Publications by authors named "Edith E Holloway"

Aims: To examine associations between weight self-stigma and healthy diet or physical activity, and potential moderating effects of self-esteem, diabetes self-efficacy, and diabetes social support, among adults with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Diabetes MILES-2 data were used, an Australian cross-sectional online survey. Participants with type 2 diabetes who considered themselves overweight, and reported concern about weight management (N = 726; 48% insulin-treated), completed the Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire (WSSQ; total score and subscales: self-devaluation, fear of enacted stigma), measures of diabetes self-care (diet, exercise), and hypothesised psychosocial moderators (self-esteem, diabetes self-efficacy, and diabetes social support).

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Background: This study examined the feasibility and acceptability of the low-intensity mental health support via telehealth-enabled network (LISTEN) intervention, for adults with diabetes, facilitated by diabetes health professionals (HPs).

Methods: LISTEN training. Three HPs participated in three half-day online workshops and applied their learnings during training cases (maximum four).

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Background: Mental health problems are common among people with diabetes. However, evidence-based strategies for the prevention and early intervention of emotional problems in people with diabetes are lacking. Our aim is to assess the real-world effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and implementation of a Low-Intensity mental health Support via a Telehealth Enabled Network (LISTEN), facilitated by diabetes health professionals (HPs).

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Aims: To test 'Is Insulin Right for Me?', a theory-informed, self-directed, web-based intervention designed to reduce psychological barriers to insulin therapy among adults with type 2 diabetes. Further, to examine resource engagement and associations between minimum engagement and outcomes.

Methods: Double-blind, two-arm randomised controlled trial (1:1), comparing the intervention with freely available online information (control).

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Purpose: Healthcare providers often experience difficulties in discussing depression with adults with visual impairment (VI), obstructing timely referral. The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of routine discussions of depression with adults with VI from the perspective of different healthcare providers from different countries.

Methods: Cross-sectional survey data from Welsh (N = 122), Australian (N = 94) and Dutch (N = 100) healthcare providers, that is eye care practitioners (ECPs) and low-vision care providers (LVCPs), were analysed.

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Introduction: Psychological barriers to insulin therapy are associated with the delay of clinically indicated treatment intensification for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), yet few evidence-based interventions exist to address these barriers. We describe the protocol for a randomised controlled trial (RCT) examining the efficacy of a novel, theoretically grounded, psychoeducational, web-based resource designed to reduce psychological barriers to insulin among adults with non-insulin treated T2D: '.

Methods And Analysis: Double-blind, parallel group RCT.

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The aim of this study was to take 'snapshots' of how people with diabetes are feeling emotionally during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Three 'snapshot' surveys were conducted during May 2020, August 2020 and April 2021, each over a two-week period. Adults (≥18 years) with diabetes calling the Australian Government's National Diabetes Services Scheme Helpline (NDSS) were invited to participate.

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Aims: Acceptable and accessible interventions are needed to address 'psychological insulin resistance', which is a common barrier to insulin uptake among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Our aim was to test the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) study design and acceptability of a theoretically grounded, psycho-educational, web-based resource to reduce negative insulin appraisals among adults with T2D.

Methods: A double-blinded, parallel group, two-arm pilot RCT (1:1), comparing intervention with active control (existing online information about insulin).

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Objective: To develop a theory and evidence-based web intervention to reduce psychological barriers towards insulin therapy among adults with non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Methods: Salient psychological barriers towards insulin were identified from the literature and classified using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Relevant TDF domains were mapped to evidence-based behaviour change techniques (BCTs), which informed the content for each barrier.

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Aims: This qualitative study aims to explore beliefs, attitudes and experiences of injectable glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) use and discontinuation, as well as attitudes to further injectable treatment intensification, among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Methods: Nineteen in-depth semi-structured interviews lasting (mean ± standard deviation) 45 ± 18 min were conducted, face-to-face (n = 14) or via telephone (n = 5). Transcripts were analysed using inductive template analyses.

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Background: Older adults in residential aged care facilities have unnecessarily high levels of vision impairment (VI) which are largely treatable or correctable. However, no current comprehensive eye health service model exists in this setting in Australia. We aimed to determine the clinical, person-centered, and economic effectiveness of a novel eye care model, the Residential Ocular Care (ROC).

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Purpose: The VisQoL instrument was constructed as a vision-specific addition to the AQoL-6D multi-attribute utility instrument. The composite instrument, the AQoL-7D, was assigned utility scores that are the basis for now estimating VisQoL utilities when it is used as a stand-alone instrument. This study aimed to construct mapping functions that allow utility scores to be assigned to the Vision Related Quality of Life (VisQoL) instrument, a stand-alone vision-specific quality-of-life measure.

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Purpose: To investigate the mediating role of coping self-efficacy (CSE) between two types of illness cognitions (i.e., acceptance and helplessness) and depressive symptoms in persons with low vision.

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Adults with vision impairment commonly experience depression; however, depression often remains undetected and therefore untreated in this group. Using a prospective longitudinal design, the aim of this study was to determine the rate of uptake for a referral to a general practitioner (GP), in vision-impaired adults, who were screened for depression in low vision rehabilitation and eye-care settings. Fifty-seven vision-impaired adults (aged ≥ 18 years) were recruited from low vision rehabilitation centres across Australia and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, between June 2010 and May 2012.

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Purpose: The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence and determinants of desire for and use of psychological support in patients with low vision.

Design: The study was cross-sectional, utilizing telephone-administered interviews.

Methods: Patients were recruited from Vision Australia and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital with visual acuity of less than 6/12 in the better eye.

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Purpose: To determine the longitudinal impact of specific coping strategies on vision-related quality of life (VRQoL) in patients with low vision.

Methods: This was a single-group, longitudinal study utilizing telephone-administered interviews conducted at baseline and at 3 and 6 months with patients (visual acuity < 6/12 in the better eye) recruited from low vision services. The Coping Strategy Indicator (CSI) assessed three strategies used specifically in relation to vision-related problems: avoidant coping, problem-solving coping, and seeking social support.

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Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of problem-solving interventions on psychosocial outcomes in vision impaired adults.

Methods: A systematic search of randomised controlled trials (RCTs), published between 1990 and 2013, that investigated the impact of problem-solving interventions on depressive symptoms, emotional distress, quality of life (QoL) and functioning was conducted. Two reviewers independently selected and appraised study quality.

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Aim: To investigate characteristics associated with screening positive for depressive symptoms among older adults accessing low-vision rehabilitation and eye-care services and to determine client acceptability of depression screening using the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) in these settings.

Methods: One-hundred and twenty-four older adults (mean = 77.02 years, SD = 9.

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Purpose: To determine the relative importance and associated risk factors of vision-specific distress and depressive symptoms in people with visual impairments.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 162 adult patients with visual acuity less than 6/12 were interviewed using telephone-administered questionnaires. Vision-specific distress was assessed with the emotional well-being scale of the Impact of Vision Impairment Questionnaire.

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Purpose: Depression is a common problem among people with visual impairment and contributes to functional decline. This article presents a study protocol to evaluate a new model of care for those patients with depressive symptoms in which psychological treatment is integrated into low vision rehabilitation services. Low vision staff will be trained to deliver "problem solving therapy for primary care" (PST-PC), an effective psychological treatment developed specifically for delivery by non-mental health care staff.

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Background: To describe the integration of depression screening training into the professional development programme for low vision rehabilitation staff and report on staff evaluation of this training.

Design: Pre-post intervention study, in a single population of low vision rehabilitation staff.

Participants: Three hundred and thirty-six staff from Australia's largest low vision rehabilitation organization, Vision Australia.

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