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Persuasive design features within a consumer-focused eHealth intervention integrated with the electronic health record: a mixed methods study of effectiveness and acceptability (2019)
Journal Article
Coorey, G. M., Peiris, D., Usherwood, T., Neubeck, L., Mulley, J., & Redfern, J. (2019). Persuasive design features within a consumer-focused eHealth intervention integrated with the electronic health record: a mixed methods study of effectiveness and acceptability. PLOS ONE, 14(6), Article e0218447. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218447

Introduction: eHealth strategies targeting health-related behaviour often incorporate persuasive software design. To further engage patients with their overall health management, consumer-facing web portals may be integrated with data from one or mor... Read More about Persuasive design features within a consumer-focused eHealth intervention integrated with the electronic health record: a mixed methods study of effectiveness and acceptability.

Smoking cessation programmes for women living in disadvantaged communities, “We Can Quit 2”: A systematic review protocol [version 3] (2019)
Journal Article
Burke, E., Dobbie, F., Dougall, N., Adebolu Oluwaseun, M., Mockler, D., Vance, J., O'Connell, N., Darker, C., Bauld, L., & Hayes, C. (2019). Smoking cessation programmes for women living in disadvantaged communities, “We Can Quit 2”: A systematic review protocol [version 3]. HRB Open Research, 2, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.12901.3

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Ireland with almost 6,000 smokers dying each year from smoking-related diseases. Amongst younger Irish women, smoking rates are considerably higher in those from socially disadvantaged areas co... Read More about Smoking cessation programmes for women living in disadvantaged communities, “We Can Quit 2”: A systematic review protocol [version 3].

The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For? (2019)
Journal Article
Pawluczuk, A., Webster, G., Smith, C., & Hall, H. (2019). The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For?. Media and Communication, 7(2), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v7i2.1907

Digital youth work is an emerging field of research and practice which seeks to investigate and support youth-centred digital literacy initiatives. Whilst digital youth work projects have become prominent in Europe in recent years, it has also become... Read More about The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For?.

Target Audience and Preferences Related to an Australian Coronary Heart Disease Specific Mobile App: A Mixed Methods Study (2019)
Journal Article
Gallagher, R., Parker, H., Zhang, L., Kirkness, A., Roach, K., Belshaw, J., Glinatsis, H., Gallagher, P., & Neubeck, L. (2020). Target Audience and Preferences Related to an Australian Coronary Heart Disease Specific Mobile App: A Mixed Methods Study. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29(5), 696-702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.05.178

Background:
Widespread availability of mobile technologies offers the opportunity to support secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) via mobile apps, however, the target audience and their app preferences are unknown. This study aims to... Read More about Target Audience and Preferences Related to an Australian Coronary Heart Disease Specific Mobile App: A Mixed Methods Study.

Development, piloting and validation of the Recommending Cardiac Rehabilitation (ReCaRe) instrument (2019)
Journal Article
Ski, C. F., Jones, M., Astley, C., Neubeck, L., Thompson, D. R., Gallagher, R., Du, H., & Clark, R. A. (2019). Development, piloting and validation of the Recommending Cardiac Rehabilitation (ReCaRe) instrument. Heart and Lung, 48(5), 405-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2019.04.008

Background: Health practitioners’values, attitudes and beliefs largely determine their referrals to cardiac rehabilitation (CR).Objective:To develop and test the Recommending Cardiac Rehabilitation scale (ReCaRe), designed to assess health profession... Read More about Development, piloting and validation of the Recommending Cardiac Rehabilitation (ReCaRe) instrument.

Exploring the Development Requirements for Virtual Reality Gait Analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Khan, M. S., Charissis, V., & Sakellariou, S. (2019). Exploring the Development Requirements for Virtual Reality Gait Analysis. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 3(2), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti3020024

The hip joint is highly prone to traumatic and degenerative pathologies resulting in irregular locomotion. Monitoring and treatment depend on high-end technology facilities requiring physician and patient co-location, thus limiting access to speciali... Read More about Exploring the Development Requirements for Virtual Reality Gait Analysis.

