Dr Nicola J Roberts

Research Fellow in Complex Interventions

T: 0141 3318334

Email: nicola.roberts@gcu.ac.uk

Dr Nicola Roberts is a Research Fellow in Complex Interventions affiliated to the Institute for Applied Health Research and based within the School of Health and Life Sciences. She is a member of the Individual, Family and Community Health Interventions (IFCHI) and Later Life research groups within the Institute.
Her post at GCU focuses on the design, development and evaluation of complex interventions, including methodological development. Her work will build on her current interests of long term conditions particularly respiratory diseases, including health literacy and issues surrounding implementation of self management (e.g. improving medical consultations and healthcare professional training).

• Complex interventions
• Respiratory Disease
• Self management of long term conditions
• Patient communication with healthcare professionals
• Health Literacy

• European Respiratory Society
• Higher Academy

Selected Publications

• E Starren, NJ Roberts, M Tahir, L O'Byrne, R Haffenden, I Patel, MR Partridge. A Centralised Respiratory Diagnostic Service for West London GPs: four year review. Primary Care Respiratory Journal 2012 (in press)
• L O'Byrne, NJ Roberts , MR Partridge Pre-clinic telephone consultations: an observational cohort study. Clinical Medicine 2012 (in press)

• M Toro-Troconis, NJ Roberts, SF Smith, MR Partridge. Students’ perceptions about delivery of game-based learning for virtual patients in Second Life In: Virtual Worlds and Metaverse Platforms: New Communication and Identity Paradigms (Editors: Nelson Zagalo, Leonel Morgado, Ana Boa-Ventura) 2011
• N J Roberts, M R Partridge Evaluation of a paper and electronic pictorial COPD action plan. Chronic Respiratory Disease 2011;8:31
• NJ Roberts, SF Smith, MR Partridge Why is spirometry underused? BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2011 11:37

• L O’Byrne, C Darlow, NJ Roberts, G Wilson, M R Partridge Smoothing the passage of patients from primary care to and from a specialist respiratory opinion Primary Care Respiratory Journal 2010 19(3): 248-253
• SF Smith, NJ Roberts, MR Partridge What factors influence postgraduate medical trainee attitudes to computer-based learning? Internet Journal of Medical Education 2011 1(2)
• NJ Roberts, M Glasser, MR Partridge. Are evaluated respiratory service innovations implemented into clinical practice? QSHC 2010 19: 383-386
• NJ Roberts, Gareth Evans, Paul Blenkhorn, Martyn R Partridge. Development of an electronic pictorial asthma action plan and its use in primary care. Patient Education and Counseling. 2010 80: 141-146

• N Roberts, P Papageorgiou, MR Partridge Delivery Of Asthma And Allergy Care In Europe Journal of Asthma 2009 46: 767-772
• Roberts NJ, Mohamed Z, Wong PS, Johnson M, Loh LC, Partridge MR. The development of a pictorial asthma action plan Patient Education and Counseling, 2009;74: 12-18

• Mason N, Roberts NJ, Yard N, Partridge MR. Are asthma guidelines put into practice in emergency departments? Respir Med 2008 102:993-998
• NJ Roberts, MR Partridge. Patient health literacy in COPD International Journal of COPD 2008 3(4):499-507.
• Sridhar M, Taylor R, Dawson S, Roberts N, Partridge MR. A Nurse-Led intermediate care package in patients who have been hospitalised with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; positive benefits from self management education. Thorax 2008 63:194-200.

• S F Smith, NJ Roberts, MR Partridge. Comparison of a web-based package with tutor-based methods of teaching respiratory medicine: subjective and objective evaluations. BMC Medical Education 2007, 7:41
• Brown CE, Roberts NJ, Partridge MR. Does use of a glossary aid patient understanding of the letters being sent to their general practitioner? Clin Med 2007 7: 457-460
• D. Blake, Roberts NJ, Partridge MR. How much of a primary care nurses’ time is spent on those with respiratory disease? Primary Care Respiratory Journal 2007 16:269-70
• NJ Roberts, MR Partridge. Optimal consultations for those with respiratory illness Breathe 2007 3:330-337
• Smith SF, Roberts NJ, Partridge MR. Are newly qualified doctors given the opportunity to use the knowledge and skills learnt as medical undergraduates? Medical Education 2007 41: 917
• Roberts NJ, Partridge MR. Telephone consultations in secondary care. Respir Med 2007 101:1665-1669
• Taylor R, S Dawson, N Roberts, M Sridhar, MR Partridge Why do patients decline to take part in a research project involving pulmonary rehabilitation? Respir Med 2007 101:1942-1946
• Roberts NJ, Meade K, Partridge MR The effect of telephone reminders on attendance in respiratory outpatients clinics J Health Serv Res Policy 2007 12:69-72

• Partridge MR, Roberts NJ. Writing to Patients. Clin Med 2006 6:319
• Roberts NJ, Robinson DS, Partridge MR. Difficult asthma in the UK – a National survey of approaches to management and available services. ERJ 2006 28:968-73
• Roberts NJ, Partridge MR. How useful are post consultation letters to patients? BMC Med. 2006 20;4:2
• Feeney CL, Roberts NJ, Partridge MR. Do medical outpatients want out of hours clinics? BMC Health Services Research June 2006 24:5:47