Professor Mike Robling

2020

• Buchanan, E.et al. 2020. Assessing predictors of respiratory tract infections in infants born to teenage mothers; secondary analysis of the Building Blocks trial data. Family Practice, article number: cmaa037. (10.1093/fampra/cmaa037)
• Townson, J.et al. 2020. Health professionals’ perspectives on delivering home and hospital management at diagnosis for children with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study from the Delivering Early Care in Diabetes Evaluation (DECIDE) trial. Pediatric Diabetes (10.1111/pedi.13023)
• Paine, A. L.et al. 2020. Assessing the impact of a family nurse-led intervention on young mothers’ references to internal states. Infant Mental Health Journal (10.1002/imhj.21849)
• Taylor, P. J.et al. 2020. A randomised controlled trial of a group psychological intervention to increase locus of control for alcohol consumption among alcohol-misusing short-term (male) prisoners (GASP). Addiction (10.1111/add.15006)
• Taylor, P. J.et al. 2020. Groups for alcohol-misusing short-term prisoners: a randomized controlled trial. Addiction
• Lugg-Widger, F. V.et al. 2020. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership home visiting programme in first time young mothers in Scotland: a protocol for a natural experiment. International Journal of Population Data Science 5(1), article number: 12. (10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1154)

2019

• Huang, C.et al. 2019. A validation and calibration process for self-reported tobacco use with participants’ cotinine levels: an example from the Building Blocks trial. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 21(12), pp. 1660-1654. (10.1093/ntr/nty232)
• Moody, G.et al. 2019. Monitoring adverse social and medical events in public health trials: assessing predictors and interpretation against a proposed model of adverse event reporting. Trials 20(1), article number: 804. (10.1186/s13063-019-3961-8)
• Gregory, J.et al. 2019. Effectiveness of home or hospital initiation of treatment at diagnosis for children with type 1 diabetes (DECIDE trial): a multicentre individually randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 9, article number: e032317. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032317)
• Rees, S.et al. 2019. Doctors' decisions when disclosing their mental ill-health. Occupational Medicine 69(4), pp. 258-265., article number: kqz062. (10.1093/occmed/kqz062)
• Sanders, J.et al. 2019. Implementation of the Family Nurse Partnership programme in England: experiences of key health professionals explored through trial parallel process evaluation. BMC Nursing 18(1), article number: 13. (10.1186/s12912-019-0338-y)
• Copeland, L.et al. 2019. Feasibility and acceptability of a motivational interviewing breastfeeding peer support intervention. Maternal and Child Nutrition 15(2), article number: e12703. (10.1111/mcn.12703)
• Lugg-Widger, F. V. and Robling, M. 2019. Routinely collected data for trialists: The need for continued conversations and solution sharing [Letter]. Clinical Trials 16(2), pp. 217-218. (10.1177/1740774518814760)
• Sheeran, L. and Robling, M. 2019. Spinal function classification framework for non-specific low back pain: a delphi survey of academic experts and clinicians. Presented at: 10th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain, Antwerp, Belgium, 28-31 October 2019.
• Bell, K.et al. 2019. Costs and consequences of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme in England: evidence from the Building Blocks trial. F1000Research 8, article number: 1640. (10.12688/f1000research.20149.1)
• Moriarty, Y.et al. 2019. Improving cancer symptom awareness and help-seeking among adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities in the UK using a facilitated health check: A protocol for the Awareness and Beliefs About Cancer (ABACus) Randomised Control Trial. BMC Public Health 19(1), article number: 285. (10.1186/s12889-019-6612-9)

