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Cantrell A, Booth A, Chambers D. Signposting services for people with health and care needs: a rapid realist review. HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE DELIVERY RESEARCH 2024; 12:1-86. [PMID: 39239879 DOI: 10.3310/gart5103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/07/2024]
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Background Signposting typically refers to an informal process that involves giving information to patients to enable them to access external services and support. It is perceived to reduce demand on primary care and other urgent care services. Methods This focused realist review was conducted rapidly within time constraints. Searches to identify theory were undertaken on MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Social Sciences Citation Index in June 2022 for research published in English from 2016. We selected 22 publications and extracted programme theories from these to develop three priority questions: Question 1: What do people with health and social care needs require from a signposting service to believe it is valuable? Question 2: What resources do providers require to confidently deliver an effective signposting service? Question 3: Under what circumstances should commissioners commission generic or specialist signposting services? Purposive searching was conducted to find a rich sample of studies. UK studies were prioritised to optimise the applicability of synthesis findings. Results The review included 27 items, 4 reviews and 23 studies, a mix of qualitative, evaluations and case studies. Service users value a joined-up response that helps them to navigate the available resources. Key features include an understanding of their needs, suggestion of different options and a summary of recommended actions. Only a small number of service user needs are met by signposting services alone; people with complex health and social care needs often require extended input and time. Front-line providers of signposting services require appropriate training, ongoing support and supervision, good knowledge of relevant and available activities and an ability to match service users to appropriate resources. Front-line providers need to offer a flexible response targeted at user needs. Commissioned signposting services in England (no studies from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) are highly diverse in terms of client groups, staff delivering the service, referral routes and role descriptions. A lack of service evaluation poses a potential barrier to effective commissioning. A shortage of available services in the voluntary and community sector may limit the effectiveness of signposting services. Commissioners should ensure that referrals target intensive support at patients most likely to benefit in the longer term. Conclusions Signposting services need greater clarity of roles and service expectations to facilitate evaluation. Users with complex health and social care needs require intensive, repeat support from specialist services equipped with specific knowledge and situational understanding. A tension persists between efficient (transactional) service provision with brief referral and effective (relational) service provision, underpinned by competing narratives. Do signposting services represent 'diversion of unwanted demand from primary care/urgent care services' or 'improved quality of care through a joined-up response by health, social care and community/voluntary services'? Limitations This realist review was conducted within a tight time frame with a potential impact on methodology; for example, the use of purposive searching may have resulted in omission of relevant evidence. Future work Signposting services require service evaluation and consideration of the issue of diversity. Study registration This study is registered as PROSPERO CRD42022348200. Funding This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health and Social Care Delivery Research programme (NIHR award ref: NIHR130588) and is published in full in Health and Social Care Delivery Research; Vol. 12, No. 26. See the NIHR Funding and Awards website for further award information.
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Bouchard EG, Prince MA, McCarty C, Vincent PC, Patel H, LaValley SA, Collins RL, Sahler OJZ, Krenz T, Kelly KM. Understanding social network support, composition, and structure among cancer caregivers. Psychooncology 2023; 32:408-417. [PMID: 36588195 PMCID: PMC10520919 DOI: 10.1002/pon.6087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We examined the social network support, composition, and structure of pediatric cancer caregivers. METHODS We used a self-report survey to collect egocentric social network data from 107 caregivers of pediatric cancer patients and calculated descriptive statistics to examine cancer-related support network composition, function, and structure. We then ran logistic regressions to examine the relationships between network characteristics and overall satisfaction with social support. RESULTS Family members were the most common source of emotional support and logistical support, and health care providers were the most common source of informational support. Participants perceived the "most helpful" forms of support as being: (1) emotional support from family and health care providers; (2) informational support from health care providers and other cancer caregivers; and (3) logistical support from family. Overall, caregivers wished that 9.8% of their network ties had provided more support, with family members being the most common alter type to disappoint caregivers and offer less support than needed/expected. Caregivers who reported higher network disappointment (having network members who offered less support than needed/expected) were significantly less satisfied with emotional support than those with lower network disappointment (Odds Ratio = 0.18, p = 0.02), and caregivers with higher network disappointment were significantly less satisfied with logistical support compared to those with lower network disappointment (Odds Ratio = 0.14, p = 0.01). CONCLUSION Our results show differences in the nature of social support provided by different types of network members. These findings have implications for tailoring social network interventions to improve caregiver and family outcomes.
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- Elizabeth G. Bouchard
- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- UHealth Information Technology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo
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Hinton L, Dumelow C, Hodgkinson J, Montgomery C, Martin A, Allen C, Tucker K, Green ME, Wilson H, McManus RJ, Chappell LC, Band R. 'Nesting networks': Women's experiences of social network support in high-risk pregnancy. Midwifery 2023; 120:103622. [PMID: 36893551 DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2023.103622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Social support, an individual's social relationships (both online and offline), may provide protection against adverse mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and depression, which are high in women who have been hospitalised with high-risk pregnancy. This study explored the social support available to women at higher risk of preeclampsia during pregnancy by examining personal social networks. DESIGN Semi-structured interviews were accompanied by social network mapping using the web-based social networking tool GENIE. SETTING England. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-one women were recruited, of whom 18 were interviewed both during pregnancy and postnatally between April 2019 and April 2020. Nineteen women completed maps pre-natally, 17 women completed maps pre-natally and post-natally. Women were taking part in the BUMP study, a randomised clinical trial that included 2441 pregnant individuals at higher risk of preeclampsia and recruited at a mean of 20 weeks' gestation from 15 hospital maternity units in England between November 2018 and October 2019. RESULTS Women's social networks tightened during pregnancy. The inner network changed most dramatically postnatally with women reporting fewer network members. Interviews revealed networks were primarily 'real-life' rather than online social networks, with members providing emotional, informational, and practical support. Women with a high-risk pregnancy valued the relationships they developed with health professionals during pregnancy, and would like their midwife to have a more central role in their networks by providing informational and, where needed, emotional support. The social network mapping data supported the qualitative accounts of changing networks across high-risk pregnancy. CONCLUSION Women with a high-risk pregnancy seek to build "nesting networks" to support them through pregnancy into motherhood. Different types of support are sought from trusted sources. Midwives can play a key role. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS As well as highlighting other potential needs during pregnancy and the ways in which they can be met, support from midwives has a key role. Through talking to women early in their pregnancy, signposting information and explaining ways to contact health professionals regarding informational or emotional support would fill a gap that currently is met by other aspects of their network.
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- L Hinton
- The Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute, University of Cambridge.
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. SO17 1BJ
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. SO17 1BJ
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Tabatabaee M, Yousefi Nooraie R, Mohammad Aghaei A, Rostam-Abadi Y, Ansari M, Sharifi S, Sharifi V. Loneliness in the presence of others: A mixed-method study of social networks of caregivers of patients with severe mental disorders. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2023; 69:190-199. [PMID: 35148620 DOI: 10.1177/00207640221077580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND One in four families has at least one member with a mental disorder and families are the main caregivers in most patients in low and middle-income countries. Caregivers experience disruption in their routine lives, increased responsibilities, increased need for support, and changes in their network. The role of personal support networks in the health and burden of the caregivers is complex and depends on the context, cultural and socioeconomical variables. In this study, we aimed to investigate the personal support network of caregivers of patients with severe mental illness in Iran. METHODS By using a mixed-methods design, we focused on the structure and composition of caregiver networks, as well as self-perceived caregiver support. RESULTS We found that the support network of caregivers was mostly composed of immediate family members whom themselves were selectively chosen as a result of the multidimensional process of interaction between stigma, availability, and the perceived needs of caregivers. The participants mentioned economic and instrumental supports more frequently than emotional support, probably reflecting their unmet basic needs. Advocacy for providing formal systemic supports to caregivers, as well as interventions that expand caregivers personal support network is recommended. CONCLUSIONS Most participants of the study were relatively isolated and had a small network of support, mostly composed of immediate family members. Stigma was a serious source of family distress for caregivers and a limiting factor in social relationships.
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- Maryam Tabatabaee
- Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Qualitative Analysis Using Social Maps to Explore Young Women's Experiences With Social Support of their Oral PrEP Use in Kenya and South Africa. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 2023; 34:45-57. [PMID: 36170124 DOI: 10.1097/jnc.0000000000000363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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ABSTRACT Daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence is challenging. We explored African adolescent girls and young women's (AGYW) perceptions of the social influencers of their PrEP use and the social influencers' PrEP knowledge and support (six focus group discussions; 33 South African and Kenyan AGYW) in the Prevention Options for Women Evaluation Research demonstration project. Participants completed a social mapping exercise indicating strength and direction of influence of members in their social networks. Mothers and counselors were identified as positive influencers and most influential by >50% of participants, sex partners were labeled negative influencers or both positive and negative, and best friends were mostly positive influencers. HIV- and PrEP-related stigma were the major reasons influencers were identified as negative. Participants wanted their social networks to be better educated about PrEP by someone other than the AGYW themselves (e.g., clinic staff) and to support their PrEP use. To improve PrEP adherence, community- and peer-based PrEP sensitization and delivery interventions should be evaluated.
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Ellis J, Kinsella K, James E, Cheetham‐Blake T, Lambrou M, Ciccognani A, Rogers A, Band R. Examining the optimal factors that promote implementation and sustainability of a network intervention to alleviate loneliness in community contexts. HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY 2022; 30:e4144-e4154. [PMID: 35470919 PMCID: PMC10084283 DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Community environments have the potential to alleviate loneliness and social isolation as they offer opportunity for sociality and to expand personal social network connections. Implementing a social network intervention in community environments to connect people to who are at risk of loneliness or social isolation could help alleviate these concerns. However, implementing interventions in community environments is made difficult by the interplay between the community context and intervention. Thus, to support implementation a detailed understanding of the types of community contexts is required. To examine the optimal factors that promote the implementation of a social network designed to alleviate loneliness and social isolation intervention in the community observations, interviews and documentary analysis were conducted. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research and a typology of community contexts were used to inform the data analysis and interpret the findings. Key factors were found to affect the implementation of the intervention in the different community contexts. These inter-related factors operated across three domains. Service User Needs affected intervention take up as its suitability varied. The stability of the workforce and nature of everyday work also impacted on implementation. Finally, the fluctuating capacity of organisations and the organisational culture were also influential. No single community environment was found to have all of the optimal factors required for implementation and sustainably. The UK policy agenda of austerity had negatively affected community environments' capacity to deliver such intervention through increasing service user needs and reducing available resources. Trial registration: ISRCTN19193075.
