PEAT Projects

Projects in Progress

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Applying discrete choice experiments in pharmacy: applied and methodological issues

An Assessment of the cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance including diffusion-weighted brain imaging in patients with transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke

Attitudes, Knowledge & Experience of the General Public towards Drug Misuse & Drug Treatment Strategies

Clinical and cost effectiveness of elective single embryo versus double embryo transfer policy in assisted reproduction

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of surgical options for the management of anterior or posterior vaginal wall prolapse: pragmatic evaluation by multicentre randomised controlled trial (PROSPECT: PROlapse Surgery: Pragmatic Evaluation and randomised Controlled Trial

The Clinical and Short-Term NHS Costs of Maternal Obesity for Maternity Services in Scotland

Comparative study of new imaging technologies for the diagnosis of glaucoma

Developing the intervention and outcome components for a proposed RCT on screening for open angle glaucoma

Development of practice-based pharmacist-led management of chronic pain in primary care for evaluation by a RCT

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of elective neck dissection in early oral cancer treatment

Effectiveness of lens extraction with intraocular lens implantation for the treatment of primary Angle Glaucoma (EAGLE)

Engaging with older people to develop and deliver interventions for the self management of chronic pain (EPIC)

An Evaluation of Patient Preferences for the Treatment of Localised Prostate Cancer

Going beyond QALYs in Economic Evaluations

How do context and complexity influence responses to discrete choice experiments?

How do people choose between self-care, supported self-care and GP consultation in minor illness?

Improving Maternal, Neonatal and Child Survival: A Partnership Approach to Achieve Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh (BRAC)

Improving the value of screening for diabetic macular oedema using surrogate photographic markers

INTERVAL Dental recalls trial (Investigation of NICE Technologies for Enabling Risk-Variable-Adjusted-Length Dental Recalls Trial) - a feasibility study and follow on

Investigating the validity of responses to stated preference experiments

Maintained physical activity and physiotherapy in the management of distal arm pain

Managing unexplained symptoms (Chronic widespread pain) in primary care: Involving traditional and accessible new approaches (MUSICIAN)

Optimal Surveillance Regimes for Individuals with Ocular Hypertension (OHT): Modelling and economic evaluation

Oral hygiene advice and scale & polish/periodontal instruments trial: Prevention in dental primary care

A pragmatic multi-centre randomised trial comparing stapled haemorrhoidopexy to conventional excisional surgery for haemorrhoidal disease

Proposal for eliciting public preference in relation to national health insurance in South Africa

A prospective collaborative study of patients with intestinal segments transposed into urinary tract following surgery for bladder cancer or benign end stage bladder disease (OTIS)

Randomised controlled trial comparing foam sclerotherapy, alone or in combination with endovenous laser therapy, with conventional surgery as a treatment for varicose veins

The Scottish cervical cancer prevention programme: Assessing and modelling the impact of HPV 16/18 immunisation on the performance of current cervical screening performance and the effectiveness of alternative cervical screening strategies to optimise cancer prevention in the HPV immunisation era

Screening for disorders of glucose regulation in Cystic Fibrosis

Surgical Trial in Traumatic interCerebral Haemorrhage (STITCHT)

Technologies to support older people at home: maximising personal and social interaction - TOPS

Types of urethral catheter for reducing symptomatic urinary tract infections in hospitalised adults requiring short-term catheterisation: multicentre randomised controlled trial of antibiotic and antiseptic impregnated urethral catheters (The Catheter trial)

(SUSPEND) Use of drug therapy in the management of symptomatic stones in hospitalised adults: multi-centre placebo controlled randomised trial of calcium channel blockers (nifedipine) and alpha blockers (tamsulosin)

What healthcare experiences matter to patients and how can we assign value to them for policy making purposes?

Valuing the Patient Experience in the delivery of health care

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Projects Completed

Bell's palsy: Early acycLovir and/or prednisoLone in Scotland "BELLS": A multicentre factorial trial of the early administration of steroids and/or antivirals for Bell's Palsy

Caries prevention for children with integrated dental care teams: a randomised controlled trial

The clinical and cost-effectiveness of screening for open angle glaucoma

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of computed tomography screening for lung cancer: systematic reviews

The clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of different surveillance mammography regimes after the treatment of primary breast cancer

The clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of rapid point of care tests for the detection of genital Chlamydia infection in women and men: Systematic review and economic evaluation

The clinical effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin supplements in slowing or arresting progression of osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review and economic evaluation

A cluster randomised trial to investigate the use of decision aid for the diagnosis of active labour in term pregnancy

Common symptoms in the community: understanding the public's responses to inform the development of interventions

Community preferences for reductions in maternal and neonatal mortality in a low resource settings

A comparison of EQ-5D and SF-6D in coronary heart disease patients

Conservative treatment for urinary incontinence in Men After Prostate Surgery (MAPS)

Constant risk attitude

Cost-effectiveness of Exercise Training in Older Patients with Heart Failure

Denosumab for the prevention of osteoporotic fractures in post-menopausal women (Single Technology Assessment for NICE)