Epidemiology of emergency ambulance service calls related to mental health problems and self harm: a national record linkage study. (2019)
Journal Article
Duncan, E., Best, C., Dougall, N., Skar, S., Evans, J., Corfield, A., Fitzpatrick, D., Goldie, I., Maxwell, M., Snooks, H., Stark, C., White, C., & Wojcik, W. (2019). Epidemiology of emergency ambulance service calls related to mental health problems and self harm: a national record linkage study. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 27(34), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-019-0611-9

Background: People experiencing a mental health crisis receive variable and poorer quality care than those experiencing a physical health crisis. Little is known about the epidemiology, subsequent care pathways of mental health and self-harm emergenc... Read More about Epidemiology of emergency ambulance service calls related to mental health problems and self harm: a national record linkage study..

Data management and wearables in older adults: A systematic review. (2019)
Journal Article
Straiton, N., Alharbi, M., Smith, S., Neubeck, L., & Gallagher, R. (2019). Data management and wearables in older adults: A systematic review. Maturitas, 124, 100-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.03.012

Background: Wearable trackers as research or clinical tools are increasingly used to support the care of older adults, due to their practicality in self-monitoring and potential to promote healthy lifestyle behaviours. However, limited understanding... Read More about Data management and wearables in older adults: A systematic review..

Lightweight Reinforcement Learning for Energy Efficient Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks (2019)
Journal Article
Savaglio, C., Pace, P., Aloi, G., Liotta, A., & Fortino, G. (2019). Lightweight Reinforcement Learning for Energy Efficient Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Access, 7, 29355-29364. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2902371

High-density communications in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) demand for new approaches to meet stringent energy and spectrum requirements. We turn to reinforcement learning, a prominent method in artificial intelligence, to design an energy-preserv... Read More about Lightweight Reinforcement Learning for Energy Efficient Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks.

Mode of birth after caesarean section: individual prediction scores using Scottish population data (2019)
Journal Article
Denham, S. H., Humphrey, T., deLabrusse, C., & Dougall, N. (2019). Mode of birth after caesarean section: individual prediction scores using Scottish population data. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19, Article 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2226-6

Background
Rising caesarean section (CS) rates are a global health concern. Contemporary data indicates that almost 50% of CS are electively performed, with a high proportion of these being a repeat procedure. Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) is... Read More about Mode of birth after caesarean section: individual prediction scores using Scottish population data.

Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions (2019)
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Abhyankar, P., Smith, K., Dombrowski, S. U., Treweek, S., Dougall, N., Williams, B., & Johnston, M. (2019). Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions. Open Heart, 6(1), Article e000975. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2018-000975

Background: Time to treatment in many conditions, particularly acute coronary syndrome, is critical to reducing mortality. Delay between onset of symptoms and treatment remains a worldwide problem. Reducing patient delay has been particularly challen... Read More about Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions.

Cardiac rehabilitation availability and delivery in Europe: How does it differ by region and compare with other high-income countries?: Endorsed by the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (2019)
Journal Article
Abreu, A., Pesah, E., Supervia, M., Turk-Adawi, K., Bjarnason-Wehrens, B., Lopez-Jimenez, F., Ambrosetti, M., Andersen, K., Giga, V., Vulic, D., Vataman, E., Gaita, D., Cliff, J., Kouidi, E., Yagci, I., Simon, A., Hautala, A., Tamuleviciute-Prasciene, E., Kemps, H., Eysymontt, Z., …Grace, S. L. (2019). Cardiac rehabilitation availability and delivery in Europe: How does it differ by region and compare with other high-income countries?: Endorsed by the European Association of Preventive Cardiology. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 26(11), 1128-1130. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487319827453

Aims: The aims of this study were to establish cardiac rehabilitation availability and density, as well as the nature of
programmes, and to compare these by European region (geoscheme) and with other high-income countries.
Methods: A survey was adm... Read More about Cardiac rehabilitation availability and delivery in Europe: How does it differ by region and compare with other high-income countries?: Endorsed by the European Association of Preventive Cardiology.