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- Jaimie Ellis
- School of Health SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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- School of Health SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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- School of Health SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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- School of Health SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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- School of Health SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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Patel Y, Vassilev I, du Toit SHJ. Implementing a digital tool to support meaningful engagement with socially isolated or lonely older adults. HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY 2022; 30:e6456-e6466. [PMID: 36308765 PMCID: PMC10092141 DOI: 10.1111/hsc.14090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Social isolation and loneliness are significant concerns in community dwelling older adults due to associated poorer health outcomes, inadequate crises responsiveness and increased societal burdens of care and cost. Generating Engagement in Networks Involvement (GENIE) is an online evidence-based, client-centred social network tool piloted by community-aged care services in Sydney, Australia. GENIE facilitates access to community resources, activities and people to extend or re-establish a client's social connections. This study aimed to identify GENIE's potential to maintain and promote social connections in older adults from the perspective of allied health professionals who could deliver GENIE. This qualitative exploratory study involved 33 participants on an emerging placement across two organisations who piloted GENIE. Data included consensus and priority statements produced from six nominal group technique-facilitated discussions, and an inductive thematic analysis of student documentation and all consensus statements. The main findings indicated that participants prioritised GENIE's clinical advantages, implementation barriers and recommendations for future implementation. The inductive thematic analysis revealed the two themes of practice applications, and client and professional experiences when using GENIE. As a time-efficient and personalised intervention, the research team concluded that GENIE could empower service providers to address the overarching needs of clients through rapidly connecting older adults to resources of their interests within the overburdened Australian-aged care system.
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- Yasheeka Patel
- Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and HealthThe University of SydneySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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Smyth N, Alwan NA, Band R, Chaudhry A, Chew-Graham CA, Gopal D, Jackson M, Kingstone T, Wright A, Ridge D. Exploring the lived experience of Long Covid in black and minority ethnic groups in the UK: Protocol for qualitative interviews and art-based methods. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0275166. [PMID: 36191007 PMCID: PMC9529129 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Some people experience prolonged symptoms following an acute COVID-19 infection including fatigue, chest pain and breathlessness, headache and cognitive impairment. When symptoms persist for over 12 weeks following the initial infection, and are not explained by an alternative diagnosis, the term post-COVID-19 syndrome is used, or the patient-defined term of Long Covid. Understanding the lived experiences of Long Covid is crucial to supporting its management. However, research on patient experiences of Long Covid is currently not ethnically diverse enough. The study aim is to explore the lived experience of Long Covid, using qualitative interviews and art-based methods, among people from ethnically diverse backgrounds (in the UK), to better understand wider systems of support and healthcare support needs. Co-created artwork will be used to build on the interview findings. A purposive sampling strategy will be used to gain diverse experiences of Long Covid, sampling by demographics, geographic locations and experiences of Long Covid. Individuals (aged >18 years) from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds, who self-report Long Covid symptoms, will be invited to take part in a semi-structured interview. Interviews will be analysed thematically. A sub-sample of participants will be invited to co-create visual artwork to further explore shared narratives of Long Covid, enhance storytelling and increase understanding about the condition. A patient advisory group, representing diversity in ethnicity and experiences of Long Covid, will inform all research stages. Stakeholder workshops with healthcare professionals and persons, systems or networks important to people's management of Long Covid, will advise on the integration of findings to inform management of Long Covid. The study will use patient narratives from people from diverse ethnic backgrounds, to raise awareness of Long Covid and help inform management of Long Covid and how wider social systems and networks may inform better healthcare service access and experiences.
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- Nina Smyth
- School of Social Sciences, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex, Southampton, United Kingdom
- NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex, Southampton, United Kingdom
- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Patient Contributor, General Practitioner & Clinical Lecturer, London, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Keele University, Newcastle, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Keele University, Newcastle, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
- Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Research & Innovation Department, Stafford, United Kingdom
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- School of Humanities, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Social Sciences, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Brooks H, Devereux-Fitzgerald A, Richmond L, Caton N, Newton A, Downs J, Lovell K, Bee P, Cherry MG, Young B, Vassilev I, Rotheram C, Rogers A. Adapting a social network intervention for use in secondary mental health services using a collaborative approach with service users, carers/supporters and health professionals in the United Kingdom. BMC Health Serv Res 2022; 22:1140. [PMID: 36085063 PMCID: PMC9461266 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08521-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Social integration, shared decision-making and personalised care are key elements of mental health and social care policy. Although these elements have been shown to improve service user and service-level outcomes, their translation into practice has been inconsistent and social isolation amongst service users persists. Aim To co-adapt, with service users, carers/supporters and health professionals, a web-based social network intervention, GENIE™, for use in secondary mental health services. The intervention is designed to support social activity and preference discussions between mental healthcare professionals and service users as a means of connecting individuals to local resources. Methods In Phase 1 (LEARN), we completed two systematic reviews to synthesise the existing evidence relating to the i) effectiveness and ii) the implementation of social network interventions for people with mental health difficulties. We undertook semi-structured interviews with a convenience sample of 15 stakeholders previously involved in the implementation of the intervention in physical healthcare settings. Interviews were also conducted with 5 national key stakeholders in mental health (e.g., policy makers, commissioners, third sector leads) to explore wider implementation issues. In Phase 2 (ADAPT), we worked iteratively with eight service users, nine carers, six professionals/volunteers and our patient and public advisory group. We drew on a framework for experience-based co-design, consisting of a series of stakeholder consultation events, to discuss the use of the social network intervention, in mental health services. Participants also considered factors that could serve as enablers, barriers, and challenges to local implementation. Results Across the stakeholder groups there was broad agreement that the social network intervention had potential to be useful within mental health services. In terms of appropriate and effective implementation, such an intervention was predicted to work best within the care planning process, on discharge from hospital and within early intervention services. There were indications that the social connection mapping and needs assessment components were of most value and feasible to implement which points to the potential utility of a simplified version compared to the one used in this study. The training provided to facilitators was considered to be more important than their profession and there were indications that service users should be offered the opportunity to invite a carer, friend, or family member to join them in the intervention. Conclusion The GENIE™ intervention has been co-adapted for use in mental health services and a plan for optimal implementation has been co-produced. The next phase of the programme of work is to design and implement a randomised controlled trial to evaluate clinical and cost effectiveness of a simplified version of the intervention. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12913-022-08521-1.
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Andreou A, Dhand A, Vassilev I, Griffiths C, Panzarasa P, De Simoni A. Understanding Online and Offline Social Networks in Illness Management of Older Patients With Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Mixed Methods Study Using Quantitative Social Network Assessment and Qualitative Analysis. JMIR Form Res 2022; 6:e35244. [PMID: 35579933 PMCID: PMC9157321 DOI: 10.2196/35244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 03/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Individuals’ social networks and social support are fundamental determinants of self-management and self-efficacy. In chronic respiratory conditions, social support can be promoted and optimized to facilitate the self-management of breathlessness. Objective This study aimed to identify how online and offline social networks play a role in the health management of older patients with chronic respiratory conditions, explore the role of support from online peers in patients’ self-management, and understand the barriers to and potential benefits of digital social interventions. Methods We recruited participants from a hospital-run singing group to a workshop in London, the United Kingdom, and adapted PERSNET, a quantitative social network assessment tool. The second workshop was replaced by telephone interviews because of the COVID-19 lockdown. The transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results A total of 7 participants (2/7, 29%, men and 5/7, 71%, women), with an age range of 64 to 81 years, produced network maps that comprised between 5 and 10 individuals, including family members, health care professionals, colleagues, activity groups, offline and online friends, and peers. The visual maps facilitated reflections and enhanced participants’ understanding of the role of offline and online social networks in the management of chronic respiratory conditions. It also highlighted the work undertaken by the networks themselves in the self-management support. Participants with small, close-knit networks received physical, health, and emotional support, whereas those with more diverse and large networks benefited from accessing alternative and complementary sources of information. Participants in the latter type of network tended to communicate more openly and comfortably about their illness, shared the impact of their illness on their day-to-day life, and demonstrated distinct traits in terms of identity and perception of chronic disease. Participants described the potential benefits of expanding their networks to include online peers as sources of novel information, motivation, and access to supportive environments. Lack of technological skills, fear of being scammed, or preference for keeping illness-related problems for themselves and immediate family were reported by some as barriers to engaging with online peer support. Conclusions In this small-scale study, the social network assessment tool proved feasible and acceptable. These data show the value of using a social network tool as a research tool that can help assess and understand network structure and engagement in the self-management support and could be developed into an intervention to support self-management. Patients’ preferences to share illness experiences with their online peers, as well as the contexts in which this can be acceptable, should be considered when developing and offering digital social interventions. Future studies can explore the evolution of the social networks of older people with chronic illnesses to understand whether their willingness to engage with online peers can change over time.
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- Andreas Andreou
- Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Asthma UK Centre of Applied Research, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Social Networks Health and Wellbeing Research Group, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Asthma UK Centre of Applied Research, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Asthma UK Centre of Applied Research, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Welch L, Sadler E, Austin A, Rogers A. Social network participation towards enactment of self-care in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A qualitative meta-ethnography. Health Expect 2021; 24:1995-2012. [PMID: 34432927 PMCID: PMC8628589 DOI: 10.1111/hex.13340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND How people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) engage with supportive social networks to enhance self-care is not understood. The personal rationales for participation in socially directed support have not been addressed in the literature. To determine how people with COPD identify, engage and participate in socially supportive self-care practices, we conducted a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies. METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted between June 2010 and June 2021. Of 3536 articles, 8 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Using a meta-ethnography approach to the qualitative synthesis, new concepts were derived from the data to identify aligning themes and develop a conceptual model. FINDINGS Interpretations from the papers yielded concepts of (1) accountability and personal responsibility in self-care, (2) valued positive relationships with clinicians, (3) understanding of illness through shared and personal experiences and (4) acknowledging social networks in fostering self-care engagement in people with COPD. The independence-experience (Index) model of synthesized (third order) interpretations highlighted the processes of social networks and self-care practices: (a) fear or avoidance of dependency, (b) learning from experiences of adaptive self-care behaviours and (c) including valued practices in self-care. Self-care strategies are formed through illness experiences and relatable social encounters. CONCLUSION The model derived from the third-order interpretations is a framework to describe socially supported self-care and can be used to direct future self-care strategies and target interventions for people with COPD. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION The findings and model were presented to the long-term conditions patient and public involvement group. The manuscript is coauthored by a public representative.
