All Outputs (520)

A qualitative study of the knowledge-brokering role of middle-level managers in service innovation: managing the translation gap in patient safety for older persons’ care (2014)
Journal Article
Currie, G., Burgess, N., White, L., Lockett, A., Gladman, J. R., & Waring, J. (2014). A qualitative study of the knowledge-brokering role of middle-level managers in service innovation: managing the translation gap in patient safety for older persons’ care. Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(32), https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr02320

Background: Brokering of evidence into service delivery is crucial for patient safety. We study knowledge brokering by ‘hybrid’ middle-level managers (H-MLMs), who hold responsibility for clinical service delivery as well as a managerial role, in the... Read More about A qualitative study of the knowledge-brokering role of middle-level managers in service innovation: managing the translation gap in patient safety for older persons’ care.

P488: The effects of cognitive and exercise interventions for people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia on carers: a systematic review (2014)
Journal Article
Gondek, D., Patel, D. R. K., Pollock, K., das Nair, R., Harwood, R. H., & van der Wardt, V. (in press). P488: The effects of cognitive and exercise interventions for people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia on carers: a systematic review. European Geriatric Medicine, 5(S1), Article S237. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1878-7649%2814%2970653-9

P242: Prediction of falls risk with six different biomarkers in mild cognitive impairment using principal component analysis (2014)
Journal Article
de Spiegeleer, A., Masud, T., Greenhaff, P. L., Van den Noortgate, N., Petrovic, M., Hood, V. L., …Booth, V. (2014). P242: Prediction of falls risk with six different biomarkers in mild cognitive impairment using principal component analysis. European Geriatric Medicine, 5(S1), Article S161. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1878-7649%2814%2970414-0

Systematic review into motivational strategies that support adherence to exercise for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia (2014)
Journal Article
Van der Wardt, V., Patel, D. R. K., Gondek, D., Pollock, K., Logan, P., das Nair, R., & Harwood, R. H. (2014). Systematic review into motivational strategies that support adherence to exercise for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia. European Geriatric Medicine, 5(Supp.1), S238. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1878-7649%2814%2970657-6

Introduction: Physical exercise has a positive effect on cognitive functioning, mobility and activities of daily living in people with dementia (Forbes & al., 2013; Pitkälä & al., 2013). Most exercise studies employ motivational strategies to support... Read More about Systematic review into motivational strategies that support adherence to exercise for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia.

An evaluation of treatment integrity in a randomised controlled trial of memory rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis (2014)
Journal Article
Smale, K. J., Carr, S. E., Schwartz, A. F., das Nair, R., & Lincoln, N. B. (2015). An evaluation of treatment integrity in a randomised controlled trial of memory rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 29(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215514548733

Objective:
To assess the treatment integrity of a memory rehabilitation programme for people with multiple sclerosis.

SUBJECTS:
Data were drawn from the intervention group of a randomised controlled trial of memory rehabilitation. This comprised... Read More about An evaluation of treatment integrity in a randomised controlled trial of memory rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis.

Support and assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1): cluster randomised trial of computerised clinical decision support for paramedics (2014)
Journal Article
Quinn, T. J., Snooks, H. A., Carter, B., Dale, J., Foster, T., Humphreys, I., …Russell, I. T. (2014). Support and assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1): cluster randomised trial of computerised clinical decision support for paramedics. PLoS ONE, 9(9), Article e106436. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106436

Objective: To evaluate effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of Computerised Clinical Decision Support (CCDS) for paramedics attending older people who fall.

Design: Cluster trial randomised by paramedic; modelling.

Setting: 13 ambulance... Read More about Support and assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1): cluster randomised trial of computerised clinical decision support for paramedics.

Return to work after stroke: recording, measuring, and describing occupational therapy intervention (2014)
Journal Article
Grant, M., Radford, K., Sinclair, E., & Walker, M. (2014). Return to work after stroke: recording, measuring, and describing occupational therapy intervention. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(9), https://doi.org/10.4276/030802214X14098207541072

Introduction: Existing research on vocational rehabilitation following stroke has been criticised for not describing intervention in sufficient detail for replication or clinical implementation. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility o... Read More about Return to work after stroke: recording, measuring, and describing occupational therapy intervention.

