Publications by authors named "E W McLean"

Family members of incarcerated persons may experience grief related to the incarceration. We examined laypeople's perceptions of family members grieving the loss of an individual to incarceration. Participants ( = 1,095) were randomized to read vignettes that varied by grief trajectory (prolonged vs.

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  • The study investigated how depression and anxiety affect the relationship between ethnicity and cognitive functioning in rural aging adults, focusing on Hispanic and non-Hispanic White individuals.
  • It involved 1,462 participants, revealing that ethnicity significantly influences neurocognitive performance, with Hispanic adults showing lower scores than their non-Hispanic counterparts, even when accounting for anxiety and depression.
  • The findings highlight the need for culturally specific interventions to address cognitive impairment in Hispanic aging adults, suggesting that lifetime stressors might contribute to these ethnic disparities in neurocognitive functioning.
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This scoping review examined grief related to the incarceration of a family member in order to establish a theoretical framework. A comprehensive search of PubMed, Social Sciences Citation Index, Embase, PsycInfo, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials & Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, PILOTS, and Psychiatry Online was conducted. We extracted data on sample characteristics, study design, purpose of the study, grief measure used, grief term and definition used, and key qualitative and quantitative findings.

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Background: With hospital electronic prescribing and medicines administration (HEPMA) systems now in widespread use across hospital inpatient clinical services, work is underway to measure the benefits of HEPMA on healthcare systems and patient care. HEPMA functionality enables users to prescribe medicines by 'bundle' or 'protocol'. Although it is assumed that this is a significant system benefit, there are few qualitative studies supporting this conclusion.

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Children of incarcerated parents may grieve this loss, yet perceptions of their grief are understudied. Using vignettes varying by age (adult/child) and grief response (prolonged/resilient), we examined differences between perceptions of adults and children grieving parental incarceration. Participants rated grief response appropriateness, comfort providing support, and grief therapy recommendations for the grieving person in the vignette.

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