(136-06)Scottish Acute Recruitment Multi-Agent system (SARMA)
R Neville, S Treweek, F Sullivan, C Reed
Current/Completed Project Lists
(136-06)
Scottish Acute Recruitment Multi-Agent system (SARMA)
R Neville, S Treweek, F Sullivan, C Reed
A pilot observational
study into the utility and feasibility of exhaled nitric oxide measurements
as an adjuvantto standard measures of asthma control in a primary care setting
Daniel Menzies, Cathy Jackson, Brian Lipworth, Ruth Houston
The meaning
of self-neglect: understanding the perspective of people who self-neglect
Michelle Roxburgh, Jennifer Harris, William Lauder, Morag Rush
Mental Health
and Glenrothes New Town
Ed Wallace, Dougie McPhail, Helen Helwell, Jackie Hancock
Identifying
the experiences of stroke patients and their carers following discharge from
hospital
Jan Pringle, Charles Hendry, Ella McLafferty
A pilot study
to explore access to primary care services for homeless adults in Fife: a service
user perspective
Roslyn Blair, Joe Doherty, Alex Baldacchino
The patient
experience of Bell's Palsy. A qualitative study
Brian McKinstry, Vicky Hammersley, Fergus Daly, Ed Wallace
Helping asthma
patients to achieve their goals: a pilot randomised controlled trial
Karen Steven, Brian Williams, Gaylor Hoskins
Development
of a tool to enable us to assess how consumers use the internet for health invormation
and its influence on self management, knowledge and decision making
Frank Sullivan, Fergus Daly, Ian Ricketts, Sally Wyke
Are there specific
competencies that registered nurses require to rehabilitate older people
Patrick Healy, Lorna Stones,
Isabella McLafferty, Gillian Fenton
(125-05)
Using psychological theory to further an understanding of GP and GDP participation
in primary care research
Debbie Bonetti, Jan Clarkson, Cathy Jackson, Marie Pitkethly, Phil Higginson
(124-05)
Feasibility and acceptability of a novel method of caries prevention in children
Jan Clarkson, Nigel Pitts, Chris Deery et al
(123-05)
A Survey of Current Policy & Practice in Assessment of Oral Health Needs
& Risks in Patients with Learning Disabilities
Stephen Turner, Amy Martin,
Tanya Parker, Sarah Manton, User Rep, Helena Chesser, Petrina Sweeney
(122-05)
Web-based self entry of family history by patients with a family history
of cancer to improve referral from primary care to cancer genetics services
Jonathan Berg, Ed Wallace, Peter Gregor, Lorna Gibson
(121-05)
Assessment of effectiveness or multimedia patient
information for general practice
Graeme Houston, Fiona Clare, John McGhee, Trudy
McLeay
Cessation of inappropriate
repeat antidepressant prescribing in primary care: an exploration of issues
in designing an intervention
Steve MacGillivray, David Bruce, Ali Zohoor,
Keith Matthews, Gillian Cruickshank, Brian Williams
Under-representation
of patients from ethnic minorities within the Fife Palliative Care Service
Kate McGarva, Lesley Irvin, Eric Akuoko, Dawn
Foxley
Elderly depression:
an exploration of referrals at the primary and secondary care interface
Anne Mather, Shona Walker, Sandra Miller, Steve
MacGillivray
Understanding the
effects of the new GMS contract incentives on motivation in General Medical
Practice
Bruce Guthrie, Graham Kramer, Guro Huby, Huw
Davies, Martin Marshall, Steven Harrison
Tayside
methadon cohort study
Brian Kidd, Tom Fahey, Alex Baldacchino, Kate
McGarva
Placebos and antidepressants:
considering the case for a trial involving temporary deception
S MacGillivray, S Malik, Sandra Miller, J Coyle
A comparison of General
Practitioner's and A & E Clinician's assessments of the quality of NHS 24
Referrals to the A & E Dept
Ron Cook, M Imrie, Shobhan Thakore, Joyce Meikle
The validation of a clinical
prediction rule for diagnosing the diabetic foot at risk of ulceration in the
primary care setting
Brian Christie; Fay Crawford, Graham Leese, Tom Fahey
(112-04)
A multi context approach to the generalisation of cognitive remediation.
