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Development and validation of a measure to assess patient experience of needling of arteriovenous fistulas or grafts for haemodialysis access: the NPREM (2025)
Journal Article

Background
Needling is a key step in haemodialysis. Research suggests needling experience is sub-optimal; however, no validated measure exists to inform improvements. We addressed this by developing the Needling Patient Reported Experience Measure (... Read More about Development and validation of a measure to assess patient experience of needling of arteriovenous fistulas or grafts for haemodialysis access: the NPREM.

Development and validation of a measure to assess patient experience of needling of arteriovenous fistulas or grafts for haemodialysis access: the NPREM (2025)
Journal Article

Background Needling is a key step in haemodialysis. Research suggests needling experience is sub-optimal; however, no validated measure exists to inform improvements. We addressed this by developing the Needling Patient Reported Experience Measure (N... Read More about Development and validation of a measure to assess patient experience of needling of arteriovenous fistulas or grafts for haemodialysis access: the NPREM.

Symptom clusters in chronic kidney disease and their association with people’s ability to perform usual activities (2022)
Journal Article

Background
People living with a long-term condition, such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), often suffer from multiple symptoms simultaneously, making symptom management challenging. This study aimed to identify symptom clusters in adults with CKD ac... Read More about Symptom clusters in chronic kidney disease and their association with people’s ability to perform usual activities.

Development of a measure for patients preparing to start dialysis and their partners: The Starting Dialysis Questionnaire (SDQ) (2020)
Journal Article
C, M., A, W., LA, C., S, M., & SM, S. (2020). Development of a measure for patients preparing to start dialysis and their partners: The Starting Dialysis Questionnaire (SDQ). Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 18, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01610-x

Background
The transition onto dialysis is a stressful time that affects both patients and their partners. Research suggests that psychological and interpersonal characteristics within the couple are related to how well they adapt to dialysis. The a... Read More about Development of a measure for patients preparing to start dialysis and their partners: The Starting Dialysis Questionnaire (SDQ).

Quality of life improved for patients after starting dialysis but is impaired, initially, for their partners: a multi-centre, longitudinal study (2020)
Journal Article
C, M., LA, C., S, M., S, S., & A, W. (2020). Quality of life improved for patients after starting dialysis but is impaired, initially, for their partners: a multi-centre, longitudinal study. BMC Nephrology, 21, Article 185. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-01819-4

Background
Quality of life (QOL) is important to patients with end stage renal disease and their partners. Despite the first 12 weeks being a critical time in the treatment pathway, limited research exists which examines how the transition onto dial... Read More about Quality of life improved for patients after starting dialysis but is impaired, initially, for their partners: a multi-centre, longitudinal study.

Impact of Dialysis on the Dyadic Relationship Between Male Patients and Their Female Partners (2019)
Journal Article
C, M., S, S., A, W., & S, M. (2019). Impact of Dialysis on the Dyadic Relationship Between Male Patients and Their Female Partners. Qualitative Health Research, 30(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319869908

The objective of this study was to explore the impact of three early phases of renal dialysis, namely pre-dialysis, starting dialysis, and establishing dialysis, on dyadic relationships. Twenty UK-based dyads (20 male patients and their female partne... Read More about Impact of Dialysis on the Dyadic Relationship Between Male Patients and Their Female Partners.

How an ordeal becomes the norm: A qualitative exploration of experiences of self-cannulation in male home haemodialysis patients (2018)
Journal Article
C, M., R, M.-A., A, J., S, M., S, S., & A, W. (2018). How an ordeal becomes the norm: A qualitative exploration of experiences of self-cannulation in male home haemodialysis patients. British Journal of Health Psychology, 23(3), 544-560. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12303

Objectives
Despite home haemodialysis (HHD) being associated with significant health and psychosocial benefits, it remains an under-utilized dialysis modality for people with chronic kidney disease. Self-cannulation, where patients insert their own... Read More about How an ordeal becomes the norm: A qualitative exploration of experiences of self-cannulation in male home haemodialysis patients.

Improving the quality of prison research: A qualitative study of ex-offender service user involvement in prison suicide prevention research (2017)
Journal Article
YF, A., C, M., PA, G., F, U., A, M., & D, P. (2017). Improving the quality of prison research: A qualitative study of ex-offender service user involvement in prison suicide prevention research. Health Expectations, 21(1), 100-109. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12590

Background
Suicide is the leading cause of avoidable death in prisons worldwide and suicide prevention is an international priority. Consequently, there is an urgent need to develop evidence-based treatments. We conducted a randomized controlled tri... Read More about Improving the quality of prison research: A qualitative study of ex-offender service user involvement in prison suicide prevention research.