Feasibility of a physical activity intervention for children with type 1 diabetes: Steps to Active Kids with Diabetes (STAK-D)
(2017)
Presentation / Conference
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Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand (2017)
Journal Article
© 2017 Elsevier Inc. BACKGROUND: Thai culture traditionally abhors elders living in care homes due to the belief that this represents a dereliction of filial piety by their children, thus care homes are stigmatized as the domain of poor older adults... Read More about Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand.
Validation of a shortened 11-item version of the Problem Areas in Diabetes scale to measure distress in adults with type 1 diabetes (2017)
Presentation / Conference
What happens to your body when you're stressed (2017)
Journal Article
Health beliefs predict self-care practices and glycaemic control in Malaysian patients with insulin-treated diabetes: a longtitudal study (2017)
Journal Article
The practice of diabetes self-care plays an important role in achieving and maintaining good glycaemic control. However, not all patients with insulin-treated diabetes engage in their self-care activities. There is some evidence that self-care practi... Read More about Health beliefs predict self-care practices and glycaemic control in Malaysian patients with insulin-treated diabetes: a longtitudal study.
Psychometric properties of the Thai Internalised Stigma Scale (TIS-LCH) for care home residents (2017)
Journal Article
Objectives: Living in a care home is a source of stigma in Thai culture, although there is currently no measurement tool in the Thai language specifically designed to assess internalised stigma in care home residents. The Thai Version of Internalised... Read More about Psychometric properties of the Thai Internalised Stigma Scale (TIS-LCH) for care home residents.
Stigma associated with living in a care home: perspectives of older residents living in care homes in Thailand (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Background: High prevalence of depression has been reported among older adults living in care homes in Thailand, associated with physical impairment, low social support, low self-esteem and particularly stigma associated with living in a care home. H... Read More about Stigma associated with living in a care home: perspectives of older residents living in care homes in Thailand.
Office workers' perceived barriers and facilitators to taking regular micro-breaks at work: a diary-probed interview study (2017)
Journal Article
Research has suggested regular breaks in sedentary office work are im-portant for health, wellbeing and long-term productivity. Although many comput-erized break reminders exist, few are based on user needs and requirements as determined by formative... Read More about Office workers' perceived barriers and facilitators to taking regular micro-breaks at work: a diary-probed interview study.
Healthy lifestyle behaviors and health promotion attitudes in preregistered nurses: a questionnaire study (2017)
Journal Article
Background: Nurses report inadequacies in health promotion practices and recognise their own lifestyle choices influence their willingness to give health promotion advice. The aim of this study was to investigate attitudes towards being role models f... Read More about Healthy lifestyle behaviors and health promotion attitudes in preregistered nurses: a questionnaire study.
Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Background: Most Thai people reject the idea of letting their ageing parents live in a care home due to the belief that a care home is a place for poor older adults who have no family. These beliefs could influence the perception of living in a care... Read More about Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand.
Promoting an active lifestyle (2016)
Journal Article
Feasibility of an online intervention (STAK-D) to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.