Ireland
Ireland
Smoking is the most preventable cause of premature death. As the Irish government works towards their stated goal of a ‘tobacco free society’ in 2025, treatment of smokers must be expanded and improved. Purpose: To examine smoking prevalence,…
Ireland has strong tobacco control legislation but must get smokers to stop if the national plan of having a smoking prevalence of 5% by the year 2025 is possible. Involving all healthcare staff in this effort is regarded as important. We surveyed…
The need to control tobacco is probably the most important health intervention. Tobacco dependence is a recognized life-destroying disease. It is therefore very important that all health care professionals are educated and feel competent as role…
The adverse effects of smoking on neonatal outcomes, such as small-for-gestational-age (SGA), has been extensively studied however, the consequences of smoking combined with alcohol and/or drug use is less clear.
In the caregiving literature there is a common assertion that a higher level of carer stress is a critical determinant of premature ending of homecare. However, this contention has not been systematically assessed. We therefore systematically…
Smoking during pregnancy is the most significant modifiable risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Tobacco use has a long-standing relationship with depression but has not been critically investigated in pregnancy. We systematically reviewed…
This was a scoping review of the experiences of people with inherited cardiac conditions and congenital heart disease and their families. The Irish Heart Foundation is trying to investigate the issues which these individuals and their families might…
The purpose of this consensus statement is to determine the state of the field of loneliness among older people, highlighting key issues for researchers, policymakers and those designing services and interventions.In December 2018, an international…
Poor nutritional status among older people is well documented with 40% of older people reported as malnourished on hospital admission. Poor nutrition contributes to increased infection, poorer patient outcomes and death and longer hospital stays.…
Safe drug prescribing and administration are essential elements within undergraduate healthcare curricula, but medication errors, especially in paediatric practice, continue to compromise patient safety. In this area of clinical care, collective…