MA (Hons), PhD
Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- lakrista.morton@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I graduated with a MA (Hons) degree in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh in 2010 and started working as a researcher at the University of Aberdeen in 2012. I worked on projects exploring the neurocognitive effects of exercise and on a feasibility study of an intervention delivered by General Practitioners for patients with persistent (“medically unexplained”) physical symptoms. I started my PhD in October 2015, supported by the Centre for Musculoskeletal Health and Work under the supervision of Professor Gary Macfarlane and Professor Marijn de Bruin. This work explored how perceptions of back pain influence how individuals respond to and manage their pain. I successfully defended my thesis in 2019 and I am now working as a research fellow for the Centre for Musculoskeletal Health and Work. I am contributing to several projects which aim to understand the impact of musculoskeletal conditions on people’s work and which also aims to support people with their work.
- Publications
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Do current methods of measuring the impact of chronic pain on work reflect the experience of working-age adults?: An integrated mixed methods systematic narrative review
PainContributions to Journals: ArticlesDriving difficulties in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: Results from the Scotland Registry for Ankylosing Spondylitis
Arthritis Care & Research, vol. 74, no. 9, pp. 1541-1549Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLessons from experiences of accessing healthcare during the pandemic for remobilising rheumatology services: a national mixed methods study
Rheumatology Advances in Practice, vol. 6, no. 1, rkac013Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIllness perceptions and illness behaviours in back pain: A cross-sectional cluster analysis
European Journal of Pain, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 1948-1958Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effect of COVID19 public health restrictions on the health of people with musculoskeletal conditions and symptoms: the CONTAIN study
Rheumatology, vol. 60, no. SI, pp. SI13-SI24Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBeliefs about back pain and pain management behaviours, and their associations in the general population: a systematic review
European Journal of Pain, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 15-30Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1285
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10874/3/Morton_et_al_2019_European_Journal_of_Pain.pdf
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A taxonomy of explanations in a general practitioner clinic for patients with persistent “medically unexplained” physical symptoms
Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 224–230Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNegotiating explanations: doctor-patient communication with patients with medically unexplained symptoms-a qualitative analysis
Family Practice, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 107-113Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmw113
Developmental study of treatment fidelity, safety and acceptability of a Symptoms Clinic intervention delivered by General Practitioners to patients with multiple medically unexplained symptoms
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 84, pp. 37-43Contributions to Journals: Articles