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Ms Michelle Holmes

Postgraduate research student

Ms Michelle Holmes is Postgraduate research student within Psychology at the University of Southampton.

Degrees:

BSc (Hons) Natural Therapeutics, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster (September 2013)

MRes Clinical and Health Research, Health Sciences, University of Southampton (November 2014)

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Research interests

Research interests: My primary research interest is Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). I have just completed a research project exploring how breast cancer survivors use the web to make decisions about using complementary therapies. Other research interests include: mindfulness, CAM education in the UK, and the treatment of long-term conditions. My studies so far have been on chronic pain, stress, emotion, and mindfulness meditation.

Research project: Reconceptualising patient-reported outcome measures as active components of complex interventions.

Supervisors: Dr Felicity L Bishop (Psychology, University of Southampton; Dr David Newell (Anglo-European College of Chiropractic); Professor George Lewith (Primary Care, University of Southampton)

Funding body: FSHS VC Scholarship, University of Southampton with the Anglo European College of Chiropractic, the Royal College of Chiropractors, and the Southampton Complementary Medicine Research Trust.

Research group

Centre for Clinical and Community Applications of Health Psychology (CCCAHP)

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Holmes, M. M., Bishop, F. L., Kendrick, T., & Lewith, G. (2014). Research protocol for a feasibility study: The effect and mechanisms of mindfulness meditation on professional caregivers of dementia patients. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 6(5), 615-616.

Bishop, F.L., Holmes, M.M., (2013). Mixed Methods in CAM Research: A Systematic Review of Studies Published in 2012. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013.

Conference presentations:

Holmes, M.M., (2014). How and why people affected by cancer use the internet and the implications for self-care: the preliminary findings of a systematic literature review. College of Medicine Summer School. London: Kings College London.

Holmes, M.M., (2014) Research Protocol for a Feasibility Study: The Effect and Mechanisms of Mindfulness Meditation on Professional Caregivers of Dementia Patients. CAMSTRAND. Manchester: Christie Hospital.

Holmes, M.M., (2013). Becoming a CAM Researcher. MSc Complementary Medicine Scheme – CPD Conference. London: University of Westminster.

Articles

Holmes, M. M. , Stanescu, S-C. , Linaker, C. , Price, C. , Maguire, N. , Fraser, S. , Cooper, C. , & Walker-Bone, K. (2020). Exploring the views of stakeholders about the feasibility of carrying out a randomised controlled trial of Individual Placement and Support for people unemployed with chronic pain based in primary care (the InSTEP study) . Pilot and Feasibility Studies , 6 (1), [44]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00588-z
Nind, M. , Holmes, M. M. , Insenga, M. , Lewthwaite, S. , & Sutton, C. (2020). Student perspectives on learning research methods in the social sciences . Teaching in Higher Education , 25 (7), 797-811. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2019.1592150
Holmes, M. M. , Bishop, F. , & Calman, L. (2017). “I just googled and read everything”: Exploring breast cancer survivors’ use of the internet to find information on complementary medicine . Complementary Therapies in Medicine , 33 , 78-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2017.06.007
Bishop, F. , Coghlan, B. , Geraghty, A. , Everitt, H. , Little, P. , Holmes, M. M. , Seretis, D. , & Lewith, G. (2017). What techniques might be used to harness placebo effects in non-malignant pain? A literature review and survey to develop a taxonomy . BMJ Open , 7 (6), 1-13. [e015516]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015516
Holmes, M. , Lewith, G. , Newell, D., Field, J. , & Bishop, F. L. (2016). The impact of patient-reported outcome measures in clinical practice for pain: a systematic review . Quality of Life Research , 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-016-1449-5
Bishop, F. L. , & Holmes, M. M. (2013). Mixed methods in CAM research: a systematic review of studies published in 2012 . Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine , 2013 , 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/187365

Conference

Lewthwaite, S. , & Holmes, M. (2017). The pedagogy of social science research methods: a textbook case. . 1-2. Abstract from Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference, Newport.

Letter/Editorial

Adams, J., Kawchuk, G., Breen, A., De Carvalho, D., Eklund, A., Fernandez, M., Funabashi, M. , Holmes, M. M. , Johansson, M. S., de Luca, K., Moore, C., Pagé, I., Pohlman, K. A., Swain, M. S., Wong, A. Y. L., & Hartvigsen, J. (2018). Leadership and capacity building in international chiropractic research: Introducing the chiropractic academy for research leadership (CARL) . Chiropractic and Manual Therapies , 26 (1), [5]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-018-0173-3

Report

Lewthwaite, S. , & Holmes, M. M. (2018). The pedagogy of social science research methods textbooks: a scoping study . Society for Research in Higher Education.

Review

Holmes, M. M. , Stanescu, S-C. , & Bishop, F. (2019). The use of measurement systems to support patient self-management of long-term conditions: an overview of opportunities and challenges . Patient Related Outcome Measures , 2019 (10), 385-394. https://doi.org/10.2147/PROM.S178488

Thesis

Holmes, M. M. (2022). Reconceptualising patient-reported outcome measures as active components of specialist musculoskeletal care for back pain . University of Southampton.

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