Publications

Tollow, P., Paraskeva, N., Clarke, A., White, P., Powell, J., Cox, D., & Harcourt, D. (2021). “They were aware of who I was as a person”: Patients’ and health professionals’ experiences of using the PEGASUS intervention to facilitate decision-making around breast reconstruction. European Journal of Cancer Care, 30(5), http://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13464.

Paraskeva, N., Tollow, P., Clarke, A., White, P., Powell, J., Cox, D., & Harcourt, D. (2021). A multi-centred sequential trial comparing PEGASUS, an intervention to promote shared decision making about breast reconstruction, with usual care. Journal of Plastic, Reconstruction and Aesthetic Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2021.11.033

Guest, E., Paraskeva, N., Griffiths, C., Hansen, E., Clarke, A., Baker, E., & Harcourt, D. (2021). The nature and importance of women's goals for immediate and delayed breast reconstruction. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 74(9), 2169-2175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2020.12.085.

Tollow, P., Paraskeva, N., Clarke, A., White, P., Powell, J., Cox, D., & Harcourt, D. (2020). Challenges and reflections from a multi-centre trial of a psychosocial oncology intervention. European Journal of Cancer Care, 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13384

Clarke, A., Paraskeva, N., White, P., Tollow, P., Hansen, E., & Harcourt, D. (2020). PEGASUS: the Design of an Intervention to Facilitate Shared Decision-making in Breast Reconstruction. Journal of Cancer Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-019-01656-6. Available from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/4405892

Paraskeva, N., Guest, E., Lewis-Smith, H. and Harcourt, D. (2018) Assessing the effectiveness of interventions to support patient decision making about breast reconstruction: A systematic review. The Breast, 40, 97-105.

Harcourt, D., Paraskeva, N., White, P., Powell, J., and Clarke, A. (2017). A study protocol of the effectiveness of PEGASUS: a multi-centred study comparing an intervention to promote shared decision making about breast reconstruction with treatment as usual. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 17, 143.

Paraskeva, N., Clarke, A., Grover, R., Hamilton, S., Withey, S. and Harcourt, D. (2017) Facilitating shared decision making with breast augmentation patients: Acceptability of the PEGASUS intervention. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 70(2), 203-208.

Harcourt, D., Griffiths, C., Baker, E., Hansen, E., White, P., and Clarke, E. (2015). The acceptability of PEGASUS: an intervention to facilitate decision-making with women contemplating breast reconstruction. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 21(2), 248-253.

Presentations

Tollow, P. (July 2021).  ‘They were aware of who I was as a person: Patients’ and health professionals’ experiences of using the PEGASUS intervention to facilitate decision-making around breast reconstruction’. Poster presentation at Appearance Matters 9. Online conference.

Tollow, P., (February 2020). ‘“They were aware of who I was as a person”: Patients’ and health professionals’ experiences of using the PEGASUS intervention to facilitate decision-making around breast reconstruction’. Oral presentation at the British Psycho-oncology Society Spring Conference. Edinburgh, UK

Harcourt, D., (September 2018). ‘Appearance Matters in Oncology: the role of body image and appearance, from cancer screening through to survivorship’. Keynote presentation at the BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference. Newcastle, UK.

Harcourt, D. (June 2018) ‘Supporting women though the experience of breast reconstruction’ Keynote presentation at the BPS Faculty of Oncology and Palliative Care. Bristol, UK.

Harcourt, D., (February 2018).  ‘Why Appearance Matters in Cancer Care and Research’. Keynote presentation at the British Psychosocial Oncology Society Annual Conference. Southampton, UK.