Understanding weight gain in female prisoners.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to investigate female prisoners' perspectives on why they gain weight while in prison.

Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative design was used with semi-structured interviews with six females currently residing in a prison in the south of England.

Findings: Analysis of the data generated three themes relating to the reasons why women gain weight in prison.

"I think most people feel like healthcare professionals tell them to take their treatments and judge them for not taking them": reflexive thematic analysis of the views of adults with cystic fibrosis on how treatment adherence is discussed in healthcare.

Objective: Previous research exploring patient-practitioner communication in relation to adherence in cystic fibrosis (CF) is limited. This UK study explored the views of adults with CF on how treatment adherence (related to all CF treatments) is discussed in routine CF care.

Methods: 12 White British adults (ten females; aged 20-37 years; mean 30.

How do peer support interventions for the self-management of chronic pain, support basic psychological needs? A systematic review and framework synthesis using self-determination theory.

Objective: To identify how peer support interventions, for self-management of chronic pain, support basic psychological needs from a self-determination theory (SDT) perspective, using a systematic review.

Methods: Ten databases were searched for studies reporting qualitative research about peer interactions in pain management interventions. 'Best fit' framework synthesis methodology was applied to identify strategies that support the satisfaction of competence, autonomy and motivation.

Supporting and sustaining care at home: Experiences of adult daughters who support a parent with dementia to remain in their own home.

Supporting a parent with dementia living in their own home is a challenging care issue which has potential for negative physical, emotional and psychosocial impacts. This research explores the experiences of adult daughters who sustain this arrangement as well as managing the competing demands of their lives. Using a qualitative approach, semistructured interviews were conducted between March and October 2017.

The pain self-management paradox: why do we focus on the individual when life context plays such a major role?

Although there has been a drive toward pain self-management, self-management has not yet in my opinion been successfully defined or evaluated and neither has it been consistently translated from idea to practice. In this perspective article, I identify gaps in our approach to pain management and argue that even though we know life context plays a huge role in influencing our health, by and large we fail to take this into account. I argue for a shift in focus away from the 'self' and explore how we might be able to do this within the constraints of our tired and over-stretched health system.

Understanding the psychological and social influences on office workers taking breaks; a thematic analysis.

There is a growing trend whereby office workers refrain from taking breaks at work. Previous research has not explored how employees understand the enablers and barriers to taking breaks. This study explored how office-based workers describe their behaviour in relation to, and perceive the notion of, taking breaks.

Parenting young people with complex regional pain syndrome: an analysis of the process of parental online communication.

Introduction: Parenting a young person with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is associated with high levels of parental distress and numerous emotional, informational, and practical challenges. To meet these challenges, parents seek others undergoing similar experiences, both in face to face and online forums.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to conduct a qualitative analysis of online forum data to explore the process of parental forum communication regarding parenting a young person with CRPS in online spaces.

"Living in a foreign country": experiences of staff-patient communication in inpatient stroke settings for people with post-stroke aphasia and those supporting them.

Staff-patient communication in in-patient stroke settings is viewed as challenging for stroke survivors with aphasia and those supporting them. This study sought to explore these experiences from the perspectives of stroke survivors, their carers and healthcare professionals. A qualitative study where stroke survivors with aphasia, carers and healthcare professionals were interviewed (audio-recorded) one-to-one or via focus group.

Bittersweet: a qualitative exploration of mothers' experiences of raising a single surviving twin.

Loss of a child from a multiple birth pregnancy is not uncommon yet the idiographic experience of parents who have lost a single twin from a multiple birth pregnancy is underexplored. This novel study sought to explore the experiences of mothers bereaved after loss of a twin from a multiple birth pregnancy, focusing on the dual challenges of parenting and grieving. Eighteen mothers at least 12 months post loss were recruited from a private UK based Facebook page dedicated to supporting parents after loss from a multiple birth.

'Everyone assumes a man to be quite strong': Men, masculinity and rheumatoid arthritis: A case-study approach.

Current literature has overlooked the impact of chronic illness on masculine identity. We therefore aimed to investigate the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (a long term condition, affecting more women than men) on masculine identity. Six focus groups with 22 men with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (data reported elsewhere) followed by five one-to-one interviews with men (English, mean age: 59 years) sampled to reflect a heterogeneous experience of life with RA based on knowledge gained from the focus groups.

Exploring the Therapeutic Affordances of Self-Harm Online Support Communities: An Online Survey of Members.

Background: A growing number of online communities have been established to support those who self-harm. However, little is known about the therapeutic affordances arising from engagement with these communities and resulting outcomes.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the presence of therapeutic affordances as reported by members of self-harm online support communities.

