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Evolution of Primary Research Studies in Digital Interventions for Mental Well-Being Promotion from 2004 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Web of Science (2024)
Journal Article
Armaou, M., Pears, M., Konstantinidis, S. T., & Blake, H. (2024). Evolution of Primary Research Studies in Digital Interventions for Mental Well-Being Promotion from 2004 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Web of Science. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(3), Article 375. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030375

Research into digital interventions for mental well-being promotion has grown in recent years fuelled from the need to improve mental health prevention strategies and respond to chal-lenges arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This bibli... Read More about Evolution of Primary Research Studies in Digital Interventions for Mental Well-Being Promotion from 2004 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Web of Science.

Progressive Healthcare Pedagogy: An Application Merging ChatGPT and AI-Video Technologies for Gamified and Cost-Effective Scenario-Based Learning (2024)
Book Chapter
Pears, M., Poussa, C., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2024). Progressive Healthcare Pedagogy: An Application Merging ChatGPT and AI-Video Technologies for Gamified and Cost-Effective Scenario-Based Learning. In M. E. Auer, & T. Tsiatsos (Eds.), Smart Mobile Communication & Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the 15th IMCL Conference. Volume 2 (106-113). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56075-0_10

Healthcare education faces numerous challenges in meeting the expanding needs of students while providing personalized learning experiences. Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs), have emerged as promisi... Read More about Progressive Healthcare Pedagogy: An Application Merging ChatGPT and AI-Video Technologies for Gamified and Cost-Effective Scenario-Based Learning.

Substantial cost savings of ultrasound-based management over magnetic resonance imaging-based management in an inflammatory bowel disease service (2024)
Journal Article
Radford, S. J., Abdul-Aema, B., Tench, C., Leighton, P., Coad, J., & Moran, G. W. (2024). Substantial cost savings of ultrasound-based management over magnetic resonance imaging-based management in an inflammatory bowel disease service. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, https://doi.org/10.1080/00365521.2024.2330588

Background Imaging is used to monitor disease activity in small bowel Crohn’s disease (CD). Magnetic Resonance Enterography is often employed as a first modality in the UK for assessment and monitoring, however waiting times, cost, patient burden an... Read More about Substantial cost savings of ultrasound-based management over magnetic resonance imaging-based management in an inflammatory bowel disease service.

Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Howard, R., Cort, E., Rawlinson, C., Wiegand, M., Downey, A., Lawrence, V., …Gould, R. (in press). Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13766

INTRODUCTION: Trials of effectiveness of treatment options for depression in dementia are an important priority. METHODS: Randomized controlled trial to assess adapted Problem Adaptation Therapy (PATH) for depression in mild/moderate dementia caused... Read More about Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial.

Workforce wellbeing centres and their positive role for wellbeing and presenteeism in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: secondary analysis of COVID-Well data (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Mancini, H., Coyne, E., Cooper, J., & Stanulewicz-Buckley, N. (2024). Workforce wellbeing centres and their positive role for wellbeing and presenteeism in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: secondary analysis of COVID-Well data. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), Article 302. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10730-9

Background Supported wellbeing centres established during the COVID-19 pandemic provided high quality rest spaces and access to peer-to-peer psychological first aid for healthcare workers (HCWs). The centres were well accessed and valued by HCWs, bu... Read More about Workforce wellbeing centres and their positive role for wellbeing and presenteeism in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: secondary analysis of COVID-Well data.

Starting a career in research nursing during a global pandemic (2024)
Journal Article
Rodgers, K., Jones, A., Carlin, A., Redsell, S., & Andreyev, J. (2024). Starting a career in research nursing during a global pandemic. British Journal of Nursing, 33(5), 266-270. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.5.266

In the spring of 2020, two nurses (KR and AJ) commenced their research nurse careers amid the SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) global pandemic. This reflective article discusses their experiences of beginning a clinical research nursing career, presented as a c... Read More about Starting a career in research nursing during a global pandemic.

