Dr Robert Simpson

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (School of Health & Wellbeing)

email: Robert.Simpson@glasgow.ac.uk

Health and Wellbeing, General Practice and Primary Car, 1 Horslethill Road

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Number of items: 44.

2025

Simpson, R. et al. (2025) Burnout in Canadian physiatrists: a national cross-sectional survey. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, (doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002748) (PMID:40444938) (Early Online Publication)

Hitzig, S. et al. (2025) Using a novel psychosocial group to improve adaption, coping and mental health outcomes after limb loss: a feasibility study. Canadian Prosthetics and Orthotics Journal, (Accepted for Publication)

Sureshkumar, A. et al. (2025) Implementation considerations of key knowledge users for building online mindfulness-based interventions for people with multiple sclerosis. Disability and Rehabilitation, (doi: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2492312) (PMID:40237065) (Early Online Publication)

Wasilewski, M. et al. (2025) Integrating peer support across the continuum of trauma care: trauma survivor, caregiver and healthcare provider perspectives and recommendations. Injury, 56(4), 112258. (doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2025.112258) (PMID:40088552)

Wasilewski, M. et al. (2025) Peer support experiences and needs across the continuum of trauma care: a qualitative study of traumatic injury survivor, caregiver, and provider perspectives. Injury, 56(4), 112259. (doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2025.112259) (PMID:40088551)

Sureshkumar, A. et al. (2025) Implementing a new clinical service – what’s your elevator pitch? BMC Health Services Research, 25(1), 462. (doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-12633-9) (PMID:40156017) (PMCID:PMC11951556)

2024

Mayo, Amanda Lee, Cheung, Betty, Li, June, Jean, Stephanie, Vijayakumar, Abirami, Hitzig, Sander L. and Simpson, Robert (2024) Feasibility of a yoga intervention in an inpatient limb loss rehabilitation program. Canadian Prosthetics and Orthotics Journal, 7(1), 6. (doi: 10.33137/cpoj.v7i1.43896)

Robinson, Lawrence R, Guo, Meiqi and Simpson, Robert (2024) How do we address each other in medicine? Postgraduate Medical Journal, 100(1187), pp. 701-702. (doi: 10.1093/postmj/qgad117) (PMID:38061076)

Komar, Alyssa, Dickson, Kirsty, Alavinia, Mohammad, Bruno, Tania, Bayley, Mark, Feinstein, Anthony, Scandiffio, Jillian and Simpson, Robert (2024) Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on cognition in people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1339851. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1339851) (PMID:39071226) (PMCID:PMC11272459)

Patsakos, Eleni M., Patel, Stuti, Simpson, Robert, Nelson, Michelle L. A., Penner, Melanie, Perrier, Laure, Bayley, Mark T. and Munce, Sarah E. P. (2024) Conceptualization, use, and outcomes associated with compassion in the care of youth with childhood-onset disabilities: a scoping review. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1365205. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1365205)

Wasilewski, Marina, Vijayakumar, Abirami, Szigeti, Zara, Mayo, Amanda, Desveaux, Laura, Shaw, James, Hitzig, Sander and Simpson, Robert (2024) Patient and provider experiences with compassionate care in virtual physiatry: a qualitative study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, e51878. (doi: 10.2196/51878) (PMID:39106094)

Feng, G. et al. (2024) Experiences of people with multiple sclerosis and clinicians in using cognitive behavioural therapies for hidden symptoms: a systematic review and meta-aggregation. Journal of Neurology, (doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-12116-z) (PMID:38219252) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Munce, S. E.P. et al. (2023) Development of the preferred components for co-design in research guideline and checklist: protocol for a scoping review and a modified Delphi process. JMIR Research Protocols, 12(1), e50463. (doi: 10.2196/50463) (PMID:37902812) (PMCID:PMC10644195)

Wasilewski, Marina B., Szigeti, Zara, Simpson, Robert, Minezes, Jacqueline, Mayo, Amanda L., Robinson, Lawrence R., Lung, Maria and Hitzig, Sander L. (2023) Characteristics and healthcare utilization of COVID-19 rehabilitation patients during the first and second waves of the pandemic in Toronto, Canada. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 46(3), pp. 258-263. (doi: 10.1097/MRR.0000000000000592) (PMID:37345433)

Simpson, Robert, Szigeti, Zara, Sheppard, Christine L., Minezes, Jaqueline, Hitzig, Sander L., Mayo, Amanda L., Robinson, Lawrence, Lung, Maria and Wasilewski, Marina B. (2023) The experiences of patients, family caregivers, healthcare providers, and health service leaders with compassionate care following hospitalization with COVID-19: a qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45(18), pp. 2896-2905. (doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2113564) (PMID:36354063)

Steinberg, R. et al. (2023) Psychosocial group therapy interventions for patients with physical disabilities: a scoping review of implementation considerations. Rehabilitation Psychology, 68(3), pp. 235-260. (doi: 10.1037/rep0000491) (PMID:37079820)

Wasilewski, Marina B, Szigeti, Zara, Sheppard, Christine L, Minezes, Jacqueline, Hitzig, Sander L, Mayo, Amanda L, Robinson, Lawrence R, Lung, Maria and Simpson, Robert (2023) “You want them to be partners in therapy, but that's tricky when they’re not there”: A qualitative study exploring caregiver involvement across the continuum of care during the early COVID pandemic. Clinical Rehabilitation, (doi: 10.1177/02692155231191011) (PMID:37518867) (Early Online Publication)

Wasilewski, Marina, Rios, Jorge, Simpson, Robert, Hitzig, Sander, Gotlib Conn, Lesley, MacKay, Crystal, Mayo, Amanda Lee and Robinson, Larry (2023) Peer support for traumatic injury survivors: a scoping review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 14(33), pp. 2199-2232. (doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2083702) (PMID:35680385)

Wasilewski, Marina B., Szigeti, Zara, Sheppard, Christine L., Minezes, Jacqueline, Hitzig, Sander L., Mayo, Amanda L., Robinson, Lawrence R., Lung, Maria and Simpson, Robert (2023) Patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers’ experiences with COVID care and recovery across the care continuum: a qualitative study. International Journal of Integrated Care, 23(2), 27. (doi: 10.5334/ijic.6952) (PMID:37333775) (PMCID:PMC10275165)

Simpson, Robert, Posa, Stephanie, Bruno, Tania, Simpson, Sharon, Wasilewski, Marina B., Robinson, Lawrence R., Munce, Sarah, Bayley, Mark and Feinstein, Anthony (2023) Conceptualization, use, and outcomes associated with compassion in the care of people with multiple sclerosis: a scoping review. Journal of Neurology, 270(3), pp. 1300-1322. (doi: 10.1007/s00415-022-11497-x) (PMID:36445508) (PMCID:PMC9707147)

Kokorelias, Kristina M., Lee, Tin-Suet Joan, Bayley, Mark, Seto, Emily, Toulany, Alene, Nelson, Michelle L. A., Dimitropoulos, Gina, Penner, Melanie, Simpson, Robert and Munce, Sarah E. P. (2023) “I have eight different files at eight different places”: perspectives of youths and their family caregivers on transitioning from pediatric to adult rehabilitation and community services. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(4), 1693. (doi: 10.3390/jcm12041693) (PMID:36836228) (PMCID:PMC9960001)

Simpson, Robert, Posa, Stephanie, Langer, Laura, Bruno, Tania, Simpson, Sharon, Lawrence, Maggie, Booth, Jo, Mercer, Stewart W., Feinstein, Anthony and Bayley, Mark (2023) A systematic review and meta-analysis exploring the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions on quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology, 270(2), pp. 726-745. (doi: 10.1007/s00415-022-11451-x) (PMID:36348069) (PMCID:PMC9643979)

2022

Posa, Stephanie, Wasilewski, Marina B., Mercer, Stewart, Simpson, Sharon, Robinson, Lawrence P. and Simpson, Robert (2022) Conceptualization, use and outcomes associated with empathy and compassion in physical medicine and rehabilitation: a scoping review. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 45(4), pp. 291-301. (doi: 10.1097/MRR.0000000000000542) (PMID:35837691)

Sheppard, Christine L., Szigeti, Zara, Simpson, Robert, Minezes, Jacqueline, Hitzig, Sander L., Mayo, Amanda, Robinson, Lawrence R., Lung, Maria and Wasilewski, Marina B. (2022) Implementation considerations for delivering inpatient COVID rehabilitation: a qualitative study. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 28(6), pp. 971-985. (doi: 10.1111/jep.13757) (PMID:36070223) (PMCID:PMC9537784)

Ryk, Justin, Simpson, Robert, Hosseiny, Fardous, Notarianni, Maryann, Provencher, Martin D., Rudnick, Abraham, Upshur, Ross and Sud, Abhimanyu (2022) Virtually-delivered Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) for Canadian veterans with PTSD: A study protocol for a nation-wide effectiveness and implementation evaluation. PLoS ONE, 17(10), e0275774. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275774) (PMID:36288364) (PMCID:PMC9605019)

Simpson, Robert, Simpson, Sharon, Wasilewski, Marina, Mercer, Stewart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 and Lawrence, Maggie (2022) Mindfulness-based interventions for people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-aggregation of qualitative research studies. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(21), pp. 6179-6193. (doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1964622) (PMID:34498997)

Wasilewski, Marina B., Szigeti, Zara, Sheppard, Christine L., Minezes, Jacqueline, Hitzig, Sander L., Mayo, Amanda L., Robinson, Lawrence R., Lung, Maria and Simpson, Robert (2022) Infection prevention and control across the continuum of COVID‐19 care: a qualitative study of patients', caregivers' and providers' experiences. Health Expectations, 25(5), pp. 2431-2439. (doi: 10.1111/hex.13558) (PMID:35818850) (PMCID:PMC9350031)

Wasilewski, Marina B., Cimino, Stephanie R., Kokorelias, Kristina M., Simpson, Robert, Hitzig, Sander L. and Robinson, Lawrence (2022) Providing rehabilitation to patients recovering from COVID-19: a scoping review. PM&R, 14(2), pp. 239-258. (doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12669) (PMID:34240576) (PMCID:PMC8441670)

Abdulhadi, Eman, Ireland, Devon, Simpson, Robert, Morrow, Sarah A., Le, Emma, Donkers, Sarah and Knox, Katherine B. (2022) Cognitive Impairment: Non-pharmacological Rehabilitation Interventions. Documentation. KITE Research Institute.

