Louisa Robinson

BSc, MSc

School of Health and Related Research

PhD Student

lkrobinson1@sheffield.ac.uk

The Innovation Centre

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Louisa Robinson
School of Health and Related Research
The Innovation Centre
217 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP

Profile: I studied for a BSc in Psychology at the University of Nottingham before moving to the University of Sheffield in 2017 to complete an MSc in Psychological Research Methods with Advanced Statistics. After completion, I worked in ScHARR’s Clinical Trials Research Unit as a Research Assistant on the ACtiF Programme. This was a complex intervention designed to support people with cystic fibrosis to adhere to nebulised medications. I am now using data from the ACtiF randomised controlled trial to study habits in medication adherence in my PhD.

Research interests

PhD title: Exploring context stability and habit in the maintenance of adherence to medications in people with long-term conditions.

My research is on behaviour change in health-related behaviours, focusing mainly on habits in medication adherence behaviour. My PhD explores ways in which people have conceptualised and implemented 'habit formation interventions' for taking medications in long-term conditions, and in novel methods to identify features of habit in objective medication adherence data.

I am particularly interested in identifying and articulating core intervention techniques for forming habits and in how we measure habits.

Publications

Journal articles

Girling C, Lee MJ, Vimalchandran D, Jayne DJ, Stancliffe S, Wailoo A, Bradburn M, Hind D, Bursnall M, Robinson LK & Brown SR (2022) Protocol for the ORION trial (RadiO fRequency ablatION for haemorrhoids): a randomised controlled trial. Techniques in Coloproctology.
Girling C, Packham A, Robinson L, Arden MA, Hind D & Wildman MJ (2022) Implementing the use of objective medication adherence data in routine clinical practice via the digital CFHealthHub platform : situation analysis and strategy development using the theoretical domains framework. Implementation Science Communications, 3(1). View this article in WRRO
Robinson L, Arden MA, Dawson S, Walters SJ, Wildman MJ & Stevenson M (2022) A machine-learning assisted review of the use of habit formation in medication adherence interventions for long-term conditions. Health Psychology Review. View this article in WRRO
Wildman MJ, O’Cathain A, Hind D, Maguire C, Arden MA, Hutchings M, Bradley J, Walters SJ, Whelan P, Ainsworth J , Tappenden P et al (2021) An intervention to support adherence to inhaled medication in adults with cystic fibrosis : the ACtiF research programme including RCT. Programme Grants for Applied Research, 9(11), 1-146. View this article in WRRO
Hind D, Drabble SJ, Arden MA, Mandefield L, Waterhouse S, Maguire C, Cantrill H, Robinson L, Beever D, Scott A , Keating S et al (2020) Feasibility study for supporting medication adherence for adults with cystic fibrosis: mixed-methods process evaluation. BMJ Open, 10(10). View this article in WRRO
Robinson L, Kellett S & Delgadillo J (2020) Dose-response patterns in low and high intensity cognitive behavioral therapy for common mental health problems. Depression and Anxiety, 37(3), 285-294. View this article in WRRO
Robinson L, Maguire C, Hoo ZH & Wildman MJ (2019) Making the invisible visible : the availability and desirability of adherence data in routine CF care– findings from a national questionnaire survey. F1000Research, 8. View this article in WRRO
Lane C, Robinson L & Freeth M (2019) Autistic traits and cognitive abilities associated with two molecular causes of Silver-Russell syndrome. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 129(3), 312-319. View this article in WRRO
Hind D, Drabble S, Arden M, Mandefield L, Waterhouse S, Maguire C, Cantrill H, Robinson L, Beever D, Scott A , Keating S et al (2019) Supporting medication adherence for adults with cystic fibrosis: a randomised feasibility study. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 19. View this article in WRRO
Robinson L, Delgadillo J & Kellett S (2019) The dose-response effect in routinely delivered psychological therapies: A systematic review. Psychotherapy Research, 30(1), 76-96. View this article in WRRO

Research group

Supervisors:

Professor Stephen J Walters
Dr Mark Stevenson
Dr Martin Wildman
Professor Madelynne Arden (Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology, Sheffield Hallam University)

Teaching interests: I have teaching experience in a number of Research Methods modules, Critical Numbers (introduction to statistics for medical research), and in 1:1 masters dissertation supervision.