Estimating the Reliability and Stability of Cognitive Processes Contributing to Responses on the Implicit Association Test.

Implicit measures were initially assumed to assess stable individual differences, but other perspectives posit that they reflect context-dependent processes. This pre-registered research investigates whether the processes contributing to responses on the race Implicit Association Test are temporally stable and reliably measured using multinomial processing tree modeling. We applied two models-the Quad model and the Process Dissociation Procedure-to six datasets ( = 2,036), each collected over two occasions, examined the within-measurement reliability and between-measurement stability of model parameters, and meta-analyzed the results.

Using an integrated competence model to evaluate a health visitor cascade training programme for the Family Resilience Assessment Instrument and Tool (FRAIT).

This paper reports on an evaluation of health visitor trainers' experience of a cascade training programme delivered in Wales, UK. Health visitors used Driscoll's model (What, So What, Now What) to organise their feedback and an integrated competence model developed by Weeks et al. was used to analyse the feedback via category analysis of free text.

Developing a family resilience assessment tool for health visiting/public health nursing practice using virtual commissioning, high-fidelity simulation and focus groups.

UK public health nurse assessment of family resilience is a necessary component of monitoring family health and children's development and identifying areas for change. This research was part of an exploration of Welsh public health nurses' understanding of 'family resilience' as a concept underpinning their practice. From it, the Family Resilience Assessment Instrument Tool (FRAIT www.

Prognostic factors and selection criteria in the retreatment of head and neck cancers.

Objectives: To determine predictors of treatment selection, outcome, and survival, we examined a cohort of previously irradiated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 100 patients at our institution who were treated for recurrent or second primary (RSP) HNSCC, focusing on subgroups receiving reirradiation (ReRT) alone and those undergoing surgical salvage (SS) with or without post-operative reirradiation therapy (POReRT). Logistic regression modeling was performed to identify factors predictive of retreatment modality.

Developing the health visitor concept of family resilience in Wales using Group Concept Mapping.

Introduction: A health visitor's ability to assess and analyse aspects of family resilience in daily practice is essential to enable practitioners to support families and facilitate positive lifestyle choices, and improve child health and developmental outcomes. The purpose of this research was to undertake an in-depth exploration of the concept of family resilience as understood by health visitors in Wales and to develop a concept map. This knowledge has been used to develop the Family Resilience Assessment Instrument Tool (FRAIT).

Depressive symptoms and actigraphy-measured circadian disruption predict head and neck cancer survival.

Objective: Depressive symptoms have demonstrated prognostic significance among head and neck cancer patients. Depression is associated with circadian disruption, which is prognostic in multiple other cancer types. We hypothesized that depressive symptoms would be associated with circadian disruption in head and neck cancer, that each would be related to poorer 2-year overall survival, and that relationships would be mediated by tumor response to treatment.

Protein kinase A activation inhibits gene expression in myotubes from patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is among the most prevalent of the adult-onset muscular dystrophies. FSHD causes a loss of muscle mass and function, resulting in severe debilitation and reduction in quality of life. Currently, only the symptoms of FSHD can be treated, and such treatments have minimal benefit.

Depressive symptoms predict head and neck cancer survival: Examining plausible behavioral and biological pathways.

Background: Head and neck cancers are associated with high rates of depression, which may increase the risk for poorer immediate and long-term outcomes. Here it was hypothesized that greater depressive symptoms would predict earlier mortality, and behavioral (treatment interruption) and biological (treatment response) mediators were examined.

Methods: Patients (n = 134) reported depressive symptomatology at treatment planning.

Relocating patients from a specialist homeless healthcare centre to general practices: a multi-perspective study.

Background: The relocation of formerly homeless patients eligible to transfer from a specialist homeless healthcare centre (SHHC) to mainstream general practices is key to patient integration in the local community. Failure to transition patients conferring eligibility for relocation may also negatively impact on SHHC service delivery.

Aim: To explore barriers and facilitators of relocation from the perspectives of formerly homeless patients and healthcare staff involved in their care.

HPV: a factor in organ preservation for locally advanced larynx and hypopharynx cancer?

Purpose/objective: To assess the interaction of HPV/p16 status and therapy rendered in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx and hypopharynx.

Materials And Methods: Forty-seven consecutive patients receiving definitive treatment between 2009 and 2011 for locally advanced larynx or hypopharynx cancer with high-risk HPV and/or p16 testing performed were identified and retrospectively investigated. Overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and local recurrence-free survival (LRFS) were assessed.

Risk factors for hemorrhage after chemoradiation for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Importance: Knowledge of the risk factors for oropharyngeal hemorrhage after chemoradiation therapy will guide clinicians in monitoring high-risk patients in order to prevent a life-threatening complication.

Objective: To determine risk factors for the development of oropharyngeal hemorrhage following chemoradiation therapy without surgery for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Design: Retrospective review of medical records of patients treated during the period January 2005 through December 2010.

Treatment outcome in the residually positive neck after definitive chemotherapy and irradiation.

Objective: Determine prevalence of viable malignancy in patients undergoing neck dissection (ND) for residual neck disease following concomitant chemotherapy and irradiation (chemo/xrt) for upper aerodigestive squamous carcinoma. To determine survival in groups with a neck complete response to those who had residual disease requiring neck dissection.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Development of a telehealth intervention for head and neck cancer patients.

Treatment for head and neck cancer precipitates a myriad of distressing symptoms. Patients may be isolated both physically and socially and may lack the self-efficacy to report problems and participate as partners in their care. The goal of this project was to design a telehealth intervention to address such isolation, develop patient self-efficacy, and improve symptom management during the treatment experience.

Children's views of hospitalization: an exploratory study of data collection.

Identifying children's views of their experience of hospitalization is essential to the development of appropriate services. Previous research has mainly concentrated on specific paediatric populations or negative aspects of their experience. This study had two aims.