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and life sciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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- Patient and Public Involvement Group Representative, Long Term Conditions PPI groupUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustSouthamptonUK
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and life sciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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Gillham J, Vassilev I, Band R. Rural influences on the social network dynamics of district nursing services: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Health Sci Rep 2021; 4:e336. [PMID: 34430710 PMCID: PMC8369946 DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS As demands on healthcare services grow, fiscal restrictions place increased emphasis on services outside of traditional healthcare settings. Previous research into long-term-conditions suggests that social network members (including weaker ties such as acquaintances, community groups, and healthcare professionals) play a key role in illness management. There is limited knowledge about the engagement of social networks in supporting people who are receiving medical interventions at home. This qualitative metasynthesis explores the work and the interactions between district nurses (DN) and informal network members supporting people who are receiving medical interventions at home and living in rural areas. METHODS A search was undertaken on CINAHL, Medline, and PsychINFO for qualitative research articles from 2009 to 2019. Studies that examined DN in rural locations and/or social network support in rural locations were eligible. Fourteen articles were selected. RESULTS Thematic analysis of results and discussion data from the studies resulted in four themes being developed: the development of both transactional and friend-like nurse-patient ties in rural localities, engagement of the wider network in the delivery of good care, blurring of professional boundaries in close community relationships, and issues accessing and navigating formal and informal support in the context of diminishing resources in rural areas.These findings suggest that DNs in rural localities work beyond professional specialties and experience to provide emotional support, help with daily tasks, and build links to communities. There was also evidence that nurses embedded within rural localities developed friend-like relationships with patients, and negotiated with existing support networks and communities to find support for the patient. CONCLUSIONS Findings indicated that developing strong links with patients and members of their networks does not automatically translate into positive outcomes for patients, and can be unsustainable, burdensome, and disruptive. DNs developing weak ties with patients and building awareness of the structure of individual networks and local sources of support offers avenues for sustainable and tailored community-based nursing support.
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- Jack Gillham
- School of Health SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonEngland
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- School of Health SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonEngland
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- School of Health SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonEngland
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Valaitis R, Cleghorn L, Vassilev I, Rogers A, Ploeg J, Kothari A, Risdon C, Gillett J, Guenter D, Dolovich L. A Web-Based Social Network Tool (GENIE) for Supporting Self-management Among High Users of the Health Care System: Feasibility and Usability Study. JMIR Form Res 2021; 5:e25285. [PMID: 34255654 PMCID: PMC8315309 DOI: 10.2196/25285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Background Primary care providers are well positioned to foster self-management through linking patients to community-based health and social services (HSSs). This study evaluated a web-based tool—GENIE (Generating Engagement in Network Involvement)—to support the self-management of adults. GENIE empowers patients to leverage their personal social networks and increase their access to HSSs. GENIE maps patients’ personal social networks, elicits preferences, and filters local HSSs from a community service directory based on patient’s interests. Trained volunteers (an extension of the primary care team) conducted home visits and conducted surveys related to life and health goals in the context of the Health TAPESTRY (Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality) program, in which the GENIE tool was implemented. GENIE reports were uploaded to an electronic medical record for care planning by the team. Objective This study aims to explore patients’, volunteers’, and clinicians’ perceptions of the feasibility, usability, and perceived outcomes of GENIE—a tool for community-dwelling adults who are high users of the health care system. Methods This study involved 2 primary care clinician focus groups and 1 clinician interview (n=15), 1 volunteer focus group (n=3), patient telephone interviews (n=8), field observations that captured goal-action sequences to complete GENIE, and GENIE utilization statistics. The patients were enrolled in a primary care program—Health TAPESTRY—and Ontario’s Health Links Program, which coordinates care for the highest users of the health care system. NVivo 11 (QSR International) was used to support qualitative data analyses related to feasibility and perceived outcomes, and descriptive statistics were used for quantitative data. Results Most participants reported positive overall perceptions of GENIE. However, feasibility testing showed that participants had a partial understanding of the tool; volunteer facilitation was critical to support the implementation of GENIE; clinicians perceived their navigation ability as superior to that of GENIE supported by volunteers; and tool completion took 39 minutes, which made the home visit too long for some. Usability challenges included difficulties completing some sections of the tool related to medical terminology and unclear instructions, limitations in the quality and quantity of HSSs results, and minor technological challenges. Almost all patients identified a community program or activity of interest. Half of the patients (4/8, 50%) followed up on HSSs and added new members to their network, whereas 1 participant lost a member. Clinicians’ strengthened their understanding of patients’ personal social networks and needs, and patients felt less social isolation. Conclusions This study demonstrated the potential of GENIE, when supported by volunteers, to expand patients’ social networks and link them to relevant HSSs. Volunteers require training to implement GENIE for self-management support, which may help overcome the time limitations faced by primary care clinicians. Refining the filtering capability of GENIE to address adults’ needs may improve primary care providers’ confidence in using such tools.
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- Ruta Valaitis
- School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Health Aging and Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Wei S, Kang B, Bailey DE, Caves K, Lin Y, McConnell ES, Thurow M, Woodward A, Wright-Freeman K, Xue TM, Corazzini KN. Using Technology to Measure Older Adults' Social Networks for Health and Well-Being: A Scoping Review. THE GERONTOLOGIST 2021; 62:e418-e430. [PMID: 33754150 PMCID: PMC8083702 DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnab039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background and Objectives Social networks impact the health and well-being of older adults. Advancements in technology (e.g., digital devices and mHealth) enrich our ability to collect social networks and health data. The purpose of this scoping review was to identify and map the use of technology in measuring older adults' social networks for health and social care. Research Design and Methods Joanna Briggs Institute methodology was followed. PubMed (MEDLINE), Sociological Abstracts, SocINDEX, CINAHL, and Web of Science were searched for relevant articles. Conference abstracts and proceedings were searched via Conference Papers Index, the American Sociological Society, and The Gerontological Society of America. Studies published in English from January 2004 to March 2020 that aimed to improve health or social care for older adults and used technology to measure social networks were included. Data were extracted by two independent reviewers using an a priori extraction tool. Results The majority of the 18 reviewed studies were pilot or simulation research conducted in Europe that focused on older adults living in the community. The various types of technologies used can be categorized as environment-based, person-based, and data-based. Discussion and Implications Technology facilitates objective and longitudinal data collection on the social interactions and activities of older adults. The use of technology to measure older adults' social networks, however, is primarily in an exploratory phase. Multidisciplinary collaborations are needed to overcome operational, analytical, and implementation challenges. Future studies should leverage technologies for addressing social isolation and care for older adults, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Sijia Wei
- School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Nursing, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, USA
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- School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,Lane Medical Library & Knowledge Management Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA
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- School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Jellema S, Bakker K, Nijhuis-van der Sanden MWG, van der Sande R, Steultjens EM. The role of the social network during inpatient rehabilitation: A qualitative study exploring the views of older stroke survivors and their informal caregivers. Top Stroke Rehabil 2021; 29:30-39. [PMID: 33427602 DOI: 10.1080/10749357.2020.1871285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND After discharge, stroke survivors and their informal caregivers need support from their social networks to resume their most valued activities. Rehabilitation professionals could help them establish a strong support system. OBJECTIVE Explore how older stroke survivors and their primary informal caregivers expect to resume their valued activities after discharge, and discover their ideas about involving, informing and educating their family members, friends and important others during inpatient rehabilitation so that, once home, they will have adequate support. METHODS We conducted semi-structured interviews with stroke survivors from three geriatric rehabilitation centres and their primary informal caregivers, used the pictures of daily activities to elicit their perspectives, and applied a descriptive and interpretive design to data analysis. RESULTS Many participants had no concrete idea about how to resume their activities after discharge but nevertheless were optimistic they would. They expected help to be available and saw no need for professionals to involve their network during inpatient rehabilitation. However, once they had insight into the challenges to expect after discharge, they often appreciated the idea of professionals contacting their network. To better understand the challenges after discharge, it was helpful if professionals provided concrete, honest information about the stroke's consequences for daily life. Actually doing daily activities also helped gain better insights. CONCLUSIONS To enhance insight in the need of social support after discharge, we suggest that rehabilitation professionals are honest about what to expect and let stroke survivors explore their valued activities in a realistic context more often.
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- Sandra Jellema
- IQ Healthcare, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,School of Allied Health, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- IQ Healthcare, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,School of Allied Health, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Rehabilitation, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- School of Allied Health, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- School of Allied Health, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Clarkson P, Vassilev I, Rogers A, Brooks C, Wilson N, Lawson J, Adams J. Integrating a Web-Based Self-Management Tool (Managing Joint Pain on the Web and Through Resources) for People With Osteoarthritis-Related Joint Pain With a Web-Based Social Network Support Tool (Generating Engagement in Network Involvement): Design, Development, and Early Evaluation. JMIR Form Res 2020; 4:e18565. [PMID: 33242011 PMCID: PMC7728529 DOI: 10.2196/18565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Joint pain caused by osteoarthritis (OA) is highly prevalent and can be extremely debilitating. Programs to support self-management of joint pain can be effective; however, most programs are designed to build self-efficacy and rarely engage social networks. Digital interventions are considered acceptable by people with joint pain. However, many existing resources are not accessible for or developed alongside people with lower health literacy, which disproportionately affects people with OA. OBJECTIVE This study aims to design and develop an accessible digital self-management tool for people with joint pain and integrate this with an existing social network activation tool (Generating Engagement in Network Involvement [GENIE]) and to explore the feasibility of these linked tools for supporting the management of joint pain. METHODS The study was conducted in 2 phases: a design and development stage and a small-scale evaluation. The first phase followed the person-based approach to establish guiding principles for the development of a new site (Managing joint Pain On the Web and through Resources [EMPOWER]) and its integration with GENIE. People with joint pain were recruited from libraries, a community café, and an exercise scheme to take part in 3 focus groups. EMPOWER was tested and refined using think-aloud interviews (n=6). In the second phase, participants were recruited through the web via libraries to participate in a small-scale evaluation using the LifeGuide platform to record use over a 1-month period. Participants (n=6) were asked to complete evaluation questionnaires on their experiences. The NASSS (nonadoption, abandonment, scale-up, spread, and sustainability) framework was used to explore the feasibility of the sites. RESULTS The focus groups established guiding principles for the development of the tool. These included ensuring accessibility and relevance for people with OA-related joint pain and recognizing that joint pain is the reason for seeking support, trust, social facilitation, and goal setting. Think-aloud interviews identified issues with user experience and site navigation and the need for professional input for referral and goal setting, confusion, and tensions over the role of GENIE and site connectivity. Participants expected the sites to be specific to their pain-related needs. EMPOWER was accessed 18 times; 6 users registered with the site during the evaluation study. Participants mostly explored information pages on being active and being a healthy weight. Only one participant undertook goal setting and 4 participants visited the GENIE website. CONCLUSIONS Using the NASSS framework, we identified the complexity associated with integrating EMPOWER and GENIE. The value proposition domain highlighted the technical and conceptual complexity associated with integrating approaches. Although identified as theoretically achievable, the integration of differing propositions may have caused cognitive and practical burdens for users. Nevertheless, we believe that both approaches have a distinct role in the self-management of joint pain.
