivery of polypharmacy and chronic disease medication reviews by general practice clinical pharmacists: a consensus study. (2022)
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EARLE-PAYNE, K., FORSYTH, P., JOHNSON, C.F., HARRISON, H., ROBERTSON, S. and WEIDMANN, A.E. 2022. The standards of practice for delivery of polypharmacy and chronic disease medication reviews by general practice clinical pharmacists: a consensus study. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 44(3), pages 663-672. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-022-01387-7

Background: General practice in the UK is experiencing a crisis. Greater multidisciplinary working is a potential solution. The new general practice contract in Scotland encourages this and includes a new pharmacotherapy service to be delivered by Ge... Read More about The standards of practice for delivery of polypharmacy and chronic disease medication reviews by general practice clinical pharmacists: a consensus study..

They wanted to know what it was like through my eyes: patients and carers views, experiences, and perceptions of active involvement in the delivery of an undergraduate pharmacy curriculum. (2022)
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JEBARA, T., EDWARDS, R. and TONNA, A. 2022. They wanted to know what it was like through my eyes: patients and carers views, experiences, and perceptions of active involvement in the delivery of an undergraduate pharmacy curriculum. Currents in pharmacy teaching and learning [online], 14(3), pages 281-289. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2022.01.005

Introduction: There is an increasing policy and practice imperative for involving patients and carers in health-related undergraduate courses. The School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences at Robert Gordon's University, United Kingdom launched a module wh... Read More about They wanted to know what it was like through my eyes: patients and carers views, experiences, and perceptions of active involvement in the delivery of an undergraduate pharmacy curriculum..

Conversations about financial hardship should not be off limits. (2022)
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DOUGLAS, F.C., AVENELL, A. and MOHAMED, S. 2022. Conversations about financial hardship should not be off limits. BMJ [online], 376(8329), article o557. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o577

Poverty is both a cause and an outcome of mental health distress. Poverty-driven household food insecurity directly affects health outcomes including obesity and diabetes, mental health, and leads to poor health condition management, increased health... Read More about Conversations about financial hardship should not be off limits..

Supporting mental health in people with cardiovascular disease. (2022)
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DAWKES, S. 2022. Supporting mental health in people with cardiovascular disease. British journal of cardiac nursing [online], 17(3), pages 1-6. Available from: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2022.0022

Having good health is not just about the absence of physical disease or infirmity—it is also about having good social and mental wellbeing (World Health Organization, 1948). Sadly, mental ill health is a global problem affecting many people, includin... Read More about Supporting mental health in people with cardiovascular disease..