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Jordan M.C.R., Kawalek J, Parkin A, Rayner C, Mir G, Sivan M, Greenhalgh T, Towards evidence-based and inclusive models of peer support for long covid: A hermeneutic systematic review. Social Science & Medicine 2023;115669. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115669 (PDF) This publication is an output from workstream 1 of the LOCOMOTION study. Highlights: Co-produced peer support can help people living...
The LOCOMOTION team were asked by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to start the project as high-priority immediately after funding announcement. There was a five month period before the research commenced. This time was used finalising the study documents, developing a consortium agreement, and obtaining the various regulatory approvals required. These...
Dr Anton Pick is the LOCOMOTION Principal Investigator at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust clinical site. He has written an editorial piece titled 'Is Long Covid a Functional Disorder?'. Which has been published in the Advances in Rehabilitation Science and Practice journal. Pick A. Is Long Covid a Functional Disorder? Advances in Rehabilitation Science...
Recruitment to the LOCOMOTION Long COVID study reached 1713 in December! Recruitment has slowed in the last few months, but we hope recruitment will be boosted by some changes. These include, the addition of Work Package (WP) 2.3, NHS Highland joining as a site, and new recruitment methods for WP2.1. Also, more sites are using...
Parker M, Sawant HB, Flannery T, Tarrant R, Shardha J, Bannister R, Ross D, Halpin S, Greenwood DC, Sivan M. Effect of using a structured pacing protocol on post-exertional symptom exacerbation and health status in a longitudinal cohort with the post-COVID-19 syndrome. J Med Virol. 2023 Jan;95(1):e28373. doi: 10.1002/jmv.28373. Long COVID pacing rehabilitation programme A...
Recruitment to the LOCOMOTION Long COVID study reached 1629 in November! Workstream (WS) Updates and Upcoming Work: WS1.1 - The Patient Advisory Group conducted an audit of the Long COVID clinics. Results of this were discussed at a follow-up workshop. The results of this audit relate to WS1.1 work. WS1.4 - Presented a ‘LC Vocational Rehab...
Long COVID Specific vocational rehabilitation. Phase 1: Scoping and Development – OT Show Poster Presentation (November 2022) The LOCOMOTION workstream 1.4 ‘Vocational Rehabilitation’ team (Prof Rory O’Connor, Amy Parkin, Sareeta Baley, Annette Rolls) created a poster for the Occupational Therapy Show 2022, which was presented at the event by Sareeta and Annette. The poster showed...
A new LOCOMOTION work task is seeking healthy volunteers to participate A Leeds research team led by Dr Sivan is collecting data from healthy volunteers on a special test called the ‘adapted Autonomic Profile’ (aAP), to understand what constitutes normal values for this test, which will help define abnormal value cut-offs for patients with Long...
Recruitment to the LOCOMOTION study reached 1437 in October! Workstream (WS) Updates and Upcoming Work: WS 1.1 - Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) on Vocational Rehab took place in October. A patient-focused workshop is scheduled for November to prioritise and plan the work in year 2 of the study. WS 2.1 - An amendment has been submitted...
The LOCOMOTION study submitted a research application to the Health Research Authority (HRA) to process confidential patient information without consent. The Confidentiality Advisory Group (CAG) is an independent body that protects and advises on the use of confidential patient data. They review applications submitted under the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002. Providing...