2018

• Moody, G.et al. 2018. Establishing the international prevalence of self-reported child maltreatment: a systematic review by maltreatment type and gender. BMC Public Health 18(1), article number: 1164. (10.1186/s12889-018-6044-y)
• Moore, L.et al. 2018. Exploratory studies to inform full-scale evaluations of complex public health interventions: the need for guidance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72(10), pp. 865-866.
• Lugg-Widger, F.et al. 2018. Challenges in accessing routinely collected data from multiple providers in the UK for primary studies: Managing the morass. International Journal of Population Data Science 3(3), article number: 2. (10.23889/ijpds.v3i3.432)
• Sanders, J.et al. 2018. Evaluating the Family Nurse Partnership Programme in Scotland: a natural experiment approach. International Journal of Population Data Science 3(4), article number: 994. (10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.994)
• Smits, S.et al. 2018. Development of a behaviour change intervention to encourage timely cancer symptom presentation among people living in deprived communities using the Behaviour Change Wheel. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 52(6), pp. 474-488. (10.1007/s12160-016-9849-x)
• Lugg-Widger, F.et al. 2018. Assessing the impact of specialist home visiting upon maltreatment in England: a feasibility study of data linkage from a public health trial to routine health and social care data. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4, article number: 98. (10.1186/s40814-018-0294-4)
• Hallingberg, B.et al. 2018. Exploratory studies to decide whether and how to proceed with full scale evaluations of public health interventions: A systematic review of guidance.. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4, article number: 104. (10.1186/s40814-018-0290-8)
• Lugg-Widger, F. V.et al. 2018. Using routinely collected data from multiple providers for long term follow-up. International Journal of Population Data Science
• Robling, M.et al. 2018. What is usual care for teenagers expecting their first child in England? A process evaluation using key informant mapping and participant survey as part of the Building Blocks randomised controlled trial of specialist home visiting. BMJ Open 8(5), article number: e020152. (10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020152)
• Phillips, R.et al. 2018. Development of a novel motivational interviewing (MI) informed peer-support intervention to support mothers to breastfeed for longer. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 18, article number: 90. (10.1186/s12884-018-1725-1)
• Gobat, N.et al. 2018. 'Focusing' in motivational interviewing: development of a training tool for practitioners. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 6(1), pp. 37-49. (10.5750/ejpch.v6i1.1389)
• Moody, G.et al. 2018. Evaluating the long-term impact of the Fostering Changes training programme for foster carers in Wales, the Confidence in Care trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 19, article number: 34. (10.1186/s13063-017-2424-3)
• Grant, A.et al. 2018. Availability of breastfeeding peer-support in the UK: a cross-sectional survey. Maternal and Child Nutrition 14(1), article number: e12476. (10.1111/mcn.12476)
• Townson, J.et al. 2018. "Keeping it on your radar"- assessing the barriers and facilitators to a timely diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in childhood: a qualitative study from the early detection of type 1 diabetes in youth study. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1(1), article number: e00008. (10.1002/edm2.8)
• Smith, P.et al. 2018. Feasibility and acceptability of a cancer symptom awareness intervention for adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities. BMC Public Health 18(1) (10.1186/s12889-018-5606-3)
• Sheeran, L. and Robling, M. 2018. Spinal function and exercise performance classification framework.. Presented at: Society of Back Pain Research Annula Conference, Gronningen, Netherlands, 15-16 November 2018.

2017

• Paranjothy, S.et al. 2017. A novel peer-support intervention using motivational interviewing for breastfeeding maintenance: a UK feasibility study. Health Technology Assessment 21(77) (10.3310/hta21770)
• Corbacho, B.et al. 2017. Cost-effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme in England: evidence from the building blocks trial. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 23(6), pp. 1367-1374. (10.1111/jep.12799)
• Copeland, L.et al. 2017. Measurement of side effects of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) in adults with intellectual disability: A systematic review. Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy 51, pp. 61-73. (10.1016/j.seizure.2017.07.013)
• Lugg-Widger, F.et al. 2017. Assessing the medium-term impact of a home-visiting programme on child maltreatment in England: protocol for a routine data linkage study. BMJ Open 7, article number: e015728. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015728)

2016

• Channon, S.et al. 2016. Motivational interviewing competencies among UK family nurse partnership nurses: a process evaluation component of the building blocks trial. BMC Nursing 15(1), pp. 55. (10.1186/s12912-016-0176-0)
• Robling, M.et al. 2016. Effectiveness of a nurse-led intensive home-visitation program for first-time teenage mothers (building blocks). Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey 71(5), pp. 263-265. (10.1097/OGX.0000000000000325)
• Hendry, M.et al. 2016. Talking about human papillomavirus and cancer: protocol for a patient-centred study to develop scripted consultations. BMJ Open 6(4), article number: e011205. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011205)
• Adams, M.et al. 2016. Quality of life evaluation in patients receiving steroids (the QuESt tool): initial development in children and young people with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Archives of Disease in Childhood 101(3), pp. 241-246. (10.1136/archdischild-2015-309139)
• Robling, M.et al. 2016. Effectiveness of a nurse-led intensive home-visitation programme for first-time teenage mothers (Building Blocks): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Lancet 387(10014), pp. 146-155. (10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00392-X)
• Moriarty, Y.et al. 2016. Contextual and personal factors impact on intervention delivery in the GASP (Groups for Alcohol-misusing Short-term Prisoners) trial. Presented at: 12th UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting: Complex interventions in a complex world: applications of Behavioural Medicine, Cardiff, UK, 1-2 December 2016.

