Dr Zoe Skea
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Biography
Zoë Skea joined the Unit as a Research Assistant in 1999. She graduated in Sociology from the University of Glasgow in 1995 and gained an MSc in Health Services and Public Health Research from the University of Aberdeen in 1999. Since joining the Unit, she has been involved in a broad range of studies with a particular focus on health care users' experiences of their own care and treatment. In 2002, Zoë was awarded a three-year research training fellowship from CSO (Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Executive Health Department). The fellowship was part of her PhD exploring communication issues in the context of the MMR vaccine controversy. In 2008, she took up a joint appointment with HSRU and the Academic Urology Unit. She currently leads a portfolio of research investigating the information and support needs of urological cancer patients. She has wide ranging research interests in health services research with particular expertise in qualitative methodology and issues relating to patients' health care experiences.
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Current Research
Since 2008, supported by an NHS Endowment committee grant, Zoë has been developing a programme of research which broadly aims to investigate the information and support needs of people with urological cancer.
Recently completed projects:
- Enabling mutual helping? Peer support for urological cancer patients: A qualitative study.
- 'What factors influence treatment decision making for prostate cancer?' - A meta-ethnography of couples' experiences.
- Online information resources for people with urological cancers: website analysis and views of health care professionals.
- Social support online: An analysis of online discussion boards for people living with urological cancer.
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Collaborations
Zoë is currently collaborating on an international research project looking at ethical issues in cluster randomised trials (funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research). This project is being led by Dr Monica Taljaard and Professor Jeremy Grimshaw at the Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa. Zoë has been assisting in data abstractions for the systematic review components of this project, and is currently directly involved in the design and development of the various qualitative components of this study.
Zoë is also an advisory panel member for a multi-centred study investigating the health care experiences of men with penile cancer (funded by the Research for Patient Benefit Programme of the National Institute for Health Research). The findings from this qualitative in-depth interview study will result in the creation of an online information and support resource for use by patients and health care professionals (HealthTalkonline site). As well as providing important experiential information for patients, the resource can also facilitate the learning of effective and appropriate communication skills by health professionals in training. The project is being led by researchers from Leeds Metropolitan University, Aberystwyth University and the University of Oxford.
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Research Grants
2011-2012 The Prostate Cancer Charity Scotland. MacLennan S & Skea Z (Joint PI), McCann S, N'Dow J. Support groups for men who have prostate cancer, their families and friends: identifying best practice models. £24,680
2011-2012 Scottish Cancer Research Network. MacLennan S & Skea Z (Joint PI). Information for choice in urological cancer: What people need, prefer and use. £21,629
2009 -2012 CSO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Services and Health of the Public Research. Schumm K, Campbell M, Ramsay C, Skea Z, MacLennan S, N'Dow J. The acceptability and usefulness of a trial participation decision aid: a mixed methods study of patients and clinicians in the UK. £167,776
2001-2005 CSO Research Training Fellowship. Skea Z, Entwistle V, Watt I, Russell E. Communication in different arenas: the case of MMR vaccine. £77067.30
2000-2001 CSO small grant. Bhattacharya S, Entwistle V, Skea Z, Templeton A. Decision making in hysterectomy for heavy menstrual bleeding: how satisfied are women? (A pilot study). £20,575
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Teaching Responsibilities
Zoë leads the qualitative component of the MSc in Health Services and Public Health Research teaching module and contributes to various aspects of assessments.
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Qualifications
MA (Hons) Sociology [1st class], University of Glasgow (1995)
MSc Health Services and Public Health Research, University of Aberdeen (1999)
PhD Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen (2006)
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Publications
Contributions to Journals
Articles
- Skea, ZC., MacLennan, S., Entwistle, V. & N'Dow, JMO. (2011). 'Enabling mutual helping?: Examining variable needs for facilitated peer support'. Patient Education and Counseling, vol 85, no. 2, pp. e120-e125.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.032
[Online] AURA: Skea_2011.pdf - Campbell, MK., Entwistle, V., Cuthbertson, B., Skea, ZC., Sutherland, A., McDonald, AM., Norrie, J., Carlson, R., Bridgman, S. & KORAL group, AT. (2011). 'Developing a placebo controlled trial in surgery: Issues of design, acceptability and feasibility'. Trials, vol 12, no. 50, pp. 50.
[Online] DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-50
[Online] AURA: Campbell 2011.pdf - Taljaard, M., McRae, A., Weijer, C., Bennett, C., Dixon, S., Taleban, J., Skea, ZC., Brehaut, J., Eccles, M., Donner, A., Saginur, R. & Grimshaw, J. (2011). 'Inadequate reporting of research ethics review and informed consent in cluster randomized trials: review of random sample of published trials'. British Medical Journal, vol 342.
