Newcastle University

Risk Communication and Decision Making

Completed Projects

• A case-control and natural history study of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) with clinico-pathological correlation.
  Project Leader(s): Dr David Burn (RVI, Newcastle), Dr Uma Nath (Sunderland Royal Hospital), Dr Yoav Ben-Shlomo (Univ Bristol)
• A feasibility study to develop and evaluate a psychological intervention to facilitate the coping skills of carers of stroke survivors
  Project Leader(s): Dr L Robinson, Dr Helen Rodgers, Dr P James (North Tyneside General Hospital)
• Ageing and Inequalities: Tackling inequalities in older people’s health in the North East of England
  Project Leader(s): Dr Madeleine Murtagh
• Blood pressure in primary care survey: A GP questionnaire survey
  Project Leader(s): Prof Richard Thomson
• Cognition and Atrial Fibrillation Evaluation (CAFÉ)
  Project Leader(s): Prof Richard Thomson, Dr Helen Park, Dr Janice O'Connell, Prof Chris Gray
• Decision Analysis in Routine Treatment II (DARTS II): A randomised controlled trial (efficacy study) of a decision aid to support shared decision making for patients with atrial fibrillation.
  Project Leader(s): Prof Richard Thomson, Prof Martin Eccles, Dr Nick Steen
• Decision Support for Women Choosing Mode of Delivery after a Previous Caesarean Section: A Developmental Study
  Project Leader(s): Ms A Farnworth, Dr MJ Murtagh, Professor SC Robson
• Does an early intensive interdisciplinary upper limb therapy programme following acute stroke improve outcome?
  Project Leader(s): Dr Helen Rodgers, Dr Richard Curless, Mrs Derma Campbell, Ms Gill Stoddard, Dr Chris Price, Mr Paul McNamee
• Does surface neuromuscular stimulation (sNMES) to the upper limb following acute stroke improve outcome?
  Project Leader(s): Dr Helen Rodgers, Dr Cath Church (North Tyneside General Hospital), Dr Stuart Huntley (Wansbeck District Hospital), Dr Chris Price (Wansbeck District Hospital), Dr Richard Curless (North Tyneside General Hospital), Dr Anand Pandyan (Keele Univ)
• Exploration of patients’ preferences for treatment for coronary artery disease: pilot application of repertory grid analysis
  Project Leader(s): N Lambert (Institute of Food Research, Norwich), Prof A Bowling (University College London), Prof S Ebrahim (Bristol), Prof L Frewer (Department of Psychology, Wageningen Univ, The Netherlands), Prof Richard Thomson
• Exploring the impact of risk factors for stroke in older people.
  Project Leader(s): Prof Richard Thomson, Dr Helen Rodgers
• Involving patients in influencing priorities for stroke research
  Project Leader(s): Dr Helen Rodgers, Prof Richard Thomson, Dr Madeleine Murtagh
• Methodology, ethics & patient and professional engagement in stroke research
  Project Leader(s): Lynne Stobbart
• Older people’s involvement in decision making about prevention and treatment of falls and fractures in an outpatient setting: a pilot study
  Project Leader(s): Dr Madeleine Murtagh, Prof Richard Thomson, Dr Julia Newton (RVI)
• Understanding patient responses to a shared decision making tool in the consultation: an observational study within the DARTSII trial.
  Project Leader(s): Prof Carl May, Prof Richard Thomson, Dr Eileen Kaner
• What factors affect patients’ desire to be involved in medical decision making? A cross sectional survey and qualitative study to explore patient preferences
  Project Leader(s): Prof Richard Thomson, Dr Madeleine Murtagh