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Stiffness is more than just duration and severity: A qualitative exploration in people with rheumatoid arthritis (2014)
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Kirwan, J., Halls, S., Dures, E., Kirwan, J. R., Pollock, J., Baker, G., …Hewlett, S. (2014). Stiffness is more than just duration and severity: A qualitative exploration in people with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, 54(4), 615-622. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu379

© The Author 2014. Objective. Stiffness is internationally recognized as an important indicator of inflammatory activity in RA but is poorly understood and difficult to measure. The aim of this study was to explore the experience of stiffness from th... Read More about Stiffness is more than just duration and severity: A qualitative exploration in people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Implementing an Injury Prevention Briefing to aid delivery of key fire safety messages in UK children's centres: Qualitative study nested within a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (2014)
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Beckett, K., Goodenough, T., Deave, T., Jaeckle, S., McDaid, L., Benford, P., …Kendrick, D. (2014). Implementing an Injury Prevention Briefing to aid delivery of key fire safety messages in UK children's centres: Qualitative study nested within a multi-centre randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 1256-1569. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1256

© 2014 Beckett et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: To improve the translation of public health evidence into practice, there is a need to increase practitioner involvement in initiative development, to place greater emphasis on contextua... Read More about Implementing an Injury Prevention Briefing to aid delivery of key fire safety messages in UK children's centres: Qualitative study nested within a multi-centre randomised controlled trial.

Patients and nursing staff views of using the education needs assessment tool in rheumatology clinics: A qualitative study (2014)
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Hardware, B., Johnson, D., Hale, C., Ndosi, M., & Adebajo, A. (2015). Patients and nursing staff views of using the education needs assessment tool in rheumatology clinics: A qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(7-8), 1048-1058. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12733

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims and objectives: To evaluate the usability of the educational needs assessment tool in clinical practice, from a practitioner and patient perspective and to establish whether patients perceive that they are getting... Read More about Patients and nursing staff views of using the education needs assessment tool in rheumatology clinics: A qualitative study.

The GP retainer scheme: Report of a national survey (2014)
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Lockyer, L., Young, P., Main, P., & Morison, J. (2014). The GP retainer scheme: Report of a national survey. Education for Primary Care, 25(6), 338-346

The current context of organisational change and new working patterns, together with the high cost of medical training, mean it is of vital importance that the NHS retains its trained workforce. The GP retainer scheme supports doctors who for reasons... Read More about The GP retainer scheme: Report of a national survey.

A Q-methodology study of flare help-seeking behaviours and different experiences of daily life in rheumatoid arthritis (2014)
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Hughes, R., Richards, P., Flurey, C. A., Morris, M., Pollock, J., & Hewlett, S. (2014). A Q-methodology study of flare help-seeking behaviours and different experiences of daily life in rheumatoid arthritis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 15(1), 364. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-364

© 2014 Lin et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: Previous studies have not addressed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients' help-seeking behaviours for RA flares, and only one small qualitative study has addressed how patients experience dail... Read More about A Q-methodology study of flare help-seeking behaviours and different experiences of daily life in rheumatoid arthritis.

Validation of the educational needs assessment tool as a generic instrument for rheumatic diseases in seven European countries (2014)
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Zangi, H. A., Vliet Vlieland, T. P., Stamm, T. A., Ndosi, M., Bremander, A., Hamnes, B., …Hill, J. (2014). Validation of the educational needs assessment tool as a generic instrument for rheumatic diseases in seven European countries. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73(12), 2122-2129. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203461

© 2014, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objectives: To validate the educational needs assessment tool (ENAT) as a generic tool for assessing the educational needs of patients with rheumatic diseases in European Countries. Methods: A conven... Read More about Validation of the educational needs assessment tool as a generic instrument for rheumatic diseases in seven European countries.

Using guided individualised feedback to review self-reported quality of life in health and its importance (2014)
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Skevington, S. M., Llewellyn, A. M., Llewellyn, A., & Skevington, S. (2015). Using guided individualised feedback to review self-reported quality of life in health and its importance. Psychology and Health, 30(3), 301-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2014.972396

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. This pilot study investigated the effects of providing guided, individualised feedback on subjective quality of life (QoL), using results from the multidimensional WHOQOL-BREF profile. Participants (n=129; 85 chronically il... Read More about Using guided individualised feedback to review self-reported quality of life in health and its importance.

The outcome and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led care in people with rheumatoid arthritis: A multicentre randomised controlled trial (2014)
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Ndosi, M., Lewis, M., Hale, C., Quinn, H., Ryan, S., Emery, P., …Hill, J. (2014). The outcome and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led care in people with rheumatoid arthritis: A multicentre randomised controlled trial. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73(11), 1975-1982. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203403

Objective To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led care (NLC) for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods In a multicentre pragmatic randomised controlled trial, the assessment of clinical effects followed a n... Read More about The outcome and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led care in people with rheumatoid arthritis: A multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Keeping children safe at home: protocol for a case-control study of modifiable risk factors for scalds (2014)
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Wynn, P., Stewart, J., Kumar, A., Clacy, R., Coffey, F., Cooper, N., …Kendrick, D. (2014). Keeping children safe at home: protocol for a case-control study of modifiable risk factors for scalds. Injury Prevention, 20(5), e11. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2014-041255

Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions. BACKGROUND: Scalds are one of the most common forms of thermal inju... Read More about Keeping children safe at home: protocol for a case-control study of modifiable risk factors for scalds.

