All Outputs (58)

Wearable Technology for People with MS in Saudi Arabia: Preliminary Findings on Adoption and Use Factors (2025)
Book Chapter
Alsulami, S., Th. Konstantinidis, S., & Wharrad, H. (2025). Wearable Technology for People with MS in Saudi Arabia: Preliminary Findings on Adoption and Use Factors. In E. Andrikopoulou, P. Gallos, T. N. Arvanitis, R. Austin, A. Benis, R. Cornet, P. Chatzistergos, A. Dejaco, L. Dusseljee-Peute, A. Mohasseb, P. Natsiavas, H. Nakkas, & P. Scott (Eds.), Intelligent Health Systems – From Technology to Data and Knowledge (1457 - 1458). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI250648

This research explores factors influencing the use of wearable technology by people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) to assist in symptom self-management. Using Q-methodology, 19 PwMS in Saudi Arabia (SA) participated. The PwMS study revealed three per... Read More about Wearable Technology for People with MS in Saudi Arabia: Preliminary Findings on Adoption and Use Factors.

Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt (2024)
Book Chapter
Alsulami, S., Konstantinidis, S. T., & Wharrad, H. (2024). Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt. In Digital Health and Informatics Innovations for Sustainable Health Care Systems (466-470). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/shti240449

This paper presents the generation of a Q-set for two Q studies investigating the perspectives of (1) patients with multiple sclerosis and (2) their healthcare professionals on the use of wearable technology. It describes the adopted Q methodology an... Read More about Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt.

Developing a Tool for Assessing the Process of Seeking Health Information: Online Think-Aloud Method (2024)
Journal Article
Alhejaili, A., Wharrad, H., & Windle, R. (2024). Developing a Tool for Assessing the Process of Seeking Health Information: Online Think-Aloud Method. Healthcare, 12(10), Article 1039. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12101039

Nursing students can access massive amounts of online health data to drive cutting-edge evidence-based practice in clinical placement, to bridge the theory–practice gap. This activity requires investigation to identify the strategies nursing students... Read More about Developing a Tool for Assessing the Process of Seeking Health Information: Online Think-Aloud Method.

Use of wearables among Multiple Sclerosis patients and healthcare Professionals: A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Alsulami, S., Konstantinidis, S. T., & Wharrad, H. (2024). Use of wearables among Multiple Sclerosis patients and healthcare Professionals: A scoping review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 184, Article 105376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2024.105376

Introduction
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an increasingly prevalent chronic, autoimmune, and inflammatory central nervous system illness, whose common symptoms undermine the quality of life of patients and their families. Recent technical breakthrough... Read More about Use of wearables among Multiple Sclerosis patients and healthcare Professionals: A scoping review.

Implementing internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (moodgym) for African students with symptoms of low mood during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative feasibilty study (2024)
Journal Article
Ncheka, J. M., Menon, J. A., Davies, E. B., Paul, R., Mwaba, S. O. C., Mudenda, J., Wharrad, H., Tak, H., & Glazebrook, C. (2024). Implementing internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (moodgym) for African students with symptoms of low mood during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative feasibilty study. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1), Article 92. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05542-4

Background: Online therapies have been shown to be effective in improving students’ mental health. They are cost-effective and therefore have particular advantages in low-income countries like Zambia where mental health resources are limited. This st... Read More about Implementing internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (moodgym) for African students with symptoms of low mood during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative feasibilty study.

Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol (2023)
Journal Article
Porter, L., Matvienko-Sikar, K., Wharrad, H., Spiby, H., Siriwardena, A. N., Howitt, C., Green, K., & Redsell, S. (2024). Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol. Healthcare, 12(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010029

Responsive infant feeding is a key strategy for childhood obesity prevention. Responsive feeding involves caregivers responding to infant hunger and satiety cues in a timely and developmentally appropriate manner. There is a dearth of evidence-based... Read More about Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol.

Eliciting Co-Creation Best Practices of Virtual Reality Reusable e-Resources (2023)
Journal Article
Antoniou, P. E., Pears, M., Schiza, E. C., Frangoudes, F., Pattichis, C. S., Wharrad, H., Bamidis, P. D., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2023). Eliciting Co-Creation Best Practices of Virtual Reality Reusable e-Resources. Virtual Worlds, 2(1), 75-89. https://doi.org/10.3390/virtualworlds2010005

Immersive experiential technologies find fertile grounds to grow and support healthcare education. Virtual, Augmented, or Mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) have proven to be impactful in both the educational and the affective state of the healthcare student’s... Read More about Eliciting Co-Creation Best Practices of Virtual Reality Reusable e-Resources.

