A Murray
University College Dublin
8 Papers
4 Citations
A Murray is an academic researcher from University College Dublin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rehabilitation & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 8 publications.
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Communication Skills Training for Practitioners to Increase Patient Adherence to Home-Based Rehabilitation for Chronic Low Back Pain: Results of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Chris Lonsdale,Amanda M. Hall,A Murray,Geoffrey C. Williams,Suzanne McDonough,Nikos Ntoumanis,Katherine B. Owen,Ralf Schwarzer,Philip D. Parker,Gregory S. Kolt,Deirdre A. Hurley +10 more
TL;DR: Communication skills training for physiotherapists had short-term positive effects on patient adherence and may provide a motivational basis for behavior change and could be a useful component in complex interventions to promote adherence.
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Communication style and exercise compliance in physiotherapy (CONNECT). A cluster randomized controlled trial to test a theory-based intervention to increase chronic low back pain patients’ adherence to physiotherapists’ recommendations: study rationale, design, and methods
Chris Lonsdale,Amanda M. Hall,Geoffrey C. Williams,Suzanne McDonough,Nikos Ntoumanis,A Murray,Deirdre A. Hurley +6 more
TL;DR: This trial will be the first to test the effect of a self-determination theory-based communication skills training program for physiotherapists on their low back pain patients’ adherence to rehabilitation recommendations.
A brief report on the development of a theoretically-grounded intervention to promote patient autonomy and self-management of physiotherapy patients: Face validity and feasibility of implementation
James Matthews,Amanda M. Hall,Marian Hernon,A Murray,Ben Jackson,Ian M. Taylor,John Toner,Suzanne Guerin,Chris Lonsdale,Deirdre A. Hurley +9 more
TL;DR: The development process utilised in this study ensured the intervention was theory-informed and evidence-based, with recipients signalling its relevance and benefit to their clinical practice, and future research should consider additional intervention strategies to address barriers of social support and those beyond the clinician level.
Assessing physiotherapists' communication skills for promoting patient autonomy for self-management: reliability and validity of the communication evaluation in rehabilitation tool.
A Murray,Amanda M. Hall,Geoffrey C. Williams,Suzanne McDonough,Nikos Ntoumanis,Ian M. Taylor,Ben Jackson,Bethan Copsey,Deirdre A. Hurley,James Matthews +9 more
TL;DR: This tool has demonstrated good inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity in its initial testing phase and can be used in future studies to assess autonomy-supportive communication and undergo further measurement property testing as per the authors' recommendations.
A theory-based intervention designed to increase chronic low back pain patients' adherence to physiotherapists' recommendations: a pilot study
Chris Lonsdale,A Murray,M Tenant Humphreys,Suzanne McDonough,Geoffrey C. Williams,DA Hurley +5 more
- 01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: Preliminary evidence supporting the feasibility of a self-determination theory-based communication skills training programme designed to increase physiotherapists psychological needs supportive behaviour when treating patients with chronic low back pain is provided.
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