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Behavioural Activation Therapy for Depression after Stroke (BEADS): a study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled pilot trial of a psychological intervention for post-stroke depression (2016)
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Thomas, S. A., Coates, E., das Nair, R., Lincoln, N. B., Cooper, C., Palmer, R., …Drummond, A. E. R. (2016). Behavioural Activation Therapy for Depression after Stroke (BEADS): a study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled pilot trial of a psychological intervention for post-stroke depression. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-016-0072-0

Background There is currently insufficient evidence for the clinical and cost-effectiveness of psychological therapies for treating post-stroke depression. Methods/Design BEADS is a parallel group feasibility multicentre randomised controlled... Read More about Behavioural Activation Therapy for Depression after Stroke (BEADS): a study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled pilot trial of a psychological intervention for post-stroke depression.

Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a specialist depression service versus usual specialist mental health care to manage persistent depression: a randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Morriss, R., Garland, A., Nixon, N., Guo, B., James, M., Kaylor-Hughes, C., …Dalgleish, T. (2016). Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a specialist depression service versus usual specialist mental health care to manage persistent depression: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet Psychiatry, 3(9), 821-831. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366%2816%2930143-2

Background: Persistent moderate or severe unipolar depression is common and expensive to treat. Clinical guidelines recommend combined pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. Such treatments can take up to 1 year to show an effect, but no trials of suitab... Read More about Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a specialist depression service versus usual specialist mental health care to manage persistent depression: a randomised controlled trial.

Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of physiotherapy and occupational therapy versus no therapy in mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease: a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial (PD REHAB) (2016)
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Clarke, C. E., Patel, S., Ives, N., Rick, C. E., Woolley, R., Wheatley, K., …Sackley, C. M. (2016). Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of physiotherapy and occupational therapy versus no therapy in mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease: a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial (PD REHAB). Health Technology Assessment, 20(63), https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20630

Background Cochrane reviews of physiotherapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) for Parkinson’s disease found insufficient evidence of effectiveness, but previous trials were methodologically flawed with small sample size and short-term follow-up.... Read More about Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of physiotherapy and occupational therapy versus no therapy in mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease: a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial (PD REHAB).

Stratifying the NHS diabetic eye screening programme: into the unknown? (2016)
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Sampson, C. J., James, M., Broadbent, D. M., & Harding, S. P. (in press). Stratifying the NHS diabetic eye screening programme: into the unknown?. Diabetic Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13192

In this commentary, we consider the recent recommendation by the UK National Screening Committee (NSC) that people with diabetes at low risk of sight loss should be invited to screening every 2 years rather than annually [1]. We broadly support this... Read More about Stratifying the NHS diabetic eye screening programme: into the unknown?.

Understanding the theoretical underpinning of the exercise component in a fall prevention programme for older adults with mild dementia: a realist review protocol (2016)
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Booth, V., Harwood, R. H., Hood, V., Masud, T., & Logan, P. A. (2016). Understanding the theoretical underpinning of the exercise component in a fall prevention programme for older adults with mild dementia: a realist review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 5, Article 119. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0212-x

Background Older adults with mild dementia are at an increased risk of falls. Preventing those at risk from falling requires complex interventions involving patient-tailored strength- and balance-challenging exercises, home hazard assessment, visu... Read More about Understanding the theoretical underpinning of the exercise component in a fall prevention programme for older adults with mild dementia: a realist review protocol.

Effective health care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review (2016)
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Goodman, C., Dening, T., Gordon, A. L., Davies, S. L., Meyer, J., Martin, F. C., …Zubair, M. (in press). Effective health care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review. BMC Health Services Research, 16(269), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1493-4

Background: Care home residents in England have variable access to health care services. There is currently no coherent policy or consensus about the best arrangements to meet these needs. The purpose of this review was to explore the evidence for ho... Read More about Effective health care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review.

The impact of involuntary retirement on senior police officers (2016)
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Cameron, T. M., & Griffiths, A. (2017). The impact of involuntary retirement on senior police officers. Policing, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paw020

There have been no published studies on the impact of involuntary retirement on police officers. This article describes the reported experience of a group of senior police officers who were involuntarily retired from the police service in England and... Read More about The impact of involuntary retirement on senior police officers.

Dysexecutive symptoms and carer strain following acquired brain injury: changes measured before and after holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation (2016)
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Goodwin, R. A., Lincoln, N., Bateman, A., & Parente, R. (2016). Dysexecutive symptoms and carer strain following acquired brain injury: changes measured before and after holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation. NeuroRehabilitation, 39(1), https://doi.org/10.3233/NRE-161338

BACKGROUND: Following acquired brain injury (ABI), deficits in executive functioning (EF) are common. As a result many brain-injured patients encounter problems in every-day functioning, and their families experience significant strain. Previous rese... Read More about Dysexecutive symptoms and carer strain following acquired brain injury: changes measured before and after holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation.

Development and evaluation of an early specialised traumatic brain injury vocational rehabilitation training package (2016)
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Holmes, J., Phillips, J., Morris, R., Bedekar, Y., Tyerman, R., & Radford, K. (in press). Development and evaluation of an early specialised traumatic brain injury vocational rehabilitation training package. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(11), https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022616651645

Background: In a feasibility randomised controlled trial, training was developed to equip Occupational Therapists to deliver Early Specialised Traumatic Brain Injury Vocational Rehabilitation in the English National Health Service. Methods: The... Read More about Development and evaluation of an early specialised traumatic brain injury vocational rehabilitation training package.

