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Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of lycra sleeve for management of glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) in people with stroke (2019)
Journal Article
Kumar, P., Jones, R., Easton, C., & Turton, A. (2019). Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of lycra sleeve for management of glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) in people with stroke. International Journal of Stroke, 14(4), 9-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493019882907

Introduction: Glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) is a common secondary complication reported in up to 81% of people with stroke. The aims of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a fully powered randomised controlled trial of the Lyc... Read More about Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of lycra sleeve for management of glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) in people with stroke.

Social movements and boundary work in arts, culture and health (2019)
Journal Article
Daykin, N. (2019). Social movements and boundary work in arts, culture and health. Nordic Journal of Arts, Culture and Health, 1(1), 9-20. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2535-7913-2019-01-02

Purpose: Despite a growing evidence base and increasing recognition of the connections between arts, health and well-being, arts and creativity are some distance from being fully integrated into health and care services. Further, there is a lack of c... Read More about Social movements and boundary work in arts, culture and health.

Barriers children face complaining about social work practice: A study in one English local authority (2019)
Journal Article
Diaz, C., Pert, H., Aylward, T., Neill, D., & Hill, L. (2020). Barriers children face complaining about social work practice: A study in one English local authority. Child and Family Social Work, 25(2), 460-468. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12702

Despite the introduction of guidelines and procedures aimed at encouraging and supporting children and young people to complain about the services they receive, children in care still face barriers to doing so in practice. This paper explores what ha... Read More about Barriers children face complaining about social work practice: A study in one English local authority.

Determinants of life satisfaction and self-perception of ageing among elderly people in China: An exploratory study in comparison between physical and social functioning (2019)
Journal Article
Pan, Y., Chan, S. H., Xu, Y., & Yeung, K. C. (2019). Determinants of life satisfaction and self-perception of ageing among elderly people in China: An exploratory study in comparison between physical and social functioning. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 84, 103910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2019.103910

Objective: This study attempted to figure out the difference between physical and social functioning in determining life satisfaction and self-perception of ageing among community-dwelling elderly people in China. Methods: A representative random sam... Read More about Determinants of life satisfaction and self-perception of ageing among elderly people in China: An exploratory study in comparison between physical and social functioning.

Independent reviewing officers’ and social workers’ perceptions of children’s participation in children in care reviews (2019)
Journal Article
Diaz, C., Pert, H., & Thomas, N. P. (2019). Independent reviewing officers’ and social workers’ perceptions of children’s participation in children in care reviews. Journal of Children's Services, 14(3), 162-173. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCS-01-2019-0003

Purpose: The research reported here forms part of a study of children’s participation in children in care reviews and decision making in one local authority in England. The purpose of this paper is to outline the views of 11 social workers and 8 Inde... Read More about Independent reviewing officers’ and social workers’ perceptions of children’s participation in children in care reviews.

The effect of a brief mindfulness-based intervention on personal recovery in people with bipolar disorder: A randomized controlled trial (study protocol) (2019)
Journal Article
Chan, S. H. W., Tse, S., Chung, K. F., Yu, C. H., Chung, R. C. K., & Lo, H. H. M. (2019). The effect of a brief mindfulness-based intervention on personal recovery in people with bipolar disorder: A randomized controlled trial (study protocol). BMC Psychiatry, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2242-0

Background: With the advent of the recovery movement in mental health, a humanistic paradigm shift has occurred, placing the focus on personal recovery (i.e., hope, identity, and life meaning) instead of functional or clinical recovery only (i.e., sy... Read More about The effect of a brief mindfulness-based intervention on personal recovery in people with bipolar disorder: A randomized controlled trial (study protocol).

Determining which symptoms have the greatest impact on quality of life in patients with non-dialysis dependent CKD (2019)
Journal Article
Dharmaratnam, A., Wilkinson, T., Nixon, D., O'sullivan, T., Niyi-Odumosu, F. A., Palmer, J., & Smith, A. (2019). Determining which symptoms have the greatest impact on quality of life in patients with non-dialysis dependent CKD. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 34(Issue Supplement_1, June 2019, gfz106.FP425), https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfz106.FP425

INTRODUCTION: CKD patients suffer with a high symptom burden which is inadequately measured in clinical practice. This high symptom burden is known to impact quality of life, however there is limited understanding of which symptoms most affect patien... Read More about Determining which symptoms have the greatest impact on quality of life in patients with non-dialysis dependent CKD.

Governance of religious diversity in Western Europe (2019)
Journal Article
Dikici, E. (2021). Governance of religious diversity in Western Europe. Ethnicities, 21(1), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796819832342

“Governance of religious diversity” appears to be the latest term to address the relationship between the state and (immigrant) religious groups in Western Europe. Conventional/established arrangements and frameworks of state-church relations (i.e. s... Read More about Governance of religious diversity in Western Europe.