McInnes, Elizabeth Dale, Simeon Craig, Louise Phillips, Rosemary Fasugba, Oyebola Schadewaldt, Verena Cheung, N. Wah Cadilhac, Dominique A. Grimshaw, Jeremy M. Levi, Chris
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Implementation Science
BackgroundThe implementation of evidence-based protocols for stroke management in the emergency department (ED) for the appropriate triage, administration of tissue plasminogen activator to eligible patients, management of fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing, and prompt transfer to a stroke unit were evaluated in an Australian cluster-randomised t...
Verghese, Tina Sara Merriel, Abigail Leighton, Lisa Latthe, Pallavi
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International Urogynecology Journal
Background Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) negatively affects many women’s quality of life. The ability to develop improved therapeutic approaches for POP patients is hampered by low patient recruitment and retention rates in clinical trials. Objective Our objective was to explore the motivational factors and barriers to recruitment and participation i...
Sundal, Hildegunn Vatne, Solfrid
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BMC Nursing
BackgroundThe hospitalization of children requires collaboration between parents and nurses in partnerships. This study examines parents’ and nurses’ experiences of ideal collaboration in treatment-centered and home-like care of hospitalized preschool children.MethodsThis qualitative study is part of a larger study of 12 parents and 17 nurses who w...
Alighieri, Cassandra Peersman, Wim Bettens, Kim Van Herreweghe, Vienna Van Lierde, Kristiane
Aims: Speech (i.e., resonance, nasal airflow and articulation) is one of the primary outcomes in individuals with a cleft of the palate with or without a cleft of the lip (CP +/- L). Therefore, it is highly important to obtain information regarding parental perceptions and expectations concerning speech therapy-related cleft care. Literature invest...
Podmore, Bélène Hutchings, Andrew Durand, Mary-Alison Robson, John Konan, Sujith van der Meulen, Jan Lynch, Rebecca
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundVariation in access to joint replacement surgery has been widely reported but less attention has been given to the impact of comorbidities on the patient journey to joint replacement surgery. There is a lack of consensus amongst healthcare professionals and commissioners about how patients with comorbidities should be referred or selected...
Stuij, Mirjam
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundBased on a growing body of epidemiological and biomedical studies, physical activity (PA) is considered a cornerstone in type 2 diabetes treatment. However, it is also a practice embedded in daily life and, as such, may produce certain frictions as a topic in health care. The aim of this article is to give in-depth insight into experience...
Schwerdtle, Patricia De Clerck, Veronique Plummer, Virginia
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Nursing & health sciences
The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone was the largest epidemic of Ebola ever recorded. The healthcare workforce was diminished and exhausted as the region emerged from civil war. Few qualitative, descriptive studies have been conducted to date that concentrate on the voices of Ebola survivors and their perceptions...
Been-Dahmen, Janet M.J. Walter, Margot J. Dwarswaard, Jolanda Hazes, Johanna M.W. van Staa, AnneLoes Ista, Erwin
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
BackgroundToday, patients are expected to take an active role in the form of self-management. Given the burden of a rheumatic disorder, the patients cannot be expected to self-manage on their own. In order to develop self-management interventions that fit patients’ needs and preferences, it is essential to examine patients’ perspective on how suppo...
Rastad, Cecilia Wetterberg, Lennart Martin, Cathrin
Background. There is a need for more knowledge on the effects of light room treatment in patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and to explore patients´ subjective experience of the disease and the treatment.Methods. This was a descriptive and explorative study applying qualitative content analysis. A purposeful sample of 18 psychiatric ou...
Connell, Louise A. McMahon, Naoimh E. Tyson, Sarah F. Watkins, Caroline L. Eng, Janice J.
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundDespite best evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of increased intensity of exercise after stroke, current levels of therapy continue to be below those required to optimise motor recovery. We developed and tested an implementation intervention that aims to increase arm exercise in stroke rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to il...
