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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Effectiveness and efficiency of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1-352Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGuidelines can improve process and outcomes of healthcare
Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, vol. 34, pp. 76-77Contributions to Journals: ArticlesView point: Disseminating and implementing guidelines: how feasible is it?
Clinical Governance, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 8-10Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/14777270410517665
Cluster randomized trial of a guideline-based open access urological investigation service
Family Practice, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 646-654Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmg605
Interrupted time series designs in health technology assessment: lessons from two systematic reviews of behavior change strategies
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 613-623Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEducational and organizational interventions to improve the management of depression in primary care. A systematic review
JAMA, vol. 289, no. 23, pp. 3145-3151Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.289.23.3145
Guideline dissemination and implementation strategies: a systematic review of effectiveness and efficiency
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 57, no. 9 Suppl 1Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImproving the detection and management of depression in primary care
Quality & safety in health care, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 149-155Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/qhc.12.2.149
Unit of analysis errors should be clarified in meta-analyses
British Medical Journal, vol. 326, no. 7385, pp. 397-397Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7385.397
Changing physicians' behavior: what works and thoughts on getting more things to work
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 237-243Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chp.1340220408