Professor Douglas MacInnes

Research Projects

• ‘A Public Health Perspective of the Impact of Spirituality on Health by People who Identify as Spiritual but not Religious’. Researcher(s): Dr Nicole Holt. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Jennifer Dvorak. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• A Qualitative Study to Explore the Experience of Therapeutic Self-Disclosure and Shared Lived Experience in Occupational Therapy Practice. Researcher(s): Ms Sarah Harvey. Supervisor(s): Dr Ian Marsh, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• An examination of a service designed to support prisoners with mental health problems on their release from prison.. Researcher(s): Mrs Jacqueline Tallent. Supervisor(s): Dr Janet Parrott, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• An exploration of the perceptions and practice of community nursing staff within two care settings in relation to spiritual distress at the end of life.. Researcher(s): Rev Clive Laker. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mrs Emma-May Alton. Supervisor(s): Dr Elisabetta Corvo, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Dr Tarek Ben Grid. Supervisor(s): Dr Jamie O'Driscoll, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Dr Ann Price. Supervisor(s): Professor Trevor Cooling, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Is my mind my own? Inside managing self-diagnosed insomnia in a mixed economy: A critical autoethnography. Researcher(s): Mrs Anne Martin. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Sarah Christie. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Living Well Together: A social network-based intervention for improving the physical health of people with severe mental illness living in the community. Researcher(s): Mr Denis Richards. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Professor Eleni Hatzidimitriadou. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Mental health and Wellbeing of Prison Officers. Researcher(s): Dr Sarah Maginn. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Ian Marsh. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Perceptions, impacting decision making and social behaviour of adult men engaged in a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation programme with histories of former school exclusions and early engagement with substance misuse and prison incarceration.. Researcher(s): Mr James McCartney. Supervisor(s): Dr Tamara Leeuwerik, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Queer Expressions: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of how Irish Gay Men discuss sexuality with Healthcare Practitioners. Researcher(s): Dr John Gilmore. Supervisor(s): Dr Toni Wright, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Queering the sick room: A queer feminist narrative inquiry into the lived experience of lesbians with cancer. Researcher(s): Dr Paula Kuzbit. Supervisor(s): Dr Toni Wright, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Restarting a prisoner's life onto a supportive path leading to RESETtlement in the community: The RESET Study. Researcher(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, Dr Janet Parrott. [Project report]
• Road to hope through grief: A qualitative mixed methods study investigating stillbirth bereavement support pathways for ethnically diverse bereaved parents. Researcher(s): Ms Erin McCloskey. Supervisor(s): Dr Jacqueline Wier, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Social justice and nursing undergraduate student internship. Researcher(s): Dr Paula Kuzbit, Dr Toni Wright, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Project]
• The development of a questionnaire to measure in-patient satisfaction with forensic services - the Forensic Satisfaction Scale. Researcher(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Project report]
• The effectiveness of self-prescribed isometric wall squat training to lower resting blood pressure in adults diagnosed as high normal and above in the NHS. Researcher(s): Dr Jim Wiles, Dr Jamie O'Driscoll, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Project]
• The effects of anticipatory grief on carers supporting a person with dementia at home and in a care home. Researcher(s): Mrs Sheila Clarke. Supervisor(s): Dr Raymond Smith, Dr Pat Chung, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Tracking the Timeline and Societal Impact of Inequality Between Autistics And Non-Autistics in the United Kingdom From the 19th Century To The Current Day. Researcher(s): Mrs Joyce Coombersewell. Supervisor(s): Dr Elisabetta Corvo, Professor Douglas MacInnes, Professor Susan Millns. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Understanding and monitoring early post-intensive discharge: exploring the role of eHealth to signpost PICS symptoms. Researcher(s): Mr Daniel Lai. Supervisor(s): Professor Teresa D'Oliveira, Professor Sukhwinder Singh Shergill, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Understanding and monitoring early post-intensive discharge: exploring the role of eHealth to signpost PICS symptoms. Researcher(s): Dr Daniel Lai. Supervisor(s): Professor Sukhwinder Singh Shergill, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Using film as a tool for mental health promotion. Researcher(s): Ms Athene Lane-Martin. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Andy Birtwistle. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Women’s Experiences of Long-Term Impact of Traumatic Childbirth on Their Lives: Examining Relationships, Healthcare Access, and Quality of Life. Researcher(s): Mrs Natalija Kolesnikova. Supervisor(s): Professor Angela Pickard, Professor Douglas MacInnes. [Postgraduate Research Project]

• An alternative protocol to improve accessibility to isometric exercise training to treat uncomplicated hypertension Wiles, Jonathan, Rees-roberts, Melanie, Santer, Ellie, Lea, John, O’Driscoll, Jamie, Macinnes, Douglas, Pellatt-higgins, Tracey, Mills, Ashley, Gousia, Katerina, West, Alan, Darby, John, Borthwick, Rachel, Doulton, Tim, Swift, Pauline, Farmer, Chris, (May 2024): Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. [Journal article]
• An examination of service user satisfaction in forensic mental health settings Khan, Al Adiya, Stirrup, Victoria, MacInnes, D., (31 Jan 2024): SAGE Publications. [Journal article]
• Effectiveness of psychological interventions for carers of patients with severe mental illness (SMI): a systematic review Tallent, J., Ali, S., Sambrook, H., MacInnes, D., Kinane, C., (22 Oct 2024): BMJ Publishing Group. [Journal article]
• Experiences, acceptability and feasibility of an isometric exercise intervention for stage 1 hypertension: embedded qualitative study in a randomised controlled feasibility trial. Rees-Roberts, M., Borthwick, Rachel, Santer, Ellie, Darby, John, West, Alan, O'Driscoll, Jamie M, Pellatt-Higgins, Tracy, Gousia, Katerina, Short, Vanessa, Doulton, Tim, Wiles, Jim, Farmer, Chris, MacInnes, Douglas, (26 Aug 2024, 01 Aug 2024): BMC. [Journal article]
• Delivering clinical studies of exercise in the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and adaptations using a feasibility trial of isometric exercise to treat hypertension as an exemplar. Farmer, Chris, Santer, Ellie, West, Alan, Darby, John, Rees-Roberts, Melanie, Doulton, Timothy, MacInnes, D., O'Driscoll, J., Borthwick, Rachel, Pellatt-Higgins, Tracy, Gousia, Katerina, Short, Vanessa, Swift, Pauline A, Wiles, J., (17 Mar 2023): BMJ Publishing Group. [Journal article]
• A qualitative study of older adults’ experiences of transitioning from secure forensic services – The TOPS Study Tallent, J., Houben, F., Parrott, J., MacInnes, D.. [Speech]
• Peer supported open dialogue in the National Health Service: Implementing and evaluating a new approach to mental health care Kinane, Catherine, Osborne, James, Ishaq, Yasmin, Colman, Marcus, MacInnes, Douglas, (22 Feb 2022, 01 Feb 2022): BMC. [Journal article]
• Comparing the social networks of service users with long term mental health needs living in community with those in a general adult in-patient unit Rusca, R., Onwuchekwa, I., Kinane, C., MacInnes, D., (21 May 2021, 01 Aug 2022): SAGE. [Journal article]
• Developing and evaluating mental health lived experience practitioner (LXP) roles in an NHS trust Stirrup, V., Jones, F., Dimond, Iain, Green, Debbie, Kaur, Japleen, Wattingham, Amy, MacInnes, D., (26 Sep 2021, 04 Mar 2022): Informa UK Limited. [Journal article]
• Feasibility study to assess the delivery of a novel isometric exercise intervention for people with stage 1 hypertension in the NHS: protocol for the IsoFIT-BP study including amendments to mitigate the risk of COVID-19. Wiles, J., Rees-Roberts, Melanie, O'Driscoll, J., Doulton, Timothy, MacInnes, D., Short, Vanessa, Pellatt-Higgins, Tracy, Saxby, Katie, Gousia, K., West, Alan, Smith, Maggie, Santer, E., Darby, John, Farmer, Chris K, (28 Oct 2021, 01 Oct 2021): BMC. [Journal article]
• Supporting prisoners with mental health needs in the transition to RESETtle in the community: the RESET study MacInnes, D., Khan, A. A., Hove, F., Dyson, H., Grandi, T., Parrott, J., Tallent, J., (27 Feb 2021): Springer Nature. [Journal article]
• Growing older in secure mental health care: the user experience Visser, R., MacInnes, D., Parrott, J., Houben, F., (01 Jul 2019): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• Mental health and offending in older people: future directions for research Parrott, J., Houben, F., Visser, R., MacInnes, D., (16 Aug 2019): Wiley. [Journal article]
• The psychological and psychosocial interventions offered to forensic mental health in-patients: a systematic review MacInnes, D., (20 Mar 2019): BMJ Publishing Group. [Journal article]
• Introducing lived experience practitioners: from KTP to LXPs Stirrup, V., Dimond, I., Jones, F., MacInnes, D., Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Lived Experience Practitioner Conference. [Speech]
• Peer support evaluation: a service evaluation of the use of peer support workers at Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust MacInnes, D.. Maidstone, Kent: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. [Research report]
• Psychosocial interventions to support carers MacInnes, D., Francis, A., Jeffrey, A., (07 Mar 2018), Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. London: SAGE Publications. [Book chapter]
• Knowlege transfer partnerships MacInnes, D., Jones, F., Stirrup, V., Dimond, I, Green, D. Swindon, UK. [Research report]
• A pilot cluster randomised trial to assess the effect of a structured communication approach on quality of life in secure mental health settings: the Comquol study MacInnes, D., Kinane, C., Parrott, J., Mansfield, J., Craig, T., Eldridge, S., Marsh, I., Chan, C., Hounsome, N., Harrison, G., Priebe, S., (29 Sep 2016): BioMed Central. [Journal article]
• In the case of prostate cancer patients, are there advantages in cancer nurse-led follow-up? MacInnes, D., Vieira, I., Sheriff, M., (07 Apr 2016): John Wiley & Sons. [Journal article]
• The Comquol Study: - a pilot cluster randomised trial looking at a structured communication intervention in secure mental health settings: outcomes and challenges MacInnes, D., Kinane, C., Parrott, J., Mansfield, J., Royal College of Psychiatrists. Forensic Psychiatry Faculty Annual Conference 2016. [Conference paper]
• The Delphi method: methodological issues arising from a study examining factors influencing the publication or non-publication of mental health nursing research MacInnes, D., Flanagan, T., Ashmore, R., Banks, D., (13 Jun 2016): Emerald. [Journal article]
• A pilot trial assessing the effect of structured communication approach on quality of life in secure mental health settings (ComQuol) - service focused measures MacInnes, D., Mansfield J., Kinane, C., Marsh, I., Parrott, J., XXXIV th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. [Conference paper]
• A pilot trial assessing the effect of structured communication approach on quality of life in secure mental health settings (ComQuol) - user focused outcomes MacInnes, D., Parrott, J., Mansfield, J., Kinane, C., Marsh, I., XXXIV th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. [Conference paper]
• A pilot trial to assess the effect of a structured COMmunication approach on QUality Of Life in secure mental health settings (Comquol) MacInnes, D., Kinane, C., Parrott, J., Priebe, S., Craig, T., Marsh, I., Eldridge, S.. [Research report]
• A retrospective observational study of the effectiveness of paliperidone palmitate on acute inpatient hospitalization rates Bressington, D., Stock, J., Hulbert, S., MacInnes, D., (Jul 2015): Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. [Journal article]
• Clinicians and services users working collaboratively: the ComQuol study MacInnes, D., Mansfield, J., Kinane, C., Parrott, J., Marsh, I., XXXIV th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. [Conference paper]
• Mental illness and parenthood: being a parent in secure psychiatric care MacInnes, D., Houben, F., Parrott, J., (06 Mar 2015, 20 Oct 2015): Wiley. [Journal article]
• Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust lived experience practitioner training scheme: co-producing peer support training’ Stirrup, V., Jones, F., MacInnes, D., Davis, F., Green, D., ImROC Annual Conference. [Conference poster]
• Service user perceptions of the ComQuol approach:focus group analysis MacInnes, D., Mansfield, J., Marsh, I., Kinane, C., Parrott, J., XXXIV th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. [Conference paper]