Developing a Complex Intervention for Chronic Low Back Pain in Primary Care

Early referral strategies for patients with markers of renal disease

Economic cost to the NHS of live-birth subsequent to IVF at an advanced reproductive age

Economic evaluation of community perinatal care

Economic evaluation of stapling for grade II haemorrhoids

An economic evaluation of the NHS Grampian Opportunistic Chlamydia Screening Study

The economic valuation of maternal mortality and morbidity

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of arthroscopic lavage in the treatment of early osteoarthritis of the knee

Effectiveness of preventing and treating staphylococcus aureus carriage on peritoneal catheter-related infections

Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of selective single embryo transfer (ECoSSE)

Eltrombopag for the treatment of chronic idiopathic (immune) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP): A Single Technology Appraisal

Establishing the potential for primary care to tackle social inequalities in established colorectal cancer study

Estimating preferences for management of minor illness: choosing between self-care and health professional advice

An evaluation of an adapted United States model of pharmaceutical care to improve psychoactive prescribing for care home residents in Scotland

A feasibility study for a future economic evaluation of instalment dispensing for newly prescribed medicines

Imatinib at escalated doses of 600 mg/day or 800 mg/day for the treatment of people with unresectable and/or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours whose disease has progressed on treatment with imatinib at a dose of 400 mg/day: systematic review and economic evaluation

An impact assessment of Health Technology Assessments conducted by NHS QIS

Incorporation of process preferences within the QALY framework: a study of alternative methods

Initiative for maternal mortality programme assessment (Immpact)

Investigation of the value placed on the National Clinical Assessment Service services by referrers in the National Health Service

Measurement and valuation of inequality aversion and the distribution of outcomes in maternal health

The measurement and valuation of productivity costs: a household level analysis

Methodological comparison of alternative standard gamble chaining procedures

Microwave Endometrial Ablation versus Thermal Balloon Endometrial Ablation – A randomised comparison of treatment in the post menstrual phase: Clinical outcomes, patient acceptability and cost

Modelling preferences for maternity service provision in remote and rural areas in Scotland

Multicentre RCT of medicines management by community pharmacists

Non-pharmacological interventions for adults with impaired glucose tolerance

Pazopanib for the first line treatment of patients with advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma: A Single Technology Appraisal

A pilot study for a pragmatic multi-centre randomised controlled evaluation of level of dependency in high risk surgical patients undergoing major elective surgery

The place of minimal access surgery amongst people with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - a UK collaborative study (REFLUX trial)

Pragmatic Multi-centre randomised trial of (1) routing postoperative ICU care and/or (2) pre-operative fluid loading in high-risk surgical patients undergoing major elective surgery and urgent surgery (FOCCUS)

A Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of Intensive Care post-discharge review clinics in improving Longer-term Outcomes from critical illness (PRaCTICaL Trial)

Preferences for extending the role of the pharmacist

The PRIME (Post-operative radiotherapy in minimum risk elderly) breast cancer trial

Prognosis and management of intercranial vascular malformations and non-traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage in adults

Randomised comparison of macular hole surgery with or without internal limiting membrane peeling

A randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of the effect of vitamin and mineral supplements on morbidity and mortality in men and women over 65

The role of automated grading of diabetic retinopathy in a primary care screening programme

The role of automated level 2 grading within the diabetic retinopathy screening collaborative network

Scottish multicentre trial of glutamine and selenium supplemented parenteral nutrition for critically ill patients (SIGNET trial)

Screening for type 2 diabetes: literature review and economic modelling

The social value of a Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY)

SPECT cost effectiveness and probabilistic sensitivity analyses

Systematic review and economic modelling of effectiveness and cost utility of surgical treatment for men with benign prostate enlargement

Systematic review and economic modelling of the effectiveness and efficiency of non-surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI)

Systematic review of the clinical and cost-effectiveness, and economic evaluation, of photodynamic diagnosis and novel urine biomarker tests in the detection and follow-up of bladder cancer

Systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 'HealOzone' for the treatment of tooth decay (both occlusal pit/fissure caries and root caries)

Systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer

Using Bayesian techniques to design and analyse Discrete Choice Experiment data: an application to identifying genetic causes of mental retardation

Using discrete choice experiments to estimate quality weights within the framework of QALYs: an application to glaucoma

Using DCEs for priority setting: Eliciting public preferences for the delivery of health care in Dumfries and Galloway

Using disease specific QoL measures to predict generic QoL

Valuation of health outcomes in new mothers

Valuing the carer experience in the provision of informal care

Visiting Research Fellowship – Professor Virginia Wilcox-Gok, University of Northern Illinois

Wanless Social Care Review: effects of Free Personal Care Policy in Scotland

Weighting domains within the Index of Multiple Deprivation: comparing approaches

What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of minimally invasive hip arthroplasty in the management of arthritic disease of the hip?

What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of oesophageal Doppler monitoring in critically ill and high risk surgical patients?

Women's preferences for perinatal and neurodevelopmental health outcomes associated with twin pregnancy