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What do we know about hoarding behaviours among care-experienced children (CEC)? A systematic review Open
Objectives and methods Anecdotal evidence suggests a high prevalence of hoarding behaviours among care-experienced children (those in foster, residential, adoptive, or kinship care). This systematic review, aimed to examine the prevalence …
Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards Open
This paper contributes to the international literature examining design of inpatient settings for mental health care. Theoretically, it elaborates the connections between conceptual frameworks from different strands of literature relating …
Creating ‘therapeutic landscapes’ for mental health carers in inpatient settings: A dynamic perspective on permeability and inclusivity Open
Although there has been a shift toward treatment in the home and the community, in the UK inpatient facilities are still important in modern mental health care. ‘Informal carers’, including family members, often play an essential role, not…
Spaces for smoking in a psychiatric hospital: Social capital, resistance to control, and significance for ‘therapeutic landscapes’ Open
This paper reports on research framed by theories of therapeutic landscapes and the ways that the social, physical and symbolic dimensions of landscapes relate to wellbeing and healing. We focus especially on the question of how attributes…
Qualitative investigation of patient and carer experiences of everyday legal needs towards end of life Open
Background Legal issues are common in chronic illness. These include matters of daily life, such as problems with employment, finances and housing, where rights or entitlements are prescribed by law. They also include planning ahead, for e…
Legal needs of adults with life-limiting illness: what are they and how are they managed? A qualitative multiagency stakeholder exerciseLegal needs of adults with life-limiting illness: what are they and how are they managed? A qualitative multiagency stakeholder exercise Open
'Legal needs' incorporate wide-ranging issues, but there is inconsistency in perceptions among stakeholders. Practice is variable, risking unmet need. Opportunities for improvement include more formal integration of social welfare legal se…
Maximizing Telerehabilitation for Patients With Visual Loss After Stroke: Interview and Focus Group Study With Stroke Survivors, Carers, and Occupational Therapists Open
Background Visual field defects are a common consequence of stroke, and compensatory eye movement strategies have been identified as the most promising rehabilitation option. There has been a move toward compensatory telerehabilitation opt…
Maximizing Telerehabilitation for Patients With Visual Loss After Stroke: Interview and Focus Group Study With Stroke Survivors, Carers, and Occupational Therapists (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Visual field defects are a common consequence of stroke, and compensatory eye movement strategies have been identified as the most promising rehabilitation option. There has been a move toward compensatory telerehabilitation opt…
Maximising telerehabilitation following visual loss after stroke: Interviews and focus groups with stroke survivors, carers and occupational therapists Open
This study details an iterative process of liaising with stroke survivors, carers, and health care professionals to identify barriers and facilitators to using rehabilitation tools, as well as elements of good practice in telerehabilitation
O-17 Legal needs towards end of life: definition, experience and implications for policy and practice Open
Background Life-limiting illness generates an array of challenges for patients and carers but little is known about legal issues. There is no definition of legal issues in this context and limited integration of care across health, social,…
What were the impacts of the Committee on Safety of Medicines warning and publication of the NICE guidelines on trends in child and adolescent antidepressant prescribing in primary care? A population based study Open
Objectives To assess the impact of both the Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) warning (December 2003) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance (September 2005) on antidepressant prescription rates in c…
Low-volume versus high-volume initiated trans-anal irrigation therapy in adults with chronic constipation: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial Open
ISRCTN, identifier: ISRCTN11093872 . Registered on 11 November 2015. Trial not retrospectively registered. Protocol version 3 (22 January 2016).
The physical health of people who inject drugs: complexities, challenges, and continuity Open
PHYSICAL CHALLENGES FACED BY PATIENTSPatients using intravenous drugs have particular physical healthcare needs. 1 Drug-related death rates for patients using heroin and morphine have risen sharply recently. 2Nevertheless, drug overdoses a…
Narrow band imaging optical diagnosis of small colorectal polyps in routine clinical practice: the Detect Inspect Characterise Resect and Discard 2 (DISCARD 2) study Open
The study was registered with clinicaltrials.gov (NCT01603927).