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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.

Values‐led curriculum co‐creation : a curriculum re‐innovation case study (2022)
Journal Article

Personal values influence goals and motivate actions. The case study reported in this paper explored whether an understanding of values would provide a useful framework to guide the co-creation of the undergraduate cognitive psychology curriculum at... Read More about Values‐led curriculum co‐creation : a curriculum re‐innovation case study.

Sexual and reproductive health prescribing (2022)
Journal Article
Robertson, D. (2022). Sexual and reproductive health prescribing. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 4(3), 100-101. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2022.4.3.100

Deborah Robertson provides an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to non-medical prescribers. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided

‘I'm always up against a brick wall with them’ : parents' experiences of accessing support for their child with a newly recognised developmental disorder (2022)
Journal Article
McCarthy, R., Blackburn, C., Mukherjee, R., Fleming, K., Allely, C., Kirby, L., & Cook, P. (2022). ‘I'm always up against a brick wall with them’ : parents' experiences of accessing support for their child with a newly recognised developmental disorder. British Journal of Special Education, 49(1), 41-63. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12398

Three of the most prevalent developmental disorders (DDs) are autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). As part of a study screening for DDs in Greater Manchester, UK,... Read More about ‘I'm always up against a brick wall with them’ : parents' experiences of accessing support for their child with a newly recognised developmental disorder.

Reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Book
(2022). K. Holmes, & P. Hogg (Eds.), Reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic. International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists

Co-ordinated multidisciplinary intervention to reduce time to successful extubation for children on mechanical ventilation : the SANDWICH cluster stepped-wedge RCT (2022)
Journal Article

Background Daily assessment of patient readiness for liberation from invasive mechanical ventilation can reduce the duration of ventilation. However, there is uncertainty about the effectiveness of this in a paediatric population. Objectives To deter... Read More about Co-ordinated multidisciplinary intervention to reduce time to successful extubation for children on mechanical ventilation : the SANDWICH cluster stepped-wedge RCT.

Spotlight on cardiac intensive care nursing (Editorial) (2022)
Journal Article
Tume, L., & Trapani, J. (2022). Spotlight on cardiac intensive care nursing (Editorial). Nursing in Critical Care, 27(2), 139-140. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12762

Welcome to our second issue for 2022. The aims and scope of Nursing in Critical specify that it caters for “the diverse specialities of critical care nursing including surgery, medicine, cardiac, renal, neurosciences, haematology, accident and emerge... Read More about Spotlight on cardiac intensive care nursing (Editorial).

Co-ordinated multidisciplinary intervention to reduce time to successful extubation for children on mechanical ventilation: the SANDWICH cluster stepped-wedge RCT (2022)
Journal Article
SANDWICH cluster stepped-wedge RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 26(18), https://doi.org/10.3310/TCFX3817

Background:
Daily assessment of patient readiness for liberation from invasive mechanical ventilation can reduce the duration of ventilation. However, there is uncertainty about the effectiveness of this in a paediatric population.

Objectives:... Read More about Co-ordinated multidisciplinary intervention to reduce time to successful extubation for children on mechanical ventilation: the SANDWICH cluster stepped-wedge RCT.

Effectiveness of early versus delayed rehabilitation following total shoulder replacement: A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of early versus delayed rehabilitation following total shoulder replacement

Design: Intervention systematic review with narrative synthesis Literature Search: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Scopus and the Coc... Read More about Effectiveness of early versus delayed rehabilitation following total shoulder replacement: A systematic review.

Comparing an optimised physiotherapy treatment package with usual physiotherapy care for people with tennis elbow — protocol for the OPTimisE pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial (2022)
Journal Article

Background: Physiotherapy is recommended for people with tennis elbow, but whilst a wide array of treatments is available, the optimal approach remains uncertain. We have therefore recently developed an optimised physiotherapy treatment package for t... Read More about Comparing an optimised physiotherapy treatment package with usual physiotherapy care for people with tennis elbow — protocol for the OPTimisE pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Improving competency in safe patient handling practice through online learning beyond the classroom – a longitudinal study (2022)
Journal Article

Importance
Safe patient handling is intrinsic to healthcare provision; yet, educational provision of the skills for this are inconsistently delivered, without evidence that traditional face-to-face training reduces risk.
Objective
This study asse... Read More about Improving competency in safe patient handling practice through online learning beyond the classroom – a longitudinal study.

