All Outputs (16)

Decision-making experiences of health professionals in withdrawing treatment for children and young people: A qualitative study (2022)
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Objective: To explore factors that influence professionals in deciding whether to withdraw treatment from a child and how decision making is managed amongst professionals as an individual and as a team. Study Design: Semi-structured interviews were c... Read More about Decision-making experiences of health professionals in withdrawing treatment for children and young people: A qualitative study.

Psychological factors involved in adherence to sport injury rehabilitation: A systematic review (2020)
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The objective of this article is to review the extant literature on the psychological factors related to adherence to sport injury rehabilitation among athletes. Published English language articles were identified using electronic databases. The qual... Read More about Psychological factors involved in adherence to sport injury rehabilitation: A systematic review.

The effectiveness of physical activity interventions in improving well-being across office-based workplace settings: a systematic review (2018)
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© 2018 The Royal Society for Public Health Objectives: Although the benefits of regular physical activity (PA) are widely accepted, most of the population fails to meet the recommended levels of activity. Public health bodies such as the World Health... Read More about The effectiveness of physical activity interventions in improving well-being across office-based workplace settings: a systematic review.

Systematic review: Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects (2015)
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© 2015 The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. Objective Evaluate critically the evidence of the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for children/young peop... Read More about Systematic review: Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects.

Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression (2014)
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Psychometric measures of appearance salience and valence, CARSAL and CARVAL, have been previously demonstrated to be key factors underpinning appearance related self-consciousness and negative affect in the general population. However, the extent to... Read More about Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression.

The psychosocial impact of living with an ocular prosthesis (2014)
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Objective: Many patients are satisfied with their ocular prosthesis, but some describe problems with social interactions, body image and self-esteem. Although both clinical practice and research suggest that the severity of a disfiguring condition do... Read More about The psychosocial impact of living with an ocular prosthesis.

The acute effects of physical activity on cigarette cravings: Systematic review and meta-analysis with individual participant data (2013)
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Aims: To conduct an updated systematic review and the first meta-analysis of experimental trials investigating the acute effects of short bouts of physical activity (PA) on strength of desire (SoD) and desire to smoke (DtS) using individual participa... Read More about The acute effects of physical activity on cigarette cravings: Systematic review and meta-analysis with individual participant data.

Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults (2012)
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© 2015 The Cochrane Collaboration. Background: Cancer-related fatigue is recognised as an important symptom associated with cancer and its treatment. A number of studies have investigated the effects of physical activity in reducing cancer-related fa... Read More about Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults.

Appearance concerns in ophthalmic patients (2011)
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Aims This study Aim ed to determine the psychosocial and appearance-related concerns of a sample of ophthalmic patients by measuring a range of psychological, social, and demographic factors. Methods Standardized psychological measures including anxi... Read More about Appearance concerns in ophthalmic patients.

A qualitative study of the experiences of people who identify themselves as having adjusted positively to a visible difference (2011)
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© The Author(s) 2011. Individual and group interviews explored experiences of positive adjustment among 12 people with a range of visible differences. Thematic analysis identified four main themes: importance of appearance; personal growth; relations... Read More about A qualitative study of the experiences of people who identify themselves as having adjusted positively to a visible difference.

Is socioeconomic status in early life associated with drug use? A systematic review of the evidence (2009)
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Aim: To conduct a systematic review of longitudinal studies that examined the association between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and illegal drug use in later life. Design and Methods: Systematic search with an agreed list of search items was u... Read More about Is socioeconomic status in early life associated with drug use? A systematic review of the evidence.

Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults (2008)
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Background: Cancer-related fatigue is now recognised as an important symptom associated with cancer and its treatment. A number of studies have investigated the effects of physical activity in reducing cancer-related fatigue with no definitive conclu... Read More about Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults.

Acute exercise effects on smoking withdrawal symptoms and desire to smoke are not related to expectation (2007)
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Rationale: Recent research has shown that 10 min of moderate intensity exercise reduce smoking withdrawal symptoms and desire to smoke in acutely abstinent smokers. The aim of the current study was to determine whether the reductions are related to p... Read More about Acute exercise effects on smoking withdrawal symptoms and desire to smoke are not related to expectation.

Socio-economic status in childhood and later alcohol use: A systematic review (2007)
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Aim: To conduct a systematic review of longitudinal studies that examined the association between childhood socio-economic status (SES) and alcohol use in later life. Methods: A systematic search to identify all longitudinal population-based studies... Read More about Socio-economic status in childhood and later alcohol use: A systematic review.

The effect of exercise in reducing desire to smoke and cigarette withdrawal symptoms is not caused by distraction (2006)
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Aims and design: Moderate-intensity exercise has been shown to reduce common smoking withdrawal symptoms and desire to smoke in acutely abstinent smokers. The aim of the present study was to determine if this was caused by distraction. A secondary ai... Read More about The effect of exercise in reducing desire to smoke and cigarette withdrawal symptoms is not caused by distraction.

Acute effects of a short bout of moderate versus light intensity exercise versus inactivity on tobacco withdrawal symptoms in sedentary smokers (2004)
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Rationale: A previous study found that a 10-min bout of moderate intensity exercise reduced cigarette withdrawal symptoms and desire to smoke in sedentary smokers but the effect may have been due to participants focusing attention on physical activit... Read More about Acute effects of a short bout of moderate versus light intensity exercise versus inactivity on tobacco withdrawal symptoms in sedentary smokers.