The ScHARR PGR Conference was held on the 25th
June, providing the opportunity for junior researchers to present their
research to their peers.
These included several presentations looking at the use of
technology in healthcare. The opening presentation by Louise Newbould (TaCT )
looked at the use of telemedicine in care homes. The presentation discussed how research by
the NHS (2008) and Care Quality Commission (2009)have found current provision
in care homes is often inadequate in meeting the needs of care homes residents
who have a been shown to have a range of health care needs such as: problems
with mobility, incontinence and dementia. As well as how telemedicine (in the
form of videoconferencing) could be one way of helping meet this need. It has
been suggested that, telemedicine could provide access to a range of services,
encouraging continuity of care without the inconvenience of travel, helping
reduce inequalities in care and improving access for those who may have physical
disabilities. This project aims to evaluate videoconferencing as a method of
health care delivery in care homes. For more information, please contact: LKNewbould1@sheffield.ac.uk
Other presentations included Madeleine Harrison from the
Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology (RAT) group in ScHARR talking about defining
and measuring the components of a complex computer-based neuro-rehabilitation
intervention for aphasia. The aim of
this research was to describe the key components of the StepByStep© approach to
computerised aphasia therapy, how the components interact and how to measure
them in order to determine what measures of intervention fidelity should be
applied to the Big CACTUS trial. The interventions core components included the
tailoring and personalisation of the StepByStep© software, ‘buy-in’ required
from patients for regular practice and support. Measures of adherence (content,
frequency, duration, dose) were identified as well as moderators of adherence
(level of personalisation and relationship between supporter and patient). The
key components of the intervention as defined by the key informants will inform
the description of this complex intervention and the measures of fidelity
applied to the Big CACTUS trial. For more information, please contact: madeleine.harrison@sheffield.ac.uk
The day concluded with prizes being presented for the best
poster, which went to Erika E. Atienzo for her
poster on ‘Youth violence prevention in Mexico: A
complicated context for policy-making based on evidence synthesis’ , which
presented the preliminary results of two systematics reviews about
interventions to prevent youth violence in Latin America. For more information,
please contact: eeatienzodelacruz1@sheffield.ac.uk
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