Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Michael Sykes, Richard Thomson, Niina Kolehmainen, Louise Allan, Tracy Finch
Summary: This study explored the content and application of hospital ward audit, identifying seven stages involved in the process. Key findings revealed issues with inaccurate data extraction in some organizations, which was associated with anticipated punitive feedback. Enhancements to ward audit, such as providing feedback recipients with suggested actions for improvement, are discussed to reduce the use of punitive feedback.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Christopher J. Colvin
Summary: Systematic reviews of qualitative evidence, known as "qualitative evidence syntheses," are considered as a crucial knowledge production method in evidence-based medicine and evidence-informed policymaking in global health. However, integrating qualitative research into EBM may raise concerns regarding compromising epistemological integrity and political impact. Despite challenges, there are opportunities for adaptation and transformation to promote a broader understanding of global health policies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Grazia Antonacci, Julie Whitney, Matthew Harris, Julie E. E. Reed
Summary: This study focuses on the National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF 2017) to explore the perspectives of participants on the NCA reports and the actions taken to improve local practice. The study suggests that NCAs should be fully integrated into quality improvement plans and more research is needed to provide guidance on key elements to consider at different organizational levels.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Laura Desveaux, Noah Michael Ivers, Kim Devotta, Noor Ramji, Karen Weyman, Tara Kiran
Summary: While audit and feedback initiatives can enhance health professionals' intentions to improve quality of care, bridging the intention-to-action gap requires addressing recipient characteristics and contextual factors in addition to a well-designed intervention. Effective strategies may include modeling how to use feedback, facilitating social interaction related to feedback, and providing examples of successful actions taken in response to feedback.
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Si Qi Yoong, Wenru Wang, Alvin Chuen Wei Seah, Hui Zhang
Summary: This study qualitatively evaluated the quality and accuracy of near-peer feedback provided by senior nursing students to first-year students, and analyzed the discrepancies in teaching content between faculty, peer tutors and clinical staff. The findings suggest that with proper training, senior nursing students can provide specific and detailed feedback, addressing the need for timely and specific feedback in health professions education. However, discrepancies in expectations for nursing skills exist between peer tutors, faculty and clinical staff.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2023)
Article
Business
Murat Ocak, Bekir Emre Kurtulmus, Emrah Arioglu
Summary: This study examines the impact of individual auditors from religious hometowns on audit quality in Turkish companies listed on the Borsa Istanbul between 2010 and 2019. The findings indicate that auditors from more religious hometowns deliver higher quality audit work. Various statistical methods are used to address potential endogeneity and selection issues, and alternative measures of audit quality also support the main results.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
(2023)
Article
Business
Prabashi Dharmasiri, Soon-Yeow Phang, Ashna Prasad, John Webster
Summary: The study found that PCAOB sanctions against audit firms and individual auditors are positively correlated with violations of auditing standards, independence issues, and reckless behavior. Integrity violations and reckless behavior by individual auditors also lead to more frequent and severe sanctions. PCAOB imposes significantly higher financial penalties on Big 4-affiliated auditors and firms compared to non-Big 4 counterparts.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
(2022)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Anna Kopec
Summary: The article suggests that policy feedback research can benefit from more qualitative research designs with marginalized populations, expanding the applications of the theory and providing critical insights. It outlines three potential areas of theory development and proposes the use of mixed-method designs involving qualitative approaches to test hypotheses and discover new relationships.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Richard J. Skinner, R. Ryan Nelson, Wynne Chin
Summary: This paper provides a comprehensive overview of 35 qualitative synthesis methods and guidelines for IS researchers to select the most appropriate method for a given research study, particularly in the domains of knowledge integration/aggregation, interpretation/theory development, and/or informing IS practice.
JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Heather L. Colquhoun, Kelly Carroll, Kevin W. Eva, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Noah Ivers, Susan Michie, Jamie C. Brehaut
Summary: Audit and feedback interventions are commonly used for evidence-based practices, but a lack of theory-guided approach hinders their effectiveness. Recent research identified 313 theory-informed hypotheses for more effective A&F interventions, and stakeholders were surveyed to prioritize which hypotheses could advance the field. The survey results highlighted key factors such as feedback from trusted sources, recipient involvement in intervention design, and evidence-based recommendations for behavior change.
BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Primary Health Care
Eva Arvidsson, Sofia Dahlin, Anders Anell
Summary: Through interviews with professionals and health center managers in Swedish primary care, it was found that audit and feedback mainly focused on non-clinical aspects and did not significantly contribute to quality improvement. Inadequate time, lack of autonomy, and absence of system-level quality improvement initiatives were identified as barriers to quality improvement in health centers.