Factors influencing COVID-19 health protective behaviours in Zambian university students with symptoms of low mood (2023)
Journal Article
Ncheka, J. M., Menon, J. A., Davies, E. B., Paul, R., Mwaba, S. O. C., Mudenda, J., Wharrad, H., Toutounchi, P., & Glazebrook, C. (2023). Factors influencing COVID-19 health protective behaviours in Zambian university students with symptoms of low mood. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 336. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15073-4

Background
Health protective behaviours are crucial in the prevention of the spread of COVID-19, particularly in university students who typically live and study in large groups. Depression and anxiety are common in students and can impact young peo... Read More about Factors influencing COVID-19 health protective behaviours in Zambian university students with symptoms of low mood.

Usability: An introduction to and literature review of usability testing for educational resources in radiation oncology (2022)
Journal Article
Keenan, H. L., Duke, S. L., Wharrad, H. J., Doody, G. A., & Patel, R. S. (2022). Usability: An introduction to and literature review of usability testing for educational resources in radiation oncology. Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 24, 67-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2022.09.001

Usability, or the ease with which something can be used, is a key aspect in ensuring end-users can achieve the best possible outcomes from a given educational resource. Ideally usability testing should take place iteratively throughout the design of... Read More about Usability: An introduction to and literature review of usability testing for educational resources in radiation oncology.

The journey from co-creation to impact for digital resources in healthcare (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pears, M., Henderson, J., Wharrad, H., & KONSTANTINIDIS, S. (2022, September). The journey from co-creation to impact for digital resources in healthcare. Presented at ALT Annual Conference 2022, Manchester, UK

Co-creating digital resources in healthcare has many processes, pitfalls, and parameters. The development and transition from co-creation to impact requires effective knowledge exchange. This discussion panel will provide opportunity for attendees to... Read More about The journey from co-creation to impact for digital resources in healthcare.

Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, M., Wharrad, H., & Konstantinidis, S. (2021, September). Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework. Presented at 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2021), Dresden, Germany

With their ability to captivate learners and simulate real world scenarios it is little wonder that healthcare education is experiencing rapid growth in the use of Immersive technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Extend... Read More about Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework.

Digital Soft Skills of Healthcare Workforce – Identification, Prioritization and Digital Training (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Konstantinidis, S., Leonardini, L., Stura, C., Richter, P., Tessari, P., Winters, M., Balagna, O., Farrina, R., van Berlo, A., Schlieter, H., Mayora, O., & Wharrad, H. (2021, September). Digital Soft Skills of Healthcare Workforce – Identification, Prioritization and Digital Training. Presented at International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning-ICL 2021, Dresden, Germany

Digital technologies are increasingly embedded into healthcare aiming to improve quality of patient care, enhance patients’ safety and cut down economical costs. Healthcare professionals’ digital skills are indeed need enhancement with policies and i... Read More about Digital Soft Skills of Healthcare Workforce – Identification, Prioritization and Digital Training.

Q methodology in the covid-19 era (2021)
Journal Article
Alanazi, A. S., Wharrad, H., Moffatt, F., Taylor, M., & Ladan, M. (2021). Q methodology in the covid-19 era. Healthcare, 9(11), Article 1491. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111491

All face-to-face studies were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as they could not be run in person due to rules and guidance linked to social distancing which were in force during the outbreak. Finding and testing an available COVID-secure approach... Read More about Q methodology in the covid-19 era.

Prioritising topics for developing e-learning resources in healthcare curricula: A comparison between students and educators using a modified Delphi survey (2021)
Journal Article
Lim, H. M., Ng, C. J., Teo, C. H., Lee, P. Y., Kassim, P. S. J., Nasharuddin, N. A., Yong, P. V. C., Sellappans, R., Yap, W. H., Lee, Y. K., Hassan, Z. F. A., Krishnan, K., Ghazali, S. S., Idris, F., Hassan, N., Ayub, E., Konstantinidis, S., Taylor, M., Poussa, C., Karlgren, K., …Wharrad, H. (2021). Prioritising topics for developing e-learning resources in healthcare curricula: A comparison between students and educators using a modified Delphi survey. PLoS ONE, 16(6), Article e0253471. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253471

Background Engaging students in the e-learning development process enhances the effective implementation of e-learning, however, students’ priority on the topics for e-learning may differ from that of the educators. This study aims to compare the dif... Read More about Prioritising topics for developing e-learning resources in healthcare curricula: A comparison between students and educators using a modified Delphi survey.

