The AERO study: A feasibility randomised controlled trial of individually tailored exercise adherence strategies based on a brief behavioural assessment for older people with musculoskeletal conditions.

Introduction: Exercise is a widely used treatment modality for older people with musculoskeletal conditions. The effectiveness of exercise programmes is limited by adherence. The aims of this study were to examine the acceptability and feasibility of the AERO intervention in facilitating exercise adherence in older people with musculoskeletal conditions, and to inform the design of a future randomised controlled trial.

Physiotherapists' perceptions of how patient adherence and non-adherence to recommended exercise for musculoskeletal conditions affects their practice: a qualitative study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore physiotherapists' perceptions of how patients' adherence and non-adherence to recommended exercise affects their practice.

Design: A qualitative study with a focus group and semi-structured interviews. The focus group and interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim.

Experiences of fatigue in daily life of people with acquired brain injury: a qualitative study.

Purpose: To develop an in-depth understanding of how survivors of acquired brain injury (ABI) experience fatigue and how fatigue affects everyday life.

Materials And Methods: We conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with 16 adults with ABI fatigue, recruited from support groups in south east UK. Interviews were analysed using the frameworks method.

A cross-sectional study exploring levels of physical activity and motivators and barriers towards physical activity in haemodialysis patients to inform intervention development.

Purpose: To describe physical activity (PA) levels and motivators and barriers to PA amongst haemodialysis (HD) patients and to identify an appropriate approach to increasing their PA.

Methods: A cross-sectional mixed methods study conducted in a tertiary and satellite HD unit. One hundred and one participants aged 18 years and over, receiving regular HD for at least four months, were recruited.

Patients experience of fatigue in advanced heart failure.

Explore the experience of living with fatigue in persons with advanced heart failure. Single-setting, qualitative interview study. In-depth interviews were conducted from November 2012 - June 2013.

Development of an e-health app to support women prescribed adjuvant endocrine therapy after treatment for breast cancer.

Background: Adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) is prescribed to women for 5-10 years after treatment for estrogen receptor positive (ER+ve), early-stage breast cancer. AET has proven effectiveness in reducing the risk of recurrence of breast cancer and mortality. However, adherence is known to be suboptimal with around 20% discontinuing by 2 years and up to 50% discontinuing by 5 years.

Factors affecting recruitment and retention of nurses who deliver clinical research: A qualitative study.

Aim: To provide a better understanding of the factors affecting recruitment and retention of clinical research nurses.

Design: Qualitative exploratory design.

Methods: An on-line questionnaire comprising open-ended and fixed-choice questions was completed by 121 clinical research nurses.

Adjuvant endocrine therapy after breast cancer: a qualitative study of factors associated with adherence.

Introduction: Despite evidence of the efficacy of adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) in reducing the risk of recurrence and mortality after treatment for primary breast cancer, adherence to AET is suboptimal. This study aimed to explore factors that influence adherence and nonadherence to AET following breast cancer to inform the development of supportive interventions.

Methods: Interviews were conducted with 32 women who had been prescribed AET, 2-4 years following their diagnosis of breast cancer.

Psychometric properties of the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire-adjuvant endocrine therapy (BMQ-AET) for women taking AETs following early-stage breast cancer.

This study evaluated the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire to explore adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy after treatment for breast cancer (BMQ-AET). Factor structure of the BMQ-AET was explored alongside internal consistency, convergent validity and acceptability. The BMQ-AET Specific Scale fitted the original 10 item model.

Exploration of dietary patterns and alcohol consumption in pregnant women in the UK: A mixed methods study.

Background: fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders is a term used to describe a range of physical, cognitive and behavioural deficits in the offspring of women who drank alcohol during pregnancy. A growing body of evidence suggests alcohol consumption in the presence of poor maternal nutrition may increase the risk of harm to the developing fetus.

Objective: to investigate relationships between maternal dietary patterns and alcohol consumption, and explore which factors influence women's decisions about what to eat and drink during pregnancy.

Living with breathlessness in chronic heart failure: a qualitative study.

Aims And Objectives: To explore how patients with Chronic Heart Failure describe their experiences of breathlessness, the pattern of their breathlessness, how daily life is affected and how they adjust to and manage these symptoms.

Background: Chronic Heart Failure is a highly prevalent syndrome often with poor outcomes and in a patient group who are predominately elderly. Breathlessness is the main symptom experienced by patients and often relates to decompensation and hospitalisation, yet subtle changes described by patients are often not discussed with health care professionals.

