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Developing a Patient Care Pathway for Emotional Support around the point of Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis: A Stakeholder Engagement Study (2023)
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Tindall, T., Topcu, G., Thomas, S., Bale, C., Evangelou, N., Drummond, A., & das Nair, R. (2023). Developing a Patient Care Pathway for Emotional Support around the point of Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis: A Stakeholder Engagement Study. Health Expectations, 26(2), 858-868. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13711

Background: Diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS) can be a lengthy process, which can impact psychological wellbeing, condition management, and future engagement with health services. Therefore, providing timely and appropriate emotional support may imp... Read More about Developing a Patient Care Pathway for Emotional Support around the point of Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis: A Stakeholder Engagement Study.

UK clinical approaches to address post-stroke fatigue: findings from The Nottingham Fatigue after Stroke study (2022)
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Ablewhite, J., Condon, L., das Nair, R., Jones, A., Jones, F., Nouri, F., …Drummond, A. (2022). UK clinical approaches to address post-stroke fatigue: findings from The Nottingham Fatigue after Stroke study. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 29(5), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2021.0163

Background/aims Although post-stroke is common and debilitating, there is little published research on how it is managed by clinicians. The aim of this study was to document UK management of post-stroke fatigue and ascertain whether there are any dif... Read More about UK clinical approaches to address post-stroke fatigue: findings from The Nottingham Fatigue after Stroke study.

Managing post-stroke fatigue: A qualitative study to explore multifaceted clinical perspectives (2021)
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Drummond, A., Nouri, F., Ablewhite, J., Condon, L., Das Nair, R., Jones, A., …Thomas, S. (2022). Managing post-stroke fatigue: A qualitative study to explore multifaceted clinical perspectives. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 85(7), 505-512. https://doi.org/10.1177/03080226211042269

Introduction: Post-stroke fatigue (PSF) is common and debilitating. However, while its effective management is a priority for clinicians and stroke survivors, there remains little evidence to provide guidance or underpin practice. Our aim, therefore,... Read More about Managing post-stroke fatigue: A qualitative study to explore multifaceted clinical perspectives.

A scoping review of psychoeducational interventions for people after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke (2020)
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Kontou, E., Kettlewell, J., Condon, L., Thomas, S., Lee, A. R., Sprigg, N., …Shokraneh, F. (2021). A scoping review of psychoeducational interventions for people after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 28(5), 390-400. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2020.1818473

Background: Psychoeducation can provide information and support to cope with the physical and emotional effects of a health condition. This scoping review aimed to identify the evidence regarding psychoeducational interventions for people after a Tra... Read More about A scoping review of psychoeducational interventions for people after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke.

Developing a Fatigue Programme: Protocol for the Nottingham Fatigue After Stroke (NotFAST2) (2020)
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Drummond, A., Ablewhite, J., Condon, L., das Nair, R., Jones, A., Jones, F., …Thomas, S. (2020). Developing a Fatigue Programme: Protocol for the Nottingham Fatigue After Stroke (NotFAST2). British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 83(11), 674-679. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022620944797

Introduction Post-stroke fatigue is common and is one of the most distressing symptoms after stroke. It has a negative impact on physical, social and psychological functioning; it is also associated with poor outcomes and increased mortality. The... Read More about Developing a Fatigue Programme: Protocol for the Nottingham Fatigue After Stroke (NotFAST2).

Behavioural activation therapy for post-stroke depression: the BEADS feasibility RCT (2019)
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Coates, E., Thomas, S. A., Drummond, A. E., Lincoln, N. B., Palmer, R. L., Sutherland, K. E., …Topcu, G. (2019). Behavioural activation therapy for post-stroke depression: the BEADS feasibility RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 23(47), 1-176. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta23470

Background: There is currently insufficient evidence for the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of psychological therapies for post-stroke depression. Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of undertaking a definitive trial to evaluate the... Read More about Behavioural activation therapy for post-stroke depression: the BEADS feasibility RCT.

Effect of care assistant communication style on communicative behaviours of residents with dementia: a systematic multiple case-study (2018)
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Stanyon, M., Griffiths, A., Gordon, A., & Thomas, S. (2019). Effect of care assistant communication style on communicative behaviours of residents with dementia: a systematic multiple case-study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 33(1), 207-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12622

Objectives: To determine whether varying the communication style of care assistants, encouraging them to use direct instructions and allowing more time for residents’ responses, influenced the communicative behaviour of care home residents living wit... Read More about Effect of care assistant communication style on communicative behaviours of residents with dementia: a systematic multiple case-study.

Prevalence rate of PTSD, depression and anxiety symptoms among Saudi firefighters (2016)
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Alghamdi, M., Hunt, N., & Thomas, S. (2016). Prevalence rate of PTSD, depression and anxiety symptoms among Saudi firefighters. Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders and Treatment, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-8947.1000164

Background: Firefighters have a high likelihood of being exposed to a variety of traumatic events. Traumatic events may occur during any rescue, such as providing aid to seriously injured victims or seeing a colleague injured. The psychological cost... Read More about Prevalence rate of PTSD, depression and anxiety symptoms among Saudi firefighters.

The facilitators of communication with people with dementia in a care setting: an interview study with healthcare workers (2016)
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Stanyon, M. R., Griffiths, A., Thomas, S. A., & Gordon, A. L. (2016). The facilitators of communication with people with dementia in a care setting: an interview study with healthcare workers. Age and Ageing, 45(1), 164-170. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afv161

Objectives: to describe the views of healthcare workers on the facilitators of communication with people with dementia in a care setting. Design: thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews. Setting: all participants were interviewed in their p... Read More about The facilitators of communication with people with dementia in a care setting: an interview study with healthcare workers.

Randomised controlled study comparing two psychological therapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) vs. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) (2015)
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AlHadethe, A., Hunt, N., Ghaffar, A., & Thomas, S. A. (2015). Randomised controlled study comparing two psychological therapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) vs. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET). Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders and Treatment, 4(4), Article 1000145. https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-8947.1000145

Background: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common psychological reaction after traumatic events. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) as treatments f... Read More about Randomised controlled study comparing two psychological therapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) vs. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET).