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Saudi service users’ perceptions and experiences of the quality of their mental health care provision in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA): A qualitative inquiry (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Authors. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Inc This paper presents, as part of a larger mixed-methods design, a study gene... Read More about Saudi service users’ perceptions and experiences of the quality of their mental health care provision in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA): A qualitative inquiry.

Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study (2020)
Journal Article

Background: Hip and knee replacements are regularly carried out for patients who work. There is little evidence about these patients' needs and the factors influencing their return to work. There is a paucity of guidance to help patients return to wo... Read More about Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study.

Austerity on the frontline- a preliminary study of physiotherapists working in the National Health Service in the UK (2020)
Journal Article

Background Organisational reform has been commonplace in the response to global socio-economic changes. Rising managerialism, consumerism and marketisation has accelerated reforms; providing challenges for the healthcare professions. The latest soci... Read More about Austerity on the frontline- a preliminary study of physiotherapists working in the National Health Service in the UK.

Protocol for the process evaluation of the Promoting Activity, Independence and stability in early Dementia (PrAISED), following changes required by the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
Journal Article

Introduction. The PrAISED Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) is evaluating a home-based, face-to-face, individually tailored, activity and exercise programme for people living with dementia. Social distancing requirements following the COVID-19 pandem... Read More about Protocol for the process evaluation of the Promoting Activity, Independence and stability in early Dementia (PrAISED), following changes required by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children in school, home and community settings: a qualitative systematic review (2020)
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Objective: The review aimed to synthesize the barriers and facilitators from the available studies that dealt with physical activity among ethnic Chinese children and uncover any differences or similarities in these barriers and facilitators. In... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children in school, home and community settings: a qualitative systematic review.

Using Internet of Things to Reduce Office Workers’ Sedentary Behavior: Intervention Development Applying the Behavior Change Wheel and Human-Centered Design Approach (2020)
Journal Article

Background: Sedentary behavior (SB) is associated with various adverse health outcomes. The prevalence of prolonged sitting at work among office workers makes a case for SB interventions to target this setting and population. Everyday mundane objects... Read More about Using Internet of Things to Reduce Office Workers’ Sedentary Behavior: Intervention Development Applying the Behavior Change Wheel and Human-Centered Design Approach.

Effectiveness of Community Health Worker-led Diabetes Self-Management Education on Type 2 diabetes patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2020)
Journal Article

Objective: Community Health Workers are important in building individual and community capacity through outreach, community education, informal counselling, social support and advocacy programs, which enhance health knowledge and self-sufficiency. Ou... Read More about Effectiveness of Community Health Worker-led Diabetes Self-Management Education on Type 2 diabetes patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing psychosis, people experiencing other mental health problems and for informal carers: Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) study protocol for three randomised controlled trials (2020)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND: Mental health recovery narratives have been defined as first-person lived experience accounts of recovery from mental health problems which refer to events or actions over a period of time and which include elements of adversity or strugg... Read More about Impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing psychosis, people experiencing other mental health problems and for informal carers: Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) study protocol for three randomised controlled trials.

A feasibility study of the physiotherapy management of urinary incontinence in athletic women: trial protocol for the POsITIve study (2020)
Journal Article

Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) affects up to 40% of adult women within the UK, and pelvic floor muscle training can be effective as a treatment. The prevalence of UI is higher in athletic women than in their sedentary counterparts, but there i... Read More about A feasibility study of the physiotherapy management of urinary incontinence in athletic women: trial protocol for the POsITIve study.

The Acceptability and Usability of Digital Health Interventions for Adults with Depressive, Anxiety and Somatoform Disorders: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-synthesis (2020)
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Background: The prevalence of mental health disorders continues to rise, with almost 4% of the world population having an anxiety disorder and almost 3.5% having depression in 2017. Despite the high prevalence, only one-third of people with depressio... Read More about The Acceptability and Usability of Digital Health Interventions for Adults with Depressive, Anxiety and Somatoform Disorders: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-synthesis.

Results of a UK-wide vignette study with occupational therapists to explore cognitive screening post-stroke (2020)
Journal Article

Background. There is a paucity of evidence in the UK regarding occupational therapy (OT) cognitive screening, and whether, and how, cognitive impairments are identified and assessed. Aims To identify current OT practice for the assessment of c... Read More about Results of a UK-wide vignette study with occupational therapists to explore cognitive screening post-stroke.