Feasibility study of the effects of art as a creative engagement intervention during stroke rehabilitation on improvement of psychosocial outcomes: Study protocol for a single blind randomized controlled trial: The ACES study (2014)
Journal Article
Morris, J. H., Kelly, C., Toma, M., Kroll, T., Joice, S., Mead, G., Donnan, P., & Williams, B. (2014). Feasibility study of the effects of art as a creative engagement intervention during stroke rehabilitation on improvement of psychosocial outcomes: Study protocol for a single blind randomized controlled trial: The ACES study. Trials, 15(380), https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-380

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Benefits of art participation after stroke are becoming increasingly recognized. Qualitative studies suggest that participation in visual arts creative engagement interventions (CEIs) during rehabilitation after stroke may improve mood, s... Read More about Feasibility study of the effects of art as a creative engagement intervention during stroke rehabilitation on improvement of psychosocial outcomes: Study protocol for a single blind randomized controlled trial: The ACES study.

Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions (2014)
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Dombrowski, S., Pollock, A., Johnston, M., Treweek, S., Williams, B., Smith, K., Dougall, N., Jones, C., & Pringle, S. (2014). Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions. Open Heart, 1(1), Article e000079. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2014-000079

Introduction Delay to presentation with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is common meaning many fail to achieve optimal benefit from treatments. Interventions have had variable success in reducing delay. Evidence suggests inclusion of behavi... Read More about Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions.

Renal dysfunction in stroke patients: A hospital-based cohort study and systematic review. (2014)
Journal Article
Rowat, A. M., Graham, C., & Dennis, M. S. (2014). Renal dysfunction in stroke patients: A hospital-based cohort study and systematic review. International Journal of Stroke, 9(5), 633-639. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijs.12264

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Renal dysfunction (i.e. a reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate, eGFR) is commonly found in hospitalized stroke patients but its associations with patients' characteristics and outcome require further investigation.... Read More about Renal dysfunction in stroke patients: A hospital-based cohort study and systematic review..