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Stroke and TIA Survivors’ Perceptions of the COVID-19 Vaccine and Influences on Its Uptake: Cross Sectional Survey (2022)
Journal Article
Turner, G. M., Heron, N., Crow, J., Kontou, E., & Hughes, S. (2022). Stroke and TIA Survivors’ Perceptions of the COVID-19 Vaccine and Influences on Its Uptake: Cross Sectional Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), Article 13861. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113861

Background: People who have experienced a stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) have greater risks of complications from COVID-19. Therefore, vaccine uptake in this vulnerable population is important. To prevent vaccine hesitancy and maximise co... Read More about Stroke and TIA Survivors’ Perceptions of the COVID-19 Vaccine and Influences on Its Uptake: Cross Sectional Survey.

A Biopsychosocial Intervention for Stroke Carers (BISC): development and description of the intervention (2022)
Journal Article
Kontou, E., Thomas, S. A., Cobley, C., Fisher, R., Golding-Day, M. R., & Walker, M. F. (2022). A Biopsychosocial Intervention for Stroke Carers (BISC): development and description of the intervention. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 10(1), 92-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2021.2016412

Objective: Family members of stroke survivors are often not supported for their caring role, with many reporting adjustment difficulties. This paper describes the development and content of a group-based intervention for informal carers of stroke sur... Read More about A Biopsychosocial Intervention for Stroke Carers (BISC): development and description of the intervention.

The COVID-19 pandemic altered the modality, but not the frequency, of formal cognitive assessment (2021)
Journal Article
Webb, S. S., Kontou, E., & Demeyere, N. (2022). The COVID-19 pandemic altered the modality, but not the frequency, of formal cognitive assessment. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(21), 6365-6373. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1963855

Purpose
We investigated the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the modality of formal cognitive assessments (in-person versus remote assessments).

Materials and methods
We created a web-based survey with 34 items and collected data from 114 res... Read More about The COVID-19 pandemic altered the modality, but not the frequency, of formal cognitive assessment.

A scoping review of psychoeducational interventions for people after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke (2020)
Journal Article
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.

Frequency of anxiety after stroke: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies (2020)
Journal Article
Knapp, P., Dunn-Roberts, A., Sahib, N., Cook, L., Astin, F., Kontou, E., & Thomas, S. A. (2020). Frequency of anxiety after stroke: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. International Journal of Stroke, 15(3), 244-255. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493019896958

Background
Anxiety is a common and distressing problem after stroke.

Aims
To undertake an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies of anxiety after stroke and integrate the findings with those reported previously.... Read More about Frequency of anxiety after stroke: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

Comparing individual and group intervention for psychological adjustment in people with multiple sclerosis: a feasibility randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
das Nair, R., Kontou, E., Smale, K., Barker, A., & Lincoln, N. (2015). Comparing individual and group intervention for psychological adjustment in people with multiple sclerosis: a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215515616446

Objective

To modify a published group intervention for adjustment to multiple sclerosis (MS) to suit an individual format, and to assess the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to compare individual and group intervention for people... Read More about Comparing individual and group intervention for psychological adjustment in people with multiple sclerosis: a feasibility randomised controlled trial.