2015

• Moriarty, Y.et al. 2015. Developing a process evaluation model in the GASP (groups for alcohol-misusing short-term prisoners) trial. Trials 16(S2), pp. 9. (10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-P9)
• Gobat, N. H.et al. 2015. Measuring clinical skills in agenda-mapping (EAGL-I). Patient Education and Counseling 98(10), pp. 1214-1221. (10.1016/j.pec.2015.06.018)
• Stamuli, E.et al. 2015. Systematic review of the economic evidence on home visitation programmes for vulnerable pregnant women. British Medical Bulletin 115(1), pp. 19-44. (10.1093/bmb/ldv032)
• Gobat, N. H.et al. 2015. What is agenda setting in the clinical encounter? Consensus from literature review and expert consultation. Patient Education and Counseling 98(7), pp. 822-829. (10.1016/j.pec.2015.03.024)
• Lowes, L. M.et al. 2015. The experience of living with Type 1 Diabetes and attending clinic from the perception of children, adolescents and carers: Analysis of qualitative data from the DEPICTED study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing 30(1), pp. 54-62. (10.1016/j.pedn.2014.09.006)
• Gobat, N. H.et al. 2015. Evaluation of AGenda mapping skilL -­Instrument (EAGL-­I v1.5.1): Coding manual. Manual. Cardiff University.

2014

• Lowes, L. M.et al. 2014. Late-breaking abstract. [LB1 Delivering early care in diabetes evaluation: the DECIDE Study. Hospital versus home management at diagnosis in childhood diabetes: a comparison of psychological, social, physical and economic outcomes]. Diabetic Medicine 31(s1), pp. 184. (10.1111/dme.12408)
• Neal, R. D.et al. 2014. Patient-reported measurement of time to diagnosis in cancer: development of the Cancer Symptom Interval Measure (C-SIM) and randomised controlled trial of method of delivery. BMC Health Services Research 14, article number: 3. (10.1186/1472-6963-14-3)
• Lowes, L. M.et al. 2014. Delivering early care in diabetes evaluation: the DECIDE study. Hospital versus home management at diagnosis in childhood diabetes: a comparison of psychological, social, physical and economic outcomes. Presented at: Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2014, Liverpool, UK, 5-7 March 2014.

2013

• Pickles, T.et al. 2013. Rasch analysis of the PedsQL 3.0 diabetes module. [Abstract]. Trials 14(S1), article number: 40. (10.1186/1745-6215-14-S1-O40)
• Owen-Jones, C. E.et al. 2013. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership home visiting programme for first time teenage mothers in England: a protocol for the Building Blocks randomised controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics 13(114) (10.1186/1471-2431-13-114)

2012

• Allen, D. A.et al. 2012. Continuity of care in the transition from child to adult diabetes services: A realistic evaluation study. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 17(3), pp. 140-148. (10.1258/jhsrp.2011.011044)
• Robling, M. R.et al. 2012. The effect of the Talking Diabetes consulting skills intervention on glycaemic control and quality of life in children with type 1 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial (DEPICTED study). British Medical Journal 344, article number: e2359. (10.1136/bmj.e2359)
• Hood, K.et al. 2012. Mode of data elicitation, acquisition and response to surveys: a systematic review. Health Technology Assessment 16(27) (10.3310/hta16270)

