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0000-0002-4025-9741
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Griffith University
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2019
DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2018.1525695
Abstract: This systematic review explores changes in perinatal empathy and influence on maternal behaviours and child development. The well-being and development of infants are commonly linked to their mothers' capacity for empathy. However, characteristic changes during pregnancy and childbirth including sleep deprivation, mood and cognitive difficulties may disrupt empathic processing. Original research papers (n = 7413) published in English language peer-reviewed academic journals were obtained by searching four electronic databases PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus and CINAHL. Inclusion criteria were studies reporting empathy of women in the period from pregnancy to 12 months postpartum. Empathy was operationalised as a general tendency of empathic emotional responding and cognitive perspective taking. Thirteen studies were systematically assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme criteria. Impaired empathy in mothers, due most notably to high personal distress, was associated with risk of neglect or maltreatment of children and was partially explained by mothers' aversive response to infant crying. Few studies present empathy as a central theme. There is a paucity of definitional parameters and theoretical linkages and over-reliance on brief self-report indices of empathy. Future studies need to be theory based, incorporate experimental approaches, and provide greater s ling ersity toadvance our understanding of empathy in perinatal women.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 07-09-2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2014
DOI: 10.1016/J.MIDW.2013.03.001
Abstract: for some women childbirth is physically and psychologically traumatic and meets Criterion A1 (threat) and A2 (intense emotional response) for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV).This study differentiates Criterion A1 and A2 to explore their in idual relationship to prevalence rates for posttraumatic stress, each other, and associated factors for childbirth trauma. women were recruited at three hospitals from October 2008 to October 2009. Questionnaires were completed at recruitment and at 14 days post partum. women in the third trimester of pregnancy (n=890) were recruited by a research midwife while waiting for their antenatal clinic appointment. Participants were over 17 years of age, expected to give birth to a live infant, not undergoing psychological treatment, and able to complete questionnaires in English. this study found 14.3% of women met criteria for a traumatic childbirth. When the condition of A2 was removed, the prevalence rate doubled to 29.4%. Approximately half the women who perceived threat in childbirth did not have an intense negative emotional response. Predictors of finding childbirth traumatic were pre-existing psychiatric morbidity, being a first time mother and experiencing an emergency caesarean section. the fear response is an important diagnostic criterion for assessing psychologically traumatic childbirth. The identification of risk factors may inform maternity service delivery to prevent traumatic birth and postpartum approaches to care to address long-term negative consequences. prevention and treatment of traumatic childbirth are improved through knowledge of potential risk factors and understanding the woman's subjective experience.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 02-07-2021
Abstract: The aim of this study is to describe the impact of robotic-assisted surgery on team performance in the operating room. The introduction of surgical robots has improved the technical performance of surgical procedures but has also contributed to unexpected interactions in surgical teams, leading to new types of errors. A systematic literature search of Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PubMed, ProQuest, Cochrane, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Scopus databases using key words and MeSH terms was conducted. Screening identified studies employing qualitative and quantitative methods published between January 2000 and September 2019. Two reviewers independently appraised the methodological quality of the articles using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (2018). Discussions were held among authors to examine quality scores of the studies and emergent themes, and agreement was reached through consensus. Themes were derived using inductive content analysis. Combined searches identified 1,065 citations. Of these, 19 articles, 16 quantitative and 3 qualitative, were included. Robotic-assisted surgeries included urology, gynecology, cardiac, and general procedures involving surgeons, anesthetists, nurses, and technicians. Three themes emerged : Negotiating the altered physical environs and adapting team communications to manage task and technology managing the robotic system to optimize workflow efficiency and technical proficiency depends on experience, team familiarity, and case complexity. Inclusion of a robot as a team member adds further complexity to the work of surgery. These review findings will inform training programs specifically designed to optimize teamwork, workflow efficiency, and learning needs.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2023
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 26-10-2023
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2014
DOI: 10.1071/AH13183
