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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Use of drug therapy in the management of symptomatic ureteric stones in hospitalised adults: a multicentre, placebo-controlled, randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis of a calcium channel blocker (nifedipine) and an alpha-blocker (tamsulosin) (the SUSPEND trial)
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 63, pp. 1-171Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19630
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5166/1/FullReport_hta19630.pdf.crdownload
Medical expulsive therapy in adults with ureteric colic: a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
The Lancet, vol. 386, no. 9991, pp. 341-349Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUse of drug therapy in the management of symptomatic ureteric stones in hospitalized adults (SUSPEND), a multicentre, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of a calcium-channel blocker (nifedipine) and an α-blocker (tamsulosin): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Trials, vol. 15, no. 1, 238Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/15/1/238
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-238
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3341/3/McClinton_2014.pdf
Explaining clinical behaviors using multiple theoretical models
Implementation Science, vol. 7, 99Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-7-99
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2784/1/Eccles_2012.pdf
Shared understandings of dementia?: An application of the Common Sense Self Regulation Model to a case study
Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 217-250Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301211416611
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2579/1/Glidewell_2012.pdf
Surveillance mammography for detecting ipsilateral breast tumour recurrence and metachronous contralateral breast cancer: a systematic review
European Radiology, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 2484-2491Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-011-2226-z
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2576/1/Robertson_2011.pdf
The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different surveillance mammography regimens after the treatment for primary breast cancer: systematic reviews registry database analyses and economic evaluation
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 15, no. 34, pp. v-vi, 1-322Contributions to Journals: ArticlesApplying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of lumbar spine x-ray for low back pain in UK primary care practice
Implementation Science, vol. 6, pp. 55Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-6-55
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2394/1/Grimshaw_2011.pdf
Using the theory of planned behaviour as a process evaluation tool in randomised trials of knowledge translation strategies: A case study from UK primary care
Implementation Science, vol. 5, 71Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-5-71
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/795/1/Ramsay%25202010.pdf
Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of placing preventive fissure sealants
Implementation Science, vol. 5, pp. 25Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-5-25
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2387/1/Bonetti%25202010.pdf