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- Paul Clarkson
- NIHR ARC Wessex, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Social Networks Health and Wellbeing Research Group, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Social Networks Health and Wellbeing Research Group, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- NIHR ARC Wessex, Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Hiu S, Su A, Ong S, Poremski D. Stakeholder perspective on barrier to the implementation of Advance Care Planning in a traditionally paternalistic healthcare system. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0242085. [PMID: 33170875 PMCID: PMC7654826 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Advance psychiatric agreements could guide medical teams in providing care consistent with the incapacitated service user’s wishes. However, these types of agreements are rarely completed in Asian settings. What challenges can a traditionally paternalistic healthcare system expect to encounter when attempting to implement psychiatric advance directives? Methods We answered this research question by exploring the cultural, administrative and logistical challenges that might impede the implementation of the system supporting the service. We interviewed key stakeholders, 28 service users and 22 service providers, to seek their views and interests in the implementation of directives. We structured our analyses along a literature-review-based framework designed to guide further implementation studies, proposed by Nicaise and colleagues (2013). Accordingly, we divided our inductively generated themes into four longitudinal categories: pre-development stage, development stage, implementation stage, post-implementation stage. Results Overall, the findings indicated that many service users and service providers are interested in advance care planning. They believed that foreseeable challenges could be overcome with appropriate measures. However, the multiple challenges of implementation led some service providers to be ambivalent about their implementation and led service users to dismiss them. Specifically, factors related to the local culture in Singapore necessitated adjustments to the content and structure of the directives. These include language barriers in a multicultural society, conflicting wishes in a collectivist society, taboos for speaking about undesirable outcomes in a traditionalist society, and time limitations in a fast-paced society. Conclusion While culture-specific changes may be required to enable service users in a small Asian country to employ existing advance psychiatric agreement approaches, service providers and service users see their benefits. However, service providers must be mindful not to assume that service users are willing to defer every decision to their physician.
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- Stellar Hiu
- Health Intelligence Unit, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore
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- Medical Board, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Nursing, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore
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- Health Intelligence Unit, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore
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Ellis J, Vassilev I, James E, Rogers A. Implementing a social network intervention: can the context for its workability be created? A quasi-ethnographic study. Implement Sci Commun 2020; 1:93. [PMID: 33123686 PMCID: PMC7590694 DOI: 10.1186/s43058-020-00087-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Policy makers and researchers recognise the challenges of implementing evidence-based interventions into routine practice. The process of implementation is particularly complex in local community environments. In such settings, the dynamic nature of the wider contextual factors needs to be considered in addition to capturing interactions between the type of intervention and the site of implementation throughout the process. This study sought to examine how networks and network formation influence the implementation of a self-management support intervention in a community setting. Methods An ethnographically informed approach was taken. Data collection involved obtaining and analysing documents relevant to implementation (i.e. business plan and health reports), observations of meetings and engagement events over a 28-month period and 1:1 interviews with implementation-network members. Data analysis utilised the adaptive theory approach and drew upon the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. The paper presents the implementation events in chronological order to illustrate the evolution of the implementation process. Results The implementation-network was configured from the provider-network and commissioning-network. The configuration of the implementation-network was influenced by both the alignment between the political landscape and the intervention, and also the intervention having a robust evidence base. At the outset of implementation, the network achieved stability as members were agreed on roles and responsibilities. The stability of the implementation-network was threatened as progress slowed. However, with a period of reflection and evaluation, and with a flexible and resilient network, implementation was able to progress. Conclusions Resilience and creativity of all involved in the implementation in community settings is required to engage with a process which is complex, dynamic, and fraught with obstacles. An implementation-network is required to be resilient and flexible in order to adapt to the dynamic nature of community contexts. Of particular importance is understanding the demands of the various network elements, and there is a requirement to pause for "reflection and evaluation" in order to modify the implementation process as a result of learning.
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- J Ellis
- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, University Road, Building 67, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, University Road, Building 67, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, University Road, Building 67, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, University Road, Building 67, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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McKenna G, Rogers A, Walker S, Pope C. The influence of personal communities in understanding avoidable emergency department attendance: qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res 2020; 20:887. [PMID: 32958065 PMCID: PMC7504825 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05705-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Use of emergency department (ED) care globally seems to be increasing at a faster rate than population growth (Baker, House of Commons Library. Accident and Emergency Statistics, Demand, Performance, 2017). In the UK there has been a reported 16% rise in emergency admissions over the past 5 years. Estimates that between 11 and 40% of ED attendances are non-urgent, with 11% of patients being discharged from the ED without treatment (NHS Digital 2017), and a further 44% require no follow-up treatment (NHS Digital, Hospital Accident and Emergency Activity 2016-17, 2019) is cited as evidence that these patients did not require this level of care. The solution to not using the most appropriate point in the system has traditionally been seen as a knowledge problem, requiring, improved sign-posting and information to enable people to self-manage or use health care management for minor ailments. However research about help-seeking behaviour suggests that the problem may not be an informational one. A considerable literature points to help seeking as a social process influenced by a range of contingencies and contextual factors including the way in which lay people influence health care utilisation (Giebel et al. BMJ Open 9:1, 2019). Personal communities comprise a variety of active and significant social ties which have potential to influence individual capacity to seek help. Here we extend and unpack further influencing decisions about seeking formal health care with reference to how they are shaped and informed by and within personal social networks. METHODS We undertook a personal network mapping and qualitative interview-based study to look at, problematize and understand attendance for non-urgent problems. We used network analysis and methods to map and characterise the personal communities of people seeking help from ED for minor ailments and semi-structured interviews with 40 people attending a single ED and associated GP hub providing equivalent care. Interviews were built around an ego network mapping activity and a topic guide structured to explore attender's narratives about why they had visited the ED. This ego network activity uses a diagram consisting of three concentric circles (Fiori et al. J Gerontol B-Psychol 62: 322-30, 2007), representing closest social network members (in the centre) and those at further distance. Participants were initially presented with one of these diagrams and asked to write names of people or resources that had played a role in their attendance and the interviewer probed the interviewee to discuss the actions, input and value of the people and services that supported the visit to the ED. RESULTS We analysed number and type of network connections and undertook a thematic analysis to identify how imagined and actual network members and influences were implicated in ED attendance. The network maps created during the interviews were examined and a typology of networks was developed and used to distinguish different types of networks informed by our reading of the data, and a Network Typology Scoring Tool, a measure of frequency of contact and relationship type in networks. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that faced with acute minor illness or injury people's networks narrow: they do not (and perhaps cannot) mobilise their imagined care network because the resources or connections may not be there or are difficult to engage. In addition we identified important system drivers of behaviour, notably that these patients are often directed to the ED by 'professional influencers' including health services staff.
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- Gemma McKenna
- Health Services Management Centre, School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2RT UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Services, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG UK
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Welch L, Orlando R, Lin SX, Vassilev I, Rogers A. Findings from a pilot randomised trial of a social network self-management intervention in COPD. BMC Pulm Med 2020; 20:162. [PMID: 32513163 PMCID: PMC7278059 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-020-1130-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Self-Management Support (SMS), refers to the actions taken by individuals to recognise and manage their own health. It is increasingly recognised that individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) require additional support with their Self-management. Emerging evidence suggests that the use of a social network intervention can improve health outcomes and increase quality of life. In order to understand the potential benefits of SMS in COPD, the GENIE (Generating Engagement in Network Support) SMS tool was implemented and evaluated in a COPD primary care context. The GENIE intervention is a social networking tool that consists of 3 parts; a concentric circle modelling to map existing social networks; a questions sections to elicit preferences for activities; a map of selected resources is then produced, aligned with the user's interests and suggestions for connections to existing network members and to new resources. METHODS A pilot, parallel, single blind, block randomised controlled trial. Patients with COPD ranging from mild-very severe were recruited. Participants provided written consent and were then randomised to either the intervention or usual care. The primary aim was to understand the clinical benefit through the analysis of health status, symptom burden and quality of life. The secondary outcome measure was health utilisation. NHS cost differences were reported between groups using the GENIE intervention over usual care. RESULTS The GENIE pilot results demonstrate maintenance in health status and clinical symptoms with a decrease in anxiety. An overall increase in quality of life was observed, these findings did not reach significance. A cost reduction was demonstrated in inpatient stay with no difference in primary care costs. Overall a cost reduction in NHS service utilisation was indicated in the intervention group. CONCLUSION This pilot study indicated that using a social network intervention can encourage the development of new social connections and extend existing support networks for COPD patients. Increasing network support in this population is of benefit to both patients and NHS providers in terms of cost reductions and enhancing wellbeing. This broadens the understanding of possible new approaches to SMS in community COPD patients, which could now be investigated in a larger population over a longer period. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinical Trials.gov PRS National Library of Medicine. Protocol ID number: 19175, Clinical Trial ID: NCT02935452.
