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Publications 2017

  1. Achana, F A., Fleming, K., T, L., Sultan, A. A., Petrou, S. Peripartum hysterectomy: an economic analysis of direct health care costs using routinely collected data. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2017, in press.
  2. Achana FA, Petrou S, Khan K, Gaye A, Modi N. A methodological approach for assessing agreement between cost-effectiveness outcomes estimated using alternative sources of clinical and healthcare utilisation data. European Journal of Health Economics. 2017, in press.
  3. Achten J, Parsons NR, Kearney RL, Dutton S, Petrou S, Ollivere B, Lamb SE, Costa ML. Cast versus functional brace in the rehabilitation of patients treated non-operatively for a rupture of the Achilles tendon: protocol for the UK Study of Tendo Achilles Rehabilitation (UK STAR) multi-centre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2017; 7(10): e019628. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019628.
  4. Akowuah E, Goodwin A, Owens W, Hancock H, Maier R, Kasim A, et al. Manubrium-limited ministernotomy versus conventional sternotomy for aortic valve replacement (MAVRIC): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2017;18(1):46 (11p).
  5. Andronis, L., Goranitis, I., Bayliss, S. et al. Cost-Effectiveness of Treatments for the Management of Bone Metastases: A Systematic Literature Review. PharmacoEconomics (2017). In press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-017-0595-0
  6. Barlow J, Bick D, Bryson C, Day L, Gilby N, Glover V, Leyland A, Lindsay G, Mathers S, Petrou S, Purdon S, Sylva K, Summerbell C. A Better Start: protocol for a national evaluation of an area-based intervention programme on early life outcomes. BMJ Open 2017; 7: e015086. doi:10.1136/
    bmjopen-2016-015086.
  7. Barnes J, Stuart J, Allen E, Petrou S, Sturgess J, Barlow J, Macdonald G, Spiby H, Aistrop D, Melhuish E, Kim SW, Elbourne D. Randomized controlled trial and economic evaluation of nurse-led group support for young mothers during pregnancy and the first year postpartum versus usual care. Trials 2017; 1; 18(1): 508. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2259-y.
  8. Barnes, J., Stuart, J., Allen, E., Petrou, S, Sturgess, J., Barlow, J, Macdonald, G., Spiby, H., Aistrop, D., Melhuish, E., Kim, S. W., Pink, J., Datta, J., Elbourne, D. Results of the FIRST STEPS study : a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of the Group Family Nurse Partnership (gFNP) programme compared to routine care in improving outcomes for high-risk mothers and their children and preventing abuse. Public Health Research. 2017
  9. Barnes J, Stuart J, Allen E, Petrou S, Sturgess J, Barlow J, Macdonald G, Spiby H, Aistrop D, Melhuish E, Kim SW, Pink J, Datta J, Elbourne D. Results of the FIRST STEPS study: a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of the Group Family Nurse Partnership (gFNP) programme compared to routine care in improving outcomes for high-risk mothers and their children and preventing abuse. NIHR Journals Library 2017; 5(9): 1-188. DOI: 10.3310/phr05090
  10. Bonamy AK, Zeitlin J, Piedvache A, Maier RF, van Heijst A, Varendi H, Manktelow B, Fenton A, Mazela J, Cuttini M, Norman M, Petrou S, Van Reempts P, Barros H, Draper ES and the EPICE Research Group. Wide variation in severe neonatal morbidity among very preterm infants in European Regions. Archives of Disease in Childhood, in press
  11. Brown V, Tan EJ, Hayes AJ, Petrou S, Moodie ML. Utility values for childhood obesity interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence for use in economic evaluation. Obesity Reviews, in press.
  12. Canaway A, Al-Janabi H, Kinghorn P, Bailey C, Coast J. Development of a measure (ICECAP-Close Person Measure) through qualitative methods to capture the benefits of end-of-life care to those close to the dying for use in economic evaluation. Palliative Medicine. 2017, 31(1), pp 53-62
  13. Costa ML, Achten J, Griffin J, Petrou S, Pallister I, Lamb SE, Parsons NR on behalf of the FixDT trial investigators. Effect of locking plate fixation vs intramedullary nail fixation on 6-month disability among adults with displaced fracture of the distal tibia: The UK FixDT randomized clinical trial.
    JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 2017; 318(18): 1767-1776. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.16429.
  14. Cox J, Hancock H, Maier R, Spratt J, Lee C, Bhatti A, et al. Multidetector CT improving surgical outcomes in breast cancer (MISO-BC): A randomised controlled trial. Breast. 2017;32:217-24.
