Browsing by Author "Devane, Declan"
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Sexual counselling for sexual problems in patients with cardiovascular disease (Review)
Byrne, Molly; Devane, Declan (Wiley, 2016-02-24)Background: Sexual problems are common among people with cardiovascular disease. Although clinical guidelines recommend sexual counselling for patients and their partners, there is little evidence on its effectiveness. ... -
Swat-1: the effectiveness of a ‘site visit’ intervention on recruitment rates in a multi-centre randomised trial
Smith, Valerie; Clarke, Mike; Begley, Cecily; Devane, Declan (Springer Nature, 2015-05-10)Background: Recruitment rates in multi-centre randomised trials often fall below target recruitment rates, causing problems for study outcomes. The Studies Within A Trial (SWAT) Programme, established by the All-Ireland ... -
The cost-effectiveness of a structured education pulmonary rehabilitation programme for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: the prince cluster randomised trial
Gillespie, Paddy; O'Shea, Eamon; Casey, Dympna; Murphy, Kathy; Devane, Declan; Cooney, Adeline; Mee, Lorraine; Kirwan, Collette; McCarthy, Bernard; Newell, John; , (BMJ, 2013-11-01)Objective To assess the cost-effectiveness of a structured education pulmonary rehabilitation programme (SEPRP) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) relative to usual practice in primary care. The programme ... -
The effectiveness of a structured education pulmonary rehabilitation programme for improving the health status of people with moderate and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: the prince cluster randomised trial
Casey, Dympna; Murphy, Kathy; Devane, Declan; Cooney, Adeline; McCarthy, Bernard; Mee, Lorraine; Newell, John; O'Shea, Eamon; Scarrott, Carl; Gillespie, Paddy; Kirwan, Collette; Murphy, Andrew W (BMJ, 2013-06-04)Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a structured education pulmonary rehabilitation programme on the health status of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Design Two-arm, cluster randomised ... -
The effectiveness of physiologically based early warning or track and trigger systems after triage in adult patients presenting to emergency departments: a systematic review
Wuytack, Francesca; Meskell, Pauline; Conway, Aislinn; McDaid, Fiona; Santesso, Nancy; Hickey, Fergal G.; Gillespie, Paddy; Raymakers, Adam J. N.; Smith, Valerie; Devane, Declan (Springer Nature, 2017-12-01)Background: Changes to physiological parameters precede deterioration of ill patients. Early warning and track and trigger systems (TTS) use routine physiological measurements with pre-specified thresholds to identify ... -
The use of anti stretch marks’ products by women in pregnancy: a descriptive, cross-sectional survey
Brennan, Miriam; Clarke, Mike; Devane, Declan (Springer Nature, 2016-09-21)Background: Stretch marks (Striae gravidarum) are a cutaneous change occurring commonly during pregnancy. A variety of products are available and promoted as ways to prevent or reduce their development, but it is not clear ... -
Trial forge guidance 1: what is a study within a trial (swat)?
Treweek, Shaun; Bevan, Simon; Bower, Peter; Campbell, Marion; Christie, Jacquie; Clarke, Mike; Collett, Clive; Cotton, Seonaidh; Devane, Declan; El Feky, Adel; Flemyng, Ella; Galvin, Sandra; Gardner, Heidi; Gillies, Katie; Jansen, Jan; Littleford, Roberta; Parker, Adwoa; Ramsay, Craig; Restrup, Lynne; Sullivan, Frank; Torgerson, David; Tremain, Liz; Westmore, Matthew; Williamson, Paula R. (Springer Nature, 2018-02-23)Randomised trials are a central component of all evidence-informed health care systems and the evidence coming from them helps to support health care users, health professionals and others to make more informed decisions ... -
Using case study within a sequential explanatory design to evaluate the impact of specialist and advanced practice roles on clinical outcomes: the scape study
Lalor, Joan G; Casey, Dympna; Elliott, Naomi; Coyne, Imelda; Comiskey, Catherine; Higgins, Agnes; Murphy, Kathy; Devane, Declan; Begley, Cecily (Springer Nature, 2013-04-08)Background: The role of the clinical nurse/midwife specialist and advanced nurse/midwife practitioner is complex not least because of the diversity in how the roles are operationalised across health settings and within ... -
Woman-centred care during pregnancy and birth in ireland: thematic analysis of women’s and clinicians’ experiences
Hunter, Andrew; Devane, Declan; Houghton, Catherine; Grealish, Annmarie; Tully, Agnes; Smith, Valerie (Springer Nature, 2017-09-25)Background: Recent policy and service provision recommends a woman-centred approach to maternity care. Midwifeled models of care are seen as one important strategy for enhancing women's choice; a core element of woman-centred ... -
Women-centred interventions to increase vaginal birth after caesarean section (vbac): a systematic review
Nilsson, Christina; Lundgren, Ingela; Smith, Valerie; Vehvilainen-Julkunen, Katri; Nicoletti, Jane; Devane, Declan; Bernloehr, Annette; van Limbeek, Evelien; Lalor, Joan; Begley, Cecily (Elsevier BV, 2015-07-01) -
Women’s preferences for childbirth experiences in the republic of ireland; a mixed methods study
Larkin, Patricia; Begley, Cecily M.; Devane, Declan (Springer Nature, 2017-01-10)Background: How women experience childbirth is acknowledged as critical to the postnatal wellbeing of mother and baby. However there is a knowledge deficit in identifying the important elements of these experiences in order ...