Initial Training for Mental Health Peer Support Workers: Systematized Review and International Delphi Consultation (2021)
Journal Article
Charles, A., Nixdorf, R., Ibrahim, N., Meir, L. G., Mpango, R. S., Ngakongwa, F., Nudds, H., Pathare, S., Ryan, G., Repper, J., Wharrad, H., Wolf, P., Slade, M., & Mahlke, C. (2021). Initial Training for Mental Health Peer Support Workers: Systematized Review and International Delphi Consultation. JMIR Mental Health, 8(5), Article e25528. https://doi.org/10.2196/25528

Co-creation of chatbots as an educational resource: training the trainers workshop (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pears, M., Henderson, J., Bamidis, P. D., Pattichis, C. S., Karlgren, K., Wharrad, H., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2021, March). Co-creation of chatbots as an educational resource: training the trainers workshop. Presented at 15th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Online Conference

BACKGROUND

There is growing need for personalised individual student support in healthcare curricula. A key limitation to providing quality support surrounds large student-to-lecturer ratios. This can result in attenuation of lecturer's efforts t... Read More about Co-creation of chatbots as an educational resource: training the trainers workshop.

In-PREP: a new learning design framework and methodology applied to a relational care training intervention for healthcare assistants (2020)
Journal Article
Wharrad, H., Sarre, S., Schneider, J., Maben, J., Aldus, C., Argyle, E., & Arthur, A. (2020). In-PREP: a new learning design framework and methodology applied to a relational care training intervention for healthcare assistants. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), Article 1010. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05836-9

Background: ‘Older People’s Shoes’ is a training intervention designed for healthcare assistants (HCAs) to improve the relational care of older people in hospital. The intervention formed part of a broader evaluation, in this paper we describe its de... Read More about In-PREP: a new learning design framework and methodology applied to a relational care training intervention for healthcare assistants.

The feasibility of an m-health educational programme (m2Hear) to improve outcomes in first-time hearing aid users (2020)
Journal Article
Ferguson, M. A., Maidment, D. W., Gomez, R., Coulson, N., & Wharrad, H. (2020). The feasibility of an m-health educational programme (m2Hear) to improve outcomes in first-time hearing aid users. International Journal of Audiology, 60(Supplement 1), S30-S41. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1825839

© 2020 Crown Copyright. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society. Objective: To (i) assess the delivery, access... Read More about The feasibility of an m-health educational programme (m2Hear) to improve outcomes in first-time hearing aid users.

Evaluating a theoretically informed and co-created mHealth educational intervention for first-time hearing aid users: a qualitative interview study (2020)
Journal Article
Maidment, D., Heyes, R., Gomez, R., Coulson, N. S., Wharrad, H., & Ferguson, M. A. (2020). Evaluating a theoretically informed and co-created mHealth educational intervention for first-time hearing aid users: a qualitative interview study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8(8), Article e17193. https://doi.org/10.2196/17193

© David W Maidment, Rachel Heyes, Rachel Gomez, Neil S Coulson, Heather Wharrad, Melanie A Ferguson. Background: Adults living with hearing loss have highly variable knowledge of hearing aids, resulting in suboptimal use or nonuse. This issue can be... Read More about Evaluating a theoretically informed and co-created mHealth educational intervention for first-time hearing aid users: a qualitative interview study.

The development of an mHealth educational intervention for first-time hearing aid users: combining theoretical and ecologically valid approaches (2020)
Journal Article
Maidment, D. W., Coulson, N. S., Wharrad, H., Taylor, M., & Ferguson, M. A. (2020). The development of an mHealth educational intervention for first-time hearing aid users: combining theoretical and ecologically valid approaches. International Journal of Audiology, 59(7), 492-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1755063

© 2020 British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society. Objective: This paper describes the development of a novel mobile health (mHealth) educational intervention, called m2Hear, designed for first-t... Read More about The development of an mHealth educational intervention for first-time hearing aid users: combining theoretical and ecologically valid approaches.