An ethnographic study of knowledge sharing across the boundaries between care processes, services and organisations: the contributions to ‘safe’ hospital discharge (2014)
Journal Article
Waring, J., Marshall, F., Bishop, S., Sahota, O., Walker, M. F., Currie, G., …Avery, T. J. (2014). An ethnographic study of knowledge sharing across the boundaries between care processes, services and organisations: the contributions to ‘safe’ hospital discharge. Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(29), https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr02290

Background

Hospital discharge is a vulnerable stage in the patient pathway. Research highlights communication failures and the problems of co-ordination as resulting in delayed, poorly timed and unsafe discharges. The complexity of hospital discha... Read More about An ethnographic study of knowledge sharing across the boundaries between care processes, services and organisations: the contributions to ‘safe’ hospital discharge.

Antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia (2014)
Journal Article
van der Wardt, V., Logan, P. A., Conroy, S., Harwood, R. H., & Gladman, J. R. (2014). Antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15(9), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.03.005

Introduction
The range and magnitude of potential benefits and harms of antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia has not been previously established.
Method
A scoping review to identify potential domains of benefits and harms of antihyp... Read More about Antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia.

A Multiple Timepoint Pre-post Evaluation of a ‘Sexual Respect’ DVD to Improve Competence in Discussing Sex with Patients with Disability (2014)
Journal Article
Dyer, K., Aubeeluck, A., Yates, N. L., & Das Nair, R. (2015). A Multiple Timepoint Pre-post Evaluation of a ‘Sexual Respect’ DVD to Improve Competence in Discussing Sex with Patients with Disability. Sexuality and Disability, 33(3), 385-397. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-014-9375-3

Sexual problems are common after chronic illnesses and disability, yet research indicates that this is a neglected area in healthcare services. Evaluation studies provide evidence of the effectiveness of education in enhancing professionals’ knowledg... Read More about A Multiple Timepoint Pre-post Evaluation of a ‘Sexual Respect’ DVD to Improve Competence in Discussing Sex with Patients with Disability.

Exploring coping strategies of carers looking after people with intellectual disabilities and dementia (2014)
Journal Article
Perera, B. D., & Standen, P. (2014). Exploring coping strategies of carers looking after people with intellectual disabilities and dementia. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 8(5), https://doi.org/10.1108/AMHID-05-2013-0034

Purpose:
Carers play a vital role in looking after people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Caring role can be stressful and challenging in nature. Carers use various coping strategies to deal with stressors. The purpose of this paper is to explo... Read More about Exploring coping strategies of carers looking after people with intellectual disabilities and dementia.

Who should have a pre–discharge home assessment visit after a stroke? A qualitative study of occupational therapists' views (2014)
Journal Article
Whitehead, P. J., Fellows, K. R., Sprigg, N., Walker, M. F., & Drummond, A. E. (2014). Who should have a pre–discharge home assessment visit after a stroke? A qualitative study of occupational therapists' views. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(8), https://doi.org/10.4276/030802214X14071472109752

Introduction:
The number of patients who have a pre-discharge home assessment visit following a stroke has been reported to vary nationally. The purpose of this research was to explore the factors influencing occupational therapists' decisions to co... Read More about Who should have a pre–discharge home assessment visit after a stroke? A qualitative study of occupational therapists' views.

The DARS (Dopamine Augmented Rehabilitation in Stroke) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Co-careldopa treatment in addition to routine NHS occupational and physical therapy after stroke (2014)
Journal Article
Bhakta, B., Hartley, S., Holloway, I., Couzens, A., Ford, G., Meads, D., …Farrin, A. (2014). The DARS (Dopamine Augmented Rehabilitation in Stroke) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Co-careldopa treatment in addition to routine NHS occupational and physical therapy after stroke. Trials, 15(316), https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-316

Background: Stroke has a huge impact, leaving more than a third of affected people with lasting disability and rehabilitation remains a cornerstone treatment in the National Health Service (NHS). Recovery of mobility and arm function post-stroke occu... Read More about The DARS (Dopamine Augmented Rehabilitation in Stroke) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Co-careldopa treatment in addition to routine NHS occupational and physical therapy after stroke.

