Rebecca J Beeken
Biographic Data
| ID | 2488736 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca J Beeken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca J |
| FAMILY NAME | Beeken |
| SIGNATURE | BEEKEN R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8287-9351 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health and quality of life in people living with and beyond breast, prostate and colorectal cancer – a qualitative study
People living with and beyond cancer have past and ongoing experiences that make them vulnerable to adverse psychosocial reactions and outcomes. Support for this population needs to provide greater clarity of risk, clearer guidelines specific to their personal circumstances, and regular updates on scheduling of important follow up care and monitoring
Prevalence of loneliness and associations with health behaviours and body mass index in 5835 people living with and beyond cancer
Loneliness is relatively common in people LWBC and may represent an unmet need. People LWBC who experience higher levels of loneliness may need additional support to improve their health behaviours
Physical Activity in Adults with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Adults with severe mental ill health may have specific attitudes toward physical activity. To inform intervention development, we conducted a survey to assess the physical activity patterns, preferences, barriers, and motivations of adults with severe mental ill health living in the community. Data were summarised using descriptive statistics, and logistic regressions were used to explore relationships between physical activity status and partici…
Development and initial qualitative evaluation of a novel school-based nutrition intervention – Cookkit (Cooking Kit for Kids)
Results suggest COOKKIT provides engaging and easy to follow in-school resources for children and school staff with take-home kits facilitating continued engagement and reinforcing lessons learned in the home environment. Importantly, participants highlighted the combination of healthy eating information, applied practical skills and low costs could support families to continue following the COOKKIT advice beyond the intervention, suggesting furt…
Quality of life profiles and their association with clinical and demographic characteristics and physical activity in people with a stoma
This study was the first to identify latent profiles within this population and assess whether certain variables are associated with membership. Future research should build upon this to identify additional variables associated with these profiles, which can help to provide the basis for targeting and tailoring future interventions to specific subgroups of people with a stoma
A Community Jury on initiating weight management conversations in primary care
BACKGROUND: Current guidelines recommend that patients attending general practice should be screened for excess weight, and provided with weight management advice. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to elicit the views of people with overweight and obesity about the role of GPs in initiating conversations about weight management. METHODS: Participants with a body mass index ≥25 were recruited from a region in Australia to take part in a Community Jury.…
Breaking habits or breaking habitual behaviours? Old habits as a neglected factor in weight loss maintenance
Smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and physical activity following stoma formation surgery, stoma-related concerns, and desire for lifestyle advice
Few respondents to this survey were eating the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables, and most reported a decrease in their PA following stoma surgery. Lifestyle advice would be welcomed by this population, which professionals should take into account when addressing stoma- related concerns
Use of intervention mapping to adapt a health behavior change intervention for endometrial cancer survivors
Systematic intervention mapping provided a framework to design a cancer survivor-centered lifestyle intervention. ECS welcomed the intervention and provided essential feedback for its adaptation. The program has been evaluated through a randomized controlled trial
Research priorities about stoma‐related quality of life from the perspective of people with a stoma
BACKGROUND: There is a recognized need to include patients in setting research priorities. Research priorities identified by people with a stoma are rarely elicited. OBJECTIVES: To improve the quality of life of people with a stoma through use of evidence-based practice based on research priorities set by patients. DESIGN AND METHODS: Online pilot survey publicized in 2016 via United Kingdom stoma charities. People ranked nine stoma-related quali…
Appetitive traits and relationships with BMI in adults
The Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) is a validated parent-report measure of appetitive traits associated with weight in childhood. There is currently no matched measure for use in adults. The aim of this study was to adapt the CEBQ into a self-report Adult Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (AEBQ) to explore whether the associations between appetitive traits and BMI observed in children are present in adults. Two adult samples were recrui…
Public beliefs about the causes of obesity and attitudes towards policy initiatives in Great Britain
Objective To assess attributions for overweight and the level of support for policy initiatives in Great Britain. Design Cross-sectional. Respondents indicated their agreement (5-point scales: strongly disagree to strongly agree) to three potential causes of overweight (environment, genes, willpower) and five policies (free weight-loss treatment, taxing unhealthy foods, healthy lifestyle campaigns, food labelling, advertising restrictions). Setti…
Study protocol for the 10 Top Tips (10TT) Trial
ISRCTN16347068
Cancer information and anxiety
There is concern that public education about testicular cancer (TC) may cause unnecessary anxiety. Psychological theory suggests that if threat (eg, TC) information is accompanied with threat control strategies (eg, testicular self-examination; TSE) anxiety is less likely. Male students ( N=443) were randomized to either a TC or TC +TSE information group or a no information control group, and assessed at three time points. Anxiety levels did not …
Health-related quality of life in haematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors
Appetitive traits and relationships with BMI in adults
The Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) is a validated parent-report measure of appetitive traits associated with weight in childhood. There is currently no matched measure for use in adults. The aim of this study was to adapt the CEBQ into a self-report Adult Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (AEBQ) to explore whether the associations between appetitive traits and BMI observed in children are present in adults. Two adult samples were recrui…
