Cochrane Collaboration in Ireland - facilitating evidence-based practice

Cochrane Collaboration in Ireland

Cochrane Reviews involving DCU Researchers

* designates a Health Research Board Cochrane Fellow

Published Cochrane reviews

Therapeutic touch for healing acute wounds. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 4.

Dónal P O’Mathúna, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Richard L Ashford, Faculty of Health and Community Care, Birmingham City University, UK

Surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation for quadriceps strengthening pre and post total knee replacement. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 1.

*Brenda Monaghan, Physiotherapy, Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, Ireland
Brian Caulfield, Physiotherapy & Performance Science, University College Dublin
Dónal P O’Mathúna, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU

Interventions for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 9.

*Anne Matthews, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Dónal P O’Mathúna, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Mary Doyle, Mid-Western Regional Maternity Hospital, Limerick, Ireland

Hospital nurse staffing models and patient and staff-related outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 7.

*Michelle Butler, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin (UCD)
Rita Collins, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, UCD
Jonathan Drennan, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, UCD
Phil Halligan, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, UCD
Dónal P O’Mathúna, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Timothy J Schultz, The Joanna Briggs Institute, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Ann Sheridan, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, UCD
Eileen Vilis, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada

Published Cochrane protocols

Analgesics for postoperative pain after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 3.

Dónal P O’Mathúna, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Lisa Horwill, UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, UK
Philip J Wiffen, UK Cochrane Centre, Oxford, UK
Joy A Conlon, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU

As required versus fixed schedule analgesic administration schedules for treating postoperative pain in children and adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4.

*Joy A Conlon, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Dónal P O’Mathúna, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Brendan O’Hare, Operating Theatre Department, Our Lady’s Hospital for Children, Crumlin, Dublin

Interventions for preventing soft-tissue injuries of the knee. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 9.

*Davide Susta, School of Health & Human Performance, DCU
Dónal P O’Mathúna, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Mike Parkinson, School of Biotechnology, DCU

Taxane monotherapy for the treatment of platinum pre-treated epithelial ovarian cancerCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 10.

*Britta K Stordal, National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, DCU
Dónal P O’Mathúna, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU

Interventions for promoting participation in shared decision-making for children with cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 2.

*Imelda Coyne, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin
Dónal P O’Mathúna, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Faith Gibson, Department of Children's Nursing, South Bank University, London, UK
Linda Shields, Curtin University, Perth, and Child and Adolescent Health Service, Australia
Greg Sheaf, Trinity College Dublin Library

Endothelin inhibitors for advanced prostate cancerCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 8.

*Ruth Foley, Academic Unit of Clinical and Molecular Oncology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
John Keane, Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Derry, Northern Ireland
Dónal P O’Mathúna, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Donal Hollywood, Division of Radiation Therapy, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James's Hospital, Dublin

Registered titles with protocols under development 

Standardised rating scales for diagnosing depression in dementia. 

*Dominic Trepel, Department of  Economics, University of Limerick
Constantine Lyketsos, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, USA
Maria Semkovska, Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin
Kate Irving, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Stephen Kinsella, Department of  Economics, University of Limerick
Donna O’Doibhlin, University of Limerick
Dónal P O’Mathúna, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU

Virtual reality simulation for pain and anxiety in children

Veronica Lambert, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Anne Matthews, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU
Declan Devane, School of Nursing and Midwifery, NUI Galway
Paula Hicks, Centre for Health Informatics, Trinity College Dublin
Lorraine Boran, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU