O'Cathain, Alicia, Professor

Professor Alicia O'Cathain

BSc, MSc, MA, PhD

School of Medicine and Population Health

Professor of Health Services Research

a.ocathain@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0770

+44 222 0749 (Fax)

3015, Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Professor Alicia O'Cathain
School of Medicine and Population Health
3015
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Profile

I am Director of the Health and Care Research Unit which focuses on the development and evaluation of complex interventions and services in healthcare, social care and third sector organisations. I have helped to develop interventions and evaluate them, leading the qualitative research and process evaluations. I also use mixed methods to understand service users' experiences of care. I am currently leading a project to help men in surveillance for abdominal aortic aneurysms to manage anxiety and exit surveillance when appropriate. I have written extensively on methodology (how best to undertake mixed methods research, focusing more recently on qualitative methods with randomised controlled trials, and how to develop complex interventions).

NIHR Senior Investigator

Current projects

2024 to 2028 NIHR HSDR DAMPEN-D Improving the Detection, Assessment, Management, and Prevention of delirium in hospices: A Cluster Randomised-Controlled Trial and Process Evaluation to evaluate and explain the effectiveness of the CLECC-Pal guideline implementation £2.3m (Workpackage Lead: process evaluation)

2024 to 2029 NIHR PGfAR PREHAB-CARDIAC The development and evaluation of two Prehab interventions for patients undergoing elective and urgent heart surgery £2.7m (Workpackage Lead: qualitative)

2024 to 2029 NIHR PGfAR DECIDE-TAD Mixed methods co-design and evaluation of a Decision Support Tool to enable shared decision making for people who are considering cascade screening for Thoracic Aortic Disease £2.9m (Workpackage Lead: qualitative)

2024 to 2027 NIHR HSDR Implementing professional support for the voluntary sector workforce: A multi-case action research study £796,348 (Mentor co-applicant)

2024 to 2026 NIHR Three Schools Dementia Research Programme Identifying brain health and dementia research priorities with a Somali community and developing inclusive dementia research methods £175,227 (Co-applicant)

2023 to 2026 NIHR HTA A Patient-reported outcome measure for PRolApse, Incontinence and meSh complication surgEry: The APPRAISE study £1.5 million (Workpackage Lead: Qualitative)

2023 to 2024 NIHR PGfAR OPTimising the prevention, identification and management of ICU-Delirium £150k (Co-applicant)

2023 to 2024 NIHR HSDR To co-design a toolkit of resources to support the implementation of individualised service funds for people with learning disabilities: EQUALD study £517k (Mentor Co-applicant)

2022 to 2025 THIS Institute PhD Fellowship: Exploring variation in adherence to clinical practice guidelines in rare diseases using ADPKD as a disease model to improve the quality and safety of healthcare £221K (Second supervisor)

2022 to 2025 NIHR HSDR National Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme: reducing the psychosocial consequences of screening and developing a patient-centred Exit Strategy £648k (Lead Investigator)

2022 to 2027 NIHR PHR Evaluation of a sustainable obesity prevention programme delivered at scale ‘HENRY’: Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and its role in obesity prevention within the wider complex system £1.9m (Work package Lead: Process Evaluation)

2022 to 2023 NIHR PDG Pre-habilitation before cardiac surgery in the UK (CARDIAC PREHAB-UK) £142k (Co-applicant)

2022 to 2024 NIHR The Yorkshire & Humber Palliative Care Research Network: Addressing Inequalities Across All Ages £150k (Co-applicant)

2021 to 2024 NIHR Senior Investigator Award £80k

Research interests: Mixed methods, evaluation of new health services, patient views of health care, using qualitative research with RCTs, developing complex interventions.

