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Patient and public involvement in chronic conditions psychotherapy research: Developing a patient–centred psychological intervention for people with multiple sclerosis (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N., Rice, C., Smith, J., & Nizza, I. (2023, June). Patient and public involvement in chronic conditions psychotherapy research: Developing a patient–centred psychological intervention for people with multiple sclerosis. Presented at Society for Psychotherapy Research 54th International Annual Meeting, Dublin

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
Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N., Rice, C., Smith, J., & Nizza, I. (2023, June). Client–led research and intervention development: Exploring people with Multiple Sclerosis’ experiences of psychological therapies. Presented at Division of Counselling Psychology Annual Conference, York St John University

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.

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
Fragkiadaki, E., Cotterill, N., & Rice, C. (2022, July). 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. Poster presented at MS Frontiers Conference, University of Swansea

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.

Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and incontinence: A survey study of the patients’ perspective on symptoms and impact (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Cotterill, N., Copestake, C., Weir, I., Drake, M., Norton, C., & Wilkins, A. (2018, May). Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and incontinence: A survey study of the patients’ perspective on symptoms and impact. Poster presented at Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress, Toronto, Canada

Urinary and anal incontinence associated with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Results of a survey study in the UK to evaluate symptoms and their impact.

Participant’s experiences of taking melatonin for the treatment of nocturia in MS: Qualitative findings from a double blind RCT (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, R., Uren, A., Homewood, J., Inglis, K., Johnson, L., Owen, D., …Cotterill, N. (2017, September). Participant’s experiences of taking melatonin for the treatment of nocturia in MS: Qualitative findings from a double blind RCT

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disorder caused by eventual neurodegeneration within the central nervous system resulting in impaired physical, cognitive and psychological functioning. It is often progressive and can result in many... Read More about Participant’s experiences of taking melatonin for the treatment of nocturia in MS: Qualitative findings from a double blind RCT.

Adapting the QuinteT Recruitment Intervention (QRI) to optimise recruitment in an ongoing randomised controlled trial (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Jepson, M., Donovan, J., Khan, R., Cotterill, N., Abrams, P., & Norrie, J. (2017, May). Adapting the QuinteT Recruitment Intervention (QRI) to optimise recruitment in an ongoing randomised controlled trial. Presented at International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference 2017, Liverpool, UK

Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) are the most rigorous study design to evaluate healthcare interventions. However, their success relies on patient recruitment. The QuinteT Recruitment Intervention (QRI) aims to address recruitment difficulties an... Read More about Adapting the QuinteT Recruitment Intervention (QRI) to optimise recruitment in an ongoing randomised controlled trial.

Consultant outcome publication: Surgeons' opinions of a new mandatory health policy (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, M., Cotterill, N., Drake, M., & Keeley, F. (2017, March). Consultant outcome publication: Surgeons' opinions of a new mandatory health policy. Poster presented at European Association of Urology Annual Meeting 2017, London, UK

Consultant Outcome Publication (COP) regarding outcomes of operations done by individual surgeons was introduced to UK Urology in 2012 with the first publication of the Nephrectomy Outcomes Database. COP was championed as a policy to increase transpa... Read More about Consultant outcome publication: Surgeons' opinions of a new mandatory health policy.

Cross-sectional prevalence study of urinary and/or anal incontinence and its impact on quality of life in a cohort of individuals with progressive multiple sclerosis (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Cotterill, N., Wilkins, A., Copestake, C., Weir, I., Norton, C., & Drake, M. (2016, September). Cross-sectional prevalence study of urinary and/or anal incontinence and its impact on quality of life in a cohort of individuals with progressive multiple sclerosis. Presented at International Continence Society annual meeting 2016, Tokyo, Japan

Bladder and bowel problems are commonly reported among individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Urinary incontinence (UI) affects between 19 and 80% of individuals with MS dependent on the definition and measurement methods used (1). Less is known a... Read More about Cross-sectional prevalence study of urinary and/or anal incontinence and its impact on quality of life in a cohort of individuals with progressive multiple sclerosis.

