Effects of frequent PATient moves on patient outcomes in a large tertiary Hospital (the PATH study): a prospective cohort study.

Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate the incidence of and patient outcomes associated with frequent patient moves. Methods In a prospective cohort study, any bed move and the reason for the move were documented. Patients were assessed on admission for anxiety, social support and delirium.

The experiences of newly graduated nurses during their first year of practice in the Sultanate of Oman - A case study.

Background: Studies have demonstrated that the transition experience of new graduate nurses is complex and frequently negative, leading to dissatisfaction with nursing and increased attrition. Existing studies of new graduate nurses' transition experiences tend to be concerned with the experiences of new graduate nurses in the West. To date, no study has been conducted examining the transition experience in any Middle Eastern country where the cultural context surrounding nursing education and practice is different.

Constructing the meaning of quality of life for residents in care homes in the Lebanon: perspectives of residents, staff and family.

Aim: Located in two care homes in Lebanon, the study explores the perspectives of quality of life for a sample of older residents, care staff and family caregivers.

Background: Quality of life for older people living in care homes is traditionally reported in the literature as a Westernised construct and so far little is known about its meanings from an Arabic cultural perspective and context. There is also a knowledge gap about the conditions of older people living in care homes in Lebanon.

Improving communication with palliative care cancer patients at home - A pilot study of SAGE & THYME communication skills model.

Purpose: To pilot an evidence-based communication skills model (SAGE & THYME) with UK District Nurses (DNs) who visit patients with advanced cancer early in the dying trajectory. Evidence suggests that DNs lack confidence in communication skills and in assessing cancer patients' psycho-social needs; also that they lack time. SAGE & THYME is a highly structured model for teaching patient centred interactions.

Illness characteristics and symptoms in an Irish early intervention for psychosis service.

Objectives: Study of illness characteristics and symptoms in a young population with psychosis can assist for understanding of their needs, and can inform service planning strategies. The aims of the current study were to describe illness characteristics and symptoms of a first episode psychosis (FEP) sample aged 25 years and under, and compare with a sample aged over 25 years.

Methods: Interviews were conducted for 437 individuals aged 16-65 years presenting with suspected psychosis between 2005 and 2012 in a defined catchment area (population of 390 000) using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV to determine the presence of a psychosis diagnosis.

Nursing therapeutics: Teaching student nurses care, compassion and empathy.

Background: Debate continues regarding whether humanitarian values such as care and compassion can be taught or are innate in individuals who wish to become nurses.

Objectives: To undertake a discursive review of the literature on caring, compassion and empathy. To understand the teaching and learning issues associated with these concepts.

An exploration of food and the lived experience of individuals after treatment for colorectal cancer using a phenomenological approach.

Background: There is a paucity of qualitative literature investigating people's experiences of food and nutrition after treatment for cancer. The present study aimed to explore people's relationships with food and nutrition throughout their colorectal cancer journey.

Methods: In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 participants who had undergone surgery for colorectal cancer.

Service user- and carer-reported measures of involvement in mental health care planning: methodological quality and acceptability to users.

Background: Increasing service user and carer involvement in mental health care planning is a key healthcare priority but one that is difficult to achieve in practice. To better understand and measure user and carer involvement, it is crucial to have measurement questionnaires that are both psychometrically robust and acceptable to the end user.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review using the terms "care plan$," "mental health," "user perspective$," and "user participation" and their linguistic variants as search terms.

Student help seeking from pastoral care in UK high schools: a qualitative study.

Background: Little is known about high school students' perceptions of school-based pastoral support. This study aimed to explore this in the context of a high school-based emotional support project.

Methods: Qualitative interviews explored perspectives on help seeking of students (N = 23) and staff (N = 27) in three UK high schools where a pastoral project was introduced.

Development and evaluation of culturally sensitive psychosocial interventions for under-served people in primary care.

Background: Psychological therapy is effective for symptoms of mental distress, but many groups with high levels of mental distress face significant barriers in terms of access to care, as current interventions may not be sensitive to their needs or their understanding of mental health. There is a need to develop forms of psychological therapy that are acceptable to these groups, feasible to deliver in routine settings, and clinically and cost effective.

Methods: We developed a culturally sensitive wellbeing intervention with individual, group and sign-posting elements, and tested its feasibility and acceptability for patients from ethnic minorities and older people in an exploratory randomised trial.

Supporting parents following childhood traumatic brain injury: a qualitative study to examine information and emotional support needs across key care transitions.

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and acquired disability in childhood. Research has demonstrated that TBI can lead to long-term physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural difficulties for children and parental stress. Less is known about how parents experience a childhood brain injury and their information and support needs.

The effect of stroke on foot kinematics and the functional consequences.

Background: Although approximately one-third of stroke survivors suffer abnormal foot posture and this can influence mobility, there is very little objective information regarding the foot and ankle after stroke.

