BSc (Health Sciences), PhD
Advanced Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- r.e.thomas@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438172
- Office Address
Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT) Health Services Research Unit University of Aberdeen 3rd Floor, Health Sciences Building Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am currently a Research Manager for the Centre Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT), a fully registered UK Clinical Research Collaboration Clinical Trials Unit with an internationally recognised expertise in the design, conduct, analysis and reporting of multicentre trials. I joined the Unit in 1993. I completed my PhD in the Unit in 2002 and went on to take up a Wellcome Trust Training Fellowship in Health Services Research which I completed in 2006. I am a Health Services Researcher experienced in a range of HSR methods including systematic reviews, pragmatic RCTs (simple and complex), and other evaluative designs. I have previously worked on a series of "knowledge translation" evaluations ie getting evidence into clinical practice, involving complex rigorous designs.
- Research
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Current Research
Ongoing research
- Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT)
- Therapeutic Interventions for Stones of the Ureter (TISU)
- The clinical and cost effectiveness of surgical interventions for stones in the lower calyx of the kidney: The PUrE RCT- Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PNL), Flexible Ureterorenoscopy (FURS) and Extracorporeal Lithotripsy (ESWL) for lower pole Calyceal Kidney Stones (PUrE)
- Multiple Symptoms Study 3: pragmatic trial of a community based clinic for patients with persistent (medically unexplained) physical symptoms.
Previous research
- Use of drug therapy in the management of symptomatic ureteric stones in hospitalised adults: a multicentre placebo controlled randomised trial of calcium channel blockers (nifedipine) and alpha blockers (tamsulosin) - (SUSPEND)
- The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different surveillance mammography regimes after the treatment of primary breast cancer
- Diagnostic request advisory model: the rationalisation of laboratory test ordering in general practice (DRAM)
- Establishing a scientific rationale for choosing interventions to translate research findings into clinical practice: The PR1ME project
- The accuracy of accredited glaucoma optometrists in the diagnosis and treatment recommendation for glaucoma
- A systematic review of the effectiveness and efficiency of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies
- Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) Review Group
Funding and Grants
NIHR HS&DR 15/136/07 Multiple Symptoms Study 3: pragmatic trial of a community based clinic for patients with persistent (medically unexplained) physical symptoms. Start date: 1st February 2018 (42 months) Value: £1,193,035
NIHR HTA (13/152/02) The clinical and cost effectiveness of surgical interventions for stones in the lower pole calyces of the kidney: the PUrE RCT - Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PNL), Flexible Ureterorenoscopy (FURS) and Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy (ESWL) for lower pole calyceal kidney stones. Start date: 1st December 2015. (60 months). Value: £1,877,148.56.
Chief Scientists Office of the Scottish Government CZH/4/945 – Multiple Symptoms Study 2. A feasibility study to manualise, teach and demonstrate the delivery of the Symptoms Clinic intervention Start date: April 2014 (12 months). Value: £139,962.
NIHR HTA (10/137/01). Therapeutic Interventions for Stones of the Ureter (TISU): a multicentre randomised controlled trial of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, as first treatment option, compared with direct progression to ureteroscopic retrieval, for ureteric stones. Start date: 1st March 2013 (48 months). Value: £1,426,755.
NIHR HTA (08/71/01) SUSPEND: Use of drug therapy in the management of symptomatic ureteric stones in hospitalised adults: a multi centre placebo randomised trial. Start date: 1st June 2010 (42 months extended to 53 months). Value: £1,585,180 (+ 132,732).
NIHR HTA (07/47/01). The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different surveillance mammography regimes after the treatment of primary breast cancer. Start date: 1st June 2008. Value: £239,474.
- Publications
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A survey of UK breast surgeons and radiologists to determine current and aspired mammography surveillance practice after treatment for primary breast cancer
Breast Cancer Research, vol. 11, no. Suppl. 2, P14Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr2384
Interventions to improve outpatient referrals from primary care to secondary care
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 4, CD005471Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005471.pub2
The accuracy of accredited glaucoma optometrists in the diagnosis and treatment recommendation for glaucoma
British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 91, no. 12, pp. 1639-1643Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://bjo.bmj.com/content/91/12/1639
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2007.119628
Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: Identifying factors predictive of managing upper respiratory tract infections without antibiotics
Implementation Science, vol. 2, no. 26Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-2-26
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2388/1/Grimshaw_2011.pdf
Systematic review of economic evaluations and cost analyses of guideline implementation strategies
European Journal of Health Economics, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 111-121Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/handle/2164/152
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-007-0043-8
Applying psychological theory to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of taking intra-oral radiographs
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 63, no. 7, pp. 1889-1899Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.005
Effect of enhanced feedback and brief educational reminder messages on laboratory test requesting in primary care: a cluster randomised trial
The Lancet, vol. 367, no. 9527, pp. 1990-1996Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe relationship between organisational characteristics and the effects of clinical guidelines on medical performance in hospitals, a meta-analysis
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 6, 53Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-6-53
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3972/1/The_relationship.pdf
Interventions to improve outpatient referrals from primary care to secondary care (Review)
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 3, CD005471Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005471
Effectiveness and efficiency of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 21, no. 1Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462305290190
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