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HEALINT4ALL Digital Interactive Platform for European and National Placements Audit for Medicine and Allied Health Professions Following a User-Centered Design (2024)
Book Chapter
Konstantinidis, S. T., Poultourtzidis, I., Papamalis, F., Spachos, D., Savvidis, T., Athanasopoulos, N., …Bamidis, P. D. (2024). HEALINT4ALL Digital Interactive Platform for European and National Placements Audit for Medicine and Allied Health Professions Following a User-Centered Design. In M. E. Auer, & T. Tsiatsos (Eds.), Smart Mobile Communication & Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the 15th IMCL Conference. Volume 1 (208-215). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54327-2_21

To ensure optimal clinical learning environments for students in the medical and allied health professions, it is essential to establish robust quality processes. Within the HEALINT4ALL ERASMUS + project an evidence-based protocol to assess the quali... Read More about HEALINT4ALL Digital Interactive Platform for European and National Placements Audit for Medicine and Allied Health Professions Following a User-Centered Design.

The impact of prehabilitation on outcomes in frail and high-risk patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Skořepa, P., Ford, K. L., Alsuwaylihi, A., O’Connor, D., Prado, C. M., Gomez, D., & Lobo, D. N. (2024). The impact of prehabilitation on outcomes in frail and high-risk patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Nutrition, 43(3), 629-648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2024.01.020

Background & aims: Prehabilitation comprises multidisciplinary preoperative interventions including exercise, nutritional optimisation and psychological preparation aimed at improving surgical outcomes. The aim of this systematic review and meta-anal... Read More about The impact of prehabilitation on outcomes in frail and high-risk patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Influence of central aspects of pain on self-management in people with chronic low back pain (2023)
Journal Article
Georgopoulos, V., McWilliams, D. F., Hendrick, P., & Walsh, D. A. (2023). Influence of central aspects of pain on self-management in people with chronic low back pain. Patient Education and Counseling, Article 108109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.108109

Objective: This observational study investigated whether central aspects of pain are associated with selfmanagement domains in individuals with chronic low back pain (CLBP) undertaking a pain management program. Methods: Individuals with CLBP prov... Read More about Influence of central aspects of pain on self-management in people with chronic low back pain.

Feasibility of delivering supervised exercise training following surgical resection and during adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PRECISE): a case series (2023)
Journal Article
Brown, M., O’Connor, D., Turkington, R., Eatock, M., Vince, R., Hulme, C., …Prue, G. (2023). Feasibility of delivering supervised exercise training following surgical resection and during adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PRECISE): a case series. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 15(1), Article 116. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-023-00722-3

IntroductionPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive neoplasm, with surgical resection and adjuvant chemotherapy the only curative treatment. Treatment-related toxicities place a considerable burden on patients although exercise train... Read More about Feasibility of delivering supervised exercise training following surgical resection and during adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PRECISE): a case series.

Barriers and facilitators in providing home-based rehabilitation for stroke survivors with severe disability in the UK: an online focus group study with multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams (2023)
Journal Article
Fisher, R., Russell, L., Riley-Bennett, F., Cameron, T., Walker, M., & Sackley, C. (2023). Barriers and facilitators in providing home-based rehabilitation for stroke survivors with severe disability in the UK: an online focus group study with multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams. BMJ Open, 13(8), Article e071217. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071217

Objectives: In the UK, over 20% of stroke survivors leave hospital with severe disability. Limited evidence-based clinical guidance is available to support the rehabilitation of these individuals. Our previous research has focussed on establishing co... Read More about Barriers and facilitators in providing home-based rehabilitation for stroke survivors with severe disability in the UK: an online focus group study with multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams.

CO-CREATION OF A VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE TEACHING PACKAGE FOR AUDITORS OF HEALTHCARE PLACEMENTS – TOWARDS ASSURANCE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TRAINEESHIPS (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Konstantinidis, S., Tilley, Z., Ko, S., Henderson, J., Cunningham, S., Hodge, P., …Hall, C. (2023). CO-CREATION OF A VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE TEACHING PACKAGE FOR AUDITORS OF HEALTHCARE PLACEMENTS – TOWARDS ASSURANCE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TRAINEESHIPS. In EDULEARN23 Proceedings (3189-3195). https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2023.0886

To provide medical and allied health professionals students with the best clinical learning environments, quality processes must be in place, and these require innovation to assure audit material resources that are fit for purpose, can work well with... Read More about CO-CREATION OF A VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE TEACHING PACKAGE FOR AUDITORS OF HEALTHCARE PLACEMENTS – TOWARDS ASSURANCE OF QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TRAINEESHIPS.

Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia and their family carers in the UK: the VALID research programme including RCT (2023)
Journal Article
Wenborn, J., Mountain, G., Moniz-Cook, E., Poland, F., King, M., Omar, R., …Orrell, M. (2023). Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia and their family carers in the UK: the VALID research programme including RCT. Programme Grants for Applied Research, 11(5), 1-76. https://doi.org/10.3310/rgtj7429

Background People with dementia find it increasingly difficult to carry out daily activities (activities of daily living), and may require increasing support from family carers. Researchers in the Netherlands developed the Community Occupational T... Read More about Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia and their family carers in the UK: the VALID research programme including RCT.

Ensuring quality healthcare practice for doctors and medical allied professionals through a digital interactive audit platform (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Papamalis, F. E., Cunningham, S., Hodges, P., Grochowska, A., Stefanowicz-Kocol, A., Poultourtzidis, I., …Bamidis, P. (2023). Ensuring quality healthcare practice for doctors and medical allied professionals through a digital interactive audit platform. In Proceedings of INTED2023 Conference 6th-8th March 2023 (5825-5831). https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2023.1529

Internationally there are different requirements for measuring and monitoring health care practice and cross-border clinical placement. However, the quality of the clinical training settings has a significant impact on student experience and knowledg... Read More about Ensuring quality healthcare practice for doctors and medical allied professionals through a digital interactive audit platform.

Stories of restitution: Family experiences of diagnosis and help-seeking for a child with cerebral palsy (2023)
Journal Article
Asante, E., Lymn, J. S., & Diver, C. (2023). Stories of restitution: Family experiences of diagnosis and help-seeking for a child with cerebral palsy. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 69, e73-e79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2022.12.010

Background: The experience of living with children with CP is dominated by the voice of the mother while others are rarely reported. Incorporation of the voices of other family members is important for a holistic understanding. Methods: Drawing on th... Read More about Stories of restitution: Family experiences of diagnosis and help-seeking for a child with cerebral palsy.