• Cognitive functional therapy compared with a group-based exercise and education intervention for chronic low back pain: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) 

  O'Keeffe, Mary; O'Sullivan, Peter B.; Purtill, Helen; Bargary, Norma; O'Sullivan, Kieran (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)

  Background: One-size-fits-all interventions reduce chronic low back pain (CLBP) a small amount. An individualised intervention called cognitive functional therapy (CFT) was superior for CLBP compared with manual therapy ...
• Unemployment as a chronic stressor: a systematic review of cortisol studies 

  Summer, Rachel C.; Gallagher, Stephen (Taylor and Francis, 2017)

  Objective: Unemployment is a type of chronic stressor that impacts human health. The reasons for how the stress of unemployment affect health is still a matter of discussion. One of the pathways from chronic stress to ill ...
• Unemployment, employment precarity and inflammation 

  Summer, Rachel C.; Bennett, Rachel; Creaven, Ann-Marie; Gallagher, Stephen (Elsevier, 2019)

  2 Unemployment has been associated with poorer health, but few studies have examined the biological mechanisms that confer these health decrements. Further, no studies to date have examined differences across employment ...
• Rehabilitation of cognitive deficits poststroke: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of non-pharmacological interventions 

  O'Donoghue, Mairead; Boland, Pauline; Galvin, Rose; Coote, Susan; Hayes, Sara (BMJ publishing Group, 2019)

  Introduction Stroke is among the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Poststroke cognitive impairment is a common sequela of stroke. The burden of cognitive impairment poststroke has significant impacts on the ...
• 'Bumping along': a qualitative metasynthesis of challenges to interprofessional placements 

  O'Leary, Noreen; Salmon, Nancy; Clifford, Amanda M.; O'Donoghue, Michelle; Reeves, Scott (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  Context Interprofessional practice is required to manage complex healthcare needs globally. It is well-established that interprofessional placements (IPP) prepare students to work collaboratively, yet IPP implementation ...
• Perceived importance and performance of clinical leadership in practice: a cross-sectional study of nurses and midwives of all grades 

  McCarthy, Vera J.C.; Murphy, Ashling; Savage, Eileen; Hegarty, Josephine; Coffey, Alice; Leahy-Warren, Patricia; Horgan, Aine; O'Connell, Rhona; Marsh, Lynne; Drennan, Jonathan (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  Aim To explore the differences in perceived importance and actual performance of clinical leadership for all grades of nurses and midwives engaged in clinical practice. Background Clinical leadership is central ...
• Perceived social support mediates the association between attachment and cardiovascular reactivity in young adults 

  McMahon, Grace; Creaven, Ann-Marie; Gallagher, Stephen (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  To understand the influence of social relationships on cardiovascular responses to stress, the present study investigated perceived affectionate support as a mediating variable explaining the association between specific ...
• Autism spectrum disorder and Irish prisoners 

  Moloney, N.; Gulati, G. (Cambridge University Press, 2019)

  The global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is 62/10 000 (Elsabbagh et al. 2012). A large cross-sectional study of schoolchildren (Sweeney et al. 2016) estimated the prevalence of ASD as 1% in Irish mainstream schools
• STEM and gender at university: focusing on Irish undergraduate female students' perceptions 

  Kelly, Regina; McGarr, Oliver; Lehane, Louise; Eduran, Sibel (Emerald, 2019)

  Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify whether or not females believe they associate with the culture of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by investigating the perceptions of female ...
• Process evaluation of a community mobilization intervention for preventing men’s partner violence use in peri-urban South Africa 

  Hatcher, Abigail M.; McBride, Ruari-Santiago; Rebombo, Dumisani; Munschi, Shehnaz; Khumalo, Mzwakhe; Christofides, Nicola (Elsevier, 2020)

  Intimate partner violence (IPV) is experienced by one-third of women globally, yet few programs attempt to shift men’s IPV perpetration. Community mobilization is a potential strategy for reducing men’s IPV perpetration, ...
• Ultra-short race-pace training (USRPT) In swimming: current perspectives 

