Ms Claire Torrens

Research Fellow

NMAHP Stirling

Ms Claire Torrens

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About me

About me

I am a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and retain a clinical role working mainly with people with anxiety and depressive disorders.

I joined the NMAHP Research Unit as a researcher in 2014 working on the Neuro-rehabilitation Outcomes Management System (NROMS) project. I have led and been involved in a number of evidence syntheses. More recently my research has focused on the application of psychological theory to long-term health conditions. I currently work on the Game of Stones project, a weight loss intervention for men, as a Research Fellow and as a doctoral student.

Before joining the NMAHP research unit I worked in a number of different research and evaluation roles within the public sector, including the development of a weight management programme within the NHS and coordination of a domestic abuse group-work programme within Social Care Services.

Research (1)

Long-term health conditions, obesity. Cognitive behavioural therapy. Health psychology. Application of psychological theory to developing interventions for long-term health conditions.

Projects

Outputs (11)

Outputs

Conference Proceeding

Hoddinott P, Torrens C, O'Dolan C & Macaulay L (2024) Experiences of a text message delivered behavioural weight management intervention (with or without financial incentives) for men living with obesity, and their co-morbid mental health problems.. In: volume 48. 8th UK Congress on Obesity 2023, Belfast, 14.09.2023-15.09.2024. International journal of obesity. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-023-01431-0#Sec26


Article

Farquharson B, Calveley E, Clegg G, Williams B, Ramsay P, Macinnes L, Torrens C & Dixon D (2022) Increasing lay-people's intentions to initiate CPR in out of hospital cardiac arrest: Results of a mixed-methods 'before and after' pilot study of a behavioural text-message intervention (BICeP). Resuscitation Plus, 12, Art. No.: 100312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100312


Article

Macaulay L, O’Dolan C, Avenell A, Carroll P, Cotton S, Dombrowski S, Elders A, Goulao B, Gray C, Harris FM, Hunt K, Skinner R, Torrens C, van der Pol M & Hoddinott P (2022) Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of text messages with or without endowment incentives for weight management in men with obesity (Game of Stones): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 23 (1), Art. No.: 582. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06504-5


Article

McHale CT, Cruickshank S, Torrens C, Armes J, Fenlon D, Banks E, Kelsey T & Humphris GM (2020) A controlled pilot trial of a nurse-led intervention (Mini-AFTERc) to manage fear of cancer recurrence in patients affected by breast cancer. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6 (1), Art. No.: 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00610-4


Article

Pollock A, Campbell P, Cheyne J, Cowie J, Davis B, McCallum J, McGill K, Elders A, Hagen S, McClurg D, Torrens C & Maxwell M (2020) Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals during and after a disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic: a mixed methods systematic review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020 (11), Art. No.: CD013779. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd013779


Article

Torrens C, Campbell P, Hoskins G, Strachan H, Wells M, Cunningham M, Bottone H, Polson R & Maxwell M (2020) Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner Role in Primary Care Settings: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 104, Art. No.: 103443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.103443


Article

Campbell P, Torrens C, Kelly D, Charalambous A, Domenech-Climent N, Nohavova I, Östlund U, Patiraki E, Salisbury D, Sharp L, Wiseman T, Oldenmenger W & Wells M (2017) Recognizing European cancer nursing: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence of effectiveness and value of cancer nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73 (12), pp. 3144-3153. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13392


Teaching

Teaching

Guest Lecturer - BSc Mental Health Nursing: An introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) CBT for psychosis Lifestyle behaviours and Mental Health