'After last time, would you trust them?' - Rebuilding trust in midwives after a traumatic birth.

Aim: To explore the processes pregnant women used to rebuild their trust in midwives and obstetricians, after a previous traumatic birth.

Design: A longitudinal feminist constructivist Grounded Theory methods study, using semi-structured interviews to investigate how women made sense of their journeys through pregnancy and maternity care, when they had previously experienced a traumatic birth.

Setting: Nine UK women were recruited in early pregnancy via the internet and social media, and were interviewed three times during the perinatal period.

Women's experiences of using the Alexander Technique in the postpartum: '…in a way, it's just as beneficial as sleep'.

Background: The postpartum is a transitional period and potentially challenging time of heightened vulnerability for women where self-care is compromised. Mothers can ignore their needs while prioritising baby care. The Alexander Technique (AT) is a holistic self-management technique shown to be effective in managing some psycho-physical tension issues and heightening self-efficacy and self-care.

A systematic exploration of a perinatal wellbeing framework through women's experiences of lumbo-pelvic pain.

Background: Women's wellbeing during the perinatal period has received increasing attention in research, policy and practice, but is often poorly defined and conceptualised. We have developed a framework of perinatal wellbeing (PWB) which we will refine further in this review, using the example of lumbo-pelvic pain (LPP). Perinatal LPP, which includes lower back pain (LBP) and pelvic girdle pain (PGP), is common and can significantly affect women's wellbeing.

Healthy ageing in a deprived northern UK city: A co-creation study.

With ageing comes an increased risk of poor health and social isolation, particularly in poorer populations. Older people are under-represented in research and as a result interventions may not take account of their context or barriers to participation. In co-creative work, future service users work with professionals on an equal basis to design, develop and produce a service or intervention.

Conceptualising women's perinatal well-being: A systematic review of theoretical discussions.

Background: Perinatal well-being has increasingly become the focus of research, clinical practice and policy. However, attention has mostly been on a reductionist understanding of well-being based on a mind-body duality. Conceptual clarity around what constitutes well-being beyond this is lacking.

"It Can't Be Like Last Time" - Choices Made in Early Pregnancy by Women Who Have Previously Experienced a Traumatic Birth.

A significant number of women experience childbirth as traumatic. These experiences are often characterized by a loss of control coupled with a perceived lack of support and inadequate communication with health care providers. Little is known about the choices women make in subsequent pregnancy(s) and birth(s), or why they make these choices.

Hospital staff experiences of their relationships with adults who self-harm: A meta-synthesis.

Purpose: This review aimed to synthesize qualitative literature exploring inpatient hospital staff experiences of their relationships with people who self-harm.

Methods: Nine studies were identified from a systematic search of five research databases. Papers included the experiences of physical health and mental health staff working in inpatient settings.

A qualitative exploration of responses to self-compassion in a non-clinical sample.

Research suggests that being self-compassionate can have myriad benefits, including life satisfaction, health-promoting behaviours and improved mental health. Given the possible advantages of being self-compassionate, it seems critical to explore how to promote this in the general population. This qualitative study aimed to understand responses to the idea of being compassionate to oneself within the general population.

Food choice by people with intellectual disabilities at day centres: A qualitative study.

People with intellectual disabilities experience a range of health inequalities. It is important to investigate possible contributory factors that may lead to these inequalities. This qualitative study identified some difficulties for healthy eating in day centres.

The psychological impact of overactive bladder: A systematic review.

This review aimed to provide an overview of the current research on the psychological impact of overactive bladder. A systematic search yielded 32 papers. It was found that people with overactive bladder tended to have greater levels of depression, anxiety and embarrassment/shame; difficulties with social life; impact on sleep and sexual relationships; and a lower quality of life than people without overactive bladder.

An exploration of pregnant teenagers' views of the future and their decisions to continue or terminate their pregnancy: implications for nursing care.

Aims And Objectives: To explore teenagers' views of the future in relation to their choices to continue or terminate pregnancy.

Background: Despite recent decreases in the numbers of teenage pregnancies, across the world, the teenage pregnancy rate remains high. Consideration of views of the future (future orientation) appears to play an important part in teenage girls' decisions to continue with pregnancy.

Targeted group-based interventions in schools to promote emotional well-being: a systematic review.

The school environment offers significant opportunities to deliver psychological interventions to groups of young people in the UK. However, the nature and effectiveness of programmes are not consistently documented. This systematic review aimed to identify and examine group-based interventions delivered in UK schools.

The impact of pre-treatment weight-loss expectations on weight loss, weight regain, and attrition in people who are overweight and obese: a systematic review of the literature.

Purpose:  Research exploring the relationships between initial weight-loss expectations with actual outcome in terms of weight loss, weight regain, and attrition/attendance suggests contradictory findings. The purpose of this review was to collate research exploring the impact of weight-loss expectations on weight loss, weight regain, and attendance/attrition. It was hoped this would further the current understanding of the relationship between expectations and outcome.

Lower urinary tract symptoms in men: self-perceptions and the concept of bother.

Objective: To explore the meaning that men attach to their experiences of having lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and to understand 'bother' in the context of those meanings.

Patients And Methods: Sixteen men with symptoms suggestive of LUTS and/or an enlarged prostate were recruited from the outpatient urology clinic of a London teaching hospital. They were assessed before or shortly after their first appointment, during which demographic information, including age, occupation, marital status and ethnicity, was obtained and an individualized repertory grid was completed.

Returning home after intensive care: a comparison of symptoms of anxiety and depression in ICU and elective cardiac surgery patients and their relatives.

Objective: This study gathered data on symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients and relatives after discharge from intensive care and examined whether the intensive care population differ from an elective cardiac surgery group with regards to their anxiety and depression symptom reporting.

Design And Setting: A single measurement point matched group comparison study in an ICU follow-up programme.

Patients And Participants: Twenty ICU patients and their relatives and a matched comparison group of 15 elective cardiac surgery patients and their relatives.

Men's experiences of having lower urinary tract symptoms: factors relating to bother.

Objective: To gain an understanding of men's experiences of having lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and of bother, a principle determinant of whether a patient has an intervention for LUTS.

Patients And Methods: Data were collected on 75 patients with LUTS presenting to a urology outpatient clinic. Men completed a questionnaire asking about their symptoms, bother, mood and perceptions about LUTS.

Masculinity, infertility, stigma and media reports.

There is growing concern about the health of men in the developed West. Compared with women they have higher rates of morbidity and mortality and are less likely to seek out and employ medical services. Several authors have drawn on social constructionist models, such as the concept of hegemonic masculinity, to account for these gender differences in risk and behaviour.

Men and chronic illness: a qualitative study of LUTS.

In order to determine how men react to and manage chronic conditions 16 men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) were interviewed to examine the relationship between detecting symptoms and seeking medical help, perceptions of symptoms and the impact of symptoms on daily life. Transcripts were analysed employing IPA and four major themes identified: Uncertainty/Trying to understand, Implications, Ways of coping and Self-concept/Identity. Uncertainty about the nature and origins of their condition and its gradual onset contributed to the delay in seeking medical advice.