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| Marie JohnstonSummaryAffiliation: University of Aberdeen Country: UK Publications
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Explaining clinical behaviors using multiple theoretical modelsMartin P Eccles
College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Health Sciences Building 2nd floor, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom
Implement Sci 7:99. 2012..abstract:..
Instrument development, data collection, and characteristics of practices, staff, and measures in the Improving Quality of Care in Diabetes (iQuaD) StudyMartin P Eccles
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Baddiley Clark building, Richardson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AX, UK
Implement Sci 6:61. 2011....
Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of lumbar spine x-ray for low back pain in UK primary care practiceJeremy M Grimshaw
Clinical Epidemiology Programme, Ottawa Health Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 1053 Carling Avenue, Administration Building Room 2 017, Ottawa, K1Y 4E9, Canada
Implement Sci 6:55. 2011....
Strengthening evaluation and implementation by specifying components of behaviour change interventions: a study protocolSusan Michie
Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
Implement Sci 6:10. 2011..We aim to develop a reliable method of specifying intervention components ('techniques') aimed at changing behaviour...
Improving the delivery of care for patients with diabetes through understanding optimised team work and organisation in primary careMartin P Eccles
Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
Implement Sci 4:22. 2009..STUDY REGISTRATION: UKCRN ref:DRN120 (ICPD)...
Can the collective intentions of individual professionals within healthcare teams predict the team's performance: developing methods and theoryMartin P Eccles
Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
Implement Sci 4:24. 2009..This is not simply a methodological point, but a necessary step in advancing the theoretical and practical understanding of the processes that lead to implementation of clinical behaviours within healthcare teams...
Are there valid proxy measures of clinical behaviour? A systematic reviewSusan Hrisos
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
Implement Sci 4:37. 2009..In particular, the accuracy of medical record review, clinician self-reported and patient-reported behaviour was assessed relative to directly observed behaviour...
Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of placing preventive fissure sealantsDebbie Bonetti
Dental Health Services Research Unit, University of Dundee, Mackenzie Building, Kirsty Semple Way, Dundee DD2 4BF, UK
Implement Sci 5:25. 2010..However a number of conceptual and methodological challenges remain...
The translation research in a dental setting (TRiaDS) programme protocolJan E Clarkson
Dental Health Services and Research Unit, University of Dundee, Mackenzie Building, Kirsty Semple Way, Dundee, DD2 4BF, UK
Implement Sci 5:57. 2010....
Statistical considerations in a systematic review of proxy measures of clinical behaviourHeather O Dickinson
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
Implement Sci 5:20. 2010..The evidence about the relationship between direct and proxy methods of assessing clinical behaviour is weak...
Recovery of hand function through mental practice: a study protocolMagdalena Ietswaart
School of Psychology and Sport Sciences, Northumbria University, Northumberland Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
BMC Neurol 6:39. 2006..Imagining hand movements could stimulate the redistribution of brain activity, which accompanies recovery of hand function, thus resulting in a reduced motor deficit...
Improving adherence to medication in stroke survivors (IAMSS): a randomised controlled trial: study protocolRonan O'Carroll
Department of Psychology, Stirling University, Stirling, UK
BMC Neurol 10:15. 2010..We now wish to pilot a brief intervention aimed at (a) helping patients establish a better medication-taking routine, and (b) eliciting and modifying any erroneous beliefs regarding their medication and their stroke...
Listening to patients: using verbal data in the validation of the Aberdeen Measures of Impairment, Activity Limitation and Participation Restriction (Ab-IAP)Jeremy Horwood
Department of Community Based Medicine and Clinical Science at North Bristol, University of Bristol, UK
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:182. 2010....
Using psychological theory to understand the clinical management of type 2 diabetes in Primary Care: a comparison across two European countriesSusan Hrisos
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 9:140. 2009..The aim of this study was to identify motivational factors underlying health professional teams' clinical management of diabetes using a psychological model of human behaviour...
