• Pain management in the older adult: the relationship between nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and nurses’ practice in Ireland and Jordan 

  Alomari, Domam (University College Cork, 2017)

  Background: Regardless of the availability of advanced nursing care, pain in older adult patients continues to be undertreated due to lack of nurses’ knowledge and negative attitudes which consequently affect their pain ...
• Worldwide prevalence of tocophobia in pregnant women: systematic review and meta-analysis 

  O'Connell, Maeve A.; Leahy-Warren, Patricia; Khashan, Ali S.; Kenny, Louise C.; O'Neill, Sinéad M. (Wiley, 2017-03-30)

  Introduction: Tocophobia is defined as a severe fear of pregnancy and childbirth. There is increasing evidence that tocophobia may have short-term and long-term adverse effects on mother and baby. We performed a systematic ...
• Registered general nurses’ perceptions of the factors that influence the nurse’s frequency of engagement in activities for the ongoing maintenance of professional competence in Ireland 

  Heffernan, Elizabeth Anne (University College Cork, 2017)

  Introduction: Under the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 registered nurses and midwives will be required to demonstrate ongoing professional competence through a professional competence scheme to be developed by the NMBI. Aims: ...
• Thyroid hormone therapy for older adults with subclinical hypothyroidism 

  Stott, David J.; Rodondi, Nicolas; Kearney, Patricia M.; Ford, Ian; Westendorp, Rudi G.J.; Mooijaart, Simon P.; Sattar, Naveed; Aubert, Carole E.; Aujesky, Drahomir; Bauer, Douglas C.; Baumgartner, Christine; Blum, Manuel R.; Browne, John P.; Byrne, Stephen; Collet, Tinh-Hai; Dekkers, Olaf M.; den Elzen, Wendy P.J.; Du Puy, Robert S.; Ellis, Graham; Feller, Martin; Floriani, Carmen; Hendry, Kirsty; Hurley, Caroline; Jukema, J. Wouter; Kean, Sharon; Kelly, Maria; Krebs, Danielle; Langhorne, Peter; McCarthy, Gemma; McCarthy, Vera; McConnachie, Alex; McDade, Mairi; Messow, Martina; O'Flynn, Annemarie; O'Riordan, David; Poortvliet, Rosalinde K.E.; Quinn, Terence J; Russell, Audrey; Sinnott, Carol; Smit, Jan W.A.; Van Dorland, H. Anette; Walsh, Kieran A.; Walsh, Elaine K.; Watt, Torquil; Wilson, Robbie; Gussekloo, Jacobijn (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2017-04-03)

  BACKGROUND: The use of levothyroxine to treat subclinical hypothyroidism is controversial. We aimed to determine whether levothyroxine provided clinical benefits in older persons with this condition. Full Text of Background... ...
• Exploring the housing needs of older people in standard and sheltered social housing 

  Fox, Siobhan; Kenny, Lorna; Day, Mary Rose; O'Connell, Cathal; Finnerty, Joe; Timmons, Suzanne (Sage Publications, 2017-04-10)

  Objective: Our home can have a major impact on our physical and mental health; this is particularly true for older people who may spend more time at home. Older people in social (i.e., public) housing are particularly ...

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