• The Comquol Study: a structured approach focused on quality of life in secure mental health settings MacInnes, D., 21st International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research. [Conference paper]
• The comquol study: a structured approach focused on quality of life in secure mental health settings MacInnes, D., Mansfield, J., Parrott, J., Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust: Quality Improvement Showcase 2015. [Conference paper]
• The role of a mental health nurse in the ComQuol project: their perspective and involvements MacInnes, D., Mansfield, J., Parrott, J., Marsh, I., Kinane, C., XXXIV th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. [Conference paper]
• A cross sectional survey examining the association between therapeutic relationships and service user satisfaction in forensic mental health settings MacInnes, D., Courtney, H., Flanagan, T., Bressington, D., Beer, D., (18 Sep 2014): BioMed Central. [Journal article]
• Carers and carers' rights of mentally disordered offenders MacInnes, D., (07 Oct 2014), A Companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Risk. Bristol: Policy Press. [Book chapter]
• Co-producing mental health peer support in Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Stirrup, V., Jones, F., MacInnes, D., Davis, F., Green, D., (2014), Knowledge Transfer Partnership Annual Conference (2014). [Conference poster]
• Carers of forensic mental health in-patients: what factors influence their satisfaction with services? MacInnes, D., Beer, D., Reynolds, K., Kinane, C., (26 Nov 2013): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• Risk prevention and non-pharmacological management of violence in the acute setting MacInnes, D., Patel, S., Olumoroti, J., McAllister, R., (Jul 2013), Prevention and Management of Violence: Guidance for Mental Healthcare Professionals. London: RCPsych Publications. [Book chapter]
• Strengthening healthcare communities through knowledge exchange Jones, F., MacInnes, D., Making Intelligent Citizens: the University, Public Service, and the Community. [Conference paper]
• Study to assess the effect of a structured communication approach on quality of life in secure mental health settings (Comquol): study protocol for a pilot cluster randomized trial MacInnes, D., Kinane, C., Beer, D., Parrott, J., Craig, T., Eldridge, S., Krotofil, J., Priebe, S., (16 Aug 2013): BioMed Central. [Journal article]
• The effects of training mental health practitioners in medication management to address nonadherence: a systematic review of clinician-related outcomes Bressington, D., Coren, E., MacInnes, D., (27 May 2013): Dove Press. [Journal article]
• Implementing video conferencing in mental health practice De Weger, E., MacInnes, D., Enser, J., Francis, S., Jones, F., (Jul 2012): Wiley-Blackwell. [Journal article]
• The comquol study MacInnes, D., Mansfield, J., Kinane, C., Parrott, J., Mental Health Research Network SUNLOWS Research Seminar. [Conference paper]
• Why now is the time to invest in e-health technologies De Weger, E., Jones, F., MacInnes, D., Enser, J., Francis, S., (23 Feb 2012): EMAP. [Journal article]
• A case study exploration of the value of acupuncture as an adjunct treatment for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia: results and future study design Ronan, P., Robinson, N., Harbinson, D., MacInnes, D., (2011): Science Press. [Journal article]
• Levels of service user satisfaction in secure settings – A survey of the association between perceived social climate, perceived therapeutic relationship and satisfaction with forensic services Bressington, D., Stewart, B., Beer, D., MacInnes, D.: Elsevier. [Journal article]
• Service-user involvement in forensic mental health care research: areas to consider when developing a collaborative study MacInnes, D., Beer, D., Keeble, P., Rees, D., Reid, L.. [Journal article]
• The development of a Carer Support Worker service in forensic inpatient mental health settings MacInnes, D., Bressington, D., 17th International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Conference - Creating Change in the Real World; The Future for Mental Health Nursing Research. [Speech]
• Acupuncture and schizophrenia - effect and acceptability: preliminary results of the first UK study Ronan, P., Harbinson, D., MacInnes, D., Lewis, W., Robinson, N., (2010): British Acupuncture Council. [Journal article]