Appropriate disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: identifying the key behaviours of 'best practice'Jan Lecouturier
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, The Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 8:95. 2008....
PRIME--PRocess modelling in ImpleMEntation research: selecting a theoretical basis for interventions to change clinical practiceAnne E Walker
Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 3:22. 2003....
Protocol for stage 2 of the GaP study (genetic testing acceptability for Paget's disease of bone): a questionnaire study to investigate whether relatives of people with Paget's disease would accept genetic testing and preventive treatment if they were avaAnne L Langston
Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, University of Edinburgh, Queens Medical Research Institute, Room E1, 16, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 8:116. 2008..Illness representations are examined using Leventhal's Common Sense Self-Regulation Model while cognitions about treatment behaviours (acceptance of testing and treatment uptake) are conceptualised within the Theory of Planned Behaviour...
The development of a theory-based intervention to promote appropriate disclosure of a diagnosis of dementiaRobbie Foy
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AA, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 7:207. 2007..We set out to develop an intervention to promote appropriate disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia based on theoretical and empirical work...
Developing the content of two behavioural interventions: using theory-based interventions to promote GP management of upper respiratory tract infection without prescribing antibiotics #1Susan Hrisos
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 8:11. 2008..The purpose of this study was to design two theoretically-based interventions to promote the management of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) without prescribing antibiotics...
An intervention modelling experiment to change GPs' intentions to implement evidence-based practice: using theory-based interventions to promote GP management of upper respiratory tract infection without prescribing antibiotics #2Susan Hrisos
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 8:10. 2008....
Recovery from disability after stroke as a target for a behavioural intervention: results of a randomized controlled trialMarie Johnston
University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Disabil Rehabil 29:1117-27. 2007..This study evaluated the effectiveness of a workbook-based intervention, designed to change cognitions about control, in improving outcomes for patients and their carers...
Functional limitations and survival following stroke: psychological and clinical predictors of 3-year outcomeMarie Johnston
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Int J Behav Med 11:187-96. 2004..Because these cognitions are modifiable, they offer opportunities for intervention to improve patient outcomes. Multiple regression showed that no psychological variables predicted survival...
Developing a placebo-controlled trial in surgery: issues of design, acceptability and feasibilityM K Campbell
Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Trials 12:50. 2011....
Extending the demand-control model to informal caregivingGerard J Molloy
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, Scotland
J Psychosom Res 58:243-51. 2005..Karasek's demand-control model of job strain was used in an attempt to extend previous work examining the psychological impact of informal caregiving in stroke...
What is an adequate sample size? Operationalising data saturation for theory-based interview studiesJill J Francis
Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Psychol Health 25:1229-45. 2010..Studywise data saturation was achieved at interview 17. We propose specification of these principles for reporting data saturation in theory-based interview studies. The principles may be adaptable for other types of studies...
Testing the integration of ICF and behavioral models of disability in orthopedic patients: replication and extensionFrancis Quinn
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Rehabil Psychol 57:167-77. 2012..We replicated their study with a new sample from the same population (orthopedic patients awaiting joint replacement) and also tested the model after the patients had surgery...
Stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service: relationship with job satisfaction, intention to leave, sickness absence, and performanceBarbara Farquharson
Institute of Applied Health Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Aberdeen, UK
J Adv Nurs 68:1624-35. 2012..This paper is a report of a study, which assessed levels of stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service. We explored whether stress related to performance, sickness absence, and intention to leave...
Activity and affect: repeated within-participant assessment in people after joint replacement surgeryRachael Powell
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, UK
Rehabil Psychol 54:83-90. 2009..This study examined both between- and within-participant associations of negative and positive affectivity with activity levels using ecological momentary assessment...
Evidence-based selection of theories for designing behaviour change interventions: using methods based on theoretical construct domains to understand clinicians' blood transfusion behaviourJill J Francis
Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Br J Health Psychol 14:625-46. 2009..It was used here to investigate clinicians' transfusion behaviour in intensive care units (ICU). Evidence suggests that red blood cells transfusion could be reduced for some patients without reducing quality of care...
