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Group cognitive rehabilitation to reduce the psychological impact of multiple sclerosis on quality of life: the CRAMMS RCT (2020)
Journal Article
Lincoln, N. B., Bradshaw, L. E., Constantinescu, C. S., Day, F., Drummond, A. E., Fitzsimmons, D., …CRAMMS Trial Collaborative Group. (2020). Group cognitive rehabilitation to reduce the psychological impact of multiple sclerosis on quality of life: the CRAMMS RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 24(4), 1-182. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24040

Abstract Background People with multiple sclerosis have problems with memory and attention. The effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation has not been established. Objectives The objectives were to assess the clinical effectiveness and cost-eff... Read More about Group cognitive rehabilitation to reduce the psychological impact of multiple sclerosis on quality of life: the CRAMMS RCT.

Job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis (WORK-IA): a feasibility randomized controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
Hammond, A., O’Brien, R., Woodbridge, S., Bradshaw, L., Prior, Y., Radford, K. A., …Pulikottil-Jacob, R. (2017). Job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis (WORK-IA): a feasibility randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 18, Article 315. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1671-5

Background Inflammatory arthritis leads to work disability, absenteeism and presenteeism (i.e. at-work productivity loss) at high cost to individuals, employers and society. A trial of job retention vocational rehabilitation (VR) in the United Sta... Read More about Job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis (WORK-IA): a feasibility randomized controlled trial.

Economic Evaluation of a General Hospital Unit for Older People with Delirium and Dementia (TEAM Randomised Controlled Trial) (2015)
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Bradshaw, L. E., Tanajewski, L., Franklin, M., Gkountouras, G., Berdunov, V., Harwood, R. H., …Elliott, R. A. (2015). Economic Evaluation of a General Hospital Unit for Older People with Delirium and Dementia (TEAM Randomised Controlled Trial). PLoS ONE, 10(12), e0140662. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140662

Background One in three hospital acute medical admissions is of an older person with cognitive impairment. Their outcomes are poor and the quality of their care in hospital has been criticised. A specialist unit to care for older people with delir... Read More about Economic Evaluation of a General Hospital Unit for Older People with Delirium and Dementia (TEAM Randomised Controlled Trial).

Cognitive Rehabilitation for Attention and Memory in people with Multiple Sclerosis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CRAMMS) (2015)
Journal Article
Lincoln, N. B., das Nair, R., Bradshaw, L., Constantinescu, C. S., Drummond, A. E. R., Erven, A., …Morgan, M. (2015). Cognitive Rehabilitation for Attention and Memory in people with Multiple Sclerosis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CRAMMS). Trials, 16(1), Article 556. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-1016-3

Background People with multiple sclerosis have problems with memory and attention. Cognitive rehabilitation is a structured set of therapeutic activities designed to retrain an individual’s memory and other cognitive functions. Cognitive rehabili... Read More about Cognitive Rehabilitation for Attention and Memory in people with Multiple Sclerosis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CRAMMS).

Cost-effectiveness of a specialist geriatric medical intervention for frail older people discharged from acute medical units: economic evaluation in a two-centre randomised controlled trial (AMIGOS) (2015)
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Bayer, A., Tanajewski, L., Franklin, M., Gkountouras, G., Berdunov, V., Edmans, J., …Elliott, R. (2015). Cost-effectiveness of a specialist geriatric medical intervention for frail older people discharged from acute medical units: economic evaluation in a two-centre randomised controlled trial (AMIGOS). PLoS ONE, 10(5), Article e0121340. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121340

Background Poor outcomes and high resource-use are observed for frail older people discharged from acute medical units. A specialist geriatric medical intervention, to facilitate Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, was developed to reduce the incide... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of a specialist geriatric medical intervention for frail older people discharged from acute medical units: economic evaluation in a two-centre randomised controlled trial (AMIGOS).

Rehabilitation of memory following brain injury (ReMemBrIn): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
das Nair, R., Lincoln, N., Ftizsimmons, D., Brain, N., Montgomery, A., Bradshaw, L., …Pink, A. (2015). Rehabilitation of memory following brain injury (ReMemBrIn): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 16(6), https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-16-6

Background Impairments of memory are commonly reported by people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Such deficits are persistent, debilitating, and can severely impact quality of life. Currently, many do not routinely receive follow-up appointment... Read More about Rehabilitation of memory following brain injury (ReMemBrIn): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Factors associated with family caregiver dissatisfaction with acute hospital care of older cognitively impaired relatives (2014)
Journal Article
the Medical Crises in Older People Study Group, Whittamore, K. H., Goldberg, S. E., Bradshaw, L. E., & Harwood, R. H. (2014). Factors associated with family caregiver dissatisfaction with acute hospital care of older cognitively impaired relatives. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62(12), 2252-2260. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13147

© 2014, The American Geriatrics Society. Objectives To identify patient and caregiver characteristics associated with caregiver dissatisfaction with hospital care of cognitively impaired elderly adults.Design Secondary analysis of data from a randomi... Read More about Factors associated with family caregiver dissatisfaction with acute hospital care of older cognitively impaired relatives.

Health status of UK care home residents: a cohort study (2014)
Journal Article
Gordon, A. L., Franklin, M., Bradshaw, L., Logan, P., Elliott, R., & Gladman, J. R. (2014). Health status of UK care home residents: a cohort study. Age and Ageing, 43(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft077

Background: UK care home residents are often poorly served by existing healthcare arrangements. Published descriptions of residents’ health status have been limited by lack of detail and use of data derived from surveys drawn from social, rather than... Read More about Health status of UK care home residents: a cohort study.

Specialist geriatric medical assessment for patients discharged from hospital acute assessment units: randomised controlled trial (2013)
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Edmans, J., Bradshaw, L., Franklin, M., Gladman, J. R., & Conroy, S. (2013). Specialist geriatric medical assessment for patients discharged from hospital acute assessment units: randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 347(7932), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f5874

Objective To evaluate the effect of specialist geriatric medical management on the outcomes of at risk older people discharged from acute medical assessment units. Design Individual patient randomised controlled trial comparing intervention with u... Read More about Specialist geriatric medical assessment for patients discharged from hospital acute assessment units: randomised controlled trial.

Six-month outcomes following an emergency hospital admission for older adults with co-morbid mental health problems indicate complexity of care needs (2013)
Journal Article
Bradshaw, L., Goldberg, S. E., Lewis, S. A., Whittamore, K., Gladman, J. R., Jones, R. G., & Harwood, R. H. (2013). Six-month outcomes following an emergency hospital admission for older adults with co-morbid mental health problems indicate complexity of care needs. Age and Ageing, 42(5), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft074

BACKGROUND: two-thirds of older patients admitted as an emergency to a general hospital have co-existing mental health problems including delirium, dementia and depression. This study describes the outcomes of older adults with co-morbid mental heal... Read More about Six-month outcomes following an emergency hospital admission for older adults with co-morbid mental health problems indicate complexity of care needs.

Carers for older people with co-morbid cognitive impairment in general hospital: characteristics and psychological well-being (2012)
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Bradshaw, L. E., Goldberg, S. E., Schneider, J. M., & Harwood, R. H. (2012). Carers for older people with co-morbid cognitive impairment in general hospital: characteristics and psychological well-being. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(7), https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.3871

OBJECTIVE: This analysis sought to describe the characteristics and well-being of carers of older people with mental health problems admitted to a general hospital. METHODS: General medical and trauma orthopaedic patients aged 70 years or older ad... Read More about Carers for older people with co-morbid cognitive impairment in general hospital: characteristics and psychological well-being.