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View article: Eye donation in hospice and hospital palliative care settings: perceptions, practice, and service development needs – findings from a national survey
Eye donation in hospice and hospital palliative care settings: perceptions, practice, and service development needs – findings from a national survey Open
View article: Eye donation from palliative and hospice care contexts: the EDiPPPP mixed-methods study
Eye donation from palliative and hospice care contexts: the EDiPPPP mixed-methods study Open
Background Over 2 million people in the United Kingdom are living with sight loss with costs to the United Kingdom economy reported as £4.34 billion annually. Conditions that lead to sight loss and impaired vision can be treated if eye tis…
View article: The potential for eye donation from hospice and palliative care clinical settings in England: a retrospective case note review of deceased patients' records
The potential for eye donation from hospice and palliative care clinical settings in England: a retrospective case note review of deceased patients' records Open
There is a need to identify additional routes of supply for ophthalmic tissue in the UK. This paper reports the findings from a national study exploring the potential for eye donation (ED) from three Hospice Care (HC) and three Hospital Pa…
View article: 7 Current practice of healthcare professionals in hospice and hospital palliative care settings related to eye donationas part of end-of-life care: a national survey
7 Current practice of healthcare professionals in hospice and hospital palliative care settings related to eye donationas part of end-of-life care: a national survey Open
Findings from this survey indicate a paradoxical stance toward ED among HCPs in hospice and palliative care settings; that is, substantial support for and positive attitudes toward inclusion of ED in end-of-life planning (including within …
View article: 10 Eye donation in palliative and hospice care settings: patient views and missed opportunities!
10 Eye donation in palliative and hospice care settings: patient views and missed opportunities! Open
It is imperative that patients who would want to be a donor are identified and assessed for eligibility for donation as part of high-quality end of life care. It is clear from studies reported over the past 10 years that not a lot has chan…
View article: 12 The potential for eye donationfrom hospice and palliative care clinical settings in England – a retrospective case notes review of deceased patient records
12 The potential for eye donationfrom hospice and palliative care clinical settings in England – a retrospective case notes review of deceased patient records Open
Significant potential exists for eye donation from the clinical sites in this study. This potential is not currently being realised. In view of the predicted increase in need for ophthalmic tissue it is essential that the potential route t…
View article: Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: a normalisation process theory coding manual for qualitative research and instrument development
Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: a normalisation process theory coding manual for qualitative research and instrument development Open
View article: Systematic Reviews and Quality Appraisal of<i>In Vitro</i>Cancer Studies: Investigation of Current Practice
Systematic Reviews and Quality Appraisal of<i>In Vitro</i>Cancer Studies: Investigation of Current Practice Open
Detailed investigation of reviews of cancer-relevant in vitro studies indicates need for further development and use of robust search strategies, appropriate quality assessment tools, and researchers with relevant skills.
View article: O-19 Eye donation in palliative and hospice care settings: patient views and missed opportunities
O-19 Eye donation in palliative and hospice care settings: patient views and missed opportunities Open
Background: there is a global shortage of donated eye tissue for use in sight saving and sight restoring operations such as corneal transplantation.
Patients who die in palliative and hospice care settings could potentially donat…
Patients who die in palliative and hospice care settings could potentially donat…
View article: Evaluating Implementation Contexts, Mechanisms, and Outcomes: A Normalization Process Theory Coding Manual for Qualitative Research and Instrument Development
Evaluating Implementation Contexts, Mechanisms, and Outcomes: A Normalization Process Theory Coding Manual for Qualitative Research and Instrument Development Open
Background. Qualitative studies, especially those conducted by teams of researchers, may benefit from clearly structured, parsimonious, coding manuals. The process of creating rigorous and robust coding manuals for individual studies is ra…
View article: Family refusal of eye tissue donation from potential solid organ donors: a retrospective analysis of summary and free-text data from the UK National Health Service Blood and Transplant Services (NHS-BT) National Referral Centre (1 April 2014 to 31 March 2017)
Family refusal of eye tissue donation from potential solid organ donors: a retrospective analysis of summary and free-text data from the UK National Health Service Blood and Transplant Services (NHS-BT) National Referral Centre (1 April 2014 to 31 March 2017) Open
Objectives Long-standing undersupply of eye tissue exists both in the UK and globally, and the UK National Health Service Blood and Transplant Service (NHSBT) has called for further research exploring barriers to eye donation. This study a…
View article: Barriers and Facilitators to Eye Donation in Hospice and Palliative Care Settings: A Scoping Review
Barriers and Facilitators to Eye Donation in Hospice and Palliative Care Settings: A Scoping Review Open
Background: The need for eye tissue for use in sight saving and sight restoring surgery is a global issue. Approximately 53% of the world's population has no access to interventions such as corneal transplantation. Low levels of eye tissue…
