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Open AccessAcceptance and Commitment Therapy for people living with motor neuron disease: an uncontrolled feasibility study
Motor neuron disease (MND) is a fatal, progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive weakening and wasting of limb, bulbar, thoracic and abdominal muscles. Clear evidence-based guidance on how ...
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Open AccessChallenges in the design, planning and implementation of trials evaluating group interventions
Group interventions are interventions delivered to groups of people rather than to individuals and are used in healthcare for mental health recovery, behaviour change, peer support, self-management and/or heal...
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Open AccessSTructured lifestyle education for people WIth SchizophrEnia (STEPWISE): mixed methods process evaluation of a group-based lifestyle education programme to support weight loss in people with schizophrenia
STEPWISE is a theory-informed self-management education programme that was co-produced with service users, healthcare professionals and interventionists to support weight loss for people with schizophrenia. We...
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Open AccessReducing weight gain in people with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and first episode psychosis: describing the process of develo** the STructured lifestyle Education for People With SchizophrEnia (STEPWISE) intervention
Obesity is twice as common in people with schizophrenia as the general population and associated with significantly worsened psychiatric and physical health. Despite National Institute for Health and Care Exce...
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Open AccessRecruitment of older adults to three preventative lifestyle improvement studies
Recruiting isolated older adults to clinical trials is complex, time-consuming and difficult. Previous studies have suggested querying existing databases to identify appropriate potential participants. We aim ...
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Open AccessSTEPWISE – STructured lifestyle Education for People WIth SchizophrEnia: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
People with schizophrenia are two to three times more likely to be overweight than the general population. The UK National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends an annual physical health re...
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Open Access‘Putting Life in Years’ (PLINY) telephone friendship groups research study: pilot randomised controlled trial
Loneliness in older people is associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We undertook a parallel-group randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of tele...
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Open AccessMethodological, planning and implementation challenges for rcts evaluating group interventions