Impact of a 3-year transformational change project in family violence clinical response: Qualitative evaluation of the depth and breadth of knowledge in hospital clinicians by training level.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the impact of different levels of training in family violence (no training, some training, clinical champions), on the clinician knowledge of key family violence response skills, using qualitative, survey obtained text-box responses.

Design: A cross-sectional, online, survey of hospital clinicians in a major trauma hospital was conducted.

Methods: The Assisting Patient/Clients Experiencing Family Violence: Royal Melbourne Hospital Clinician Survey tool was utilised and open for clinicians to complete, anonymously over a 6-week period.

Evaluating the Implementation of an Occupational Therapy-Led Concussion Clinic Model Into Usual Practice: A Mixed Methods Study.

Objectives: (1) To evaluate the implementation of Australia's first occupational therapy-led concussion clinic model into usual practice by examining acceptability and fidelity among clinicians and service users, and (2) to explore the feasibility of embedding outcome measures into the service to facilitate longer-term clinic evaluation.

Setting And Participants: A large tertiary trauma hospital service in Melbourne, Australia. Participants were patients referred to the concussion clinic and occupational therapists working in the service.

How much training is enough? Evaluating clinician self-reported family violence response skills following a 3-year transformational change project in a major trauma hospital.

Background: Rates of family violence are high in many societies, with disproportionate impacts on women and children. Healthcare services have an important gateway role for victim-survivors requiring assistance. There is limited evidence regarding how much training is required for hospital clinicians to be adequately prepared to work effectively with clients experiencing family violence.

Domestic and Family Violence Screening and Response: A Prospective, Cross-Sectional, Mixed Methods Survey in Private Mental Health Clients.

Most domestic and family violence (DFV) research has focused on establishing prevalence and screening rates in public health and community samples. This study sought to address a gap in the literature by evaluating DFV screening and response practices in a private mental healthcare inpatient service and determining if clients of the service had unmet DFV needs. A prospective, convenience sample, mixed methods, cross-sectional survey of adult inpatient mental health consumers was employed.

Multifaceted training and readiness to respond to family violence: A prospective cohort evaluation.

Background: As frontline healthcare workers, there is a growing expectation that nurses should be able to respond to disclosures of family violence. However, the profession and hospital systems have been slow to respond with clear skills, knowledge and confidence deficits identified in existing research. There is limited research which has robustly evaluated the effectiveness of in-depth, multifaceted training on readiness to respond among nurses.

Reverse triage in COVID surge planning: a case study of an allied health supported clinical care pathway in an acute hospital setting.

Objective This case study describes the development and outcomes of a new integrated and multidisciplinary care pathway. Spearheaded by allied health, the 'COVID community navigator team', applied established principles of reverse triage to create additional surge capacity. Methods A retrospective cohort study examined workflow patterns using electronic medical records of patients who received navigator input at the Royal Melbourne Hospital between 20 September 2021 and 20 December 2021.

Evaluating the impact of a family violence transformational change project in a major trauma hospital: A three-year follow-up comparison study of knowledge, confidence, and family violence response skills in clinical staff.

Family violence is a significant public health issue. Healthcare systems have an important role to play in recognising and responding to current family violence experiences in their patients. However, many healthcare workers and systems remain underprepared to fulfil this role.

Domestic and family violence knowledge and skills: A private mental health service survey of nurses, allied health, and medical clinicians.

Mental healthcare services have an important role to play in recognizing and responding to domestic and family violence (DFV). This study aimed to evaluate staff knowledge, confidence, and clinical skills in family violence in an Australian private mental healthcare service. The methodology utilized was a cross-sectional, online survey of clinical staff.

Psychotropic medication deprescribing in residential aged care facilities: An exploratory study of the knowledge and attitudes of family members of residents with dementia.

Objectives: General practitioners face many barriers to deprescribing psychotropic medications in people with dementia in nursing homes, including a lack of knowledge about their medication histories. This study explored the knowledge of family members about residents' medications and their willingness to support deprescribing.

