A new study led by our Long-Term Conditions Research Group has found that psychosocial and exercise interventions contribute to improving the lives of patients with lupus. Read the article in the thread below. #Lupus #Fatigue #MentalHealth #Pilates #PatientSupport 1/2 🧵

New paper by my colleague Paulina Bondaronek & more, "Using machine-assisted topic analysis to expedite thematic analysis of free-text data: Exemplar investigation of factors influencing health behaviours and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic" bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

With @karenmsikar.bsky.social, the health psychology starter pack is now full. See here for 150 health psychology researchers: go.bsky.app/9Xfk7Wo Is there need for number #2?

Attending a hospital emergency department is the right time and place to receive a brief opportunistic smoking cessation intervention, even for those not motivated to quit, find Caitlin Notley et al. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-... @addictionuea.bsky.social

✈️ Thinking about travel plans for #BCConf2025? Just a reminder that on 1 April there will be a Networking & Meet the Experts session late afternoon, which anyone is welcome to join – more details to be announced soon. We hope you can join us! 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... @susanmichie.bsky.social

In her recent editorial, Natalie Walker asks: Has Our Goal For a Tobacco-Free World Changed To a Nicotine-Free World? academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...

A living Cochrane review on interventions for vaping cessation coming soon! No conclusive results but some areas showing promise. Lots of ongoing research in this area, so the evidence will evolve rapidly. Looking forward to seeing the results of this one in detail.

Prof Alan Boobis mythbusting on the harms of e-cigarettes. There is no evidence of a link between vaping and popcorn lung. The chemical that causes popcorn lung (diacetyl) has been banned from use in e-cigs since 2016. There have been no cases linked to vaping. #EcigSummit

Prof Jamie Brown outlines potential reasons for the discrepancy between estimates of smoking prevalence in the APS and Smoking Toolkit Study. Changes in APS question wording may mean it’s missing a chunk of non-daily smoking - which has become more common. #EcigSummit @jamiebrown.bsky.social

Well done @sharoncox.bsky.social and the entire Scetch project team for such an important trial addressing the incredibly high rates of tobacco smoking amongst people experiencing homelessness

Dr Katie East outlines why we should care about misperceptions of the harms of vaping vs smoking. Adults with inaccurate perceptions are less likely to quit smoking and more likely to relapse. Perceptions don’t seem to be affecting patterns of youth vaping… #EcigSummit @katieeast.bsky.social

It is possible to counteract incorrect harm perceptions using evidence based academic social media posts!

In our new #OpenAccess paper we look into the process of integrating #VirtualWards within the NHS in England as a new way of delivering care to patients who would otherwise be hospitalized from the perspective of ICS commissioners. www.jmir.org/2024/1/e56494/ @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social

New paper finds 1 in 8 adults (~7 million) in Great Britain in 2023 were finding it difficult to manage financially and 1 in 15 (~3.5m) had been in rent/mortgage arrears in the past year. Odds of psychological distress were much higher among these groups. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...