All Outputs (865)

Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt (2024)
Book Chapter
Alsulami, S., Konstantinidis, S. T., & Wharrad, H. (2024). Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt. In Digital Health and Informatics Innovations for Sustainable Health Care Systems (466-470). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/shti240449

This paper presents the generation of a Q-set for two Q studies investigating the perspectives of (1) patients with multiple sclerosis and (2) their healthcare professionals on the use of wearable technology. It describes the adopted Q methodology an... Read More about Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt.

Understanding Quality of Life for People with Motor Neurone Disease Who Use Tracheostomy Ventilation and Family Members: A Scoping Review (2024)
Journal Article
Turner, N., Faull, C., Palmer, J., Armstrong, A., Bedford, J., Turner, M. R., & Wilson, E. (2024). Understanding Quality of Life for People with Motor Neurone Disease Who Use Tracheostomy Ventilation and Family Members: A Scoping Review. Brain Sciences, 14(8), Article 821. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14080821

Tracheostomy ventilation (TV) can increase survival time for people living with motor neurone disease (MND); however, the use of TV varies between countries. Concerns regarding anticipated quality of life (QoL) are among the reasons given by healthca... Read More about Understanding Quality of Life for People with Motor Neurone Disease Who Use Tracheostomy Ventilation and Family Members: A Scoping Review.

Analysis of the timing of evacuation and associated factors among home health care patients during flooding: A single-clinic-based mixed methods study (2024)
Journal Article
Miyatake, H., Yoshida, M., Kaneda, Y., Kotera, Y., Murata, N., Kosaka, M., Yamamoto, A., Ozaki, A., & Beniya, H. (2024). Analysis of the timing of evacuation and associated factors among home health care patients during flooding: A single-clinic-based mixed methods study. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 112, Article 104762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104762

Home health care patients (HHPs) are vulnerable to flooding and may face evacuation difficulties. Previous studies reported that HHPs and their families are more susceptible to disasters than non-HHPs. Our prior research revealed that many HHPs in Fu... Read More about Analysis of the timing of evacuation and associated factors among home health care patients during flooding: A single-clinic-based mixed methods study.

Proactive integrated consultation-liaison psychiatry and time spent in hospital by older medical inpatients in England (The HOME Study): a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Sharpe, M., Walker, J., van Niekerk, M., Toynbee, M., Magill, N., Frost, C., White, I. R., Walker, S., Duarte, A., Owens, C., Dickens, C., Price, A., Sharpe, M., Walker, J., van Niekerk, M., Toynbee, M., Magill, N., Frost, C., White, I. R., Walker, S., …Yousif, M. (2024). Proactive integrated consultation-liaison psychiatry and time spent in hospital by older medical inpatients in England (The HOME Study): a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Psychiatry, 11(9), 684-695. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366%2824%2900188-3

Background: Older people admitted to hospital in an emergency often have prolonged inpatient stays that worsen their outcomes, increase health-care costs, and reduce bed availability. Growing evidence suggests that the biopsychosocial complexity of t... Read More about Proactive integrated consultation-liaison psychiatry and time spent in hospital by older medical inpatients in England (The HOME Study): a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial.

Developing the future academic workforce: A descriptive cross-sectional study of the experiences of early career academics from registered health and social care professions (2024)
Journal Article
Black, S., Gratrix, L., Mason, R., Parkhouse, T., Hogue, T., Ortega, M., & Kane, R. (2024). Developing the future academic workforce: A descriptive cross-sectional study of the experiences of early career academics from registered health and social care professions. Nurse Education Today, 141, Article 106335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106335

Background: Healthcare academics are generally recruited for their expertise as practitioners, however this may not always convert into expertise in higher education. Objective: Investigate experiences of academics who transitioned from clinical role... Read More about Developing the future academic workforce: A descriptive cross-sectional study of the experiences of early career academics from registered health and social care professions.

Work-related smartphone use during off-job hours and work-life conflict: A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Hassard, J., Singh, J., & Teoh, K. (2024). Work-related smartphone use during off-job hours and work-life conflict: A scoping review. PLOS Digital Health, 3(7), Article e0000554. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000554

Over recent decades the use of smartphones for work purposes has burgeoned both within and beyond working hours. The aim of the study was to conduct a scoping review to explore the association between the use of smartphone technology for work purpose... Read More about Work-related smartphone use during off-job hours and work-life conflict: A scoping review.

