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View article: Secondary analysis of the Game of Stones trial for men with obesity: examining moderator effects and exploratory outcomes
Secondary analysis of the Game of Stones trial for men with obesity: examining moderator effects and exploratory outcomes Open
Objective The objective was to explore whether socioeconomic, health, and behavioral characteristics moderate the effectiveness of a text message intervention with or without financial incentives versus a control group and to examine diffe…
View article: Text messaging with or without financial incentives versus a waitlist control for weight loss in men: cost-effectiveness analysis of the Game of Stones randomised controlled trial
Text messaging with or without financial incentives versus a waitlist control for weight loss in men: cost-effectiveness analysis of the Game of Stones randomised controlled trial Open
View article: Secondary analysis of the Game of Stones trial of text messages with financial incentives for men with obesity
Secondary analysis of the Game of Stones trial of text messages with financial incentives for men with obesity Open
Objective To explore whether socio-economic, health and behavioural characteristics moderate effectiveness of a text message intervention with or without financial incentives versus a control group, and to examine differences in explorator…
View article: Men with long-term conditions in the Game of Stones text messaging and financial incentives trial: an exploratory mixed methods study
Men with long-term conditions in the Game of Stones text messaging and financial incentives trial: an exploratory mixed methods study Open
Men living with multiple long-term conditions and obesity are under-represented in behavioural weight management trials. Within an effective text messaging and financial incentives trial, our aim was to explore retention, secondary mental …
View article: Long-term Effects of Text Messages with Financial Incentives for Men with Obesity: Two-year Follow-up of the Game of Stones trial
Long-term Effects of Text Messages with Financial Incentives for Men with Obesity: Two-year Follow-up of the Game of Stones trial Open
Objectives To compare the difference in percentage weight change at 24 months following a 12-month text messaging with financial incentive intervention compared to a waiting list control group, and to compare the text messaging alone group…
View article: Mental health and weight loss in men: an exploratory mixed methods study of the Game of Stones trial
Mental health and weight loss in men: an exploratory mixed methods study of the Game of Stones trial Open
Objective Weight management interventions can affect mental health. Mental health can affect engagement with weight loss interventions or services. This study explored mental health and wellbeing outcomes, retention and participant experie…
View article: Text Messages With Financial Incentives for Men With Obesity
Text Messages With Financial Incentives for Men With Obesity Open
Importance Effective weight loss interventions are needed for men with obesity. Objective To determine whether an intervention that combined text messaging with financial incentives attained significant weight loss at the 12-month follow-u…
View article: Mini-AFTERc: a controlled pilot trial of a nurse-led psychological intervention for fear of breast cancer recurrence
Mini-AFTERc: a controlled pilot trial of a nurse-led psychological intervention for fear of breast cancer recurrence Open
Objectives To determine the feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Mini-AFTERc intervention. Design Non-randomised cluster-controlled pilot trial. Setting Four NHS out-patient breast cancer centres in Scotland. Participants Nine…
View article: Cost-Effectiveness of Text Messages with Loss-Framed Financial Incentives for Men with Obesity: The Game of Stone Trial
Cost-Effectiveness of Text Messages with Loss-Framed Financial Incentives for Men with Obesity: The Game of Stone Trial Open
View article: Strategies used for childhood chronic functional constipation: the SUCCESS evidence synthesis
Strategies used for childhood chronic functional constipation: the SUCCESS evidence synthesis Open
Background Up to 30% of children have constipation at some stage in their life. Although often short-lived, in one-third of children it progresses to chronic functional constipation, potentially with overflow incontinence. Optimal manageme…
View article: The psychological and behavioural factors associated with laypeople initiating CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review
The psychological and behavioural factors associated with laypeople initiating CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review Open
View article: Lifestyle coaching is feasible in fatigued brain tumor patients: A phase I/feasibility, multi-center, mixed-methods randomized controlled trial
Lifestyle coaching is feasible in fatigued brain tumor patients: A phase I/feasibility, multi-center, mixed-methods randomized controlled trial Open
Background There are no effective treatments for brain tumor-related fatigue. We studied the feasibility of two novel lifestyle coaching interventions in fatigued brain tumor patients. Methods This phase I/feasibility multi-center RCT recr…
View article: Increasing lay-people’s intentions to initiate CPR in out of hospital cardiac arrest: Results of a mixed-methods ‘before and after’ pilot study of a behavioural text-message intervention (BICeP)
Increasing lay-people’s intentions to initiate CPR in out of hospital cardiac arrest: Results of a mixed-methods ‘before and after’ pilot study of a behavioural text-message intervention (BICeP) Open
View article: The effectiveness of nurse-led interventions for cancer symptom management 2000–2018: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The effectiveness of nurse-led interventions for cancer symptom management 2000–2018: A systematic review and meta-analysis Open
