Many university students have difficulties with sleep; therefore, effective psychological treatments are needed. Most research on psychological treatments to improve sleep has been conducted with midd...
This study aimed to discover university student preferences for a psychological intervention to improve sleep quality....
Focus groups were conducted over 3 stages to examine students' views regarding content, format, and session duration for a psychological intervention to improve sleep. A thematic analysis was conducte...
In total, 30 participants attended small focus group discussions. Three key themes were identified: (1) program development, (2) help-seeking, and (3) student sleep characteristics. Program developmen...
Students emphasized the need for a sleep intervention with an in-person and social component, individualized content, and ways to monitor their progress. Participants did not think there was a stigma ...
To explore nurses' experiences with anal dilatations in babies with anorectal malformations....
Most babies with anorectal malformations require repeated anal dilatations, either before and/or after reconstructive surgery. Anal dilatation is usually performed without sedation or pain medication....
Qualitative study design utilizing focus group interviews. The COREQ guidelines were applied....
Nurses with either ≤2 or ≥10 years' working experience participated in two different focus group interviews. The focus group interviews were transcribed and analyzed with content analysis....
Twelve nurses, two males, participated. Three main themes emerged from the focus group interviews. The first main theme, "Anal dilatation causes distress", describes the nurses' worries about causing ...
Anal dilatation causes distress in nurses, and collegial support is essential for coping. Guidelines and systematic training are recommended to improve current practice....
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We tested Promoting First Relationships® (PFR), an evidence-based preventive intervention program for caregivers promoting attachment and social and emotional development of infants and toddlers, in a...
At the end of the study we conducted three focus groups (N = 17)-two groups for participants who completed the 10-week intervention and one group for those who did not. Focus groups were structured to...
Qualitative analysis of the focus group transcripts revealed five themes: (1) appreciation for PFR providers and program, (2) personal growth, (3) improved caregiver-child relationships, (4) participa...
These qualitative results complement our quantitative assessment of the positive impact of the PFR program. Additionally, they provide importance guidance for future implementation of PFR in this, and...
To delve into the experiences of people living with gout regarding its causes and triggers, recommended treatments and therapeutic measures, and the impact of living with this problem....
Descriptive qualitative study. Opinion sampling, looking for discursive variability according to sex, age, socioeconomic position and treatments. Three focus groups were made with 11, 6 and 7 people, ...
Participants were 19 men and 5 women, of different ages, socioeconomic status and treatments. Frequent comorbidities: hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Genetics and the lack of renal elimination ...
These findings provide proposals to improve the care of people with gout. Information on its causes, the triggers of the crisis, dietary recommendations and exercise should be improved. The variabilit...
To identify threshold concepts (TCs) for physicians undergoing postgraduate medical education (PGME) in general practice....
An explorative, qualitative study with 65 min focus group interviews and thematic analysis was used. Participants were asked to describe their most transformative learning experiences. Heuristical TCs...
Aotearoa/New Zealand (A/NZ)....
Fifty participants, mostly comprising current trainees and educators from urban centres, and of NZ/European ethnicity....
Twenty TCs covering many aspects of postgraduate general practice experience were derived from themes identified in the data. Presented in medical proverbial form for ease of recollection, these inclu...
Participants readily identified transformative and troublesome moments in their PGME in general practice. These findings confirmed evidence for a wide range of TCs with many newly identified in this s...
The development of true evidence-based practice requires that practitioners have the knowledge and skills to research, analyze, and use evidence. These skills must be acquired in pre-graduate training...
The focus on quantitative indicators-number of publications and grants, journal impact factors, Hirsch-index-has become pervasive in research management, funding systems, and research and publication ...
We performed a qualitative focus group study among 3 University medical centers in the Netherlands. In these centers, we performed 2 randomly selected groups of early career researchers (PhD and postd...
In this study we highlighted what is considered responsible research among junior and senior researchers in the Netherlands and how this can be assessed in formal assessment criteria. The participants...
Our study suggests that relational responsibilities should ideally play a more prominent role in future assessment criteria as they correspond with and aspire the practice of responsible research. Our...
Open Science Framework https://osf.io/9tjda/....
Mental-health-related stigma among physicians towards people with mental illnesses remains a barrier to quality care, yet few curricula provide training with a proactive focus to reduce the potential ...
Six focus group discussions were conducted with second, third, and fourth-year postgraduate medical students (n = 34) enrolled at The University of Melbourne Medical School in September - October 2021...
In terms of where stigma presents, three main themes emerged - (1) through unpreparedness in dealing with patients with mental health conditions, (2) noticing mentors expressing stigma and (3) through...
The ReSPECT model derived from our research could provide a blueprint for medical educators to integrate stigma resistance throughout the curriculum from year one to better equip medical students with...
Gathering evidence on complex workplace health promotion interventions faces methodological challenges. Therefore, the application of logic models as a theory of change is recommended to support outco...
There is general agreement among scholars and policymakers that efforts to reduce smoking and prevent nicotine use should be intensified and focused on the most vulnerable part of society-adolescents....
