Research projects
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Comparative efficacy of pain relieving interventions to reduce procedural pain in neonates: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
All babies experience pain and those in intensive care receive an average of 12 painful procedures a day with less than half receiving pain relief. Effective...
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Congenital limb deficiency - early intervention and later outcomes
The overall aim of this project is to study patients and parents experiences from healthcare interventions, the result of early fitting of myoelectric...
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Creating Learning Environments for Compassionate Care
By a internationally leading research group at the Health Sciences, University of Southampton, UK studies are on-going in order to develop, implement and...
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Cross cultural adaptation, validation and the use of the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire (AFCCQ)
By 2024, it is estimated that the population of individuals aged over 65 years will outnumber those under the age of 15 in the WHO European Region. The World...
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Development and clinical validation of a risk prediction model for incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) in a group of hospitalised adult patients
People living with incontinence are at risk of developing irritant contact dermatitis, also known as incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD). IAD is a major...
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Development of the Assisting Hand Assessment-PAD: A Rasch-built performance measure for people with unilateral upper limb prosthesis (P), amputation (A) or reduction deficiency (D)
The project will evaluate the validity of Assisting Hand Assessment - PAD for use in people with unilateral upper limb prosthesis, amputation or deficiency...
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Digital monocyte
Aim: To describe the functions of different monocyte phenotypes. To identify the molecular switches determining monocyte phenotype. Explore conditions able t...
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Dignity conserving care for older persons with palliative care needs
An intervention for dignity conserving care "Dignity Care Intervention" (DCI), was developed in Scotland and Ireland by Johnston and colleagues. DCI has its...
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Discourses about the body, health, and weight amongst physical education teachers
Obesity is said to be one of the greatest contemporary threats to global public health. An alarming discourse about the "obesity epidemic" or "obesity crisis...
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Education for sustainable sport management
Much of sport management education is taught along sport science-, business, and communication-related topics. Courses are commonly compartmentalized and the...