• Exploring obstetricians’, midwives’ and general practitioners’ approach to weight management in pregnant women with a BMI ≥25 kg/m 2 : a qualitative study 

  Flannery, Caragh; McHugh, Sheena M.; Kenny, Louise C.; O’Riordan, Mairead N.; McAuliffe, Fionnuala M.; Bradley, Colin P.; Kearney, Patricia M.; Byrne, Molly (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)

  Objective: The aim of this study was to explore healthcare professionals’ (HCPs) beliefs and attitudes towards weight management for pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m2. Design: Qualitative study. Setting: ...
• Pharmacist-led academic detailing intervention in primary care: a mixed methods feasibility study 

  O'Riordan, David; Hurley, Eimir; Sinnott, Carol; Galvin, Rose; Dalton, Kieran; Kearney, Patricia M.; Halpin, James D.; Byrne, Stephen (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019-01-22)

  Background: Academic detailing is a form of continuing medical education in which a trained health professional such as a physician or pharmacist visits prescribers in their practice to provide evidence-based information. ...
• Frequently used drug types and alcohol involvement in intentional drug overdoses in Ireland: a national registry study 

  Daly, Caroline; Griffin, Eve; Ashcroft, Darren M.; Webb, Roger T.; Perry, Ivan J.; Arensman, Ella (Oxford University Press, 2018-03-12)

  Intentional drug overdose (IDO) is the most common form of hospital-treated self-harm, yet no national study has systematically classified the range of drugs involved using a validated system. We aimed to determine the ...
• Prevalence of malnutrition using harmonized definitions in older adults from different settings – A MaNuEL study 

  Wolters, Maike; Volkert, Dorothee; Streicher, Melanie; Kiesswetter, Eva; Torbahn, Gabriel; O'Connor, Eibhlís M.; O'Keeffe, Mary; Kelly, Mary; O'Herlihy, Eileen; O'Toole, Paul W.; Timmons, Suzanne; O'Shea, Emma; Kearney, Patricia; van Zwienen-Pot, Judith; Visser, Marjolein; Maitre, Isabelle; Van Wymelbeke, Virginie; Sulmont-Rossé, Claire; Nagel, Gabriele; Flechtner-Mors, Marion; Goisser, Sabine; Teh, Ruth; Hebestreit, Antje (Elsevier, 2018-11-03)

  Summary Background & aims Malnutrition is widespread among older people and related to poor outcome. Reported prevalences vary widely, also because of different diagnostic criteria used. This study aimed to describe ...
• Method of self-harm and risk of self-harm repetition: findings from a national self-harm registry 

  Cully, Grace; Corcoran, Paul; Leahy, Dorothy; Griffin, Eve; Shiely, Frances; Arensman, Ella (Elsevier, 2018-11-29)

  Background: Risk of self-harm repetition has consistently been shown to be higher following self-cutting compared to intentional drug overdose (IDO) and other self-harm methods. The utility of previous evidence is limited ...

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