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.

Thursday, 4 June 2020

Latest Publications from HEDS in May


Once again we explore what new publications have been produced by HEDS in collaboration with colleagues in ScHARR and further afield. Many of these are currently in press, so you can find much of our work in its open access form via our institutional repository. You can view them and many others here.


British journal of clinical pharmacology cover
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 
Chambers, D., Cantrell, A., Baxter, S., Turner, J. and Booth, A., 2020. Effects of service changes affecting distance / time to access urgent and emergency care facilities on patient outcomes : a systematic review. BMC Medicine, 18(1). Doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01580-3

Davies, M., Kristunas, C.A., Huddlestone, L., Alshreef, A., Bodicoat, D., Dixon, S., Eborall, H., Glab, A., Hudson, N., Khunti, K., Martin, G., Northern, A., Patterson, M., Pritchard, R., Schreder, S., Stribling, B., Turner, J. and Gray, L.J., 2020. Increasing uptake of structured self-management education programmes for type 2 diabetes in a primary care setting: a feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6(1). Doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-00606-0

Emery, K., Roy, S., Thokala, P., Partridge, L., Garg, P., MacNeil, S., Monk, P. and Karunakaran, E., 2020. Establishing a porcine ex vivo cornea model for studying drug treatments against bacterial keratitis. Journal of Visualized ExperimentsDoi:10.3791/61156   

Keetharuth, D. and Rowen, D., 2020. Mapping the Health of Nation Outcomes Scale (HoNOS) onto the Recovering Quality of Life Utility Index (ReQoL-UI). School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield. http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/160930/

Keetharuth, D., Rowen, D., Bjorner, J.B. and Brazier, J., 2020. Estimating a Preference-Based Index for mental health from the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) measure: Valuation of ReQoL-UI. Sheffield: School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffied. http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/160447/

MartynSt James, M., Faria, R., Wong, R. and Scope, A., 2020. Evidence for the impact of interventions and medicines reconciliation on problematic polypharmacy in the UK: a rapid review of systematic reviews. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacologyhttp://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/161268/

Michaels, J., 2020. Potential for epistemic injustice in evidence-based healthcare policy and guidance. Journal of Medical Ethics. Doi: 0.1136/medethics-2020-106171 
Journal of Medical Ethic cover
Journal of Medical Ethics


Palmer, R., Dimairo, M., Latimer, N., Cross, E., Brady, M., Enderby, P., Bowen, A., Julious, S., Harrison, M., Alshreef, A., Bradley, E., Bhadhuri, A., Chater, T., Hughes, H., Witts, H., Herbert, E. and Cooper, C., 2020. Computerised speech and language therapy or attention control added to usual care for people with long-term post-stroke aphasia : the Big CACTUS three-arm RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 24(19), pp.1–176. Doi: 10.3310/hta24190

Rogers, H.J., Gilchrist, F., Marshman, Z., Rodd, H.D. and Rowen, D., 2020. Selection and validation of a classification system for a child-centred caries-specific utility measure. School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield. http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/160762/

Rutter, M.D., Bretthauer, M., Hassan, C., Jover, R., Adami, H.-O., Corley, D.A., Cubiella, J., Cross, A.J., Evelien Dekker, P.D., Gupta, S., Kalager, M., Løberg, M., Matsuda, T., Moss, A., Pellisé, M., Rabeneck, L., Rex, D.K., Schoen, R., Senore, C. and Whyte, D.S., 2020. Principles for Evaluation of Surveillance After Removal of Colorectal Polyps: Recommendations From the World Endoscopy Organization. Gastroenterology, 158(6), pp.1529-1533.e4. Doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.12.052

Journal of the Endocrine Society cover
Journal of the Endocrine Society
Taylor Buck, E., Smith, C.M., Lane, A., Keetharuth, A.D., Young, T. and Cooke, J., 2020. Use of a modified World Café process to discuss and set priorities for a Community of Practice supporting implementation of ReQoL a new mental health and quality of life Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM). Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-020-00202-z

Vilaca, T., Schini, M., Harnan, S., Poku, E., Cummings, S.R. and Eastell, R., 2020. SUN-622 The Risk of Hip and Non-Vertebral Fractures in Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Update. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 4(Supplement_1). Doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa046.1684

Yuen, C.M., Seddon, J.A., Keshavjee, S. and Dodd, P.J., 2020. Risk-benefit analysis of tuberculosis infection testing for household contact management in high-burden countries : a mathematical modelling study. The Lancet Global Health, 8, pp.e672–e680. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30075-9