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Cardiac Depression Scale: Mokken scaling in heart failure patients (2012)
Journal Article
Ski, C. F., Thompson, D. R., Hare, D. L., Stewart, A. G., & Watson, R. (2012). Cardiac Depression Scale: Mokken scaling in heart failure patients. Health and quality of life outcomes, 10(1), 141. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-10-141

Background: There is a high prevalence of depression in patients with heart failure (HF) that is associated with worsening prognosis. The value of using a reliable and valid instrument to measure depression in this population is therefore essential.... Read More about Cardiac Depression Scale: Mokken scaling in heart failure patients.

Legitimacy in legacy: a discussion paper of historical scholarship published in theJournal of Advanced Nursing, 1976-2011 (2012)
Journal Article
Fealy, G., Kelly, J., & Watson, R. (2013). Legitimacy in legacy: a discussion paper of historical scholarship published in theJournal of Advanced Nursing, 1976-2011. Journal of advanced nursing, 69(8), 1881-1894. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12048

AimsThis paper presents a discussion of historical scholarship published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing.BackgroundThe Journal of Advanced Nursing provides a forum for disseminating high-quality research and scholarship. For over 35years, scholars... Read More about Legitimacy in legacy: a discussion paper of historical scholarship published in theJournal of Advanced Nursing, 1976-2011.

The Chinese version of the cardiac depression scale: Mokken scaling (2012)
Journal Article
Wang, W., Hare, D. L., Ski, C. F., Thompson, D. R., & Watson, R. (2012). The Chinese version of the cardiac depression scale: Mokken scaling. Health and quality of life outcomes, 10(1), 33 - 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-10-33

Background: Myocardial infarction is a major cause of death and morbidity in many countries, including China. The aim of this study was to analyse a Mandarin Chinese translation of the Cardiac Depression Scale for a hierarchy of items according to th... Read More about The Chinese version of the cardiac depression scale: Mokken scaling.

The structure of stress: confirmatory factor analysis of a Chinese version of the stressors in Nursing Students Scale (SINS) (2012)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Yanhua, C., Ip, M. Y., Smith, G. D., Wong, T. K., & Deary, I. J. (2013). The structure of stress: confirmatory factor analysis of a Chinese version of the stressors in Nursing Students Scale (SINS). Nurse education today, 33(2), 160-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.02.013

Background Stress is a feature of the life of nursing students and this had been well studied. However, there are very few instruments to measure stress in nursing students specifically. One such instrument, the Stressors in Nursing Students Scale... Read More about The structure of stress: confirmatory factor analysis of a Chinese version of the stressors in Nursing Students Scale (SINS).

The Chinese version of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS): Mokken scaling (2012)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Wang, W., Ski, C. F., & Thompson, D. R. (2012). The Chinese version of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS): Mokken scaling. Health and quality of life outcomes, 10(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-10-2

Background: Hierarchical scales are very useful in clinical practice due to their ability to discriminate precisely between individuals, and the original English version of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale has been shown to cont... Read More about The Chinese version of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS): Mokken scaling.

Mokken scaling analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in individuals with cardiovascular disease (2011)
Journal Article
Cosco, T. D., Doyle, F., Watson, R., Ward, M., & McGee, H. (2012). Mokken scaling analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in individuals with cardiovascular disease. General hospital psychiatry, 34(2), 167-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.11.005

Objective: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a prolifically used scale of anxiety and depression. The original bidimensional anxiety-depression latent structure of the HADS has come under significant scrutiny, with previous studies... Read More about Mokken scaling analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in individuals with cardiovascular disease.

¿Cómo validar un instrumento de medida de la salud? (2011)
Journal Article
Carvajal, A., Centeno, C., Watson, R., Martínez, M., & Sanz Rubiales, Á. (2011). ¿Cómo validar un instrumento de medida de la salud?. Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra, 34(1), 63-72

SPANISH Cada vez es más necesario disponer de instrumentos de medida en el ámbito de la salud que se puedan utilizar en la práctica clínica e investigación. Para garantizar la calidad de su medición es imprescindible que los instrumentos sean someti... Read More about ¿Cómo validar un instrumento de medida de la salud?.

Caring for patients with brain tumor: the patient and care giver perspectives (2011)
Journal Article
Mezue, W. C., Draper, P., Mathew, B. G., & Watson, R. (2011). Caring for patients with brain tumor: the patient and care giver perspectives. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 14(3), 368-372. https://doi.org/10.4103/1119-3077.86786

Background: Patients with brain tumors form a heterogeneous group in terms of clinical presentation and pathology. However, the impact of the disease on patients' families is often more homogenous and frequently quite profound. A considerable body of... Read More about Caring for patients with brain tumor: the patient and care giver perspectives.

Using a Montessori method to increase eating ability for institutionalised residents with dementia: a crossover design (2011)
Journal Article
Lin, L., Huang, Y., Watson, R., Wu, S., & Lee, Y. (2011). Using a Montessori method to increase eating ability for institutionalised residents with dementia: a crossover design. Journal of clinical nursing, 20(21-22), 3092-3101. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03858.x

Aims. To investigate the efficacy of applying a Montessori intervention to improve the eating ability and nutritional status of residents with dementia in long-term care facilities. Background. An early intervention for eating difficulties in patient... Read More about Using a Montessori method to increase eating ability for institutionalised residents with dementia: a crossover design.

A group music intervention using percussion instruments with familiar music to reduce anxiety and agitation of institutionalized older adults with dementia (2011)
Journal Article
Sung, H., Lee, W., Li, T., & Watson, R. (2012). A group music intervention using percussion instruments with familiar music to reduce anxiety and agitation of institutionalized older adults with dementia. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 27(6), 621-627. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.2761

Objective This experimental study aimed to evaluate the effects of a group music intervention on anxiety and agitation of institutionalized older adults with dementia. Methods A total of 60 participants were randomly assigned to an experimental or a... Read More about A group music intervention using percussion instruments with familiar music to reduce anxiety and agitation of institutionalized older adults with dementia.

State of the science: Alleviating mealtime difficulties in nursing home residents with dementia (2011)
Journal Article
Aselage, M. B., Amella, E. J., & Watson, R. (2011). State of the science: Alleviating mealtime difficulties in nursing home residents with dementia. Nursing outlook, 59(4), 210-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2011.05.009

Three million people will reside in nursing homes (NH) in the United States, and over 50% will experience some level of dementia by 2030. People with dementia become increasingly dependent on others to manage mealtime difficulties and oral intake as... Read More about State of the science: Alleviating mealtime difficulties in nursing home residents with dementia.

Nursing research capacity building in a Spanish hospital: an intervention study (2011)
Journal Article
Corchon, S., Portillo, M. C., Watson, R., & Saracíbar, M. (2011). Nursing research capacity building in a Spanish hospital: an intervention study. Journal of clinical nursing, 20(17-18), 2479-2489. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03744.x

Aims and objectives. To evaluate a contextually framed intervention to increase nursing research capacity among clinical nurses in a Spanish hospital. Background. In Spain, there has been a paucity of nursing research and a lack of nursing research c... Read More about Nursing research capacity building in a Spanish hospital: an intervention study.