Staff Profile

I am a Senior Research Associate working across the Population Health Sciences Institute and Open Lab at Newcastle University. My research interests include the development of innovative (digital) approaches to address societal challenges such as loneliness, isolation, health and care in later life. 

I have worked with older people and health care professionals on a range of qualitative and mixed methods studies to explore experiences of everyday life. Recent projects included an evaluation of the use of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) in care homes and a review of systematic reviews for Public Health England on the consequences of caring for older people and effective interventions to support unpaid carers. 

My current work as a Research Fellow in the NIHR-funded Applied Research Collaboration North East and North Cumbria (ARC NENC) is exploring:

• the use and impact of technology in care homes for older people
• how to optimise (new) residential care models for older people
• new approaches to measure social interaction using wearable digital technologies

• Spiers GF, Liddle J, Kunonga TP, Whitehead IO, Beyer F, Stow D, Welsh C, Ramsay SE, Craig D, Hanratty B. What are the consequences of caring for older people and what interventions are effective for supporting unpaid carers? A rapid review of systematic reviews. BMJ Open 2021, 11(9), e046187.
• Liddle J, Richardson JC, Hider SL, Mallen CD, Watson L, Chandratre P, Roddy E. “It’s just a great muddle when it comes to food”: a qualitative exploration of patient decision making around diet and gout. Rheumatology Advances in Practice 2021, 5(3).
• Healey EL, Mallen CD, Chew-Graham CA, Nicholls E, Lewis M, Lawton S, Finney AG, Tan V, Cooper V, Dziedzic KS, Liddle J, Wathall S, Jinks C. Integrating case-finding and initial management for osteoarthritis, anxiety and depression into primary care long-term condition reviews: results from the ENHANCE pilot trial. Family Practice 2021, (ePub ahead of Print).
• Stocker R, Russell S, Liddle J, Barker RO, Remmer A, Gray J, Hanratty B, Adamson J. Experiences of a National Early Warning Score (NEWS) intervention in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study. BMJ Open 2021, 11, e045469.
• Reuter A, Liddle J. The Later Life Audio and Radio Co-operative: considering radio as a technology to promote citizen dialogue in later life. In: DSAI 2020: 9th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info Exclusion. 2020, Portugal Virtual: ACM.
• Reuter A, Liddle J, Scharf T. Digitalising the Age-Friendly City: Insights from Participatory Action Research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17(21), 8281.
• Liddle J, Pitcher N, Montague K, Hanratty B, Standing H, Scharf T. Connecting at Local Level: Exploring Opportunities for Future Design of Technology to Support Social Connections in Age-Friendly Communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17(15), 5544.
• Russell S, Stocker R, Barker R, Liddle J, Adamson J, Hanratty B. Implementation of the National Early Warning Score in UK care homes: a qualitative evaluation. British Journal of General Practice 2020, 70(700), e793-e800.
• Reuter A, Bartindale T, Morrissey K, Scharf T, Liddle J. Older voices: supporting community radio production for civic participation in later life. In: 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2019, Glasgow: ACM.
• Chean CS, Prior JA, Helliwell T, Belcher J, Mackie SL, Hider SL, Liddle J, Mallen CD. Characteristics of patients with giant cell arteritis who experience visual symptoms. Rheumatology International 2019, 39(10), 1789-1796.
• Liddle J, Bartlam R, Mallen CD, Mackie SL, Prior JA, Helliwell T, Richardson JC. What is the impact of giant cell arteritis on patients’ lives?: A UK qualitative study. BMJ Open 2017, 7, e017073.
• Walker J, Liddle J, Jordan KP, Campbell P. Affective concordance in couples: A cross-sectional analysis of depression and anxiety consultations within a population of 13,507 couples in primary care. BMC Psychiatry 2017, 17, 190.
• Richardson J, Liddle J. Where does good quality qualitative health care research get published?. Primary Health Care Research & Development 2017, 18(5), 515-521.
• Prior JA, Ranjbar H, Belcher J, Mackie SL, Helliwell T, Liddle J, Mallen CD. Diagnostic delay for giant cell arteritis - a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine 2017, 15(1), 120.
• Chandratre P, Mallen CD, Roddy E, Liddle J, Richardson J. "You want to get on with the rest of your life": a qualitative study of health-related quality of life in gout. Clinical Rheumatology 2016, 35(5), 1197-1205.
• Richardson JC, Liddle J, Mallen CD, Roddy E, Hider S, Prinjha S, Ziebland S. A joint effort over a period of time: factors affecting use of urate-lowering therapy for long-term treatment of gout. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016, 17, 249.
• Richardson JC, Liddle J, Mallen CD, Roddy E, Prinjha S, Ziebland S, Hider S. "Why me? I don't fit the mould … I am a freak of nature": a qualitative study of women's experience of gout. BMC Women's Health 2015, 15, 122.
• Liddle J, Roddy E, Mallen CD, Hider SL, Prinjha S, Ziebland S, Richardson JC. Mapping patients' experiences from initial symptoms to gout diagnosis: a qualitative exploration. BMJ Open 2015, 5(9), e008323.
• Liddle J, Scharf T, Bartlam B, Bernard M, Sim J. Exploring the age-friendliness of purpose-built retirement communities: evidence from England. Ageing and Society 2014, 34(9), 1601-1629.
• Bartlam B, Bernard M, Liddle J, Scharf T, Sim J. Creating home-like places in a purpose-built retirement village in the United Kingdom. In: Rowles,GD;Bernard,M, ed. Environmental Gerontology: Making Meaningful Places in Old Age. New York: Springer, 2013.
• Sim J, Liddle J, Bernard M, Scharf T, Bartlam B. Home from home? A mixed-methods study of relocation within a purpose-built retirement community. Journal of Housing for the Elderly 2012, 26(4), 372-394.
• Bernard M, Liddle J, Bartlam B, Scharf T, Sim J. Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village. Ageing & Society 2012, 32(1), 103-129.