NCARE (Nottingham Centre for the Advancement of Research into Supportive, Palliative and End-of-life Care)

Promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED)

The Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) research programme is a project that has been designed to help people with mild cognitive impairment or early stage dementia to remain healthier and more independent for longer.

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Publications

  • Kearney F, Harwood RH, Lincoln N, Gladman JRF, Masud T. The relationship between executive function and falls and gait abnormalities in older adults: a systematic review. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2013;36:20-35. DOI: 10.1159/000350031
  • van der Wardt V., Logan P., Hood V., Booth V., Masud T., Harwood R. The association of specific executive functions and falls risk in people with mild cognitive impairment and early stage dementia. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2015; 40: 178-185. DOI:10.1159/000433523
  • Booth V, Logan P, Harwood R, Hood V.  Falls prevention interventions in older adults with cognitive impairment: A systematic review of reviews. International Journal of Therapy Research 2015. 22(6):289-296. DOI:10.12968/ijtr.2015.22.6.289
  • Booth V, Harwood R, Hood V, Masud T, Logan P. Understanding the theoretical underpinning of the exercise component in a fall prevention programme for older adults with mild dementia: a realist review protocol. Systematic Reviews 2016; 5:119; DOI 10.1186/s13643-016-0212-x
  • Booth V, Logan P, Masud T, Hood V, van der Wardt V, Harwood R. Falls, gait and dual-tasking in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: A cross-sectional study. European Geriatric Medicine 2016
  • van der Wardt V, Hancox J, Gondek D, Logan P, Nair RD, Pollock K, Harwood R Adherence support strategies for exercise interventions in people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review. Prev Med Rep. 2017; 7: 38-45. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.05.007.
  • Peach T, Pollock K, van der Wardt V, das Nair R, Logan P, Harwood RH. Attitudes of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their relatives about falls risk and prevention: A qualitative study. PLoS One. 2017;12:e0177530. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177530. eCollection 2017.
  • T Bramley, R Harwood, V Van Der Wardt, P Logan. The development of an occupational therapy component of a complex intervention for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2017 80: 82
  • Booth V, Harwood RH, Hood-Moore V, Bramley T, Hancox JE, Robertson K, Hall J, Van Der Wardt V, Logan P.  Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (PrAISED): Development of an Intervention for People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. Clinical Rehabilitation 2018; 32: 855-864. doi.org/10.1177/0269215518758149
  • Harwood RH, van der Wardt V, Goldberg SE, Kearney FC, Logan P, Hood-Moore V, Booth V, Hancox J, Masud T, Hoare Z, Brand A, Tudor Edwards R, Jones C, das Nair R; Pollock K, Godfrey M, Gladman JRF, Vedhara K; Smith H, Orrell M, A development study and randomised feasibility trial of a tailored intervention to improve activity and reduce falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2018 4:49
  • https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-018-0239-y
  • Burgon C, Darby J, Pollock K, van der Wardt V, Peach T, Beck L, Logan P, Harwood RH. Perspectives of healthcare professionals on falls interventions for people with dementia: A qualitative interview study BMJ Open 2019;9:e025702. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025702
  • Di Lorito C, Roshan das Nair, Veronika Van Der Wardt, Kristian Pollock, Marianne Dunlop, Pip Logan, Rowan Harwood, Vicky Booth, Maureen Godfrey, Sarah Goldberg. Protocol for the process evaluation of the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (PrAISED 2) Randomised Controlled Trial. Maturitas 2019; 122:8-21. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.01.001.
  • Di Lorito C,  Rowan Harwood, Kavita Vedhara, Pip Logan, Veronika Van Der Wardt, Sarah Goldberg, Kristian Pollock, Roshan Das Nair, Vicky Booth A scoping review of behaviour change theories in adults without dementia to adapt and develop the ‘PHYT in dementia’, a model promoting physical activity in people with dementia. Maturitas 2019;121:101-113. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.01.008.
