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Hearing loss and cognition: A protocol for ensuring speech understanding before neurocognitive assessment (2023)
Journal Article
Kolberg, E. R., Morales, E. E. G., Thallmayer, T. W., Arnold, M. L., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T. H., …ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group. (2024). Hearing loss and cognition: A protocol for ensuring speech understanding before neurocognitive assessment. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 20(3), 1671-1681. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13552

INTRODUCTION: Many neurocognitive evaluations involve auditory stimuli, yet there are no standard testing guidelines for individuals with hearing loss. The ensuring speech understanding (ESU) test was developed to confirm speech understanding and det... Read More about Hearing loss and cognition: A protocol for ensuring speech understanding before neurocognitive assessment.

Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults With Hearing Loss in the ACHIEVE Study (2023)
Journal Article
Huang, A. R., Reed, N. S., Deal, J. A., Arnold, M., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T., …ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group. (2024). Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults With Hearing Loss in the ACHIEVE Study. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 43(5), 550–561. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231212291

Hearing loss is associated with cognitive/physical health; less is known about mental health. We investigated associations between hearing loss severity, depression, and health-related quality of life among older adults with unaided hearing loss. Dat... Read More about Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults With Hearing Loss in the ACHIEVE Study.

'I always say, not all programs are created equally'; a qualitative study exploring the educational experiences, learning needs and preferences of people attending Pulmonary Rehabilitation (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Roberts, N. J., Ray, E., Ring, N. J., Turnbull, L., Jelen, T., Macdonald, D., & Porter-Armstrong, A. (2023, September). 'I always say, not all programs are created equally'; a qualitative study exploring the educational experiences, learning needs and preferences of people attending Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Paper presented at Primary Care Respiratory Conference, Telford, UK

Patient, Carer and Professional perspectives on the opportunities and challenges for REMOte CARE (REMO CARE) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – A qualitative study (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Roberts, N. J., Sohanpal, R., Fudge, N., Jelen, T., Steed, L., Heslop-Marshall, K., …JC Taylor, S. (2022, September). Patient, Carer and Professional perspectives on the opportunities and challenges for REMOte CARE (REMO CARE) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – A qualitative study. Paper presented at Primary Care Respiratory Conference, Telford, UK

AIM The increased use of remote consultations to provide care for people with long-term conditions has been accelerated by the pandemic and brings both advantages and disadvantages. In the context of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), mos... Read More about Patient, Carer and Professional perspectives on the opportunities and challenges for REMOte CARE (REMO CARE) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – A qualitative study.

What Tools And Resources Do Pulmonary Rehabilitation Teams Use To Deliver Education? (2020)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. J., Kidd, L., Kirkwood, K., Cross, J., & Partridge., M. (2020). What Tools And Resources Do Pulmonary Rehabilitation Teams Use To Deliver Education?. European Respiratory Journal, 56(suppl 64), Article 898. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.898

Background: Suggestions for educational content in pulmonary rehabilitation are detailed in clinical guidelines, however in practice it is unclear; what content is delivered and how. This survey examined the educational content, resources and deliver... Read More about What Tools And Resources Do Pulmonary Rehabilitation Teams Use To Deliver Education?.

Assessing computerized eye tracking technology for gaining insight into expert interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram: an objective quantitative approach (2014)
Journal Article
Bond, R., Zhu, T., Finlay, D., Drew, B., Kligfield, P., Guldenring, D., …Clifford, G. (2014). Assessing computerized eye tracking technology for gaining insight into expert interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram: an objective quantitative approach. Journal of Electrocardiology, 47(6), 895-906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2014.07.011

Introduction It is well known that accurate interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) requires a high degree of skill. There is also a moderate degree of variability among those who interpret the ECG. While this is the case, there are no... Read More about Assessing computerized eye tracking technology for gaining insight into expert interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram: an objective quantitative approach.

Comprehension of pictorial asthma action plans by Somalis and Malaysians (2007)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. J., Wong, P., Mohamed, . Z., Lo-Cher, R., Johnson, M., & Partridge, M. (2007). Comprehension of pictorial asthma action plans by Somalis and Malaysians. Thorax, 62(suppl 3), A52

Background: Self-management education including receipt of a written asthma action plan improves outcomes for those with asthma but not everyone can use the written word. We devised a set of pictorial representations of each of the components of a ty... Read More about Comprehension of pictorial asthma action plans by Somalis and Malaysians.