A pilot case series study of effectiveness.
Vincent Rowantree, Catriona Baillie, Gordon Mitchell, Joanne Pratt
General Practitioners'
responses to patients who present with potential cancer symptoms
Elizabeth Mitchell
University of Dundee
Difficult to manage
hypertension: towards improving management of poor tolerators of antihypertensive
therapy
Alex Doney
Stroke Medicine,
Ninewells Hospital
(107-04)
Motivational
interviewing with diabetic patients; the impact on compliance and diabetic control
Pam Lanza
Health Psychologist,
Stratheden Hospital
(106-04)
Statin prescribing in Scotland: A comparison
of adherence to statin treatment between patients treated to target and patients
treated on a fire-and-forget basis
Alexander Watson
GP
Westgate Health Centre
(105-04)
Evaluation of benefits including participants in content and design of protected
learning time.
Ross Reid
GP
Glover Street Surgery
To compare stress
levels and support mechanisms in palliative care vs Acute Wards vs Community
Care
Kate McGarva,
Clinical Psychologist,
Stratheden Hospital
Can psychological
interventions provided during acute psychotic phases influence the future trajectory
and outcomes of the illness?
Gordon Mitchell,
Clinical Psychology Dept,
Stratheden Hospital
Decision aid and decision
support tool for the management of hypertension in the community
Tom Fahey
Taybank Surgery
Depression in over
75s in a New Town Environment
Liz Casey,
District Nurse,
Glenrothes LHCC
Pilot study looking
at specific research questions in preparation for the evaluation of the East
Central Scotland Addiction Services Managed Care Network and other NHS Managed
Care Networks
Alexander Baldacchino
Stratheden Hospital
A pilot study to determine
the feasibility and most appropriate methods of obtaining large scale consent
for anonymised genetic research in drug efficacy and safety based on the potential
use of "spare" blood in Tayside
Frank Sullivan
Mill Practice
Change in therapy:
what, when, where and how does change occur from the perspective of patient
and the therapist?
Tim Carey
Psychology Dept
Stratheden Hospital
The effects of participatory
music on the behaviour of people with severe dementia during therapy sessions
Gillian Bird
OT Dept Stratheden
Completed projects
Alternative therapies
Effectiveness of hypnosis in the treatment of patients with dental anxiety in primary dental care
E Kyeremateng
Whitfield Dental SurgeryRandomised controlled trial to evaluate acupuncture in the treatment of pre-menstrual tension
E Aitken; S Pavitt
Burleigh Practice Loch Leven Health CentreA multi-centred trial to identify the benefits of a GP based physiotherapy practice
M Ferguson
Carnoustie Health Centre + TayRenPractice based aromatherapy and stress: A cost-benefit study
Betty Keenan and Salahuddin Malik
Downfield Surgery
Cancer
Role of a symptom prompting questionnaire in the early diagnosis of colorectal cancer
M Gray; B Goudie; D Johnston; R Steele
Ancrum Medical CentreAn evaluation of a specialist nurse-let model of early discharge from hospital following axillary clearance surgery
S Devereux; M Wells; E McKenna; A Thompson; G Little; R Woods; R Chen; P DaveyDeveloping a risk scoring system for the early diagnosis of colorectal cancer in people over 45 years with GI symptoms; a case control study
B Goudie; D Ruta
Westgate Health Centre (Goudie) + Ancrum RoadDelays in presentation and referral of colorectal and breast cancers in general practice comparison of rural and urban areas
R Duffy and N Campbell
Downfield and TayRen Practices.Evaluating a new model for cancer genetics services; Co-operation between primary care, nurse specialist and hospital clinic
F Sullivan; M Steel; M Malek; D Goudie; A Thompson
Red Wing Wallacetown Health Centre + all TayRen practicesWhy is cervical screening controversial?
