All Outputs (13)

Mixed methods evaluation of using the ‘EMPathicO’ communication skills e-learning in primary care: “<i>a super weapon to make the whole experience a bit better”</i> (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Teasdale, E., Dewar-Haggart, R., Pollet, S., Leydon, G. M., Everitt, H., Cross, N., Atherton, H., Becque, T., Bostock, J., Garfield, K., Herbert, A., Howick, J., Little, P., Mallen, C., Morrison, L., Nuttall, J., Ridd, M. J., Robnson, M. E., Stuart, B., Vennick, J., …Bishop, F. L. (2025). Mixed methods evaluation of using the ‘EMPathicO’ communication skills e-learning in primary care: “a super weapon to make the whole experience a bit better”

Objectives To examine primary care practitioners’ experiences and use of EMPathicO e-learning to enhance communication of clinical empathy and realistic optimism.

Design Mixed methods evaluation incorporating thematic analysis of qualitative inter... Read More about Mixed methods evaluation of using the ‘EMPathicO’ communication skills e-learning in primary care: “<i>a super weapon to make the whole experience a bit better”</i>.

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of communication skills e-learning for primary care practitioners on patients' musculoskeletal pain and enablement: the Talking in Primary care (TIP) cluster-randomised controlled trial (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Bishop, F. L., Becque, T., Garfield, K., Cross, N., Dewar-Haggart, R., Teasdale, E., Herbert, A., Robinson, M. E., Ridd, M. J., Mallen, C., Clarson, L., Bostock, J., Stuart, B., Morrison, L., Pollet, S., Vennik, J., Atherton, H., Howick, J., Leydon, G. M., Nuttall, J., …Everitt, H. A. (2025). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of communication skills e-learning for primary care practitioners on patients' musculoskeletal pain and enablement: the Talking in Primary care (TIP) cluster-randomised controlled trial

Objectives To determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a brief communication skills e-learning package on empathy and optimism for practitioners consulting with adult primary care patients presenting with musculoskeletal (MSK) pain.

D... Read More about Clinical and cost-effectiveness of communication skills e-learning for primary care practitioners on patients' musculoskeletal pain and enablement: the Talking in Primary care (TIP) cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Talking in primary care (TIP): protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial in UK primary care to assess clinical and cost-effectiveness of communication skills e-learning for practitioners on patients’ musculoskeletal pain and enablement (2024)
Journal Article
Bishop, F. L., Cross, N., Dewar-Haggart, R., Teasdale, E., Herbert, A., Robinson, M. E., Ridd, M. J., Mallen, C., Clarson, L., Bostock, J., Becque, T., Stuart, B., Garfield, K., Morrison, L., Pollet, S., Vennik, J., Atherton, H., Howick, J., Leydon, G. M., Nuttall, J., …Everitt, H. A. (2024). Talking in primary care (TIP): protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial in UK primary care to assess clinical and cost-effectiveness of communication skills e-learning for practitioners on patients’ musculoskeletal pain and enablement. BMJ Open, 14(3), Article e081932. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081932

Introduction: Effective communication can help optimise healthcare interactions and patient outcomes. However, few interventions have been tested clinically, subjected to cost-effectiveness analysis or are sufficiently brief and well-described for im... Read More about Talking in primary care (TIP): protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial in UK primary care to assess clinical and cost-effectiveness of communication skills e-learning for practitioners on patients’ musculoskeletal pain and enablement.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Shepherd, T., Robinson, M. E., Ramaema, M., Rakuoane, M., Moletsane, N., Mpholo, R., Mallen, C., & Leigh, G. (2024). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study. BMJ Public Health, 2(1), Article e000414. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000414

Introduction: There is a growing body of research evidencing the detrimental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and well-being of young people. This impact may be worse in low-resource settings, especially those in sub-Saharan Afric... Read More about Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study.

Musculoskeletal disorders and pain in agricultural workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Shivakumar, M., Welsh, V., Bajpai, R., Helliwell, T., Mallen, C., Robinson, M., & Shepherd, T. (2024). Musculoskeletal disorders and pain in agricultural workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rheumatology International, 44, 235–247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-023-05500-5

Agricultural workers constitute two-thirds of the population of Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) and are at increased risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) due to high-risk activities. This systematic review and meta-analysis aim... Read More about Musculoskeletal disorders and pain in agricultural workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Knowledge, attitudes and practice of female genital mutilation and cutting: An observational cross-sectional study in primary care (FGM/C Study) (2023)
Journal Article
Robinson, M., Prior, J., Mallen, C. D., & Shepherd, T. A. (2023). Knowledge, attitudes and practice of female genital mutilation and cutting: An observational cross-sectional study in primary care (FGM/C Study). British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 7(3), Article BJGPO20230005. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2023.0005

Background: Female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) describes procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Increasing migration means many c... Read More about Knowledge, attitudes and practice of female genital mutilation and cutting: An observational cross-sectional study in primary care (FGM/C Study).

