Nursing and Midwifery (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Reconstructing livability : a grounded theory of partners' experiences of living with someone with an eating disorder
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2017)Background: It is estimated that 200,000 people in Ireland are experiencing an eating disorder (ED). Although EDs are primarily associated with adolescents and young adults, in recent years an increase in people of older ... -
Social participation for older people with an intellectual disability in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2016)Background: Social participation is beneficial to quality of life and other outcomes. However, the available literature suggests that people with intellectual disabilities (ID) fare worse that others in various aspects of ... -
Measuring the Development and Well-being Longitudinal Outcomes of Children from Birth to Two Years following Increased Public Health Nurse Interventions
While there is extensive national and international literature promoting increased nurse home visiting and interventions to antenatal and postnatal mothers, previous literature has focused mainly on nurse teaching ... -
The relationship between childhood depression, obesity and poor school performance among urban disadvantaged children
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, 2018)The Relationship between Childhood Depression, Obesity and Poor School Performance among Urban Disadvantaged Children Prakashini Banka Background: Despite the recent emergence of literature establishing the prevalence of ... -
Mental Health Nurses’ Experiences of the Use of Psychosocial Interventions in Ireland: A Multiple Case Study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, 2018)Background Traditionally, the focus for mental health service delivery in Ireland has involved a medically orientated approach. This research has taken place at a time when mental health professionals are now assumed to ... -
Engagement in Daily Life Activities of Adults Ageing with an Intellectual Disability
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, 2018)Background: Occupational therapists view engagement in meaningful activities to be a key determinant of health and well-being. As the population of people ageing with an intellectual disability (ID) continues to grow, ... -
Mathematical models of the impact of host and environmental risk factors on the incidence of Tuberculosis (TB) within a national cohort
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, 2018)Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that can prove fatal if untreated. Despite a re-emergence of TB in Ireland, research has failed to provide insight to the causes of recent increases. The study acquires national ... -
Loneliness in older people with an intellectual disability
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, 2018)Loneliness in Older People with an Intellectual Disability- Andrew David Wormald Abstract. Background: The causes, experiences and effects of loneliness in older people with an intellectual disability have never been ... -
An action research study evaluating the effect of an action learning programme on healthcare professionals' knowledge, attitudes and practice
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2015)Despite the advancement of pain management modalities, many patients continue to experience pain associated with cancer (Gordon et al. 2005, Solman et al. 2005, Solman et al. 2006, Fisch et al. 2012). Inadequate treatment ... -
Examining the effects of cognitive training on levels of executive function in adults with down syndrome: A feasibility study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, 2017)Introduction Individuals with Down syndrome are at much greater risk of developing AD, and one of the early clinical symptoms of AD is executive dysfunction. In the general population, cognitive training has shown some ... -
Feasiblity of anthropometric measurements for large-scale application in the Irish longitudinal study on ageing in people with intellectual disability (IDS-TILDA) : an exploratory study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2014)Malnutrition, either as under- or over-nutrition, is a risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality, and overweight and obesity represent one of the most pressing public health concerns of our time. Effective ... -
An exploration of stigma towards depression in rural Ireland : a mixed methods study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2014)This research demonstrates that experiencing depression is associated with a perceived expectation of being subject to stigmatisation in rural Ireland. Evidence is presented which suggests core social processes, actioned ... -
Maternal health and maternal morbidity in Ireland (MAMMI) : findings from the Urinary incontinence (UI) strand of a multi-phase cohort study and a systematic review and meta-analysis of UI
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2014)Maternal health and Maternal Morbidity in Ireland (MAMMI) study: findings from the Urinary incontinence (UI) Strand of a multi-phase cohort study and a systematic review and meta-analysis of UI -
Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life in urban disadvantaged children
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2013)The aim of this study was to ascertain, for families exposed to high levels of urban disadvantage, the nature and extent of the relationship between children’s Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and their Body Mass ... -
Professional dissonance and 'schizophrenia' : an autoethnography of psychiatric nursing practice in a community mental health team
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2013)Toulmin (2002) argues that modern science has embarked upon quests that place an emphasis on the abstract and the theoretical, to the exclusion of the lived realities of people. For much of the 20th century, psychiatry has ... -
Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) nurses at work : a descriptive review of ENT nursing in Ireland using ethnographical techniques
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2012)Within the discipline of Ear Nose Throat (ENT) there is very little known about the tapestry that constitutes ENT nursing. Irish healthcare policy has as its core values efficiency, effectiveness and economics which dictate ... -
Privileged pioneering in the peripheries : an ethnographic study of Research Capacity Building in the emerging academic disciplines of Irish Nursing and Midwifery
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2011)Research Capacity Building (RGB) was a term often used in research policy literature, including that emanating from nursing and midwifery. However, its meaning was obscure, lacking conceptual and empirical clarity. An ... -
Comparison of midwife-led and consultant-led care of healthy women at low risk of childbirth complications in the Republic of Ireland: a randomised trial (the MidU study)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2011)Research synthesised in a Cochrane review shows that outcomes for women receiving midwifery- led and consultant-led care are similar but, internationally, there is variability in the availability of midwife-led units. In ... -
Developing and implementing models for the prevalence, incidence and geographic spread of opiate use in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2011)The objective of this study is to further develop and implement established mathematical models for the first time to the problem of estimating the true size of the opiate epidemic and to develop and apply existing ... -
Experiences of top-level nurses
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2004)Societal and scientific changes are shaping expectations of the future direction of healthcare delivery. These changes impinge on nursing, forcing it to study itself, to identify its place in the present and future healthcare ...
