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    Psychological first aid for workers in care and nursing homes: systematic review

    The Covid-19 pandemic has produced unprecedented challenges across all aspects of health and social care sectors globally. Nurses and healthcare workers in care homes have been particularly impacted due to rap...

    Mariyana Schoultz, Claire McGrogan, Michelle Beattie, Leah Macaden in BMC Nursing (2022)

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    Use and self-perceived effects of social media before and after the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-national study

    To (i) examine the use of social media before and after the COVID-19 outbreak; (ii) examine the self-perceived impact of social media before and after the outbreak; and (iii) examine whether the self-perceived...

    Hilde Thygesen, Tore Bonsaksen, Mariyana Schoultz, Mary Ruffolo in Health and Technology (2021)

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    Employment Uncertainty and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic Initial Social Distancing Implementation: a Cross-national Study

    Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in changes in the work environment and employment uncertainty. This paper reports on a cross-national comparison of four countries (Norway, UK, USA a...

    Mary Ruffolo, Daicia Price, Mariyana Schoultz, Janni Leung in Global Social Welfare (2021)

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    Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review utilising Bradford Hill criteria and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

    Psychological stress is a prevalent factor in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with detrimental effects on patients’ quality of life and possibly disease course. Although the aetiology of symptom exacerbation ...

    Mariyana Schoultz, Michelle Beattie, Trish Gorely, Janni Leung in Systematic Reviews (2020)

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    Co-designing inflammatory bowel disease (Ibd) services in Scotland: findings from a nationwide survey

    The Scottish Government’s ambition is to ensure that health services are co-designed with the communities they serve. Crohn’s and Colitis UK and the Scottish Government acknowledged the need to review and upda...

    Mariyana Schoultz, Leah Macaden, Angus J. M. Watson in BMC Health Services Research (2016)

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    Participants’ perspectives on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: a qualitative study nested within a pilot randomised controlled trial

    Mindfulness-based interventions have shown to improve depression and anxiety symptoms as well as quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, little is known about the experience...

    Mariyana Schoultz, Leah Macaden, Gill Hubbard in Pilot and Feasibility Studies (2016)

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    Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease patients: findings from an exploratory pilot randomised controlled trial

    Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic gastrointestinal condition with a relapsing disease course. Managing the relapsing nature of the disease causes daily stress for IBD patients; thus, IBD patients r...

    Mariyana Schoultz, Iain Atherton, Angus Watson in Trials (2015)

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    The use of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for improving quality of life for inflammatory bowel disease patients: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial with embedded process evaluation

    Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition with an unpredictable disease course. Rates of anxiety and depression among IBD patients in relapse (active disease symptoms) as well as in remission are...

    Mariyana Schoultz, Iain M Atherton, Gill Hubbard, Angus JM Watson in Trials (2013)

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    Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a protocol for systematic review of prospective cohort studies

    Inflammatory bowel disease is an idiopathic chronic disease that affects around 28 million people worldwide. Symptoms are distressing and have a detrimental effect on patients’ quality of life. A possible link...

    Mariyana Schoultz, Iain Atherton, Gill Hubbard, Angus JM Watson in Systematic Reviews (2013)