Population Health projects

The Caribbean Dementia Toolbox

Developing and refining a new intervention seeking to improve cultural competence and improve quality of life in dementia care.

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Supervisors

• Dr Josephine Reynolds (josephine.reynolds@sheffield.ac.uk)
• Dr Caroline Mitchell (c.mitchell@sheffield.ac.uk)

Objectives

• To qualitatively evaluate people with dementia, informal and family carers, professional carers and health professionals' useability and experience of the Caribbean Dementia Toolkit, considering the acceptability of the content, format, style and delivery of the intervention.
• To provide feedback on the findings of this research to the intervention development team and collaboratively develop an improved intervention prototype for further refinement.

Methodology

The role will include recruitment of participants from each category of interest, communication with participants throughout the research process, gaining informed consent from participants, organisation and facilitation of the qualitative "think aloud" interviews, rapid analysis and synthesis of the findings, presentation of findings to the intervention development team, organisation and facilitation of check back qualitative interviews with participants once a refined intervention prototype has been developed.

Expected outcome

It is expected that the participants will suggest minor changes towards the content, format, style and delivery of the intervention but that overall the intervention will be acceptable to all groups. We anticipate that professional carers and health professionals from non-Afro-Caribbean cultural backgrounds may have the greatest learning curve in terms of cultural skills and knowledge and therefore may struggle more with the delivery of the intervention. This may lead to the intervention being refined into separate versions targeted at different audiences.

Type of project

Qualitative Project/non-lab based - primarily using qualitative methods

Additional training

• Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
• Training on intervention development methodology and evaluation studies

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"Best Interests" in Medicine - a Historical and Ethical Investigation

Uncovering the roots of the concept of "best interests" in medicine, and how it has been used as a foundation-stone of ethical problem-solving and practice in medicine.

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Supervisors

• Dr Chris Millard (c.millard@sheffield.ac.uk)
• Professor Ian Sabroe (i.sabroe@sheffield.ac.uk)

Objectives

To understand such a concept as rooted in a particular time, place and context, that can be understood historically.

To write an extended historical account of the ideas that fed into "best interests" across a number of areas in medicine, including psychiatry, care for individuals with limited capacity, palliative care, intensive care, geriatric medicine, care for people with disabilities, bioethics, medical ethics, and medical research.

Methodology

The student will undertake literature searches to find instances of this term and related concepts. The student will contextualise these instances of the concept being used, and also note the particular areas in which it becomes most prominent. The student will be supervised by Dr Millard and Prof Sabroe, who will set essay questions, provide readings, and comment on draft work, as well as discuss the ideas.

The student will read widely in the history of medicine, the history of various medical specialisms, the history of bioethics and medical ethics, and also curate a robust primary source base (potentially of medical journal articles, government reports, Royal (and other) Commissions set up to deal with patient's rights and patient activism.

Expected outcome

A historical account of the emergence and use of the term "best interests" in medicine helps to understand where the concept came from, how it functions in the context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century medicine, and how it functions today. A key outcome will be to understand where concepts come from, and why they emerge at a particular time and place, in response to specific problems. This will help to see how - as times change - concepts might become bent out of shape, or change their meanings.

Type of project

Medical Humanities

Additional training

Introduction to, and practical supervision concerning, doing humanities research, and managing an independent research project.

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Effectiveness of ketogenic (low carbohydrate) diets in the treatment of people with serious mental illness

This report will also be used to inform the design of a grant application for a randomised clinical trial, which the student will be invited to contribute to (and be credited for) beyond their BMedSci year.

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Supervisors

• Professor Scott Weich (s.weich@sheffield.ac.uk)
• Dr Viren Ranawana (viren.ranawana@sheffield.ac.uk)
• Dr Reem Abed

Objective

To establish the acceptability, feasibility and potential effectiveness of ketogenic (low carbohydrate) diets for people with serious mental illness.

Methodology

The research will comprise two elements: (i) evidence synthesis (in the form of a systematic review) of published and grey literature, including both research using animal models as well as studies in humans; and (ii) establishing the acceptability and feasibility of undertaking a trail of ketogenic diets in people with SMI through consultation with lived experience experts, and through interviews and focus groups with people with SMI and professionals responsible for their care.

