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Did I Take My Medication Today? Understanding Medicine Adherence for Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Through Participatory Research
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, R., Adbulla, S., Spassiani, N., & Higgins, A. (2024, August). Did I Take My Medication Today? Understanding Medicine Adherence for Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Through Participatory Research. Poster presented at IASSIDD, 17th World Congress: Reimagining Connections, Chicago, USA

Background: Medicine non-adherence has a significant impact on quality of life, mortality, and morbidity. In 2003, the World Health Organisation stated that medicines optimization may have a greater impact on chronic disease management compared to an... Read More about Did I Take My Medication Today? Understanding Medicine Adherence for Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Through Participatory Research.

Identification of the digital simulation-based pharmacology courses and their impact on knowledge, confidence, and satisfaction among pre-registration medical and non-medical Students
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, R., Rayamajhi, S., Breen, C., & Machin, A. (2024, June). Identification of the digital simulation-based pharmacology courses and their impact on knowledge, confidence, and satisfaction among pre-registration medical and non-medical Students. Paper presented at 29th Annual Meeting of SESAM, Prague, Czechia

Objective: This review aimed to assess the quality and nature of the literature related to digital simulation-based pharmacology education. Specifically, we sought to understand the influence of the simulations on the knowledge, satisfaction, and con... Read More about Identification of the digital simulation-based pharmacology courses and their impact on knowledge, confidence, and satisfaction among pre-registration medical and non-medical Students.

Medicines Adherence in People with Cardiovascular Disease
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, R. (2018, June). Medicines Adherence in People with Cardiovascular Disease. Paper presented at EuroHeartCare 2018 Annual Congress of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professionals (CCNAP), Dublin

An invited speaker at Euroheart Care.

The Frequency of and Factors Associated with Medicines Adherence and Intellectual Disability: A Mixed Methods study
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, R., Brown, M., Taggart, L., & Hoyle, L. (2018, November). The Frequency of and Factors Associated with Medicines Adherence and Intellectual Disability: A Mixed Methods study. Paper presented at Royal Society of Medicine, London

Aim: Around 30-50% of medicines are not taken as prescribed with a paucity of research on medicines taking specific to people with intellectual disability. This two stage mixed methods study applied social cognitive theory to explore characteristics... Read More about The Frequency of and Factors Associated with Medicines Adherence and Intellectual Disability: A Mixed Methods study.

Exploring acceptability, barriers and motivations to uptake and adherence of HIV prevention services including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among adolescent girls and young women in the context of the current reproductive and sexual health services delivery systems in Lesotho (AGYW-PrEP-Lesotho)
Report
(2017). Exploring acceptability, barriers and motivations to uptake and adherence of HIV prevention services including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among adolescent girls and young women in the context of the current reproductive and sexual health services delivery systems in Lesotho (AGYW-PrEP-Lesotho). Clinton Health Access Initiative Lesotho, Ministry of Health Lesotho, National University of Lesotho

Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office
Report
Whittaker, A., Elliott, L., Taylor, J., Klostermann, K., Stoddart, A., Black, H., Hillen, P., O’Farrell, T., Weir, C., Littlewood, P., & Gill, J. (2018). Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office. Chief Scientist Office

Aim
To test whether Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT), a USA-developed evidence-based psychological therapy for the treatment of addiction, can be successfully delivered within NHS drug treatment services with drug-dependent parents who have childre... Read More about Behavioural Couples Therapy as an adjunct to opioid substitution therapy for drug dependent parents: A feasibility study - Final Report for Chief Scientist Office.

Effectiveness of Personalised Auditory Stimuli in Managing Critically Ill Adult Comatose Patients: A Systematic Review
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Varghese, R., Wojcik, G., Baruah, R., Rayamajhi, S., & Breen, C. (2025, May). Effectiveness of Personalised Auditory Stimuli in Managing Critically Ill Adult Comatose Patients: A Systematic Review. Poster presented at SICS 2025, Crieff

Background
Comatose patients face significant challenges, including sensory disorders, long-term immobility, and reduced quality of life. 1,2 The limited sensory stimulation in the intensive care unit (IC) increases the risk of sensory isolation, w... Read More about Effectiveness of Personalised Auditory Stimuli in Managing Critically Ill Adult Comatose Patients: A Systematic Review.

Effectiveness of voice stimulus on the level of consciousness, physiological parameters and behavioural responses in comatose patients - A feasibility study
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Varghese, R. (2023, November). Effectiveness of voice stimulus on the level of consciousness, physiological parameters and behavioural responses in comatose patients - A feasibility study. Presented at Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professions, Psychology, Pharmacy, and Health Care Science Research Conference 2023, Edinburgh

Prevalence of Depression Among Patients With Cardiovascular Diseases in South Asia: A Systematic Review
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Joseph, N. M., George, L. S., & Varghese, R. (2020, July). Prevalence of Depression Among Patients With Cardiovascular Diseases in South Asia: A Systematic Review. Presented at Sigma's VIRTUAL 31st International Nursing Research Congress, Online

Purpose: Depression is highly prevalent and persistent in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) (Cohen, Edmondson & Kronish, 2015). Patients with comorbid CVD and depressive symptoms are also at higher risk for recurrent cardiac events, mortalit... Read More about Prevalence of Depression Among Patients With Cardiovascular Diseases in South Asia: A Systematic Review.