Mike Gray
Ancrum Road SurgeryRetrospective analysis of where Dundee cancer patients died
S Devereux; D Shaw and Gail Young
Green Street Surgery Forfar and Blue Wing Wallacetown
Co-morbidity and deprivation in patients with advanced cancer
Frank Sullivan
Mill Practice
Cancer patients and communication between secondary and primary care
Sonia Devereux
Forfar
Rational PSA testing in Scotland
Mike Gray
Ancrum Road Surgery
Photoviews - patient feedback pilot
Sonia Devereux
ForfarPublic awareness of colorectal cancer and its effect on general practice
Elizabeth Mitchell,
University of Dundee
Is use of metformin associated with a reduced risk of cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes? A pilot Study
Josie Evans, A Emslie-Smith, Dario Alessi, Andrew Morris
Cardiovascular Disease
A strategy for management of cardiovascular disease in general medical practice by a team approach
G Cruickshank; J Foster; M Duncan; T MacDonald; F Sullivan
Princes Street SurgeryKarelia Project
J Dunbar; A Anderson; A Morris; J Belch; Frank Sullivan
Downfield SurgeryOutcome of Warfarin therapy in secondary prevention of strokes
B Goudie; W Mac; P Cachia
Westgate Health Centre (Goudie Practice)Does concordance training for GPs improve management of poorly controlled hypertension
J Dowell; B Alder; H Edmunds; A Foreman; C Milne; L Forsyth
Lour Road SurgeryHow common is an elevated serum ACE level in Hypertensive patients taking ACE inhibitors and could it mean that the patient is not receiving enough treatment?
B Goudie; H Dougall; F Sullivan and A Struthers
Westgate Health Centre (Goudie) Inzievar; Red Wing Wallacetown Health CentreThe HEARTS initiative to establish the burden of avoidable mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) POST-MI within Tayside and how this varies with deprivation, age and rurality
H Dougall; F Sullivan and A Morris
Inzievar; Red Wing Wallacetown Health Centre; all TayRen PracticesWhat dose of atenolol should patients with hypertension receive?
Shona Wales; Pat Carragher and Dave Richmond
St Serf’s Practice
Cardiovascular risk prediction tools
Penny Lockwood
Mill Practice
CARDIA Evaluation
Karen Fletcher
Whitehills
Can patients with atrial fibrillation be identified at flu clinics?
Hamish Dougall
CrieffAre the improvements in clinical care demonstrated in Dumfries and Galloway matched by changes elsewhere in Scotland?
Karen Hamilton
University of DundeeGeneral Practitioner interpretation of pre-echocardiography ECGs in patients with suspected heart failure: a national study
Barclay Goudie,
Westgate Health CentreGeneral practitioner Interpretation of pre-echocariography ECGs in patients with symptoms suggestive of heart failure (GECHO)
Barclay Goudie
Westgate Health Centre
Statin prescribing in Scotland: A comparison of adherence to statin treatment between patients treated to target and patients treated on a fire-and forget basis
Alexander Watson,
Westgate Health Centre
Children/Young People
Reducing the health costs of children with sleep disorder
J McGreavey; M Zabihrolla; C Pagliari; S Pavitt: Frank Sullivan
Monifieth Health Centre + 2 Taybank PracticesA randomised controlled study of the effect of organised peer support on the incidence of duration of breastfeeding and the consequence for infant morbidity
C Picken; S Pavitt; P Muirhead
Monifieth Health Centre + Carnoustie & WallacetownDifferences between recommended ENT treatment and actual GP management of otitis externa
N Raitt
Ravenswood SurgeryThe natural history of the acquisition of night time bladder control with efficacy of early treatment; A longitudinal cohort study tracking children from 3-5 years
Moya Morrison; Frank Sullivan
Wallacetown Red WingHow quickly do babies acquire amoxycillin resistance
A Emslie-Smith
Red Wing Wallacetown Health Centre
Smoking cessation in young people
Anne Duthie
Townhead SurgerySystematic review of psychotherapies for asthma in children
Karen Steven
WestgateA descriptive study to identify the attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of adolescents in Fife on mental health issues
Janette Pow School
Nurse Team Leader
Fife Primary Care NHS TrustPrimary Care Management of Atopic Eczema in Children
Miriam Santer
Nethergate Medical Centre
Delivery of Care/Service Management
A strategy for management of cardiovascular disease in general medical practice by a team approach
G Cruickshank; J Foster; M Duncan; T MacDonald; F Sullivan
Princes Street SurgeryNurse Triage
M Robb
Burleigh Practice Loch Leven Health CentreWhat are the outcomes when a Primary Care Practice changes its management strategy?
