All Outputs (19)
The effectiveness of information-motivation-behavioural skills model-based diabetes self-management education among patients with type 2 diabetes in Jordan (IMB-DSME): trial protocol (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Abstract for UKSBM conference: Background: According to the World Health Organization in 2014, 9% of adults over 18 years old are diagnosed with diabetes and more than 1.5 million deaths occur directly by diabetes in low and middle-income countries.... Read More about The effectiveness of information-motivation-behavioural skills model-based diabetes self-management education among patients with type 2 diabetes in Jordan (IMB-DSME): trial protocol.
Barriers and determinants of pre-registered nurses and medics participation in physical activity (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Background: A high proportion of pre-registered healthcare professionals do not achieve recommended daily levels of physical activity, and report barriers to exercise including high levels of stress. Aims: To assess the physical activity levels of... Read More about Barriers and determinants of pre-registered nurses and medics participation in physical activity.
The effects of ageing and exercise on recollection and familiarity based memory processes (2015)
Book Chapter
In the UK’s 2011 census there were high proportions of people between 20 and 49 years-old, with each 5-year band containing at least 4 million. Thus between 2022 and 2051 we can expect large numbers of people to enter their 60s, around 2 billion glob... Read More about The effects of ageing and exercise on recollection and familiarity based memory processes.
Paediatric nurses and healthy eating promotion (2015)
Journal Article
Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis (2015)
Journal Article
Aim: To develop and test the feasibility of using a SMS text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in patients with knee OA. Methods: 27 people (6 male, 21 female; aged 25-81 years) with knee osteoarthritis received 4 text messages... Read More about Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis.
Active8! Technology-based intervention to promote physical activity in hospital employees (2015)
Journal Article
Purpose: Increase physical activity in healthcare employees using health messaging, and compare email with mobile phone short-message service (SMS) as delivery channels. Design: Randomised controlled trial Setting: UK hospital workplace Subjects:... Read More about Active8! Technology-based intervention to promote physical activity in hospital employees.
The effectiveness of IMB-model based diabetes self-management education with type 2 diabetes patients in Jordan: clinical trial protocol (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Abstract for AADE Annual Meeting conference: Background: According to the World Health Organization in 2014, 9% of adults over 18 years old are diagnosed with diabetes and more than 1.5 million deaths occur directly by diabetes in low and middle-inc... Read More about The effectiveness of IMB-model based diabetes self-management education with type 2 diabetes patients in Jordan: clinical trial protocol.
“Having diabetes shouldn’t stop them”: healthcare professionals’ perceptions of physical activity in children with Type 1 diabetes (2015)
Journal Article
Background Healthcare professionals (HCP) working with children who have Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) have an important role in advising about and supporting the control of blood glucose level in relation to physical activity. Regular physical... Read More about “Having diabetes shouldn’t stop them”: healthcare professionals’ perceptions of physical activity in children with Type 1 diabetes.
A systematic review on outcome measures utilised to measure change in selfmanagement in chronic pain: PROTOCOL (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Text messaging to encourage uptake of HIV testing amongst African communities: findings from a theory based feasibility study (2015)
Journal Article
Background: There is a public health need to tackle high levels of undiagnosed (or late diagnosed) HIV amongst the UK's African communities. This research aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of using a text messaging intervention to enc... Read More about Text messaging to encourage uptake of HIV testing amongst African communities: findings from a theory based feasibility study.
Prescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-malignant pain in general practice - a survey of attitudes and practice (2015)
Journal Article
Background: This study replicates a previous postal survey of general practitioners (GPs) to explore whether attitudes to opioid prescribing have changed at a time when the number of opioid prescriptions issued in primary care has increased. Metho... Read More about Prescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-malignant pain in general practice - a survey of attitudes and practice.
Employee perceptions of a pedometer walking intervention in a hospital workplace (2015)
Journal Article
Paediatric nurses' attitudes towards the promotion of healthy eating (2015)
Journal Article
This study assessed paediatric nurses' attitudes towards promoting healthy eating and their opinions regarding nurses as role models for health. In all, 67 nurses from 14 wards at an acute hospital trust completed questionnaires on weight, diet, phys... Read More about Paediatric nurses' attitudes towards the promotion of healthy eating.