OPTIMISE study

📣 New Research Study funded by @TheStrokeAssoc now recruiting participants. Had a TIA or minor stroke? 🧠 Help us design an online group programme for 📚 Education and 💬 Psychological support Interested to get involved ⬇️ 📱 Scan QR code 📧 Email optimism@nottingham.ac.uk

🏁 Final countdown with less than ONE week to go until our survey closes next Friday! If you’re a healthcare professional working with people after minor stroke and TIA, don’t miss your chance to have your say here ⬇️ 🔗⏳15mins forms.office.com/e/RWuWQgbwYW

🎉 Exciting News! Thrilled to share that two abstracts accepted as poster presentations at the upcoming @UKStrokeForum Look forward to connecting with clinicians, researchers, people with lived experience to share our work. 🤗 🗓️ See you at #UKSF25 #StrokeResearch #StrokeCare

Also thrilled that a member of our PPIE group will be joining us at @UKStrokeForum to help raise awareness, share the public voice in our work & connect with people affected by #TIA #Stroke @TheStrokeAssoc

📣 Study for UK-based clinicians supporting people after TIA and minor stroke for an anonymous e-survey ⏳ Takes 10-15 minutes 🔗 Click to take part: forms.office.com/e/RWuWQgbwYW @ukstrokenursing @ACPIN_UK @theRCOT @BMA_GP

Are you a UK-based clinician working with people who've had a TIA or minor stroke in the past year? Help us improve psychological care by taking part in the @OPTIMISE_study online survey. It only takes a few minutes! forms.office.com/e/RWuWQgbwYW @DrEiriniKontou @ARC_EM @InstituteMH

📣Research Study 📣 Our trainee clinical psychologist still looking for professionals working with people who have experience a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) Please get in touch with @SamBResearch 📧⬇️ 🙏RT to colleagues & networks

Have you been diagnosed with a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) and noticed mood problems after your diagnosis? Do you want to discuss priorities for mood support after a TIA diagnosis? Check out the details on the poster and reach out!💬 #TIA #TIACare #Research #MentalHealth

Find a copy of our OPTIMISE newsletter on our website and sign up here ⬇️📬 institutemh.org.uk/research/proje…

A busy, rewarding morning making a bug hotel using foraged materials at our Dementia Hub gardening group at Ashfield Health & Wellbeing Centre 🌱#teamwork @NottsHealthcare @TessJMcGrath @JennyBailey__ @NottinghamCVS @AHPsNottsHC

Patient & Public Involvement Meeting today 🤗 🧠 energising way to start the week thinking about ‘psychological support’ for TIA/minor stroke. Grateful to our members and the team for organising @SWydera @naoclif & our @InstituteMH PPI lead Kate Horton @ARC_EM @NIHRresearch

We are looking for people who have experienced a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) in the last 3 months to complete a short online survey about your experiences! Please click this link loom.ly/u3EorF8 to take part! @HeadwayUK @TheBrainCharity @diffstrokes @DrEiriniKontou

Thank you to @DrBrianMay for talking about his minor stroke. We're pleased to hear that it was treated as a medical emergency. The quicker you receive treatment, the better. Remember to #ActFAST if you have any of these symptoms. 👇

What separates a TIA from a stroke? Time. ⌛ If the symptoms last a short time and the blockage in your brain is temporary, you had a TIA (or mini-stroke), if the blockage is not temporary and the symptoms last a lot longer, you had a stroke. Read more: bit.ly/325XyOO

Stroke can sometimes feel like a lonely, isolating experience, that no one other than yourself understands. It can help to know that you’re not alone. Visit the following link to find stroke survivors and their families in your local area, or online: bit.ly/3vPc79x

Our Study 1 is an Umbrella Review of Psychological Interventions for Mood and Cognition after Stroke and TIA Full protocol now published @F1000Research ➡️ f1000research.com/articles/13-19… @AvrilDrummond1 @DrTerryQuinn @FarhadShokrane @Jo_LeonardiBee @naoclif @SWydera @DrEiriniKontou

🩸🧠 What is the global, regional, and national burden of stroke? 📊 The global prevalence of stroke in 2019 was 1240 per 100,000 📉 Global rates have decreased over 30 years, but trends across countries varied significantly journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… @CamStroke

#Stroke: There is reciprocal relationship between frailty, disability, & the effects of stroke. This is illustrated in this synopsis of 3 recent, impactful papers. Age is not the primary determination of poorer outcomes in adults with stroke. ahajrnls.org/3Ulsupg @DrTerryQuinn

We've put together a glossary of terms, explaining some of the different words you might hear when reading information on, or talking about, brain injury - buff.ly/2TPzskM