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Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study (2021)
Journal Article
Geirdal, A., Ruffolo, M., Leung, J., Thygesen, H., Price, D., Bonsaksen, T., & Schoultz, M. (2021). Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study. Journal of Mental Health, 30(2), 148-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.1875413

Background The COVID-19 outbreak raised questions about how people experience their mental health, quality of life (QoL), wellbeing and loneliness in the context of social distancing, and the use of social media during this time Aims To examine... Read More about Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study.

Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review utilising Bradford Hill Criteria and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies (2020)
Journal Article
Schoultz, M., Beattie, M., Gorely, T., & Leung, J. (2020). Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review utilising Bradford Hill Criteria and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Systematic Reviews, 9(1), 169. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01426-2

Background Psychological stress is a prevalent factor in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with detrimental effects on patients’ quality of life and possibly disease course. Although the aetiology of symptom exacerbation in IBD has been explored, det... Read More about Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review utilising Bradford Hill Criteria and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Incorporating an exercise rehabilitation programme for people with intermittent claudication into an established cardiac rehabilitation service : a protocol for a pilot study. (2019)
Journal Article
Caldow, E., Findlow, A., Granat, M., & Schoultz, M. (2019). Incorporating an exercise rehabilitation programme for people with intermittent claudication into an established cardiac rehabilitation service : a protocol for a pilot study. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 15, 100389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100389

Introduction: Current UK guidance for the treatment of intermittent claudication (IC) states that supervised exercise programmes (SEPs) should be offered as first-line treatment [1], prior to surgical interventions. However, there is currently a n... Read More about Incorporating an exercise rehabilitation programme for people with intermittent claudication into an established cardiac rehabilitation service : a protocol for a pilot study..

Co-designing inflammatory bowel disease (Ibd) services in Scotland : findings from a nationwide survey (2016)
Journal Article
nationwide survey. BMC Health Services Research, 16(231), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1490-7

Background: The Scottish Government’s ambition is to ensure that health services are co-designed with the communities they serve. Crohn’s and Colitis UK and the Scottish Government acknowledged the need to review and update the current IBD care mod... Read More about Co-designing inflammatory bowel disease (Ibd) services in Scotland : findings from a nationwide survey.

Participants’ perspectives on mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: a qualitative study nested within a pilot randomised controlled trial (2016)
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within a pilot randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2(3), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-015-0041-z

Background: Mindfulness-based interventions have shown to improve depression and anxiety symptoms as well as quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, little is known about the experiences of this group of patients... Read More about Participants’ perspectives on mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: a qualitative study nested within a pilot randomised controlled trial.

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease patients : findings from an exploratory pilot randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Schoultz, M., Atherton, I., & Watson, A. (2015). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease patients : findings from an exploratory pilot randomised controlled trial. Trials, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0909-5

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic gastrointestinal condition with a relapsing disease course. Managing the relapsing nature of the disease causes daily stress for IBD patients; thus, IBD patients report higher rates of depre... Read More about Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease patients : findings from an exploratory pilot randomised controlled trial.

Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies (2013)
Journal Article
Schoultz, M., Atherton, I., Hubbard, G., & Watson, A. (2013). Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Systematic Reviews, 2(8), https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-8

Background Inflammatory bowel disease is an idiopathic chronic disease that affects around 28 million people worldwide. Symptoms are distressing and have a detrimental effect on patients’ quality of life. A possible link between exacerbation of s... Read More about Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.