Post-secondary students with symptoms of psychosis: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Post-secondary students are at a heightened risk of psychosis, yet little is known about this population. The aim of this study was to conduct a mixed-methods systematic review of psychosis among post-secondary students, including student characteristics, overall prevalence, risk factors, interventions, and their reported experiences. Procedures were modelled on the Joanna Briggs Institute approach, while PRISMA guided conduct and reporting.

Being Parent Caregivers for Adult Children with Schizophrenia.

Parent caregivers support the health and well-being of their adult children with schizophrenia. As a result, parent caregivers spend vast amounts of time providing care, which necessitates changes to their relationships and lives. In this qualitative study, the experiences of parent caregivers for adult children with schizophrenia were explored.

Interventions to improve emergency department use for mental health reasons: protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review.

Background: Healthcare resources are limited and unnecessary, and inappropriate emergency department use is now a highly visible healthcare priority. Individuals visiting the emergency department for mental health-related reasons are often amongst the most frequent presenters. In response, researchers and clinicians have created interventions to streamline emergency department use and several primary studies describe the effects of these interventions.

Exploring the Experiences of Parent Caregivers of Adult Children With Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review.

This is a qualitative evidence synthesis on the experiences of parents caring for their adult child with schizophrenia. The Joanna Briggs Methodology for systematic reviews guided the study and standard systematic review procedures were followed. Content analysis was used to synthesize findings from the five studies included into the following categories: 'Resources,' 'Loss,' 'Psychological Distress,' 'Effects on Family,' and 'Framing the Experience.

Exploring the Experiences of Persons Who Frequently Visit the Emergency Department for Mental Health-Related Reasons.

In this qualitative study, the experiences of persons who frequently visit the emergency department (ED) for mental health-related reasons were explored. Interpretive Description guided the design, and data were collected through interviews with 10 adults who made 12+ ED visits within a 1-year time frame (2015). Thematic analysis was used to analyze data inductively.

Exploring the Facilitators and Barriers to Home Dialysis: A Scoping Review.

A meta-synthesis of qualitative literature from 2004-2014 was conducted to identify the facilitators and barriers related to patients' uptake and continued use of home dialysis. These factors were addressed from the patient perspective using a systematic scoping review. A total of 848 citations were retrieved, and 12 studies were ultimately included.

Using the Alberta Continuity of Services Observer-Rated Scale to Measure Continuity of Care in a Psychiatric Population.

Background And Purpose: Continuity of care (CoC) is an important component in the delivery of quality mental health care. Yet, its measurement is inconsistent. We explored the use of the Alberta Continuity of Services Scale for Mental Health (ACSS-MH) observer-rated scale and compared CoC scores in 2 groups (N = 140) of individuals with mental health complaints (5+ and 1 emergency department [ED] visits/year).

Profiling frequent presenters to the emergency department for mental health complaints: socio-demographic, clinical, and service use characteristics.

Background: A small subset of individuals makes a disproportionate number of ED visits for mental health complaints.

Study Objectives: To explore the population profile and associated socio-demographic, clinical, and service use factors of individuals who make frequent visits (5+ annually) to hospital EDs for mental health complaints.

Methods: Case-control study using electronic health record data.

Frequent emergency department use by individuals seeking mental healthcare: a systematic search and review.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare research on individuals who frequently use the ED for mental health complaints including parameters used to identify the population, as well as socio-demographic, clinical, and service use factors.

Methods: Systematic search and review of Medline, Cinahl, PsycInfo, and HealthStar (1980 to 2011). Double-data extraction ensured accuracy.

Turning knowledge into action at the point-of-care: the collective experience of nurses facilitating the implementation of evidence-based practice.

Background: Facilitation is considered a way of enabling clinicians to implement evidence into practice by problem solving and providing support. Practice development is a well-established movement in the United Kingdom that incorporates the use of facilitators, but in Canada, the role is more obtuse. Few investigations have observed the process of facilitation as described by individuals experienced in guideline implementation in North America.

Towards a conceptual consensus of continuity in mental healthcare: focused literature search and theory analysis.

Aim: While continuity of care is an important component in the provision of mental health services, a universally accepted definition is missing. There is a need to identify areas of consensus and discrepancy in continuity theory and provide a foundation for advancing measurement capabilities. The purpose of this study was to systematically identify and examine scholarship on continuity in mental healthcare.

Emergency department visits for symptoms experienced by oncology patients: a systematic review.

Purpose: The aim of this review was to explore the range and prevalence of cancer treatment or disease-related symptoms in the emergency department and their associated outcomes.

Methods: A systematic review examined studies cited in Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, and CINAHL published from 1980 to July 2011. Eligible studies measured emergency department visits for symptom assessment in adult oncology patients.

Qualitative descriptive study exploring schizophrenia and the everyday effect of medication-induced weight gain.

Weight gain and obesity are serious side effects of the medications used to manage psychotic disorders and successful, long-term weight loss interventions are not yet available. One reason for this may be that current interventions are designed without consideration of the patient's perspective. The purpose of this study was to explore the subjective experience of weight and lifestyle from the perspective of people with schizophrenia.

Depressive symptoms before and after elective hysterectomy.

Objective: To examine the factors associated with depressive symptoms before and after surgery in women who undergo elective hysterectomy.

Design: A secondary analysis of longitudinal data from a prospective cohort study designed to understand chronic postsurgical pain in women.

Setting: One acute care hospital in southeastern, Ontario, over a 4-year period (2006-2010).