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Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
On the 11 th of March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global pandemic due to... more On the 11 th of March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was one month after Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO declared that we are also fighting an ‘infodemic’. The WHO has described an infodemic as an “over-abundance of information – some accurate and some not – that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it”. iHealthFacts.ie is an Irish resource where the public can quickly and easily check the credibility and reliability of health claims circulating on social media. Unreliable claims can lead to poorly informed health choices. iHealthFacts is an initiative that supports the public to think critically about health claims and make well-informed choices. Here, we describe the role iHealthFacts plays in providing reliable information to the public and offer reflections from those involved in...
HRB Open Research, Sep 24, 2020
A protocol for a systematic review investigating the factors influencing the statistical planning... more A protocol for a systematic review investigating the factors influencing the statistical planning, design, conduct, analysis and reporting of trials [version 2; peer review: 2
Journal of clinical nursing, Jan 9, 2018
To examine clinical handover practices in acute care services in Ireland. Objectives were to exam... more To examine clinical handover practices in acute care services in Ireland. Objectives were to examine clinical handover practices between and within teams and between shifts, to identify resources and supports to enhance handover effectiveness and to identify barriers and facilitators of effective handover. Clinical handover is a high-risk activity, and ineffective handover practice constitutes a risk to patient safety. Evidence suggests that handover effectiveness is achieved through staff training and standardised handover protocols. The study design was qualitative-descriptive using inductive analysis. The study involved a series of focus group discussions and interviews among a sample of healthcare practitioners recruited from 12 urban and regional acute hospitals in Ireland. A total of 116 healthcare professionals took part in 28 interviews and 13 focus group discussions. We analysed the data using the directed content analysis method. Data collection generated rich qualitative ...
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
On the 11 th of March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global pandemic due to... more On the 11 th of March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was one month after Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO declared that we are also fighting an ‘infodemic’. The WHO has described an infodemic as an “over-abundance of information – some accurate and some not – that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it”. iHealthFacts.ie is an Irish resource where the public can quickly and easily check the credibility and reliability of health claims circulating on social media. Unreliable claims can lead to poorly informed health choices. iHealthFacts is an initiative that supports the public to think critically about health claims and make well-informed choices. Here, we describe the role iHealthFacts plays in providing reliable information to the public and offer reflections from those involved in...
HRB Open Research, Sep 24, 2020
A protocol for a systematic review investigating the factors influencing the statistical planning... more A protocol for a systematic review investigating the factors influencing the statistical planning, design, conduct, analysis and reporting of trials [version 2; peer review: 2
Journal of clinical nursing, Jan 9, 2018
To examine clinical handover practices in acute care services in Ireland. Objectives were to exam... more To examine clinical handover practices in acute care services in Ireland. Objectives were to examine clinical handover practices between and within teams and between shifts, to identify resources and supports to enhance handover effectiveness and to identify barriers and facilitators of effective handover. Clinical handover is a high-risk activity, and ineffective handover practice constitutes a risk to patient safety. Evidence suggests that handover effectiveness is achieved through staff training and standardised handover protocols. The study design was qualitative-descriptive using inductive analysis. The study involved a series of focus group discussions and interviews among a sample of healthcare practitioners recruited from 12 urban and regional acute hospitals in Ireland. A total of 116 healthcare professionals took part in 28 interviews and 13 focus group discussions. We analysed the data using the directed content analysis method. Data collection generated rich qualitative ...