Outputs (521)

Evaluating the role of a humanoid robot to support learning in children with profound and multiple disabilities (2014)
Journal Article
Hedgecock, J., Standen, P. J., Beer, C., & Brown, D. (2014). Evaluating the role of a humanoid robot to support learning in children with profound and multiple disabilities. Journal of Assistive Technologies, 8(3), 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAT-02-2014-0006

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify ways teachers might employ a robot to achieve learning objectives with pupils with intellectual disabilities and potential outcome measures.

Design/methodology/approach
A series of five case studi... Read More about Evaluating the role of a humanoid robot to support learning in children with profound and multiple disabilities.

Engaging students with profound and multiple disabilities using humanoid robots (2014)
Journal Article
Standen, P., Brown, D., Roscoe, J., Hedgecock, J., Stewart, D., Galvez Trigo, M. J., & Elgajiji, E. (2014). Engaging students with profound and multiple disabilities using humanoid robots. 00 Journal not listed, 8514, 419-430. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07440-5_39

Engagement is the single best predictor of successful learning for children with intellectual disabilities yet achieving engagement with pupils who have profound or multiple disabilities (PMD) presents a challenge to educators. Robots have been used... Read More about Engaging students with profound and multiple disabilities using humanoid robots.

Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lafortuna, C. L., Caon, M., Tabozzi, S. A., Carrino, S., Coulson, N. S., Serrano, J. C., Sacco, M., Khaled, O. A., Rizzo, G., & Mugellini, E. (2014, March). Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers. Presented at HEALTHINF 2014 - 7th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 7th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2014, ESEO, Angers, Loire Valley, France

Obesity is a major clinical problem for individuals and health care systems worldwide, alarmingly fuelled by body mass excess in the juvenile age. In spite of its multi-factorial origin, unhealthy lifestyles relative to alimentary behaviours and phys... Read More about Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers.

Exploring recruitment barriers and facilitators in early cancer detection trials: the use of pre-trial focus groups (2014)
Journal Article
das Nair, R., Skellington Orr, K., Vedhara, K., & Kendrick, D. (2014). Exploring recruitment barriers and facilitators in early cancer detection trials: the use of pre-trial focus groups. Trials, 15(1), Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-98

Background

Recruiting to randomized controlled trials is fraught with challenges; with less than one third recruiting to their original target. In preparation for a trial evaluating the effectiveness of a blood test to screen for lung cancer (the... Read More about Exploring recruitment barriers and facilitators in early cancer detection trials: the use of pre-trial focus groups.

Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009 (2014)
Journal Article
Forrester-Paton, C., Forrester-Paton, J., Gordon, A. L., Mitchell, H. K., Bracewell, N., Mjojo, J., Masud, T., Gladman, J. R., & Blundell, A. (2014). Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009. Age and Ageing, 43(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afu024

Introduction: in 2008, the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) developed the Recommended Undergraduate Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine. This was subsequently mapped to the second edition of Tomorrows' Doctors (TD2, 2003). Following the publication of t... Read More about Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009.

Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lafortuna, C. L., Caon, M., Tabozzi, S. A., Carrino, S., Coulson, N. S., Serrano, J. C., Sacco, M., Khaled, O. A., Rizzo, G., & Mugellini, E. (2014, March). Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers. Presented at HEALTHINF 2014 - 7th International Conference on Health Informatics, Part of 7th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2014, Angers, Loire Valley, France

Obesity is a major clinical problem for individuals and health care systems worldwide, alarmingly fuelled by body mass excess in the juvenile age. In spite of its multi-factorial origin, unhealthy lifestyles relative to alimentary behaviours and phys... Read More about Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers.

Can stroke specific vocational rehabilitation (SSVR) be delivered and measured?: feasibility RCT and economic analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Radford, K. A., Grant, M., Sinclair, E., Terry, J., Sampson, C. J., Edwards, C., Walker, M. F., Lincoln, N., Drummond, A. E., Phillips, J., Watkins, L., Rowley, E., Brain, N., Guo, B., Jarvis, M., & Jenkinson, M. (2014). Can stroke specific vocational rehabilitation (SSVR) be delivered and measured?: feasibility RCT and economic analysis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 28(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215513506172

Background:

A quarter of UK strokes occur in working age people. Fewer than half resume work. Rehabilitation frequently fails to address work needs and evidence for post-stroke vocational rehabilitation is lacking. This pilot trial tested the feas... Read More about Can stroke specific vocational rehabilitation (SSVR) be delivered and measured?: feasibility RCT and economic analysis.

Usability and acceptability of stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation: a post-trial interview study (2014)
Journal Article
Grant, M., Terry, J., Crompton, A. J., & Radford, K. A. (2014). Usability and acceptability of stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation: a post-trial interview study. Clinical Rehabilitation, 28(4), 409-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215513506172

Background: The stroke survivor’s voice has been identified as a key priority when evaluating rehabilitation interventions. Employer involvement in vocational rehabilitation (VR) studies has been largely absent yet their influence considered importa... Read More about Usability and acceptability of stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation: a post-trial interview study.

What is a return to work after stroke?: 12 month work outcomes in a feasibility trial (2014)
Journal Article
Sinclair, E., Radford, K. A., Grant, M., & Terry, J. (2014). What is a return to work after stroke?: 12 month work outcomes in a feasibility trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 28(4), 410-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215513506172

Background: Return to work (RTW) is an outcome in determining the effectiveness of rehabilitation post-stroke. However, stroke survivors (SS) may return to different roles with altered work status. Income, hours, responsibilities and job-satisfactio... Read More about What is a return to work after stroke?: 12 month work outcomes in a feasibility trial.

Caring for cognitively impaired older patients in the general hospital: A qualitative analysis of similarities and differences between a specialist Medical and Mental Health Unit and standard care wards (2014)
Journal Article
Goldberg, S. E., Whittamore, K. H., Pollock, K., Harwood, R. H., & Gladman, J. R. (2014). Caring for cognitively impaired older patients in the general hospital: A qualitative analysis of similarities and differences between a specialist Medical and Mental Health Unit and standard care wards. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51(10), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.02.002

Background: Around half of people aged over 70 admitted as an emergency to general hospital have dementia, delirium or both. Dissatisfaction is often expressed about the quality of hospital care. A medical and mental health unit was developed to pr... Read More about Caring for cognitively impaired older patients in the general hospital: A qualitative analysis of similarities and differences between a specialist Medical and Mental Health Unit and standard care wards.