Expected outcomes

There will be two outcomes:

• A systematic review suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal
• A qualitative paper reporting the findings of the acceptability and feasibility study.

Type of project

Clinical project - based in the clinical environment with patients/including service evaluation

Additional training

The student will be provided with training in evidence synthesis and qualitative research methods. They will also have the opportunity of placements with the R&D team at Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, to learn about clinical trials (including training in Good Clinical Practice in Research).

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Making sense of long-term trends in alcohol-related mortality in the UK 

Alcohol is one of the leading causes of death for people of working age in the UK and rates of both drinking patterns and alcohol-related harms have changed markedly over the past 5 decades. This project will use quantitive statistical methods to understand how these trends have evolved and the relative influence of age, period and birth cohort in this evolution.

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Supervisors

Mr Colin Angus (c.r.angus@sheffield.ac.uk)

Professor John Holmes (john.holmes@sheffield.ac.uk)

Objectives

• To provide a quantitative understanding of the evolution over time of trends in alcohol harms in the UK over the past 50 years.
• To use data from the Office for National Statistics for 1968-2023 to replicate a recent study looking at trends in alcohol-related liver disease mortality in England & Wales using an age-period-cohort approach
• To undertake similar analyses using data from 2001 onwards for Scotland and Northern Ireland and compare findings and patterns across the UK nations

There are also opportunities for further extensions to this analysis (e.g. applying this approach to hospital admissions data). 

Methodology

Using R statistical software to clean existing, publicly available, data, explore and visualise trends and patterns in this data and fit and interpret statistical models to replicate a published analysis, then using these skills to replicate that approach in other datasets.

Expected outcomes

Pre-registered analysis protocols for the objectives listed above and completed analysis for both objectives written up in the style of academic journal articles, with the aim of ultimately submitting these for publication if possible.

Type of project

Qualitative Project/non-lab based - primarily using qualitative methods

Additional training

The student will be provided with support in understanding the data, the use of R software to clean, process, visualise and analyse data, and the relevant statistical methods.

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Incidence and management of tunnel line catheter dysfunction in hemodialysis patients

What are patient and practice-level factors influencing the incidence tunnel line dysfunction? What practice can optimally manage catheter dysfunction?

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Supervisors

• Dr James Fotheringham (j.fotheringham@sheffield.ac.uk)
• Dr Nicholas Fardon (n.fardon@nhs.net)
• Dr Matt Gittus

Objectives

• To identify patient and practice level factors leading to the best catheter event-free survival
• To describe the practice patterns associated with dialysis catheter insertion and their evolution over time.
• To report catheter event free time, and the practice patterns associated with it (identified in (a))
• To describe the practice patterns, clinical and radiological findings at catheter dysfunction and associate these with catheter event free time following intervention for given catheter problems.

Methodology

Quantitative research project involving the linkage of existing electronic patient and audit records to general a research dataset.

Expected outcomes

Should the BMedSci student be involved in the project, this data collection will be extended to include other information sources (eg radiology records, microbiology), with a goal of reporting more detailed analyses and specific practice patterns and endpoints, with the student having their own specific outputs from from that work.

The candidate will be using statistical packages like SPSS to estimate event-free catheter survival time, analyses commonly published in the medical literature.

Type of project

Clinical project - based in the clinical environment with patients/including service evaluation.

Additional training

Medical statistics training - likely SPSS or STATA, with specific focus on descriptive statistics and survival modelling. Training will be performed between TUoS courses and supervisors.

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Emergency department attendances with hypertension

What are the characteristics of patients attending the emergency department (ED) with hypertension, and how are these patients managed?

ED attendances with hypertension in England and Wales have risen from 40,754 in 2020-21 to 66,747 in 2022-23, but only 3,351 were diagnosed as malignant hypertension (a genuine medical emergency). ED guidelines for hypertension focus on malignant hypertension, while general guidelines for hypertension are aimed at primary care. We therefore know little about why patients are attending the ED with hypertension in increasing numbers or how they should be managed. This project will provide important new data to describe the problem and form the basis for developing new guidelines.

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Supervisors

• Professor Steve Goodacre (s.goodacre@sheffield.ac.uk)
• Dr Gordon Fuller (g.fuller@sheffield.ac.uk)

Objectives

To describe the characteristics of patients attending the ED with hypertension, the tests and treatments they receive, and their subsequent referral and follow-up arrangements.

Methodology

This will be a single-centre, retrospective observational study. We will provide the student with a list of patients who attended the Northern General Hospital Emergency Department in 2024 with hypertension (probably around 400-500). The student will then access the hospital IT systems to collect data describing patient characteristics, tests and treatments received, and the planned referral and follow-up. They will develop an analysis plan, with statistical advice and support, before undertaking descriptive statistical analysis.

Expected outcomes

The project will produce new data to assist with development of guidelines for ED management of hypertension. We anticipate that it will lead to presentation at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Conference and publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The student will develop skills in project management, quantitative data collection, statistical analysis, interpretation of quantitative data, presentation of findings, and writing for publication.

Type of project

Clinical project - based in the clinical environment with patients/including service evaluation

Additional training

The student will be given training in information governance, quantitative study design, and quantitative data analysis.

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Is the NHS ready for psychedelic treatments? Exploring barriers to implementation 

Psychedelic treatments are currently under investigation for several mental and physical health indications. With a strong neurobiological and psychological mechanistic rationale supporting their use and promising early (phase two) clinical data we could be on the cusp of a paradigm shift in psychiatric management. Phase three trials are underway, and some western nations have even made regulatory changes to allow their use in clinical practice in preparation for late-stage results.

It is estimated that it takes 17 years for an evidence-based treatment to reach routine clinical practice, with half of all evidence-based interventions never being adopted at all. Closing this research-implementation gap offers an important opportunity to reduce psychiatric morbidity.

Traditionally, implementation science has been used late in an intervention's development once poor adoption has been identified. However, there are growing calls to make use of this methodology earlier in the intervention development arc. Challenges to implementing psychedelic treatments can be reasonably foreseen, creating an impetus to start this work now.

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Supervisors

• Professor Daniel Hind (d.hind@sheffield.ac.uk)
• Dr William Gann (william.gann@shsc.nhs.uk)
• Professor Scott Weich

Objectives

This project will identify and explore potential barriers to the introduction of psychedelic treatments into routine clinical care in the UK, with a focus on the NHS. This will lead to the recommendation of strategies for overcoming these challenges in the future.

Methodology

An online survey will be distributed to UK-based service leaders, health professionals and industry representatives, using the validated Pragmatic Context Assessment Tool (pCAT). A sample of respondents will be selected for semi-structured interviews, ensuring diversity in role, experience, and setting. Interviews will be analysed using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). The Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) framework will be used to generate recommendations, making use of the CFIR-ERIC matching tool. This will identify evidence-based strategies to address barriers, focusing on adapting postgraduate training to integrate psychedelic treatments into routine mental health care in the UK.

Expected outcomes

The student will produce their BSc dissertation reporting on their work. It is expected that they will also prepare a paper for publication in a journal relevant to healthcare systems or implementation science. They will also submit a poster for presentation at a national psychiatric conference and will have opportunity to present their work at regional psychiatric forums.

Type of project

Qualitative Project/non-lab based - primarily using qualitative methods

Additional training

Academics within the School of Medicine and Population Health and the Department of Psychology will provide methodological, analytical, and writing support to the student undertaking this project. This will include guidance on survey design, qualitative data analysis using the CFIR framework, and the application of the CFIR-ERIC matching tool to identify implementation strategies. The student will also receive support in preparing their dissertation, manuscript for publication, and conference presentations.

A local psychiatrist who is active in the field of clinical psychedelic research will provide a primer on psychedelic science and help secure the necessary interviews.

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Understanding the public health impact of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks

Does introducing new alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks lead to lower levels of alcohol consumption?

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Supervisors

• Professor John Holmes (john.holmes@sheffield.ac.uk)
• Dr Abi Stevely (a.stevely@sheffield.ac.uk)

Objectives

• To use statistical time series analyses to estimate the impact of introducing new alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks on the volume of alcohol purchased by households.
• Conduct a brief literature review to help you understand the topic and the previous research in this area.
• Develop a protocol for the analysis, informed by a series of previous studies that use similar methods but are either out-of-date or contain important limitations.
• Prepare the dataset provided by the supervisors.
• Carry out time series analyses, supported by the supervisory team.
• Write up the results for your report and, if time permits, as a paper for a journal.

Methodology

You will analyse a large market research dataset containing detailed alcohol purchasing data from 30,000 households between 2018 and 2024. This will involve learning skills in data cleaning and manipulation to prepare the dataset for analysis. The supervisory team will then support you to learn to use time series methods in Stata (a statistical software package) and you will use an interrupted time series design to carry out the analysis.

Expected outcomes

The aim is for the research to lead to a publishable piece of research estimating how introducing new alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks impact the volume of alcohol purchased by households. If successful, the supervisory team will work with you to submit the research to a journal and respond to peer review comments.

Type of project

Public Health Project - quantitative

Additional training

We will support you in learning to use the statistical analysis software Stata. This includes learning skills in data cleaning and manipulation as well as time series analysis techniques. If the research is completed successfully, you will also receive training in writing up your research for publication.

During the project, you will be invited to join all meetings of the Sheffield Addictions Research Group, and this will allow you to spend time with other researchers in the wider team and learn more about the alcohol, tobacco, vaping and gambling research carried out at the university.

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Advice on alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks provided to people in treatment or recovery from alcohol dependence

What advice do organisations offering treatment or support to people with alcohol dependence provide to their clients in relation to use of alcohol-free or low-alcohol drinks?

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Supervisors

• Dr Inge Kersbergen (i.kersbergen@sheffield.ac.uk)
• Dr Matt Field (matt.field@sheffield.ac.uk)

Objectives

To understand the nature and diversity of advice organisations offering treatment or support to people with alcohol dependence provide to their clients concerning the use of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks.

• Conduct a brief literature review to help you understand the topic and the previous research in this area.
• Develop a research proposal in collaboration with the supervisory team to carry out the research.
• Develop a questionnaire to collect data on the key areas of interest.
• Obtain approval from the ethics committee to allow you to carry out the research.
• Collect data using an online or telephone survey.
• Clean and analyse the data using appropriate statistical or descriptive techniques.
• Write up the research as a report and, if time permits, a paper for publication in a journal.

Methodology

You will lead all stages of the research process with support from the supervisory team. This will include selecting survey questions and designing the survey itself, conducting the data collection via an online survey or telephone interviews, and analysing the data. The analysis is likely to involve basic descriptive analyses using a software package such as SPSS, Stata or R. It may also include some elements of qualitative analysis, depending on whether you include open-ended questions in the survey.

Expected outcomes

The aim is for the research to lead to a publishable piece of research describing the advice provided by organisations in this area. This will support the supervisory team’s work to apply for further research funding in this area. If successful, the supervisory team will work with you to submit the research to a journal and respond to peer review comments.

Type of project

Qualitative Project/non-lab based - primarily using qualitative methods

Additional training

The supervisory team will provide support in questionnaire development. We will also support you in learning to use the statistical analysis software. This includes learning skills in data cleaning and manipulation as well as statistical analysis techniques. If the research is completed successfully, you will also receive training in writing up your research for publication.

During the project, you will be invited to join all meetings of the Sheffield Addictions Research Group, and this will allow you to spend time with other researchers in the wider team and learn more about alcohol, tobacco, vaping and gambling research carried out at the university.

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A systematic review to identify factors and interventions which affect outcomes in patients with learning disabilities during Emergency Department attendance and hospital admissions

Patients with learning disabilities are known to have unequal health outcomes and will die 20 years earlier than members of the general population. Knowledge of the factors during emergency treatment which contribute to this health inequality and effective interventions to improve care for people with learning disabilities will help improve outcomes for this group.

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Supervisors

• Dr Carl Marincowitz (c.marincowitz@sheffield.ac.uk)
• Dr Fiona Sampson (f.c.sampson@sheffield.ac.uk)

Objectives

• Conduct a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence to:
• Identify factors which may lead to patients with learning disabilities having worse outcomes during emergency treatment.
• Identify interventions or changes in practice which may improve outcomes for patients with learning disabilities during emergency treatment.