  15. Dritsaki M, Achana F, Mason J, Petrou S. Methodological Issues Surrounding the Use of Baseline Health-Related Quality of Life Data to Inform Trial-Based Economic Evaluations of Interventions Within Emergency and Critical Care Settings: A Systematic Literature Review. Pharmacoeconomics. 2017.
  16. Dritsaki, Melina, Achana, Felix A., Mason, James, Petrou, Stavros. Methodological issues surrounding the use of baseline health-related quality of life data to inform trial-based economic evaluations of interventions within emergency and critical care settings : a systematic literature review. PharmacoEconomics. 2017, 35 (5), pp. 549-559
  17. Dritsaki M, Petrou S, Williams M, Lamb SE. An empirical evaluation of the SF-12, SF-6D, EQ-5D and Michigan Hand Outcome Questionnaire in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of the hand. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017; 15(1): 20. doi: 10.1186/s12955-016-0584-6.
  18. Dritsaki M, Gray A, Petrou S, Dutton S, Lamb SE, Thorn JC. Current practices on Health Economics Analysis Plans (HEAPs): Are we using heaps of them? PharmacoEconomics, in press.
  19. Duarte R, Lambe T, Raphael J, Eldabe S, Andronis L. Intrathecal drug delivery systems for the management of chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic review of economic evaluations. Pain Practice. 2017 In press.
  20. Ellard DR, Underwood M, Achana F, Antrobus JHL, Balasubramanian S, Brown S, Cairns M, Griffin J, Griffiths F, Haywood K, Hutchinson C, Lall R, Petrou S, Stallard N, Tysall C, Walsh DA, Sandhu H. Facet joint injections for people with persistent non-specific low back pain (Facet Injection Study): a feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial. Health Technology Assessment 2017, 21(30), pp 1-184.
  21. Elliott D, Andronis L, Blazeby J, Blencowe N, Calvert M et al. Developing outcome measures assessing wound management and patient experience: A mixed methods study. BMJ Open 2017. In press
  22. Emmett C, Close H, Mason J, Taheri S, Stevens N, Eldridge S, Norton C, Knowles C, Yiannakou Y. Low-volume versus high-volume initiated trans-anal irrigation therapy in adults with chronic constipation: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 2017;18:151
  23. Freeman K, Tsertsvadze A, Taylor-Phillips S, McCarthy N, Mistry H, Manuel R, et al. Agreement between gastrointestinal panel testing and standard microbiology methods for detecting pathogens in suspected infectious gastroenteritis: Test evaluation and meta-analysis in the absence of a reference standard. PLOS ONE. 2017;12(3):e0173196.
  24. Freeman K, Mistry H, Tsertsvadze A, Royle P, McCarthy N, Taylor-Phillips S, et al. Multiplex tests to identify gastrointestinal bacteria, viruses and parasites in people with suspected infectious gastroenteritis: a systematic review and economic analysis. Health Technol Assess 2017;21(23)
  25. Griffiths F, Bryce C, Cave J, Dritsaki M, Fraser J, Hamilton K, et al. Timely Digital Patient-Clinician Communication in Specialist Clinical Services for Young People: A Mixed-Methods Study (The LYNC Study). Journal of medical Internet research. 2017;19(4):e102.
  26. Kim SW, Skordis-Worrall J. Can voluntary pooled procurement reduce the price of antiretroviral drugs? a case study of Efavirenz. Health policy and planning. 2017;32(4):516-26.
  27. Kwon, J., Kim, S. W., Ungar, W. J., Tsiplova , K., Madan, Jason, Petrou, Stavros. A systematic review and meta-analysis of childhood health utilities. Medical Decision Making. 2017 In press
  28. Luckraz H, Manga, N, Senanayake E, Abdelaziz M, Gopal S, Charman S, Giri R, Oppong R, Andronis L. Cost of treating Ventilator AssociatedPneumonia postcardiac surgery in the NHS: results from a propensity-matched cohort study. Journal of the Intensive Care Society. 2017 In press
  29. Madan J, Khan KA, Petrou S, Lamb SE. Can mapping algorithms based on raw scores overestimate QALYs gained by treatment? A comparison of mappings between the Roland-Morris Questionnaire and the EQ-5D-3L based on raw and differenced score data. PharmacoEconomics 2017; 35(5): 549-559. doi: 10.1007/s40273-016-0483-z.
  30. Magombedze G, Shiri T, Eda S, Stabel JR. Inferring biomarkers for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection and disease progression in cattle using experimental data. Scientific Reports. 2017;7.
