List of works - Fiona Boland

A Method to Calculate Adherence to Inhaled Therapy that Reflects the Changes in Clinical Features of Asthma

scientific article published on 28 July 2016

A comparative study: do "clickers" increase student engagement in multidisciplinary clinical microbiology teaching?

scientific article

A grey-box modelling methodology to express home heat-energy usage as statistical distributions — case studies in urban Ireland

scientific article published in 2022

A randomised clinical trial of feedback on inhaler adherence and technique in patients with severe uncontrolled asthma

scientific article published on 4 January 2018

A randomised controlled trial exploring the impact of a dedicated health and social care professionals team in the emergency department on the quality, safety, clinical and cost-effectiveness of care for older adults: a study protocol

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Analysis of Emergency Health Care Workforce and Service Readiness for a Mass Casualty Event in the Republic of Ireland

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Antidepressant prescribing in Irish children: secular trends and international comparison in the context of a safety warning

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Antimicrobial Resistance of Faecal Escherichia coli Isolates from Pig Farms with Different Durations of In-feed Antimicrobial Use.

scientific article published on 10 September 2015

Are we reaping what we sow? Gender diversity in surgery: a survey of medical students

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Association of Psychotic Experiences With Subsequent Risk of Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempts, and Suicide Deaths: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Population Studies

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Associations and effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on cognitive function and mood in healthy adults: a protocol for a systematic review of observational and interventional studies

scientific article published on 22 June 2019

Beliefs about prescribed medication among older patients with polypharmacy: a mixed methods study in primary care

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

Benzodiazepine prescribing in children under 15 years of age receiving free medical care on the General Medical Services scheme in Ireland ⬇️

scientific article published on 9 June 2015

Body Mass Index Changes in Early Childhood

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

Bovine tuberculosis and milk production in infected dairy herds in Ireland

scientific article

Bovine tuberculosis and udder health in Irish dairy herds.

scientific article

Can e-learning improve the performance of undergraduate medical students in Clinical Microbiology examinations?

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

Developing outcome, process and balancing measures for an emergency department longitudinal patient monitoring system using a modified Delphi

scientific article published on 14 January 2019

Development and delivery of an allied health team intervention for older adults in the emergency department: A process evaluation

scientific article published in 2022

Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule to identify suspected breast cancer: a prospective cohort study

scientific article

Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Intervention for Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older Patients in Primary Care: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (OPTI-SCRIPT Study).

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Effectiveness of early assessment and intervention by interdisciplinary teams including health and social care professionals in the emergency department: protocol for a systematic review

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Evaluation of the effect of insulin sensitivity-enhancing lifestyle- and dietary-related adjuncts on antidepressant treatment response: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

GPs' and community pharmacists' opinions on medication management at transitions of care in Ireland

scientific article

Geographical variation in musculoskeletal surgical care in public hospitals in Ireland: a repeated cross-sectional study.

scientific article published on 29 May 2019

Group-based trajectory modelling for BMI trajectories in childhood: A systematic review

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

Impact of early assessment and intervention by teams involving health and social care professionals in the emergency department: A systematic review

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

Impact of medication reconciliation for improving transitions of care

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

Implementing an allied health team intervention to improve the care of older adults in the emergency department: protocol for a process evaluation

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Improving risk factor management for patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of healthcare interventions in primary care and community settings.

scientific article published on 04 August 2017

In patients with severe uncontrolled asthma, does knowledge of adherence and inhaler technique using electronic monitoring improve clinical decision making? A protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 15 June 2017

Inadequate assessment of adherence to maintenance medication leads to loss of power and increased costs in trials of severe asthma therapy: results from a systematic literature review and modelling study

scientific article published on 18 May 2019

Influences on antimicrobial prescribing behaviour of veterinary practitioners in cattle practice in Ireland

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Intramuscular oxytocin versus intravenous oxytocin to prevent postpartum haemorrhage at vaginal delivery (LabOR trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Intramuscular versus intravenous oxytocin to prevent postpartum haemorrhage at vaginal delivery: randomised controlled trial