Developing the Polish Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Pol-ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis: a cross-cultural validation study using Rasch analysis (2014)
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Sierakowska, M., Sierakowski, S., Sierakowska, J., Horton, M., & Ndosi, M. (2015). Developing the Polish Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Pol-ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis: a cross-cultural validation study using Rasch analysis. Quality of Life Research, 24(3), 721-733. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0805-6

© 2014, The Author(s). Objectives: To undertake cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the educational needs assessment tool (ENAT) for use with people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Poland.Methods: The study invo... Read More about Developing the Polish Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Pol-ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis: a cross-cultural validation study using Rasch analysis.

Glucocorticoid treatment and damage in the anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitides: Long-term data from the European Vasculitis Study Group trials (2014)
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Höglund, P., Robson, J., Doll, H., Suppiah, R., Flossmann, O., Harper, L., …Luqmani, R. (2015). Glucocorticoid treatment and damage in the anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitides: Long-term data from the European Vasculitis Study Group trials. Rheumatology, 54(3), 471-481. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu366

Objective. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis are ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAVs). The Vasculitis Damage Index (VDI) quantifies damage. This study aims to determine the factors associated with long-term damage in the AA... Read More about Glucocorticoid treatment and damage in the anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitides: Long-term data from the European Vasculitis Study Group trials.

Developing compassion in pre-registration education (2014)
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Pryce-Miller, M., & Emanuel, V. (in press). Developing compassion in pre-registration education. Nursing Times, 110(37), 17-19

Compassion is a fundamental aspect of nursing and student nurses have to be able to demonstrate compassion in practice. Nurse educators in higher education institutions and clinical settings need to work together to prepare and support student nurses... Read More about Developing compassion in pre-registration education.

The 'Necksafe' head articulation control system: A novel cervical immobilisation device (2014)
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Sparke, A., Torlei, K., Voss, S., Page, M., Benger, J., Matthews, E., …Harris, N. (2015). The 'Necksafe' head articulation control system: A novel cervical immobilisation device. Emergency Medicine Journal, 32(7), 564-570. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2013-203527

Introduction: The early application of a semirigid disposable cervical collar following trauma is considered a routine practice. The aim of these devices is to immobilise the cervical spine and minimise the risk of additional neurological damage. How... Read More about The 'Necksafe' head articulation control system: A novel cervical immobilisation device.

Evidence of mycobacterial disease in COPD patients with lung volume reduction surgery; the importance of histological assessment of specimens: A cohort study (2014)
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Loebinger, M. R., Clark, S. J., Shaw, E. C., Nicholson, A. G., Hansell, D. M., Hopkinson, N. S., …Jordan, S. (2014). Evidence of mycobacterial disease in COPD patients with lung volume reduction surgery; the importance of histological assessment of specimens: A cohort study. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 14(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-124

© 2014 Char et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: Patients with COPD are at risk of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection (NTM). This study examined the histology of lung tissue from COPD patients following lung volume reduction with pa... Read More about Evidence of mycobacterial disease in COPD patients with lung volume reduction surgery; the importance of histological assessment of specimens: A cohort study.

Patient and public involvement in research in the English NHS: A documentary analysis of the complex interplay of evidence and policy (2014)
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Evans, D. (2014). Patient and public involvement in research in the English NHS: A documentary analysis of the complex interplay of evidence and policy. Evidence and Policy, 10(3), 361-377. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426413X662770

© Policy Press 2014. The last 20 years have seen significant international shifts towards greater patient and public involvement (PPI) in health research and development (R&D). In England, then first health R&D strategy in 1991 did not mention PPI. T... Read More about Patient and public involvement in research in the English NHS: A documentary analysis of the complex interplay of evidence and policy.

Why doesn't the client listen to me? Challenging ethnocentricities through clinical supervision to promote cultural competencies. (2014)
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Deering, K. (2014). Why doesn't the client listen to me? Challenging ethnocentricities through clinical supervision to promote cultural competencies. Mental Health Nursing -London-, 36(4),

This paper aims to argue how developing self-awareness through clinical supervision may promote nurses’ cultural competencies in inpatient mental health care. Such capabilities include the ability to effectively work with those who may have differenc... Read More about Why doesn't the client listen to me? Challenging ethnocentricities through clinical supervision to promote cultural competencies..

Attachment and coping of dementia care staff: The role of staff attachment style, geriatric nursing self-efficacy, and approaches to dementia in burnout (2014)
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Smart, C. A., Kokkonen, T. M., Cheston, R., & Dallos, R. (2014). Attachment and coping of dementia care staff: The role of staff attachment style, geriatric nursing self-efficacy, and approaches to dementia in burnout. Dementia, 13(4), 544-568. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301213479469

© The Author(s) 2013. Past research suggests that dementia care staff are vulnerable to the development of burnout, which has implications for staff well-being and hence the quality of care for people with dementia. Studying personal vulnerability fa... Read More about Attachment and coping of dementia care staff: The role of staff attachment style, geriatric nursing self-efficacy, and approaches to dementia in burnout.

The impact of urinary incontinence on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a real-world population of women aged 45-60 years: Results from a survey in France, Germany, the UK and the USA (2014)
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Abrams, P., Smith, A. P., & Cotterill, N. (2015). The impact of urinary incontinence on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a real-world population of women aged 45-60 years: Results from a survey in France, Germany, the UK and the USA. BJU International, 115(1), 143-152. https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.12852

© 2014 The Authors. BJU International © 2014 BJU International. Objective To develop a clear understanding of the relationship between severity of urinary incontinence (UI) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and mental well-being in a populat... Read More about The impact of urinary incontinence on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a real-world population of women aged 45-60 years: Results from a survey in France, Germany, the UK and the USA.