  31. Maheswaran, H., Clarke, A., MacPherson, P., Kumwenda, F., Lalloo, D. G., Corbett, E. L., Petrou, Stavros. 2017. Cost-effectiveness of community-based HIV self-testing in Blantyre, Malawi. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2017, in press.
  32. Maheswaran H,* Petrou S, MacPherson P, Kumwenda F, Lalloo DG, Corbett EL, Clarke A. Economic costs and health-related quality of life outcomes of HIV treatment following self- and facility-based HIV testing in Blantyre, Malawi. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2017, 75 (3), pp. 280-289
  33. Maheswaran H, Petrou S, MacPherson P, Kumwenda F, Lalloo DG, Corbett EL, et al. Economic costs and health-related quality of life outcomes of HIV treatment following self- and facility-based HIV testing in Blantyre, Malawi. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2017.
  34. Mason, J. M., et al. "Ciclosporin compared with prednisolone therapy for patients with pyoderma gangrenosum: cost-effectiveness analysis of the STOP GAP trial." British Journal of Dermatology: 2017
  35. Norton C, Emmanuel A, Stevens N, Scott SM, Grossi U, Bannister S, Eldridge S, Mason JM, Knowles CH. Habit training versus habit training with direct visual biofeedback in adults with chronic constipation: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 2017;18:139
  36. Parker B, Petrou S, Underwood M, Madan J. Can care staff accurately assess health-related quality of life of care home residents? A secondary analysis of data from the OPERA trial. BMJ Open. 2017;7(4):e012779.
  37. Petrou S, Kim SW, McParland P, Boyle EM. Preference-based health-related quality of life outcomes following alternative modes of delivery: A prospective population-based study. Birth 2017; 44(2): 110-119. doi: 10.1111/birt.12268.
  38. Petrou S, Kupek E. Epidemiological trends and risk factors for tobacco, alcohol and drug use among adolescents in Scotland, 2002-2013. Journal of Public Health, in press.
  39. Reeves B, Andronis L, Blazeby J, Blencowe N, Calvert N et al. A mixed-methods feasibility and external pilot study to inform a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effects of surgical wound dressing strategies on surgical site infections (Bluebelle Phase B): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 2017; 18(1):401
  40. Robertson W, Fleming J, Kamal A, Hamborg T, Khan KA, Griffiths F, Stewart-Brown S, Stallard N, Petrou S, Simkiss D, Harrison E, Kim SW, Thorogood M. Randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of ‘Families for Health’, a family-based childhood obesity treatment intervention. Health Technology Assessment 2017; 21(1):1-180. doi: 10.3310/hta21010.
  41. Robertson W, Fleming J, Kamal A, Hamborg T, Khan KA, Griffiths F, Stewart-Brown S, Stallard N, Petrou S, Simkiss D, Harrison E, Wook Kim S, Thorogood M. Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of ‘Families for Health’. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2017; 102(5): 416-426. pii: archdischild-2016-311514. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311514
  42. Shiri T, Datta S, Madan J, Tsertsvadze A, Royle P, Keeling MJ, McCarthy N, Petrou S. Indirect impact of childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Global Health 2017; 5(1): e51-e59. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30306-0.
  43. Taylor CA, Gurnell M, Melville CR, Kluth DC, Johnson N, Wass V. Variation in passing standards for graduation-level knowledge items at UK medical schools. Medical education. 2017.
  44. Taylor C and McKimm J (2017). ‘Gender and Leadership.’ In Swanwick T and McKimm J (Eds.) The ABC of Clinical Leadership, Second Edition. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell
  45. Watson SI, Petrou S, Arulampalam W on behalf of NESCOP. The effect of health care expenditure on patient outcomes: Evidence from English neonatal care. Health Economics 2017; 26: e274–e284.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3503
  46. Wilkinson, Dominic, Petrou, Stavros, Savulescu, Julian. 2017. Rationing potentially inappropriate treatment in newborn intensive care in developed countries. Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
  47. Wilkinson D, Petrou S, Savulescu J. Expensive care? Resource-based thresholds for potentially inappropriate treatment in intensive care. Monash Bioethics Review, in press.
  48. Williams HC, Wojnarowska F, Kirtschig G, Mason J, Godec TR, Schmidt E, et al. Doxycycline versus prednisolone as an initial treatment strategy for bullous pemphigoid: a pragmatic, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial. Lancet (London, England). 2017.
  49. Uthman O MJ, Clarke A, Quenby S. Evaluation of Recruitment Methods for a trial targeting childhood obesity: Families for Health randomised controlled trial. BMC Trials in press.