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- Lindsay Welch
- NIHR Wessex CLARHC, Southampton, UK
- University of Southampton, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
- Solent University, School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, RM 126, East Park Terrace, Southampton, SO14 0YN UK
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- NIHR Wessex CLARHC, Southampton, UK
- University of Southampton, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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- NIHR Wessex CLARHC, Southampton, UK
- University of Southampton, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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- NIHR Wessex CLARHC, Southampton, UK
- University of Southampton, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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- NIHR Wessex CLARHC, Southampton, UK
- University of Southampton, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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Ellis J, Band R, Kinsella K, Cheetham-Blake T, James E, Ewings S, Rogers A. Optimising and profiling pre-implementation contexts to create and implement a public health network intervention for tackling loneliness. Implement Sci 2020; 15:35. [PMID: 32429961 PMCID: PMC7238736 DOI: 10.1186/s13012-020-00997-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background The implementation of complex interventions experiences challenges that affect the extent to which they become embedded and scaled-up. Implementation at scale in complex environments like community settings defies universal replication. Planning for implementation in such environments requires knowledge of organisational capacity and structure. Pre-implementation work is an important element of the early phase of preparing the setting for the introduction of an intervention, and the factors contributing towards the creation of an optimal pre-implementation community context are under-acknowledged. Methods To explore the factors contributing towards the creation of an optimal pre-implementation context, a quasi-ethnographic approach was taken. The implementation of a social network intervention designed to tackle loneliness in a community setting acts as the case in example. Observations (of meetings), interviews (with community partners) and documentary analysis (national and local policy documents and intervention resources) were conducted. Layder’s adaptive theory approach was taken to data analysis, with the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and a typology of third-sector organisations used to interpret the findings. Results Community settings were found to sit along a continuum with three broad categories defined as Fully Professionalised Organisations; Aspirational Community, Voluntary and Social Enterprises; and Non-Professionalised Community-Based Groups. The nature of an optimal pre-implementation context varied across these settings. Using the CFIR, the results illustrate that some settings were more influenced by political landscape (Fully professional and Aspirational setting) and others more influenced by their founding values and ethos (Non-Professionalised Community-Based settings). Readiness was achieved at different speeds across the categories with those settings with more resource availability more able to achieve readiness (Fully Professional settings), and others requiring flexibility in the intervention to help overcome limited resource availability (Aspirational and Non-Professionalised Community-Based settings). Conclusions The CFIR is useful in highlighting the multiple facets at play in creating the optimal pre-implementation context, and where flex is required to achieve this. The CFIR illuminates the similarities and differences between and across settings, highlighting the complexity of open system settings and the important need for pre-implementation work. Trial registration ISRCTN19193075
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- J Ellis
- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, 3rd Floor Exchange Station, Tithebarn Street, Liverpool, L2 2QP, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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Reidy C, Foster C, Rogers A. A Facilitated Web-Based Self-Management Tool for People With Type 1 Diabetes Using an Insulin Pump: Intervention Development Using the Behavior Change Wheel and Theoretical Domains Framework. J Med Internet Res 2020; 22:e13980. [PMID: 32356776 PMCID: PMC7229530 DOI: 10.2196/13980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Type 1 diabetes (T1D) requires intensive self-management (SM). An insulin pump is designed to better support personal T1D management, but at the same time, it exacerbates the complexity and requirements of SM. Research shows that people with diabetes are likely to benefit from navigating and connecting to local means of social support and resources through web-based interventions that offer flexible, innovative, and accessible SM. However, questions remain as to which behavior change mechanisms within such resources benefit patients most and how to foster engagement with and endorsement of SM interventions. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the perspectives and experiences of people with T1D using an insulin pump and specialist health care professionals (HCPs) and determine what behavior change characteristics and strategies are required to inform the optimization of an existing web-based social network (SN) intervention to support SM. METHODS Focus groups with insulin pump users (n=19) and specialist HCPs (n=20) in 6 National Health Service (NHS) trusts across the south of England examined the barriers and enablers to incorporating and self-managing an insulin pump. An analysis was undertaken using the Behavior Change Wheel and Theoretical Domains Framework, followed by a taxonomy of behavior change techniques (BCTs) to identify the contents of and strategies for the implementation of a complex health intervention. RESULTS A total of 4 themes represent the SM perspectives and experiences of stakeholders: (1) a desire for access to tailored and appropriate resources and information-the support and information required for successful SM are situational and contextual, and these vary according to time and life circumstances, and therefore, these need to be tailored and appropriate; (2) specific social support preferences-taking away isolation as well as providing shared learnings and practical tips, but limitations included the fear of judgment from others and self-pity from peers; (3) the environmental context, that is, capacity and knowledge of pump clinic HCPs-HCPs acknowledge the patient's need for holistic support but lack confidence in providing it; and (4) professional responsibility and associated risks and dangers, whereas HCPs are fearful of the consequences of promoting non-NHSSM support, and they question whether SM support fits into their role. BCTs were identified to address these issues. CONCLUSIONS The use of behavioral theory and a validated implementation framework provided a comprehensive approach for systematically identifying barriers and enablers of self-managing T1D with an insulin pump. A web-based SN intervention appears to offer additional forms of SM support while complementing NHS services. However, for intervention implementation, HCPs' apprehensions about responsibility when signposting to non-NHS SM support would need to be addressed, and opportunistic features would need to be added, through which pump users could actively engage with other people living with T1D.
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- Claire Reidy
- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.,School of Primary Care, Population Health & Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Macmillan Survivorship Research Group, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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James E, Kennedy A, Vassilev I, Ellis J, Rogers A. Mediating engagement in a social network intervention for people living with a long-term condition: A qualitative study of the role of facilitation. Health Expect 2020; 23:681-690. [PMID: 32162435 PMCID: PMC7321728 DOI: 10.1111/hex.13048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Successful facilitation of patient‐centred interventions for self‐management support has traditionally focussed on individual behaviour change. A social network approach to self‐management support implicates the need for facilitation that includes an orientation to connecting to and mobilizing support and resources from other people and the local environment. Objective To identify the facilitation processes through which engagement with a social network approach to self‐management is achieved. Method Thematic analysis was used to analyse data from a longitudinal study design using quasi‐ethnographic methods comprising non‐participant observation, video and qualitative interviews involving 30 participants living with a long‐term condition recruited from a marginalized community. Results Findings centred on three themes about the social network approach facilitation processes: reversing the focus on the self by bringing others into view; visualization and reflection as a mediator of positive disruption and linking to new connections; personalized matching of valued activities as a means of realizing preference elicitation. Discussion and conclusions Engagement processes with a social network approach illuminated the relevance of cognizance of an individual's immediate social context and forefronting social participation with others as the bases of self‐management support of a long‐term condition. This differs from traditional guided facilitation of health behaviour interventions that frame health as a matter of personal choice and individual responsibility.
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- Elizabeth James
- School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Doekhie KD, Buljac-Samardzic M, Strating MMH, Paauwe J. Elderly patients' decision-making embedded in the social context: a mixed-method analysis of subjective norms and social support. BMC Geriatr 2020; 20:53. [PMID: 32050911 PMCID: PMC7017481 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-020-1458-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Older patients are increasingly encouraged to be actively involved but how they perceive their role in the decision-making process varies according to their health care providers and their health situation. Their role could be influenced by their social context but more specifically by subjective norms (i.e. patients’ view of the role that significant others expect them to play in the decision-making process) and perceived social support. We explore how social context (i.e. subjective norms and social support) relates to how the patient perceives their role in the decision-making process. Also, we explore the level of alignment on subjective norms between patients and their informal caregivers and nurses. Methods Mixed-method study among older patients, informal caregivers and nurses. For the quantitative questionnaire, a home care organisation randomly selected patients. The patients were asked to identify their informal caregiver and the home care organisation was asked to identify the nurse who was most involved in their care. In total 133 patients, 64 informal caregivers and 72 nurses were questioned. Participants for the qualitative interviews were selected using convenience sampling, resulting in the inclusion of ten patients, five informal caregivers and six nurses. Subjective norms were based on a previous study. Social support was measured with the ‘social support for health scale’ of the Health Literacy Questionnaire. The Control Preference Scale was used as outcome variable. The interviews focused on subjective norms, social support and how the patient perceived their role. Quantitative analysis included the calculation of subjective norm difference scores between respondent groups, one-way analysis of variance and multinomial logistic regression analysis. Directed content analysis was applied to the interviews using Atlas TI. Results Lower difference scores were found for patient-informal caregiver dyads (mean = 0.95), implying more alignment than in patient-nurse dyads (mean = 2.12). Patients perceiving themselves to have a shared or passive role tend to believe that they are expected to leave decision-making to the health care provider. Higher social support scores related more to a shared role. Alignment relates to: familiarity with the patient’s preferences, overprotectiveness or valuing the care provider’s opinion and the severity of the patient’s medical history. Conclusion Patients and informal caregivers align on whether the patient should make decisions. The more patients believe that they are expected to leave decision-making to the health care provider, the more they perceive themselves as having a passive role. The more patients who feel they have support, the more they perceive themselves as having a shared role. Patients and caregivers could be facilitated to make role expectations explicit. Examining support resources in the social network is desirable.
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- Kirti D Doekhie
- Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Human Resource Studies, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE, Tilburg, the Netherlands
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Bloom I, Welch L, Vassilev I, Rogers A, Jameson K, Cooper C, Robinson S, Baird J. Findings from an exploration of a social network intervention to promote diet quality and health behaviours in older adults with COPD: a feasibility study. Pilot Feasibility Stud 2020; 6:15. [PMID: 32042439 PMCID: PMC7003327 DOI: 10.1186/s40814-020-0553-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Background Diet quality in older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with better health and lung function. Social factors, such as social support, social networks and participation in activities, have been linked with diet quality in older age. A social network tool—GENIE (Generating Engagement in Network Involvement)—was implemented in a COPD community care context. The study aimed to assess the feasibility of the GENIE intervention to promote diet quality and other health behaviours in COPD. Methods Twenty-two community-dwelling older adults with COPD were recruited from a local COPD service. Participants were offered usual care or the GENIE intervention. Process evaluation methods were used to assess intervention implementation, context and mechanisms of impact; these included observations of patient interactions with the intervention, documented in observational field notes and in films of a patient group discussion. Diet quality was assessed by food frequency questionnaire; ‘prudent’ diet scores were used to describe diet quality at baseline and at 3-month follow-up. Change in diet quality was expressed per month, from baseline to follow-up. Results Feasibility data showed that the GENIE intervention could be implemented in this sample of community-living older people. The intervention was acceptable to clinicians and older people with COPD, especially for those with less severe disease, when facilitated appropriately and considering the levels of literacy of participants. There was no significant change in diet quality in the intervention group over the follow-up period (median change in prudent diet score per month (interquartile range (IQR), 0.03 (− 0.24–0.07)), whereas an overall fall in diet quality was observed in the control group (− 0.15 (− 0.24–0.03)). Conclusion The process evaluation findings suggest that this intervention is feasible and acceptable to both patients and clinicians. Although the sample size achieved in this study was small, findings suggest that the intervention may have a protective effect against declines in diet quality, and other health behaviours, in an older COPD population. Findings from this feasibility study indicate that further evaluation of the GENIE intervention is warranted in a larger study, with a longer follow-up. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02935452. NIH U.S. National Library of Medicine. Registered 17 October 2016.