Exploring the relationships between International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) constructs of Impairment, Activity Limitation and Participation Restriction in people with osteoarthritis prior to joint replacementBeth Pollard
Aberdeen Health Psychology Group, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:97. 2011..The aim of this paper is to examine these relationships using separate measures of each construct and structural equation modelling...
Measuring the ICF components of impairment, activity limitation and participation restriction: an item analysis using classical test theory and item response theoryBeth Pollard
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB242UB, UK
Health Qual Life Outcomes 7:41. 2009....
Theoretical framework and methodological development of common subjective health outcome measures in osteoarthritis: a critical reviewBeth Pollard
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 2UB, UK
Health Qual Life Outcomes 5:14. 2007..By ensuring measures are both theoretically and empirically valid then improvements in subjective health outcome measures should be possible...
The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire (DASH) can measure the impairment, activity limitations and participation restriction constructs from the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)Diane Dixon
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 9:114. 2008..This study examined the ability of a valid and frequently used measure of upper limb function, namely the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire (DASH), to operationalize the ICF...
Unintentional eating. What determines goal-incongruent chocolate consumption?Julia L Allan
School of Psychology, William Guild Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK
Appetite 54:422-5. 2010....
Anxiety and depression 3 years following stroke: demographic, clinical, and psychological predictorsVal Morrison
School of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, UK
J Psychosom Res 59:209-13. 2005..This study examines the factors predictive of anxiety and depression to 3 years...
Depression and perceived behavioral control are independent predictors of future activity and fitness after coronary syndrome eventsJulia L Allan
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
J Psychosom Res 63:501-8. 2007..The present study investigates whether depression and PBC exert independent effects on future exercise and fitness in patients hospitalized for coronary syndrome events...
Using discrete choice experiments to inform randomised controlled trials: an application to chronic low back pain management in primary careDeokhee Yi
Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
Eur J Pain 15:531.e1-10. 2011..These findings can inform future randomised trials to evaluate acceptable PMPs in primary care...
Missed by an inch or a mile? Predicting the size of intention-behaviour gap from measures of executive controlJulia L Allan
School of Psychology, William Guild Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK
Psychol Health 26:635-50. 2011..This suggests that individuals with large intention-behaviour shortfalls may benefit from interventions designed to reduce the demands on executive control...
Why do people fail to turn good intentions into action? The role of executive control processes in the translation of healthy eating intentions into action in young Scottish adultsJulia L Allan
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
BMC Public Health 8:123. 2008....
Guiding the design and selection of interventions to influence the implementation of evidence-based practice: an experimental simulation of a complex intervention trialDebbie Bonetti
Dental Health Services Research Unit, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
Soc Sci Med 60:2135-47. 2005....
Protocol for stage 1 of the GaP study (Genetic testing acceptability for Paget's disease of bone): an interview study about genetic testing and preventive treatment: would relatives of people with Paget's disease want testing and treatment if they were avAnne L Langston
Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 6:71. 2006..The Theory of Planned Behaviour is a theoretical model that predicts behaviours from people's beliefs about the consequences, social pressures and perceived control over the behaviour, including uptake of treatment...
A pragmatic randomised, controlled trial of intensive care follow up programmes in improving longer-term outcomes from critical illness. The PRACTICAL studyBrian H Cuthbertson
Health Service Research Unit, Health Sciences Building, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 7:116. 2007....
How people present symptoms to health services: a theory-based content analysisBarbara Farquharson
College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Br J Gen Pract 61:267-73. 2011....
Stress in telephone helpline nurses: research protocol for a study of theoretical determinants, physiological aspects and behavioural consequencesJulia Allan
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
J Adv Nurs 65:2208-15. 2009..This is a report of a research protocol to assess level, determinants and consequences of stress in NHS-24 telephone helpline nurses...
