Strengthening Mental Abilities with Relational Training (SMART) in multiple sclerosis (MS): study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial
| dc.contributor.author | Turton, James | |
| dc.contributor.author | Frost, Alexandra | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-09T14:54:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-09-09T14:54:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Golijani-Moghaddam, N., Dawson, D. L., Evangelou, N., Turton, J., Hawton, A., Law, G. R., Roche, B., Burge, R., Frost, A. & das Nair, R. (2022). Strengthening Mental Abilities with Relational Training (SMART) in multiple sclerosis (MS): study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8 (1), pp.195. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1186/s40814-022-01152-7 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/15776 | |
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| dc.description.abstract | Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic condition of the central nervous system, affecting around 1 in every 600 people in the UK, with 130 new diagnoses every week. Cognitive difficulties are common amongst people with MS, with up to 70% experiencing deficits in higher-level brain functions—such as planning and problem-solving, attention, and memory. Cognitive deficits make it difficult for people with MS to complete everyday tasks and limit their abilities to work, socialise, and live independently. There is a clear need—and recognised research priority—for treatments that can improve cognitive functioning in people with MS. The absence of effective cognitive interventions exacerbates burdens on the services accessed by people with MS—requiring these services to manage sequelae of untreated cognitive deficits, including reduced quality of life, greater disability and dependence, and poorer adherence to disease-modifying treatments. Our planned research will fill the evidence gap through developing—and examining the feasibility of trialling—a novel online cognitive rehabilitation programme for people with MS (SMART). The SMART programme directly trains relational skills (the ability to flexibly relate concepts to one another) based on theory that these skills are critical to broader cognitive functioning. | |
| dc.description.uri | https://pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40814-022-01152-7 | en_US |
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| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Multiple sclerosis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rehabilitation | en_US |
| dc.title | Strengthening Mental Abilities with Relational Training (SMART) in multiple sclerosis (MS): study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| rioxxterms.funder | Default funder | en_US |
| rioxxterms.identifier.project | Default project | en_US |
| rioxxterms.version | NA | en_US |
| rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2022-10-05T12:56:33Z | |
| refterms.panel | Unspecified | en_US |
| refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2022-09-03 | |
| html.description.abstract | Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic condition of the central nervous system, affecting around 1 in every 600 people in the UK, with 130 new diagnoses every week. Cognitive difficulties are common amongst people with MS, with up to 70% experiencing deficits in higher-level brain functions—such as planning and problem-solving, attention, and memory. Cognitive deficits make it difficult for people with MS to complete everyday tasks and limit their abilities to work, socialise, and live independently. There is a clear need—and recognised research priority—for treatments that can improve cognitive functioning in people with MS. The absence of effective cognitive interventions exacerbates burdens on the services accessed by people with MS—requiring these services to manage sequelae of untreated cognitive deficits, including reduced quality of life, greater disability and dependence, and poorer adherence to disease-modifying treatments. Our planned research will fill the evidence gap through developing—and examining the feasibility of trialling—a novel online cognitive rehabilitation programme for people with MS (SMART). The SMART programme directly trains relational skills (the ability to flexibly relate concepts to one another) based on theory that these skills are critical to broader cognitive functioning. | en_US |
| rioxxterms.funder.project | 94a427429a5bcfef7dd04c33360d80cd | en_US |
