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Microbial profiling of dental plaque from mechanically ventilated patients (2016)
Journal Article
Williams, D. W., Wilson, M. J., Marchesi, J. R., Wise, M. P., Lewis, M. A., Twigg, J. A., …Smith, A. (2016). Microbial profiling of dental plaque from mechanically ventilated patients. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 65(2), 147-159. https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000212

© 2015 The Authors. Micro-organisms isolated from the oral cavity may translocate to the lower airways during mechanical ventilation (MV) leading to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Changes within the dental plaque microbiome during MV have bee... Read More about Microbial profiling of dental plaque from mechanically ventilated patients.

Staying Well in a South African Township: Stories from Public Health and Sociology (2016)
Book Chapter
Brangan, E. (2016). Staying Well in a South African Township: Stories from Public Health and Sociology. In S. White, & C. Blackmore (Eds.), Cultures of wellbeing (95-117). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137536457_4

The current approach to preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in low and middle-income countries draws heavily on the disciplines of public health and biomedicine, which construct health as a dominant normative goal, and a central component of w... Read More about Staying Well in a South African Township: Stories from Public Health and Sociology.

Journeys toward adjustment: Exploring the role of emotions and beliefs from pre-diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis through the first 12 months (2016)
Thesis
of emotions and beliefs from pre-diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis through the first 12 months. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/803157

The intention of this thesis is to explore the role of emotions and beliefs from pre-diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis through the first 12 months. Inflammatory arthritis (IA) is an umbrella term for chronic, progressive and systemic auto-immune di... Read More about Journeys toward adjustment: Exploring the role of emotions and beliefs from pre-diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis through the first 12 months.

Development of a provisional core domain set for polymyalgia rheumatica: Report from the OMERACT 12 Polymyalgia Rheumatica Working Group (2016)
Journal Article
Mackie, S. L., Kirwan, J. R., Mallen, C. D., Simon, L. S., Neill, L. M., Hill, C. L., …Mackie, S. (2016). Development of a provisional core domain set for polymyalgia rheumatica: Report from the OMERACT 12 Polymyalgia Rheumatica Working Group. Journal of Rheumatology, 43(1), 182-186. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141179

The Journal of Rheumatology Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved. Objective. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) working group aims to develop a core set of outcome measures to be used in clinical trials for P... Read More about Development of a provisional core domain set for polymyalgia rheumatica: Report from the OMERACT 12 Polymyalgia Rheumatica Working Group.

Understanding the patient experience of stiffness, and developing a stiffness patient-recorded outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis (2016)
Thesis
Halls, S. Understanding the patient experience of stiffness, and developing a stiffness patient-recorded outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/919384

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, inflammatory disease. Stiffness is a major symptom of RA which is commonly reported by patients, affects patients’ daily life, and is relevant to patients in relation to fluctuating aspects of RA such... Read More about Understanding the patient experience of stiffness, and developing a stiffness patient-recorded outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis.

A practice nurse e-Appraisal project: Strategy; development; implementation & sustainability (2016)
Report
Fear, T. A practice nurse e-Appraisal project: Strategy; development; implementation & sustainability

This innovative e-appraisal project commissioned by NHS England (BGSW) introduced new ways of thinking for the development of practice nurses across Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon & Wiltshire. The success of the project can be seen through the imp... Read More about A practice nurse e-Appraisal project: Strategy; development; implementation & sustainability.

User-centred design using Gamestorming (2016)
Journal Article
Currie, L., Phillips, J. C., Ronquillo, C. E., & Rowsell, D. (2016). User-centred design using Gamestorming. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 225, 692-694. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-692

© 2016 IMIA and IOS Press. User-centered design (UX) is becoming a standard in software engineering and has tremendous potential in healthcare. The purpose of this tutorial will be to demonstrate and provide participants with practice in usercentred... Read More about User-centred design using Gamestorming.

Seeking support after hospitalisation for injury: A nested qualitative study of the role of primary care (2016)
Journal Article
Christie, N., Beckett, K., Earthy, S., Kellezi, B., Sleney, J., Barnes, J., …Kendrick, D. (2016). Seeking support after hospitalisation for injury: A nested qualitative study of the role of primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 66(642), e24-e31. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp15X688141

© 2016 British Journal of General Practice. Background In the UK, studies suggest that the transition from hospital to home after an injury can be a difficult time and many patients report feeling inadequately prepared. Patients often use primary car... Read More about Seeking support after hospitalisation for injury: A nested qualitative study of the role of primary care.

Identifying flares in rheumatoid arthritis: Reliability and construct validation of the OMERACT RA Flare Core Domain Set (2016)
Journal Article
Bykerk, V. P., Bingham, C. O., Choy, E. H., Lin, D., Alten, R., Christensen, R., …Pohl, C. (2016). Identifying flares in rheumatoid arthritis: Reliability and construct validation of the OMERACT RA Flare Core Domain Set. RMD Open, 2(1), Article e000225. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000225

Objective: To evaluate the reliability of concurrent flare identification using 3 methods (patient, rheumatologist and Disease Activity Score (DAS)28 criteria), and construct validity of candidate items representing the Outcome Measures in Rheumatolo... Read More about Identifying flares in rheumatoid arthritis: Reliability and construct validation of the OMERACT RA Flare Core Domain Set.