Coping Strategies, Psychological Impact, and Support Preferences of Men With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multicenter Survey.

Objective: To investigate the existence and distribution of 2 typologies (termed "factors") of men with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) identified through our previous Q-methodology study (n = 30) in a larger sample of men with RA, and whether differences in psychosocial impact or support preferences exist between the 2 factors, and between men and women with RA.

Methods: A postal survey was sent to 620 men with RA from 6 rheumatology units across England, and the support preferences section of the survey was given to 232 women with RA.

Results: A total of 295 male patients (47.

Identifying different typologies of experiences and coping strategies in men with rheumatoid arthritis: a Q-methodology study.

Objective: To identify typologies of experiences and coping strategies of men with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Design: Q-methodology (a qualitative and quantitative approach to grouping people according to their subjective opinion). Men with RA sorted 64 statements relating to their experience of living with RA according to level of agreement across a normal distribution grid.

"You Obviously Just Have to Put on a Brave Face": A Qualitative Study of the Experiences and Coping Styles of Men With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Objective: To explore the experiences, coping styles, and support preferences of male rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.

Methods: Six focus groups comprised 22 men with RA. Transcripts were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis.

Characteristics of good quality pharmaceutical services common to community pharmacies and dispensing general practices.

Background: In the United Kingdom, pharmaceutical services can be delivered by both community pharmacies (CPs) and dispensing doctor practices (DPs). Both must adhere to minimum standards set out in NHS regulations; however, no common framework exists to guide quality improvement. Previous phases of this research had developed a set of characteristics indicative of good pharmaceutical service provision.

Lost to the NHS: a mixed methods study of why GPs leave practice early in England.

Background: The loss of GPs in the early stages of their careers is contributing to the GP workforce crisis. Recruitment in the UK remains below the numbers needed to support the demand for GP care.

Aim: To explore the reasons why GPs leave general practice early.

Emergency Department Staff Attitudes Toward People Presenting in Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: Patients who experience their nonmalignant chronic pain as intolerable sometimes present at Emergency Departments (EDs). However, as emergency medical services are set up to provide rapid treatment for acute injury or illness; there is potential for misunderstanding and disappointment. Literature on the topic of ED staff attitudes toward chronic pain patients is minimal, USA-based and methodologically unsatisfying.

Dispensing doctor practices and community pharmacies: exploring the quality of pharmaceutical services.

Aims: This research sought (a) to investigate the similarities and differences in how pharmaceutical services are provided by community pharmacies (CPs) and dispensing doctor practices (DPs) and (b) to identify the issues relevant to determining the quality of pharmaceutical services in these settings.

Background: UK pharmaceutical services, including dispensing prescriptions and public health advice, can be provided from both (CP) and, in rural areas, (DP). While there is much similarity between CPs and DPs in the types of services provided, there is also the potential for variation in service quality across settings.

Men, rheumatoid arthritis, psychosocial impact and self-management: A narrative review.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease affecting fewer men than women. We systematically reviewed the literature on impact and self-management of rheumatoid arthritis in men. A total of 28 papers were included and grouped into two categories: psychosocial impact of rheumatoid arthritis, and coping and self-management.

Co-creation of information leaflets to meet the support needs of people living with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) through innovative use of wiki technology.

Objective: People living with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) experience frustration with the lack of knowledge and understanding of CRPS as a pain condition. We report on our attempt to address this issue.

Methods: People living with CRPS taking part in a larger study were invited to co-construct a CRPS wiki page that addressed the areas in which they had experienced the most difficulty.

Coping with chronic complex regional pain syndrome: advice from patients for patients.

Objective: To explore what advice people currently living with chronic complex regional pain syndrome would offer to another person coming to terms with a diagnosis of chronic complex regional pain syndrome.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews with 21 adults (5 male) living with chronic complex regional pain syndrome who had completed a complex regional pain syndrome rehabilitation programme were conducted.

Results: Effectively self-managing complex regional pain syndrome required individuals to play an active role.

Junior doctors' experiences of personal illness: a qualitative study.

Objectives: Professional status and working arrangements can inhibit doctors from acknowledging and seeking care for their own ill health. Research identifies that a culture of immunity to illness within the medical profession takes root during training. What happens when trainee doctors become unwell during their formative period of education and training? What support do they receive and how do they perceive that the experience of ill health affects their training trajectory? These research questions were developed by a multidisciplinary team of researchers and health professionals, who adopted a qualitative approach to investigate the experiences of personal illness among trainees in their Foundation Programme (FP) years.