Dr Louise Prothero

Louise is a health psychology researcher. Her research interests include the psychosocial support and self-management of long-term physical health conditions, the interaction between physical and mental health, behaviour change, and coaching psychology.

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Background

Louise joined ARU in 2022. She is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Prior to joining ARU, she worked as a Behavioural Science Research Fellow at City, University of London, on a project which examined barriers and enablers to diabetic retinopathy screening attendance in young adults with diabetes.

Before this, she worked as a Research Assistant at King’s College London on a clinical trial which tested the efficacy of a nurse-led motivational interviewing-based intervention for rheumatoid arthritis. Louise’s PhD, which was funded by the King’s College Hospital Charity, was a mixed methods process evaluation of this trial using self-determination theory as an explanatory framework.

Louise has extensive research experience with a wide range of stakeholders including the voluntary sector, patients, carers, and clinicians. Louise is Co-Lead of the Health and Care Workforce Research Group, which is part of ARU’s Health and Care Research Centre (HCRC).

Research interests

• Long-term physical health conditions
• Health behaviours in emerging adulthood
• Coaching psychology
• Motivational interviewing
• Behaviour change
• Health workforce
• Health inequalities

Areas of research supervision

• Mixed methods research
• Participatory and qualitative research

Current doctoral supervision:

Diane Shearer: ‘An interpretative phenomenological analysis of female nurse partners’ experiences within a general practice partnership’ (Second supervisor, PhD).

Georgia Kontosorou: ‘Exploring the theory and practice of nursing and midwifery leadership in digital health policy’ (Third supervisor, PhD).

Qualifications

• PhD Health Studies Research, King’s College London
• MSc Health Psychology, City, University of London
• BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Essex

Memberships, editorial boards

• Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society (CPsychol) (Division of Health Psychology)
• Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)
• British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology
• British Psychological Society Division of Coaching Psychology
• Member of the Division of Coaching Psychology Committee

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

2023-2024: ‘Developing the Allied Health Professionals Workforce within Mental Health: Thematic Review of Learning from Quality and Safety Incidents’. Funded by NHS England via the National Workforce Skills Development Unit (NWSDU), which is hosted by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust; £19,774; Co-Investigator.

Selected recent publications

Wilson, C., Wakefield, R., Prothero, L., et al. (2024) 'Developing the allied health professionals workforce within mental health, learning disability and autism inpatient services: rapid review of learning from quality and safety incidents', BMJ Quality & Safety. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017746

Harrison, N., Edmonds, M., Meads, C., Abdulmohdi, N., Prothero, L. and Shaw, S. (2023) 'Simulation in Nursing Education: an evidence base for the future', report for the Council of Deans.

Prothero, L., Cartwright, M., Lorencatto, F., Burr, J. M., Anderson, J., Gardner, P. ... Lawrenson, J. G. (2022) 'Barriers and enablers to diabetic retinopathy screening: a cross-sectional survey of young adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the UK', BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 10(6). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2022-002971

Prothero, L., Lawrenson, J. G., Cartwright, M., Crosby-Nwoabi, R., Burr, J. M., Gardner., P. … Lorencatto, F. (2022) 'Barriers and enablers to diabetic eye screening attendance: An interview study with young adults with type 1 diabetes', Diabetic Medicine, 39(3). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14751

Prothero, L., Lorencatto, F., Cartwright, M., Burr, J. M., Gardner, P. Anderson, J. … Lawrenson, J. G. (2021) 'Perceived barriers and enablers to the provision of diabetic retinopathy screening for young adults: a cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals working in the UK National Diabetic Eye Screening Programme', BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 9(2). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002436

Scott, D. L., Ibrahim, F., Hill, H., Tom, B., Prothero, L., Baggott, R. R. ... Lempp, H. (2021) 'Intensive therapy for moderate established rheumatoid arthritis: the TITRATE research programme', Programme Grants for Applied Research, 9(8), pp. 1-186.

Scott, D. L., Ibrahim, F., Hill, H., Tom, B., Prothero, L., Baggot, R. R. … Lempp, H. (2020) 'The Clinical Effectiveness of Intensive Management in Moderate Established Rheumatoid Arthritis, Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 50(5), pp. 1182-1190.

Prothero, L., Sturt, J., de Souza, S. and Lempp, H. (2019) 'Intensive management for moderate rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative study of patients’ and practitioners’ views', BMC Rheumatology, 3(1).

