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| Nicola MeadSummaryAffiliation: University of Manchester Country: UK Publications
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Patient-centredness: a conceptual framework and review of the empirical literatureN Mead
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, UK
Soc Sci Med 51:1087-110. 2000..Two main approaches to measurement are evaluated: self-report instruments and external observation methods. A number of recommendations concerning the measurement of patient-centredness are made...- Measuring patient-centredness: a comparison of three observation-based instrumentsN Mead
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, UK
Patient Educ Couns 39:71-80. 2000..Greater conceptual specificity and simplification are required for meaningful, reliable measurement. The implications for research, and for assessing the quality of individual doctors' 'interpersonal' care are discussed... - The impact of general practitioners' patient-centredness on patients' post-consultation satisfaction and enablementNicola Mead
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, UK
Soc Sci Med 55:283-99. 2002..The robustness of these findings is considered within the context of study strengths and weaknesses, and implications for future research are discussed... - Patient-centred consultations and outcomes in primary care: a review of the literatureNicola Mead
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, 5th Floor, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Patient Educ Couns 48:51-61. 2002..Although the current evidence base may be suggestive of a relationship between patient-centred consulting behaviour and patient outcomes, the case has not been made definitively... - Making sense of patient priorities: applying discrete choice methods in primary care using 'think aloud' techniqueSudeh Cheraghi Sohi
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Fam Pract 24:276-82. 2007..Although this technique has significant potential in examining priorities, its use raises practical and conceptual issues. This paper describes the development of a DCE evaluating patient priorities in primary care... - A qualitative study of patients' perceptions of a 'minimal' psychological therapyWendy Macdonald
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, UK
Int J Soc Psychiatry 53:23-35. 2007..However, to be effective, such interventions must be acceptable to patients... 
The General Practice Assessment Questionnaire (GPAQ) - development and psychometric characteristicsNicola Mead
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
BMC Fam Pract 9:13. 2008..This paper describes the development of the GPAQ (with post-consultation and postal versions) and presents a preliminary examination of the psychometric properties of the questionnaire...- Factors associated with enablement in general practice: cross-sectional study using routinely-collected dataNicola Mead
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester
Br J Gen Pract 58:346-52. 2008..There is limited evidence concerning factors associated with enablement in UK general practice... - Understanding why some ethnic minority patients evaluate medical care more negatively than white patients: a cross sectional analysis of a routine patient survey in English general practicesNicola Mead
NIHR School for Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL
BMJ 339:b3450. 2009..To examine why patients from ethnic minorities give poorer evaluations of primary health care than white patients... - Governing the ethical consumer: identity, choice and the primary care medical encounterRuth McDonald
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Sociol Health Illn 29:430-56. 2007..These anxieties are exacerbated in a context where citizenship is increasingly being defined in terms of consumer identities, and making good (health) choices might be seen as distinguishing the civilised from the marginalised... - Setting standards based on patients' views on access and continuity: secondary analysis of data from the general practice assessment surveyPeter Bower
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL
BMJ 326:258. 2003..To examine patients' views on access and continuity in general practice to derive quality standards... - Inequalities in morbidity and consulting behaviour for socially vulnerable groupsDeborah Baker
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, Manchester
Br J Gen Pract 52:124-30. 2002..The focus of health policy on improving health and reducing inequality for socially vulnerable groups... - What predicts patients' interest in the Internet as a health resource in primary care in England?Nicola Mead
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 8:33-9. 2003..To identify what factors predict patients' interest in using Internet health information in the light of poor uptake of a free, guided Internet service in one inner-city general practice... - More than technology and access: primary care patients' views on the use and non-use of health information in the Internet ageAnne Rogers
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Health Soc Care Community 12:102-10. 2004..The latter includes the nature of existing relationships which people have with the health service and the value that people place on their own capacity to make use of information in managing their healthcare... - What dimensions underlie patient responses to the General Practice Assessment Survey? A factor analytic studyPeter Bower
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Fam Pract 19:489-95. 2002..The General Practice Assessment Survey (GPAS) is a widely used measure. However, it is important that the measures used are valid and interpretable. Factor analysis is a useful method to assist in validation... - The clinical effectiveness of guided self-help versus waiting-list control in the management of anxiety and depression: a randomized controlled trialNicola Mead
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, 5th Floor Williamson Building, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Psychol Med 35:1633-43. 2005..Assistant psychologists delivered a guided self-help intervention to patients with anxiety and depression who were currently waiting for psychological therapy... 
Moving specialist care into the community: an initial evaluationBonnie Sibbald
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 13:233-9. 2008..To assess the likely impact on patients and local health economies of shifting specialist care from hospitals to the community in 30 demonstration sites in England...- Effects of befriending on depressive symptoms and distress: systematic review and meta-analysisNicola Mead
Research Fellow, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, 5th Floor, Williamson Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Br J Psychiatry 196:96-101. 2010..There is a need for appropriate, low-cost, non-medical interventions for many individuals. Befriending is an emotional support intervention commonly offered by the voluntary sector... - What patients want from primary care consultations: a discrete choice experiment to identify patients' prioritiesSudeh Cheraghi-Sohi
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre NPCRDC, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Ann Fam Med 6:107-15. 2008..Patients' priorities for these different issues need to be understood, but the optimal methods for assessing priorities are unclear. This study used a discrete choice experiment to assess patients' priorities... - The English version of the Verona medical interview classification system (VR-MICS). An assessment of its reliability and a comparative cross-cultural test of its validityLidia Del Piccolo
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, University of Verona, Italy
Patient Educ Couns 58:252-64. 2005....