Development of the Japanese Version of the Original and Short Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale (2024)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Asano, K., Barnes, K., Burt, K., Liu, G., Lieu, J., Ohshima, R., & Edwards, A. (2024). Development of the Japanese Version of the Original and Short Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale. Japanese Psychological Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12551

Work motivation is important with regard to many organizational outcomes, including employee mental health and productivity. The Japanese workforce suffers from low levels of work motivation, associated with poor mental health and compromised product... Read More about Development of the Japanese Version of the Original and Short Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale.

Parents’ Experiences after Their Child’s Autism Diagnosis: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Hughes, R., Curley, K., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Parents’ Experiences after Their Child’s Autism Diagnosis: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis. Psychiatry International, 5(3), 370-394. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint5030026

A child’s autism diagnosis is life-changing for their parents, due to the complex and long-term nature of the condition. Furthermore, research about the increased prevalence of autism suggests that more parents are being affected globally. However, l... Read More about Parents’ Experiences after Their Child’s Autism Diagnosis: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis.

A Narrative Review of Compassion Focused Therapy on Positive Mental Health Outcomes (2024)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Beaumont, J., Edwards, A.-M., Cotterill, M., Kirkman, A., Carew Tofani, A., McPhilbin, M., Takhi, S., Barnes, K., Todowede, O., Ingall, B.-R., Asano, K., & Arimitsu, K. (2024). A Narrative Review of Compassion Focused Therapy on Positive Mental Health Outcomes. Behavioral Sciences, 14(8), Article 643. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080643

Background: Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) has been attracting attention in mental health practice and research. CFT is effective in reducing a variety of negative mental health symptoms. Positive mental health (PMH) focuses on an individual’s func... Read More about A Narrative Review of Compassion Focused Therapy on Positive Mental Health Outcomes.

New horizons in clinical practice guidelines for use with older people (2024)
Journal Article
Martin, F. C., Quinn, T. J., Straus, S. E., Anand, S., van der Velde, N., & Harwood, R. H. (2024). New horizons in clinical practice guidelines for use with older people. Age and Ageing, 53(7), Article afae158. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae158

Globally, more people are living into advanced old age, with age-associated frailty, disability and multimorbidity. Achieving equity for all ages necessitates adapting healthcare systems. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have an important place in... Read More about New horizons in clinical practice guidelines for use with older people.

improving Pain mAnagement for childreN and young people attendeD by Ambulance (PANDA): protocol for a realist review [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations] (2024)
Journal Article
Nicholls, G., Eaton, G., Ortega, M., Sumera, K., Baliousis, M., Hodgson, J., Laparidou, D., Siriwardena, A. N., Leighton, P., Redsell, S., Lord, B., Bujor, T., & Whitley, G. A. (2024). improving Pain mAnagement for childreN and young people attendeD by Ambulance (PANDA): protocol for a realist review [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]. NIHR Open Research, 4, Article 42. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13627.1

Background
Each year in England, 450,000 children and young people (CYP) under 18 years of age are transported by ambulance to emergency departments. Approximately 20% of these suffer acute pain caused by illness or injury. Pain is a highly complex... Read More about improving Pain mAnagement for childreN and young people attendeD by Ambulance (PANDA): protocol for a realist review [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations].

Social participation in the promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED), a home-based therapy intervention for people living with dementia: a realist evaluation (2024)
Journal Article
Lorito, C. D., Pollock, K., Booth, V., Howe, L., Goldberg, S., Godfrey, M., Dunlop, M., Harwood, R. H., Van Der Wardt, V., & Lorito, C. D. (2024). Social participation in the promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED), a home-based therapy intervention for people living with dementia: a realist evaluation. BMC Geriatrics, 24(1), Article 615. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05086-y

Background: Interventions promoting social activity may reduce behavioural psychological symptoms and improve quality of life in people living with dementia. This study aimed to identify social benefits for participants living with dementia in the co... Read More about Social participation in the promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED), a home-based therapy intervention for people living with dementia: a realist evaluation.

The relationship between line manager training in mental health and organisational outcomes (2024)
Journal Article
Hassard, J., Dulal-Arthur, T., Bourke, J., Wishart, M., Roper, S., Belt, V., Leka, S., Pahl, N., Bartle, C., Thomson, L., & Blake, H. (2024). The relationship between line manager training in mental health and organisational outcomes. PLoS ONE, 19(7), Article e0306065. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306065

Background: Line manager (LM) training in mental health is gaining recognition as an effective method for improving the mental health and wellbeing of workers. However, research predominantly focuses on the impacts of training at the employee-level,... Read More about The relationship between line manager training in mental health and organisational outcomes.

Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development (2024)
Journal Article
Yeo, C., Charles, A., Lewandowski, F., Lichtenberg, P., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Slade, M., Tang, Y., Voronka, J., & Rodrigues, L. (2025). Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development. Journal of Mental Health, 34(3), 318-329. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2024.2361233

Background: Soteria houses and peer respites, collectively called Healing Houses, are alternatives to psychiatric hospitalisation. Aims: The aim of this research is to review Healing Houses in relation to design characteristics (architectural and ser... Read More about Healing Houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development.

Japanese martial arts (JMA) practice is an effective wellbeing strategy in post-COVID: a qualitative appraisal (2024)
Journal Article
Veasey, C. M., Lieu, J., Aledeh, M., Lawson, A., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Japanese martial arts (JMA) practice is an effective wellbeing strategy in post-COVID: a qualitative appraisal. International Journal of Spa and Wellness, 7(3), 300-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/24721735.2024.2374525

This study aimed to examine the experiences of Japanese martial arts (JMA) practitioners during the COVID-19 to understand how JMA impacted on their mental wellbeing. Using online semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis, we explored the firs... Read More about Japanese martial arts (JMA) practice is an effective wellbeing strategy in post-COVID: a qualitative appraisal.

Line manager training and organizational approaches to supporting well-being (2024)
Journal Article
Dulal-Arthur, T., Hassard, J., Bourke, J., Roper, S., Wishart, M., Belt, V., Bartle, C., Leka, S., Pahl, N., Thomson, L., & Blake, H. (2024). Line manager training and organizational approaches to supporting well-being. Occupational Medicine, 74(6), 416-422. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqae051

Employee mental health and well-being (MH&WB) is critical to the productivity and success of organizations. Training line managers (LMs) in mental health plays an important role in protecting and enhancing employee well-being, but its relationship wi... Read More about Line manager training and organizational approaches to supporting well-being.

Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research: Positive Changes and No Value Judgement (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Kotera, Y., Daryanani, R., Skipper, O., Jonathan Simpson, A., Takhi, S., McPhilbin, M., Ingall, B.-R., Namasaba, M., Jepps, J., Kellermann, V., Bhandari, D., Ojio, Y., Ronaldson, A., Guerrero, E., Jebara, T., Henderson, C., Slade, M., & Vilar-Lluch, S. Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research: Positive Changes and No Value Judgement

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) frameworks can be used in cross-cultural mental health recovery research. CDA is a qualitative approach that critically appraises how language contributes to produce an... Read More about Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research: Positive Changes and No Value Judgement.

The effectiveness of digital interventions for self-management of chronic pain in employment settings: a systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Chaplin, W. J., & Gupta, A. (2024). The effectiveness of digital interventions for self-management of chronic pain in employment settings: a systematic review. British Medical Bulletin, 151(1), 36-48. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldae007

Introduction

Chronic pain affects over a quarter of the workforce with high economic burden for individuals, employers, and healthcare services. Access to work-related advice for people with chronic pain is variable. This systematic review aims to... Read More about The effectiveness of digital interventions for self-management of chronic pain in employment settings: a systematic review.

Cross-cultural Comparison of Recovery College Implementation Between Japan and England: Corpus-based Discourse Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Miyamoto, Y., Vilar-Lluch, S., Aizawa, I., Reilly, O., Miwa, A., Murakami, M., Stergiopoulos, V., Kroon, H., Giles, K., Garner, K., Ronaldson, A., McPhilbin, M., Jebara, T., Takhi, S., Repper, J., Meddings, S., Jepps, J., Simpson, A. J., Kellermann, V., …Eguchi, S. (2024). Cross-cultural Comparison of Recovery College Implementation Between Japan and England: Corpus-based Discourse Analysis. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01356-3

Recovery Colleges (RCs) are mental health learning communities, operated in 28 countries across cultures. However, the RC operational model is informed by Western countries sharing similar cultural characteristics such as individualism and short-term... Read More about Cross-cultural Comparison of Recovery College Implementation Between Japan and England: Corpus-based Discourse Analysis.

Using participatory design to create an immersive 360-degree interactive video for breastfeeding education (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alammary, M., Halliday, L., & Konstantinidis, S. (2024, July). Using participatory design to create an immersive 360-degree interactive video for breastfeeding education. Presented at 16th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Palma, Spain

Background:
There is a lack of evidence-based information around support for mothers during breastfeeding, which makes developing effective knowledge and skills in midwives difficult. Immersive simulations provide an opportunity to increase skills i... Read More about Using participatory design to create an immersive 360-degree interactive video for breastfeeding education.