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Social connectedness in adults with mental disorders: ecological validation of a conceptual framework for novel complex interventions (2021)
Journal Article
Hare-Duke, L., Dening, T., Oliveira, D., Dewa, R., & Slade, M. (2021). Social connectedness in adults with mental disorders: ecological validation of a conceptual framework for novel complex interventions. Journal of Mental Health, 30(3), 333-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.1875409

Background Social connectedness interventions may improve the clinical outcomes and personal recovery of adults with mental disorders but many interventions lack a clear theory-base and show limited effectiveness. Aim To evaluate the validity of... Read More about Social connectedness in adults with mental disorders: ecological validation of a conceptual framework for novel complex interventions.

Factor and reliability analysis of a brief scale to measure motivation to change lifestyle for dementia risk reduction in the UK: the MOCHAD-10 (2019)
Journal Article
Oliveira, D., Aubeeluck, A., Stupple, E., Kim, S., & Orrell, M. (2019). Factor and reliability analysis of a brief scale to measure motivation to change lifestyle for dementia risk reduction in the UK: the MOCHAD-10. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 17, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-019-1143-8

Background: Modifying lifestyle risk factors for dementia is a public health priority. Motivation for change is integral to the modification of health risk behaviours. This study investigates the psychometric properties of the previously validated to... Read More about Factor and reliability analysis of a brief scale to measure motivation to change lifestyle for dementia risk reduction in the UK: the MOCHAD-10.

Conceptual framework for social connectedness in mental disorders: systematic review and narrative synthesis (2018)
Journal Article
Hare Duke, L., Dening, T., de Oliveira, D., Milner, K., & Slade, M. (2019). Conceptual framework for social connectedness in mental disorders: systematic review and narrative synthesis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 188-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.10.359

Background: Adults with mental disorders are at high risk of loneliness. Loneliness has been implicated in a wide variety of physical and mental health problems. Social connectedness interventions are one means to tackle loneliness but have shown mix... Read More about Conceptual framework for social connectedness in mental disorders: systematic review and narrative synthesis.