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Professor Roshan Nair's Outputs (158)

OP36 Decisions about smoking in patients screened with the early cdt-lung test for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study (2017)
Journal Article
Young, B., Vedhara, K., Robertson, J., & das Nair, R. (in press). OP36 Decisions about smoking in patients screened with the early cdt-lung test for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71(Supp 1), Article A19. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-SSMAbstracts.36

Background:
Routine screening for lung cancer in high risk groups (characterised by age and smoking history) is recommended in the USA and may be implemented elsewhere. It is unclear whether being screened for lung cancer promotes smoking cessation... Read More about OP36 Decisions about smoking in patients screened with the early cdt-lung test for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study.

Views and experiences of people with intellectual disabilities regarding intimate relationships: a qualitative metasynthesis (2017)
Journal Article
English, B., das Nair, R., & Tickle, A. (2018). Views and experiences of people with intellectual disabilities regarding intimate relationships: a qualitative metasynthesis. Sexuality and Disability, 36(2), 149-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-017-9502-z

The aims of this review were to systematically identify, critically appraise and synthesize the results of existing qualitative literature exploring the views and experiences of intimate relationships amongst people with intellectual disabilities. Fo... Read More about Views and experiences of people with intellectual disabilities regarding intimate relationships: a qualitative metasynthesis.

Reporting interventions in trials evaluating cognitive rehabilitation in people with Multiple Sclerosis: a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Mhizha-Murira, J. R., Drummond, A. E., Klein, O., & das Nair, R. (2018). Reporting interventions in trials evaluating cognitive rehabilitation in people with Multiple Sclerosis: a systematic review. Clinical Rehabilitation, 32(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215517722583

Objective: To determine the quantity and quality of description of cognitive rehabilitation for cognitive deficits in people with Multiple Sclerosis, using a variety of published checklists, and suggest ways of improving the reporting of these interv... Read More about Reporting interventions in trials evaluating cognitive rehabilitation in people with Multiple Sclerosis: a systematic review.

Attitudes of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their relatives about falls risk and prevention: a qualitative study (2017)
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Peach, T., Pollock, K., van der Wardt, V., das Nair, R., Logan, P., & Harwood, R. H. (2017). Attitudes of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their relatives about falls risk and prevention: a qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 12(5), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177530

Objective: To explore the perceptions of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment, and their family carers, about falling, falls risk and the acceptability of falls prevention interventions.
Design: Qualitative study involving t... Read More about Attitudes of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their relatives about falls risk and prevention: a qualitative study.

Adherence support strategies for exercise interventions in people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
van der Wardt, V., Hancox, J., Gondek, D., Logan, P., das Nair, R., Pollock, K., & Harwood, R. H. (2017). Adherence support strategies for exercise interventions in people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic review. Preventive Medicine Reports, 7, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.05.007

Exercise-based therapy may improve health status for people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or dementia but cannot work without adherence, which has proven difficult. This review aimed to evaluate strategies to support adherence among people wit... Read More about Adherence support strategies for exercise interventions in people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic review.

Factors influencing the decision to attend screening for cancer in the UK: a meta-ethnography of qualitative research (2017)
Journal Article
Young, B., Bedford, L., Kendrick, D., Vedhara, K., Robertson, J., & das Nair, R. (in press). Factors influencing the decision to attend screening for cancer in the UK: a meta-ethnography of qualitative research. Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx026

Background: This review aimed to better understand experiences of being invited to cancer screening and associated decision-making.
Methods: Qualitative evidence explaining UK cancer screening attendance decisions was systematically identified. Data... Read More about Factors influencing the decision to attend screening for cancer in the UK: a meta-ethnography of qualitative research.

Effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of patient perspectives (2017)
Journal Article
Klein, O. A., Drummond, A. E., Mhizha-Murira, J. R., Mansford, L., & das Nair, R. (in press). Effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of patient perspectives. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2017.1309323

While previous randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses offer only limited evidence for the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation, qualitative studies examining patient perspectives report more positive outcomes. This meta-synthesis of qual... Read More about Effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of patient perspectives.

Social Identity in People with Multiple Sclerosis: An Examination of Family Identity and Mood (2017)
Journal Article
Barker, A. B., Lincoln, N. B., Hunt, N., & das Nair, R. (2018). Social Identity in People with Multiple Sclerosis: An Examination of Family Identity and Mood. International Journal of Ms Care, 20(2), 85-91. https://doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2016-074

Background: Mood disorders are highly prevalent in people with MS. MS causes changes to a person’s sense of self. The Social Identity Model of Identity Change posits that group membership can have a positive effect on mood during identity change. The... Read More about Social Identity in People with Multiple Sclerosis: An Examination of Family Identity and Mood.

Cognitive rehabilitation for memory deficits after stroke (2016)
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das Nair, R., Cogger, H., Worthington, E., & Lincoln, N. (2017). Cognitive rehabilitation for memory deficits after stroke. Stroke, 48(2), Article e28-e29. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.015377

Memory problems are common after a stroke, leading to difficulties in everyday life. Memory rehabilitation aims to help retrain lost functions or to teach patients strategies to compensate for them. Although some studies have reported positive outcom... Read More about Cognitive rehabilitation for memory deficits after stroke.

Operationalising cognitive fatigability in multiple sclerosis: a Gordian knot that can be cut? (2016)
Journal Article
Harrison, A. M., das Nair, R., & Moss-Morris, R. (in press). Operationalising cognitive fatigability in multiple sclerosis: a Gordian knot that can be cut?. Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical, https://doi.org/10.1177/1352458516681862

Background: Researchers have attempted to operationalise objective measures of cognitive fatigability in multiple sclerosis (MS) to overcome the perceived subjectivity of patient-reported outcomes of fatigue (PROs). Measures of cognitive fatigability... Read More about Operationalising cognitive fatigability in multiple sclerosis: a Gordian knot that can be cut?.

