Biomedical subjects
June Jones
Publications and source records attributed to June Jones.
Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: it takes two to make therapeutic relationship work.
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Evaluation of the impact of an educational initiative in diabetic foot management.
The diabetic foot project was an initiative designed to help develop a training package for community nurses and podiatrists. It also aimed to evaluate the impact of two days' training on the knowledge and reported practice of nurses and podiatrists in the management of the diabetic foot. The study used a two-group pre- and post-test design, which replicated the work of Luker and Kenrick (1993) and Nelson and Jones (1997). The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to determine if there was a difference between the experimental and control group scores. The results reported demonstrate the positive effect of the study days on practitioners' knowledge and reported practice, and the study has highlighted the potential to improve practitioners' knowledge and reported practice.
In search of a good death: What is a good death?
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Depression in patients with chronic venous ulceration.
As leg ulcer research has generally focused on aspects of treatment, the psychosocial impact of leg ulceration remains understudied. This article reports the findings of a study exploring the prevalence of anxiety and depression in 190 patients with chronic venous ulceration across 9 Trusts in the northwest of England. The hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) was used to screen patients for the presence of anxiety and depression using a cut-off point of 9 for level of "caseness". A total of 52 (27%) people scored as depressed while 50 (26%) scored as anxious. The two symptoms which appeared to be associated with anxiety and depression were pain and odour, while there was no association found between living alone, mobility and exudate. These findings suggest that the focus of care needs to be redirected for many patients for whom cure is not an option, but who are left to live with a chronic wound. Furthermore, psychological factors, including depression, should be a focus in assessment and ongoing review of patients with leg ulceration.