Abi Fisher

Biographic Data

ID3926395
NAMEAbi Fisher
GIVEN NAMESAbi
FAMILY NAMEFisher
SIGNATUREFISHER A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity College London
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Prevalence of loneliness and associations with health behaviours and body mass index in 5835 people living with and beyond cancer

    Open AccessSusan Smith, Phillippa Lally et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    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

  • Internet use, social isolation and loneliness in older adults

    Open AccessStephanie Stockwell, Brendon Stubbs et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2021Cited by: 3References: 80

    The aim of this study was to explore associations between internet/email use in a large sample of older English adults with their social isolation and loneliness. Data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Wave 8 were used, with complete data available for 4,492 men and women aged ⩾ 50 years (mean age = 64.3, standard deviation = 13.3; 51.7% males). Binomial logistic regression was used to analyse cross-sectional associations between inte…

  • Occupational Physical Activity Habits of UK Office Workers

    Open AccessLee Smith, Alexia Sawyer et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2018

    Habitual behaviours are learned responses that are triggered automatically by associated environmental cues. The unvarying nature of most workplace settings makes workplace physical activity a prime candidate for a habitual behaviour, yet the role of habit strength in occupational physical activity has not been investigated. Aims of the present study were to: (i) document occupational physical activity habit strength; and (ii) investigate associa…

  • Associations between the Objectively Measured Office Environment and Workplace Step Count and Sitting Time

    Open AccessAbi Fisher, Marcella Ucci et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2018

    Office-based workers spend a large proportion of the day sitting and tend to have low overall activity levels. Despite some evidence that features of the external physical environment are associated with physical activity, little is known about the influence of the spatial layout of the internal environment on movement, and the majority of data use self-report. This study investigated associations between objectively-measured sitting time and act…

  • Supportive environments for physical activity in deprived communities in the United Kingdom

    Open AccessAlexia Sawyer, Marcella Ucci et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2018Cited by: 3References: 28

  • Research priorities about stoma‐related quality of life from the perspective of people with a stoma

    Open AccessGill Hubbard, Claire Taylor et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2017

    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…