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Investigating a dilution effect between somatic cell count and milk yield and estimating milk production losses in Irish dairy cattle

scientific article published on 4 January 2013

Investigation of the persistence and transmission of MRSA CC 5 in pigs following intra-nasal inoculation

scientific article published on 11 October 2012

Irregular and Ineffective: A Quantitative Observational Study of the Time and Technique of Inhaler Use.

scientific article

J-shaped relationship between supervised methadone consumption and retention in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in primary care: National cohort study

scientific article published on 25 January 2017

Life Course Transitions and Changes in Alcohol Consumption Among Older Irish Adults: Results From The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

scientific article published on 27 June 2018

Longitudinal prevalence of potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 19 December 2018

Modification of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Following Fall-Related Hospitalizations in Older Adults

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

OPTIMAL, an occupational therapy led self-management support programme for people with multimorbidity in primary care: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

Objective Assessment of Adherence to Inhalers by Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Patterns of antimicrobial resistance in pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from cases of calf enteritis during the spring-calving season.

scientific article published on 28 January 2014

Personalized Biofeedback on Inhaler Adherence and Technique by Community Pharmacists: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 27 September 2019

Potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions and falls in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Predicting poorer health outcomes in older community-dwelling patients with multimorbidity: prospective cohort study assessing the accuracy of different multimorbidity definitions

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Prescribing patterns of glucosamine in an older population: a national cohort study.

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Prevalence and predictors of initial oral antibiotic treatment failure in adult emergency department patients with cellulitis: a pilot study

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Prevalence and predictors of oral to intravenous antibiotic switch among adult emergency department patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections: a pilot, prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 30 August 2020

Psychostimulant prescribing trends in a paediatric population in Ireland: a national cohort study

scientific article published on 10 September 2015

Risk factors for nonpurulent leg cellulitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article

Risk of mortality on and off methadone substitution treatment in primary care: a national cohort study.

scientific article published on August 2015

Roles of diet and the acid tolerance response in survival of common Salmonella serotypes in feces of finishing pigs

scientific article published on 28 October 2011

Social class variation, the effect of the economic recession and childhood obesity at 3 years of age in Ireland

scientific article published on 19 January 2017

Storage Stability of an Antioxidant Active Packaging Coated with Citrus Extract Following a Plasma Jet Pretreatment

Study protocol for evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of an emergency department longitudinal patient monitoring system using a mixed-methods approach

scientific article

Supporting care for suboptimally controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus in general practice with a clinical decision support system: a mixed methods pilot cluster randomised trial

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Supporting prescribing in Irish primary care: protocol for a non-randomised pilot study of a general practice pharmacist (GPP) intervention to optimise prescribing in primary care.

scientific article published on 5 July 2018

Supporting prescribing in older people with multimorbidity and significant polypharmacy in primary care (SPPiRE): a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol and pilot.

scientific article

Sustained effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients in primary care (OPTI-SCRIPT study).

scientific article published on 02 June 2016

Tackling transitions in patient care: the process of medication reconciliation

scientific article published in October 2013

The Impact of Common Inhaler Errors on Drug Delivery: Investigating Critical Errors with a Dry Powder Inhaler

scientific article published on 9 March 2017

The PIPc Study-application of indicators of potentially inappropriate prescribing in children (PIPc) to a national prescribing database in Ireland: a cross-sectional prevalence study

scientific article published on 21 October 2018

The Penicillin for the Emergency Department Outpatient treatment of CELLulitis (PEDOCELL) trial: update to the study protocol and detailed statistical analysis plan (SAP).

scientific article

The Prevalence and risk factors of vitamin D inadequacy among male athletes in Kuwait: A cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 06 November 2018

