TiMS Research Project Group

 

Self Management of Sleep Disturbance

 FEBRUARY 2012 Jenny  Freeman (Chair, TiMS Research group) presented a powerpoint presentation updating the group on the most recent research project, “Sleep Disturbance in MS”. This second project has a multidisciplinary approach The group had submitted an abstract for a poster presentation to RIMS on 23/12/11!!!! They are awaiting a response. If accepted the meeting is in Hamburg in May 2012. The next steps for the project include a possible collaboration across Europe surveying practice with regard to sleep disturbance, and further qualitative analysis.

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NOVEMBER 2011 From the TiMS Meeting at the MS Trust Conference November 2011

A new project  on “Self Management of Sleep Disturbance” is to be undertaken based on the same “template” as the recent project of “Core Stability” that was undertaken; but with a broader focus on all therapies; rather than being physiotherapy specific. A clinical questionnaire was piloted and the final version given to all MS Trust conference attendees. It is hoped to present an abstract based around analysis of the questionnaires to the RIMS conference.  Ethical approval for the project has been granted.

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JUNE 2011 Following the June 2011 Meeting of the The TiMS Network Working Group Research Project Group the title for the latest research project was decided upon as:

 "To explore what interventions neurology specialists use to help people with MS to manage their sleep patterns."

Thanks to all the professionals who took the time out to contact me outlining their clinical practice in the area of sleep hygiene.

Our preliminary work had identified sleep as a major problem and had indicated that more work on sleep hygiene with people with MS would be valuable.

For the first step of the project we plan to develop a survey around specific questions on sleep hygiene practise which was distribute during the MS Trust Conference.

The final outcome of the project will be to develop a toolkit to help professionalswork with people with MS in the area of sleep hygiene.

Any enquiries please to ALISON NOCK at Poole General Hospital. Email address is Alison.nock@poole.nhs.uk

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2010-2011 Core stability training in people with MS with moderate disability levels.

An innovative approach to involving MS Clinicians Research - Case Study

Research Group Project: Core stability training in people with MS with moderate disability levels.   A description and evaluation of the process was presented both at the MS Trust Annual Conference in 2009, and at The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in 2010 and has now been made available on this website

CLICK HERE for details