Objective: As part of a programme of research examining foot and ankle biomechanics after stroke, we investigated multi-planar kinematics and the relationship with function.

Methods: In a single assessment session, static foot posture (Foot Posture Index); mobility limitations (Walking Handicap Scale) and multi-segment foot and ankle kinematics during stance phase of walking were measured in 20 mobile chronic stroke survivors and 15 sex and age-matched healthy volunteers.

Hospice support and the transition to adult services and adulthood for young people with life-limiting conditions and their families: a qualitative study.

Background: Transition to adult services and adulthood is now a prospect for young people with life-limiting conditions requiring palliative care. Little is known about their transition experiences or how children's hospices can support a young adult population during/following transition.

Aims: (1) To examine how young people with life-limiting conditions and their parents experience transition.

A qualitative evaluation of a pre-consultation guide intended to promote the participation of young people in asthma review consultations.

Objective: Young people's (age range 14-19 years) participation in consultations with health professionals can be limited. There has been little research into pre-consultation support for young people. This study evaluated a pre-consultation guide developed to promote young people's participation in asthma review consultations.

Observing pain management practice on a medical unit following changes arising from an action research study.

Aim: To describe pain assessment practice within a medical unit, to identify factors that may affect the assessment of pain and evaluate changes in practice.

Background: Pain is a problem for patients in all areas of a hospital, but its assessment and management on medical units had not been investigated. An initial assessment of practice found that pain was not consistently assessed and managed on the unit.

Trial participants' experiences of early enhanced speech and language therapy after stroke compared with employed visitor support: a qualitative study nested within a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To explore trial participants' experiences of the process and outcomes of early, enhanced speech and language therapy after stroke with support from an employed visitor.

Design: Qualitative study nested within a randomized controlled trial.

Participants: Twney-two people who, after stroke, had a diagnosis of aphasia (12), dysarthria (5) or both (5) and who participated in the ACT NoW study.

The challenges and realties of diaper area cleansing for parents.

Objective: To explore the complexities of diaper area cleansing reported by women participating in a randomized controlled trial designed to compare optimally formulated baby wipes (Johnson's Baby Skincare fragrance free wipe) with cotton wool and water.

Design: A mixed-method design incorporating quantitative and qualitative methods to explore maternal views and experiences of using baby wipes or cotton wool and water to cleanse their newborn's diaper area over an 8-week period.

Setting: Participants were recruited from a large regional maternity hospital in Northern England.

Early support visits by district nurses to cancer patients at home: a multi-perspective qualitative study.

Background: Many palliative cancer patients spend much of their last year at home. In the UK, district nurses make frequent support visits to patients and carers at this time, yet surprisingly little is known about their supportive role in palliative care. Current studies are limited to district nurses' reports of practice, which offer limited insight into their content.

Differences between community professional and patient perceptions of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatment outcomes: a qualitative study.

Aims And Objectives: This study aims to define, compare and order 'assessed needs and defined outcomes' of professional providers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease services with patients' 'prioritised needs and defined outcomes' and relate these to service provision.

Background: Long-term morbidity and death rates from respiratory diseases in the UK are increasing. Few studies report patient views and perceptions of needs or priorities for respiratory conditions in primary care.

The effect of guideline-consistent antiemetic therapy on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV): the Pan European Emesis Registry (PEER).

Background: While guidelines for preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) are widely available, clinical uptake of guidelines remains low. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of guideline-consistent CINV prophylaxis (GCCP) on patient outcomes.

Patients And Methods: This prospective, observational multicenter study enrolled chemotherapy-naive adults initiating single-day highly or moderately emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC or MEC) for cancer.

Adolescent client views towards the treatment of anorexia nervosa: a review of the literature.

This paper reviews current literature in which adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) were consulted about their views of their treatment. Published research was systematically retrieved and interrogated during 2009-2010 and analysed using a four-stage model. Eleven studies met the inclusion criteria.

The feasibility and acceptability of an approach to emotional wellbeing support for high school students.

Background:   Emotional wellbeing of young people has high global and national priority. UK high schools are under pressure to address this but lack evidence-based guidelines.

Method:   Students (N=23) (aged 11-16 years) and staff (N=27) from three urban UK high schools participated in qualitative interviews to explore the feasibility and acceptability of an approach to emotional wellbeing support.

Follow-up care in cancer: adjusting for referral targets and extending choice.

Background: Over recent years, several initiatives have impacted on the referral of patients to secondary care, most notably targets for urgent referral in suspected cancer and the patient choice agenda. At the same time, improved long-term survival in cancer has increased numbers attending follow-up, doubts about the effectiveness of specialist follow-up have emerged, and alternative models of follow-up have been tested.

Aim: The aim of the study was to explore patient and carer perspectives on the flexibility and responsiveness of cancer services.