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    Graded exercise therapy compared to activity management for paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: pragmatic randomized controlled trial

    The MAGENTA pragmatic parallel groups randomized controlled trial compared graded exercise therapy (GET) with activity management (AM) in treating paediatric myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndr...

    Daisy M. Gaunt, Amberly Brigden, Shaun R. S. Harris in European Journal of Pediatrics (2024)

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    Perspectives of healthcare professionals on the use of immersive virtual reality in teenage and young adult oncology: a qualitative interview study

    Applications of Virtual Reality (VR) in healthcare continue to grow at a rapid pace, yet the challenges and opportunities associated with VR from the perspective of clinicians and healthcare staff remain under...

    Mairi Therese Deighan, Daniel Simpson, Amberly Brigden, Kirsten Cater in BMC Digital Health (2024)

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    "not one size fits all” The challenges of measuring paediatric health-related quality of life and the potential role of digital ecological momentary assessment: a qualitative study

    To explore the views of clinicians and researchers about the challenges of measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children (5–11 years) and to explore whether digital ecological momentary assessme...

    Holly Fraser, Lauren Thompson, Esther Crawley, Matthew J. Ridd in Quality of Life Research (2024)

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    Correction: Defining the minimally clinically important difference of the SF-36 physical function subscale for paediatric CFS/ME: triangulation using three different methods

    Amberly Brigden, Roxanne M Parslow, Daisy Gaunt in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2023)

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    Pregnant women’s experiences of social distancing behavioural guidelines during the Covid-19 pandemic ‘lockdown’ in the UK, a qualitative interview study

    Covid-19 triggered the rapid roll-out of mass social distancing behavioural measures for infection control. Pregnant women were categorised as ‘at risk’ requiring extra vigilance with behavioural guidelines. T...

    Emma Anderson, Amberly Brigden, Anna Davies, Emily Shepherd in BMC Public Health (2021)

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    “it’s a medical condition … you need to support as much as possible”: a qualitative analysis of teachers’ experiences of chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)

    An increasing number of children with complex health needs are being educated in mainstream classes. CFS/ME is a complex and disabling condition, and there is little guidance on how primary school teachers can...

    Amberly Brigden, Alison Shaw, Esther Crawley in BMC Pediatrics (2021)

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    Results of the feasibility phase of the managed activity graded exercise in teenagers and pre-adolescents (MAGENTA) randomised controlled trial of treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis

    Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is relatively common in young people and causes significant disability. Graded exercise therapy (GET) and activity management are rec...

    Amberly Brigden, Lucy Beasant, Daisy Gaunt in Pilot and Feasibility Studies (2019)

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    Defining the minimally clinically important difference of the SF-36 physical function subscale for paediatric CFS/ME: triangulation using three different methods

    Defining the minimally clinically important difference (MCID) is important for the design and analysis of clinical trials and ensures that findings are clinically meaningful. Studies in adult populations have ...

    Amberly Brigden, Roxanne M Parslow, Daisy Gaunt in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2018)

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    Investigating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of FITNET-NHS (Fatigue In Teenagers on the interNET in the NHS) compared to Activity Management to treat paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME): protocol for a randomised controlled trial

    Paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a relatively common and disabling condition. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommends Cognitive B...

    Sarah Baos, Amberly Brigden, Emma Anderson, William Hollingworth, Simon Price in Trials (2018)