Prothero, L., Barley, B., Galloway, J., Georgopoulou, S. and Sturt, J (2018) 'The Evidence Base for Psychological Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review of Reviews', International Journal of Nursing Studies, (82), pp. 20-29.

Georgopoulou, S., Prothero, L. and D’cruz, D. (2018) 'Physician-patient communication in Rheumatology: A systematic review', Rheumatology International, 38(5), pp. 763-775.

Martin, N. H., Ibrahim, F., Tom, B., Galloway, J., Wailoo, A. Tosh, J. … Scott, D. L. On behalf of TITRATE Programme Investigators (2017) 'Does intensive management improve remission rates in patients with intermediate rheumatoid arthritis? (the TITRATE trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial', Trials, 18, pp. 591.

Prothero, L., Georgopoulou, S., de Souza, S., Bosworth, A., Bearne, L. and Lempp, H. (2016) 'Patient involvement in the development of a handbook for moderate rheumatoid arthritis', Health expectations: an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 20(2), pp. 288-297.

Prothero, L., Georgopoulou, S., Galloway, J., Williams, R., Bosworth, A. and Lempp, H. (2016) 'Patients’ and Carers’ views and expectations about intensive management for moderate rheumatoid arthritis', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 21(8), pp. 918-925.

Georgopoulou, S., Prothero, L., Lempp, H., Galloway, J. and Sturt, J. (2016) 'Motivational Interviewing: relevance in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis', Rheumatology, 55(8), pp. 1348-1356.

Woodcock, A., Ward, G. E., Ray, S., Holliday, N., Prothero, L., Osmond, J. and Fielden, S. (2013) 'Younger older consumers of assistive technology products'. In: Anderson, M. (Ed.) (2013) Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013: Proceedings of the international conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2013, Cambridge, UK, 15-18 April 2013. London: CRC Press, pp. 370-377.

Recent presentations and conferences

Prothero, L., Abdulmohdi, N., Shaw, S., Edmonds, M. and Meads, C. (2024) 'Simulation-based education compared to clinical teaching for undergraduate nurses: a systematic review', Journal of Healthcare Simulation 4, Suppl 1, A1–A102.

Lorencatto, F., Prothero, L., Lawrenson, J. G., Cartwright, M., Crosby-Nwoabi, R., Burr, J. M. … Grimshaw, J.M. (2022, November 7-9) 'Barriers and enablers to diabetic eye screening attendance: A theory-based interview study with young adults with type 1 diabetes', 8th International Centre for Behaviour Change Conference, online.

Prothero, L. and Baines-Vosper, A. (2022, September 8-9) 'A Multistakeholder Evaluation of A Partnership between Samaritans and Anglia Ruskin University', 28th Mental Health Nursing Research Conference, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford.

Lawrenson, J. G., Prothero, L., Lorencatto, F., Cartwright, M., Burr, J. M. and Peto, T. (2022, May 1-4) 'Development of interventions to facilitate uptake of diabetic retinopathy screening in young adults', 2022 ARVO Annual Meeting, Denver.

Prothero, L., Georgopoulou, S., Lempp., H. and Sturt, J. (2019, September 3-7) 'Fidelity assessment of motivational interviewing-based treatment support delivered by nurses', 33rd conference of the European Health Psychology Society: Individuals and Professionals: Cooperation to Health, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Prothero, L., Sturt, J., de Souza, S. and Lempp H. (2018, August 21-25) 'Patients’ and practitioners’ views on intensive management for moderate rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative study', 32nd conference of the European Health Psychology Society: Health Psychology across the lifespan: uniting research, practice and policy, Galway, Ireland.

Prothero, L., Barley, E., Galloway, J., Georgopoulou, S. and Sturt, J. (2016, December 7-10) 'Psychological Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review of Reviews', The 14th International Congress of Behavioural Medicine: Behavioral Medicine: Making an Impact in the Modern World, Melbourne, Australia.

Prothero, L., Barley, E., Galloway, J., Georgopoulou, S. and Sturt, J. on behalf of the TITRATE team (2016, April 26-28) 'Psychological Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Overview of Systematic Reviews', The British Society for Rheumatology (BSR), Glasgow, UK.

Prothero, L., Georgopoulou, S., Bosworth, A., Williams, R., Galloway, J. and Lempp, H. (2015, April 28-30) 'A qualitative study to explore patients’ and carers’ views and expectations about intensive treatment for intermediate Rheumatoid Arthritis', The British Society for Rheumatology (BSR), Manchester, UK.