The effect of providing feedback on inhaler technique and adherence from an electronic audio recording device, INCA®, in a community pharmacy setting: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Thirty-seven-year Population-based Study of Colorectal Cancer Rates in Renal Transplant Recipients in Ireland

scientific article published on 09 August 2018

Undergraduate Clinical Teaching in Orthopedic Surgery: A Randomized Control Trial Comparing the Effect of Case-Based Teaching and Bedside Teaching on Musculoskeletal OSCE Performance

scientific article published on 15 July 2017

Unintended discontinuation of medication following hospitalisation: a retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 04 June 2019

Validation of two risk-prediction models for recurrent falls in the first year after stroke: a prospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

What is the impact of physical activity and physical function on the development of Multimorbidity in older adults over time? A population based cohort study

scientific article published on 13 January 2018

List of works by Fiona Boland

A Method to Calculate Adherence to Inhaled Therapy that Reflects the Changes in Clinical Features of Asthma

A comparative study: do "clickers" increase student engagement in multidisciplinary clinical microbiology teaching?

A grey-box modelling methodology to express home heat-energy usage as statistical distributions — case studies in urban Ireland

A randomised clinical trial of feedback on inhaler adherence and technique in patients with severe uncontrolled asthma

A randomised controlled trial exploring the impact of a dedicated health and social care professionals team in the emergency department on the quality, safety, clinical and cost-effectiveness of care for older adults: a study protocol

Analysis of Emergency Health Care Workforce and Service Readiness for a Mass Casualty Event in the Republic of Ireland

Antidepressant prescribing in Irish children: secular trends and international comparison in the context of a safety warning

Antimicrobial Resistance of Faecal Escherichia coli Isolates from Pig Farms with Different Durations of In-feed Antimicrobial Use.

Are we reaping what we sow? Gender diversity in surgery: a survey of medical students

Association of Psychotic Experiences With Subsequent Risk of Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempts, and Suicide Deaths: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Population Studies

Associations and effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on cognitive function and mood in healthy adults: a protocol for a systematic review of observational and interventional studies

Beliefs about prescribed medication among older patients with polypharmacy: a mixed methods study in primary care

Benzodiazepine prescribing in children under 15 years of age receiving free medical care on the General Medical Services scheme in Ireland ⬇️

Body Mass Index Changes in Early Childhood

Bovine tuberculosis and milk production in infected dairy herds in Ireland

Bovine tuberculosis and udder health in Irish dairy herds.

Can e-learning improve the performance of undergraduate medical students in Clinical Microbiology examinations?

Developing outcome, process and balancing measures for an emergency department longitudinal patient monitoring system using a modified Delphi

Development and delivery of an allied health team intervention for older adults in the emergency department: A process evaluation

Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule to identify suspected breast cancer: a prospective cohort study

Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Intervention for Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older Patients in Primary Care: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (OPTI-SCRIPT Study).

Effectiveness of early assessment and intervention by interdisciplinary teams including health and social care professionals in the emergency department: protocol for a systematic review

Evaluation of the effect of insulin sensitivity-enhancing lifestyle- and dietary-related adjuncts on antidepressant treatment response: A systematic review and meta-analysis

GPs' and community pharmacists' opinions on medication management at transitions of care in Ireland

Geographical variation in musculoskeletal surgical care in public hospitals in Ireland: a repeated cross-sectional study.

Group-based trajectory modelling for BMI trajectories in childhood: A systematic review

Impact of early assessment and intervention by teams involving health and social care professionals in the emergency department: A systematic review

Impact of medication reconciliation for improving transitions of care

Implementing an allied health team intervention to improve the care of older adults in the emergency department: protocol for a process evaluation

Improving risk factor management for patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of healthcare interventions in primary care and community settings.

In patients with severe uncontrolled asthma, does knowledge of adherence and inhaler technique using electronic monitoring improve clinical decision making? A protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Inadequate assessment of adherence to maintenance medication leads to loss of power and increased costs in trials of severe asthma therapy: results from a systematic literature review and modelling study

Influences on antimicrobial prescribing behaviour of veterinary practitioners in cattle practice in Ireland

Intramuscular oxytocin versus intravenous oxytocin to prevent postpartum haemorrhage at vaginal delivery (LabOR trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Intramuscular versus intravenous oxytocin to prevent postpartum haemorrhage at vaginal delivery: randomised controlled trial

Investigating a dilution effect between somatic cell count and milk yield and estimating milk production losses in Irish dairy cattle

Investigation of the persistence and transmission of MRSA CC 5 in pigs following intra-nasal inoculation

Irregular and Ineffective: A Quantitative Observational Study of the Time and Technique of Inhaler Use.