• The development of a tool to measure service user satisfaction with in-patient forensic services: The Forensic Satisfaction Scale MacInnes, D., Beer, D., Keeble, P., Rees, D., Reid, L.. [Journal article]
• Caregivers support within forensic mental health services: A multi-site evaluation MacInnes, D., (Sep 2009): Kent and Medway Partnership Trust and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. [Report]
• Review of breaches of security in a low secure mental health unit MacInnes, D., (Jan 2009): Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. [Report]
• Understanding systemic reviews MacInnes, D., (Jul 2009). [Journal article]
• What are the reasons for the publication or non-publication of nursing research? MacInnes, D., Ashmore, R., Banks, D., Flanagan, T., European Mental Health Nursing Conference. [Conference paper]
• The evaluation of a short group programme to reduce self-stigma in people with serious and enduring mental health problems MacInnes, D., Lewis, M., (2008). [Journal article]
• The road less travelled: preparing research supervisors in an interprofessional context Brown, M., Clark, T., MacInnes, D., International Nursing Research Conference. [Conference paper]
• Report of the committee of inquiry into current care and treatment practices in the central mental hospital Parrott, J., Casey, T., Finnerty, S., MacInnes, D., McMorrow, D., (2007): Mental Health Commission. [Report]
• Using a Delphi approach to ascertain what factors influence the publication of mental health nursing research MacInnes, D., Ashmore, R., Banks, D., Flanagan, T., 13th International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference. [Conference paper]
• Self-esteem and self-acceptance: an examination into their relationship and their effect on psychological health MacInnes, D.. [Journal article]
• The theories underpinning rational emotive behaviour therapy: where's the supportive evidence? MacInnes, D., (Aug 2004). [Journal article]
• Contributors to stress among prison service staff Holmes, S., MacInnes, D., (May 2003). [Journal article]
• Evaluating an assessment scale of irrational beliefs for people with mental health problems MacInnes, D., (Jul 2003). [Journal article]
• Advancing practice in family nursing across the cancer continuum Flanagan, J., Holmes, S., MacInnes, D., (12 Aug 2002), Advancing Nursing Practice in Cancer and Palliative Care. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Book chapter]
• The differences in perceived burdens between forensic and non-forensic caregivers of individuals suffering from schizophrenia MacInnes, D., Watson, J., (Jan 2002). [Journal article]
• The nurse as researcher MacInnes, D., (2001), The Role of the Mental Health Nurse. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes. [Book chapter]
• The nurse as therapist and counsellor MacInnes, D., MacDonald, N., Morrissey, M., (2001), The Role of the Mental Health Nurse. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes. [Book chapter]
• Interventions in forensic psychiatry: the caregivers perspective MacInnes, D., (Aug 2000). [Journal article]
• Nursing in prisons - past, present and future MacInnes, D., (2000). [Journal article]
• Relatives and informal caregivers MacInnes, D., (2000), Forensic Mental Health Nursing: Current Approaches. Oxford: Blackwell Science. [Book chapter]
• Risk assessment in mental illness MacInnes, D., (Apr 2000). London: EMAP Healthcare. [Book]
• The illness beliefs of caregivers of the mentally ill MacInnes, D., Workgroup of European Nurse Researchers Conference Proceedings. [Conference paper]
• Ethical issues in clinical research MacInnes, D.. London: NT Books. [Book]
• The development of an assessment of caregiver burden MacInnes, D., The 5th International Conference of the National Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research – Evidence Based Nursing. [Conference paper]
• The relationship between building design and escapes from secure units Enser, J., MacInnes, D., (Sep 1999). [Journal article]
• Attribution theory MacInnes, D., (1998): College of Occupational Therapists. [Journal article]
• Illness representations: a way forward in developing therapeutic interventions MacInnes, D., (1998). [Journal article]
• Risk assessment in mental health MacInnes, D., (1998), Risk assessment in mental health. [Conference paper]
• The differences between health professionals in assessing levels of caregiver burden MacInnes, D., (Jul 1998). [Journal article]
• Relatives and carers of clients with schizophrenia MacInnes, D., (1996). [Journal article]