Sivan, M. et al. (2022) A proposal for expansion of the medical specialty of rehabilitation medicine. Rehabilitation Process and Outcome, 11, p. 11795727221137213. (doi: 10.1177/11795727221137213) (PMID:36419648) (PMCID:PMC9677288)

2020

Simpson, Robert and Robinson, Larry (2020) Rehabilitation following critical illness in people with COVID-19 infection. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 99(6), pp. 470-474. (doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001443) (PMID:32282359) (PMCID:PMC7253039)

Simpson, Robert, Simpson, Sharon, Ramparsad, Nitish, Lawrence, Maggie, Booth, Jo and Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2020) Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on physical symptoms in people with multiple sclerosis - a systematic review and meta-analysis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 38, 101493. (doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2019.101493) (PMID:31835209)

Simpson, Robert and Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2020) Using the Medical Research Council framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: mindfulness-based interventions for people with multiple sclerosis. In: SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE. ISBN 9781529734508 (doi: 10.4135/9781529734508)

2019

Simpson, Robert, Simpson, Sharon, Wood, Karen, Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 and Mair, Frances S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-1135 (2019) Using normalisation process theory to understand barriers and facilitators to implementing mindfulness-based stress reduction for people with multiple sclerosis. Chronic Illness, 15(4), pp. 306-318. (doi: 10.1177/1742395318769354) (PMID:29699410)

Simpson, Robert, Byrne, Sharon, Ramparsad, Nitish, Lawrence, Margaret, Booth, Jo and Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2019) Mindfulness-based interventions for mental well-being among people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 90(9), pp. 1051-1058. (doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-320165) (PMID:31196913)

2018

Mercer, Stewart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664, Simpson, Robert, Lawrence, Maggie and Wyke, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-8247 (2018) Mindfulness-based interventions for young offenders: a scoping review. Mindfulness, 9(5), pp. 1330-1343. (doi: 10.1007/s12671-018-0892-5) (PMID:30294385) (PMCID:PMC6153893)

Jani, Bhautesh Dinesh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X, Simpson, Robert, Lawrence, Maggie, Byrne, Sharon and Mercer, Stewart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2018) Acceptability of mindfulness from the perspective of stroke survivors and caregivers: a qualitative study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4, 57. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-018-0244-1) (PMID:29497560) (PMCID:PMC5827989)

2017

Simpson, Robert, Byrne, Sharon, Wood, Karen, Mair, Frances S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-1135 and Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2017) Optimising mindfulness-based stress reduction for people with multiple sclerosis. Chronic Illness, 14(2), pp. 154-166. (doi: 10.1177/1742395317715504) (PMID:28661195)

Simpson, Robert, Mair, Frances S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-1135 and Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2017) Mindfulness-based stress reduction for people with multiple sclerosis – a feasibility randomised controlled trial. BMC Neurology, 17, 94. (doi: 10.1186/s12883-017-0880-8) (PMID:28511703) (PMCID:PMC5434553)

McLean, G., Lawrence, M., Simpson, R. and Mercer, S.W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2017) Mindfulness-based stress reduction in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review. BMC Neurology, 17, 92. (doi: 10.1186/s12883-017-0876-4) (PMID:28506263) (PMCID:PMC5433018)

Wood, Karen, Lawrence, Maggie, Jani, Bhautesh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X, Simpson, Robert and Mercer, Stewart W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2017) Mindfulness-based interventions in epilepsy: a systematic review. BMC Neurology, 17(1), 52. (doi: 10.1186/s12883-017-0832-3) (PMID:28320349) (PMCID:PMC5360054)

2015

Simpson, Robert, Mair, Frances ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-1135 and Mercer, Stewart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2015) Mindfulness-based interventions for people with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 21(9), pp. 1093-1094. (doi: 10.1177/1352458515579702) (PMID:25921039)

2014

Simpson, R., Booth, J., Lawrence, M., Byrne, S., Mair, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-1135 and Mercer, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2014) Mindfulness based interventions in multiple sclerosis - a systematic review. BMC Neurology, 14(15), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-15)

Simpson, Robert J, McLean, Gary, Guthrie, Bruce, Mair, Frances ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-1135 and Mercer, Stewart W ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-3664 (2014) Physical and mental health comorbidity is common in people with multiple sclerosis: nationally representative cross-sectional population database analysis. BMC Neurology, 14(128), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-128)

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