S Riddell; L de Villiers
Westgate Health Centre; Princes Street + TayRenSocial exclusion and hospital admissions
R Duffy
Downfield Surgery + TayRen PracticesDelays in presentation and referral of colorectal and breast cancers in general practice comparison of rural and urban areas
R Duffy and N Campbell
Downfield and TayRen Practices.Evaluating a new model for cancer genetics services; Co-operation between primary care, nurse specialist and hospital clinic
F Sullivan; M Steel; M Malek; D Goudie; A Thompson
Red Wing Wallacetown Health Centre + all TayRen practicesA study investigating factors which influence general practitioners decision making in relation to admitting patients for care within community hospitals.
J Grant and J Dowell
St Margaret’s Health Centre, AuchterarderImpact of Deprivation and provision of services by Health Visitors (Community nursing project)
Sheila Knight
Red Wing Wallacetown Health CentreWhat are the views of GPs on the current system of sickness certification
Jon Dowell & J Fagerson
Lour Road SurgeryDid not attend (DNAs) – reasons and prevention
Jeanette Anderson and Salahuddin Malek
Downfield SurgeryIntermediate Care Project
Rebecca Duffy
Downfield Surgery
"Talking to your Doctor" - to construct a DIPEx module illustrating how patients can constructively engage with their general practitioners to make a shared clinical decision
Jon Dowell
Lour Road Forfar
Attitudes to home care technology
Bill Peterkin
Green Street Forfar
Use of multilevel modelling to examine effectiveness and equity in the Tayside Regional Diabetes Network
Frank Sullivan
Mill Practice
Is inter-practice variation too great to make any meaningful conclusions about skill mix in Primary Care?
Salahuddin Malik
Downfield Surgery
Examining attendance in primary care for diabetic retinopathy screening in Tayside
A Emslie-Smith
Mill PracticeMental Health Workers attitudes towards joint working in the community
Sharlaine Walker,
Registered Mental Nurse,
Angus CMHTl
Dentistry
Stainless steel crowns for the optimal restoration of primary molars with decay – a comparison of cementing on the crown V standard techniques
C Southwick; G Fletcher; J McCafferty; C Deery; N Innes
Macalpine Road Dental Surgery + TayRen DentistsThe effectiveness of the provision of an anti snoring device for patients who have an "unsociable" snoring problem that leads to sleep apnoea
G Thomson; S Pavitt; C Deery; J Clarkson; C Southwick; E Kyeremateng; N Innes; J McCafferty; A Boggon; F Mulford
High Street Dental Surgery + TayRen dentistsEffectiveness of hypnosis in the treatment of patients with dental anxiety in primary dental care
E Kyeremateng
Whitfield Dental SurgeryEffectiveness of GDPs performing orthodontic services ?
