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PPARs and pain
(Wiley, 2018-04-21)Chronic pain is a common cause of disability worldwide and remains a global health and socio-economic challenge. Current analgesics are either ineffective in a significant proportion of patients with chronic pain or ... -
Practical tips for supporting clinicians undertaking a part-time PhD
(Association for Medical Education in Europe and F1000Research, 2020-09-16)Background: Part-time PhD students are often neglected in research and policy. Clinicians who decide to undertake a PhD usually do so on a part-time basis. It is important that supervisors are aware of the unique challenges ... -
Practice brief: A framework for promoting positive mental health and wellbeing in the European youth sector
(World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion Research, National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-10)Suggested citation: Kuosmanen, T., Dowling, K. and Barry, M.M., (2020). Practice Brief: A Framework for Promoting Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing in the European Youth Sector. A Practice Brief produced as part of the ... -
The precision and robustness of published protocols for disc diffusion assays of antimicrobial agent susceptibility: an inter-laboratory study
(Elsevier, 2004-02-02)The precision of the disc diffusion protocols previously published by Alderman and Smith (Aquaculture 196 (2002) 211) was analysed in a seven-laboratory trial using Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 as the test strain. Discs ... -
Preclinical evaluation of Millipede 088 intracranial aspiration catheter in cadaver and in vitro thrombectomy models
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020-06-30)Background Larger bore aspiration catheters are expected to significantly improve the speed and completeness of acute stroke revascularization. Objective To evaluate the navigability and clot retrieval performance of a ... -
Predictors of quality of life gains among people with type 1 diabetes participating in the Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) structured education programme
(Elsevier, 2012-11)Aims: To examine predictors of quality of life gains among people with type 1 diabetes following the Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) self-management training programme.Methods: Clinical and questionnaire data ... -
The prefrontal cortical endocannabinoid system modulates fear–pain interactions in a subregion‐specific manner
(Wiley, 2018-05-30)Background and Purpose The emotional processing and coordination of top‐down responses to noxious and conditioned aversive stimuli involves the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Evidence suggests that subregions of the ... -
Prenatal exposure to valproic acid reduces social responses and alters mRNA levels of opioid receptor and pre-pro-peptide in discrete brain regions of adolescent and adult male rats
(Elsevier, 2020-01-21)Altered social behaviours are a hallmark of several psychiatric and developmental disorders. Clinical and preclinical data have demonstrated that prenatal exposure to valproic acid (VPA), an anti-epileptic and mood stabiliser, ... -
Preparing New Doctors for Clinical Practice: An Evaluation of Pre-Internship Training
(2012)A consistent finding in the literature is that newly graduated medical students often do not possess the basic skills required to perform their job. Training designed to prepare newly graduated medical students for internship ... -
Prevalence and co-variates of burnout in consultant hospital doctors: burnout in consultants in Ireland Study (BICDIS)
(Springer Verlag, 2018-08-20)Objectives Burnout is prevalent among doctors and affects the quality of patient care. Little research on burnout in consultant-level doctors has been done. The objective of this study was to measure burnout in the hospital ... -
Prevalence of burnout among Irish general practitioners: a cross-sectional study
(Springer, 2016-01-23)Burnout constitutes a significant problem among physicians which impacts negatively upon both the doctor and their patients. Previous research has indicated that burnout is prevalent among primary care physicians in other ... -
The prevalence of ill-treatment and bullying at work in Ireland
(Emerald, 2020-02-20)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the prevalence of ill-treatment and bullying experienced by Irish workers and to explore individual and organisational predictors. The most recent national figures available ... -
The prevalence, impact and cost of chronic non-cancer pain in Irish primary schoolchildren (PRIME-C): protocol for a longitudinal school-based survey
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015-05-14)Introduction Previous research has indicated that pain influences children's daily lives, resulting in absence from school, sleep problems, poor school performance and problems with social activities. Our study aims to ... -
Prevention of neonatal pressure injuries
(Elsevier, 2017-10-27)Pressure injuries in the neonatal unit can cause infection, unnecessary pain and have the potential for scarring. However there is a dearth of information available on this topic. Preventative strategies to address pressure ... -
Priorities for implementing the promotion of mental health and primary prevention of mental disorder: Technical Evidence Paper
(HPRC, NUI Galway, 2014-06-18)Good mental health is an integral component of population health and wellbeing and contributes to the functioning of individuals, families, communities and the social and economic prosperity of society [1,2]. Promoting ... -
Proactive esophageal cooling during laser cardiac ablation: A computer modeling study
(Wiley, 2024-03-04)Background and Objectives Laser ablation is increasingly used to treat atrial fibrillation (AF). However, atrioesophageal injury remains a potentially serious complication. While proactive esophageal cooling (PEC) reduces ... -
Problem alcohol use among problem drugs users in primary care: a qualitative study of what patients think about screening and treatment
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Problem alcohol use is common and associated with considerable adverse outcomes among patients who attend primary care in Ireland and other European countries for opiate substitution treatment. This paper ... -
A process evaluation of the National drug awareness campaign.
(2008-04)In response to the National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008 a national mass media awareness campaign was undertaken from May 2003 to December 2005 with the aim of highlighting the facts about drug misuse and increasing awareness ... -
The profile of patients with venous leg ulcers: A systematic review and global perspective
(Elsevier, 2020-08-13)A holistic profile that includes demographic, medical history and wound characteristics of individuals with venous leg ulceration is lacking. Lack of such a profile negatively impacts the ability to develop interventions ... -
Programme implementation in schools: conceptualisations from Irish teachers
(Emerald, 2018-10-01)Purpose School-based programmes face a variety of personal, environmental and organisational challenges to implementation. Stakeholders can provide crucial contextual information to improve implementation. The purpose of ...