Formative work for the LEGEND (Low EnerGy DiEt iN adolescents with type 2 diabetes and obesity) study: a worked example of patient and public involvement in research (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Law, J., Procter, E., Barrett, T., & Sachdev, P. (in press). Formative work for the LEGEND (Low EnerGy DiEt iN adolescents with type 2 diabetes and obesity) study: a worked example of patient and public involvement in research. Practical Diabetes,

This study uses evidence-based guidance to report on patient and public involvement and engagement activity that informed the design of a feasibility trial to explore the use of low energy diet for children and young people with type 2 diabetes. Over... Read More about Formative work for the LEGEND (Low EnerGy DiEt iN adolescents with type 2 diabetes and obesity) study: a worked example of patient and public involvement in research.

Best Practices And Recommendations In Education To Enable The Integration Of Refugees Into The European Union Health Care Provision Systems (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Valero-Ramon, Z., Segura, M., Karlgren, K., Stathakarou, N., Harjani, M., Dratsiou, I., …Traver, V. (2024). Best Practices And Recommendations In Education To Enable The Integration Of Refugees Into The European Union Health Care Provision Systems. In INTED 2024 Proceedings: 18th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (4273-4280). https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2024.1100

Access to healthcare services is one of the main obstacles to migrants' and refugees' integration and inclusion in the host countries. They face challenges accessing healthcare services when arriving in European Union (EU) countries. The Refugee Heal... Read More about Best Practices And Recommendations In Education To Enable The Integration Of Refugees Into The European Union Health Care Provision Systems.

Disclosing non-visible disabilities in educational workplaces: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Hassard, J., Yildrim, M., Thomson, L., & Blake, H. (2024). Disclosing non-visible disabilities in educational workplaces: a scoping review. British Medical Bulletin, Article ldae004. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldae004

a sizable proportion of the working population has a disability that is not visible. Many choose not to disclose this at work, particularly in educational workplaces where disability is underrepresented. A better understanding of the barriers and fac... Read More about Disclosing non-visible disabilities in educational workplaces: a scoping review.

Group concept mapping to facilitate participatory design of the web-based Pain-at-Work Toolkit (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Blake, H., Greaves, S., Abbott-Fleming, V., & Somerset, S. (2024). Group concept mapping to facilitate participatory design of the web-based Pain-at-Work Toolkit. . https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2024.1530

Concept mapping is increasingly being used as an approach to enhance the development of evidence-based public health interventions. In a prior collaborative-participatory study, Agile methodology was used to co-create the web-based Pain-at-Work (PAW)... Read More about Group concept mapping to facilitate participatory design of the web-based Pain-at-Work Toolkit.

HEALINT4ALL Digital Interactive Platform for European and National Placements Audit for Medicine and Allied Health Professions Following a User-Centered Design (2024)
Book Chapter
Konstantinidis, S. T., Poultourtzidis, I., Papamalis, F., Spachos, D., Savvidis, T., Athanasopoulos, N., …Bamidis, P. D. (2024). HEALINT4ALL Digital Interactive Platform for European and National Placements Audit for Medicine and Allied Health Professions Following a User-Centered Design. In M. E. Auer, & T. Tsiatsos (Eds.), Smart Mobile Communication & Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the 15th IMCL Conference. Volume 1 (208-215). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54327-2_21

To ensure optimal clinical learning environments for students in the medical and allied health professions, it is essential to establish robust quality processes. Within the HEALINT4ALL ERASMUS + project an evidence-based protocol to assess the quali... Read More about HEALINT4ALL Digital Interactive Platform for European and National Placements Audit for Medicine and Allied Health Professions Following a User-Centered Design.

Development of the UPSIDES global mental health training programme for peer support workers: Perspectives from stakeholders in low, middle and high-income countries (2024)
Journal Article
Nixdorf, R., Kotera, Y., Baillie, D., Garber Epstein, P., Hall, C., Hiltensperger, R., …Mahlke, C. (2024). Development of the UPSIDES global mental health training programme for peer support workers: Perspectives from stakeholders in low, middle and high-income countries. PLoS ONE, 19(2), Article e0298315. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298315

Background. Peer support in mental health is a low-threshold intervention with increasing evidence for enhancing personal recovery and empowerment of persons living with severe mental health conditions. As peer support spreads globally, there is a gr... Read More about Development of the UPSIDES global mental health training programme for peer support workers: Perspectives from stakeholders in low, middle and high-income countries.

