HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a particular emphasis on health economics, HTA and evidence synthesis.

Friday 10 December 2021

Latest HEDS publications for November 2021

Here is our regular monthly trawl for new publications from HEDS in collaboration with colleagues in ScHARR and further afield. Many of these are currently in press, you can find much of our work in its open access form via our institutional repository. Find them here


Andrés, M., Sivera, F., Falzon, L., Buchbinder, R., & Carmona, L. (n.d.). Dietary supplements for chronic gout. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd010156

Forster, M., Flight, L., Corbacho, B., Keding, A., Ronaldson, S., Tharmanathan, P., Welch, C., Brennan, A., & Chick, S. (2021). Report for the EcoNomics of Adaptive Clinical Trials (ENACT) project: Application of a Bayesian Value-Based Sequential Model of a Clinical Trial to the CACTUS and HERO Case Studies (with Guidance Material for Clinical Trials Units) (Report for the EcoNomics of Adaptive Clinical Trials (ENACT) Project: Application of a Bayesian Value-Based Sequential Case Studies (with Guidance Material for Clinical Trials Units)).

Ku, C.-C., MacPherson, P., Khundi, M., Nzawa Soko, R. H., Feasey, H. R. A., Nliwasa, M., Horton, K. C., Corbett, E. L., & Dodd, P. J. (2021). Durations of asymptomatic, symptomatic, and care-seeking phases of tuberculosis disease with a Bayesian analysis of prevalence survey and notification data. BMC Medicine, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02128-9

Poku, E., Harnan, S., Rooney, G., James, M. .-S., Hernandez, M., Schaufler, T., Thokala, P., & Fotheringham, J. (n.d.). The relationship between chronic kidney disease associated pruritus and health-related quality of life: a systematic review. Clinical Kidney Journal. https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfab218


The Handbook of Disgust Research       

Powell, P. A. (2021). Disgust and Consumer Behaviour. In The Handbook of Disgust Research (pp. 259–279). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84486-8_15

Powell, P. A., & Consedine, N. S. (2021a). An Afterword on Future Directions in Disgust Research: A Global Pandemic, a Divided World, and an Environmental Catastrophe. In The Handbook of Disgust Research (pp. 283–290). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84486-8_16

Powell, P. A., & Consedine, N. S. (2021b). Researching the Revolting: An Introduction to the Handbook. In The Handbook of Disgust Research (pp. 3–10). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84486-8_1

Roscoe, S., Boyd, J., Buykx, P., Gavens, L., Pryce, R., & Meier, P. (2021). The impact of disinvestment on alcohol and drug treatment delivery and outcomes: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12219-0

Research Synthesis Methods
Toews, I., Nyirenda, J. L. Z., Stadelmaier, J., Schwarzer, G., Noyes, J., Booth, A., Lewin, S., & Meerpohl, J. J. (2021). Subsequent full publication of qualitative studies presented at United Kingdom Royal College of Nursing Research Conference 2015 and 2016 : a follow‐up study. Research Synthesis Methods. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1534

Turner, J., Knowles, E., Simpson, R., Sampson, F., Dixon, S., Long, J., Bell-Gorrod, H., Jacques, R., Coster, J., Yang, H., Nicholl, J., Bath, P., & Fall, D. (2021). Impact of NHS 111 online on the NHS 111 telephone service and urgent care system: a mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 9(21). https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr09210

Wilson, N., Biggs, K., Bowden, S., Brown, J., Dimairo, M., Flight, L., Hall, J., Hockaday, A., Jaki, T., Lowe, R., Murphy, C., Pallmann, P., Pilling, M. A., Snowdon, C., Sydes, M. R., Villar, S. S., Weir, C. J., Welburn, J., Yap, C., … Wason, J. M. S. (2021). Costs and staffing resource requirements for adaptive clinical trials: quantitative and qualitative results from the Costing Adaptive Trials project. BMC Medicine, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02124-z