Outputs (26)

Optimising access to vocational rehabilitation through multiple sclerosis charities: Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
De Dios Perez, B., Kendrick, D., das Nair, R., Evangelou, N., Newsome, I., & Radford, K. (2025). Optimising access to vocational rehabilitation through multiple sclerosis charities: Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial. PLoS ONE, 20(6), Article e0325570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325570

Background

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) often leave the workforce prematurely due to MS symptoms and difficulties managing workplace relationships and performance. Vocational rehabilitation (VR) can improve job retention outcomes for people... Read More about Optimising access to vocational rehabilitation through multiple sclerosis charities: Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of the Central Vein Sign and CSF Oligoclonal Bands Supporting the Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (2025)
Journal Article
Allen, C. M., Clarke, M. A., Pai, H. V., Cauchi, M., Hawken, J., Htet, Z. M., Allen-Philbey, K., Mohamed, B., Fitzsimmons, D., Das Nair, R., Morgan, P., Partlett, C., Dineen, R. A., Schmierer, K., Tallantyre, E. C., & Evangelou, N. (2025). Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of the Central Vein Sign and CSF Oligoclonal Bands Supporting the Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. Neurology Open Access, 1(2), Article e000017. https://doi.org/10.1212/WN9.0000000000000017

Background and Objectives
The central vein sign (CVS) describes the presence of venules within multiple sclerosis (MS) brain lesions, visible on T2*-weighted MRI. In the upcoming revision of the MS diagnostic criteria, the simplified “rule of 6” (i.... Read More about Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of the Central Vein Sign and CSF Oligoclonal Bands Supporting the Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis.

Key Outcomes for a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention for People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Nominal Group Technique Study (2025)
Journal Article
De Dios Perez, B., Senior, C., Das Nair, R., Kendrick, D., Evangelou, N., Newsome, I., & Radford, K. (2025). Key Outcomes for a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention for People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Nominal Group Technique Study. Health Expectations, 28(2), Article e70265. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70265

Background: Job retention vocational rehabilitation (VR) interventions for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) can positively impact a person's independence and directly influence health and employment outcomes. However, evaluating the effectiveness... Read More about Key Outcomes for a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention for People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Nominal Group Technique Study.

Medication use is associated with cognitive deficits in people with multiple sclerosis (2025)
Journal Article
Atiyeh, C., Garjani, A., Gilmartin, C., Tench, C., das Nair, R., Evangelou, N., & Taylor, L. A. (2025). Medication use is associated with cognitive deficits in people with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 97, Article 106386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2025.106386

Background:

People with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) receive medications with anticholinergic and sedative effects that may contribute to cognitive decline. We studied the short-term effect of these medications and polypharmacy on cognitive deficit... Read More about Medication use is associated with cognitive deficits in people with multiple sclerosis.

Vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis in the national health service of the United Kingdom: A realist evaluation (2025)
Journal Article
De Dios Pérez, B., Booth, V., das Nair, R., Evangelou, N., Hassard, J., Ford, H. L., Newsome, I., & Radford, K. (2025). Vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis in the national health service of the United Kingdom: A realist evaluation. PLoS ONE, 20(2), Article e0319287. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319287

Background There is limited evidence about how vocational rehabilitation (VR) for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) can be delivered through the United Kingdom’s (UK) National Health Service (NHS) and how it works. Aim To understand the mechanisms... Read More about Vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis in the national health service of the United Kingdom: A realist evaluation.

Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: the PrAISED research programme, including a randomised controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
Harwood, R. H., Goldberg, S. E., van Der Wardt, V., Brand, A., Booth, V., Di Lorito, C., Hoare, Z., Hancox, J., Bajwa, R., Burgon, C., Howe, L., Cowley, A., Bramley, T., Long, A., Lock, J., Bosco, A., Tucker, R., Robertson, K., Ward, M., Ward, A., …Masud, T. (in press). Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: the PrAISED research programme, including a randomised controlled trial. Programme Grants for Applied Research, https://doi.org/10.3310/PLNV0118

Background
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a long-term skin condition where evidence for management after first-line treatment fails is limited and practice varies across the UK. Medical and surgical treatment options are potential avenues of treat... Read More about Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: the PrAISED research programme, including a randomised controlled trial.

Consensus‐Based Guidelines for Communicating a Misdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis to Reduce Psychological Distress (2024)
Journal Article
Baufeldt, A. L., Evangelou, N., Moghaddam, N., Gresswell, M., & das Nair, R. (2024). Consensus‐Based Guidelines for Communicating a Misdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis to Reduce Psychological Distress. Brain and Behavior, 14(10), Article e70109. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70109

Background
Multiple sclerosis (MS) misdiagnosis is common, and when discovered, frequently leads to substantial disruption to patients’ lives and anxiety for clinicians. Our objective was to develop expert consensus-based guidelines about how to com... Read More about Consensus‐Based Guidelines for Communicating a Misdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis to Reduce Psychological Distress.

Implementing vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis in the UK National Health Service: a mixed-methods feasibility study (2024)
Journal Article
De Dios Perez, B., Holmes, J., Elder, T., Lindley, R., Evangelou, N., das Nair, R., Senior, C., Booth, V., Hassard, J., Ford, H. L., Newsome, I., & Radford, K. (2025). Implementing vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis in the UK National Health Service: a mixed-methods feasibility study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 47(12), 3124-3136. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2024.2417031

Purpose: To implement a job retention vocational rehabilitation (VR) intervention (MSVR) for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their employers in the UK National Health Service (NHS). Methods: Multicentre, single-arm feasibility study with post... Read More about Implementing vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis in the UK National Health Service: a mixed-methods feasibility study.

Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach (2024)
Journal Article
Radford, K., Kettlewell, J., das Nair, R., Morriss, R., Holmes, J., Kellezi, B., Timmons, S., Jones, T., Tressider, H., Andrews, I., Bridger, K., Patel, P., Lindley, R., De Dios Perez, B., Statham, A., Jones, T., Hoffman, K., James, M., Kendrick, D., & ROWTATE study team. (2024). Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach. BMJ Open, 14(10), Article e085724. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085724

Objectives: Major trauma centres save lives but rehabilitation to support return-to-work (RTW) is lacking. This paper describes development of a vocational rehabilitation intervention (the ROWTATE intervention) to support RTW following traumatic inju... Read More about Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach.

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.