Methodology

The student will be expected to attend a relevant taught course on systematic review methodology and lead the systematic review on this topic. With their supervisor, they will develop a systematic review protocol (by month 4). They will develop the search strategy with an information specialist. They will then complete title and abstract screening (month 7). They will extract the study data and then synthesise the results to write up their dissertation and ideally a manuscript for publication.

Expected outcomes

A completed systematic review on the topic outlined above.

Type of project

Clinical project - based in the clinical environment with patients/including service evaluation

Additional training

The student will be supervised by a researcher with expertise in systematic review methodology and will be taught meta-analyses techniques if relevant studies are identified.

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A critical appraisal of potential phenotypes in Borderline Personality Disorder

The research aims to advance our understanding of the nature of Borderline Personality Disorder, and whether this comprises distinct and temporally stable phenotypic subgroups. This is an important precursor to developing and delivering effective treatments.

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Supervisors

• Professor Scott Weich (s.weich@sheffield.ac.uk)
• Professor Chris Burton (c.burton@sheffield.ac.uk)

Objectives

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), sometimes called Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD), is a diagnosis that is sometimes given to people who experience the complex difficulties mentioned above. Because these can be so complicated, no two people with BPD have the same symptoms. That is one reason why we want to do this research. Sadly, around 10% of people who are diagnosed with BPD die by suicide, making it a life-threatening condition.

BPD is most common in people who have experienced traumatic events, especially at a young age. It is thought that trauma early in life affects brain development and especially the stress response, and some people have suggested that complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a more helpful diagnosis because it acknowledges people’s experiences of trauma.

We still don’t know enough about how to help people who experience these problems, or about whether this is best viewed as one or more conditions. Psychological treatments help but are hard to access and although over 90% of people diagnosed with BPD are prescribed psychiatric medications, there is no scientific evidence that these help but this might be because they are not being targeted at the right patients.

The aims of this project are two-fold:

• To identify different theories about the aetiology of BPD and to search for evidence to support these; and
• To identify and synthesise empirical evidence for differences and similarities between people who experience problems associated with BPD, to establish whether there are clear, distinct and temporally stable sub-types (phenotypes), as a precursor to developing appropriate treatment strategies

Methodology

The student will undertake two secondary research sub-studies based on different evidence synthesis methods.

The first aim will be achieved using a systematic approach to evidence synthesis referred to as an evidence and gap map. This is a method for considering diverse sources of evidence (in this case for evidence supporting or refuting different theories about the nature and aetiology of BPD) and rating the quantity and quality of evidence.

The second aim will be achieved using a systematic review, augmented by different approaches to data extraction and analysis including qualitative methods.

Expected outcomes

There will be two outcomes:

• A systematic review suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal
• A peer-reviewed paper employing an evidence and gap map approach which considers the evidence for different aetiological theories

These papers, together with the student's dissertation, will contribute to the wider research programme and will support empirical (primary) research and intervention development. The student will be invited to continue as a member of the research team beyond their BSc year.

Type of project

Clinical project - based in the clinical environment with patients/including service evaluation

Additional training

The student will join a large research team as part of a £3.2m UKRI-funded programme: the Mental Health Platform Hub. This programme has been funded from 2024-2029 to inform better treatment and care for people who experience the complex emotional problems associated with Borderline Personality Disorder.

As part of this team, the student will have access to a wide range of methodological and supervisory expertise, including support with evidence synthesis, quantitative and qualitative research methods. The student will also have opportunities for related clinical experience, and to engage with people with lived experience of BPD.

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Frailty assessment in lung cancer

Lung cancer is both the commonest cancer in Yorkshire & the Humber and is associated with the worst mortality rate. Complex multi-modality treatment options are increasingly used, involving combinations of surgery, radiotherapy, cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy and/or targeted therapy. These options improve outcomes but are associated with increased treatment-related adverse effects which can be serious. .

Frailty is the loss of physiological reserve resulting in a state of vulnerability to external stresses. Frailty is commoner in older patients, but chronological age and performance status are poor estimates of physiological age and functional reserve. Frailty assessment scales have been developed, which incorporate measures from multiple domains, including functional status, cognitive status and emotional well-being, to more accurately evaluate patient frailty. Frailty assessments have been shown to predict for treatment-related toxicity from cytotoxic chemotherapy but to date there is little evidence to demonstrate their use with the newer systemic anticancer treatments or with multi-modality treatment regimens.