  • Van Der Wardt V, Hancox J, Pollock K, Logan P, Vedhara K, Harwood RH. Physical activity engagement strategies in people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia – a focus group study, Aging & Mental Health 2020: 24: 1326-33. DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1590308
  • Hancox JE, van der Wardt V, Pollock K, Booth V, Vedhara K, Harwood RH. Factors influencing adherence to home-based strength and balance exercises among older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia: Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED). PLoS One 2019; 14(5):e0217387. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217387
  • Booth V, Harwood R, Hancox JE, et al. Motivation as a mechanism underpinning exercise-based falls prevention programmes for older adults with cognitive impairment: a realist review. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e024982. doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2018-024982
  • Di Lorito CB, A. Booth, V. Goldberg, S. Harwood, RH. Van Der Wardt, V. Adherence to exercise and physical activity intervention in older people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis   in prep. Adherence to exercise interventions in older people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Prev Med Rep 2020; 19: 101139. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101139.
  • Bajwa RK, Goldberg SE, Van der Wardt V, Burgon C, Di Lorito C, Godfrey M, Dunlop M, Logan P, Masud T, Gladman J, Smith H, Hood-Moore V,  Booth V, Das Nair R, Pollock K, Vedhara K, Tudor Edwards R, Jones C, Hoare Z, Brand A, Harwood RH.  A randomised controlled trial of an exercise intervention promoting activity, independence and stability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia (PrAISED) - A Protocol. Trials 20, 815 (2019). doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3871-9
  • Goldberg SE, van der Wardt V, Brand A, Burgon C, Bajwa R, Hoare Z, Logan PL, Harwood RH. Promoting activity, Independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED): a, multisite, randomised controlled, feasibility trial. BMC Geriatr 19, 353 (2019).  doi: 10.1186/s12877-019-1379-5
  • Di Lorito C, Bosco A, Pollock K, Harwood RH, das Nair R, Logan P, Goldberg S, Booth V, Vedhara K, Godfrey M, Dunlop M, van der Wardt V. External Validation of the ‘PHYT in Dementia’, a Theoretical Model Promoting Physical Activity in People with Dementia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 1544. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051544.
  • Di Lorito C, Godfrey M, Dunlop M, Harwood RH. Adding to the knowledge on Patient and Public Involvement: Reflections from an experience of co-research with carers of people with dementia. Health Expectations 2020 Health Expect. 2020; 23: 691-706. doi: 10.1111/hex.13049.
  • Van der Wardt V, Jennie E. Hancox, Clare Burgon, Rupinder Bajwa, Sarah Goldberg, Harwood RH. Measuring physical activity levels in people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2019-0234
  • Di Lorito C, Long A, Byrne A, Harwood RH, Gladman JRF, Schneider S, Logan P, Bosco A, van der Wardt V. Exercise interventions for older adults: A systematic review of meta-analyses. Journal of Sport and Health Science 2020; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2020.06.003
  • Di Lorito C, Bosco A, Booth V, Goldberg S, Harwood RH, van der Wardt V. Adherence to exercise interventions in older people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Medicine Reports 2020; 19: 101139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101139
  • Di Lorito C, Bosco A, Goldberg SE, Nair R, O'Brien R, Howe L, van der Wardt V, Pollock K, Booth V, Logan P, Godfrey M, Dunlop M, Horne J, Harwood RH. Protocol for the process evaluation of the Promoting Activity, Independence and stability in early Dementia (PrAISED), following changes required by the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open 2020; 10(8): e039305. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039305.
  • Di Lorito, C., Masud, T., Gladman, J. et al. Deconditioning in people living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative study from the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) process evaluation. BMC Geriatr 21, 529 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02451-z

NCARE (Nottingham Centre for the Advancement of Research into Supportive, Palliative and End-of-life Care)

University of Nottingham
School of Health Sciences
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, NG7 2HA


email: kristian.pollock@nottingham.ac.uk