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Namaste Care in nursing care homes with people with advanced dementia: protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial
Froggatt, Katherine; Patel , Shakil; Perez Algorta , Guillermo; Bunn, Frances; Burnside , Girvan; Coast , Joanna; Goodman, Claire; Dunleavy , Lesley; Hardwick, Ben; Kinley , Julie; Preston , Nancy; Walshe, Catherine (2018-11-25)Introduction Many people living with advanced dementia live and die in nursing care homes. The quality of life, care and dying experienced by these people is variable. Namaste Care is a multisensory programme of care ... -
Non-adherence to immunosuppressants following renal transplantation: a protocol for a systematic review
Hucker, Abigail; Bunn, Frances; Carpenter, Lewis; Lawrence, Christopher; Farrington, Kenneth; Sharma, Shivani (2017-09-28)Abstract Introduction Adherence to immunosuppressant medication is essential for renal transplant recipients. This review aims to summarise what is known about non-adherence, with a view to providing comprehensive evidence ... -
Nutritional support for head-injured patients
Perel, P.; Yanagawa, T.; Bunn, Frances; Roberts, I.; Wentz, R.; Pierro, A. (2004)Background: Head injury increases the body's metabolic responses, and therefore nutritional demands. Provision of an adequate supply of nutrients is associated with improved outcome. The best route for administering nutrition ... -
Palliative care for people with dementia living at home: a systematic review of interventions
Miranda, Rose; Bunn, Frances; Lynch, Jennifer; Van den Block, Lieve; Goodman, Claire (2019-07-01)Background: The European Association for Palliative Care White Paper defined optimal palliative care in dementia based on evidence and expert consensus. Yet, we know little on how to achieve this for people with dementia ... -
Parental perceptions regarding healthy behaviours for preventing overweight and obesity in young children : a systematic review of qualitative studies
Pocock, M.; Trivedi, Daksha; Wills, Wendy; Bunn, Frances; Magnusson, J. (2010)Evidence is increasingly pointing towards the importance of early life strategies to prevent childhood overweight and obesity. This systematic review synthesizes qualitative research concerning parental perceptions regarding ... -
Parenting Programmes for preventing tobacco, alcohol or drugs misuse in children under 18 : a systematic review
Petrie, J.; Bunn, Frances; Byrne, G. (2007)We conducted a systematic review of controlled studies of parenting programmes to prevent tobacco, alcohol or drug abuse in children under 18. We searched Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, specialised Register ... -
Post-licence driver education for the prevention of road traffic crashes
Ker, K.; Roberts, I.; Collier, T.; Beyer, F.; Bunn, Frances (2004)Background: Worldwide, each year over a million people are killed and some ten million people are permanently disabled in road traffic crashes. Post-licence driver education is used by many as a strategy to reduce traffic ... -
Post-licence driver education for the prevention of road traffic crashes : a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Ker, K.; Roberts, I.; Collier, T.; Beyer, F.; Bunn, Frances; Frost, C. (2005)The effectiveness of post-licence driver education for preventing road traffic crashes was quantified using a systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials. Searches of appropriate electronic databases, ... -
Preventing teenage pregnancy : Evidence from systematic reviews
Trivedi, Daksha; Bunn, Frances; Graham, Moira; Wentz, Reinhard (2007)We have recently undertaken an update of the review of reviews (Evidence briefing 2003) on behalf of NICE and in this chapter we briefly summarise the findings of the first review, report in more detail on the results of ... -
Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent surgical site infection after breast cancer surgey
Cunningham, M.; Bunn, Frances; Handscomb, K. (2006)Background: Surgery has been used as part of breast cancer treatment for centuries; however any surgical procedure has the potential risk of infection. Infection rates for surgical treatment of breast cancer are documented ... -
Psychosocial Factors That Shape Patient and Carer Experiences of Dementia Diagnosis and Treatment : A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies
Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire; Sworn, Katie; Rait, G.; Brayne, C. (2012-10-31)Early diagnosis and intervention for people with dementia is increasingly considered a priority, but practitioners are concerned with the effects of earlier diagnosis and interventions on patients and caregivers. This ... -
A qualitative comparison of care home staff and palliative care specialists’ experiences of providing end of life care to people living and dying with dementia in care homes in two countries: A focus group study
Handley, Melanie; Parker, Deborah; Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire (2022-01-01)Background: Palliative care for people with dementia dying in care homes is an important aspect of long-term care. Whilst there is consensus about the principles of palliative care, less is known about how care home staff ... -
Reducing and managing faecal incontinence in people with advanced dementia who are resident in care homes : protocol for a realist synthesis
Goodman, Claire; Rycroft Malone, Jo; Norton, Christine; Harari, Danielle; Harwood, Rowan; Roe, Brenda; Russell, Bridget; Fader, Mandy; Buswell, Marina; Drennan, Vari; Bunn, Frances (2015-07-10)Faecal incontinence (FI) is the involuntary loss of liquid or solid stool that is a social or hygienic problem. The prevalence of FI in residents of care homes is high, but it is not an inevitable consequence of old age ... -
Safety education of pedestrians for injury prevention
Duperrex, O.; Roberts, I.; Bunn, Frances (2002)Background: Each year about one million people die and about 10 million are seriously injured on the world's roads. Educational measures to teach pedestrians how to cope with the traffic environment are considered to be ... -
Safety education of pedestrians for injury prevention: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Bunn, Frances; Duperrex, O.; Roberts, I. (2002) -
The school nurse as navigator of the school health journey: developing the theory and evidence for policy
Brooks, F.; Kendall, S.; Bunn, Frances; Bindler, R.; Bruya, M. (2007) -
Setting priorities to inform assessment of care homes’ readiness to participate in healthcare innovation: a systematic mapping review and consensus process
Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire; Lynch, Jennifer; Handley, Melanie; Dening , Tom; Gordon , Adam (2020-02-05)Organisational context is known to impact on the successful implementation of healthcare initiatives in care homes. We undertook a systematic mapping review to examine whether researchers have considered organisational ... -
Shared decision-making for people living with dementia in extended care settings: a systematic review
Daly, Rachel; Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire (2018-06-09)Background Shared decision-making is recognised as an important element of person-centred dementia care. Objectives The aim of this review was to explore how people living with dementia and cognitive impairment can be ... -
Shared decision-making for people living with dementia in extended care settings: protocol for a systematic review
Daly, Rachel; Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire (2016-11-01)Introduction Approximately 450 000 people in the UK are living in care homes, 70% of whom are thought to have dementia or significant memory problems. This means that they may need support with day-to-day decisions about ... -
Simvastatin improves the sexual health-related quality of life in men aged 40 years and over with erectile dysfunction : Additional data from the Erectile Dysfunction and Statin trial
Trivedi, Daksha; Wellsted, D.; Collard, Jade; Kirby, Michael (2014-03-05)Background: Erectile dysfunction is prevalent in men over 40 years, affecting their quality of life and that of their partners. The aims of this study were:a)To evaluate the internal reliability of the male erectile ...