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- Ilse Bloom
- 1MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK.,2NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- 3Solent NHS Trust, Bitterne Health Centre, Commercial Road, Bitterne, Southampton, UK.,4Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) Wessex, Southampton, UK
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- 4Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) Wessex, Southampton, UK
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- 4Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) Wessex, Southampton, UK
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- 1MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK
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- 1MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK.,2NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.,6NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- 1MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK.,7AGE Research Group, Biomedical Research Building, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- 1MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK.,2NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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Reidy C, Foster C, Rogers A. A novel exploration of the support needs of people initiating insulin pump therapy using a social network approach: a longitudinal mixed-methods study. Diabet Med 2020; 37:298-310. [PMID: 31618464 PMCID: PMC7003843 DOI: 10.1111/dme.14155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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AIMS To establish what practical and emotional means of support are required on initiation of insulin pump therapy and how needs change over time, using GENIE, a social network intervention. METHODS The study's longitudinal design used semi-structured interviews, surveys (PAID, CLARKE) and HbA1c values at time of pump initiation, and at 3 and 6 months. Interviews used GENIE to capture participants' expectations and experiences of pump therapy and associated support and resources. Thematic analysis was used with sequential, time-ordered matrices. RESULTS A total of 16 adults undertook 47 interviews. A total of 94 services, resources and activities were acquired, while tally, frequency and value of network members increased over time. The novelty of pump therapy impacted on participants' self-management needs. Key themes included: 1) the independent nature of managing diabetes; 2) overcoming the challenges and illness burden associated with pump use; 3) the need for responsive and tailored emotional and practical support; and 4) useful resources when incorporating pump therapy. GENIE was thought to be novel and beneficial. CONCLUSIONS A social network approach determined what resources and support people with diabetes require when incorporating a new health technology. Visualisation of support networks using concentric circles enabled people to consider and mobilise support and engage in new activities as their needs changed. The novelty of pump therapy creates new illness-related work, but mobilisation of personally valued flexible, tailored support can improve the process of adaptation.
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- C. Reidy
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) Wessex School of Health SciencesFaculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton
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- Macmillan Survivorship Research GroupSchool of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) Wessex School of Health SciencesFaculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton
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Lovell K, Bee P, Bower P, Brooks H, Cahoon P, Callaghan P, Carter LA, Cree L, Davies L, Drake R, Fraser C, Gibbons C, Grundy A, Hinsliff-Smith K, Meade O, Roberts C, Rogers A, Rushton K, Sanders C, Shields G, Walker L. Training to enhance user and carer involvement in mental health-care planning: the EQUIP research programme including a cluster RCT. PROGRAMME GRANTS FOR APPLIED RESEARCH 2019. [DOI: 10.3310/pgfar07090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Background
Service users and carers using mental health services want more involvement in their care and the aim of this research programme was to enhance service user and carer involvement in care planning in mental health services.
Objectives
Co-develop and co-deliver a training intervention for health professionals in community mental health teams, which aimed to enhance service user and carer involvement in care planning. Develop a patient-reported outcome measure of service user involvement in care planning, design an audit tool and assess individual preferences for key aspects of care planning involvement. Evaluate the clinical effectiveness and the cost-effectiveness of the training. Understand the barriers to and facilitators of implementing service user- and carer-involved care planning. Disseminate resources to stakeholders.
Methods
A systematic review, focus groups and interviews with service users/carers/health professionals informed the training and determined the priorities underpinning involvement in care planning. Data from focus groups and interviews were combined and analysed using framework analysis. The results of the systematic review, focus groups/interviews and a review of the training interventions were synthesised to develop the final training intervention. To develop and validate the patient-reported outcome measure, items were generated from focus groups and interviews, and a psychometric analysis was conducted. Patient-reported outcome measure items and a three-round consensus exercise were used to develop an audit tool, and a stated preference survey was undertaken to assess individual preferences for key aspects of care planning. The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the training were evaluated using a pragmatic cluster trial with cohort and cross-sectional samples. A nested longitudinal qualitative process evaluation using multiple methods, including semistructured interviews with key informants involved locally and nationally in mental health policy, practice and research, was undertaken. A mapping exercise was used to determine current practice, and semistructured interviews were undertaken with service users and mental health professionals from both the usual-care and the intervention arms of the trial at three time points (i.e. baseline and 6 months and 12 months post intervention).
Results
The results from focus groups (n = 56) and interviews (n = 74) highlighted a need to deliver training to increase the quality of care planning and a training intervention was developed. We recruited 402 participants to develop the final 14-item patient-reported outcome measure and a six-item audit tool. We recruited 232 participants for the stated preference survey and found that preferences were strongest for the attribute ‘my preferences for care are included in the care plan’. The training was delivered to 304 care co-ordinators working in community mental health teams across 10 NHS trusts. The cluster trial and cross-sectional survey recruited 1286 service users and 90 carers, and the primary outcome was the Health Care Climate Questionnaire. Training was positively evaluated. The results showed no statistically significant difference on the primary outcome (the Health Care Climate Questionnaire) (adjusted mean difference –0.064, 95% confidence interval –0.343 to 0.215; p = 0.654) or secondary outcomes at the 6-month follow-up. Overall, the training intervention was associated with a net saving of –£54.00 (95% confidence interval –£193.00 to £84.00), with a net quality-adjusted life-year loss of –0.014 (95% confidence interval –0.034 to 0.005). The longitudinal process evaluation recruited 54 service users, professionals and carers, finding a failure of training to become embedded in routine care.
Limitations
Our pragmatic study was designed to improve service user and care involvement in care planning among routine community mental health services. We intervened in 18 sites with > 300 care co-ordinators. However, our volunteer sites may not be fully representative of the wider population, and we lacked data with which to compare our participants with the eligible population.
Conclusions
We co-developed and co-delivered a training intervention and developed a unidimensional measure of service user and carer involvement in care planning and an audit tool. Despite a high level of satisfaction with the training, no significant effect was found; therefore, the intervention was ineffective. There was a failure of training to become embedded and normalised because of a lack of organisational readiness to accept change. Working with NHS trusts in our ‘Willing Adopters’ programme with enhanced organisational buy-in yielded some promising results.
Future work
Research should focus on developing and evaluating new organisational initiatives in addition to training health-care professionals to address contextual barriers to service and carer involvement in care planning, and explore co-designing and delivering new ways of enhancing service users’ and carers’ capabilities to engage in care planning.
Trial registration
Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN16488358.
Funding
This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research programme and will be published in full in Programme Grants for Applied Research; Vol. 7, No. 9. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.
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- Karina Lovell
- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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Sanders T, Elliott J, Norman P, Johnson B, Heller S. Disruptive illness contexts and liminality in the accounts of young people with type 1 diabetes. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2019; 41:1289-1304. [PMID: 30968432 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
We utilise Bury's (1982) biographical disruption to examine young people's experiences of type 1 diabetes. Our findings show that young adults adopted various 'subject positions' across different illness contexts. The subject positions deployed are intended to produce a particular kind of normal embodied identity unaffected by diabetes. First, participants concealed their illness in public spaces and challenged cultural stereotypes of diabetes to maintain a normal illness biography. Disruption was ever present and required careful negotiation to avoid exposure of illness in public. Young adults upheld a 'normal public presentation'. Second, they resisted the medical system's pressure to adhere to glucose targets asserting and maintaining a subject position of 'independent and autonomous young adults'. Here, disruption was transient and temporary, present in the clinic but not always beyond. It remained in the background for much of the time until it was reinforced by parents or at meal times. Third, young adults acquired a 'pragmatic subject position' with diabetes viewed as complex but manageable, no longer a target for resistance. Frank's (1995) 'narrative restitution' is adopted to describe the transition to life with 'normal' illness. We argue that illness experience was 'liminal' and reflected the subject positions adopted by young adults.
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- Tom Sanders
- Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Academic Unit of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Oncology & Metabolism, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Academic Unit of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Oncology & Metabolism, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Band R, Ewings S, Cheetham-Blake T, Ellis J, Breheny K, Vassilev I, Portillo MC, Yardley L, Blickem C, Kandiyali R, Culliford D, Rogers A. Study protocol for 'The Project About Loneliness and Social networks (PALS)': a pragmatic, randomised trial comparing a facilitated social network intervention (Genie) with a wait-list control for lonely and socially isolated people. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e028718. [PMID: 31427326 PMCID: PMC6701612 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Revised: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Loneliness and social isolation have been identified as significant public health concerns, but improving relationships and increasing social participation may improve health outcomes and quality of life. The aim of the Project About Loneliness and Social networks (PALS) study is to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a guided social network intervention within a community setting among individuals experiencing loneliness and isolation and to understand implementation of Generating Engagement in Network Involvement (Genie) in the context of different organisations. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The PALS trial will be a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial comparing participants receiving the Genie intervention to a wait-list control group. Eligible participants will be recruited from organisations working within a community setting: any adult identified as socially isolated or at-risk of loneliness and living in the community will be eligible. Genie will be delivered by trained facilitators recruited from community organisations. The primary outcome will be the difference in the SF-12 Mental Health composite scale score at 6-month follow-up between the intervention and control group using a mixed effects model (accounting for clustering within facilitators and organisation). Secondary outcomes will be loneliness, social isolation, well-being, physical health and engagement with new activities. The economic evaluation will use a cost-utility approach, and adopt a public sector perspective to include health-related resource use and costs incurred by other public services. Exploratory analysis will use a societal perspective, and explore broader measures of benefit (capability well-being). A qualitative process evaluation will explore organisational and environmental arrangements, as well as stakeholder and participant experiences of the study to understand the factors likely to influence future sustainability, implementation and scalability of using a social network intervention within this context. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This study has received NHS ethical approval (REC reference: 18/SC/0245). The findings from PALS will be disseminated widely through peer-reviewed publications, conferences and workshops in collaboration with our community partners. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ISRCTN19193075.
