Outputs (19)

Evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of an integrative group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis: A study protocol (2023)
Journal Article

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is characterised by significant symptom diversity and complexity. The unpredictability of the symptoms and the emotional and cognitive facets of the disease have a significant impact on the patients' quality of life, relations... Read More about Evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of an integrative group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis: A study protocol.

Patient and public involvement in chronic conditions psychotherapy research: Developing a patient–centred psychological intervention for people with multiple sclerosis (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Psychological interventions for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) mainly adhere to the principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness. Adopting these generic models for the care of people with MS places them in t... Read More about Patient and public involvement in chronic conditions psychotherapy research: Developing a patient–centred psychological intervention for people with multiple sclerosis.

Client–led research and intervention development: Exploring people with Multiple Sclerosis’ experiences of psychological therapies (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction
There is a high prevalence of anxiety and depression among people with Multiple Sclerosis. Therapeutic modalities have been proven effective on the management of stress, anxiety, fatigue, sleep disturbances, with Cognitive Behaviour The... Read More about Client–led research and intervention development: Exploring people with Multiple Sclerosis’ experiences of psychological therapies.

Hospital practitioner views on the benefits of continence education and best ways to provide training (2023)
Journal Article

Aim: The aim of the study was to explore practitioners' experiences and perspectives on continence training, in order to understand its relevance to practice and how take-up of, and engagement with, such training may be improved. Design: 27 qualitati... Read More about Hospital practitioner views on the benefits of continence education and best ways to provide training.

Synthetic sling or artificial urinary sphincter for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery: The MASTER non-inferiority RCT (2022)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND: Stress urinary incontinence is common in men after prostate surgery and can be difficult to improve. Implantation of an artificial urinary sphincter is the most common surgical procedure for persistent stress urinary incontinence, but it... Read More about Synthetic sling or artificial urinary sphincter for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery: The MASTER non-inferiority RCT.

Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N. & Rice, C. (2022). MyMS-Ally Group Psychological Intervention: a feasibility and acceptability study of a novel group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The emotional and cognitive facets of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have a significant impact on the patients’ quality of life, relationships and other significant areas of living. Psychological interventions and their efficacy have been the focus of MS li... Read More about Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N. & Rice, C. (2022). MyMS-Ally Group Psychological Intervention: a feasibility and acceptability study of a novel group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis.

Professional perspectives on impacts, benefits and disadvantages of changes made to community continence services during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the EPICCC-19 national survey (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic required changes to the organisation and delivery of NHS community continence services which assess and treat adults and children experiencing bladder and bowel difficulties. Although strong evidence exists for the p... Read More about Professional perspectives on impacts, benefits and disadvantages of changes made to community continence services during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the EPICCC-19 national survey.

Practitioner suggestions for improving continence care in hospitals (2022)
Journal Article

Difficulties with bladder control affect one in five people in the UK and bowel problems affect one in ten. The quality of continence care can be poor and is then associated with increased admission to nursing or residential homes. Our study, which... Read More about Practitioner suggestions for improving continence care in hospitals.

The importance of overcoming the challenges in delivering the Proper Understanding of Recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment (PURSUIT) study (2022)
Journal Article

There is insufficient data to assess the effects of any of the different management strategies for recurrent or persistent stress urinary incontinence in women after failed interventional treatment. The evidence base lacks well-designed randomised tr... Read More about The importance of overcoming the challenges in delivering the Proper Understanding of Recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment (PURSUIT) study.

CONfidence: developing an app to promote bladder and bowel health (2022)
Journal Article

Through a series of events with healthcare staff, patients and members of the public in Bristol, we identified a need for more easily accessible information for bowel and bladder incontinence. This was particularly important for the many people who d... Read More about CONfidence: developing an app to promote bladder and bowel health.