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Harnessing imagery to motivate health behaviours

Journal Article
Cameron, L. D., Humphris, G., Hollands, G., & Williams, B. (2010)
Harnessing imagery to motivate health behaviours. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17(Supplement 1), S203
This paper is an abstract in a special supplement - Abstracts from the 11th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine.

Review of Coding for Success implementation

Report
Thuemmler, C. & Buchanan, B. (2010)
Review of Coding for Success implementation. London: UK Department of Health
Coding for Success was published in 2007 and described how bar coding and similar technologies can be used to improve patient safety, reduce costs and improve efficiency. This...

Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things

Book
(2010)
Vision and Challenges for Realising the Internet of Things. doi:10.2759/26127. ISBN 978-92-79-15088-3
Description of the DACAR project and its aims and objectives

Delivering health care through managed clinical networks (MCNs): lessons from the North

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Guthrie, B., Davies, H., Greig, G., Rushner, R., Walter, I., Duguid, A., …Farrar, S. (2009)
Delivering health care through managed clinical networks (MCNs): lessons from the North. Southampton, UK: PublisherNIHR Service Delivery and Organisation
The purpose of this study is to explore how health care professionals come together to deliver care across managed clinical networks. We will examine how networks are put toge...

Images in Health Care: Potential and Problems

Journal Article
Williams, B., & Cameron, L. (2009)
Images in Health Care: Potential and Problems. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 14(4), 251-254. https://doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2009.008168
Although communication issues within health care have received greater research and policy attention in recent years, one growing aspect of such communication has been largely...

Reflections on applying for NHS ethical approval and governance in a climate of rapid change: prioritising process over principles

Journal Article
McDonach, E., Barbour, R. S., & Williams, B. (2009)
Reflections on applying for NHS ethical approval and governance in a climate of rapid change: prioritising process over principles. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 12(3), 227-241. doi:10.1080/13645570701606127
Ethical review and governance of health services research in the UK have undergone significant changes in recent years. Tracing this incremental development helps to understan...

Living with cystic fibrosis: an exploration of the impact of beliefs on emotional coping and mtivation to adhere to treatment regimes among parents of children with cystic fibrosis

Journal Article
Williams, B., Coyle, J., Dowell, J., & Mukhopadhyay, S. (2008)
Living with cystic fibrosis: an exploration of the impact of beliefs on emotional coping and mtivation to adhere to treatment regimes among parents of children with cystic fibrosis. International Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation, 6(1),
Objective: To explore the impact of beliefs on emotional coping and motivation to implement treatment regimes among parents of children with cystic fibrosis in Scotland, with ...

Cross-sectional survey of patients in receipt of long-term repeat prescriptions for antidepressant drugs in primary care

Journal Article
Cruickshank, G., MacGillivray, S., Bruce, D., Mather, A., Matthews, K., & Williams, B. (2008)
Cross-sectional survey of patients in receipt of long-term repeat prescriptions for antidepressant drugs in primary care. Mental Health in Family Medicine, 5(2), 105-109
This cross-sectional survey describes the clinical characteristics of 92 patients from across 12 general medical practices, in receipt of a long-term repeat prescription of an...

Audio-visual recording of patient–GP consultations for research purposes: A literature review on recruiting rates and strategies

Journal Article
Themessl-Huber, M., Humphris, G., Dowell, J., Macgillivray, S., Rushmer, R., & Williams, B. (2008)
Audio-visual recording of patient–GP consultations for research purposes: A literature review on recruiting rates and strategies. Patient Education and Counseling, 71(2), 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2008.01.015
Objective To identify ethical processes and recruitment strategies, participation rates of studies using audio or video recording of primary health care consultations for rese...

Quality of life among survivors of prolonged critical illness; a mixed methods study

Journal Article
Ramsay, P., Huby, G., Thompson, A., & Walsh, T. (2007)
Quality of life among survivors of prolonged critical illness; a mixed methods study. Critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Forum, 12(Suppl 2), (P508). ISSN 1364-8535
Introduction: Survivors of prolonged critical illness (requiring ≥ 14 days ventilation) experience the highest prevalence and severest forms of critical illness-related morbid...

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An Evaluation Of HeARtbeat augmented reality smartphone application for 12 lead ECG electrode placement teaching to health and social care pre-registration students.

2023 - 2024
This study focuses on developing a set of digital tools integrated into an smartphone application (heARtbeat App) that will assist in the accurate acquisition of ECG recordings. This study will take a...
Funder: The Physiological Society | Value: £9,054

Take Ten Scoping Study

2023 - 2023
This is an external inward investment by the Scottish Catalyst Fund to conduct a programme of scoping work with a company new to Scotland and the University. We will be working with the company to tes...
Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £9,998

Recovery from Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

2023 - 2025
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is increasingly recognised as an important cause of myocardial infarction (MI). Despite this, there are no recovery programmes tailored for SCAD survivors...
Funder: Burdett Trust for Nursing | Value: £184,716

Developing Airglove V2 Technology for Peripheral Arterial Disease Healthcare

2022 - 2023
This project was funded by IUK Fast Start grant to develop a new generation of internationally-compatible mobile Airglove power efficient device. The mobile Airglove will improve patient outcomes and ...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £30,340

Electronics and Control Panels design for Airglove Arm and Leg medical products for Difficult Intravenous Access (DIVA)

2022 - 2023
Green Cross Medico would like to continue the collaboration with Edinburgh Napier University as not only do they understand the project, but they have the skills and knowledge to develop the Airglove ...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £15,000

Qualitative study to explore the acceptability of an accelerated syncope strategy to patients and staff involved in the ASPIRED trial

2022 - 2024
The BHF funded ASPIRED study aims to determine whether immediate, enhanced (14-day) ambulatory ECG monitoring decreases the number of episodes of syncope at one year compared to standard care monitori...
Funder: British Heart Foundation | Value: £17,189

Football Sport Psychology PhD Studentship

2022 - 2026
Through a matched-funded PhD between the School of Applied Sciences (Edinburgh Napier University) and Soccer PDP, this project aims to develop an applied sport psychology resource for grass roots and ...
Value: £32,277

Who benefits from cardiovascular risk reduction programmes? Building a Scottish observatory to measure the impact of blood pressure (BP) telemonitoring and future cardiovascular risk reduction interve...

2020 - 2024
The British Heart Foundation is partnering the Scottish Government in supporting the roll out of an evidence based BP telemonitoring initiative (scale up BP) in order to facilitate increased detection...
Funder: British Heart Foundation | Value: £194,845

ACS discharge and medication education using Avatar technologies to prevent 30-day readmission.

2020 - 2022
Australian data report that up to 1 in 5 acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients are readmitted within 30-days.[1] It is estimated that between 2017-18, ACS events cost Australia $1,930 million.[2] Int...

Developing a behavioural intervention to increase lay-people's intentions to initiate CPR in the event of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)

2019 - 2020
This project aims to increase the number of people who survive after an "out of hospital cardiac arrest" by helping make sure that people who are trained in resuscitation feel able and confident enoug...
Funder: Medical Research Council | Value: £3,663