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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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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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
Changing provider behaviour: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote implementation of research findings by healthcare professionals
Getting Research Findings into Practice. Haines, A., Donald, A. (eds.). 2nd edition. BMJ Publishing, pp. 29-67, 38 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470755891.ch4
Changing provider behavior: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions
Medical Care, vol. 39, no. 8 Suppl 2, pp. 2-45Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDirect disclosure of bone density results to patients: Effect on knowledge of osteoporosis risk and anxiety level
Osteoporosis International, vol. 8, pp. 584-590Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMothers and daughters menopausal ages: Is there a link?
European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 63-66Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-2115(97)00085-7
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Prediction of perimenopausal fractures by bone mineral density and other risk factors
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 293-297Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Bone density and milk. Low recruitment rate may introduce selection bias [4]
British Medical Journal, vol. 308, no. 6943, pp. 1566Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus