All Outputs (826)

Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study (2020)
Journal Article
Baker, P., Coole, C., Drummond, A., Khan, S., McDaid, C., Hewitt, C., …Rangan, A. (2020). Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study. Health Technology Assessment, 24(45), https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24450

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.

Discursive construction of the patient in online clinical cancer pathways information (2020)
Journal Article
Margrethe Aasen, E., Crawford, P., & Misund Dahl, B. (2020). Discursive construction of the patient in online clinical cancer pathways information. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76(11), 3113-3122. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14513

Aim: To explore how the patient is constructed and socially positioned in discourses of web-based pathways information available to cancer patients in Norway.
Design: Mixed qualitative and quantitative design, using Corpus-Assisted Critical Discours... Read More about Discursive construction of the patient in online clinical cancer pathways information.

Austerity on the frontline- a preliminary study of physiotherapists working in the National Health Service in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Tucker, R., Moffatt, F., & Timmons, S. (2022). Austerity on the frontline- a preliminary study of physiotherapists working in the National Health Service in the UK. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 38(8), 1037-1049. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2020.1812139

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.

Ethical challenges in researching and telling the stories of recently deceased people (2020)
Journal Article
Caswell, G., & Turner, N. (2021). Ethical challenges in researching and telling the stories of recently deceased people. Research Ethics, 17(2), 162-175. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747016120952503

© The Author(s) 2020. This paper explores ethical challenges encountered when conducting research about, and telling, the stories of individuals who had died before the research began. Cases were explored where individuals who lived alone had died al... Read More about Ethical challenges in researching and telling the stories of recently deceased people.

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
Di Lorito, C., Bosco, A., Goldberg, S., das Nair, R., O'Brien, R., Howe, L., …Harwood, R. (2020). Protocol for the process evaluation of the Promoting Activity, Independence and stability in early Dementia (PrAISED), following changes required by the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open, 10(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039305

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)
Journal Article
Wang, H., Swain, S., Luo, J., Blake, H., & Chattopadhyay, K. (2020). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children in school, home and community settings: a qualitative systematic review. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 18(12), 2445-2511. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBISRIR-D-19-00154

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.

Developing a fatigue programme: Protocol for the Nottingham Fatigue After Stroke (NotFAST2) study (2020)
Journal Article
Drummond, A., Ablewhite, J., Condon, L., Nair, R. D., Jones, A., Jones, F., …Thomas, S. (2020). Developing a fatigue programme: Protocol for the Nottingham Fatigue After Stroke (NotFAST2) study. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 83(11), 674-679. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022620944797

Introduction: Post-stroke fatigue (PSF) is common and is one of the most distressing symptoms after stroke. It has a negative impact on physical, social and psychological functioning: it is also associated with poor outcomes and increased mortality.... Read More about Developing a fatigue programme: Protocol for the Nottingham Fatigue After Stroke (NotFAST2) study.

WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Blake, H., Somerset, S., Whittingham, K., Middleton, M., Yildirim, M., & Evans, C. WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry

Interprofessional learning (IPL) is essential to prepare healthcare trainees as the future public health workforce. WHIRL was an innovative IPL intervention that engaged multi-professional teams of volunteer healthcare trainees (n=20) to deliver heal... Read More about WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry.

Association of frailty with mortality in older inpatients with Covid-19: a cohort study (2020)
Journal Article
Aw, D., Woodrow, L., Ogliari, G., & Harwood, R. (2020). Association of frailty with mortality in older inpatients with Covid-19: a cohort study. Age and Ageing, 49(6), 915-922. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa184

Background: COVID-19 has disproportionately affected older people.
Objective: to investigate whether frailty is associated with all-cause mortality in older hospital inpatients, with COVID-19.
Design: cohort study
Setting: secondary care acute hos... Read More about Association of frailty with mortality in older inpatients with Covid-19: a cohort study.

Reducing loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority people: a participatory evidence synthesis (2020)
Journal Article
Salway, S., Such, E., Preston, L., Booth, A., Zubair, M., Victor, C., & Raghavan, R. (2020). Reducing loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority people: a participatory evidence synthesis. Public Health Research, 8(10), https://doi.org/10.3310/phr08100

Background
To date, there has been little research into the causes of, and solutions to, loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority people.

Objectives
The objectives were to synthesise available evidence and produce new insights relating to in... Read More about Reducing loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority people: a participatory evidence synthesis.