BMC FAMILY PRACTICE
(2021)
Review
Nursing
Sharron Rushton, Allison A. Lewinski, Soohyun Hwang, Leah L. Zullig, Katharine A. Ball Ricks, Katherine Ramos, Adelaide Gordon, Belinda Ear, Lindsay A. Ballengee, Mulugu V. Brahmajothi, Thomasena Moore, Dan V. Blalock, John W. Williams, Sarah E. Cantrell, Jennifer M. Gierisch, Karen M. Goldstein
Summary: This study aims to investigate the facilitators and barriers to the implementation of improvement coaching. Through a qualitative synthesis of 19 studies, four themes of barriers and facilitators were identified, including adaptability, knowledge and skills, engagement, and resources.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2023)
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Chengai Li, Lin Pan, Meilan Chen
Summary: The overseas experience of audit committee members has a significant impact on audit fees, especially in state-owned enterprises and regions with weak marketization. Both overseas learning and working experiences increase audit fees, and overseas experience can improve the quality of accounting information and have a positive role in corporate governance.
Review
Nursing
Sharon Smyth, Madeleine Whalen, Barbara Maliszewski, Heather Gardner
Summary: The evidence on implementing individualized audit and feedback report tools for nurses is not consistent and compelling, highlighting a lack of clear positive results. Themes related to sustainability, timing of feedback, and methods of acquiring and distributing data emerged from the review. Further implementation science research is needed to explore the effectiveness of audit and feedback reports in nursing.
WORLDVIEWS ON EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING
(2021)
Article
Economics
Rui Xiang, Rongyu Lin
Summary: This paper examines the impact of audit committee-auditor interlocking on audit fees in Chinese listed companies. The study finds that interlocking significantly increases audit fees, particularly in better external governance environments. Furthermore, the interlocking relationship improves audit quality and reduces stock price crash risk.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Faye Forsyth, Thomas Blakeman, Jenni Burt, Carolyn A. Chew-Graham, Muhammad Hossain, Jonathan Mant, John Sharpley, Emma Sowden, Christi Deaton
Summary: This study investigates the impact of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) on patients' lives within the context of limited clinical services. The findings suggest that HFpEF patients face a heavy workload and multiple threats, while lacking recognition of their illness. These factors contribute to negative physical, social, and psychological outcomes, as well as a perception of loss of control.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Lamiece Hassan, Chelsea Sawyer, Niels Peek, Karina Lovell, Andre F. Carvalho, Marco Solmi, George Tilston, Matthew Sperrin, Joseph Firth
Summary: Previous studies have shown that people with severe mental illness (SMI) are at higher risk of COVID-19 mortality. This study investigated COVID-19 mortality among people with schizophrenia and other SMIs before, during, and after the UK vaccine roll-out. The results showed that people with SMI, particularly those with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD), were at greater risk of COVID-19 mortality compared to matched controls. Disparities in COVID-19 mortality for people with SMI still exist despite vaccination efforts.
SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN
(2023)
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Theodora Oikonomidi, Gill Norman, Laura McGarrigle, Jonathan Stokes, Sabine N. van der Veer, Dawn Dowding
Summary: This study reviewed the effectiveness of predictive model-based interventions on outpatient no-shows and their impact on costs, acceptability, and equity. The results suggest that predictive model-based text message reminders, phone call reminders, and patient navigator calls can effectively reduce no-show rates in outpatient settings.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Genevieve Rouleau, Catherine Reis, Noah Ivers, Laura Desveaux
Summary: In Ontario, Canada, a government agency called Ontario Health provides audit and feedback reports to family physicians for quality improvement. This study examined the perception of a redesigned report and found that alignment with recipients' expectations and their capacity to engage with the report were crucial factors affecting its usability.
JMIR HUMAN FACTORS
(2023)
Letter
Rheumatology
Yun-Ting Huang, David A. Jenkins, Niels Peek, William G. Dixon, Meghna Jani
ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
William G. Dixon, Sabine N. van der Veer, Syed Mustafa Ali, Lynn Laidlaw, Richard J. B. Dobson, Cathie Sudlow, Tim Chico, Jacqueline A. L. MacArthur, Aiden Doherty
Summary: The use of data from smartphones and wearable devices has great potential for population health research, but the uptake of large-scale mobile health research has not met expectations. Digital person-generated health data are crucial for answering research questions, but there are challenges such as data inequality, selection bias, data collection tools, data harmonization, time series data analysis, and patient and public involvement. Establishing an interdisciplinary community can transform people's lives for the better.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Alexander Pate, Matthew Sperrin, Richard D. Riley, Jamie C. Sergeant, Tjeerd Van Staa, Niels Peek, Mamas A. Mamas, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Martin O'Flaherty, Iain Buchan, Glen P. Martin
Summary: This study focuses on predicting the time until two survival outcomes have occurred and compares different analytical methods for multi-morbidity prognosis. The performance of these methods is evaluated through simulated data and a clinical example.
