Browsing Blizard Institute by Subject "Qualitative Research"
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Attitudes and behaviours of adolescents towards antibiotics and self-care for respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study.
(2017-06-06)BACKGROUND: To understand attitudes and behaviours of adolescents towards antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance and respiratory tract infections. DESIGN: Qualitative approach informed by the Theory of Planned Behaviour. ... -
Barriers and facilitators to adherence to secondary stroke prevention medications after stroke: analysis of survivors and caregivers views from an online stroke forum.
(2017-07-16)OBJECTIVE: To identify barriers and facilitators of medication adherence in patients with stroke along with their caregivers. DESIGN: Qualitative thematic analysis of posts about secondary prevention medications, informed ... -
Barriers and facilitators to early mobilisation and weight-bearing as tolerated after hip fracture surgery among older adults in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study.
(Oxford University Press, 2024-04-14)OBJECTIVE: To explore the practice of prescribing and implementing early mobilisation and weight-bearing as tolerated after hip fracture surgery in older adults and identify barriers and facilitators to their implementation. ... -
Beyond the 'dyad': a qualitative re-evaluation of the changing clinical consultation.
(2014-09-29)OBJECTIVE: To identify characteristics of consultations that do not conform to the traditionally understood communication 'dyad', in order to highlight implications for medical education and develop a reflective 'toolkit' ... -
Building managed primary care practice networks to deliver better clinical care: a qualitative semi-structured interview study.
(2017-11)BACKGROUND: Primary care practices are increasingly working in larger groups. In 2009, all 36 primary care practices in the London borough of Tower Hamlets were grouped geographically into eight managed practice networks ... -
An evaluation of the TARGET (Treat Antibiotics Responsibly; Guidance, Education, Tools) Antibiotics Toolkit to improve antimicrobial stewardship in primary care-is it fit for purpose?
(2018-07-23)Background: The TARGET (Treat Antibiotics Responsibly; Guidance, Education, Tools) Antibiotics Toolkit aims to improve antimicrobial prescribing in primary care through guidance, interactive workshops with action planning, ... -
Experience of UK Latin Americans caring for a relative living with dementia: A qualitative study of family carers.
(2022-07)INTRODUCTION: Most studies of the Latin American immigrant experience and care for relatives living with dementia have been in the United States (US). In the United Kingdom (UK), unlike the US, most Latin Americans are ... -
How do stroke survivors and their carers use practitioners' advice on secondary prevention medications? Qualitative study of an online forum.
(2017-09-01)Background: Secondary prevention medications reduce risk of stroke recurrence, yet many people do not receive recommended treatment, nor take medications optimally. Objective: Exploring how patients report making use of ... -
The impact of a social prescribing service on patients in primary care: a mixed methods evaluation.
(2017-12-19)BACKGROUND: Social prescribing is targeted at isolated and lonely patients. Practitioners and patients jointly develop bespoke well-being plans to promote social integration and or social reactivation. Our aim was to ... -
Impacts of clinical academic activity: qualitative interviews with healthcare managers and research-active nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and pharmacists.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-10-07)OBJECTIVES: To explore the perceived impacts of clinical academic activity among the professions outside medicine. DESIGN: Qualitative semistructured interviews. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: There were two groups of interviewees: ... -
The lived experience of chronic headache: a systematic review and synthesis of the qualitative literature.
(2017-12-15)OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the qualitative literature of the lived experience of people with a chronic headache disorder. BACKGROUND: Chronic headaches affect 3%-4% of the population. The most common chronic ... -
Living with polypharmacy: a narrative interview study with older Pakistanis in East London.
(2023-11-15)BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy is a growing and major public health issue. It can be burdensome and risky for patients and costly to healthcare systems. Older adults and those from ethnic minority backgrounds are disproportionately ... -
Multidisciplinary team healthcare professionals' perceptions of current and optimal acute rehabilitation, a hip fracture example A UK qualitative interview study informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework.
(2022)OBJECTIVE: To understand multidisciplinary team healthcare professionals' perceptions of current and optimal provision of acute rehabilitation, perceived facilitators and barriers to implementation, and their implications ... -
Online stroke forum as source of data for qualitative research: insights from a comparison with patients' interviews.
(2018-03-30)OBJECTIVE: To determine the appropriateness of an online forum compared with face-to-face interviews as a source of data for qualitative research on adherence to secondary prevention medications after stroke. DESIGN: A ... -
Orthopaedic physiotherapists' perceptions of mechanisms for observed variation in the implementation of physiotherapy practices in the early postoperative phase after hip fracture: a UK qualitative study.
(2021-11-10)OBJECTIVE: to explore physiotherapists' perceptions of mechanisms to explain observed variation in early postoperative practice after hip fracture surgery demonstrated in a national audit. METHODS: a qualitative semi-structured ... -
Perceptions of changes in practice following peer review in the National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Resources and Outcomes Project.
(2012)PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to examine perceptions of local service change and concepts of change amongst participants in a UK nationwide randomised controlled trial of informal, structured, reciprocated, ... -
Physiotherapists' perspectives of barriers and facilitators to effective community provision after hip fracture: a qualitative study in England.
(2023-09-01)PURPOSE: to investigate physiotherapists' perspectives of effective community provision following hip fracture. METHODS: qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 community physiotherapists across ... -
Reflections on contributing to health research: A qualitative interview study with research participants and patient advisors.
(Public Library of Science, 2022-12-19)OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to explore individuals' experiences of contributing to health research and to identify the types of impact that are perceived as important by participants or patient and public ... -
Reluctance of general practice staff to register patients without documentation: a qualitative study in North East London.
(2023-04)BACKGROUND: Lack of access to documentation is a key barrier to GP registration, despite NHS England guidance stating that documents are not required. Staff attitudes and practice regarding registration of those without ... -
Seeking help for atrial fibrillation: the role of the body in distributed decision making.
(2024-06)We adopt Rapley's (2008) concept of distributed decision making to explore the role of the body in people's decisions to seek medical care. We conducted in-depth interviews with patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation ...