Promoting an active lifestyle
(2016)
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All Outputs (12)
Feasibility of an online intervention (STAK-D) to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Background: Regular physical activity has important health benefits for children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), yet children and their parents face barriers to participation such as lack of self-efficacy or concerns around hypoglycaemia. Multi... Read More about Feasibility of an online intervention (STAK-D) to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Nurses' views on workplace wellbeing programmes (2016)
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Workplace stress is prevalent amongst nurses. Healthcare employers have implemented complementary and alternative therapies (CATs) for relaxation and stress management, within workplace wellbeing programmes for their employees. In-depth interviews we... Read More about Nurses' views on workplace wellbeing programmes.
A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to measure change in self-management in clinical trials in non-cancer chronic pain (2016)
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Relevance: Chronic pain affects an estimated 19% of Europeans. In chronic pain, supported self-management (SM) for the patient is a key recommendation across national guidelines. Supported SM aims at improving knowledge on monitoring and managing chr... Read More about A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to measure change in self-management in clinical trials in non-cancer chronic pain.
Predictors of physical activity and barriers to exercise in nursing and medical students (2016)
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Aims To investigate physical activity levels of nursing and medicine students; examine predictors of physical activity level; and examine the most influential benefits and barriers to exercise. Background Healthcare professionals have low leve... Read More about Predictors of physical activity and barriers to exercise in nursing and medical students.
Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy on glycaemic control and psychological outcomes in adults with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2016)
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Aim Diabetes is a chronic progressive condition presenting physical, social and psychological challenges that increase the risk of comorbid mental health problems. Cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) is effective in treating a variety of psycholog... Read More about Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy on glycaemic control and psychological outcomes in adults with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Developing a mHealth intervention to promote uptake of HIV testing among African communities in the UK: a qualitative study (2016)
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Background: HIV-related mHealth interventions have demonstrable efficacy in supporting treatment adherence, although the evidence base for promoting HIV testing is inconclusive. Progress is constrained by a limited understanding of processes used to... Read More about Developing a mHealth intervention to promote uptake of HIV testing among African communities in the UK: a qualitative study.
Behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in adults with coronary heart disease in Jordan (2016)
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Background: Patients with coronary heart disease often do not follow prescribed physical activity recommendations. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of a behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in patients with coronary... Read More about Behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in adults with coronary heart disease in Jordan.
Workplace wellness using online learning tools in a healthcare setting (2016)
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The aim was to develop and evaluate an online learning tool for use with UK healthcare employees, healthcare educators and healthcare students, to increase knowledge of workplace wellness as an important public health issue. A ‘Workplace Wellness’ e-... Read More about Workplace wellness using online learning tools in a healthcare setting.
Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study protocol (2016)
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Studies on self-management (SM) support programmes in chronic low back pain (CLBP) have failed to show clinically meaningful treatment benefit, which potentially highlights lack of research on predictors of effective SM. The purpose of this multi-cen... Read More about Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study protocol.
Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: study protocol (2016)
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“We don’t worry about diabetes that much”: a qualitative study exploring perceptions of physical activity among children with Type 1 Diabetes (2016)
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Background: Despite the health benefits of physical activity, children across the population are insufficiently active. Physical activity is essential in the management of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM), therefore its promotion should be a priority,... Read More about “We don’t worry about diabetes that much”: a qualitative study exploring perceptions of physical activity among children with Type 1 Diabetes.