[Online] DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2496
[Online] AURA: Taljaard_2011.pdf - Ivers, N., Taljaard, M., Dixon, S., Bennett, C., McRae, A., Taleban, J., Skea, ZC., Brehaut, J., Boruch, R., Eccles, M., Weijer, C., Grimshaw, J., Zwarenstein, M. & Donner, A. (2011). 'Impact of the CONSORT extension for cluster randomised trials on quality of reporting and study methodology: review of a random sample of 300 trials from 2000 to 2008'. British Medical Journal, vol 343, no. d5886, pp. d5886.
[Online] DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5886
[Online] AURA: Ivers_2011.pdf - Kazimierczak, KA., Skea, ZC., MacLennan, S. & N'Dow, JMO. (2011). 'Concepts of information provision in cancer care: a critical interpretive synthesis of literature'. Medical Encounter, vol 25, no. 3, pp. 63.
- Campbell, MK., Skea, ZC., Sutherland, AG., Cuthbertson, B., Entwistle, V., McDonald, AM., Norrie, JD., Carlson, RV., Bridgman, S. & KORAL study group (2010). 'Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of arthroscopic lavage in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: a mixed methods study of the feasibility of conducting a surgical placebo-controlled trial (the KORAL study)'. Health Technology Assessment, vol 14, no. 5, pp. 1-180.
[Online] DOI: 10.3310/hta14040
[Online] AURA: Campbell2010.pdf - Schumm, K., Skea, ZC., McKee, L. & N'Dow, JMO. (2010). ''They're doing surgery on two people': a meta-ethnography of the influences on couples' treatment decision making for prostate cancer'. Health Expectations, vol 13, no. 4, pp. 335-349.
[Online] DOI: doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2010.00624.x - Campbell, M., Skea, ZC., Cuthbertson, B., Sutherland, A., Entwistle, V. & KORAL group, AT. (2009). 'When should a placebo be used in surgical trials? [abstract]'. Clinical Trials, vol 6, no. 5, pp. 509-509.
[Online] DOI: doi:10.1177/1740774509345176 - Entwistle, V., Prior, ME., Skea, ZC. & Francis, JJ. (2008). 'Involvement in treatment decision-making: its meaning to people with diabetes and implications for conceptualisation'. Social Science & Medicine, vol 66, no. 2, pp. 362-375.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.09.001 - Skea, ZC., Entwistle, V., Watt, I. & Russell, EM. (2008). ''Avoiding harm to others' considerations in relation to parental MMR vaccination discussion: an analysis of an online chat forum'. Social Science & Medicine, vol 67, no. 9, pp. 1382-1390.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.07.006 - Entwistle, V., Williams, B., Skea, ZC., MacLennan, GS. & Bhattacharya, S. (2006). 'Which surgical decisions should patients participate in and how? Reflections on women's recollections of discussions about variants of hysterectomy'. Social Science & Medicine, vol 62, no. 2, pp. 499-509.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.027 - Langston, AL., Campbell, MK., Entwistle, V. & Skea, ZC. (2005). 'A centralised public information resource for randomised trials: desirability and feasibility'. BMC Health Services Research, vol 5, no. 39.
- Skea, ZC., Harry, V., Bhattacharya, S., Entwistle, V., Williams, BS., MacLennan, GS. & Templeton, AA. (2004). 'Women's perceptions of decision-making about hysterectomy'. BJOG-An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol 111, no. 2, pp. 133-142.
[Online] DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.00027.x - Lewin, S., Skea, ZC., Entwistle, V., Zwarenstein, M. & Dick, J. (2002). 'Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultations. A systematic review'. MRC Policy Brief, vol May, no. (1).
- Entwistle, V., Skea, ZC. & O'Donnell, M. (2001). 'Decisions about treatment: interpretations of two measures of control by women having a hysterectomy'. Social Science & Medicine, vol 53, no. 6, pp. 721-732.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00382-8 - O'Donnell, M., Entwistle, V. & Skea, ZC. (2001). 'Bridging the gap between evidence-based medicine and patient-centered medicine'. Patient Education and Counseling, vol 42, no. 3, pp. 295-296.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(00)00136-1
Letters
- Entwistle, V., MacLennan, GS., Skea, ZC., Bhattacharya, S. & Williams, B. (2005). 'Methods of hysterectomy: should women have a say?'. British Medical Journal, no. 331, pp. 351-352.
[Online] DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7512.351-b
Scientific Reviews
- Gillies, K., Skea, ZC., Politi, M. & Jamie, B. (2012). 'Decision support interventions for people making decisions about participation in clinical trials (Cochrane protocol)'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 3.
[Online] DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009736 - Lewin, S., Skea, ZC., Entwistle, V., Zwarenstein, M. & Dick, J. (2001). 'Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultations: A systematic review'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol 2001, no. 4.
[Online] DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003267
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