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Elaine Toomey PhD

Lecturer in Evidence Based Healthcare, University of Galway
Verified email at universityofgalway.ie
Cited by 3209

Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff

JH Verbeek, B Rajamaki, S Ijaz… - Cochrane database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background In epidemics of highly infectious diseases, such as Ebola, severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS), or coronavirus (COVID‐19), healthcare workers (HCW) are at …

Classification of aerosol-generating procedures: a rapid systematic review

T Jackson, D Deibert, G Wyatt… - BMJ open …, 2020 - bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
In the context of covid-19, aerosol generating procedures have been highlighted as
requiring a higher grade of personal protective equipment. We investigated how official …

Extended use or reuse of single-use surgical masks and filtering face-piece respirators during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A rapid systematic …

EC Toomey, Y Conway, C Burton, S Smith… - Infection Control & …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Background: Shortages of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have led to the extended use or reuse of single-use respirators …

[HTML][HTML] Physician-reported barriers to using evidence-based recommendations for low back pain in clinical practice: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative …

AM Hall, SR Scurrey, AE Pike, C Albury… - Implementation …, 2019 - Springer
Background Adoption of low back pain guidelines is a well-documented problem.
Information to guide the development of behaviour change interventions is needed. The …

Reproducible and replicable pain research: a critical review

H Lee, SE Lamb, MK Bagg, E Toomey, AG Cashin… - Pain, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Recently, the degree to which scientific publications provide a reliable source of information
has come under intense scrutiny. Reports suggest that a substantial amount of published …

[HTML][HTML] Using intervention mapping to develop a theory-driven, group-based complex intervention to support self-management of osteoarthritis and low back pain …

DA Hurley, LC Murphy, D Hayes, AM Hall… - Implementation …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The Medical Research Council framework provides a useful general
approach to designing and evaluating complex interventions, but does not provide detailed …

Using mixed methods to assess fidelity of delivery and its influencing factors in a complex self-management intervention for people with osteoarthritis and low back …

E Toomey, J Matthews, DA Hurley - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives and design Despite an increasing awareness of the importance of fidelity of
delivery within complex behaviour change interventions, it is often poorly assessed. This …

The effectiveness of health professional‐delivered interventions during the first 1000 days to prevent overweight/obesity in children: A systematic review

M Hennessy, C Heary, R Laws, L Van Rhoon… - Obesity …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Childhood obesity is a global public health challenge. Early prevention, particularly during
the first 1000 days, is advocated. Health professionals have a role to play in obesity …

Implementation fidelity of physiotherapist-delivered group education and exercise interventions to promote self-management in people with osteoarthritis and chronic …

E Toomey, L Currie-Murphy, J Matthews, DA Hurley - Manual therapy, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Implementation fidelity is the extent to which an intervention is delivered as
intended by intervention developers, and is extremely important as it increases confidence …

A scoping review of research on the determinants of adherence to social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic

C Noone, NZ Warner, M Byrne, H Durand… - Health Psychology …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This scoping review focused on answering key questions about the focus, quality and
generalisability of the quantitative evidence on the determinants of adherence to social …