J-shaped relationship between supervised methadone consumption and retention in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in primary care: National cohort study

Life Course Transitions and Changes in Alcohol Consumption Among Older Irish Adults: Results From The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

Longitudinal prevalence of potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study

Modification of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Following Fall-Related Hospitalizations in Older Adults

OPTIMAL, an occupational therapy led self-management support programme for people with multimorbidity in primary care: a randomized controlled trial

Objective Assessment of Adherence to Inhalers by Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Patterns of antimicrobial resistance in pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from cases of calf enteritis during the spring-calving season.

Personalized Biofeedback on Inhaler Adherence and Technique by Community Pharmacists: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

Potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions and falls in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study

Predicting poorer health outcomes in older community-dwelling patients with multimorbidity: prospective cohort study assessing the accuracy of different multimorbidity definitions

Prescribing patterns of glucosamine in an older population: a national cohort study.

Prevalence and predictors of initial oral antibiotic treatment failure in adult emergency department patients with cellulitis: a pilot study

Prevalence and predictors of oral to intravenous antibiotic switch among adult emergency department patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections: a pilot, prospective cohort study

Psychostimulant prescribing trends in a paediatric population in Ireland: a national cohort study

Risk factors for nonpurulent leg cellulitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Risk of mortality on and off methadone substitution treatment in primary care: a national cohort study.

Roles of diet and the acid tolerance response in survival of common Salmonella serotypes in feces of finishing pigs

Social class variation, the effect of the economic recession and childhood obesity at 3 years of age in Ireland

Storage Stability of an Antioxidant Active Packaging Coated with Citrus Extract Following a Plasma Jet Pretreatment

Study protocol for evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of an emergency department longitudinal patient monitoring system using a mixed-methods approach

Supporting care for suboptimally controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus in general practice with a clinical decision support system: a mixed methods pilot cluster randomised trial

Supporting prescribing in Irish primary care: protocol for a non-randomised pilot study of a general practice pharmacist (GPP) intervention to optimise prescribing in primary care.

Supporting prescribing in older people with multimorbidity and significant polypharmacy in primary care (SPPiRE): a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol and pilot.

Sustained effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients in primary care (OPTI-SCRIPT study).

Tackling transitions in patient care: the process of medication reconciliation

The Impact of Common Inhaler Errors on Drug Delivery: Investigating Critical Errors with a Dry Powder Inhaler

The PIPc Study-application of indicators of potentially inappropriate prescribing in children (PIPc) to a national prescribing database in Ireland: a cross-sectional prevalence study

The Penicillin for the Emergency Department Outpatient treatment of CELLulitis (PEDOCELL) trial: update to the study protocol and detailed statistical analysis plan (SAP).

The Prevalence and risk factors of vitamin D inadequacy among male athletes in Kuwait: A cross-sectional study

The effect of providing feedback on inhaler technique and adherence from an electronic audio recording device, INCA®, in a community pharmacy setting: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Thirty-seven-year Population-based Study of Colorectal Cancer Rates in Renal Transplant Recipients in Ireland

Undergraduate Clinical Teaching in Orthopedic Surgery: A Randomized Control Trial Comparing the Effect of Case-Based Teaching and Bedside Teaching on Musculoskeletal OSCE Performance

Unintended discontinuation of medication following hospitalisation: a retrospective cohort study

Validation of two risk-prediction models for recurrent falls in the first year after stroke: a prospective cohort study.

What is the impact of physical activity and physical function on the development of Multimorbidity in older adults over time? A population based cohort study