Methods: Sixty-six family members of residents from seven residential aged care facilities participated in this cross-sectional study.

Responding to family violence: Variations in knowledge, confidence and skills across clinical professions in a large tertiary public hospital.

Introduction: Healthcare workers play a vital role in assessing and appropriately responding to family violence. Discipline-specific differences in the readiness to respond have been indicated in the literature but no studies have directly compared multiple disciplines using the same measure. Given the imperative need for a hospital-wide, multidisciplinary approach to managing family violence, this study aimed to compare and contrast clinician perceived levels of knowledge, confidence and clinical readiness to manage disclosures of family violence across major professional groups in a tier 1, tertiary adult trauma hospital in Australia.

Assisting clients experiencing family violence: Clinician and client survey responses in a child and family health service.

Aims And Objectives: To determine the baseline levels of training, knowledge and confidence working in the area of family violence in staff at a public child and maternal health service in Melbourne, Australia, as well as perceived staff barriers to working effectively in this area. This study also aimed to explore the client perception of existing screening practices.

Background: Family violence is a global concern with pregnancy and the postnatal period times of particularly high risk.

Assisting patients experiencing family violence: A survey of training levels, perceived knowledge, and confidence of clinical staff in a large metropolitan hospital.

Objectives: Family violence is a public health issue. It occurs in many forms, is most commonly directed at woman and children, and contributes significantly to death, disability, and illness. This study was conducted in the clinical staff in a large metropolitan hospital and aimed to determine levels of family violence training, self-perceived knowledge and confidence, specific clinical skills, and barriers to working effectively in the area.

What are the most common memory complaints following stroke? A frequency and exploratory factor analysis of items from the Everyday Memory Questionnaire-Revised.

Memory problems are commonly reported following stroke; however, the specific nature and frequency of memory complaints experienced by stroke survivors has not been sufficiently investigated. We aimed to investigate the factor structure of the Everyday Memory Questionnaire-Revised (EMQ-R) in stroke survivors with memory complaints, and identify the most commonly endorsed items. A total of 91 stroke survivors completed the EMQ-R prior to participation in a memory rehabilitation trial.

Effectiveness of a manualised group training intervention for memory dysfunction following stroke: a series of single case studies.

Deficits in memory are common following stroke and have been independently linked with poorer outcomes. Outcomes and best-practice processes of post-stroke memory rehabilitation remain equivocal. In this study an AB with follow up single-case design was repeated across four participants to explore the effectiveness of a compensatory memory skills group in patients with stroke.

Comparing memory group training and computerized cognitive training for improving memory function following stroke: A phase II randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: Memory deficits are common after stroke, yet remain a high unmet need within the community. The aim of this phase II randomized controlled trial was to determine whether group compensatory or computerized cognitive training approaches were effective in rehabilitating memory following stroke.

Methods: A parallel, 3-group, single-blind, randomized controlled trial was used to compare the effectiveness of a compensatory memory skills group with restorative computerized training on functional goal attainment.

Feasibility and effectiveness of computerised cognitive training for memory dysfunction following stroke: A series of single case studies.

Computerised cognitive training (CCT) approaches to memory rehabilitation represent an attractive alternative to traditional approaches; however, there is limited empirical evidence to support their use. An AB with follow up single case design was repeated across five participants to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of CCT on subjective memory in patients with stroke. Target behaviour was subjective everyday and prospective memory failures which were assessed weekly.

Understanding the experience of compensatory and restorative memory rehabilitation: A qualitative study of stroke survivors.

Memory impairment is common following stroke. Memory skills groups (MSGs) utilising compensatory strategies and computerised cognitive training (CCT) are two rehabilitation approaches available to improve memory function; however, there is no consensus as to which is more effective following stroke. This study aimed to explore and contrast the qualitative experiences of 20 stroke survivors ( = 61.