View article: Determining the level of data sharing, and number of publications, from research databases that have been given a favourable opinion by UK research ethics committees
Determining the level of data sharing, and number of publications, from research databases that have been given a favourable opinion by UK research ethics committees Open
Objective To determine data sharing and number of publications coming from research databases that have been given a favourable opinion by UK National Health Service (NHS) Research Ethics Committees (RECs). Design Cohort study. Inclusion c…
View article: A Systematic Approach to Review of in vitro Methods in Brain Tumour Research (SAToRI-BTR): Development of a Preliminary Checklist for Evaluating Quality and Human Relevance
A Systematic Approach to Review of in vitro Methods in Brain Tumour Research (SAToRI-BTR): Development of a Preliminary Checklist for Evaluating Quality and Human Relevance Open
Through a systematic process of collating assessment criteria and subjecting these to expert review, SAToRI-BTR has resulted in preliminary guidance for appraisal of in vitro brain tumour studies. Further development of this guidanc…
View article: Free‐text patient experience data inform service development
Free‐text patient experience data inform service development Open
Understanding patients' experiences of treatment and care is essential to effective service development, and is therefore a common topic of investigation for clinicians and health-service researchers. For service development, different kin…
View article: Implementing professional behaviour change in teams under pressure: results from phase one of a prospective process evaluation (the<i>Implementing Nutrition Screening in Community Care for Older People</i>(INSCCOPe) project)
Implementing professional behaviour change in teams under pressure: results from phase one of a prospective process evaluation (the<i>Implementing Nutrition Screening in Community Care for Older People</i>(INSCCOPe) project) Open
Objectives To evaluate the implementation of a new procedure for screening and treatment of malnutrition for older people in community settings and to identify factors promoting or inhibiting its implementation as a routine aspect of care.…
View article: What factors promote or inhibit implementation of a new procedure for screening and treatment of malnutrition in community settings? A prospective process evaluation of the<i>Implementing Nutrition Screening in Community Care for Older People</i>(INSCCOPe) project (UK)
What factors promote or inhibit implementation of a new procedure for screening and treatment of malnutrition in community settings? A prospective process evaluation of the<i>Implementing Nutrition Screening in Community Care for Older People</i>(INSCCOPe) project (UK) Open
Introduction Malnutrition remains underdetected, undertreated and often overlooked by those working with older people in primary care in the UK. A new procedure for screening and treatment of malnutrition is currently being implemented by …
View article: Implementing and Embedding Health Informatics Systems – Understanding Organizational Behaviour Change Using Normalization Process Theory (NPT)
Implementing and Embedding Health Informatics Systems – Understanding Organizational Behaviour Change Using Normalization Process Theory (NPT) Open
Successful implementation of health informatics systems depends not only on efficient performance of intended tasks, but also integration into existing working relationships and environments. Implementation is an understudied area in healt…
View article: Using Normalization Process Theory in feasibility studies and process evaluations of complex healthcare interventions: a systematic review
Using Normalization Process Theory in feasibility studies and process evaluations of complex healthcare interventions: a systematic review Open
View article: The process of incorporating insulin pumps into the everyday lives of people with Type 1 diabetes: A critical interpretive synthesis
The process of incorporating insulin pumps into the everyday lives of people with Type 1 diabetes: A critical interpretive synthesis Open
Background Insulin pump therapy ( IPT ) is a technological advancement that has been developed to help people manage Type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, ways of managing diabetes requiring the implementation of health technologies bring new co…
View article: Differences in experiences of care between patients diagnosed with metastatic cancer of known and unknown primaries: mixed-method findings from the 2013 cancer patient experience survey in England
Differences in experiences of care between patients diagnosed with metastatic cancer of known and unknown primaries: mixed-method findings from the 2013 cancer patient experience survey in England Open
Objectives To explore differences in experiences of care reported in the Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES) between patients with cancer of unknown primary (CUP) and those with metastatic disease of known primary (non-CUP); to determi…
View article: Exploring experiences of cancer care in Wales: a thematic analysis of free-text responses to the 2013 Wales Cancer Patient Experience Survey (WCPES)
Exploring experiences of cancer care in Wales: a thematic analysis of free-text responses to the 2013 Wales Cancer Patient Experience Survey (WCPES) Open
Objectives To provide the first systematic analysis of a national (Wales) sample of free-text comments from patients with cancer, to determine emerging themes and insights regarding experiences of cancer care in Wales. Design Thematic anal…
View article: Development and testing of a text-mining approach to analyse patients’ comments on their experiences of colorectal cancer care
Development and testing of a text-mining approach to analyse patients’ comments on their experiences of colorectal cancer care Open
Background Quality of cancer care may greatly impact on patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Free-text responses to patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) provide rich data but analysis is time and resource-intensive. This …