This project will correlate pre-treatment well-being and frailty assessment scores with short term outcomes including treatment-related toxicity in newly diagnosed lung cancer patients, to evaluate their utility in routine clinical practise.

Depending upon the interests of the research student, the project could be tailored to focus more on oncology patients or surgical patients, with scope to create two parallel projects for two students each covering one of the patient settings, if there was sufficient interest.

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Supervisors

• Dr Robin Young (robin.young@nhs.net)
• Mr John Edwards (john.edwards3@nhs.net)

Objectives

To measure well-being and frailty in a cohort of newly diagnosed lung cancer patients planned for multi-modality treatment and to correlate these assessments with short term outcomes including treatment-related toxicities.

Methodology

This is a prospective observational study in patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer.

Potential research participants will be identified by the supervisor from the weekly Lung Cancer MDT. The research student will attend clinics to undertake the frailty assessments in consenting patients and will collect data from clinical records on subsequent short term treatment related outcomes for correlation.

The student will receive appropriate training for undertaking the planned frailty assessments and will be supported in clinic by the supervisors to assess the participating patients.

Expected outcomes

The student would gain experience in clinical research methods as well as in oncology/surgical clinics. It is expected that 75-100 patients would be recruited to the study during the active phase of the research project (Nov-Apr). It is expected that the student would subsequently write up and submit the data as an abstract for presentation at the British Thoracic Oncology Group annual meeting the following year (March 2027).

Type of project

Clinical project - based in the clinical environment with patients/including service evaluation

Additional training

The student will receive appropriate training for undertaking the planned frailty assessments and will be supported in clinic by the supervisors to assess the participating patients.

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Is the use of CBT-focused sleep interventions, such as the Sleepio app, acceptable and feasible for psychiatric patients in rehabilitation, considering various barriers to digital technology adoption?

Hypothesis: CBT-focused sleep interventions are acceptable and feasible for psychiatric patients in rehabilitation, despite challenges such as poor digital literacy, paranoia (as a result of psychosis), and other barriers. Wearable technology, including mats and Fitbits, will be well-received, provide reliable data correlating with polysomnography and be part of the recovery journey.

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Supervisors

• Dr Raihan Talukdar (raihan.talukdar@shsc.nhs.uk)
• Dr Michael Seneviratne (michael.seneviratne@nhs.net)

Objectives

This project aims to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of CBT-focused sleep interventions for psychiatric patients in rehabilitation. The objectives are to:

• Assess the acceptability of CBT-focused sleep interventions among psychiatric patients.
• Evaluate the feasibility of using digital tools (the Sleepio app) for patients with various barriers to digital technology adoption.
• Determine the acceptability of wearable technology (Fitbits and sleep mats) among patients, including those with psychosis.
• Triangulate data from wearable technology and correlate with polysomnography to validate their reliability.

Methodology

An online survey will be distributed to psychiatric patients in rehabilitation within the NHS who experience sleep problems. Participants will use the Sleepio app for CBT-focused sleep interventions. Sleep quality and duration will be monitored using Fitbits (donated to the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub by Google) and sleep mats, with data triangulated against polysomnography results. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted to assess the acceptability and feasibility of digital tools and wearable technology.

Data will be analysed using mixed methods, combining quantitative sleep data with qualitative feedback from interviews.

Expected outcomes

The student will produce a BSc dissertation based on their findings. It is expected that they will also prepare a manuscript for publication in a relevant healthcare or implementation science journal. The student will create a poster for presentation at a national psychiatric conference and have opportunities to present their work at regional psychiatric forums.

Type of project

Clinical project - based in the clinical environment with patients/including service evaluation

Additional training

The student will receive comprehensive support from academics within the University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Sheffield Health and Social Care. This includes guidance on survey design, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and the application of mixed methods research. The student will also receive assistance in preparing their dissertation, manuscript, and conference presentations.

Additionally, the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub brings in support from stakeholders with diverse backgrounds including community groups, engineers, computer scientists, clinicians, health and social care providers, designers, behavioural scientists, industrial partners and others.