2011

• Hawthorne, K.et al. 2011. The experiences of children and their parents in paediatric diabetes services should inform the development of communication skills for healthcare staff (the DEPICTED Study). Diabetic Medicine 28(9), pp. 1103-1108. (10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03292.x)
• Lowes, L. M.et al. 2011. Involving lay and professional stakeholders in the development of a research intervention for the DEPICTED Study. Health Expectations 14(3), pp. 250-260. (10.1111/j.1369-7625.2010.00625.x)
• Townson, J.et al. 2011. Delivering early care in diabetes evaluation (DECIDE): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess hospital versus home management at diagnosis in childhood diabetes. BMC Pediatrics 11, article number: 7. (10.1186/1471-2431-11-7)
• Gregory, J. W.et al. 2011. Development and evaluation by a cluster randomised trial of a psychosocial intervention in children and teenagers experiencing diabetes: The DEPICTED study. Health Technology Assessment 15(29), pp. 1-202. (10.3310/hta15290)

2010

• McNamara, R.et al. 2010. Development and evaluation of a psychosocial intervention for children and teenagers experiencing diabetes (DEPICTED): a protocoal for a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a communication skills training programme for healthcare professionals working with young people with type 1 diabetes. BMC Health Services Research 10(36) (10.1186/1472-6963-10-36)
• Allen, D. A.et al. 2010. The transition from paediatric to adult diabetes services: what works, for whom and in what circumstances? [Final report. NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme]. Project Report. [Online]. HMSO. Available at: http://www.netscc.ac.uk/hsdr/files/project/SDO_FR_08-1504-107_V01.pdf
• Wood, F. C.et al. 2010. A question of balance: a qualitative study of mothers' interpretations of dietary recommendations. The Annals of Family Medicine 8(1), pp. 51-57. (10.1370/afm.1072)
• Channon, S. J.et al. 2010. Meeting the psychosocial needs of children with diabetes within routine clinical practice. Diabetic Medicine 27(10), pp. 1209-1211. (10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03071.x)
• Robling, M. R.et al. 2010. Applying an extended theoretical framework for data collection mode to health services research. BMC Health Services Research 10(1), article number: 180. (10.1186/1472-6963-10-180)

2009

• Robling, M. R.et al. 2009. Time to talk? Patient experiences of waiting for clinical management of knee injuries. Quality and Safety in Health Care 18(2), pp. 141-146. (10.1136/qshc.2007.022475)
• Hambly, H. F.et al. 2009. Communication skills of healthcare professionals in paediatric diabetes services. Diabetic Medicine 26(5), pp. 502-509. (10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02708.x)
• Lowes, L.et al. 2009. Engaging lay and professional stakeholders in the development of a training tool for health care professionals to facilitate behaviour change in young people with diabetes (The DEPICTED Study). Presented at: ISPAD 35th Annual Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2nd September to 5th September 2009. pp. 53-54.
• Lowes, L.et al. 2009. Development of a social activities and independence questionnaire (SAIQ) in paediatric diabetes as part of the DECIDE Study. Presented at: ISPAD 35th Annual Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2nd September to 5th September. pp. 60-61.

2008

• Andronis, L.et al. 2008. Effectiveness of GP access to magnetic resonance imaging of the knee: a randomised trial. British Journal of General Practice 58(556), pp. e1-e9. (10.3399/bjgp08X342651)
• Garratt, A. M.et al. 2008. Development of the Knee Quality of Life (KQoL-26) 26-item questionnaire: data quality, reliability, validity and responsiveness. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 6, article number: 48. (10.1186/1477-7525-6-48)
• Andronis, L.et al. 2008. Cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging of the knee for patients presenting in primary care. British Journal of General Practice 58(556), pp. e10-e16. (10.3399/bjgp08X342660)

2007

• Brealey, S. D.et al. 2007. DAMASK Trial Team.  Influence of MRI of the knee on general practitioners' decisions: a randomised trial. British Journal of General Practice 57(541), pp. 185-92.