“I must do this!” : a latent profile analysis approach to understanding the role of irrational beliefs and motivation regulation in mental and physical health (2022)
Journal Article

In the research concerning rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) in sport and exercise, irrational beliefs are proposed as a risk factor for health. Concurrent to this, researchers have also indicated that autonomous and controlled motivation, as... Read More about “I must do this!” : a latent profile analysis approach to understanding the role of irrational beliefs and motivation regulation in mental and physical health.

Strengthening NHS management and leadership : priorities for reform (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, B., Horton, T., & Home, J. (2022). Strengthening NHS management and leadership : priorities for reform

Good management is key to the NHS’s ability to provide high-quality services and to maximise the impact of its resources in the face of growing demand for care. However, in recent years, the importance of good management has been somewhat forgotten i... Read More about Strengthening NHS management and leadership : priorities for reform.

A quantitative comparison of plantar soft tissue strainability distribution and homogeneity between ulcerated and non-ulcerated patients using ultrasound strain elastography (2022)
Journal Article
Patwari, M., Chatzistergos, P., Sundar, L., Chockalingam, N., Ramachandran, A., & Naemi, R. (2022). A quantitative comparison of plantar soft tissue strainability distribution and homogeneity between ulcerated and non-ulcerated patients using ultrasound strain elastography. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 236(5), 722-729. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544119221074786

The primary objective of this study was to develop a method that allows accurate quantification of plantar soft tissue stiffness distribution and homogeneity. The secondary aim of this study was to investigate if the differences in soft tissue stiffn... Read More about A quantitative comparison of plantar soft tissue strainability distribution and homogeneity between ulcerated and non-ulcerated patients using ultrasound strain elastography.

Psychology of Democracy (2022)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2022). Psychology of Democracy. In Psychology of Democracy Of the People, By the People, For the People (1 - 22). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774871.002

Democracy is under attack. Whether from those within its systems who seek to gain at the expense of others, or from without by rival forms of rule. Yet the crises we face as a species demand not only that we recognise the perils of a changing planet,... Read More about Psychology of Democracy.

Psychology, democracy and the media : are citizens learning from the news? A self regulated learning perspective (2022)
Book Chapter

This chapter discusses how news contributes to informed citizenship by reviewing the different approaches adopted in the literature to understanding how individuals learn from the news. After reviewing the main theoretical and empirical perspectives... Read More about Psychology, democracy and the media : are citizens learning from the news? A self regulated learning perspective.

Experiences of dementia in a UK Bangladeshi community: an exploratory study (2022)
Thesis
an exploratory study. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis explores the experiences of people with dementia and their caregivers and gathers the views of service providers / stakeholders to make recommendations to improve provision for the dementia support needs of the UK Bangladeshi community. P... Read More about Experiences of dementia in a UK Bangladeshi community: an exploratory study.

Psychology of democracy : of the people, by the people, for the people (2022)
Book

Democracy was forged in the furnaces of oppression, whether combatting tyranny or affirming the rights of the individual. As democracy is under threat in many parts of the world, there has never been a
more urgent need to understand political though... Read More about Psychology of democracy : of the people, by the people, for the people.

The skin and associated disorders (2022)
Journal Article
Stephens, M. (2022). The skin and associated disorders. British Journal of Nursing, 31(4), 202-206. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2022.31.4.202

This article aims to increase knowledge of the skin and associated disorders. Anatomy and physiology of the skin are briefly reviewed, and reference is made to common skin disorders. The main characteristics of a holistic skin assessment are discusse... Read More about The skin and associated disorders.

A step in the right direction : Delphi consensus on a UK and Australian paediatric podiatry curriculum (2022)
Journal Article
Reay, J., Williams, C., Nester, C., & Morrison, S. (2022). A step in the right direction : Delphi consensus on a UK and Australian paediatric podiatry curriculum. BMC Medical Education, 22(1), 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03138-8

Previous research shows considerable variation in pre-registration paediatric podiatry curricula, and thus the clinical skills realised prior to graduation. Whilst pre-registration training is guided by regulatory bodies, these high level principles... Read More about A step in the right direction : Delphi consensus on a UK and Australian paediatric podiatry curriculum.