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Prof Alison Brettle's Outputs (45)

Attitudes and Barriers to Patient Participation in Evidence‐Based Practice From Chinese Nurses' Perspectives: A Qualitative Content Analysis (2024)
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Patient participation plays a vital role in evidence‐based practice (EBP), yet its development in clinical nursing is slow. Current research has focused on identifying barriers to patient participation in everyday care, with less research on barriers... Read More about Attitudes and Barriers to Patient Participation in Evidence‐Based Practice From Chinese Nurses' Perspectives: A Qualitative Content Analysis.

Pre-treatment assessment of chemotherapy for cancer patients: a multi-site evidence implementation project of 74 hospitals in China (2024)
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Background: Chemotherapy, whilst treating tumours, can also lead to numerous adverse reactions such as nausea and vomiting, fatigue and kidney toxicity, threatening the physical and mental health of patients. Simultaneously, misuse of chemotherapeuti... Read More about Pre-treatment assessment of chemotherapy for cancer patients: a multi-site evidence implementation project of 74 hospitals in China.

Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: a multi-professional scoping review (2022)
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Hurst, H., Young, H., Nixon, A., Brettle, A., & Ormandy, P. (2022). Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: a multi-professional scoping review. Age and ageing, 51(12), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac296

Background
The growing older population with advanced chronic kidney disease (ACKD stages 4-5) poses
a challenge for healthcare worldwide. The high prevalence of frailty and associated adverse
health outcomes highlights concerns for management and... Read More about Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: a multi-professional scoping review.

Barriers to implementing evidence-based nursing practice from the hospitals' point of view in China: a regional cross-sectional study. (2022)
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Lai, J., Brettle, A., Zhang, Y., Zhou, C., Li, C., Fu, J., & Wu, Y. (2022). Barriers to implementing evidence-based nursing practice from the hospitals' point of view in China: a regional cross-sectional study. Nurse Education Today, 116, 105436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105436

There is a widespread international agreement that healthcare should be based on high-quality evidence; however, bridging the gap from evidence to practice is still problematic. Although barriers to the implementation of evidence-based nursing practi... Read More about Barriers to implementing evidence-based nursing practice from the hospitals' point of view in China: a regional cross-sectional study..

Validation of a generic impact survey for use by health library services indicates the reliability of the questionnaire (2022)
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Background. A validated generic impact questionnaire can demonstrate how individual, and groups of health libraries contribute to continuing education and patient care outcomes.
Objectives. To validate an existing generic questionnaire for Knowledg... Read More about Validation of a generic impact survey for use by health library services indicates the reliability of the questionnaire.

UK survey demonstrates a wide range of impacts attributable to clinical librarian services (2021)
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Divall, P., James, C., Heaton, M., & Brettle, A. (2021). UK survey demonstrates a wide range of impacts attributable to clinical librarian services. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 39(2), 116-131. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12389

Objective:
To understand the impact of the UK Clinical Librarian (CL) workforce and benchmark the results against a study undertaken in the North West region of the English National Health Service (NHS).

Methods:
An online survey was distribute... Read More about UK survey demonstrates a wide range of impacts attributable to clinical librarian services.

Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease : a multiprofessional scoping review protocol (2021)
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Reported outcomes for older people with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) often focus on survival and mortality and little attention is paid to symptom burden and health-related quality of life. Recognising frailty and providing interventions tha... Read More about Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease : a multiprofessional scoping review protocol.

What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription (2020)
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Objective:
To systematically identify and describe studies that have evaluated the impact of gardens
and gardening on health and wellbeing. A secondary objective was to use this evidence to build
evidence-based logic models to guide health stra... Read More about What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription.

Implementing evidence-based practice : a guide for radiographers (2020)
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Brettle, A. (2020). Implementing evidence-based practice : a guide for radiographers. Radiography, 26(Sup. 2), S37-S41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.05.013

Evidence-based practice is a concept that has grown across health disciplines over the last 25 years as a way of providing high quality health care. Radiographers are keen to implement evidence-based approaches but barriers remain in practice. This a... Read More about Implementing evidence-based practice : a guide for radiographers.