Publications

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Featured publications

Journal articles

Grindell C, Coates E, Croot L & O’Cathain A (2022) . BMC Health Services Research, 22(1).
Moore G, Campbell M, Copeland L, Craig P, Movsisyan A, Hoddinott P, Littlecott H, O’Cathain A, Pfadenhauer L, Rehfuess E , Segrott J et al (2021) . British Medical Journal, 374.
O'Cathain A, Simpson R, Phillips M & Dickson J (2020) . British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open).
Movsisyan A, Arnold L, Evans R, Hallingberg B, Moore G, O’Cathain A, Pfadenhauer LM, Segrott J & Rehfuess E (2019) . Implementation Science, 14(1).
O'Cathain A, Croot L, Duncan E, Rousseau N, Sworn K, Turner KM, Yardley L & Hoddinott P (2019) . BMJ Open, 9(8).
Drabble SJ, O'Cathain A, Arden MA, Hutchings M, Beever D & Wildman M (2019) . Qualitative Health Research.
O’Cathain A, Croot L, Sworn K, Duncan E, Rousseau N, Turner K, Yardley L & Hoddinott P (2019) . Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5.
Foster A, Croot L, Brazier J, Harris J & O'Cathain A (2018) . Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes.
O'Cathain A, Jacques R, Stone T & Turner J (2018) . PLoS ONE, 13(9).
Eldridge SM, Chan CL, Campbell MJ, Bond CM, Hopewell S, Thabane L & Lancaster GA (2016) . BMJ, 355.
Eldridge SM, Chan CL, Campbell MJ, Bond CM, Hopewell S, Thabane L & Lancaster GA (2016) . Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2(64).
O'Cathain A, Drabble SJ, Foster A, Horspool K, Edwards L, Thomas C & Salisbury C (2016) . Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(6).
Salisbury C, O'Cathain A, Edwards L, Thomas C, Gaunt D, Hollinghurst S, Nicholl J, Large S, Yardley L, Lewis G , Foster A et al (2016) . The Lancet Psychiatry, 3(6), 515-525.
Salisbury C, O'Cathain A, Thomas C, Edwards L, Gaunt D, Dixon P, Hollinghurst S, Nicholl J, Large S, Yardley L , Fahey T et al (2016) . BMJ, 353, i2647.
O’Cathain A, Knowles E, Turner J, Hirst E, Goodacre S & Nicholl J (2016) . Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 21(1), 5-14.
O’Cathain A, Hoddinott P, Lewin S, Thomas KJ, Young B, Adamson J, Jansen YJFM, Mills N, Moore G & Donovan JL (2015) . Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 1.
Ali PA, Naylor PB, Croot E & O'Cathain A (2015) . Trauma Violence Abuse, 16(3), 299-315.
Moore GF, Audrey S, Barker M, Bond L, Bonell C, Hardeman W, Moore L, O'Cathain A, Tinati T, Wight D & Baird J (2015) . BMJ, 350, h1258-h1258.
Drabble SJ, O'Cathain A, Thomas KJ, Rudolph A & Hewison J (2014) . BMC Med Res Methodol, 14, 24.
O'Cathain A, Thomas KJ, Drabble SJ, Rudolph A, Goode J & Hewison J (2014) . Health Technol Assess, 18(38), 1-vi.
O'Cathain A, Goode J, Drabble SJ, Thomas KJ, Rudolph A & Hewison J (2014) . Trials, 15, 215.
O'Cathain A, Knowles E, Maheswaran R, Pearson T, Turner J, Hirst E, Goodacre S & Nicholl J (2014) . BMJ Qual Saf, 23(1), 47-55.
O'Cathain A, Thomas KJ, Drabble SJ, Rudolph A & Hewison J (2013) . BMJ Open, 3(6).
Blank L, Coster J, O'Cathain A, Knowles E, Tosh J, Turner J & Nicholl J (2012) . Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(12), 2610-2621.
Relton C, Torgerson D, O'Cathain A & Nicholl J (2010) . BMJ, 340, c1066.
Hind D, O'Cathain A, Cooper CL, Parry GD, Isaac CL, Rose A, Martin L & Sharrack B (2010) . Psychol Health, 25(6), 699-712.
O'Cathain A (2009) . J MIX METHOD RES, 3(1), 3-6.
O'Cathain A, Coleman P & Nicholl J (2008) . J Health Serv Res Policy, 13 Suppl 2, 19-25.
O'Cathain A, Murphy E & Nicholl J (2008) . Qual Health Res, 18(11), 1574-1585.
O'Cathain A, Murphy E & Nicholl J (2008) . J Health Serv Res Policy, 13(2), 92-98.
O'Cathain A, Murphy E & Nicholl J (2007) . BMC Health Serv Res, 7, 85.
O'Cathain A, Goode J, Luff D, Strangleman T, Hanlon G & Greatbatch D (2005) . Soc Sci Med, 61(8), 1761-1771.
O'Cathain A & Thomas KJ (2004) . BMC Med Res Methodol, 4, 25.
O'cathain A, Nicholl J, Sampson F, Walters S, McDonnell A & Munro J (2004) . J Health Serv Res Policy, 9(4), 226-233.
O'Cathain A, Connell J, Long J & Coster J () . Health Expectations.

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Research group

Health and Care Research Unit (HCRU)

PhD Students

Carolyn Taylor
Matt Gittis
Cheryl Grindell
Nick Firth
Jane Manson
Sean White

NIHR Postdoctoral Fellows

Nat Jones

Teaching interests

Research methods

Teaching activities

Deputy Module Lead for Research Methods Online on Masters programmes in ScHARR.
I was Chair of the ScHARR Postgraduate Research Committee 2008-2012.

Professional activities and memberships

Panel Member of NIHR HS&DR Programme 2021-2024
Panel Member of NIHR Applied Research Programme Grants 2007-2017
Deputy Chair of MRC Population Health Science Fellowships Panel 2010-2014
Associate Editor of Journal of Mixed Methods Research 2007-2012

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