Cognitive representations of disability behaviours in people with mobility limitations: consistency with theoretical constructsDiane Dixon
Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Disabil Rehabil 30:126-33. 2008..However, how people with disabilities conceptualize those disabilities is unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine disability representations in people with mobility disabilities...
Developing a complex intervention to reduce time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancerSarah M Smith
Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Health Centre, Aberdeen
Br J Gen Pract 62:e605-15. 2012..Median time between symptom onset and consultation is 14 weeks, so an intervention to prompt earlier presentation could support earlier diagnosis and enable curative treatment in more cases...
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of arthroscopic lavage in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: a mixed methods study of the feasibility of conducting a surgical placebo-controlled trial (the KORAL study)M K Campbell
Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Health Technol Assess 14:1-180. 2010....
The assessment of disability associated with osteoarthritisBeth Pollard
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, William Guild Building, Aberdeen, UK
Curr Opin Rheumatol 18:531-6. 2006..This paper explores self-report measures of activity limitation associated with osteoarthritis and reports on recent conceptual advances that impact on the measurement of activity limitation...
What do osteoarthritis health outcome instruments measure? Impairment, activity limitation, or participation restriction?Beth Pollard
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
J Rheumatol 33:757-63. 2006..To explore whether commonly used osteoarthritis (OA) health outcome instruments (and items) are measuring single or multiple health outcomes using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) definitions...
Potential Pain Management Programmes in primary care. A UK-wide questionnaire and Delphi survey of expertsNicola Torrance
Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Fam Pract 28:41-8. 2011..Secondary care- or private sector-based Pain Management Programmes (PMPs) offering intensive multidisciplinary approaches have been found to improve participants' physical performance and psychological well-being...
Exploring the supply of non-prescription medicines from community pharmacies in ScotlandMargaret C Watson
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB25 2AY Scotland, UK
Pharm World Sci 30:526-35. 2008....
Motivation is not enough: prediction of risk behavior following diagnosis of coronary heart disease from the theory of planned behaviorDerek W Johnston
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Health Psychol 23:533-8. 2004..Similar predictions could derive from social-cognitive theory. In coronary patients, behavioral change needs to address issues of action implementation rather than motivational factors alone...
Perceived control is a concurrent predictor of activity limitations in patients with chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathyCarin Schröder
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Sections of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:63-9. 2007....
A causal modelling approach to the development of theory-based behaviour change programmes for trial evaluationWendy Hardeman
General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2SR, UK
Health Educ Res 20:676-87. 2005..Causal modelling is critically compared to other approaches to intervention development and evaluation, and research directions are indicated...
Applying psychological theory to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of taking intra-oral radiographsDebbie Bonetti
Dental Health Services Research Unit, University of Dundee, UK
Soc Sci Med 63:1889-99. 2006....
What does the chronic pain grade questionnaire measure?Diane Dixon
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
Pain 130:249-53. 2007..However, the pain grade classification system used in the CPG conflates the ICF outcomes. The implication of this conflation of outcome for the assessment of interventions is discussed...
Spousal caregiver confidence and recovery from ambulatory activity limitations in stroke survivorsGerard J Molloy
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
Health Psychol 27:286-90. 2008..This study examined whether spousal confidence in care-recipient recovery can predict recovery from activity limitations following stroke and how spousal confidence relates to stroke survivor self-efficacy for recovery...
Using the demand-control model of job strain to predict caregiver burden and caregiver satisfaction in the informal caregivers of heart failure patientsGerard J Molloy
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Br J Health Psychol 13:401-17. 2008..This study aimed to extend previous work using the D-C model of job strain to predict caregiver burden and satisfaction in the informal caregivers of patients with heart failure...
The intensive care experience: development of the ICE questionnaireJanice Rattray
School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee, Dundee, Tayside, UK
J Adv Nurs 47:64-73. 2004..Currently, there is no standardized way of assessing perceptions of such an experience or relating it to long-term outcome...
