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Veronika van der Wardt

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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workRoom B98 Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
UK
work0115 823 0472
V.VanDerwardt@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Veronika completed her MSc in Developmental Psychology at Utrecht University/The Netherlands in 2006 and then started her PhD research at Loughborough University. She investigated the relationship between cognitive abilities and sports performance in people with intellectual disabilities, for which she developed and tested a computerized cognitive test battery. Her postdoctoral research included studies investigating the association between cognition, well-being and use of new technologies in older people and emotion recognition patterns in older people with and without cognitive impairment and antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia.

In her role as Assistant Professor, she is convenor for the Independent Research Project module, which is part of the MSc Rehabilitation and MSc Health Psychology courses, and works for the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) research programme, for which she is co-lead for two work packages (Optimising Adherence and Uptake; Process Evaluation) and programme manager.

Expertise Summary

Veronika's research interests lie in the area of dementia, cognition, health of older people, exercise adherence and motivation, physical activity, falls, process evaluation and implementation research, research methods, neuropsychological assessment and psychometrics. They include intellectual disability, well-being and technology use of older people.

Research Summary

Selected Publications

VAN DER WARDT, V., LOGAN, P., CONROY, S., HARWOOD, R. and GLADMAN, J., 2014. Antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia JAMDA. 15(9), 620-29
VAN DER WARDT V, PATEL D, GONDEK D, POLLOCK K, LOGAN P, DAS NAIR R and HARWOOD R, 2014. Systematic review into motivational strategies that support adherence to exercise for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia European Geriatric Medicine. 5(S1), 238
PEACH T, POLLOCK K, HARWOOD R, VAN DER WARDT V and MASUD T, 2014. A qualitative study into the attitudes of people with mild cognitive impairment and early stages of dementia, and their carers, about falls interventions and risk European Geriatric Medicine. 5(S1), 169
GONDEK D, PATEL D, POLLOCK K, DAS NAIR R and HARWOOD R, 2014. The effects of cognitive and exercise interventions for people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia on carers: a systematic review European Geriatric Medicine. 5(S1), 237

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Current Research

The Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) research programme develops and evaluated a multi-component intervention to support people with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia to stay independent for longer. The intervention includes physiotherapy, occupational therapy, motivational psychology and educational elements. The programme started in March 2016 and will continue until March 2022. More information is on our PrAISED website http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/healthofolderpeople/projects/praised/

Past Research

The Hypertension in Dementia studies investigated the use of antihypertensive medication in people with dementia and include several projects. A podcast summary of the Hypertension in Dementia projects can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-ABWCgEyh0

The Balance and the Mind project aimed to develop an intervention to reduce the risk of falls in people with mild cognitive impairment and early stage dementia and to understand the perspectives of people with dementia and their carers about the feasibility and acceptability of falls prevention treatments.