  Nugent, Frank J.; Comyns, Thomas M; Kearney, Philip; Warrington, Giles D (Dovepress Medical Press, 2019)

  The last decade has seen a dramatic rise in sports science research due to the ever-increasing professionalization of sport. As a result, many alternative training methodologies that challenge traditional training ...
• Long-term outcome data for patients with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer treated with adjuvant trastuzumab: benefit outside clinical trial setting 

  Quintyne, Keith Ian; Woulfe, B; Coffey, JC; Gupta, RK (MedDocs Publishers, 2018)

  Adjuvant treatment options for HER2 positive Early-Stage Breast Cancer (EBC) have grown in recent years. The addition of adjuvant trastuzumab therapy for one-year to standard chemotherapy has been shown in several Randomized ...
• Stauffer syndrome: A comprehensive review of the icteric variant of the syndrome 

  Sharma, Neha; Darr, Umar; Darr, Amir; Sood, Gagan (Cureus, Inc., 2019)

  Stauffer syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome classically associated with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). This association gave it the historical name of non metastatic nephrogenic hepatic dysfunction syndrome without ...
• Developing deeper understanding of teacher education practice through accessing and responding to pre-service teacher engagement with their learning 

  Fletcher, Tim; Ní Chróinín, Deirdre; O'Sullivan, Mary (Taylor and Francis, 2019)

  In this research we examined the ways we accessed and responded to students’ engagement with a set of pedagogical principles of teacher education focused on meaningful physical education. The research was cross-cultural, ...
• Nurses keeping patients safe by managing risk in perioperative settings: a classic grounded theory study 

  O'Brien, Brid; Andrews, Tom; Savage, Eileen (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  Aim To develop and expand how nurses promote safety in perioperative settings. Background This article presents orchestrating a sub‐core category from the theory of anticipatory vigilance in promoting safety ...
• Public health nurses' perinatal mental health training needs: a cross sectional survey 

  Noonan, Maria; Galvin, Rose; Jomeen, Julie; Doody, Owen (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  Aim To examine public health nurses’ education, training, and professional support needs in perinatal mental health. Background Public health nurses have a key role in supporting maternal mental health including ...
• Resigned indifference: an explanation of gaps in care for culturally and linguistically diverse patients' 

  Markey, Kathleen; Tilki, Mary; Taylor, Georgina (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  Aims To develop a theory that explains students and registered nurses' behaviours when caring for culturally and linguistically diverse patients'. Background Despite ongoing calls for improvements to the quality ...
• The impact of compassionate care education on nurses: a mixed-method systematic review. 

  Coffey, Alice; Saab, Mohamad M; Landers, Margaret; Cornally, Nicola; Hegarty, Josephine; Drennan, Jonathan; Lunn, Cora; Savage, Eileen (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  To identify, describe, and summarize evidence from quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method studies conducted to prepare nurses and nursing students to lead on and/or deliver compassionate care. Mixed-method systematic ...
• Responding to health inequities in New Zealand: the potential of dissuasive cigarettes 

  Houghton, Frank; Duncan, Bruce; Houghton, Sharon; O’Doherty, Diane; McInerney, Derek (New Zealand College of General Practitioners, 2019)

  Dissuasive cigarettes attempt to de-normalise smoking by portraying cigarettes as a repellent product in counter advertising. Emerging research is developing an evidence base that suggests that dissuasive cigarettes may ...
• Associations of self-reported physical activity and depression in 10,000 Irish adults across harmonised datasets: a DEDIPAC-study 

  Dowell, Cillian P.; Carlin, Angela; Capranica, Laura; Dillon, Christina; Harrington, Janas M.; Lakerveld, Jeroen; Loyen, Anne; Chun Man Ling, Fiona; Brug, Johannes; MacDonncha, Ciaran; Herring, Matthew P. (BMC, 2018)

  Background: Depression is a prevalent, debilitating, and often recurrent mood disorder for which successful firstline treatments remains limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional associations ...

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