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Overview

Martin Orrell is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, with extensive research contributions primarily in medicine, health professions, and psychology. Their work focuses on dementia and cognitive impairment, as well as mental health and geriatric care.

The main fields of study for Orrell include:

  • Medicine
  • Health Professions
  • Psychology

The subfields of study cover several aspects of psychology and health, such as:

  • General Health Professions
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Applied Psychology

The primary topics in their research encompass:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Music Therapy and Health
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Orrell include:

  • Orii McDermott
  • Justine Schneider
  • Fiona Poland
  • Esme Moniz-Cook
  • David Challis

The scientist has published regularly in several venues related to aging, mental health, and digital research, such as:

  • Aging & Mental Health
  • International Psychogeriatrics
  • JMIR Research Protocols
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Dementia

Notable recent publications demonstrate a focus on dementia care, technology interventions, and lifestyle factors:

  • Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia, 2023, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • The 2022 symposium on dementia and brain aging in low- and middle-income countries: Highlights on research, diagnosis, care, and impact, 2024, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Involvement of People With Dementia in the Development of Technology-Based Interventions: Narrative Synthesis Review and Best Practice Guidelines, 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID]) study: A single-blind, randomised controlled trial, 2021, PLoS Medicine
  • Changing lifestyle for dementia risk reduction: Inductive content analysis of a national UK survey, 2020, PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Reminiscence therapy for dementia

    Bob Woods;Laura O'Philbin;Emma M Farrell;Aimee E Spector

  • Nonpharmacological therapies in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of efficacy

    Javier Olazarán;Barry Reisberg;Linda Clare;Isabel Cruz

  • Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia

    Bob Woods;Elisa Aguirre;Aimee E Spector;Martin Orrell

  • Efficacy of an evidence-based cognitive stimulation therapy programme for people with dementia: randomised controlled trial

    Aimee Spector;Lene Thorgrimsen;Bob Woods;Lindsay Royan

  • Cognitive rehabilitation and cognitive training for early‐stage Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia

    L Clare;R T Woods;E D Moniz Cook;M Orrell

  • Sertraline or mirtazapine for depression in dementia (HTA-SADD): a randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Sube Banerjee;Jennifer Hellier;Michael Dewey;Renee Romeo

  • Whose quality of life is it anyway? The validity and reliability of the Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease (QoL-AD) scale.

    L Thorgrimsen;A Selwood;A Spector;L Royan

  • Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE). Development, validity and reliability.

    Tom Reynolds;Graham Thornicroft;Melanie Abas;Bob Woods

  • Coping strategies, anxiety and depression in caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease

    Claudia Cooper;Cornelius Katona;Martin Orrell;Gill Livingston

  • An international definition for "nursing home".

    Angela M. Sanford;Martin Orrell;Debbie Tolson;Angela Marie Abbatecola

  • Causes of nursing home placement for older people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Sandeep Toot;Tom Swinson;Mike Devine;David Challis

  • Music therapy in dementia: A narrative synthesis systematic review

    Orii McDermott;Nadia Crellin;Nadia Crellin;Hanne Mette Ochsner Ridder;Martin Orrell;Martin Orrell

  • The needs of older people with dementia in residential care

    Geraldine A Hancock;Bob Woods;David Challis;Martin Orrell

  • Cognitive stimulation for dementia: A systematic review of the evidence of effectiveness from randomised controlled trials

    Elisa Aguirre;Robert T. Woods;Aimee Spector;Martin Orrell

  • What is meaningful activity for people with dementia living in care homes? A comparison of the views of older people with dementia, staff and family carers

    Barbara J Harmer;Martin Orrell

  • Quality of life of people with dementia in residential care homes

    J Hoe;G Hancock;G Livingston;M Orrell

  • Cognitive stimulation therapy for people with dementia: cost-effectiveness analysis.

    Martin Knapp;Lene Thorgrimsen;Anita Patel;Aimee Spector

  • The development of a valid and reliable scale for rating anxiety in dementia (RAID)

    K. K. Shankar;M. Walker;D. Frost;M. W. Orrell

  • Reality Orientation for Dementia A Systematic Review of the Evidence of Effectiveness from Randomized Controlled Trials

    Aimee Spector;Stephen Davies;Bob Woods;Martin Orrell

  • The importance of music for people with dementia: the perspectives of people with dementia, family carers, staff and music therapists

    Orii McDermott;Martin Orrell;Hanne Mette Ochsner Ridder

Frequent Co-Authors

Aimee Spector
Aimee Spector University College London
Esme Moniz-Cook
Esme Moniz-Cook University of Hull
Martin Knapp
Martin Knapp London School of Economics and Political Science
Robert T Woods
Robert T Woods Bangor University
Ian Russell
Ian Russell Swansea University
David Challis
David Challis University of Nottingham
Cornelius Katona
Cornelius Katona University College London
Frans R.J. Verhey
Frans R.J. Verhey Maastricht University
Clive Ballard
Clive Ballard University of Exeter
Justine Schneider
Justine Schneider University of Nottingham

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