K. Spilsbury

Publication List Details

Period

2001 - 2007

Number

22

Co-Authors

Pressure ulcers and their treatment and effects on quality of life: hospital inpatient perspectives (2007)

Spilsbury, K., Nelson, A., Cullum, N., Iglesias, C., Nixon, J., Mason, S.

AIM This paper reports a study exploring patients' perceptions and experiences of the impact of a pressure ulcer and its treatment on their health and quality of life. BACKGROUND Pressure ulcers are...

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of respite for caregivers of frail older people (2007)

Mason, A., Weatherly, H., Spilsbury, K., Golder, S., Arksey, H., Adamson, J., ...

The proportion of frail elderly people in the industrialized world is increasing. Respite care is a potentially important way of maintaining the quality of life for these people and their caregivers....

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of respite for caregivers of frail older people (2007)

Mason, A., Weatherly, H., Spilsbury, K., Golder, S., Arksey, H., Adamson, J., ...

The proportion of frail elderly people in the industrialized world is increasing. Respite care is a potentially important way of maintaining the quality of life for these people and their caregivers....

Patient acceptability of larval therapy for leg ulcer treatment: a randomised survey to inform the sample size calculation of a randomised trial (2006)

Petherick, ES, O'Meara, S, Spilsbury, K, Iglesias, CP, Nelson, EA, Torgerson, DJ

Abstract Background A trial was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of larval therapy to debride and heal sloughy and necrotic venous leg ulcers. Larval therapy in the trial was to be...

Patient acceptability of larval therapy for leg ulcer treatment: a randomised survey to inform the sample size calculation of a randomised trial (2006)

Petherick, E.S., O'Meara, S., Spilsbury, K., Iglesias, C.P., Nelson, E.A., Torgerson, D.J.

BACKGROUND A trial was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of larval therapy to debride and heal sloughy and necrotic venous leg ulcers. Larval therapy in the trial was to be delivered in...

Patient acceptability of larval therapy for leg ulcer treatment: a randomised survey to inform the sample size calculation of a randomised trial (2006)

Petherick, E.S., O'Meara, S., Spilsbury, K., Iglesias, C.P., Nelson, E.A., Torgerson, D.J.

BACKGROUND A trial was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of larval therapy to debride and heal sloughy and necrotic venous leg ulcers. Larval therapy in the trial was to be delivered in...

Patient acceptability of larval therapy for leg ulcer treatment: a randomised survey to inform the sample size calculation of a randomised trial (2006)

Petherick, E.S., O'Meara, S., Spilsbury, K., Iglesias, C.P., Nelson, E.A., Torgerson, D.J.

BACKGROUND A trial was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of larval therapy to debride and heal sloughy and necrotic venous leg ulcers. Larval therapy in the trial was to be delivered in...

Pressure relieving support surfaces: a randomised evaluation (2006)

Nixon, J., Nelson, E.A., Cranny, G., Iglesias, C.P., Hawkins, K., Cullum, N.A., ...

Objectives The primary objective of the PRESSURE (Pressure RElieving Support SUrfaces: a Randomised Evaluation) Trial was to determine whether there are differences between alternating pressure...

Pressure relieving support surfaces: a randomised evaluation (2006)

Nixon, J., Nelson, E.A., Cranny, G., Iglesias, C.P., Hawkins, K., Cullum, N.A., ...

Objectives The primary objective of the PRESSURE (Pressure RElieving Support SUrfaces: a Randomised Evaluation) Trial was to determine whether there are differences between alternating pressure...

Pressure relieving support surfaces: a randomised evaluation (2006)

Nixon, J., Nelson, E.A., Cranny, G., Iglesias, C.P., Hawkins, K., Cullum, N.A., ...

Objectives The primary objective of the PRESSURE (Pressure RElieving Support SUrfaces: a Randomised Evaluation) Trial was to determine whether there are differences between alternating pressure...

Nurse led care (2005)

Cullum, N., Spilsbury, K., Richardson, G.

What's the difference between medical and nursing care? The answer is not straightforward, but shortages in the medical workforce mean that nurses are increasingly called on to undertake work that...

Nurse led care (2005)

Cullum, N., Spilsbury, K., Richardson, G.

What's the difference between medical and nursing care? The answer is not straightforward, but shortages in the medical workforce mean that nurses are increasingly called on to undertake work that...

Nurse led care (2005)

Cullum, N., Spilsbury, K., Richardson, G.

What's the difference between medical and nursing care? The answer is not straightforward, but shortages in the medical workforce mean that nurses are increasingly called on to undertake work that...

Use, misuse and non-use of health care assistants: understanding the work of health care assistants in a hospital setting (2004)

Spilsbury, K., Meyer, J.

Aim(s): This study is concerned with understanding the work of non-registered nurses (health care assistants) in a UK hospital setting. Background: There are increasing numbers of health care...

Economic evaluation of a nursing-led intermediate care unit (2001)

Richardson, G.A., Griffiths, P., Wilson-Barnett, J., Spilsbury, K., Batehup, L.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to examine the costs of introducing a nursing-led ward program together with examining the impact this may have on patients' outcomes. METHODS The study had a...

Economic evaluation of a nursing-led intermediate care unit (2001)

Richardson, G., Griffiths, P., Wilson-Barnett, J., Spilsbury, K., Batehup, L.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to examine the costs of introducing a nursing-led ward program together with examining the impact this may have on patients' outcomes. METHODS: The study had a...

Economic evaluation of a nursing-led intermediate care unit (2001)

Richardson, G., Griffiths, P., Wilson-Barnett, J., Spilsbury, K., Batehup, L.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to examine the costs of introducing a nursing-led ward program together with examining the impact this may have on patients' outcomes. METHODS: The study had a...

Economic evaluation of a nursing-led intermediate care unit (2001)

Richardson, G., Griffiths, P., Wilson-Barnett, J., Spilsbury, K., Batehup, L.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to examine the costs of introducing a nursing-led ward program together with examining the impact this may have on patients' outcomes. METHODS: The study had a...

Stage-specific expression of intracisternal A-particle sequences in murine myelomonocytic leukemia cell lines and normal myelomonocytic differentiation.

Takayama, Y, O'Mara, M A, Spilsbury, K, Thwaite, R, Rowe, P B, Symonds, G

The levels of intracisternal A-particle (IAP) mRNA were analyzed in a variety of myelomonocytic leukemia cell lines, peritoneally derived macrophages, and normal hemopoietic progenitors induced to...

Stage-specific expression of intracisternal A-particle sequences in murine myelomonocytic leukemia cell lines and normal myelomonocytic differentiation.

Takayama, Y, O'Mara, M A, Spilsbury, K, Thwaite, R, Rowe, P B, Symonds, G

The levels of intracisternal A-particle (IAP) mRNA were analyzed in a variety of myelomonocytic leukemia cell lines, peritoneally derived macrophages, and normal hemopoietic progenitors induced to...