Director of Health Services Research Unit
- About
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- Email Address
- c.r.ramsay@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438142
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit (HSRU)
3rd Floor, Health Sciences Building,
Foresterhill
Aberdeen AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am Director of the Health Services Research Unit and Professor of Health Care Evaluation. I also direct the Aberdeen Health Technology Assessment Group, which is the only academic centre in Scotland responsible for providing technology assessment reports for the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
I have wide ranging research interests in health services research with expertise in service improvement research, surgical trial evaluation, and quasi-experimental study designs and as statistical editor for the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care group I have led the worldwide development of systematic review methodology for interrupted time series designs. I serve on several national and international committees and was an inaugural member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland.
Qualifications
- BSc Mathematics and statistics1993 - University of Edinburgh
- PGDip Information Systems1994 - Edinburgh Napier University
- PhD Public Health2000 - University of Aberdeen
- Research
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Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Nutrition and Health, Dentistry.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Healthcare Science
- Medical Statistics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Nutrition and Health, Dentistry.
I provide PhD supervisory support for full or part-time PhD students. Some recent examples include:- Complex designs in randomised clinical trials – a case study in dentistry - Beatriz Goulao
- Interrupted times series (ITS) evaluation - Jemma Hudson
- What are the personal, clinical and social impacts of longer waiting times? A multi-methods study - Elisabeth Kirchner
- Optimising the responsible use of antibiotics - Shazia Yousuf
Funding and Grants
In terms of research grant awards, I have personally been involved as chief investigator or principal applicant on a portfolio of national and international studies generating in excess of £30 million, with £20 million in the last 5 years. The projects include a mix of large scale international trials and methodological studies funded from a variety of sources – all the studies are healthcare policy relevant and of national or international significance.
- Publications
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The effectiveness of early lens extraction with intraocular lens implantation for the treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma (EAGLE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Trials, vol. 12, pp. 133Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-133
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2647/1/Azuara_Blanco_2011.pdf
Using the theory of planned behaviour as a process evaluation tool in randomised trials of knowledge translation strategies: A case study from UK primary care
Implementation Science, vol. 5, 71Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-5-71
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/795/1/Ramsay%25202010.pdf
Predicting missing quality of life data that were later recovered: an empirical comparison of approaches
Clinical Trials, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 333-342Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1740774510374626
The translation research in a dental setting (TRiaDS) programme protocol
Implementation Science, vol. 5, 57Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-5-57
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2658/1/Clarkson%25202010.pdf
Effect of point-of-care computer reminders on physician behaviour: A systematic review
Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 5, pp. E216-E225Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBeliefs about surgery: Development and validation of an instrument to assess cognitive representations about surgery, in the context of a chronic illness
Psychology & Health, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 1125-1137Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870440802071157
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3033/1/Francis%25202009b.pdf
How to Influence Patient Oral Hygiene Behavior Effectively
Journal of Dental Research, vol. 88, no. 10, pp. 933-937Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034509345627
The effects of on-screen, point of care computer reminders on processes and outcomes of care
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 3Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD001096.pub2
Investigating the missing data mechanism in quality of life outcomes: a comparison of approaches
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, vol. 7, no. -, 57Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/57
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-7-57
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2376/1/HQLOMechJul09.pdf
Can't do it, won't do it! Developing a theoretically framed intervention to encourage better decontamination practice in Scottish dental practices
Implementation Science, vol. 4Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.implementationscience.com/content/4/1/31
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-4-31
The Knee Arthroplasty Trial (KAT): design features, baseline characteristics, and two-year functional outcomes after alternative approaches to knee replacement
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. American Volume, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 134-141Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/handle/2164/272
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.G.01074
Minimal access surgery compared with medical management for chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: UK collaborative randomised trial
British Medical Journal, vol. 337, a2664Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/handle/2164/270
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a2664
Minimal access surgery compared with medical management for chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: UK collaborative randomised trial
British Medical Journal, vol. 337, a2664Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a2664
Screening tests for detecting open-angle glaucoma: systematic review and meta-analysis
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 49, no. 12, pp. 5373-5385Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/12/5373
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.07-1501
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of minimal access surgery amongst people with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a UK collaborative study. The REFLUX trial
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 12, no. 31Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://hdl.handle.net/2164/264
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta12310
Recruitment to publicly funded trials: Are surgical trials really different?
Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 631-634Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://hdl.handle.net/2164/257
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2008.02.005
A review of RCTs in four medical journals to assess the use of imputation to overcome missing data in quality of life outcomes
Trials, vol. 9, 51Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-9-51
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/1537/1/Trials%25202008.pdf
Developing the Intervention and Outcome Components of a Proposed Randomised Controlled trial (RCT) of a National Screening Programme for Open Angle Glaucoma (OAG): Medical Research Council funded trial platform study (G0701759): Study protocol
Working Papers: Working PapersA pragmatic randomised, controlled trial of intensive care follow up programmes in improving longer-term outcomes from critical illness: the PRACTICAL study
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 7, 116Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/handle/2164/170
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-116
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3819/1/A_pragmatic_andomised.pdf
Effect of multivitamin and multimineral supplementation on cognitive function in men and women aged 65 years and over: A randomised controlled trial
Nutrition Journal, vol. 6, 10Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/handle/2164/150
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-6-10
Using the literature to quantify the learning curve: A case study
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 255-260Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462307080178
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for open angle glaucoma: A systematic review and economic evaluation
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 11, no. 41, pp. 1-190Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://hdl.handle.net/2164/174
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta11410
Using the literature to quantify the learning curve: A case study
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 255-260Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://hdl.handle.net/2164/145
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462307070341
The Trial Protocol Tool: the PRACTIHC software tool that supported the writing of protocols for pragmatic randomized controlled trials
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 1127-1133Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.12.019
The effects of reference pricing and other drug pricing policies
Regulatory Rapporteur, vol. 3, no. 10, pp. 2-8Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffect of enhanced feedback and brief educational reminder messages on laboratory test requesting in primary care: a cluster randomised trial
The Lancet, vol. 367, no. 9527, pp. 1990-1996Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPharmaeutical policies: effects of reference pricing, other pricing, and purchasing policies
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2, CD005979Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005979
A comparison of imputation methods for trial data collected by reminder. 2006 International Society for Quality of Life reserach meeting abstracts
Quality of Life ResearchContributions to Journals: ArticlesSystematic review of the antimicrobial drug prescribing in hospitals
Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 211-216Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 4, CD003543Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003543.pub2
Effect of multivitamin and multimineral supplements on morbidity from infections in older people (MAVIS trial): pragmatic, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial
British Medical Journal, vol. 331, no. 7512, pp. 324-329Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7512.324
Effectiveness and efficiency of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 21, no. 1Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462305290190
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Experimental evaluations of change and improvements strategies
Improving patient care: the implementation of change in clinical practice., pp. 235-247, 12 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersTheory-based identification of barriers to quality improvement: induced abortion care.
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 147-155Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzi017
Statistical evaluation of learning curve effects in surgical trials
Clinical Trials, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 421-427Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1191/1740774504cn042oa
A randomised controlled trial of a tailored, multifaceted strategy to promote implementation of a clinical guideline on induced abortion care
BJOG-An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 111, no. 7, pp. 726-733Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00168.x
Effectiveness and efficiency of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1-352Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffectiveness of strategies to disseminate and implement clinical guidelines for the management of impacted and unerupted third molars in primary dental care, a cluster randomised controlled trial
British Dental Journal, vol. 197, pp. 691-696Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4811858
Sample size calculator for cluster randomized trials
Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 113-125Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-4825(03)00039-8
The impact of guidelines on mild hypertension in pregnancy: time series analysis
BJOG-An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 111, no. 8, pp. 765-770Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00212.x
Interrupted time series designs in health technology assessment: lessons from two systematic reviews of behavior change strategies
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 613-623Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSystematic review of the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies and programmes
Quality improvement research: Understanding the science of change in health care. Grol, R., Baker, R., Moss, F. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 79-96, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersAssessing the long-term effect of educational reminder messages on primary care radiology referrals
Clinical Radiology, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 319-321Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-9260(02)00524-X
Guideline dissemination and implementation strategies: a systematic review of effectiveness and efficiency
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 57, no. 9 Suppl 1Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOutcomes of an intervention to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing: interrupted time series with segmented regression analysis
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol. 52, pp. 842-848Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkg459
Principals of statistical analysis-estimation and hypothesis testing
In: Key topics in clinical research (eds. Smith,F. G.;Smith,J. E.), BIOS, Oxford, pp. 99-109, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersResearch designs for studies evaluating the effectiveness of change and improvement strategies
Quality & safety in health care, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 47-52Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/qhc.12.1.47
Research designs for studies evaluating the effectiveness of change and improvement strategies
In: Quality improvement research: understanding the science of change in health care (eds. Grol,R.;Baker,R.;Moss,F.), BMJ Books, London, pp. 97-114, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersRoom for improvement: a systematic review of the quality of evaluations of interventions to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 764-771Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkg460
Systematic review of the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies and programmes
Quality & safety in health care, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 298-303Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/qhc.12.4.298