Abstract: Objective This paper describes the effects of a maternity consumer representative training program on participants’ confidence to fulfil this role and engagement in representative activities. Methods The present study was a descriptive, pre–post evaluation design with a 3-month follow-up. Fifty-eight people completed the program and 55 agreed to participate in the evaluation. Participants completed questionnaires to assess confidence to undertake consumer representative roles and reported on their engagement with consumer activities. Results Participants’ perceived confidence to function in the role of consumer representative differed significantly before and after the workshop (F(2,18) = 7.057, P 0.001), as did confidence in decision making (F(2,16) = 7.615, P = 0.005), confidence in negotiating outcomes and liaising with key people (F(2,18) = 7.154, P = 0.005), and confidence in making use of relevant networks (F(2,18) = 4.319, P = 0.029). There was a decline in confidence at 3 months, with confidence at this time no longer significantly different from that at the time of recruitment. Engagement with consumer organisations increased by 45% compared with rates at commencement of the project. Conclusions The program enhanced participants’ confidence to fulfil a maternity consumer representative role but was not sustained. Further research is needed as to how to best support maternity consumer representatives and assess their contribution to promoting woman-centred care. What is known about the topic? Engaging consumers in the development of health policy, planning, service delivery and review can improve services and health outcomes. There is a serious lack of consumers confident to undertake representative roles. There is a paucity of evidence about the best ways to engage and build capacity among prospective consumer representatives. What does this paper add? A training program was developed and implemented for prospective consumer representatives in maternity services. Participants reported enhanced confidence to undertake a consumer representative role, but this was not sustained at the 3-month follow-up. The program improved engagement with consumer representative activities. What are the implications for practitioners? Training and support are essential for effective maternity consumer representation. Programs could involve generic consumer training with additional training offered for specific health services, such as maternity, aged care or mental health. Further attention needs to be given to supporting consumer organisations and consumer representatives in rural and remote areas. There is a significant need for health service committee members to be supported to work effectively with their consumer representatives.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-01-2020
DOI: 10.1111/JOCN.15620
Abstract: Failure of clinicians to recognise and respond to patient clinical deterioration is associated with increased hospital mortality. Emergency response teams are implemented throughout hospitals to support direct‐care clinicians in managing patient deterioration, but patient clinical deterioration is often not identified or acted upon by clinicians in ward settings. To date, no studies have used an integrative theoretical framework in multiple sites to examine why clinicians’ delay identification and action on patients’ clinical deterioration. To identify barriers and facilitators that influence clinicians’ absent or delayed response to patient clinical deterioration using the Theoretical Domains Framework. The Theoretical Domains Framework guided: (a) semi‐structured interviews with clinicians, health consumers and family members undertaken at two sites (b) deductive analyses of inductive themes to identify barriers and facilitators to optimal care. This study complied with the COREQ research guidelines. Seven themes identified: (a) information transfer (b) ownership of patient care (c) confidence to respond (d) knowledge and skills (e) culture (f) emotion and (g) environmental context and resources. The Theoretical Domains Framework identified traditional social and professional hierarchies and limitations due to environmental contexts and resources as contributors to diminished interprofessional recognition and impediments to the development of effective relationships between professional groups. Communication processes were impacted by these restraints and further confounded by inadequate policy development and limited access to regular effective team‐based training. As a result, patient safety was compromised, and clinicians frustrated. These results inform the development, implementation and evaluation of a behaviour change intervention and increase knowledge about barriers and facilitators to timely response to patient clinical deterioration. Results contribute to understanding of why clinicians delay responding to patient clinical deterioration and suggest key recommendations to identify and challenge traditional hierarchies and practices that prevent interdisciplinary collaboration and decision‐making.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2010
DOI: 10.1016/J.NEDT.2009.12.006
Abstract: This paper describes the development and psychometric testing of the Clinical Learning Organisational Culture Survey (CLOCS) that measures prevailing beliefs and assumptions important for learning to occur in the workplace. Items from a tool that measured motivation in workplace learning were adapted to the nursing practice context. The tool was tested in the clinical setting, and then further modified to enhance face and content validity. Registered nurses (329) across three major Australian health facilities were surveyed between June 2007 and September 2007. An exploratory factor analysis identified five concepts--recognition, dissatisfaction, affiliation, accomplishment, and influence. VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY: Internal consistency measures of reliability revealed that four concepts had good internal consistency: recognition (alpha=.914), dissatisfaction (alpha=.771), affiliation (alpha=.801), accomplishment (alpha=.664), but less so for influence (alpha=.529). This tool effectively measures recognition, affiliation and accomplishment--three concepts important for learning in practice situations, as well as dissatisfied staff across all these domains. Testing of additional influence items identify that this concept is difficult to delineate. The CLOCS can effectively inform leaders about concepts inherent in the culture important for maximising learning by staff.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2021
Location: Australia
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