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A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes (2021)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Scammell, J., Board, M., & Porter, S. (2021). A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(6), 2774-2784. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14822

Aims
To evaluate care planning in advance of end‐of‐life care in care homes.

Design
A qualitative study.

Methods
Qualitative data were collected from January 2018–July 2019 (using focus groups and semi‐structured interviews) from three care... Read More about A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes.

Establishing and augmenting views on the acceptability of a paediatric critical care randomised controlled trial (the FEVER trial) : a mixed methods study (2021)
Journal Article

Objective: To explore parent and staff views on the acceptability of a randomised controlled trial investigating temperature thresholds for antipyretic intervention in critically ill children with fever and infection (the FEVER trial) during a multi-... Read More about Establishing and augmenting views on the acceptability of a paediatric critical care randomised controlled trial (the FEVER trial) : a mixed methods study.

Black feminist intersectionality is vital to group analysis : can group analysis allow outsider ideas in? (2021)
Journal Article
Nayak, S. (2021). Black feminist intersectionality is vital to group analysis : can group analysis allow outsider ideas in?. Group Analysis, 54(3), 337-353. https://doi.org/10.1177/0533316421997767

This is the transcript of a speech I gave at an Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) event on the 28th November 2020 about intersectionality and groups analysis. This was momentous for group analysis because it was the first IGA event to focus on black... Read More about Black feminist intersectionality is vital to group analysis : can group analysis allow outsider ideas in?.

Change, loss and community : resident narratives of life on a social housing estate (2021)
Thesis
Blezard, E. Change, loss and community : resident narratives of life on a social housing estate. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis explores the value and meaning of community for residents on a regenerated social housing estate in the North-West of England. ‘Community’ has continuing relevance in academic inquiry and application within social policy. It is frequently... Read More about Change, loss and community : resident narratives of life on a social housing estate.

Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study (2021)
Journal Article
Geirdal, A., Ruffolo, M., Leung, J., Thygesen, H., Price, D., Bonsaksen, T., & Schoultz, M. (2021). Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study. Journal of Mental Health, 30(2), 148-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.1875413

Background
The COVID-19 outbreak raised questions about how people experience their mental health, quality of life (QoL), wellbeing and loneliness in the context of social distancing, and the use of social media during this time

Aims
To examine... Read More about Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study.

Towards automation of dynamic-gaze video analysis taking functional upper-limb tasks as a case study (2021)
Journal Article
Alyaman, M., Sobuh, M., Zaid, A., Kenney, L., Galpin, A., & Al-Taee, M. (2021). Towards automation of dynamic-gaze video analysis taking functional upper-limb tasks as a case study. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 203, 106041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106041

Background and objective
: Previous studies in motor control have yielded clear evidence that gaze behavior (where someone looks) quantifies the attention paid to perform actions. However, eliciting clinically meaningful results from the gaze data h... Read More about Towards automation of dynamic-gaze video analysis taking functional upper-limb tasks as a case study.

Exploring the impact of live music performances on the wellbeing of community-dwelling people living with dementia and their care partners (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Music-based initiatives cover a wide range of activity, including music therapy in either
an individual or group capacity, choirs, orchestral performances, and apps on digital technology
enabling people to engage with individual playlis... Read More about Exploring the impact of live music performances on the wellbeing of community-dwelling people living with dementia and their care partners.

Spine and pelvis coordination variability in rowers with and without chronic low back pain during rowing (2021)
Journal Article
Alijanpour, E., Naemi, R., Abbasi, A., & Needham, R. (2021). Spine and pelvis coordination variability in rowers with and without chronic low back pain during rowing. Journal of Biomechanics, 120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110356

The aim of this study was to compare the spine-pelvis coordination and coordination variability (CV) during rowing in elite rowers with and without chronic low back pain (CLBP). Fourteen professional rowers (6 healthy and 8 with CLBP) participated in... Read More about Spine and pelvis coordination variability in rowers with and without chronic low back pain during rowing.