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Dr Ingela Thune-Boyle

  • Email:

    i.thune-boyle@ucl.ac.uk

  • Address:

    UCL, Health Behaviour Research Centre Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health,
    1-19 Torrington Place,
    London,
    WC1E 7HB

  • Appointments:

    Research Associate, Epidemiology & Public Health, Institute of Epidemiology & Health

Summary

I am a chartered (CPsychol) and a registered practising Health Psychologist (HPC reg. no: PYL21971) and an Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) of the British Psychological Society. 

Research Summary

I am generally interested in most aspects of behavioural medicine and health service research. More specifically, coping and illness adjustment in patients with chronic/terminal illness (e.g. cancer); the role religious/spiritual resources play in coping and its adaptive and maladaptive effects on illness adjustment. I am also interested in people’s lay beliefs about illness and treatment and its effect on self-management; decision making and adherence to treatment. Another area of interest is health care provision, especially improving care for people with dementia and their carers in both the primary and secondary care setting, early on in the illness but also towards end of life. I am involved in research examining the role of exercise in maintaining health and quality of life in older adults and in people with dementia. 

Research Activities

  • EVIDEM-E: A randomised controlled trial of exercise aiming to improve Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in people with dementia
  • EVIDEM-ED: A randomised controlled trial assessing the efficacy of a GP training intervention in improving the care of patients with dementia
  • End of life care in dementia: The implementation of an intervention
  • Minimally invasive approach in diagnosis and treatment of Breast Cancer
  • Reducing sedentary behaviour in older adults: Development of a brief habit-based intervention
  • Religious/Spiritual aspects of illness adjustment in patients with breast cancer

Recent Publications

Displaying 17 most recent publications. For the full list please visit UCL Discovery

  1. Thuné-Boyle IC,Stygall J,Keshtgar MR,Davidson TI,Newman SP (2013) Religious/spiritual coping resources and their relationship with adjustment in patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK. Psychooncology, 22(3), 646 - 658. 10.1002/pon.3048.
  2. Iliffe S,Wilcock J,Griffin M,Jain P,Thune-Boyle I,Lefford F,Rapp D (2012) EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS IN DEMENTIA: THE EVIDEM EARLY DIAGNOSIS TRIAL GERONTOLOGIST, 52, 100 - 100.
  3. Thuné-Boyle ICV (2012) Religion and Spirituality in Coping with Cancer..
  4. Thuné-Boyle, I.C.V. ,Wilcock, J. ,Iliffe, S. (2012) Communicating with carers about dementia International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
  5. Thuné-Boyle IC,Iliffe S,Cerga-Pashoja A,Lowery D,Warner J (2012) The effect of exercise on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: towards a research agenda. Int Psychogeriatr, 24(7), 1046 - 1057. 10.1017/S1041610211002365.
  6. Sampson EL,Thuné-Boyle ICV,Kukkastenvehmas R,King M,Leurent B,Tookman A,Blanchard MR (2011) Palliative assessment and advance care planning in severe dementia: an exploratory randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention Palliative Medicine, 25(3), 197 - 209.
  7. Lowery DP,Warner J,Cerga-Pashoja A,Thuné-Boyle I,Iliffe S (2011) Clinicians as recruiters to dementia trials: lessons from the EVIDEM-E project. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 26(7), 767 - 769. 10.1002/gps.2671.
  8. Thuné-Boyle ICV,Stygall J,Keshtgar MRS,Davidson TI,Newman SP (2011) The Impact of a Breast Cancer Diagnosis on Religious/Spiritual Beliefs and Practices in the UK Journal of Religion and Health, 50(2), 203 - 218.
  9. Thuné-Boyle ICV,Stygall J,Keshtgar M,Davidson T,Newman SP (2011) The influence of religious/spiritual resources on finding positive benefits from a breast cancer diagnosis. Counselling & Spirituality, 30, 107 - 134.
  10. Thuné-Boyle ICV,Stygall J,Keshtgar M,Davidson T,Newman SP (2011) Religious coping strategies in patients diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK. Psycho-Oncology, 20, 771 - 782.
  11. Iliffe S,Wilcock J,Griffin M,Jain P,Thuné-Boyle I,Koch T,Lefford F (2010) Evidence-based interventions in dementia: A pragmatic cluster-randomised trial of an educational intervention to promote earlier recognition and response to dementia in primary care (EVIDEM-ED). Trials, 11, 13. 10.1186/1745-6215-11-13.
  12. Thuné-Boyle ICV,Sampson EL,Jones L,King M,Lee DR,Blanchard MR (2010) Challenges to improving end of life care of people with advanced dementia in the UK Dementia, 9(2), 259 - 284.
  13. Sampson E,Thuné-Boyle I,Kukkastenvehmas R,Jones L,Tookman A,King M,Blanchard M (2008) Palliative care in advanced dementia:a mixed methods approach for the development of a complex intervention BMC Palliative Care, 7.
  14. Thuné-Boyle ICV (2007) Chemotherapy.
  15. Thuné-Boyle I,Myers LB,Newman SP (2006) The role of illness beliefs, treatment beliefs and perceived severity of symptoms in explaining distress in cancer patients during chemotherapy treatment Behavioral Medicine, 32(1), 19 - 29.
  16. Thuné-Boyle IC,Stygall JA,Keshtgar MR,Newman SP (2006) Do religious/spiritual coping strategies affect illness adjustment in patients with cancer? A systematic review of the literature Social Science and Medicine, 63(1), 151 - 164. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.055.
  17. Thuné-Boyle ICV,Stygall J,Keshtgar MRS,Davidson TI,Newman SP The impact of a breast cancer diagnosis on religious/spiritual beliefs and practices in the UK Journal of Religion and Health. 10.1007/s10943-010-9322-2.

Biography

I am a chartered (CPsychol) and a registered practising Health Psychologist (HPC reg. no: PYL21971) and an Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) of the British Psychological Society. 

Qualifications

  • : Bachelor of Science (Honours), Birkbeck College
  • : Master of Science, University College London
  • : Doctor of Philosophy, University College London