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- Rebecca Band
- Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Wessex, NIHR, Wessex, UK
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- Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Wessex, NIHR, Wessex, UK
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- Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Wessex, NIHR, Wessex, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Wessex, NIHR, Wessex, UK
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- Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Wessex, NIHR, Wessex, UK
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- Academic Unit of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, University of Bristol School of Social and Community Medicine, Bristol, UK
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- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Wessex, NIHR, Wessex, UK
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Wessex, NIHR, Wessex, UK
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Ellis J, Vassilev I, Kennedy A, Moore M, Rogers A. Help seeking for antibiotics; is the influence of a personal social network relevant? BMC FAMILY PRACTICE 2019; 20:63. [PMID: 31088394 PMCID: PMC6518744 DOI: 10.1186/s12875-019-0955-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Health policy focuses on reducing antibiotic prescribing that in order to succeed requires the public to hold similar attitudes towards judicious use. Social network influences on health behaviour and attitudes are well established and yet these influences are not sufficiently acknowledged in the UK's antibiotic stewardship programmes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate individuals' attitudes and behaviours towards antibiotics and also identify the social network influences on these in the process of help seeking for self-limiting illnesses. METHODS From a social network approach the methods used were a personal community mapping exercise which was carried out ahead of a semi-structured interview. A purposive sample was drawn from across the Wessex region and participants were recruited via GP practices and pharmacists. In total 14 adults, and 10 parents of children, who had received a prescription for antibiotics for a self-limiting illness within the 3 months preceding the interview were recruited and interviewed. RESULTS Three network types were identified; diverse, family and friend and restricted. The type of network an individual has appears to have an influence on antibiotic attitudes and behaviours. Most notably, the more diverse a network the more likely the individual will delay in help seeking from healthcare professionals as they draw upon self-care strategies advised by network members. The role of the GP varies according to network type too. Individuals' with diverse networks draw upon GP network members to provide clarity and certainty following a period of self-care. People with restricted networks are more reliant upon the GP, seek help quicker and also more likely to prioritise the GPs advice over other sources of information. CONCLUSION The understanding a social network approach brings to help seeking behaviour for antibiotics could help practitioners modify their consultation approach to mitigate some uncertainties and perceptions around prescribing behaviour.
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- J Ellis
- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, Primary Care and Population Science, Aldermoor Health Centre, Aldermoor Close, Southampton, SO16 5ST, UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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Vassilev I, Rogers A, Kennedy A, Oatley C, James E. Identifying the processes of change and engagement from using a social network intervention for people with long-term conditions. A qualitative study. Health Expect 2018; 22:173-182. [PMID: 30318769 PMCID: PMC6433331 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 09/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Personal and community networks are recognized as influencing and shaping self‐management activities and practices. An acceptable intervention which facilitates self‐management by mobilizing network support and improves network engagement has a positive impact on health and quality of life. This study aims to identify the processes through which such changes and engagement take place. Methods The study was conducted in the south of England in 2016‐2017 and adopted a longitudinal case study of networks design. Purposive sample of respondents with long‐term conditions (n = 15) was recruited from local groups. Barriers and facilitators to implementation were explored in interviews with key stakeholders (5). Results Intervention engagement leads to a deepening of relationships within networks, adding new links and achieving personal objectives relevant for improving the health and well‐being of users and network members. Such changes are supported through two pathways: the mobilization of network capabilities and by acting as a nudge. The first is a gradual process where potentially relevant changes are further contemplated by forefronting immediate concerns and negotiating acceptable means for achieving change, prioritizing objective over subjective valuations of support provided by network members and rehearsing justifications for keeping the status quo or adopting change. The second pathway changes are enacted through the availability of a potential fit between individual, network and environmental conditions of readiness. Conclusions The two pathways of network mobilization identified in this study illuminate the individual, network and environmental level processes involved in moving from cognitive engagement with the intervention to adopting changes in existing practice.
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- Ivaylo Vassilev
- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- School for Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Solent University, Southampton, UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Reidy C, Bracher M, Foster C, Vassilev I, Rogers A. The process of incorporating insulin pumps into the everyday lives of people with Type 1 diabetes: A critical interpretive synthesis. Health Expect 2018; 21:714-729. [PMID: 29418050 PMCID: PMC6117487 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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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 complexities and a need to understand the factors which enable people with T1D to incorporate a novel device. This new comprehension could provide an exemplar for people with long-term conditions to incorporate new technologies more generally. OBJECTIVE To determine what influences the incorporation, adaptation and use of IPT into the everyday lives of people living with diabetes. DESIGN Critical interpretive synthesis (CIS) using systematic searches undertaken in 7 electronic databases of literature, published 2008 onwards. RESULTS A total of 4998 titles were identified, 274 abstracts reviewed, 39 full articles retrieved and 22 papers selected for analysis. Three themes emerged which were of relevance to the introduction and use of IPT; Tensions between expectations and experiences in adoption and early adaptation; Negotiation of responsibility and accessing support; Reflexivity, active experimentation and feedback. CONCLUSIONS This CIS builds on earlier reviews on lived experiences of IPT. Novel insights are offered through examination of the experiences of pump users from children through to adults, their families and health-care professionals. Expectations of what the device can do to improve self-management impacts on the early stages of adoption as the reality of the technology requires substantial thought and action. Areas for intervention to improve IPT incorporation include establishing who is responsible for management tasks of the device and enabling navigation to further means of support and resources.
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- Claire Reidy
- Faculty of Health SciencesNIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) WessexUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonHampshireUK
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- School of Health and Social CareHealth SciencesBournemouth UniversityBournemouthDorsetUK
- Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonHampshireUK
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- Faculty of Health SciencesMacmillan Survivorship Research GroupUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonHampshireUK
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- Faculty of Health SciencesNIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) WessexUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonHampshireUK
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- Faculty of Health SciencesNIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) WessexUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonHampshireUK
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Kroenke CH. A conceptual model of social networks and mechanisms of cancer mortality, and potential strategies to improve survival. Transl Behav Med 2018; 8:629-642. [PMID: 30016520 PMCID: PMC6065533 DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibx061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Women with larger personal social networks have better breast cancer survival and a lower risk of mortality. However, little work has examined the mechanisms through which social networks influence breast cancer outcomes and cancer outcomes more generally, potentially limiting the development of feasible, clinically effective interventions. In fact, much of the emphasis in cancer research regarding the influence of social relationships on cancer outcomes has focused on the benefits of the provision of social support to patients, especially through peer support groups, and only more recently through patient navigation. Though critically important, there are other ways through which social relationships might influence outcomes, around which interventions might be developed. In addition to social support, these include social resources, social norms, social contagion, social roles, and social burdens and obligations. This narrative review addresses how social networks may influence cancer outcomes and discusses potential strategies for improving outcomes given these relationships. The paper (a) describes background and limitations of previous research, (b) outlines terms and provides a conceptual model that describes interrelationships between social networks and relevant variables and their hypothesized influence on cancer outcomes, (c) clarifies social and psychosocial mechanisms through which social networks affect downstream factors, (d) describes downstream behavioral, treatment, and physiological factors through which these subsequently influence recurrence and mortality, and (e) describes needed research and potential opportunities to enhance translation. Though most literature in this area pertains to breast cancer, this review has substantial relevance for cancer outcomes generally. Further clarification and research regarding potential mechanisms are needed to translate epidemiological findings on social networks into clinical and community strategies to improve cancer outcomes.
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- Candyce H Kroenke
- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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Hartley SE. Re-imagining the role of the physiotherapist when managing people with long-term conditions. Physiother Theory Pract 2018; 35:1005-1014. [DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2018.1467989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Sandra Elaine Hartley
- Department of Health Professions, Brooks Building, Birley Fields Campus, Manchester, England
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Farr M, Banks J, Edwards HB, Northstone K, Bernard E, Salisbury C, Horwood J. Implementing online consultations in primary care: a mixed-method evaluation extending normalisation process theory through service co-production. BMJ Open 2018; 8:e019966. [PMID: 29555817 PMCID: PMC5875620 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To examine patient and staff views, experiences and acceptability of a UK primary care online consultation system and ask how the system and its implementation may be improved. DESIGN Mixed-method evaluation of a primary care e-consultation system. SETTING Primary care practices in South West England. METHODS Qualitative interviews with 23 practice staff in six practices. Patient survey data for 756 e-consultations from 36 practices, with free-text survey comments from 512 patients, were analysed thematically. Anonymised patients' records were abstracted for 485 e-consultations from eight practices, including consultation types and outcomes. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse quantitative data. Analysis of implementation and the usage of the e-consultation system were informed by: (1) normalisation process theory, (2) a framework that illustrates how e-consultations were co-produced and (3) patients' and staff touchpoints. RESULTS We found different expectations between patients and staff on how to use e-consultations 'appropriately'. While some patients used the system to try and save time for themselves and their general practitioners (GPs), some used e-consultations when they could not get a timely face-to-face appointment. Most e-consultations resulted in either follow-on phone (32%) or face-to-face appointments (38%) and GPs felt that this duplicated their workload. Patient satisfaction of the system was high, but a minority were dissatisfied with practice communication about their e-consultation. CONCLUSIONS Where both patients and staff interact with technology, it is in effect 'co-implemented'. How patients used e-consultations impacted on practice staff's experiences and appraisal of the system. Overall, the e-consultation system studied could improve access for some patients, but in its current form, it was not perceived by practices as creating sufficient efficiencies to warrant financial investment. We illustrate how this e-consultation system and its implementation can be improved, through mapping the co-production of e-consultations through touchpoints.
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- Michelle Farr
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) West, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) West, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) West, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) West, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) West, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) West, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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Alongside declining activity levels, energy needs fall in older age and eating less is expected. However, as total food consumption declines, intakes of many nutrients are also likely to fall; while energy requirements may be met, other nutrient needs may not. Although this highlights the importance of nutrient-dense foods and overall diet quality in older age to ensure nutrient intakes are sufficient, maintaining or increasing diet quality may be difficult at a time when food access and preparation are becoming more challenging, and diets may be more monotonous. Poor nutrition, even in developed settings, is common. Older malnourished adults are more likely to have poorer health outcomes, longer hospital stays and increased mortality. Thus, apart from the evident personal costs, the economic burden of disease-related malnutrition is significant, and effective preventive strategies to promote good nutrition among older populations are needed. In particular, there is a need for wider recognition of malnutrition risk among older adults, including implementation of routine screening of nutritional status and early diagnosis. Design of future interventions to support older community-dwelling adults requires a clear understanding of the personal and contextual influences that affect patterns of food choice and consumption, including consideration of the importance of social and psychological factors. In addition, there are opportunities to intervene earlier in the lifecourse; the most effective preventive efforts to promote good nutrition in older age may need to start ahead of age-related changes in physiology and function, including younger adulthood and at the retirement transition.
