Edinburgh Napier University

Home monitoring of breathing rate in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: observational study of feasibility, acceptability, and change after exacerbation

Journal Article

Rubio, N., Parker, R. A., Drost, E. M., Pinnock, H., Weir, C. J., Hanley, J., …Rabinovich, R. A. (2017)

Home monitoring of breathing rate in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: observational study of feasibility, acceptability, and change after exacerbation. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 12, 1221-1231. https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s120706

Abstract: Telehealth programs to promote early identification and timely self-management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (AECOPDs) have yielde...

Cohort profile: the Scottish Research register SHARE. A register of people interested in research participation linked to NHS data sets

Journal Article

McKinstry, B., Sullivan, F. M., Vasishta, S., Armstrong, R., Hanley, J., Haughney, J., …Palmer, C. N. A. (2017)

Cohort profile: the Scottish Research register SHARE. A register of people interested in research participation linked to NHS data sets. BMJ Open, 7(2), e013351. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013351

Purpose Recruitment to trials is often difficult. Many trials fail to meet recruitment targets resulting in underpowered studies which waste resources and the time of those wh...

Application of Mixed Effects Limits of Agreement in the Presence of Multiple Sources of Variability: Exemplar from the Comparison of Several Devices to Measure Respiratory Rate in COPD Patients

Journal Article

Parker, R. A., Weir, C. J., Rubio, N., Rabinovich, R., Pinnock, H., Hanley, J., …McKinstry, B. (2016)

Application of Mixed Effects Limits of Agreement in the Presence of Multiple Sources of Variability: Exemplar from the Comparison of Several Devices to Measure Respiratory Rate in COPD Patients. PLOS ONE, 11(12), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168321

Introduction The Bland-Altman limits of agreement method is widely used to assess how well the measurements produced by two raters, devices or systems agree with each other. H...

Parent–child connectedness and communication in relation to alcohol, tobacco and drug use in adolescence: An integrative review of the literature

Journal Article

Carver, H., Elliott, L., Kennedy, C., & Hanley, J. (2017)

Parent–child connectedness and communication in relation to alcohol, tobacco and drug use in adolescence: An integrative review of the literature. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 24(2), 119-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2016.1221060

Previous reviews have highlighted parent-child connectedness and communication as important protective factors against adolescent substance use. However, these reviews focus o...

Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients: a cluster randomised trial

Journal Article

Walsh, T. S., Kydonaki, K., Antonelli, J., Stephen, J., Lee, R. J., Everingham, K., …Weir, C. J. (2016)

Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 4(10), 807-817. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600%2816%2930178-3

Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechani...

Predicting Out-of-Office Blood Pressure in the Clinic (PROOF-BP)Novelty and Significance: Derivation and Validation of a Tool to Improve the Accuracy of Blood Pressure Measurement in Clinical Practice

Journal Article

Sheppard, J. P., Stevens, R., Gill, P., Martin, U., Godwin, M., Hanley, J., …McManus, R. J. (2016)

Predicting Out-of-Office Blood Pressure in the Clinic (PROOF-BP)Novelty and Significance: Derivation and Validation of a Tool to Improve the Accuracy of Blood Pressure Measurement in Clinical Practice. Hypertension, 67(5), 941-950. https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.115.07108

Patients often have lower (white coat effect) or higher (masked effect) ambulatory/home blood pressure readings compared with clinic measurements, resulting in misdiagnosis of...

Oximetry-supported self-management for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: mixed method feasibility pilot project

Journal Article

MacNab, M., Lee, S. H., McCloughan, L., Hanley, J., McKinstry, B., & Pinnock, H. (2017)

Oximetry-supported self-management for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: mixed method feasibility pilot project. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1135-2

Background: Pulse oximetry could potentially contribute to self-monitoring. NHS Lothian’s ‘Light Touch’ service provided COPD patients with a self-management plan based on sym...

Exploring telemonitoring and self-management by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A qualitative study embedded in a randomized controlled trial

Journal Article

Fairbrother, P., Pinnock, H., Hanley, J., McCloughan, L., Sheikh, A., Pagliari, C. & McKinstry, B. (2013)

Exploring telemonitoring and self-management by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A qualitative study embedded in a randomized controlled trial. Patient Education and Counseling. 93(3), 403-410. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2013.04.003. ISSN 0738-3991

Objective To explore patient and professional views on self-management in the context of telemonitoring in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods Semi-struct...

Telemonitoring for chronic heart failure: the views of patients and healthcare professionals - a qualitative study

Journal Article

Fairbrother, P., Ure, J., Hanley, J., McCloughan, L., Denvir, M., Sheikh, A., & McKinstry, B. (2014)

Telemonitoring for chronic heart failure: the views of patients and healthcare professionals - a qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 23(1-2), 132-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12137

Aims and objectives To understand the views of patients and professionals on the acceptability and perceived usefulness of telemonitoring in the management of chronic heart f...

Continuity, but at what cost? The impact of telemonitoring COPD on continuities of care: a qualitative study.

Journal Article

Fairbrother, P., Pinnock, H., Hanley, J., McCloughan, L., Sheikh, A., Pagliari, C., & McKinstry, B. (2012)

Continuity, but at what cost? The impact of telemonitoring COPD on continuities of care: a qualitative study. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 21(3), 322-328. https://doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2012.00068

Background: Continuity of care is widely regarded as an important marker of quality in the management of patients with long-term conditions. New services that integrate telemo...

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

Increasing medication adherence among adults with atrial fibrillation: A Medical Research Council complex intervention framework development and feasibility study.

2019 - 2023

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common abnormal heart rhythm affecting more than 1-million people in Scotland. People with AF are five-times more likely to have a stroke and twice as likely to die, comp...

Funder: Chief Scientists Office | Value: £283,191

Five year records based follow up of people who participated in the Telescot hypertension and COPD trials

2018 - 2019

Five year records based follow up of the participants in two telemonitoring trials will be carried out for the following reasons 1. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an incurable, progre...

Funder: Edinburgh Napier Funded

Exploring the use of activity tracking and mobile phone based feedback integrated with health care records to increase activity levels and reduce sedentary behaviour in people with type 2 diabetes

2018 - 2024

The benefits of exercise and reduced sedentary behavior on health and wellbeing are important for the whole population, but for those with type 2 diabetes they have particular benefits in enhancing bl...

Funder: NHS Lothian | Value: £11,072

Scale-up BP: Implementing evidence-based hypertension research at scale

2015 - 2017

To determine the feasibility of carrying out a phase 4 study on the clinical and health economic impact of implementing telemonitoring of BP as routine practice for the majority of patients with raise...

Funder: Chief Scientists Office | Value: £2,291

Beyond numbers and tasks: An ethnographic study exploring the work of district nursing teams and the impact this has on patients, carers, families and communities

2019 - date

Bruce Harper-McDonald | Director of Studies: Dr Janet Hanley | Second Supervisor: Dr Carol Gray Brunton

An investigation into wound infection assessment in Scotland

2015 - date

Ailsa Sharp | Director of Studies: Dr Janet Hanley | Second Supervisor: Dr Clare Taylor