A Boggon; S McLean
Dental Centre, Montrose& BlairgowrieRemuneration and inequalities in oral Health
Chris South
Nethergate Dental PracticeSaliva and Periodontal disease
Hamish Dougall
Crieff
Pilot Cepsis
Fraser Mulford
West End Dental PracticeA Study to determine the effectiveness of various oral mouth washes post extractions
H Elassar
Duthie Dental Practice
An individually tailored intervention for smoking cessation in a dental primary care setting: a feasibility study
John Ho-A-Yun
Montrose
Diabetes
Human DNA sample collection of type 2 diabetes and matched controls; A population based study with longitudinal follow-up
Andrew Morris; Frank Sullivan; Colin Palmer; Peter Donnan; Graham Leese; Roland Jung; Sue Pavitt
TCGP
Screening for type 2 diabetes
George Savage
Crieff
Use of multilevel modelling to examine effectiveness and equity in the Tayside Regional Diabetes Network
Frank Sullivan
Mill Practice
Is glycosolated haemoglobin A1c a suitable test to screen for diabetes
David Richmond
St Serf's Kinross
Examining attendance in primary care for diabetic retinopathy screening in Tayside
A Emslie-Smith
Mill Practice
Is use of metformin associated with a reduced risk of cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes? A pilot Study
Josie Evans, A Emslie-Smith, Dario Alessi, Andrew Morris
Informatics/Epidemiology
The HEARTS initiative to establish the burden of avoidable mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) POST-MI within Tayside and how this varies with deprivation, age and rurality
H Dougall; F Sullivan and A Morris
Inzievar; Red Wing Wallacetown Health Centre; all TayRen PracticesHuman DNA sample collection of type 2 diabetes and matched controls; A population based study with longitudinal follow-up
Andrew Morris; Frank Sullivan; Colin Palmer; Peter Donnan; Graham Leese; Roland Jung; Sue Pavitt
TCGP
Biobank UK
Rebecca Duffy
DownfieldStatin prescribing in Scotland: A comparison of adherence to statin treatment between patients treated to target and patients treated on a fire-and forget basis
Alexander Watson,
Westgate Health Centre
Is use of metformin associated with a reduced risk of cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes? A pilot Study
Josie Evans, A Emslie-Smith, Dario Alessi, Andrew Morris
Medicines
At what level of Trimethoprim resistance would another treatment for cystitis become more cost effective
N McLeod; F Sullivan; P Davey; G Phillips
Glover Street Surgery + TayRenPneumococcal Vaccination Programme – which target groups benefit most
S Wales
St Serf’s Loch Leven Health CentreEvaluation of patient satisfaction and effect on prescribing pattern of HRT following the introduction of a menopause strategy
S Wales
Burleigh Practice Loch Leven Health CentreFactors influencing a patient’s ability to stop taking or reduce intake of proton pump inhibitors – a qualitative and quantitative study
D Johnston; L Sacral; J Dowell; B Goudie; J Dillon; D Ruta; B Alder; A Timoney; K Rothnie
Lour Road Surgery & Westgate Health Centre (Goudie Practice)Can urinary dipstick testing be used successfully to reduce antibiotic prescribing for uncomplicated UTI in non-pregnant adult females
N McLeod; H Smith; D Richmond; S McKendrick; B Goudie; S Whyte; S Devereux; C Wood; W Taylor; D Bruce; A Emslie-Smith
Glover Street Surgery + 10 TayRen practicesHow quickly do babies acquire amoxycillin resistance
A Emslie-Smith
Red Wing Wallacetown Health Centre
Antibiotic resistance in women with recurrent UTI
N McLeod and D Shaw
Glover Street Perth & Blue Wing Wallacetown Health Centre
Why patients buy aspirin OTC
Gillian Cruickshank
Princes Street Surgery
Influenza vaccine and warfarin
Shona Wales
St Serf's Practice
Over the counter medication in elderly patients
Louise Gourlay
Downfield
Mental Health
Long term use of anti-depressants – strategy for management of depression.
