Helen Noble, Joanna Smith
Evaluating the quality of research is essential if findings are to be utilised in practice and incorporated into care delivery. In a previous article we explored 'bias' across research designs and outlined strategies to minimise bias. Concepts such as reliability, validity and generalisability typic...
Zakariya Al Naamani, Kevin Gormley, Helen Noble, Olinda Santin et al.
OBJECTIVE: Patients undergoing haemodialysis may experience troubling symptoms such as fatigue, anxiety, depression and sleep quality, which may affect their quality of life. The main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of fatigue, anxiety, depression and sleep quality among patie...
Martin Tickle, Ciarán O’Neill, Michael Donaldson, Stephen Birch et al.
We conducted a parallel group randomized controlled trial of children initially aged 2 to 3 y who were caries free, to prevent the children becoming caries active over the subsequent 36 mo. The setting was 22 dental practices in Northern Ireland, and children were randomly assigned by a clinical tri...
Clare Mc Keaveney, Joanne Reid, Claire Carswell, Ann Bonner et al.
BACKGROUND: Globally, renal healthcare practitioners provide intensive and protracted support to a highly complex multi-morbid patient population however knowledge about the impact of COVID-19 on these practitioners is extremely limited. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the experiences of COVI...
Clare McKeaveney, Helen Noble, Ilaria de Barbieri, Veronica Strini et al.
BACKGROUND: Cachexia is a wasting syndrome found within a range of chronic illnesses/life-limiting conditions, however awareness and understanding of cachexia amongst renal Health Care Professionals has not been investigated. OBJECTIVES: To ascertain the awareness, understanding and treatment practi...
Norah Madkhali, Olinda Santin, Helen Noble, Joanne Reid
AIM: To explore breast health awareness and the early diagnosis and detection methods of breast cancer from the perspective of women and primary healthcare providers in the Jizan region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. BACKGROUND: Although there is a high incidence of advanced breast cancer in young ...
Helen Noble, Karen Page
In both the UK and throughout Europe, more patients are presenting with renal cell cancer (RCC), also known as renal cell carcinoma or kidney cancer. The overall survival rate varies depending on tumour grade, nodal involvement and metastasis. For those with metastasis survival drops to 10%. This ar...
Helen Noble, Karen Page
In both the UK and throughout Europe, more patients are presenting with renal cell cancer (RCC), also known as renal cell carcinoma or kidney cancer. The overall survival rate varies depending on tumour grade, nodal involvement and metastasis. For those with metastasis survival drops to 10%. This ar...
Susan Koch, Helen Noble
Commentary on: SY Li, TJ Wang, SF Vivienne Wu, et al.. Efficacy of controlling night-time noise and activities to improve patients9 sleep quality in a surgical intensive care unit.J Clin Nurs2011;20: 396–407.
Helen Noble, Joanna Smith
One of the core aims of JAN is to contribute to the advancement of the evidence-base that underpins nursing practice, education, management or policy. Evidence-based care is concerned with applying the best available evidence to a specific clinical situation along with clinical experience, patient p...
Helen Noble, Ian Walsh
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC), also known as kidney cancer, renal adenocarcinoma or hypernephroma, and metastatic renal cell carcinoma is a global burden. This article aims to provide a brief overview of RCC. It outlines epidemiology and presentation; invesitgation and staging; treatments and prognosis...
Helen Noble