Micro-costing diabetic eye screening: estimation of personal expense, attendance and health care resource use (2016)
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James, M., Sampson, C. J., van Eker, D., & Harding, S. (2016). Micro-costing diabetic eye screening: estimation of personal expense, attendance and health care resource use

Design of study Microcosting study with collection and analysis of primary and secondary data on resource use and costs. Purpose To estimate the cost of screening within the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme from a health service and societal... Read More about Micro-costing diabetic eye screening: estimation of personal expense, attendance and health care resource use.

Engagement in a newly launched online support community for complex regional pain syndrome: membership growth, header analysis and introductory messages (2016)
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Smedley, R., Coulson, N. S., Gavin, J., & Rodham, K. (2016). Engagement in a newly launched online support community for complex regional pain syndrome: membership growth, header analysis and introductory messages. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 12(2), 147-164. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWBC.2016.077259

Several studies have investigated forum engagement, with a small but growing body of research focusing on the number of people using a forum (membership growth), how they use it (header analysis) and how they introduce themselves (introductory messag... Read More about Engagement in a newly launched online support community for complex regional pain syndrome: membership growth, header analysis and introductory messages.

Critique of Home Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Trial: Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Study Prompts the Need for Further Research (2016)
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Boyd, L. A., & Walker, M. F. (2016). Critique of Home Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Trial: Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Study Prompts the Need for Further Research. Stroke, 47(7), 1960-1961. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.012423

Enhancing recovery from stroke with effective rehabilitation interventions remains an elusive goal.1 Although intensive rehabilitation therapies such as constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) show promise,2 the intervention has not been deployed... Read More about Critique of Home Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Trial: Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Study Prompts the Need for Further Research.

Therapeutic Affordances of Online Support Group Use in Women With Endometriosis (2016)
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Shoebotham, A., & Coulson, N. S. (2016). Therapeutic Affordances of Online Support Group Use in Women With Endometriosis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(5), Article e109. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5548

Background: The Internet has provided women living with endometriosis new opportunities to seek support online. Online support groups may provide a range of therapeutic affordances which may benefit these women. Objective: To examine the presence o... Read More about Therapeutic Affordances of Online Support Group Use in Women With Endometriosis.

A systematic review of techniques and effects of self-help interventions for tinnitus: Application of taxonomies from health psychology (2016)
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Greenwell, K., Sereda, M., Coulson, N. S., El Refaie, A., & Hoare, D. J. (2016). A systematic review of techniques and effects of self-help interventions for tinnitus: Application of taxonomies from health psychology. International Journal of Audiology, 55(Sup 3), S79-S89. https://doi.org/10.3109/14992027.2015.1137363

Objective: Self-help interventions are followed by people independently with minimal or no therapist contact. This review aims to assess the effectiveness of self-help interventions for adults with chronic tinnitus and systematically identify the sel... Read More about A systematic review of techniques and effects of self-help interventions for tinnitus: Application of taxonomies from health psychology.

Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach (2016)
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Coulson, N. S., Ferguson, M. A., Henshaw, H., & Heffernan, E. (in press). Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach. International Journal of Audiology, 55(sup3), Article S99-S104. https://doi.org/10.3109/14992027.2016.1161851

Objective: In recent years, there has been an increase in the application of behavioural models, such as social cognition models, to the promotion of hearing health. Despite this, there exists a well-developed body of literature that suggests such m... Read More about Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach.

Qualitative study investigating the commissioning process for older people's services provided by third sector organisations: SOPRANO study protocol (2016)
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Sands, G., Chadborn, N., Craig, C., & Gladman, J. R. (2016). Qualitative study investigating the commissioning process for older people's services provided by third sector organisations: SOPRANO study protocol. BMJ Open, 6(5), Article e010724. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010724

Introduction The commissioning of third sector services for older people may influence the quality, availability and coordination of services for older people. The SOPRANO study aims to understand the relationships between and processes of commissio... Read More about Qualitative study investigating the commissioning process for older people's services provided by third sector organisations: SOPRANO study protocol.

The Pros and Cons of Getting Engaged in an Online Social Community Embedded Within Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: Survey Among Users (2016)
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Coulson, N. S., Smedley, R., Bostock, S., Kyle, S. D., Gollancz, R., Luik, A. I., …Espie, C. (2016). The Pros and Cons of Getting Engaged in an Online Social Community Embedded Within Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: Survey Among Users. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(4), Article e88. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5654

Background: Sleepio is a proven digital sleep improvement programme based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques. Users have the option to join an online community that includes weekly expert discussions, peer-to-peer discussion forums and... Read More about The Pros and Cons of Getting Engaged in an Online Social Community Embedded Within Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: Survey Among Users.

Moving rehabilitation research forward: developing consensus statements for rehabilitation and recovery research (2016)
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Bernhardt, J., Borschmann, K., Boyd, L., Thomas Carmichael, S., Corbett, D., Cramer, S. C., …Ward, N. (in press). Moving rehabilitation research forward: developing consensus statements for rehabilitation and recovery research. International Journal of Stroke, 11(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493016643851

Stroke recovery is the next frontier in stroke medicine. While growth in rehabilitation and recovery research is exponential, a number of barriers hamper our ability to rapidly progress the field. Standardized terminology is absent in both animal and... Read More about Moving rehabilitation research forward: developing consensus statements for rehabilitation and recovery research.