The impact of prior care experience on nursing students' compassionate values and behaviours: A mixed methods study (2024)
Journal Article
Field-Richards, S. E., Aubeeluck, A., Callaghan, P., Keeley, P., Redsell, S. A., Spiby, H., …Lymn, J. S. (2024). The impact of prior care experience on nursing students' compassionate values and behaviours: A mixed methods study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 153, Article 104732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104732

Background: Compassion is critical to the provision of high-quality healthcare and is foregrounded internationally as an issue of contemporary concern. Paid care experience prior to nurse training has been suggested as a potential means of improving... Read More about The impact of prior care experience on nursing students' compassionate values and behaviours: A mixed methods study.

A good life with psychosis: rate of positive outcomes in first-episode psychosis at 10-year follow-up (2024)
Journal Article
Simonsen, C., Åsbø, G., Slade, M., Wold, K. F., Widing, L., Flaaten, C. B., …Melle, I. (2024). A good life with psychosis: rate of positive outcomes in first-episode psychosis at 10-year follow-up. Psychological Medicine, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291724000205

Background More knowledge about positive outcomes for people with first-episode psychosis (FEP) is needed. An FEP 10-year follow-up study investigated the rate of personal recovery, emotional wellbeing, and clinical recovery in the total sample and... Read More about A good life with psychosis: rate of positive outcomes in first-episode psychosis at 10-year follow-up.

Non-Consensual Sex among Japanese Women in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Large-Scale Nationwide Survey-Based Study (2024)
Working Paper
Suzuki, T., Kaneda, Y., Kotera, Y., Tanimoto, T., Ozaki, A., Bhandari, D., …Tabuchi, T. Non-Consensual Sex among Japanese Women in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Large-Scale Nationwide Survey-Based Study

Background: Non-consensual sex including rape and sexual assault has been a global concern and may have been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, however the information on this topic is limited. Therefore, our objective was to survey the incidence r... Read More about Non-Consensual Sex among Japanese Women in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Large-Scale Nationwide Survey-Based Study.

The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Usage and Performance (2024)
Journal Article
Slade, E., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Ng, F., Kotera, Y., Llewellyn Beardsley, J., Newby, C., …Slade, M. (in press). The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Usage and Performance. JMIR Mental Health,

Background: Recommender systems help narrow down a large range of items to a smaller, personalized set of items. NarraGive is a first-in-field hybrid recommender system for mental health recovery narratives, recommending narratives based on their nar... Read More about The Implementation of Recommender Systems for Mental Health Recovery Narratives: Evaluation of Usage and Performance.

The association of painful and non-painful morbidities with frailty: a cross sectional analysis of a cohort of community dwelling older people in England (2024)
Journal Article
Chaplin, W. J., Lewis, H. R., Shahtaheri, S. M., Millar, B. S., McWilliams, D. F., Gladman, J. R. F., & Walsh, D. A. (2024). The association of painful and non-painful morbidities with frailty: a cross sectional analysis of a cohort of community dwelling older people in England. BMC Geriatrics, 24, Article 158. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04602-w

Introduction The association between chronic pain and frailty might indicate that pain is an independent driver of frailty but might alternatively be explained by inclusion within frailty identification tools of morbidities that commonly lead to chr... Read More about The association of painful and non-painful morbidities with frailty: a cross sectional analysis of a cohort of community dwelling older people in England.

Perception and appropriation of a web-based recovery narratives intervention: qualitative interview study (2024)
Journal Article
Ali, Y., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Ng, F., Yeo, C., Franklin, D., …Slade, M. (2024). Perception and appropriation of a web-based recovery narratives intervention: qualitative interview study. Frontiers in Digital Health, 6, Article 1297935. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2024.1297935

Introduction Mental health recovery narratives are widely available to the public, and can benefit people affected by mental health problems. The NEON Intervention is a novel web-based digital health intervention providing access to the NEON Colle... Read More about Perception and appropriation of a web-based recovery narratives intervention: qualitative interview study.