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Item Metadata only Adult burn survivors’ personal experiences of rehabilitation: An integrative review(Elsevier, 2014) Kornhaber, R.; Wilson, A.; Abu-Qamar, M.; McLean, L.; Faculty of Health SciencesAbstract not availableItem Metadata only Applying for ethical approval for a national multisite study: The challenges and barriers(Monash University Printing, 2012) Kornhaber, R.; Abu-Qamar, M.; Wilson, A.; Faculty of Health SciencesThis paper describes the challenges and barriers experienced when seeking Human Research Ethics approval for a national multisite qualitative research study. Applications for ethics approval were submitted to Human Research Ethics Committees(HRECs) across four Australian states in November 2010. Three out of the five HREC applications required alterations. None of the HRECs acknowledged approvals from the other HRECs. The authors found there was a lack of appreciation and knowledge of qualitative research and, in particular, the phenomenological methodological approach whereby HRECs attempted to quantify the qualitative research methodology. The issues encountered created complexities for the researchers and delayed the commencement of the study. Our experience suggests that multisite studies are unduly delayed due to current HRECs methods of review. HRECs need to address the efficiency of their ethics approval practices through harmonising multisite ethical review processes enabling the recognition of a single ethics and scientific review with mandatory expedition to all subsequent HRECs.Item Metadata only Coming to terms with it all: Adult burn survivors' 'lived experience' of acknowledgement and acceptance during rehabilitation(Elsevier, 2014) Kornhaber, R.; Wilson, A.; Abu-Qamar, M.; McLean, L.; Faculty of Health SciencesAlthough studies have explored the 'lived experience' of burn survivors, little is known about their experiences encountered during rehabilitation. A descriptive phenomenological study was conducted to gain an in-depth insight into burn survivors' experiences' of acknowledgement and acceptance of their injury and the challenges experienced during their rehabilitation journey. A descriptive phenomenological methodology was used to construct themes depicting how burn survivors endeavoured to acknowledge and accept their injury and subsequent altered body image. Twenty men and one woman up to eight years after-burn within Australia were selected through purposeful sampling, and data were collected through in-depth individual interviews conducted in 2011 (N = 21). Interviews were analysed using Colaizzi's method of data analysis. The emergent theme acknowledgement identified four cluster themes that represented how burn survivors came to terms with their injury and an altered body image: (1) reasoning (2) humour (3) the challenge of acceptance (4) self-awareness. Coming to terms with a severe burn is a challenging experience. Reasoning and humour are strategies utilised by burn survivors that facilitate with acknowledgement and acceptance. Understanding these concepts through the burn survivors' perspective will, potentially, facilitate a better understanding of how to best provide for this cohort of patients.Item Metadata only Evidence-based decision-making: The case for diabetes care(Blackwell Publishing Asia, 2007) Abu-Qamar, M.; Wilson, A.Clinical decisions in diabetes care are complex, because they cover a wide range of unrelated issues which are affected by varied contexts of healthcare providers from multiple disciplines. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the extent to which evidence is used to underpin clinical decisions within the area of diabetes care. In order to do this, it is necessary to capture information on the application of principles of evidence-based practice in diabetes care. Publications debating the nature of evidence-based practice and diabetes care were identified through searching the MEDLINE and CINAHL databases and located through the search engine Google. Additional publications were identified from references cited in relevant papers. These publications viewed evidence-based decisions as a balanced integration of different aspects of the clinical situation such as patient preference and clinician experience, in addition to the best available evidence. Simultaneously, each aspect of clinical care needs different forms of evidence. This is the argument for evidence-based diabetes care, where heterogeneous variables interact in different milieus. In conclusion, evidence-based diabetes care is a loose structure and set of ideas which needs to be adjusted according to each specific clinical situation.Item Metadata only The lived experience of a foot burn injury from the perspective of seven Jordanians with diabetes: a hermeneutic phenomenological study(Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2012) Abu-Qamar, M.; Wilson, A.Poor vision and poor pain sensation expose sufferers of diabetes to foot burn injuries. A phenomenological approach was used to illuminate the lived experience of those with diabetes who sustained foot burn injuries. Face-to-face unstructured interviews were conducted with seven patients recruited from health care facilities throughout Jordan. The interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim into Arabic, checked for accuracy and then analysed using thematic analysis. Our study highlights that household appliances are a major cause of foot burn injuries among the studied population and that culturally specific risk factors predispose Jordanians with diabetes to foot burn injuries, namely ablution for males and cooking activities for females. Participants sought health care when home remedies failed. Inconsistent management practices were identified among health care providers. Culturally specific health education programs should be made to raise patients' awareness towards avoiding possible risks at home.