Dr Lauren Hepworth
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Dr Lauren Hepworth
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Orthoptist, Senior Lecturer, Visual Impairment following Stroke and Brain Injury. The views expressed are my own.
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👩‍⚕️ OTs and Orthoptists 👨‍⚕️ New survey about current practice of visual perception difficulties after a brain injury: tinyurl.com/mpbebbmt.
Results will inform new training and clinical tools. ⏳ 5-10 min 🏆 15 free posters about visual perception difficulties + rehab advice, see 🔽. Thank you!!
Achromatopsia poster. It shows a drawing of glasses. In one lens you can see letters in all colours. In the other lens, the same letters are in black and white. At the bottom there are come colouring pencils. A cartoon character is pointing to the yellow pencil and says 'what colour is this?' another character is saying 'yellow'. At the top is a post-it note that says '22% of stroke survivors will have some form of achromatopsia'. The main text reads: "This refers to a difficulty recognising or perceiving colour. The world can appear in shades of grey, or just look more dull. This can make it hard to tell the difference between similar shades of colours such as yellow and green. Difficulties can be restricted to either the left or right side of vision, or can cover both sides. There is no cure for achromatopsia, but managing its symptoms can look like: asking others to point out the colours of things, wearing tinted lenses to help with light sensitivity, using technology like apps to identify colour"
January 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Very pleased to share a new framework designed to evidence comprehensibility in #PROMs. Current guidelines for assessing understanding in #PROMs are insufficient. We present a new, robust, evidence-based method: the comprehensibility continuum tinyurl.com/4mjfrhkz
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The comprehensibility continuum: a novel method for analysing comprehensibility of patient reported outcome measures - Quality of Life Research
Purpose Evidence of comprehensibility is frequently required during the development of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs); the respondent’s interpretation of PROM items needs to align with inte...
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December 9, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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Such a privilege to speak at #UKstrokeforum yesterday about our research looking at changes in the #brain after visual rehabilitation #post-stroke. This session, chaired by @laurenhepworth.bsky.social, showcased the impact of stroke on #vision, and what we need to do to improve treatment 🧠
December 5, 2024 at 8:21 AM