Alison Bethel
Information Specialist
Expertise
Information Science
Biography
As part of the Information Specialist Team I develop search strategies and run searches for the systematic review projects which I am involved with. I work primarily within the Evidence Synthesis Team of PenCLAHRC. I also work alongside my colleagues to provide training and advice on systematic literature searching.
Projects
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Research Inspired by Service Experts: CAMHS RISE
- DREAM:Digital and Remote Enhancements for the Assessment and Management of older people living with frailty
- Characteristics, quality and volume of the evidence synthesis infodemic: a meta-research study
- Rehabilitation to enable recovery from COVID-19
- COVID-NURSE: Impact of Covid-19 and other conditions requiring isolation on the provision of fundamental nursing care in hospital
- Development and testing of a Medline search filter for identifying patient and public involvement in health research
- Social Prescribing – Cornwall and Plymouth Researcher in Residence
- What are the effects of ‘robopets’ on the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes? A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence
- Effects of animals on the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes
- Social Prescribing – Effective Mechanisms for Social Prescribing
Publications
- What are the effects of animals on the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes? A systematic review of the qualitative and quantitative evidence
- Systematic reviews of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 continue to be poorly conducted and reported: a systematic review
- The use of social prescribing and community-based wellbeing activities as a potential prevention and early intervention pathway to improve adolescent emotional and social development
- Impact of COVID-19 and other infectious conditions requiring isolation on the provision of and adaptations to fundamental nursing care in hospital in terms of overall patient experience, care quality, functional ability, and treatment outcomes: systematic review
- OP31 A snapshot of the characteristics, quality and volume of the COVID-19 evidence synthesis infodemic: systematic review*
- COVID-NURSE: evaluation of a fundamental nursing care protocol compared with care as usual on experience of care for noninvasively ventilated patients in hospital with the SARS-CoV-2 virus—protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
- Rehabilitation to enable recovery from COVID-19: a rapid systematic review
- Effectiveness of pharmacist home visits for individuals at risk of medication-related problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
- What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A realist review
- Recurrent abdominal pain in children: summary evidence from three systematic reviews of treatment effectiveness
- Whole systems approaches to improving the health and wellbeing of healthcare workers: A systematic review
- Locating qualitative studies in dementia on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO: A comparison of search strategies
- Dietary interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood
- Pharmacological interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood
- A realist review and collaborative development of what works in the social prescribing process
- Psychosocial interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood
- Development and testing of a MEDLINE search filter for identifying patient and public involvement in health research
- Attention restoration theory: a systematic review of the attention restoration potential of exposure to natural environments
- Techniques for Modifying Impulsive Processes Associated with Unhealthy Eating: A Systematic Review
- What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A protocol for a realist review
- Orthotics and taping in the management of vertebral fractures in people with osteoporosis: a systematic review
- A systematic review of the health and well-being impacts of school gardening: synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence
- Tumour necrosis factor ? inhibitor therapy in chronic physical illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect on depression and anxiety
- What Is the Impact of Using Outdoor Spaces Such as Gardens on the Physical and Mental Well-Being of Those With Dementia? A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence.
- School exclusion in children with psychiatric disorder or impairing psychopathology: A systematic review
- A checklist to assess database-hosting platforms for designing and running searches for systematic reviews
- Effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness based cognitive therapy in vascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
- Multiple component interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries among older people: systematic review and meta-analysis
- Effectiveness of mealtime interventions on behaviour symptoms of people with dementia living in care homes: A systematic review
- Searching for the evidence
- Effectiveness of mealtime interventions on nutritional outcomes for the elderly living in residential care: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Other team members
Dr Noreen Orr
Research Fellow
Dr Rebecca Abbott
Senior Research Fellow
Morwenna Rogers
Information Specialist
Dr Harriet Hunt
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Professor Ken Stein
Professor of Public Health
Rebecca Whear
Senior Research Fellow