A randomised controlled trial of Scanning Eye trAining as a Rehabilitation Choice for Hemianopia after stroke (SEARCH).

Background: Hemianopia is common after stroke. We aimed to evaluate clinical effectiveness of visual scanning training vs sham training, for homonymous hemianopia.

Design: Randomised controlled, parallel, double-blind, two-arm trial.

Exploring stroke survivors' and physiotherapists' perspectives of the potential for markerless motion capture technology in community rehabilitation.

Introduction: Many stroke survivors do not receive optimal levels of personalised therapy to support their recovery. Use of technology for stroke rehabilitation has increased in recent years to help minimise gaps in service provision. Markerless motion capture technology is currently being used for musculoskeletal and occupational health screening and could offer a means to provide personalised guidance to stroke survivors struggling to access rehabilitation.

How can we measure psychological safety in mental healthcare staff? Developing questionnaire items using a nominal groups technique.

There have been growing concerns about the well-being of staff in inpatient mental health settings, with studies suggesting that they have higher burnout and greater work-related stress levels than staff in other healthcare sectors. When addressing staff well-being, psychological safety can be a useful concept. However, there is no measure of psychological safety that is suitable for use in inpatient mental health settings.

Validation of the brain injury associated visual impairment - impact questionnaire (BIVI-IQ).

Purpose: The Brain Injury associated Visual Impairment - Impact Questionnaire (BIVI-IQ) was developed to assess the impact of post-stroke visual impairment. The development of the questionnaire used robust methods involving stroke survivors and clinicians. The aim of this study was to assess the validity of the BIVI-IQ in a stroke population.

Can the early use of botulinum toxin in post stroke spasticity reduce contracture development? A randomised controlled trial.

Objective: Does early treatment of spasticity with botulinum-toxin (BoNTA), in (hyper)acute stroke patients without arm-function, reduce contractures and improve function.

Design: Randomised placebo-controlled-trial.

Setting: Specialised stroke-unit.

Developing a stroke-vision care pathway: a consensus study.

Purpose: We aimed to develop a stroke-vision care pathway for stroke survivors with visual impairment.

Methods: A literature review searched key electronic bibliographic databases for care pathways related to stroke/vision. Two focus group meetings using semi-structured/nominal group technique reached consensus on items relevant for inclusion in a stroke-vision care pathway.

Self-disgust mediates the relationship between childhood adversities and psychosis.

Objective: Traumatic events in childhood have been implicated in the development of psychosis, but given that trauma is not in itself sufficient to cause psychosis, researchers have started to investigate other psychological constructs potentially involved in explaining this relationship. Given that self-disgust as a transdiagnostic construct plays a role in the development/maintenance of a range of mental health difficulties, the objective of this study was to investigate whether self-disgust mediates the relationship between childhood trauma and psychosis.

Method: A cross-sectional quantitative study design was used.

Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease: a prospective analysis from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.

A prospective analysis of risk factors for Alzheimer's disease was a major objective of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging, a nationwide, population-based study. Of 6,434 eligible subjects aged 65 years or older in 1991, 4,615 were alive in 1996 and participated in the follow-up study. All participants were cognitively normal in 1991 when they completed a risk factor questionnaire.

Correlates of nonparticipation in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.

Correlates of nonparticipation in the community interview component of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging and their impact on bias in the results were analyzed. Characteristics of study subjects, their habitats, and encouragement techniques were analyzed to identify correlates of variation in response rates across the 18 study centers. Refusal rates from 14% to 41% varied by age, gender, city size, number of subjects and length of time for enrollment, and method of approach.

Study organization in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.

The Canadian Study of Health and Aging was a complex undertaking that faced management challenges not encountered by smaller-scale projects. The study followed 10,263 elderly people in 18 study centers spanning six time zones; it was administered in two languages, and over 70 investigators were involved. The data collected from each participant were not fixed, but varied according to the results of earlier testing.

Marital status, dementia and institutional residence among elderly Canadians: the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.

The association between marital status and mortality is well known; marital status has also been related to morbidity. In this paper, we examine the importance of marital status in relation to the presence or absence of dementia and to institutional residence, using data from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging. Three groups are compared: married, single and previously married.

Underreporting of cancer in medical surveys: a source of systematic error in cancer research.

Systematic errors occur in the reports of disease frequency derived from health surveys based on questionnaire interviews. Five hundred and thirty-three persons with clinically and histologically confirmed disease in a case-control study of cancer were interviewed in their homes by carefully trained interviewers using a standardized questionnaire interview schedule. Comparisons of the information obtained by interview about past history of cancer with cancer registry and hospital medical record information about the same people revealed serious underestimates of correct frequency and wide variation in the rates of correct reporting.

The occupation of fishing as a risk factor in cancer of the lip.

To study the role of commercial fishing and related factors in the development of lip cancer, a project that included a case-control study and a cohort analysis was undertaken in Newfoundland. Household survey data were linked with cancer-registry and census data. In comparison with other males, fishermen had a probability of development of lip cancer that was 1.