Patients' experience with cancer recurrence: a meta-ethnography.

Objective: Recurrence is a difficult stage in the cancer journey as it brings to the fore the life-threatening nature of the illness. This meta-ethnography examines and synthesises the findings of qualitative research regarding patients' experience of cancer recurrence.

Methods: A systematic search of the qualitative studies published between January 1994 to April 2014 was undertaken.

Dismantling the present and future threats of testicular cancer: a grounded theory of positive and negative adjustment trajectories.

Purpose: Testicular cancer commonly affects men in the prime of their lives. While survival rates are excellent, little previous research has examined men's experiences of adjustment to survivorship. We aimed to explore this issue in younger testicular cancer survivors.

'Falling through gaps': primary care patients' accounts of breakdowns in experienced continuity of care.

Background: Experienced continuity is important for good quality primary care but may be challenging to achieve. Little is known about how discontinuities or gaps in care may arise, how they impact on patients' experiences and how best to understand them so that they can be avoided or managed.

Objectives: Using the theoretical framework of candidacy, we aim to explore patients' experiences of discontinuities in care and to gain insight into how gaps come to be bridged and why they might remain unresolved.

Labouring women who used a birthing pool in obstetric units in Italy: prospective observational study.

Background: For women at low risk of childbirth complications, water immersion during labour is a care option in many high income countries. Our aims were (a) to describe maternal characteristics, intrapartum events, interventions, maternal and neonatal outcomes for all women who used a birthing pool during labour who either had a waterbirth or left the pool and had a landbirth, and for the subgroup of women who had a waterbirth in 19 obstetric units, and (b) to compare maternal characteristics, intrapartum events, interventions, and maternal and neonatal outcomes for women who used a birthing pool with a control group of women who did not use a birthing pool for whom we prospectively collected data in a single centre.

Methods: Prospective observational study in 19 Italian obstetric units 2002-2005.

Characteristics, interventions, and outcomes of women who used a birthing pool: a prospective observational study.

Background: Birthing pools are integrated into maternity care in the United Kingdom and are a popular care option for women in midwifery-led units and at home. The objective of this study was to describe and compare maternal characteristics, intrapartum events, interventions, and maternal and neonatal outcomes by planned place of birth for women who used a birthing pool.

Methods: A total of 8,924 women at low risk of childbirth complications were recruited from care settings in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

A qualitative study exploring the experience of the partners of cancer survivors and their views on the role of primary care.

Purpose: The partners of cancer survivors may experience distress, anxiety, fear and uncertainty whilst also caring for and supporting a partner who is ill. As they concentrate on the cancer survivor's needs, their own needs may remain unaddressed. Primary care staff may be well placed to support partners as they are generally accessible and may have a better knowledge of the patient's background and family relationships.

Partners and close family members of long-term cancer survivors: health status, psychosocial well-being and unmet supportive care needs.

Background: A cancer diagnosis can have a profound impact on partners and close family members of patients. Little is currently known about the long-term impact.

Objectives: The objective of this study is to describe health status, levels of anxiety and depression, unmet supportive care needs and positive outcomes in the partners/family members of breast, prostate and colorectal cancer survivors 5-16 years post-diagnosis.

Views of cancer care reviews in primary care: a qualitative study.

Background: The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) provides an incentive for practices to establish a cancer register and conduct a review with cancer patients within 6 months of diagnosis, but implementation is unknown.

Aim: To describe: (1) implementation of the QOF cancer care review; (2) patients' experiences of primary care over the first 3 years following a cancer diagnosis; (3) patients' views on optimal care; and (4) the views of primary care professionals regarding their cancer care.

Design Of Study: Qualitative study using thematic analysis and a framework approach.

The information needs of partners and family members of cancer patients: a systematic literature review.

Objective: This review examined the extent to which the information needs of partners and family members of cancer patients has been addressed in the literature.

Methods: We conducted a systematic search of four databases for papers published between 1998 and 2008 which assessed the information needs of partners and/or family members of adult cancer patients.

Results: Thirty-two papers were included in the review.

Changing constructions of informed consent: qualitative research and complex social worlds.

Informed consent is a concept which attempts to capture and convey what is regarded as the appropriate relationship between researcher and research participant. Definitions have traditionally emphasised respect for autonomy and the right to self-determination of the individual. However, the meaning of informed consent and the values on which it is based are grounded in society and the practicalities of social relationships.