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Brooks HL, Lovell K, Bee P, Sanders C, Rogers A. Is it time to abandon care planning in mental health services? A qualitative study exploring the views of professionals, service users and carers. Health Expect 2017; 21:597-605. [PMID: 29144591 PMCID: PMC5980609 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND It has been established that mental health-care planning does not adequately respond to the needs of those accessing services. Understanding the reasons for this and identifying whose needs care plans serve requires an exploration of the perspectives of service users, carers and professionals within the wider organizational context. OBJECTIVE To explore the current operationalization of care planning and perceptions of its function within mental health services from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders. SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS Participants included 21 mental health professionals, 29 service users and 4 carers from seven Mental Health Trusts in England. All participants had experience of care planning processes within secondary mental health-care services. METHODS Fifty-four semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants and analysed utilizing a qualitative framework approach. FINDINGS Care plans and care planning were characterized by a failure to meet the complexity of mental health needs, and care planning processes were seen to prioritize organizational agendas and risk prevention which distanced care planning from the everyday lives of service users. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Care planning is recognized, embedded and well established in the practices of mental health professionals and service users. However, it is considered too superficial and mainly irrelevant to users for managing mental health in their everyday lives. Those responsible for the planning and delivery of mental health services should consider ways to increase the relevance of care planning to the everyday lives of service users including separating risk from holistic needs assessment, using support aids and utilizing a peer workforce in this regard.
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- Helen L Brooks
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Mental Health Research Group, Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Mental Health Research Group, Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Division of Population Health, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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A review of social participation interventions for people with mental health problems. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2017; 52:369-380. [PMID: 28286914 PMCID: PMC5380688 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-017-1372-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 02/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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PURPOSE The association between social networks and improved mental and physical health is well documented in the literature, but mental health services rarely routinely intervene to improve an individual's social network. This review summarises social participation intervention models to illustrate different approaches which practitioners use, highlight gaps in the evidence base and suggest future directions for research. METHODS A systematic search of electronic databases was conducted, and social participation interventions were grouped into six categories using a modified narrative synthesis approach. RESULTS Nineteen interventions from 14 countries were identified, six of which were evaluated using a randomised controlled trial. They were grouped together as: individual social skills training; group skills training; supported community engagement; group-based community activities; employment interventions; and peer support interventions. Social network gains appear strongest for supported community engagement interventions, but overall, evidence was limited. CONCLUSIONS The small number of heterogeneous studies included in this review, which were not quality appraised, tentatively suggests that social participation interventions may increase individuals' social networks. Future research needs to use experimental designs with sufficient samples and follow-up periods longer than 12 months to enable us to make firm recommendations for mental health policy or practice.
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Ploeg J, Matthew-Maich N, Fraser K, Dufour S, McAiney C, Kaasalainen S, Markle-Reid M, Upshur R, Cleghorn L, Emili A. Managing multiple chronic conditions in the community: a Canadian qualitative study of the experiences of older adults, family caregivers and healthcare providers. BMC Geriatr 2017; 17:40. [PMID: 28143412 PMCID: PMC5282921 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-017-0431-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) among older persons is increasing worldwide and is associated with poor health status and high rates of healthcare utilization and costs. Current health and social services are not addressing the complex needs of this group or their family caregivers. A better understanding of the experience of MCC from multiple perspectives is needed to improve the approach to care for this vulnerable group. However, the experience of MCC has not been explored with a broad sample of community-living older adults, family caregivers and healthcare providers. The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of managing MCC in the community from the perspectives of older adults with MCC, family caregivers and healthcare providers working in a variety of settings. METHODS Using Thorne's interpretive description approach, semi-structured interviews (n = 130) were conducted in two Canadian provinces with 41 community-living older adults (aged 65 years and older) with three or more chronic conditions, 47 family caregivers (aged 18 years and older), and 42 healthcare providers working in various community settings. Healthcare providers represented various disciplines and settings. Interview transcripts were analyzed using Thorne's interpretive description approach. RESULTS Participants described the experience of managing MCC as: (a) overwhelming, draining and complicated, (b) organizing pills and appointments, (c) being split into pieces, (d) doing what the doctor says, (e) relying on family and friends, and (f) having difficulty getting outside help. These themes resonated with the emotional impact of MCC for all three groups of participants and the heavy reliance on family caregivers to support care in the home. CONCLUSIONS The experience of managing MCC in the community was one of high complexity, where there was a large gap between the needs of older adults and caregivers and the ability of health and social care systems to meet those needs. Healthcare for MCC was experienced as piecemeal and fragmented with little focus on the person and family as a whole. These findings provide a foundation for the design of care processes to more optimally address the needs-service gap that is integral to the experience of managing MCC.
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- Jenny Ploeg
- Aging, Community and Health Research Unit, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, HSc3N25C, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 Canada
- Department of Health, Aging and Society, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, HSc3N25C, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 Canada
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- Health Science Research and Innovation, School of Nursing, Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology, 1400 Main Street West, IAHS - 354, Hamilton, ON L8S 1C7 Canada
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- Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, 5-185 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9 Canada
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- School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, IAHS Rm 403, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, West 5th Campus, 100 West 5th Street, Room G102, Hamilton, ON L8N 3K7 Canada
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 Canada
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- Aging, Community and Health Research Unit, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, HSc3N25C, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 Canada
- Aging, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion Interventions, 1280 Main Street West, HSc3N25B, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 Canada
- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, HSc3N25B, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 Canada
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, M.33 1 Bridgepoint Drive, Toronto, ON M4M 2B5 Canada
- Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation, Sinai Health System, AM.33 1 Bridgepoint Drive, Toronto, ON M4M 2B5 Canada
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- School of Nursing and Department of Family Medicine, Health TAPESTRY, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, David Braley Health Science Centre, 5th Floor, Hamilton, ON L9S 4K1 Canada
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- McMaster University, Main West Medical Group, 1685 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 1G5 Canada
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BACKGROUND Context is a problem in research on health behaviour change, knowledge translation, practice implementation and health improvement. This is because many intervention and evaluation designs seek to eliminate contextual confounders, when these represent the normal conditions into which interventions must be integrated if they are to be workable in practice. DISCUSSION We present an ecological model of the ways that participants in implementation and health improvement processes interact with contexts. The paper addresses the problem of context as it affects processes of implementation, scaling up and diffusion of interventions. We extend our earlier work to develop Normalisation Process Theory and show how these processes involve interactions between mechanisms of resource mobilisation, collective action and negotiations with context. These mechanisms are adaptive. They contribute to self-organisation in complex adaptive systems. CONCLUSION Implementation includes the translational efforts that take healthcare interventions beyond the closed systems of evaluation studies into the open systems of 'real world' contexts. The outcome of these processes depends on interactions and negotiations between their participants and contexts. In these negotiations, the plasticity of intervention components, the degree of participants' discretion over resource mobilisation and actors' contributions, and the elasticity of contexts, all play important parts. Understanding these processes in terms of feedback loops, adaptive mechanisms and the practical compromises that stem from them enables us to see the mechanisms specified by NPT as core elements of self-organisation in complex systems.
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- Carl R May
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Building 67 (Nightingale), University Road, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. .,University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK. .,NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
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- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.,NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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BACKGROUND Context is a problem in research on health behaviour change, knowledge translation, practice implementation and health improvement. This is because many intervention and evaluation designs seek to eliminate contextual confounders, when these represent the normal conditions into which interventions must be integrated if they are to be workable in practice. DISCUSSION We present an ecological model of the ways that participants in implementation and health improvement processes interact with contexts. The paper addresses the problem of context as it affects processes of implementation, scaling up and diffusion of interventions. We extend our earlier work to develop Normalisation Process Theory and show how these processes involve interactions between mechanisms of resource mobilisation, collective action and negotiations with context. These mechanisms are adaptive. They contribute to self-organisation in complex adaptive systems. CONCLUSION Implementation includes the translational efforts that take healthcare interventions beyond the closed systems of evaluation studies into the open systems of 'real world' contexts. The outcome of these processes depends on interactions and negotiations between their participants and contexts. In these negotiations, the plasticity of intervention components, the degree of participants' discretion over resource mobilisation and actors' contributions, and the elasticity of contexts, all play important parts. Understanding these processes in terms of feedback loops, adaptive mechanisms and the practical compromises that stem from them enables us to see the mechanisms specified by NPT as core elements of self-organisation in complex systems.
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Vassilev I, Rogers A, Kennedy A, Wensing M, Koetsenruijter J, Orlando R, Portillo MC, Culliford D. Social Network Type and Long-Term Condition Management Support: A Cross-Sectional Study in Six European Countries. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161027. [PMID: 27536988 PMCID: PMC4990169 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Network types and characteristics have been linked to the capacity of inter-personal environments to mobilise and share resources. The aim of this paper is to examine personal network types in relation to long-term condition management in order to identify the properties of network types most likely to provide support for those with a long-term condition. Method A cross-sectional observational survey of people with type 2 diabetes using interviews and questionnaires was conducted between April and October 2013 in six European countries: Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, Norway, United Kingdom, and Netherlands. 1862 people with predominantly lower socio-economic status were recruited from each country. We used k-means clustering analysis to derive the network types, and one-way analysis of variance and multivariate logistic regression analysis to explore the relationship between network type socio-economic characteristics, self-management monitoring and skills, well-being, and network member work. Results Five network types of people with long-term conditions were identified: restricted, minimal family, family, weak ties, and diverse. Restricted network types represented those with the poorest self-management skills and were associated with limited support from social network members. Restricted networks were associated with poor indicators across self-management capacity, network support, and well-being. Diverse networks were associated with more enhanced self-management skills amongst those with a long-term condition and high level of emotional support. It was the three network types which had a large number of network members (diverse, weak ties, and family) where healthcare utilisation was most likely to correspond to existing health needs. Discussion Our findings suggest that type of increased social involvement is linked to greater self-management capacity and potentially lower formal health care costs indicating that diverse networks constitute the optimal network type as a policy in terms of the design of LTCM interventions and building support for people with LTCs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ivaylo Vassilev
- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) Wessex, Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) Wessex, Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) Wessex, Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Im Neuenheimer Feld, Marsilius Arkaden, Turm West, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Aarhus University, Department of Public Health, Bartholins Alee 2, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) Wessex, Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) Wessex, Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research (CLAHRC) Wessex, Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom
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