I am a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and retain a clinical role working mainly with people with anxiety and depressive disorders.
I joined the NMAHP Research Unit as a researcher in 2014 working on the Neuro-rehabilitation Outcomes Management System (NROMS) project. I have led and been involved in a number of evidence syntheses. More recently my research has focused on the application of psychological theory to long-term health conditions. I currently work on the Game of Stones project, a weight loss intervention for men, as a Research Fellow and as a doctoral student.
Before joining the NMAHP research unit I worked in a number of different research and evaluation roles within the public sector, including the development of a weight management programme within the NHS and coordination of a domestic abuse group-work programme within Social Care Services.
Long-term health conditions, obesity. Cognitive behavioural therapy. Health psychology. Application of psychological theory to developing interventions for long-term health conditions.
Developing a behavioural intervention to increase lay-people's intentions to initiate CPR in the event of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)
PI: Dr Barbara Farquharson
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Article
Text messages with financial incentives for men with obesity. A randomized clinical trial
Hoddinott P, O'Dolan C, Macaulay L, Dombrowski S, Swingler J, Cotton S, Avenell A, Getaneh A, Gray C, Hunt K, Kee F, MacLean A, McKinley M, Torrens C, Turner K, van der Pol M & MacLennan G (2024) Text messages with financial incentives for men with obesity. A randomized clinical trial. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.7064
Conference Proceeding
Hoddinott P, Torrens C, O'Dolan C & Macaulay L (2024) Experiences of a text message delivered behavioural weight management intervention (with or without financial incentives) for men living with obesity, and their co-morbid mental health problems.. In: volume 48. 8th UK Congress on Obesity 2023, Belfast, 14.09.2023-15.09.2024. International journal of obesity. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-023-01431-0#Sec26
Article
Farquharson B, Dixon D, Williams B, Torrens C, Philpott M, Laidlaw H & McDermott S (2023) The psychological and behavioural factors associated with laypeople initiating CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 23 (1), Art. No.: 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-022-02904-2
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Farquharson B, Calveley E, Clegg G, Williams B, Ramsay P, Macinnes L, Torrens C & Dixon D (2022) Increasing lay-people's intentions to initiate CPR in out of hospital cardiac arrest: Results of a mixed-methods 'before and after' pilot study of a behavioural text-message intervention (BICeP). Resuscitation Plus, 12, Art. No.: 100312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100312
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Macaulay L, O’Dolan C, Avenell A, Carroll P, Cotton S, Dombrowski S, Elders A, Goulao B, Gray C, Harris FM, Hunt K, Skinner R, Torrens C, van der Pol M & Hoddinott P (2022) Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of text messages with or without endowment incentives for weight management in men with obesity (Game of Stones): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 23 (1), Art. No.: 582. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06504-5
Article
McHale CT, Cruickshank S, Torrens C, Armes J, Fenlon D, Banks E, Kelsey T & Humphris GM (2020) A controlled pilot trial of a nurse-led intervention (Mini-AFTERc) to manage fear of cancer recurrence in patients affected by breast cancer. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6 (1), Art. No.: 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00610-4
Article
Pollock A, Campbell P, Cheyne J, Cowie J, Davis B, McCallum J, McGill K, Elders A, Hagen S, McClurg D, Torrens C & Maxwell M (2020) Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals during and after a disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic: a mixed methods systematic review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020 (11), Art. No.: CD013779. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd013779
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Torrens C, Campbell P, Hoskins G, Strachan H, Wells M, Cunningham M, Bottone H, Polson R & Maxwell M (2020) Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner Role in Primary Care Settings: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 104, Art. No.: 103443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.103443
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Macintyre A, Campbell P, McLean J, Maxwell M, Pollock A, Williams J, Woodhouse A, Biggs H & Torrens C (2020) Socioeconomic inequalities and the equity impact of population-level interventions for adolescent health: An overview of systematic reviews. Public Health, 180, pp. 154-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2019.11.008
Article
Podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wylie G, Torrens C, Campbell P, Frost H, Gordon AL, Menz HB, Skelton DA, Sullivan F, Witham M & Morris J (2019) Podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 48 (3), pp. 327-336. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy189
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A scoping review of trials of interventions led or delivered by cancer nurses
Charalambous A, Wells M, Campbell P, Torrens C, Östlund U, Oldenmenger W, Patiraki E, Sharp L, Nohavova I, Domenech-Climent N, Eicher M, Farrell C, Larsson M, Olsson C & Simpson M (2018) A scoping review of trials of interventions led or delivered by cancer nurses. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 86, pp. 36-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.05.014
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Campbell P, Torrens C, Kelly D, Charalambous A, Domenech-Climent N, Nohavova I, Östlund U, Patiraki E, Salisbury D, Sharp L, Wiseman T, Oldenmenger W & Wells M (2017) Recognizing European cancer nursing: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence of effectiveness and value of cancer nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73 (12), pp. 3144-3153. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13392
Guest Lecturer - BSc Mental Health Nursing: An introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) CBT for psychosis Lifestyle behaviours and Mental Health
