Long-term conditions

Approximately 15 million people in England, representing 1 in 4 adults, have one or more long-term conditions (LTCs). A LTC is an illness that cannot be cured, but may be controlled with medicines and/or other treatments. Common LTCs in the UK encompass a range of body systems and disorders spanning: cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal/urology, endocrine/diabetes, neurological/psychiatric and musculoskeletal/trauma. People living with LTCs face considerable challenges around the management of their long-term physical and mental health.     

桔子短视频 the research group

The ‘Living well with long-term conditions’ LWLTC research group is led by Prof Dez Kyte and Dr Kostas Papadopoulos. The LWLTC group aims to facilitate the development and implementation of high-quality research and knowledge exchange, targeted at helping people with long-term conditions and their families to live well.

 

Members

LWLTC Members

Operations Group

LWLTC Group Lead – Prof Dez Kyte PhD – Professor of Physiotherapy and course lead for the MSc (pre-reg) Physiotherapy programme, 桔子短视频.

Deputy lead – Dr Kostas Papadopoulos PhD - Principal lecturer (physiotherapy) at the 桔子短视频 and the Head of Department for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy & Nutritional Therapy.

Professor Eleanor Bradley PhD - College Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange (Health & Science) and a Professor of Health Psychology, 桔子短视频.

 - Principal Lecturer, PhD Three Counties Medical School and the School of Psychology, 桔子短视频.

 - MBChB Assessment Lead, School Teaching and Learning coordinator, School EDI Lead and Professor of Student Success and Medical Assessment at Three Counties Medical School, 桔子短视频.

Current Projects 

aims

 Funded Research Projects

  • . NIHR RfPB Competition 43 Stage 2 - West Midlands, £249,540.

PhD Students

  • 桔子短视频. Samita Kirve-PhD topic: Dementia education provision in pre-reg OT programmes in UK HEIs.
  • MDX London. Katherine Paice-PhD topic: The role of nutrition in improving performance and reducing injury in female netball players.
  • University of West Attica. George Kypraios-PhD topic: The use of clinical Pilates in Shoulder Tendinopathy.
  • MDX London. Luca Maestroni – PhD topic: Strength and Power Assessment in Rehabilitation: Profiling the Athlete’s Return to Sport Journey Following ACL reconstruction - PhD completed 2023.
  • Nicola Anderson. Using patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) to promote quality of care and safety in the management of patients with established kidney disease requiring treatment with haemodialysis. University of Birmingham, UK - PhD completed 2023.
  • Birgith Engelst Grove. Remote symptom monitoring using patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures in patients with chronic kidney disease: The PROKID study. Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark - PhD completed 2023.

Outputs

Publications

  • Christel McMullan; Ameeta Retzer; Sarah E. Hughes; Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi; Camilla Bathurst; Alan Boyd; Jamie Coleman; Elin Haf Davies; Alastair K Denniston; Helen Dunster; Chris Frost; Rosie Harding; Amanda Hunn; Derek Kyte et al. . Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes (2023).

  • Van der Veer SN, Kyte D, Chadwick H et al. . University of Manchester (2023). 

  • Anderson NE, Kyte D, McMullan C, et al. . BMJ Open (2023).
  • Maestroni L, Turner A, Papadopoulos K, Sideris V, Read P. "" AMJSPORTS (2023).
  • Maestroni L, Turner A, Papadopoulos K, Sideris V, Read P. "" Science and Medicine in Football (2023).
  • Maestroni K, Turner A, Papadopoulos K, Cohen D, Sideris V, Graham-Smith P, Read P. (2023) "" Sports Health (2023).

  • Gulshan T, Dobel-Ober D, Bradley E, Charnley C, Lambley-Burke R, Mallen C, Honeyford K, Kingstone T  (2024) Evaluating the impact of the Supporting The Advancement of Research Skills (STARS) programme on research knowledge, engagement and culture in a health and social care organisation in England BMC Medical Education 24: 126  

  • Johnson J, Hope L, Jones L and Bradley E (2023) A mixed methods study to understand perinatal mental healthcare referral decisions among midwives and health visitors in the UK. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 

  • Doughty, A., Keane, G., Wadley, A. J., Mahoney, B., Bueno, A. A., & Coles, S. J. (2024). Plasma concentrations of thioredoxin, thioredoxin reductase and peroxiredoxin-4 can identify high risk patients and predict outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome: A clinical observation. International Journal of Cardiology, 131888
  • Gordon-Smith, K., Hampshire, C., Mahoney, B., Perry, A., Lewis, K. J., Craddock, N., ... & Jones, L. (2024). Opportunities to engage in positive activities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of individuals with mood disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 345, 186-191
  • Hampshire, C., Mahoney, B., & Davis, S. K. (2022). Parenting styles and disordered eating among youths: A rapid scoping review. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 802567
  • Lea, R., Davis, S. K., Mahoney, B., & Qualter, P. (2023). Do emotionally intelligent adolescents flourish or flounder under pressure? Linking emotional intelligence to stress regulation mechanisms. Personality and Individual Differences, 201, 111943
  • Mahoney, B. (2024). Geography and breast reconstruction: the complex business of using travel time to understand how patients access care after surgery. Ann Breast Surg 2024; 8:13

PhD Projects

Available Self-funded PhD Projects

Collaborators

Dr Shirley Evans - Director of The Association for Dementia Studies, 桔子短视频. 

Dr Chris Bowers - Head of Dept. Computing, Principal Lecturer, 桔子短视频. 

 - Specialist renal dietician, Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS trust.