2006

• Robling, M. 2006. Measuring change in patient quality of life over time : an evaluation of scale responsiveness and patient response shift.. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
• Longo, M. F.et al. 2006. Involving patients in primary care consultations: assessing preferences using discrete choice experiments. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) 56(522), pp. 35-42.
• Grant, A. and Robling, M. R. 2006. Introducing undergraduate medical teaching into general practice: an action research study. Medical Teacher 28(7), pp. e192-e197. (10.1080/01421590600825383)

2005

• Robling, M. R., Hood, K. and Butler, C. C. 2005. Interpreting differences over time in patient self-evaluation [Letter]. British Journal of General Practice 55(515), pp. 472-472.
• Lane, C. A.et al. 2005. Measuring adaptations of motivational interviewing: the development and validation of the behavior change counselling index (BECCI). Patient Education and Counseling 56(2), pp. 166-173. (10.1016/j.pec.2004.01.003)
• Butler, C. C.et al. 2005. Predicting the clinical course of suspected acute viral upper respiratory tract infection in children. Family Practice 22(1), pp. 92-95. (10.1093/fampra/cmh713)

2004

• Jacobson, L.et al. 2004. A literature and medicine special study module run by academics in general practice: two evaluations and the lessons learnt. Medical Humanities 30(2), pp. 98-100. (10.1136/jmh.2004.000176)
• Elwyn, G.et al. 2004. Achieving involvement: process outcomes from a cluster randomized trial of shared decision making skill development and use of risk communication aids in general practice. Family Practice 21(4), pp. 337-346. (10.1093/fampra/cmh401)
• Edwards, A. G.et al. 2004. Patient-based outcome results from a cluster randomized trial of shared decision making skill development and use of risk communication aids in general practice. Family Practice 21(4), pp. 347-354. (10.1093/fampra/cmh402)

2003

• Prout, H. C.et al. 2003. A qualitative evaluation of implementing a randomized controlled trial in general practice. Family Practice 20(6), pp. 675-681. (10.1093/fampra/cmg609)
• Butler, C. C.et al. 2003. Clinical course of acute infection of the upper respiratory tract in children: cohort study. BMJ 327(7423), pp. 1088-1089. (10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1088)
• PILL, R.et al. 2003. Welsh women's comments about breast problems and the care given: a qualitative study in the community. European Journal of Cancer Care 12(3), pp. 240-248. (10.1046/j.1365-2354.2003.00407.x)
• Pill, R.et al. 2003. Welsh women’s comments about breast problems and the care given: a qualitative study in the community. European Journal of Cancer Care 12(3), pp. 240-248.
• Edwards, A. G.et al. 2003. The development of COMRADE - a patient-based outcome measure to evaluate the effectiveness of risk communication and treatment decision making in consultations. Patient Education and Counseling 50(3), pp. 311-322. (10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00055-7)
• Jacobson, L.et al. 2003. Error and safety in primary care: no clear boundaries. Family Practice 20(3), pp. 237-241. (10.1093/fampra/cmg302)

2002

• Edwards, A. G.et al. 2002. Responses of primary health care professionals to UK national guidelines on the management and referral of women with breast conditions. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 8(3), pp. 319-325. (10.1046/j.1365-2753.2002.00335.x)
• Edwards, A. G.et al. 2002. The views of primary health care professionals about the management of breast problems in clinical practice. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 8(3), pp. 313-318. (10.1046/j.1365-2753.2002.00334.x)
• Robling, M. R.et al. 2002. The development of a new site-specific measure of quality of life for breast problems: the Cardiff breast scales.. Quality of Life Research 11(4), pp. 339-348.
• Robling, M. R.et al. 2002. The development of a new site-specific measure of quality of life for breast problems: the Cardiff breast scales. Quality of Life Research 11(4), pp. 339-348. (10.1023/A:1015595627501)
• Robling, M. R.et al. 2002. General Practitioners' use of magnetic resonance imaging: An open randomized trial comparing telephone and written requests and an open randomized controlled trial of different methods of local guideline dissemination. Clinical Radiology 57(5), pp. 402-407. (10.1053/crad.2001.0864)
• Butler, C. C.et al. 2002. Management of suspected acute viral upper respiratory tract infection in children with intranasal sodium cromoglicate: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 359(9324), pp. 2153-2158. (10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09091-8)

1999

• Edwards, A. G.et al. 1999. The presentation and management of breast symptoms in general practice in South Wales. The BRIDGE Study Group. British Journal of General Practice 49(447), pp. 811-812.

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• Towson, J.et al. . Early Detection of type 1 Diabetes in Youth: the EDDY feasibility study to design, develop and deliver a complex intervention to parents and primary care to raise awareness of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes in childhood, to prevent diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis.. Presented at: 42nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, Valencia, Spain, 26 - 29 October 2016.