D Bruce; G Cruickshank; B Hollins; S MacGillivray; S Pavitt; I Crombie
Princes Street Surgery + TayRenDescribe and explore woman’s experiences of being screened for postnatal depression by EDS
M Muir; M Gray
Ancrum Medical CentreA randomised controlled trial of a practice nurse-led intervention to help patients discontinue Benzodiazepine use in primary care
E Bailey; L Elliot; J Dowell
Westgate Health Centre (Goudie Practice)Spousal carers in dementia; research into past marital relationships – impact of delivery of care
M Bremner
Red Wing Wallacetown Health CentreHealth behaviours and life styles of 45 year old males – their preparations and aspirations for retirement
M Robbs, H Mowat
Burleigh Practice; Loch Leven Health CentreCollection of Scottish community norms for outcome measures for common psychiatric disorders
L Morton; P Fisher
Carnoustie Medical Group + TayRen practicesDisplaced men, redundant fathers, lost boys; a preliminary evaluation of the role of the family nurse in support of boys and young men growing up in households without fathers
Joyce Wilkinson and Desmond Ryan
Princes Street Surgery
Post-natal quality of life assessment: Validating Mother-Generated index
Carol Picken
Monifieth Health Centre
Computer-based interviewing for anxiety and depression screening
Nora Ricketts
Newport-on-Tay
RCT of antidepressant efficacy in the treatment of depressive disorder
David Bruce
Princes Street Surgery
A Cochrane Collaboration Systematic Review and meta-analysis: the efficacy of antidepressants for the treatment of depression in elderly primary care patients
David Bruce
Princes Street SurgeryA descriptive study to identify the attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of adolescents in Fife on mental health issues
Janette Pow School
Nurse Team Leader
Fife Primary Care NHS Trust
Older People
Nutritional Communications and support for older people
Jonathon Fagerson
Lour Road Forfar
Over the counter medication in elderly patients
Louise Gourlay
Downfield
A Cochrane Collaboration Systematic Review and meta-analysis: the efficacy of antidepressants for the treatment of depression in elderly primary care patients
David Bruce
Princes Street SurgeryThe feasibility of identifying and recruiting older women in Primary Care with recurrent urinary infections to a pilot study comparing the effectiveness of low dose antibiotic
Marion McMurdo, David Shaw, Peter Davey
Research/Education
Optimal presentation of research evidence to practices
H Kelly; J Dowell; Frank Sullivan
All TayRen Practices Consultancy/TCGPHow can we improve recruitment into randomised controlled trials in acute presentations in general practice
J Dowell; M Pitkethly; S Pavitt
Lour Road Surgery + TayRenImmediate care education research group
J Laird
St Margaret’s Health Centre Auchterarder
Revalidation Questionnaire
David Bruce
Princes StreetEvaluation of benefits including participants in content and design of protected learning time
Ross Reid,
Glover Street Surgery
Respiratory Disease
A qualitative investigation of treatment goals at different levels of asthma severity (externally funded)
F Sullivan; K Stevens
Wallacetown Red Wing + TayRenDoes systematic postal recall improve attendance at Asthma Clinics in General Practice?
K Danskin; C Hoy; B Goudie
Westgate Health CentreHealth beliefs, behaviour and goals of professional health carers and adolescents with asthma; exploring and matching perspectives for improving concordance with self management.
R Neville and A Green
Westgate (Neville) + >5 TayRen PracticesIs there a link between asthma and infertility?
Sue Pavitt and Ron Neville
TayRen and Westgate Health Centre
Systematic review of psychotherapies for asthma in children
Karen Steven
Westgate
UTI
At what level of Trimethoprim resistance would another treatment for cystitis become more cost effective
N McLeod; F Sullivan; P Davey; G Phillips
Glover Street Surgery + TayRenCan urinary dipstick testing be used successfully to reduce antibiotic prescribing for uncomplicated UTI in non-pregnant adult females
N McLeod; H Smith; D Richmond; S McKendrick; B Goudie; S Whyte; S Devereux; C Wood; W Taylor; D Bruce; A Emslie-Smith
Glover Street Surgery + 10 TayRen practicesAntibiotic resistance in women with recurrent UTI
N McLeod and D Shaw
Glover Street Perth & Blue Wing Wallacetown Health Centre
The feasibility of identifying and recruiting older women in Primary Care with recurrent urinary infections to a pilot study comparing the effectiveness of low dose antibiotic
Marion McMurdo, David Shaw, Peter Davey
Wound Management
A preliminary investigation into the use of larval therapy for leg lesions
J Balfour D Richmond S Wales D Craven M Niven
St Serf’s Loch Leven Health CentrePost-discharge surveillance of surgical site infection
Frank Sullivan
Mill Practice