Breaking habits or breaking habitual behaviours? Old habits as a neglected factor in weight loss maintenance
Health-related quality of life in haematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors
Study protocol for the 10 Top Tips (10TT) Trial
ISRCTN16347068
Cancer information and anxiety
There is concern that public education about testicular cancer (TC) may cause unnecessary anxiety. Psychological theory suggests that if threat (eg, TC) information is accompanied with threat control strategies (eg, testicular self-examination; TSE) anxiety is less likely. Male students ( N=443) were randomized to either a TC or TC +TSE information group or a no information control group, and assessed at three time points. Anxiety levels did not …
Public beliefs about the causes of obesity and attitudes towards policy initiatives in Great Britain
Objective To assess attributions for overweight and the level of support for policy initiatives in Great Britain. Design Cross-sectional. Respondents indicated their agreement (5-point scales: strongly disagree to strongly agree) to three potential causes of overweight (environment, genes, willpower) and five policies (free weight-loss treatment, taxing unhealthy foods, healthy lifestyle campaigns, food labelling, advertising restrictions). Setti…
Appetitive traits and relationships with BMI in adults
The Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) is a validated parent-report measure of appetitive traits associated with weight in childhood. There is currently no matched measure for use in adults. The aim of this study was to adapt the CEBQ into a self-report Adult Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (AEBQ) to explore whether the associations between appetitive traits and BMI observed in children are present in adults. Two adult samples were recrui…
Research priorities about stoma‐related quality of life from the perspective of people with a stoma
BACKGROUND: There is a recognized need to include patients in setting research priorities. Research priorities identified by people with a stoma are rarely elicited. OBJECTIVES: To improve the quality of life of people with a stoma through use of evidence-based practice based on research priorities set by patients. DESIGN AND METHODS: Online pilot survey publicized in 2016 via United Kingdom stoma charities. People ranked nine stoma-related quali…
Use of intervention mapping to adapt a health behavior change intervention for endometrial cancer survivors
Systematic intervention mapping provided a framework to design a cancer survivor-centered lifestyle intervention. ECS welcomed the intervention and provided essential feedback for its adaptation. The program has been evaluated through a randomized controlled trial
Smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and physical activity following stoma formation surgery, stoma-related concerns, and desire for lifestyle advice
Few respondents to this survey were eating the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables, and most reported a decrease in their PA following stoma surgery. Lifestyle advice would be welcomed by this population, which professionals should take into account when addressing stoma- related concerns
A Community Jury on initiating weight management conversations in primary care
BACKGROUND: Current guidelines recommend that patients attending general practice should be screened for excess weight, and provided with weight management advice. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to elicit the views of people with overweight and obesity about the role of GPs in initiating conversations about weight management. METHODS: Participants with a body mass index ≥25 were recruited from a region in Australia to take part in a Community Jury.…
Breaking habits or breaking habitual behaviours? Old habits as a neglected factor in weight loss maintenance
Quality of life profiles and their association with clinical and demographic characteristics and physical activity in people with a stoma
This study was the first to identify latent profiles within this population and assess whether certain variables are associated with membership. Future research should build upon this to identify additional variables associated with these profiles, which can help to provide the basis for targeting and tailoring future interventions to specific subgroups of people with a stoma
Physical Activity in Adults with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Adults with severe mental ill health may have specific attitudes toward physical activity. To inform intervention development, we conducted a survey to assess the physical activity patterns, preferences, barriers, and motivations of adults with severe mental ill health living in the community. Data were summarised using descriptive statistics, and logistic regressions were used to explore relationships between physical activity status and partici…
Development and initial qualitative evaluation of a novel school-based nutrition intervention – Cookkit (Cooking Kit for Kids)
Results suggest COOKKIT provides engaging and easy to follow in-school resources for children and school staff with take-home kits facilitating continued engagement and reinforcing lessons learned in the home environment. Importantly, participants highlighted the combination of healthy eating information, applied practical skills and low costs could support families to continue following the COOKKIT advice beyond the intervention, suggesting furt…
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health and quality of life in people living with and beyond breast, prostate and colorectal cancer – a qualitative study
People living with and beyond cancer have past and ongoing experiences that make them vulnerable to adverse psychosocial reactions and outcomes. Support for this population needs to provide greater clarity of risk, clearer guidelines specific to their personal circumstances, and regular updates on scheduling of important follow up care and monitoring
Prevalence of loneliness and associations with health behaviours and body mass index in 5835 people living with and beyond cancer
Loneliness is relatively common in people LWBC and may represent an unmet need. People LWBC who experience higher levels of loneliness may need additional support to improve their health behaviours
Medicine (15 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Psychological intervention (7 works) · Public health (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Obesity (5 works) · Obesity and Health Practices (5 works)