Publications by authors named "Isabelle Schaefer"

Background: As the number of people ageing in prison with complex healthcare needs continues to increase, so does the need for palliative care in the restrictive prison context. Palliative care for people in prison is facilitated by correctional officers, and prison- and hospital-based clinicians. A collective analysis of existing research to identify common experiences of these stakeholders globally has not been completed.

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Design: A multi-methods, single-centre pilot comprising a quasi-experimental pre-/post-test design and an exploratory qualitative study.

Setting: A rural Australian hospital and health service.

Participants: Men newly diagnosed with localised prostate cancer who were scheduled to undergo, or had undergone, radical or robotic prostatectomy surgery within the previous 3 months.

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Palliative care is increasingly important in the prison setting, but information about the quality and accessibility of this care is extremely limited. Developing and implementing standardised quality indicators will provide transparency, accountability, and a platform for quality improvement at both local and national levels.

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Objective: To assess the acceptability of a nurse-led prostate cancer survivorship intervention adapted for virtual delivery and tailored to post-surgical care, in a regional Australian hospital and health service.

Methods: A qualitative exploratory study using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (TFA).

Results: Twenty-two participants took part in a semistructured interview comprising men who had completed the program (n = 16) and health professionals/service stakeholders involved in program delivery (n = 6).

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Background: Globally, the prison population is growing and ageing, as is the need for palliative care. Yet, little is known about how people in prison perceive palliative care provision in this setting.

Aims: To identify the: (i) perceptions of palliative care provision and dying in custody by people in prison; and (ii) perceived barriers and facilitators of person-centred palliative care provision in prison.

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Background: Access to palliative care in the community enables people to live in their preferred place of care, which is often home. Community palliative care services struggle to provide timely 24-h services to patients and family. This has resulted in calls for 'accessible and flexible' models of care that are 'responsive' to peoples' changing palliative care needs.

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Background: A primary brain cancer diagnosis is a distressing, life changing event. It adversely affects the quality of life for the person living with brain cancer and their families ('carers'). Timely access to evidence-based information is critical to enabling people living with brain cancer, and their carers, to self-manage the devastating impacts of this disease.

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Aim: This study examined how halitosis, oral dryness and general oral health were impacted during treatment with the Invisalign(®) system. Furthermore, the effect of a lowdose chlorhexidine solution (CHX) was evaluated.

Patients And Methods: Thirtyone patients with good periodontal health participated in this crossover study and were divided into two groups (group 1: CHX/no CHX, group 2: no CHX/CHX).

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