Outputs (521)

Towards a common definition of Hospital-Acquired Deconditioning in Adults: A Scoping Review (2025)
Journal Article
Westlake, M., Cowley, A., Robinson, K., & Gordon, A. L. (2025). Towards a common definition of Hospital-Acquired Deconditioning in Adults: A Scoping Review. BMJ Open, 15(1), Article e086976. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086976

Background: Hospital-acquired deconditioning is a term utilised in clinical practice, describing a loss of physical and/or cognitive function associated with hospitalisation. Previous reviews have addressed interventions, its prevalence in older adul... Read More about Towards a common definition of Hospital-Acquired Deconditioning in Adults: A Scoping Review.

What do employers need when supporting stroke survivors to return to work?: a mixed-methods study (2024)
Journal Article
Craven, K., Kettlewell, J., De Dios Pérez, B., Powers, K., Holmes, J., & Radford, K. A. (2024). What do employers need when supporting stroke survivors to return to work?: a mixed-methods study. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2024.2409005

Background: Employers are key in supporting stroke survivors to return to work (RTW) but do not always have knowledge/skills or guidance to do so. Objectives: To explore employers’ needs for provision of post-stroke RTW support. Methods: Mixed-method... Read More about What do employers need when supporting stroke survivors to return to work?: a mixed-methods study.

Factors influencing employers’ support for employees with acquired brain injuries or mental illness to return to- and stay in work: A qualitative systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
De Dios Perez, B., & Holmes, J. (2024). Factors influencing employers’ support for employees with acquired brain injuries or mental illness to return to- and stay in work: A qualitative systematic review. WORK, 79, 93-121. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-230214

BACKGROUND:
People with acquired brain injuries (ABIs) often experience residual limitations and co-morbid mental illnesses that restrict work participation. Employers are key in enabling successful return-to-work and job retention.

OBJECTIVE:
T... Read More about Factors influencing employers’ support for employees with acquired brain injuries or mental illness to return to- and stay in work: A qualitative systematic review.

Providing emotional support during the process of multiple sclerosis diagnosis (PrEliMS): A feasibility randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Das Nair, R., Mhizha-Murira, J. R., Topcu, G., Tindall, T., Bale, C., Moghaddam, N., Scheffler-Ansari, G., Drummond, A., Fitzsimmons, D., & Evangelou, N. (2024). Providing emotional support during the process of multiple sclerosis diagnosis (PrEliMS): A feasibility randomised controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 38(11), 1506-1520. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155241284781

Objectives
To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an emotional support programme for newly diagnosed people with multiple sclerosis.

Design
Three-arm, mixed methods, randomised controlled trial comparing usual care, versus usual care p... Read More about Providing emotional support during the process of multiple sclerosis diagnosis (PrEliMS): A feasibility randomised controlled trial.

The influence of immobility on muscle loss in older people with frailty and fragility fractures (2024)
Journal Article
Lunt, E. K., Gordon, A. L., Greenhaff, P. L., & Gladman, J. F. R. (2024). The influence of immobility on muscle loss in older people with frailty and fragility fractures. GeroScience, 46, 5473-5484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-024-01177-1

This longitudinal study aimed to assess muscle morphological and functional changes in older patients admitted with fragility fractures managed by immobilisation of the affected limb for at least 6 weeks. Patients aged ≥ 70 hospitalised with non-weig... Read More about The influence of immobility on muscle loss in older people with frailty and fragility fractures.

Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives (2024)
Journal Article
Tucker, R., Vickers, R., Adams, E. J., Burgon, C., Lock, J., Goldberg, S. E., Gladman, J., Masud, T., Orton, E., Timmons, S., & Harwood, R. H. (2024). Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives. Archives of Public Health, 82(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01283-8

Background
Despite several interventions demonstrating benefit to people living with dementia and their caregivers, few have been translated and implemented in routine clinical practice. There is limited evidence of the barriers and facilitators for... Read More about Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives.

Getting the message across: a realist study of the role of communication and information exchange processes in delivering Stroke Early Supported Discharge services in England (2024)
Journal Article
Chouliara, N., Cameron, T., Byrne, A., & Fisher, R. (2024). Getting the message across: a realist study of the role of communication and information exchange processes in delivering Stroke Early Supported Discharge services in England. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0298140. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298140

Background
Stroke early supported discharge (ESD) involves the co-ordinated transfer of care from hospital to home. The quality of communication processes between professionals delivering ESD and external stakeholders may have a role to play in stre... Read More about Getting the message across: a realist study of the role of communication and information exchange processes in delivering Stroke Early Supported Discharge services in England.

The association of painful and non-painful morbidities with frailty: a cross sectional analysis of a cohort of community dwelling older people in England (2024)
Journal Article
Chaplin, W. J., Lewis, H. R., Shahtaheri, S. M., Millar, B. S., McWilliams, D. F., Gladman, J. R. F., & Walsh, D. A. (2024). The association of painful and non-painful morbidities with frailty: a cross sectional analysis of a cohort of community dwelling older people in England. BMC Geriatrics, 24, Article 158. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04602-w

Introduction
The association between chronic pain and frailty might indicate that pain is an independent driver of frailty but might alternatively be explained by inclusion within frailty identification tools of morbidities that commonly lead to chr... Read More about The association of painful and non-painful morbidities with frailty: a cross sectional analysis of a cohort of community dwelling older people in England.

Realist Evaluation Comparison of Dementia-Friendly Communities in England and the Netherlands (2024)
Journal Article
Chadborn, N. H., Thijssen, M., Logan, P., Radford, K., & Graff, M. (2024). Realist Evaluation Comparison of Dementia-Friendly Communities in England and the Netherlands. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2024, Article 5576029. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/5576029

Introduction. Dementia-friendly communities coordinate activities and events which offer social inclusion and participation of people with dementia. Initiatives can include memory cafés, sports, and tourist and heritage visits. This study explored ho... Read More about Realist Evaluation Comparison of Dementia-Friendly Communities in England and the Netherlands.

Factors influencing employers' support for employees with acquired brain injuries or mental illness to return to- and stay in work: A qualitative systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Craven, K., De Dios Pérez, B., Holmes, J., Fisher, R., & Radford, K. A. (2024). Factors influencing employers' support for employees with acquired brain injuries or mental illness to return to- and stay in work: A qualitative systematic review. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 79(1), 93-121. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-230214

BACKGROUND: People with acquired brain injuries (ABIs) often experience residual limitations and co-morbid mental illnesses that restrict work participation. Employers are key in enabling successful return-to-work and job retention.

OBJECTIVE: Th... Read More about Factors influencing employers' support for employees with acquired brain injuries or mental illness to return to- and stay in work: A qualitative systematic review.