Analyzing Objective and Subjective Data in Social Sciences: Implications for Smart Cities (2019)
Journal Article
Erhan, L., Ndubuaku, M., Ferrara, E., Richardson, M., Sheffield, D., Ferguson, F. J., Brindley, P., & Liotta, A. (2019). Analyzing Objective and Subjective Data in Social Sciences: Implications for Smart Cities. IEEE Access, 7, 19890-19906. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2019.2897217

The ease of deployment of digital technologies and the Internet of Things gives us the opportunity to carry out large-scale social studies and to collect vast amounts of data from our cities. In this paper, we investigate a novel way of analyzing dat... Read More about Analyzing Objective and Subjective Data in Social Sciences: Implications for Smart Cities.

Utilising a data capture tool to populate a cardiac rehabilitation registry: a feasibility study (2019)
Journal Article
O’Neil, A., Cadilhac, D. A., Grace, S. L., Thomas, E., Grace, S., Boyle, D., Gallagher, R., Neubeck, L., Cox, N., Manski-Nankervis, J.-A., Henley-Smith, S., Cadilhac, D., & O'Neil, A. (2020). Utilising a data capture tool to populate a cardiac rehabilitation registry: a feasibility study. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29(2), 224-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2018.12.012

Background: Clinical registries are effective for monitoring clinical practice, yet manual data collection can limit their implementation and sustainability. The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of using a data capture tool to co... Read More about Utilising a data capture tool to populate a cardiac rehabilitation registry: a feasibility study.

Telehealth interventions for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Jin, K., Khonsari, S., Gallagher, R., Gallagher, P., Clark, A. M., Freedman, B., Briffa, T., Bauman, A., Redfern, J., & Neubeck, L. (2019). Telehealth interventions for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 18(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515119826510

Background - Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major cause of death worldwide. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR), an evidence-based CHD secondary prevention programme, remains underutilised. Telehealth may offer an innovative solution to overcome barriers... Read More about Telehealth interventions for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

eHealth tools to provide structured assistance for Atrial Fibrillation Screening, Management And guideline Recommended Therapy in metropolitan general practice: the AF-SMART study (2018)
Journal Article
Orchard, J., Neubeck, L., Freedman, B., Li, J., Webster, R., Zwar, N., Gallagher, R., Ferguson, C., & Lowres, N. (2019). eHealth tools to provide structured assistance for Atrial Fibrillation Screening, Management And guideline Recommended Therapy in metropolitan general practice: the AF-SMART study. Journal of the American Heart Association JAHA, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.010959

Background: This eHealth implementation study aimed to evaluate strategies to promote opportunistic atrial fibrillation (AF) screening using electronic screening prompts and improve treatment using electronic decision support software (EDS).
Method... Read More about eHealth tools to provide structured assistance for Atrial Fibrillation Screening, Management And guideline Recommended Therapy in metropolitan general practice: the AF-SMART study.

How data science can advance mental health research (2018)
Journal Article
Russ, T. C., Woelbert, E., Davis, K. A. S., Hafferty, J. D., Ibrahim, Z., Inkster, B., John, A., Lee, W., Maxwell, M., McIntosh, A. M., Stewart, R., & MQ Data Science Group. (2018). How data science can advance mental health research. Nature Human Behaviour, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0470-9

Accessibility of powerful computers and availability of so-called big data from a variety of sources means that data science approaches are becoming pervasive. However, their application in mental health research is often considered to be at an earli... Read More about How data science can advance mental health research.

White paper on inequalities and unmet needs in the detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) and use of therapies to prevent AF-related stroke in Europe (2018)
Report
Camm, J., Antoniou, S., Caso, V., Doehner, W., Eisle, J.-L., Engdahl, J., Koob, S., Lobban, T., Neubeck, L., Rosenqvist, M., & Vanhooren, G. (2018). White paper on inequalities and unmet needs in the detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) and use of therapies to prevent AF-related stroke in Europe. BMS–Pfizer Alliance

No abstract available.

Open-source Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Asthma Hospitalisation Rates (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rooney, L., Chute, C., Buchanan, W. J., Smales, A., & Hepburn, L.-A. (2018, November). Open-source Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Asthma Hospitalisation Rates. Presented at Global Health 2018, Athens, Greece

Long-term conditions in Scotland account for 80% of all GP consultations; they also account for 60% of all deaths in Scotland. Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are common long-term respiratory diseases [1]. Asthma is a heteroge... Read More about Open-source Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Asthma Hospitalisation Rates.