Qualitative development of a new patient reported outcome measure for underactive bladder (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Uren, A., Cotterill, N., Harding, C., Hillary, C., Chapple, C., Klaver, M., …Abrams, P. (2016, September). Qualitative development of a new patient reported outcome measure for underactive bladder. Poster presented at International Continence Society Annual Meeting 2016, Tokyo, Japan

Hypothesis / aims of study The patient experience of underactive bladder (UAB) was explored, for the purpose of developing a Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) measure to assess the symptoms and impact of the condition. UAB is currently proposed as the... Read More about Qualitative development of a new patient reported outcome measure for underactive bladder.

The association between the iciq-luts & the iciq-bladder diary in assessing luts (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Abdelmoteleb, H., Kamel, M., Cotterill, N., & Hashim, H. (2015, October). The association between the iciq-luts & the iciq-bladder diary in assessing luts. Presented at International Continence Society Annual Meeting 2015, Montreal, Canada

The bladder diary (BD) provides an objective non-invasive method of investigating lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) while symptom questionnaires, such as the ICIQ-MLUTS (1) and ICIQ-FLUTS (2) for males and females respectively, provide a subjective... Read More about The association between the iciq-luts & the iciq-bladder diary in assessing luts.

Can a PRO be adequate without assessing quality of life? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Cotterill, N., & Tubaro, A. (2015, September). Can a PRO be adequate without assessing quality of life?. Presented at International Consultation on Incontinence - Research Society Annual Meeting 2015, Bristol, UK

A think tank discussion regarding the adequacy of patient reported outcomes when quality of life is excluded.

Development and psychometric evaluation of a self report quality of life questionnaire for individuals with long term indwelling catheter: The ICIQ-LTCqol (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Cotterill, N., Fowler, S., Avery, M., Cottenden, A., Wilde, M., Long, A., & Fader, M. (2013, August). Development and psychometric evaluation of a self report quality of life questionnaire for individuals with long term indwelling catheter: The ICIQ-LTCqol. Poster presented at International Continence Society Annual Meeting 2013, Barcelona, Spain

Hypothesis / aims of study Long-term indwelling catheters are commonly associated with complications which are known to be detrimental to quality of life. Clinical assessment and monitoring of patients with urinary catheters is also known to be poor... Read More about Development and psychometric evaluation of a self report quality of life questionnaire for individuals with long term indwelling catheter: The ICIQ-LTCqol.

Measuring the outcomes for continence management technologies (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Jutai, J., Southall, K., van den Heuvel, E., Cotterill, N., & Long, A. (2011, November). Measuring the outcomes for continence management technologies. Presented at Gerontological Society of America Annual meeting 2011, Boston, USA

Patient reported outcomes for the evaluation of continence management technologies.

“Which are the best outcome measures when assessing treatments for lower urinary tract dysfunction?” (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Brubaker, L., & Cotterill, N. (2011, June). “Which are the best outcome measures when assessing treatments for lower urinary tract dysfunction?”. Presented at International Consultation on Incontinence - Research Society Annual Meeting 2011, Bristol, UK

A think tank was convened at the third ICI-RS meeting held in the UK, June 2011, to consider the best outcome measures when assessing treatments for lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD). Given the vast array of measures available a focus on questio... Read More about “Which are the best outcome measures when assessing treatments for lower urinary tract dysfunction?”.

Development and psychometric evaluation of the ICIQ anal incontinence module: the ICIQ-B (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Cotterill, N., Norton, C., Avery, K., Abrams, P., & Donovan, J. (2008, October). Development and psychometric evaluation of the ICIQ anal incontinence module: the ICIQ-B. Poster presented at International Continence Society Annual Meeting 2008, Cairo, Egypt

Development and psychometric evaluation of the ICIQ anal incontinence module: the ICIQ-B.

Methods of development of a symptom and QOL measure for bowel symptoms: ICIQ-BS (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Gardener, N., Avery, K., Abrams, P., & Norton, C. (2005, August). Methods of development of a symptom and QOL measure for bowel symptoms: ICIQ-BS. Paper presented at International Continence Society Annual Meeting 2005, Montreal, Canada

Hypothesis / aims of study Under the aegis of the International Consultation on Incontinence, whose scientific programmes are organised by the ICS, the ICI Modular Questionnaire (ICIQ) project (www.iciq.net) is developing a comprehensive and univers... Read More about Methods of development of a symptom and QOL measure for bowel symptoms: ICIQ-BS.