The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol (2014)
Journal Article
Gordon, A. L., Goodman, C., Dening, T., Davies, S., Gladman, J. R., Bell, B. G., …Victor, C. (2014). The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15(9), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.06.011

Long term institutional care in the UK is provided by care homes. Residents have prevalent cognitive impairment and disability, have multiple diagnoses and are subject to polypharmacy. Prevailing models of healthcare provision - ad hoc, reactive and... Read More about The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol.

Identifying patient-level health and social care costs for older adults discharged from acute medical units in England (2014)
Journal Article
Franklin, M., Berdunov, V., Edmans, J., Conroy, S., Gladman, J. R., Tanajewski, L., …Elliott, R. A. (2014). Identifying patient-level health and social care costs for older adults discharged from acute medical units in England. Age and Ageing, 43(5), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afu073

Background: Acute medical units allow for those who need admission to be correctly identified, and for those who could be managed in ambulatory settings to be discharged. However, readmission rates for older people following discharge from acute medi... Read More about Identifying patient-level health and social care costs for older adults discharged from acute medical units in England.

Effects of social gaze on visual-spatial imagination (2014)
Journal Article
Buchanan, H., Markson, L., Bertrand, E., Greaves, S., Pamar, R., & Paterson, K. B. (2014). Effects of social gaze on visual-spatial imagination. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 671. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00671

Previous research suggests that closing one’s eyes or averting one’s gaze from another person can benefit visual-spatial imagination by interrupting cognitive demands associated with face-to-face interaction (Markson and Paterson, 2009). The present... Read More about Effects of social gaze on visual-spatial imagination.

An introduction to economic evaluation in occupational therapy: cost-effectiveness of pre-discharge home visits after stroke (HOVIS) (2014)
Journal Article
Sampson, C. J., James, M., Whitehead, P., & Drummond, A. E. (2014). An introduction to economic evaluation in occupational therapy: cost-effectiveness of pre-discharge home visits after stroke (HOVIS). British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(7), https://doi.org/10.4276/030802214X14044755581664

Introduction: Occupational therapy interventions, such as home visits, have been identified as being resource-intensive, but cost-effectiveness analyses are rarely, if ever, carried out. We sought to estimate the cost-effectiveness of occupational th... Read More about An introduction to economic evaluation in occupational therapy: cost-effectiveness of pre-discharge home visits after stroke (HOVIS).

“A room full of strangers every day”: the psychosocial impact of developmental prosopagnosia on children and their families (2014)
Journal Article
Dalrymple, K. A., Fletcher, K., Corrow, S., das Nair, R., Barton, J. J., Yonas, A., & Duchaine, B. (2014). “A room full of strangers every day”: the psychosocial impact of developmental prosopagnosia on children and their families. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 77(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.06.001

Objective: Individuals with developmental prosopagnosia (‘face blindness’) have severe face recognition difficul¬ties due to a failure to develop the necessary visual mechanisms for recognizing faces. These difficulties occur in the absence of brain... Read More about “A room full of strangers every day”: the psychosocial impact of developmental prosopagnosia on children and their families.

PD REHAB: a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of physiotherapy and occupational therapy versus no therapy in mild to moderate Parkinson's disease (2014)
Journal Article
Clarke, C., Patel, S., Woolley, R., Ives, N., Rick, C., Dowling, F., …Sackley, C. (in press). PD REHAB: a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of physiotherapy and occupational therapy versus no therapy in mild to moderate Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders, 29(Supp.1), Article s600. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.25914

A shortened version of the Dementia Drivers’ Screening Assessment (2014)
Journal Article
Lincoln, N., & Radford, K. A. (in press). A shortened version of the Dementia Drivers’ Screening Assessment. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 21(6), https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2014.21.6.268

Introduction: Cognitive tests are used to inform recommendations about the safety of people with dementia to continue driving. The Dementia Drivers’ Screening Assessment (DDSA) is a neuropsychological battery designed to assist in this process. Howev... Read More about A shortened version of the Dementia Drivers’ Screening Assessment.