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Professor HOLLY BLAKE's Outputs (316)

Using digitally augmented objects to reduce sedentary behavior in office workers: design and development of the WorkMyWay intervention (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Huang, Y., Price, D., Benford, S., Patel, R., & Blake, H. Using digitally augmented objects to reduce sedentary behavior in office workers: design and development of the WorkMyWay intervention

Background:

Sedentary behavior (SB) is associated with various adverse health outcomes. The prevalence of prolonged sitting at work among office workers makes a case for SB interventions to target this setting and population. Everyday mundane obje... Read More about Using digitally augmented objects to reduce sedentary behavior in office workers: design and development of the WorkMyWay intervention.

Development and Fidelity Testing of the Test@Work Digital Toolkit for Employers on Workplace Health Checks and Opt-In HIV Testing (2020)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Somerset, S., & Evans, C. (2020). Development and Fidelity Testing of the Test@Work Digital Toolkit for Employers on Workplace Health Checks and Opt-In HIV Testing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(1), Article 379. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010379

BACKGROUND: In the UK, few employers offer general health checks for employees, and opt-in HIV testing is rarely included. There is a need to provide evidence-based guidance and support for employers around health checks and HIV testing in the workpl... Read More about Development and Fidelity Testing of the Test@Work Digital Toolkit for Employers on Workplace Health Checks and Opt-In HIV Testing.

The Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Psychological Well-Being in the Workplace: A Systematic Review Protocol (2019)
Journal Article
Armaou, M., Konstantinidis, S., & Blake, H. (2019). The Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Psychological Well-Being in the Workplace: A Systematic Review Protocol. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(1), Article 255. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010255

Objective: Psychological well-being has been associated with desirable individual and organisational outcomes. This systematic review aims to assess the effectiveness of digital interventions for the improvement of psychological well-being and/or the... Read More about The Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Psychological Well-Being in the Workplace: A Systematic Review Protocol.

Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: A Systematic Review (2019)
Journal Article
Stanulewicz, N., Knox, E., Narayanasamy, M., Shivji, N., Khunti, K., & Blake, H. (2019). Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010017

Background: Prior research has investigated various strategies to improve health, wellbeing and the job-related outcomes of nurses. However, the scope of this evidence is not clear and the types of intervention most likely to have positive outcomes a... Read More about Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: A Systematic Review.

SKIP (Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity): Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a digital intervention for 9-12 year olds with type 1 diabetes mellitus (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Knox, E., Randell, T., Leighton, P., Guo, B., Greening, J., Bethan Davies, E., Amor, L., & Glazebrook, C. (2019, October). SKIP (Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity): Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a digital intervention for 9-12 year olds with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Presented at 5th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC 2019), Brighton, UK

Introduction: Physical activity is important for children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) but it is unclear whether interventions delivered online are feasible, acceptable to patients and efficacious. The aim was to assess the feasibility and ac... Read More about SKIP (Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity): Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a digital intervention for 9-12 year olds with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Move-It: A Cluster-Randomised Digital Worksite Exercise Intervention in China: Outcome and Process Evaluation (2019)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Lai, B., Coman, E., Houdmont, J., & Griffiths, A. (2019). Move-It: A Cluster-Randomised Digital Worksite Exercise Intervention in China: Outcome and Process Evaluation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(18), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183451

We evaluate the outcomes and processes of a video and web-based worksite exercise intervention for sedentary office workers in China, in a 2-arm cluster-randomised wait-list control trial (n = 282: intervention (INT) n = 196 and wait-list control (WL... Read More about Move-It: A Cluster-Randomised Digital Worksite Exercise Intervention in China: Outcome and Process Evaluation.

Assessing physical activity levels in people living with a stoma (2019)
Journal Article
Lowe, B., Alsaleh, E., & Blake, H. (2020). Assessing physical activity levels in people living with a stoma. Nursing Standard, 35(1), 70-77. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2019.e11278

Background: Physical activity is important for physical and mental health although people with a stoma commonly experience a reduction in physical activity following their stoma formation.
Aim: To assess whether adults with a stoma achieve the recom... Read More about Assessing physical activity levels in people living with a stoma.

Concerns, coping and the electronic holistic needs assessment: experiences of UK breast cancer survivors (2019)
Journal Article
Briggs, L., Cooper, J., Cox, K., & Blake, H. (2019). Concerns, coping and the electronic holistic needs assessment: experiences of UK breast cancer survivors. Journal of Research in Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987119829801

Background: Physical and psychological concerns associated with a breast cancer diagnosis continue long after treatment. Macmillan Cancer Support developed an electronic Holistic Needs Assessment (eHNA) to help identify these concerns and allow a hea... Read More about Concerns, coping and the electronic holistic needs assessment: experiences of UK breast cancer survivors.

SKIP (Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity): Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a digital intervention for 9-12 year olds with type 1 diabetes mellitus (2019)
Journal Article
Knox, E., Glazebrook, C., Randell, T., Leighton, P., Guo, B., Greening, J., Davies, E. B., Amor, L., & Blake, H. (2019). SKIP (Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity): Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a digital intervention for 9-12 year olds with type 1 diabetes mellitus. BMC Public Health, 19, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6697-1

Background: Physical activity and self-monitoring are important for children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) but it is unclear whether interventions delivered online are feasible, acceptable to patients and efficacious. The aim was to assess the... Read More about SKIP (Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity): Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a digital intervention for 9-12 year olds with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children: a systematic review protocol (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, H., Blake, H., & Chattopadhyay, K. (2019). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children: a systematic review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 17(7), 1290-1296. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBISRIR-2017-003865

Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize the barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children.
Introduction: Several studies have been conducted to determine the barriers and facilitators to physic... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children: a systematic review protocol.

PAID-11: a brief measure of diabetes distress vaildated in adults with type 1 diabetes (2019)
Journal Article
Stanulewicz, N., Mansell, P., Cooke, D., Hopkins, D., Speight, J., & Blake, H. (2019). PAID-11: a brief measure of diabetes distress vaildated in adults with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 149, 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2019.01.026

Objective: The Problem Areas In Diabetes (PAID) questionnaire is widely used to assess emotional distress related to living with diabetes, although it is lengthy for routine clinical use. Our aim was to determine whether the original 20-item PAID que... Read More about PAID-11: a brief measure of diabetes distress vaildated in adults with type 1 diabetes.

Impact of technology-based interventions for children and young people with type 1 diabetes on key diabetes self-management behaviours and prerequisites: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Knox, E. C. L., Quirk, H., Glazebrook, C., Randell, T., & Blake, H. (2019). Impact of technology-based interventions for children and young people with type 1 diabetes on key diabetes self-management behaviours and prerequisites: a systematic review. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 19(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-018-0331-6

Background

The role of technology in the self-management of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) among children and young people is not well understood. Interventions should aim to improve key diabetes self-management behaviours (self-management of blo... Read More about Impact of technology-based interventions for children and young people with type 1 diabetes on key diabetes self-management behaviours and prerequisites: a systematic review.