Training the trainers curriculum on co-creation of virtual reality reusable e-resources (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Konstantinidis, S. T., Wharrad, H., Nikolaidou, M. M., Antoniou, P., Neokleous, K., Schiza, E., Matsangidou, M., Frangoudis, F., Hatziaros, M., Avraamides, M., Bamidis, P. .., & Pattichis, C. S. (2020, July). Training the trainers curriculum on co-creation of virtual reality reusable e-resources. Presented at 12th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Online Conference

Clinical skills labs exist in many Universities and University Hospitals, having a high maintenance cost and not always offering to the medical and nursing students a fully immersive experience. In recent years there has been an expansion of ICT in h... Read More about Training the trainers curriculum on co-creation of virtual reality reusable e-resources.

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
Huang, Y., Benford, S., Price, D., Patel, R., Li, B., Ivanov, A., & Blake, H. (2020). Using Internet of Things to Reduce Office Workers’ Sedentary Behavior: Intervention Development Applying the Behavior Change Wheel and Human-Centered Design Approach. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8(7), Article e17914. https://doi.org/10.2196/17914

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
Amagyei, A., Meal, A., Shaw, I., & Adams, G. G. (2020). Effectiveness of Community Health Worker-led Diabetes Self-Management Education on Type 2 diabetes patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Diabetes, 1(2), 40-50

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.

Is Liraglutide a Safe and Effective Medication to Treat Hyperglycaemia?: A Systematic Review (2020)
Journal Article
Al Oneze, A., Jiwan, S. I., Gyasi-Antw, P., Meal, A., & Adams, G. G. (2020). Is Liraglutide a Safe and Effective Medication to Treat Hyperglycaemia?: A Systematic Review. Annals of Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology, 3(2), Article 1017

Background: The aim of this systematic review is to examine the effectiveness of Liraglutide on glycemic control and Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) in patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) mellitus and to investigate whether Liraglutide leads to any Gas... Read More about Is Liraglutide a Safe and Effective Medication to Treat Hyperglycaemia?: A Systematic Review.

COVID-19 And The Provision Of Wobble Rooms And Wellbeing Centres For Healthcare Workers (2020)
Report
Blake, H., & Dennis, M. (2020). COVID-19 And The Provision Of Wobble Rooms And Wellbeing Centres For Healthcare Workers. Florence Nightingale Foundation

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
Rennick-Egglestone, S., Elliott, R., Smuk, M., Robinson, C., Bailey, S., Smith, R., Keppens, J., Hussain, H., Pollock, K., Cuijpers, P., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ng, F., Yeo, C., Roe, J., Hui, A., van der Krieke, L., Walcott, R., & Slade, M. (2020). 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. Trials, 21, Article 661. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04428-6

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.

When people living with dementia say ‘no’: Negotiating refusal in the acute hospital setting (2020)
Journal Article
O'Brien, R., Beeke, S., Pilnick, A., Goldberg, S. E., & Harwood, R. H. (2020). When people living with dementia say ‘no’: Negotiating refusal in the acute hospital setting. Social Science and Medicine, 263, Article 113188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113188

A quarter of UK acute hospital beds are occupied by people living with dementia (PLWD). Concerns have been raised by both policy makers and carers about the quality of communication between hospital staff and PLWD. PLWD may experience communication i... Read More about When people living with dementia say ‘no’: Negotiating refusal in the acute hospital setting.

A feasibility study of the physiotherapy management of urinary incontinence in athletic women: trial protocol for the POsITIve study (2020)
Journal Article
Campbell, K. G., Batt, M. E., & Drummond, A. (2020). A feasibility study of the physiotherapy management of urinary incontinence in athletic women: trial protocol for the POsITIve study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6, Article 103. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00638-6

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)
Journal Article
Patel, S., Akhtar, A., Malins, S., Wright, N., Rowley, E., Young, E., …Morriss, R. (2020). The Acceptability and Usability of Digital Health Interventions for Adults with Depressive, Anxiety and Somatoform Disorders: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-synthesis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(7), Article e16228. https://doi.org/10.2196/16228

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
Geraghty, J., Ablewhite, J., das Nair, R., Lincoln, N., Kontou, E., Roffe, J., …Drummond, A. (2020). Results of a UK-wide vignette study with occupational therapists to explore cognitive screening post-stroke. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 27(7),

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.