VAN DER WARDT, V., BURTON, J.K., CONROY, S., WELSH, T., LOGAN, P., TAGGAR, J., TANAJEWSKI, L. and GLADMAN, J., 2018. Withdrawal of antihypertensive therapy in people with dementia: feasibility study Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 4, 29
BOOTH, V., HARWOOD, R.H., HOOD-MOORE, V., BRAMLEY, T., HANCOX, J.E., ROBERTSON, K., HALL, J., VAN DER WARDT, V. and LOGAN, P.A., 2018. Promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): development of an intervention for people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Clinical Rehabilitation. 32(7), 855-864
HARWOOD, ROWAN H, VAN DER WARDT, VERONIKA, GOLDBERG, SARAH E, KEARNEY, FIONA, LOGAN, PIP, HOOD-MOORE, VICKY, BOOTH, VICKY, HANCOX, JENNIE E, MASUD, TAHIR, HOARE, ZOE, BRAND, ANDREW, EDWARDS, RHIANNON TUDOR, JONES, CARYS, DAS NAIR, ROSHAN, POLLOCK, KRISTIAN, GODFREY, MAUREEN, GLADMAN, JOHN R F, VEDHARA, KAVITA, SMITH, HELEN and ORRELL, MARTIN, 2018. A development study and randomised feasibility trial of a tailored intervention to improve activity and reduce falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia. Pilot and feasibility studies. 4, 49
VAN DER WARDT V, HANCOX J, GONDEK D, LOGAN P, NAIR RD, POLLOCK K and HARWOOD R, 2017. Adherence support strategies for exercise interventions in people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review. Preventive medicine reports. 7, 38-45
VAN DER WARDT V, HARRISON JK, WELSH T, CONROY S and GLADMAN J, 2017. Withdrawal of antihypertensive medication: a systematic review. Journal of hypertension. 35(9), 1742-1749
PEACH T, POLLOCK K, VAN DER WARDT V, DAS NAIR R, LOGAN P and HARWOOD RH, 2017. Attitudes of older people with mild dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their relatives about falls risk and prevention: A qualitative study. PloS one. 12(5), e0177530
CONROY S., HARRISON JK, VAN DER WARDT V, HARWOOD R, LOGAN P, WELSH T and GLADMAN JRF, 2016. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in older people with dementia: a systematic review of tolerability. Age Ageing.
HARRISON JK, VAN DER WARDT V, CONROY SP, STOTT DJ, DENING T, GORDON AL, LOGAN P, WELSH TJ, TAGGAR J, HARWOOD R and GLADMAN JR, 2016. New horizons: the management of hypertension in people with dementia. Age and ageing. 45(6), 740-746
CONROY SP, HARRISON JK, VAN DER WARDT V, HARWOOD R, LOGAN P, WELSH T and GLADMAN JR, 2016. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in older people with dementia: a systematic review of tolerability. Age and ageing. 45(4), 456-62
CONROY, SIMON PAUL, HARRISON, JENNIFER K., VAN DER WARDT, VERONIKA, HARWOOD, ROWAN, LOGAN, PIP, WELSH, TOMAS and GLADMAN, JOHN R. F., 2016. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in older people with dementia: a systematic review of tolerability AGE AND AGEING. 45(4), 456-462
VAN DER WARDT V, LOGAN P, HOOD V, BOOTH V, MASUD T and HARWOOD R, 2015. The association of specific executive functions and falls risk in people with mild cognitive impairment and early stage dementia Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 40, 3-4
VAN DER WARDT V, CONROY S, WELSH T, LOGAN P, HARRISON J, TAGGAR J and GLADMAN J, 2015. Recruitment of people with dementia in Primary Care – experiences from the HIND study European Geriatric Medicine. 6(S1), S55-56
VAN DER WARDT V, LOGAN P, BOOTH V, HOOD V, MASUD T and HARWOOD R, 2015. The Balance and the Mind study: baseline data European Geriatric Medicine. 6(S1), S55
VAN DER WARDT V, 2015. Should guidance for the use of antihypertensive medication in older people with frailty be different? Age and ageing. 44(6), 912-3
VAN DER WARDT V, LOGAN P, HOOD V, BOOTH V, MASUD T and HARWOOD R, 2015. The Association of Specific Executive Functions and Falls Risk in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early-Stage Dementia. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders. 40(3-4), 178-85
VAN DER WARDT, V., LOGAN, P., CONROY, S., HARWOOD, R. and GLADMAN, J., 2014. Antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia JAMDA. 15(9), 620-29
VAN DER WARDT V, PATEL D, GONDEK D, POLLOCK K, LOGAN P, DAS NAIR R and HARWOOD R, 2014. Systematic review into motivational strategies that support adherence to exercise for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia European Geriatric Medicine. 5(S1), 238
PEACH T, POLLOCK K, HARWOOD R, VAN DER WARDT V and MASUD T, 2014. A qualitative study into the attitudes of people with mild cognitive impairment and early stages of dementia, and their carers, about falls interventions and risk European Geriatric Medicine. 5(S1), 169
GONDEK D, PATEL D, POLLOCK K, DAS NAIR R and HARWOOD R, 2014. The effects of cognitive and exercise interventions for people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia on carers: a systematic review European Geriatric Medicine. 5(S1), 237
VAN DER WARDT V, LOGAN P, CONROY S, HARWOOD R and GLADMAN J, 2014. Antihypertensive treatment in people with dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 15(9), 620-9
V. VAN DER WARDT, S. BANDELOW and E. HOGERVORST, 2012. The relationship between cognitive abilities, well-being and use of new technologies in older people Gerontechnology. 10(4), 187-207
V. VAN DER WARDT, S. BANDELOW and E. HOGERVORST, 2011. The relationship between emotion recognition and global cognition in older British-Asian individuals In: Annual ARUK Network Conference, Leeds.
V. VAN DER WARDT, S. BANDELOW and E. HOGERVORST, 2011. Development of the Cognitive Computerized test battery for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (CCIID) for the classification of athletes with intellectual disabilities Nova Science Publishers Inc.
S. BANDELOW, A. CLIFFORD, V. VAN DER WARDT, E. HOGERVORST, M. MADDEN, J. LINDESAY and A. GALE, 2011. Accurate non-invasive diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. In: Alzheimer & Dementia 7(4, Suppl.1). 155-156
V. VAN DER WARDT, S. BANDELOW and E. HOGERVORST, 2011. Cognitive abilities, well-being and internet search performance in older people. In: Alzheimer & Dementia 7(4, Suppl.1). 494
V. VAN DER WARDT, S. BANDELOW and E. HOGERVORST, 2010. In: The relationship between cognitive functioning and digital engagement in older people horizon - Digital Economy Research.
V. VAN DER WARDT, S. BANDELOW, K. BLACK and E. HOGERVORST, 2009. A short non-verbal IQ test predicts physical performance in athletes with intellectual disabilities in different sports disciplines In: Proceedings of the 7th Annual ParalympicsGB Sports Science, Sports Medicine and Coaching Conference. 45
V. VAN DER WARDT, S. BANDELOW and E. HOGERVORST, 2009. Cognitive abilities predict table tennis performance in athletes with intellectual disabilities In: Proceedings of the 7th Annual ParalympicsGB Sports Science, Sports Medicine and Coaching Conference. 46
V. VAN DER WARDT, S. BANDELOW and E. HOGERVORST, 2009. Psychometric properties of the Computerized Cognitivew test battery for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (CCIID) In: Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Psychological Assessment.
S. BANDELOW, K. BLACK and V. VAN DER WARDT, 2008. Competitive tabile tennis and swimming performance in athletes with LD in relation to cognitive, physical and IQ test scores In: International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport, China. 3. 341
V. VAN DER WARDT, S. BANDELOW and K. BLACK, 2007. A short non-verbal IQ test predicts physical performance in athletes with intellectual disability In: 16th International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity, Brazil. 1. 275