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A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to assess self-management in clinical trials in patients with chronic pain (2017)
Journal Article
Banerjee, A., Hendrick, P., Bhattacharjee, P., & Blake, H. (2018). A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to assess self-management in clinical trials in patients with chronic pain. Patient Education and Counseling, 101(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2017.12.002

Objectives
The aim of this review was to identify, appraise and synthesise the outcome measures used to assess self-management in patients with chronic pain.

Methods
Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library and Google Scholar were... Read More about A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to assess self-management in clinical trials in patients with chronic pain.

Development and evaluation of an educational training package to promote health and wellbeing (2017)
Journal Article
Gartshore, E., Briggs, L., & Blake, H. (2018). Development and evaluation of an educational training package to promote health and wellbeing. British Journal of Nursing, 26(21), 1182-1186. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2017.26.21.1182

Background: Supporting the health and wellbeing of healthcare employees is a UK national priority.
Aims: To design, deliver and evaluate an educational package to promote health and wellbeing for nurses and midwives
Methods: An online training pack... Read More about Development and evaluation of an educational training package to promote health and wellbeing.

Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand (2017)
Journal Article
Tosangwarn, S., Clissett, P., & Blake, H. (2018). Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 32(1), 51-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2017.09.010

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. BACKGROUND: Thai culture traditionally abhors elders living in care homes due to the belief that this represents a dereliction of filial piety by their children, thus care homes are stigmatized as the domain of poor older adults... Read More about Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand.

Health beliefs predict self-care practices and glycaemic control in Malaysian patients with insulin-treated diabetes: a longtitudal study (2017)
Journal Article
Aris, A., Blake, H., & Adams, G. (2017). Health beliefs predict self-care practices and glycaemic control in Malaysian patients with insulin-treated diabetes: a longtitudal study. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 17(2), 80-89

The practice of diabetes self-care plays an important role in achieving and maintaining good glycaemic control. However, not all patients with insulin-treated diabetes engage in their self-care activities. There is some evidence that self-care practi... Read More about Health beliefs predict self-care practices and glycaemic control in Malaysian patients with insulin-treated diabetes: a longtitudal study.

Psychometric properties of the Thai Internalised Stigma Scale (TIS-LCH) for care home residents (2017)
Journal Article
Tosangwarn, S., Clissett, P., & Blake, H. (2017). Psychometric properties of the Thai Internalised Stigma Scale (TIS-LCH) for care home residents. Clinical Gerontologist, 40(5), 362-368. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2017.1347595

Objectives: Living in a care home is a source of stigma in Thai culture, although there is currently no measurement tool in the Thai language specifically designed to assess internalised stigma in care home residents. The Thai Version of Internalised... Read More about Psychometric properties of the Thai Internalised Stigma Scale (TIS-LCH) for care home residents.

Stigma associated with living in a care home: perspectives of older residents living in care homes in Thailand (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tosangwarn, S., Clissett, P., & Blake, H. Stigma associated with living in a care home: perspectives of older residents living in care homes in Thailand. Presented at ICMH 2017: 19th International Conference on Mental Health

Background: High prevalence of depression has been reported among older adults living in care homes in Thailand, associated with physical impairment, low social support, low self-esteem and particularly stigma associated with living in a care home. H... Read More about Stigma associated with living in a care home: perspectives of older residents living in care homes in Thailand.

Office workers' perceived barriers and facilitators to taking regular micro-breaks at work: a diary-probed interview study (2017)
Journal Article
Huang, Y., Benford, S., Hendrickx, H., Treloar, R., & Blake, H. (2017). Office workers' perceived barriers and facilitators to taking regular micro-breaks at work: a diary-probed interview study. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 10171, 149-161. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55134-0_12

Research has suggested regular breaks in sedentary office work are im-portant for health, wellbeing and long-term productivity. Although many comput-erized break reminders exist, few are based on user needs and requirements as determined by formative... Read More about Office workers' perceived barriers and facilitators to taking regular micro-breaks at work: a diary-probed interview study.

Healthy lifestyle behaviors and health promotion attitudes in preregistered nurses: a questionnaire study (2017)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Stanulewicz, N., & Griffiths, K. (2017). Healthy lifestyle behaviors and health promotion attitudes in preregistered nurses: a questionnaire study. Journal of Nursing Education, 56(2), 94-103. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20170123-06

Background: Nurses report inadequacies in health promotion practices and recognise their own lifestyle choices influence their willingness to give health promotion advice. The aim of this study was to investigate attitudes towards being role models f... Read More about Healthy lifestyle behaviors and health promotion attitudes in preregistered nurses: a questionnaire study.