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Professor Jean Hay-Smith Jean's interests include (specifically) the management of continence problems, and (more broadly) supporting behaviour change in rehabilitation settings. With regard to research methodology, Jean has experience of highly quantitative designs (such as systematic review and meta-analysis, and randomised trials), observational designs (such as before and after studies), and qualitative approaches (such as qualitative and interpretative description, reflexive thematic analysis, and interpretative phenomenological analysis).

She has a growing interest in co-design, and implementation research. Jean is the Academic Lead of RTRU. She also greatly enjoys postgraduate thesis supervision and teaching.

Jean teaches:
REHB 701 Rehabilitation Principles
HASC 701 Working in Interprofessional Clinical Teams

Email jean.hay-smith@otago.ac.nz

Publications

Fernandes, L. G., Davies, C., Jaye, C., Hay-Smith, J., & Devan, H. (2025). “We do not stop being Indigenous when we are in pain”: An integrative review of the lived experiences of chronic pain among Indigenous peoples. Social Science & Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117991 Journal - Research Other

Fernandes, A. C. N. L., Jorge, C. H., Weatherall, M., Ribeiro, I. V., Wallace, S. A., & Hay-Smith, E. J. C. (2025). Pelvic floor muscle training with feedback or biofeedback for urinary incontinence in women (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 3, CD009252. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009252.pub2 Journal - Research Article

Dakic, J. G., Hay-Smith, E. J. C., Lin, K.-Y., Cook, J. L., & Frawley, H. C. (2025). Having pelvic health conversations within sports settings [Infographic]. British Journal of Sports Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108673 Journal - Research Other

MacArthur, C., Bick, D., Salmon, V., Jones, E., Hay-Smith, J., Bishop, J., … Dean, S. (2025). Antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention led by midwives in England to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL feasibility and pilot randomised controlled cluster trial. BMJ Open, 15(1), e091248. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091248 Journal - Research Article

Hay-Smith, E. J. C., Starzec-Proserpio, M., Moller, B., Aldabe, D., Cacciari, L., Pitangui, A. C. R., … Woodley, S. J., … Weatherall, M. (2024). Comparisons of approaches to pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in women. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 12, CD009508. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009508.pub2 Journal - Research Article

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