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Natasha Tyler, Ioannis Angelakis, Richard Neil Keers, Claire Planner, Alexander Hodkinson, Sally J. Giles, Andrew Grundy, Navneet Kapur, Chris Armitage, Tom Blakeman, Stephen M. Campbell, Catherine Robinson, Jessica Leather, Maria Panagioti
Summary: Through stakeholder engagement, we co-designed, developed and adapted two versions of a care bundle intervention, the SAFER Mental Health care bundle for adult and youth inpatient mental health settings (SAFER-MH and SAFER-YMH, respectively), that look to address safety risks and inadequate information sharing concerns in discharged patients.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Camille Paynter, Cassie McDonald, David Story, Jill J. Francis
Summary: This study explores the applicability of the theoretical framework of acceptability (TFA) in surgical interventions and provides methodological guidance for its systematic use in research. Acceptability was assessed through theory-informed semi-structured interviews with 15 patients who had undergone joint replacement surgery at least 3 months ago. Results show that the TFA is sufficient for assessing acceptability but requires an additional construct to capture perceptions of risk and safety.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Respiratory System
Lara Edbrooke, Catherine L. Granger, Jill J. Francis, Tom John, Nasreen Kaadan, Emma Halloran, Bronwen Connolly, Linda Denehy
Summary: This study aims to develop a core set of clinically relevant lung cancer rehabilitation outcomes for use in clinical practice, in order to improve function, health-related quality of life, and manage the high symptom burden associated with lung cancer. The research utilizes an international Delphi consensus study, involving various stakeholders, to determine the priority outcomes for a core outcome set (COS) for lung cancer rehabilitation.
BMJ OPEN RESPIRATORY RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Health Policy & Services
Naisim Sum, Jill Francis, Lucio Naccarella
Summary: Previous research has focused on the perceptions and experiences of residents in homelike environments, while little is known about the views of aged care workforce. A scoping review was conducted, revealing that homelike environments are associated with higher job satisfaction, lower burnout, and do not compromise staff safety.
ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Norina Gasteiger, Sabine N. van der Veer, Paul Wilson, Dawn Dowding
Summary: This study evaluates the feasibility and effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) smartphone applications for upskilling care home workers in hand hygiene. The results show that immersive VR and AR training had good usability and acceptability, while non-immersive VR training had poor usability. Virtual reality technology can improve hand hygiene technique through mechanisms such as repeated practice, task realism, and feedback and reminding.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Meagan Lacroix, Fred Abdelmalek, Karl Everett, Lena Salach, Lindsay Bevan, Victoria Burton, Noah M. Ivers, Mina Tadrous
Summary: This study evaluates the impact of academic detailing (AD) on benzodiazepine prescribing among family physicians. The results indicate that AD did not significantly change benzodiazepine prescribing for all physicians, but there was a slight reduction observed among high-prescribing physicians.
Article
Rheumatology
Yun-Ting Huang, David A. Jenkins, Belay Birlie Yimer, Jose Benitez-Aurioles, Niels Peek, Mark Lunt, William G. Dixon, Meghna Jani
Summary: This study investigated opioid prescribing trends and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on opioid prescribing in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). The results showed that the number of new opioid users for RA, PsA, and FM increased and then decreased after 2018. The number of prevalent opioid users for all RMDs increased but plateaued or dropped after 2018. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were significant changes in the trend of prevalent opioid users for RA, PsA, and FM.
Review
Primary Health Care
Mary Carter, Nouf Abutheraa, Noah Ivers, Jeremy Grimshaw, Sarah Chapman, Philip Rogers, Michelle Simeoni, Jesmin Antony, Margaret C. Watson
Summary: Pharmacists' involvement in audit and feedback interventions can lead to improvements in prescribing in general practice settings. The effectiveness of these interventions may be enhanced by providing both verbal and written feedback or computerized decision support for prescribers, as well as by incorporating study-specific training and ongoing support for pharmacists.