Online Health Information Seeking for Mpox in Endemic and Nonendemic Countries: Google Trends Study (2023)
Journal Article
Shepherd, T., Robinson, M., & Mallen, C. (2023). Online Health Information Seeking for Mpox in Endemic and Nonendemic Countries: Google Trends Study. JMIR Formative Research, 7, Article e42710. https://doi.org/10.2196/42710

Background:
The recent global outbreak of mpox (monkeypox) has already been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization. Given the health, social, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, there... Read More about Online Health Information Seeking for Mpox in Endemic and Nonendemic Countries: Google Trends Study.

Exploring the Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on Social Work Practice: A Qualitative Study in England, UK (2021)
Journal Article
Kingstone, T., Campbell, P., Andras, A., Nixon, K., Mallen, C., Dikomitis, L., Helliwell, T., Polidano, K., Robinson, M., Shepherd, T., & Wenning, B. (2021). Exploring the Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on Social Work Practice: A Qualitative Study in England, UK. British Journal of Social Work, 52(4), 2043–2062. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab166

The COVID-19 pandemic signalled a radical shift in health and social care services globally. In UK, many of the people with existing social care needs were identified as 'clinically vulnerable' to COVID-19. Those at greatest risk were encouraged to a... Read More about Exploring the Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on Social Work Practice: A Qualitative Study in England, UK.

Using Google Trends to assess the impact of Global Public Health Days on online health information-seeking behaviour in Arabian Peninsula (2021)
Journal Article
Ajbar, A., Shepherd, T. A., Robinson, M., Mallen, C. D., & Prior, J. A. (2021). Using Google Trends to assess the impact of Global Public Health Days on online health information-seeking behaviour in Arabian Peninsula. Journal of Egyptian Public Health Association, 94, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42506-020-00063-w

BACKGROUND: Global Public Health Days (GPHD) are public health interventions which serve to improve public awareness of specific health conditions. Google Trends is a publicly available tool that allows the user to view the popularity of a searched k... Read More about Using Google Trends to assess the impact of Global Public Health Days on online health information-seeking behaviour in Arabian Peninsula.

Supervised treatment in outpatients for schizophrenia plus (STOPS+): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a community-based intervention to improve treatment adherence and reduce the treatment gap for schizophrenia in Pakistan (2020)
Journal Article
Shepherd, T. A., Ul-Haq, Z., Ul-Haq, M., Firaz Khan, M., Afridi, A., Dikomitis, L., Robinson, M. E., Lewis, M., Rahman, A., Dziedzic, K., Saeed, U., Riaz Awan, N., Mallen, C., & Farooq, S. (2020). Supervised treatment in outpatients for schizophrenia plus (STOPS+): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a community-based intervention to improve treatment adherence and reduce the treatment gap for schizophrenia in Pakistan. BMJ Open, 10(6), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034709

Introduction: There is a significant treatment gap, with only a few community-based services for people with schizophrenia in Low- and Middle-Income countries. Poor treatment adherence in schizophrenia is associated with poorer health outcomes, suici... Read More about Supervised treatment in outpatients for schizophrenia plus (STOPS+): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a community-based intervention to improve treatment adherence and reduce the treatment gap for schizophrenia in Pakistan.

Stratified care versus usual care for management of patients presenting with sciatica in primary care (SCOPiC): a randomised controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article
Konstantinou, K., Lewis, M., Dunn, K., Hay, E., Van Der Windt, D., Artus, M., Hill, J., Hughes, G., Robinson, M., Saunders, B., Bartlam, B., Mallen, C., Ogollah, R., Kigozi, J., Jowett, S., & Foster, N. (2020). Stratified care versus usual care for management of patients presenting with sciatica in primary care (SCOPiC): a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Rheumatology, 2(7), e401-e411. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913%2820%2930099-0

Background
Sciatica has a substantial impact on individuals and society. Stratified care has been shown to lead to better outcomes among patients with non-specific low back pain, but it has not been tested for sciatica. We aimed to investigate the c... Read More about Stratified care versus usual care for management of patients presenting with sciatica in primary care (SCOPiC): a randomised controlled trial.

Stratified versus usual care for the management of primary care patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC RCT (2020)
Journal Article
Foster, N. E., Konstantinou, K., Lewis, M., Ogollah, R., Saunders, B., Kigozi, J., Jowett, S., Bartlam, B., Artus, M., Hill, J. C., Hughes, G., Mallen, C. D., Hay, E. M., van der Windt, D. A., Robinson, M., & Dunn, K. M. (2020). Stratified versus usual care for the management of primary care patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 2(7), e401-e411. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24490

BACKGROUND: Sciatica has a substantial impact on patients and society. Current care is 'stepped', comprising an initial period of simple measures of advice and analgesia, for most patients, commonly followed by physiotherapy, and then by more intensi... Read More about Stratified versus usual care for the management of primary care patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC RCT.

Seeing the light at the end of the carpal tunnel: the challenges of recruiting sites to a clinical trial of an investigational medicinal product in primary care (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Myers, H., Burton, C., Robinson, M., Davenport, G., Dziedzic, K., van der Windt, D., Chesterton, L., Roddy, E., & Hay, E. (2017, May). Seeing the light at the end of the carpal tunnel: the challenges of recruiting sites to a clinical trial of an investigational medicinal product in primary care. Poster presented at 4th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC) and the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials, Liverpool, UK