Cognitive rehabilitation for memory deficits after stroke (review) (2016)
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das Nair, R., Cogger, H., Worthington, E., & Lincoln, N. (2016). Cognitive rehabilitation for memory deficits after stroke (review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 9, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD002293.pub3

Background
Memory problems are a common cognitive complaint following stroke and can potentially affect ability to complete functional activities. Cognitive rehabilitation programmes either attempt to retrain lost or poor memory functions, or teach... Read More about Cognitive rehabilitation for memory deficits after stroke (review).

Behavioural Activation Therapy for Depression after Stroke (BEADS): a study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled pilot trial of a psychological intervention for post-stroke depression (2016)
Journal Article
Thomas, S. A., Coates, E., das Nair, R., Lincoln, N. B., Cooper, C., Palmer, R., Walters, S. J., Latimer, N. R., England, T. J., Mandefield, L., Chater, T., Callaghan, P., & Drummond, A. E. R. (2016). Behavioural Activation Therapy for Depression after Stroke (BEADS): a study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled pilot trial of a psychological intervention for post-stroke depression. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-016-0072-0

Background

There is currently insufficient evidence for the clinical and cost-effectiveness of psychological therapies for treating post-stroke depression.
Methods/Design

BEADS is a parallel group feasibility multicentre randomised controlled... Read More about Behavioural Activation Therapy for Depression after Stroke (BEADS): a study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled pilot trial of a psychological intervention for post-stroke depression.

Memory rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis (2016)
Journal Article
das Nair, R., Martin, K.-J., & Lincoln, N. (2016). Memory rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 3(CD0087), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008754.pub3

Background: This is an update of the Cochrane review ‘Memory rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis’ (first published in the Cochrane Library 14 March 2012, Issue 3). Impairments in cognitive function, particularly memory, are common in pe... Read More about Memory rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis.

Home-administered pre-surgical psychological intervention for knee osteoarthritis (HAPPiKNEES): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
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das Nair, R., Anderson, P., Clarke, S. P., Leighton, P., Lincoln, N., Mhizha-Murira, J. R., Scammell, B. E., & Walsh, D. A. (2016). Home-administered pre-surgical psychological intervention for knee osteoarthritis (HAPPiKNEES): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(54), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1165-z

Background: Knee replacement surgery reduces pain for many people with osteoarthritis (OA). However, surgical outcomes are partly dependent on patients’ moods, and those with depression or anxiety have worse outcomes. Approximately one-third of peopl... Read More about Home-administered pre-surgical psychological intervention for knee osteoarthritis (HAPPiKNEES): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

First-person narratives around sexuality in residential healthcare settings: a meta-ethnographic synthesis (2016)
Journal Article
Hooper, A., De Boos, D., Nair, R. D., & Moghaddam, N. (2016). First-person narratives around sexuality in residential healthcare settings: a meta-ethnographic synthesis. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 31(2), 207-229. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2015.1131256

The aim of this review is to identify, critically appraise, and synthesise the existing literature exploring adults’ narratives around sexuality within residential healthcare settings from a first-person perspective. A systematic literature review wa... Read More about First-person narratives around sexuality in residential healthcare settings: a meta-ethnographic synthesis.

Cognitive Rehabilitation for Attention and Memory in people with Multiple Sclerosis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CRAMMS) (2015)
Journal Article
Lincoln, N. B., das Nair, R., Bradshaw, L., Constantinescu, C. S., Drummond, A. E. R., Erven, A., Evans, A. L., Fitzsimmons, D., Montgomery, A. A., & Morgan, M. (2015). Cognitive Rehabilitation for Attention and Memory in people with Multiple Sclerosis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CRAMMS). Trials, 16(1), Article 556. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-1016-3

Background

People with multiple sclerosis have problems with memory and attention. Cognitive rehabilitation is a structured set of therapeutic activities designed to retrain an individual’s memory and other cognitive functions. Cognitive rehabili... Read More about Cognitive Rehabilitation for Attention and Memory in people with Multiple Sclerosis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CRAMMS).

Evaluating cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis: on the bumpy road to establishing evidence (2015)
Journal Article
das Nair, R. (2015). Evaluating cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis: on the bumpy road to establishing evidence. Neurodegenerative Disease Management, 5(6), https://doi.org/10.2217/nmt.15.44

There is marked enfeeblement of the memory; conceptions are formed slowly; the intellectual and emotional faculties are blunted in their totality,” Charcot (1877) reportedly noted about people with multiple sclerosis (MS) [1]. Despite these early obs... Read More about Evaluating cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis: on the bumpy road to establishing evidence.

External memory aids for memory problems in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Goodwin, R., Lincoln, N., das Nair, R., & Bateman, A. (in press). External memory aids for memory problems in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 27(8), 1081-1102. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2015.1113997

Approximately 40-60% of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have memory problems, which adversely impact on their everyday functioning. Evidence supports the use of external memory aids in people with stroke and brain injury, and suggests they may re... Read More about External memory aids for memory problems in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review.

Comparing individual and group intervention for psychological adjustment in people with multiple sclerosis: a feasibility randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
das Nair, R., Kontou, E., Smale, K., Barker, A., & Lincoln, N. (2015). Comparing individual and group intervention for psychological adjustment in people with multiple sclerosis: a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215515616446

Objective

To modify a published group intervention for adjustment to multiple sclerosis (MS) to suit an individual format, and to assess the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to compare individual and group intervention for people... Read More about Comparing individual and group intervention for psychological adjustment in people with multiple sclerosis: a feasibility randomised controlled trial.