View article: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of text messages with or without endowment incentives for weight management in men with obesity (Game of Stones): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of text messages with or without endowment incentives for weight management in men with obesity (Game of Stones): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial Open
View article: Developing a behavioural intervention to increase lay-people"s intentions to initiate CPR in the event of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)
Developing a behavioural intervention to increase lay-people"s intentions to initiate CPR in the event of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Open
Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): Medical Research Council OnBehalf BICeP Study Group Background Prompt, effective bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR…
View article: Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals during and after a disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic: a mixed methods systematic review
Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals during and after a disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic: a mixed methods systematic review Open
There is a lack of both quantitative and qualitative evidence from studies carried out during or after disease epidemics and pandemics that can inform the selection of interventions that are beneficial to the resilience and mental health o…
View article: INNV-23. LIFESTYLE COACHING IS FEASIBLE AND IMPROVES PILOT OUTCOMES IN FATIGUED BRAIN TUMOUR PATIENTS: THE BT-LIFE (BRAIN TUMOURS, LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS, AND FATIGUE EVALUATION) MULTI-CENTRE, PHASE II RCT
INNV-23. LIFESTYLE COACHING IS FEASIBLE AND IMPROVES PILOT OUTCOMES IN FATIGUED BRAIN TUMOUR PATIENTS: THE BT-LIFE (BRAIN TUMOURS, LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS, AND FATIGUE EVALUATION) MULTI-CENTRE, PHASE II RCT Open
BACKGROUND Fatigue is common and disabling for brain tumour patients. We studied the feasibility of two innovative lifestyle coaching interventions for high fatigue. METHODS Multi-centre phase II feasibility RCT (ISRCTN17883425). Adult pri…
View article: INNV-27. BT-LIFE (BRAIN TUMOURS, LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS, AND FATIGUE EVALUATION): LESSONS LEARNED FROM RUNNING A NOVEL MULTI-SECTORAL RESEARCH TRIAL
INNV-27. BT-LIFE (BRAIN TUMOURS, LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS, AND FATIGUE EVALUATION): LESSONS LEARNED FROM RUNNING A NOVEL MULTI-SECTORAL RESEARCH TRIAL Open
BACKGROUND BT-LIFE is a multi-centre RCT of novel lifestyle coaching treatments for fatigued brain tumour patients. To our knowledge it is also the first example of ‘multi-sectoral research’ to combine healthcare, private, and charity sect…
View article: INNV-24. THE EXPERIENCE OF FATIGUED BRAIN TUMOUR PATIENTS RECEIVING INNOVATIVE LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS: QUALITATIVE RESULTS FROM THE BT-LIFE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
INNV-24. THE EXPERIENCE OF FATIGUED BRAIN TUMOUR PATIENTS RECEIVING INNOVATIVE LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS: QUALITATIVE RESULTS FROM THE BT-LIFE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL Open
BACKGROUND Most brain tumour patients report clinically significant fatigue. Here, we aimed to explore patients’ views of the experience, acceptability and usefulness of participating in a trial of novel lifestyle interventions for fatigue…
View article: A controlled pilot trial of a nurse-led intervention (Mini-AFTERc) to manage fear of cancer recurrence in patients affected by breast cancer
A controlled pilot trial of a nurse-led intervention (Mini-AFTERc) to manage fear of cancer recurrence in patients affected by breast cancer Open
View article: Socioeconomic inequalities and the equity impact of population-level interventions for adolescent health: an overview of systematic reviews
Socioeconomic inequalities and the equity impact of population-level interventions for adolescent health: an overview of systematic reviews Open
View article: Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the advanced nurse practitioner role in primary care settings: A scoping review
Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the advanced nurse practitioner role in primary care settings: A scoping review Open
View article: Podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis Open
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View article: A scoping review of trials of interventions led or delivered by cancer nurses
A scoping review of trials of interventions led or delivered by cancer nurses Open
View article: OP55 Health, happiness and wellbeing in the transition from adolescence to adulthood: applying an “equity lens” to an overview of systematic reviews of population level interventions
OP55 Health, happiness and wellbeing in the transition from adolescence to adulthood: applying an “equity lens” to an overview of systematic reviews of population level interventions Open
Background Adolescence is a key period for health and development. There is evidence for interventions to promote health in adolescence, yet health inequalities persist into adulthood. Whilst there is robust data describing socioeconomic i…
View article: Recognizing European cancer nursing: Protocol for a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the evidence of effectiveness and value of cancer nursing
Recognizing European cancer nursing: Protocol for a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the evidence of effectiveness and value of cancer nursing Open
Aim To identify, appraise and synthesize the available evidence relating to the value and impact of cancer nursing on patient experience and outcomes. Background There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the importance and cont…