Ethnic minority disparities in progression and mortality of pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease : a systematic scoping review (2020)
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Hounkpatin, H., Fraser, S., Honney, R., Dreyer, G., Brettle, A., & Roderick, P. (2020). Ethnic minority disparities in progression and mortality of pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease : a systematic scoping review. BMC Nephrology, 21(1), 217. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-01852-3

Background: There are a growing number of studies on ethnic differences in progression and mortality for pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD), but this literature has yet to be synthesised, particularly for studies on mortality. Methods: This sc... Read More about Ethnic minority disparities in progression and mortality of pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease : a systematic scoping review.

A co-designed social media intervention to satisfy information needs and improve outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease : a longitudinal study (2020)
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Background The number of people living with a long-term condition is increasing worldwide. Social media offers opportunities for patients to exchange information and experiences with others with the same condition, potentially leading to better self-... Read More about A co-designed social media intervention to satisfy information needs and improve outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease : a longitudinal study.

Inequalities and outcomes : end stage kidney disease in ethnic minorities (2019)
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Wilkinson, E., Brettle, A., Waqar, M., & Randhawa, G. (2019). Inequalities and outcomes : end stage kidney disease in ethnic minorities. BMC Nephrology, 20(1), 234. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1410-2

The international evidence about outcomes of End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) for ethnic minorities was reviewed to identify gaps and make recommendations for researchers and policy makers. Nine databases were searched systematically with 112 studies... Read More about Inequalities and outcomes : end stage kidney disease in ethnic minorities.

A self-management education programme for adults with asthma (2019)
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Dailah, H., Brettle, A., & Ormandy, P. (2019). A self-management education programme for adults with asthma. Clinical Medicine, 19(Sup 3), 42. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.19-3-s42

Introduction
Globally, asthma is one of the major non-communicable diseases, with 235 million people currently suffering from the condition. In Saudi Arabia, there is a 4% prevalence of asthma among the adult population. This study aimed to develop... Read More about A self-management education programme for adults with asthma.

The effectiveness of shared care in cancer survivors - a systematic review (2018)
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Zhao, Y., Brettle, A., & Qiu, L. (2018). The effectiveness of shared care in cancer survivors - a systematic review. International Journal of Integrated Care, 18(4), 2. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.3954

Objectives: To determine whether the shared care model during the follow-up of cancer survivors is effective in terms of patient-reported outcomes, clinical outcomes, and continuity of care.
Methods: Using systematic review methods, studies were s... Read More about The effectiveness of shared care in cancer survivors - a systematic review.

Do educational interventions aimed at nurses to support the implementation of evidence-based practice improve patient outcomes? A systematic review (2018)
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Background: Numerous articles have sought to identify the impact of educational interventions for improving evidence-based practice (EBP) amongst nurses, most of these focus on skills and knowledge acquired. No systematic review has explored whether... Read More about Do educational interventions aimed at nurses to support the implementation of evidence-based practice improve patient outcomes? A systematic review.

Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries (2018)
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Ayre, S., Brettle, A., Gilroy, D., Knock, D., Pattinson, S., Smith, S., & Turner, J. (2018). Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 35(3), 227-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12223

Background – Health libraries contribute to many activities of a healthcare organization.
Impact assessment needs to capture that range of contributions.
Objectives – To develop and pilot a generic impact questionnaire that: 1) could be used
rout... Read More about Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries.

Gathering evidence for routine decision-making (2017)
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Brettle, A. (2017). Gathering evidence for routine decision-making. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 12(4), 193. https://doi.org/10.18438/B85Q29

This paper is based on the opening keynote address at the 9th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference, Philadelphia, 18-21 June 2017.

Midwifery continuity : the use of social media (2017)
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McCarthy, R., Choucri, L., Ormandy, P., & Brettle, A. (2017). Midwifery continuity : the use of social media. Midwifery, 52, 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2017.05.012

Background
Continuity models of midwifery care improve women’s experiences of care and clinical outcomes, but organisationally driven working practices do not facilitate a continuity model and the midwifery care received by most women is fragmented... Read More about Midwifery continuity : the use of social media.

160: Being evidence based : a health library perspective (2017)
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Brettle, A. (2017). 160: Being evidence based : a health library perspective. BMJ Open, 7(Suppl), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015415.160

Health librarians play a key role in the evidence based practice (EBP) movement by providing services and support to find, access, interpret and disseminate evidence. Health librarians also pioneered the concept of evidence based practice within the... Read More about 160: Being evidence based : a health library perspective.