Adoption of speech recognition technology in community healthcare nursing (2016)
Journal Article
Ronquillo, C., Al-Masslawi, D., Block, L., & Ronquillo, C. E. (2016). Adoption of speech recognition technology in community healthcare nursing. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 225, 649-653. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-649

© 2016 IMIA and IOS Press. Adoption of new health information technology is shown to be challenging. However, the degree to which new technology will be adopted can be predicted by measures of usefulness and ease of use. In this work these key determ... Read More about Adoption of speech recognition technology in community healthcare nursing.

Remission in rheumatoid arthritis: Working toward incorporation of the patient perspective at OMERACT 12 (2016)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S. E., Flurey, C., Van Tuyl, L. H., Sadlonova, M., Davis, B., Flurey, C. A., …Boers, M. (2016). Remission in rheumatoid arthritis: Working toward incorporation of the patient perspective at OMERACT 12. Journal of Rheumatology, 43(1), 203-207. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141113

The Journal of Rheumatology Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved. Objective. The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) should target patient-relevant outcomes, making patient perspective on remission essential. In 2010, patients, physicians, health... Read More about Remission in rheumatoid arthritis: Working toward incorporation of the patient perspective at OMERACT 12.

Patient preferences for psychological support in inflammatory arthritis: A multicentre survey (2016)
Journal Article
Dures, E., Almeida, C., Caesley, J., Peterson, A., Ambler, N., Morris, M., …Hewlett, S. (2016). Patient preferences for psychological support in inflammatory arthritis: A multicentre survey. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 75(1), 142-147. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205636

Objectives. Inflammatory arthritis (IA) can lead to anxiety, depression, pain and fatigue. Psychological support can improve quality of life and selfmanagement; and European and American guidelines recommend support be offered. This study examined pa... Read More about Patient preferences for psychological support in inflammatory arthritis: A multicentre survey.

Development and initial validation of a disease-specific bowel continence questionnaire for inflammatory bowel disease patients: The ICIQ-IBD (2016)
Journal Article
Bassett, P., Dibley, L., Norton, C., Cotterill, N., & Basssett, P. (2016). Development and initial validation of a disease-specific bowel continence questionnaire for inflammatory bowel disease patients: The ICIQ-IBD. European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 28(2), 233-239. https://doi.org/10.1097/MEG.0000000000000513

© 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Background and aims Faecal incontinence (FI) related to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects up to 74% of patients and is often under-reported in clinical encounters. A previous study found... Read More about Development and initial validation of a disease-specific bowel continence questionnaire for inflammatory bowel disease patients: The ICIQ-IBD.

Childhood injury prevention in post-epidemiological transition in Nepal (2016)
Journal Article
Joshi, S. K., & Pant, P. R. (2016). Childhood injury prevention in post-epidemiological transition in Nepal. Kathmandu University medical journal (KUMJ), 14(53), 1-2

Unlike to other disease/conditions, the treatment of injuries may not be the first option to avoid the loss of lives, disability, trauma, and financial burden. It requires considerable efforts to prevention activities. According to the general public... Read More about Childhood injury prevention in post-epidemiological transition in Nepal.

Implication of air pollution on health effects in Nepal: Lessons from global research (2016)
Journal Article
Kurmi, O. P., Regmi, P., & Pant, P. R. (2016). Implication of air pollution on health effects in Nepal: Lessons from global research. Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, 6(1), 525-527. https://doi.org/10.3126/nje.v6i1.14733

The Nepal Health Research Council and recent National Health Policy of Nepal (2014) have included ‘air pollution’ as a priority research/public health agenda that is guaranteed by the Constitution. There is an urgent need to organise the future polic... Read More about Implication of air pollution on health effects in Nepal: Lessons from global research.

The impact, frequency and care of foot problems in people with rheumatoid arthritis (2016)
Thesis
Wilson, O. The impact, frequency and care of foot problems in people with rheumatoid arthritis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/924621

Although foot problems are common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) their prevalence and importance to patients, the barriers patients face accessing foot care, and the types of care received have not been adequately established. Previous studies were hos... Read More about The impact, frequency and care of foot problems in people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Advancing nursing informatics in the next decade: Recommendations from an international survey (2016)
Journal Article
Tayaben, J. L., Badger, M. K., Ronquillo, C., Topaz, M., Ronquillo, C. E., Peltonen, L. M., …Alhuwail, D. (2016). Advancing nursing informatics in the next decade: Recommendations from an international survey. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 225, 123-127. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-123

© 2016 IMIA and IOS Press. In the summer of 2015, the International Medical Informatics Association Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group (IMIA NISIG) Student Working Group developed and distributed an international survey of current and future... Read More about Advancing nursing informatics in the next decade: Recommendations from an international survey.

Advancing nursing informatics in the next 5-10 years: What are the next steps? (2016)
Journal Article
Ronquillo, C., Ronquillo, C. E., Delaney, C. W., Sensmeier, J., Park, H., & Abbott, P. (2016). Advancing nursing informatics in the next 5-10 years: What are the next steps?. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 225, 715-717. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-715

© 2016 IMIA and IOS Press. Objective: This panel will explore expert perspectives on what is needed to advance nursing informatics (NI) based on results of an international survey conducted by the IMIA-NISIG Student Group in 2015. This panel will bui... Read More about Advancing nursing informatics in the next 5-10 years: What are the next steps?.