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Full NameDr Frank Doyle
- neuroscience and mental health
- epidemiology/population health research
- clinical trials
- Other
Complex interventions; meta-analysis; psychometrics
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Anaesthetics
- Emergency Medicine
- General Practice
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Occupational Medicine
- Ophthalmology
- Paediatrics
- Pathology
- Public Health
- Radiology
- Sports and Exercise Medicine
- Cardiology
- Community Medicine
- Dementia
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Geriatric Medicine
- Hospice and palliative medicine
- Respiratory Medicine
I have abroad range of interests and skills, as follows:
We have developed a new analysis technique for adherence to medication that can calculate optimal drug dosages for individuals and groups (submitted for patent):
- Greene G, Costello R, Cushen B, Sulaiman I, MacHale E, Conroy R, et al. A novel statistical method for assessing effective adherence to medication and calculating optimal drug dosages. PLoS ONE. 2018;13(4):e0195663.
Complex interventions to promote adherence using medical devices, in collaboration with Professor Richard Costello (Beaumont Hospital):
- Sulaiman I, Greene G, MacHale E, Seheult J, Mokoka M, D'Arcy S, et al. A randomised clinical trial of feedback on inhaler adherence and technique in patients with severe uncontrolled asthma. European Respiratory Journal. 2018;51(1):1701126.
- Moran CN, Doyle F, Sulaiman I, Bennett K, Greene G, Molloy GJ, et al. The INCA (Inhaler Compliance Assessment): A Comparison With Established Measures of Adherence. Psychology & Health. 2017;32(10):1266-87.
Provision of in-hospital smoking cessation care, including epidemiology, mental health and student-led care:
- Kumar A, Ward KD, Mellon L, Gunning M, Stynes S, Hickey A, et al. Medical Student INtervention to Promote Effective Nicotine Dependence and Tobacco HEalthcare: GrAduate Entry Programme (MIND-THE-GAP): Feasibility Randomised Trial. BMC Medical Education. 2017;17:249.
- Mellon L, McElvaney NG, Cormican L, Hickey A, Conroy R, Ekpotu L, et al. Determining rates of smoking cessation advice delivered during hospitalisation and smoking cessation rates 3-months post discharge: a two-hospital survey Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: An Open Access Journal. 2016;4(1):124-37.
- Burns A, Strawbridge J, Clancy L, Bennett K, Doyle F. Exploring Smoking, Mental Health and Smoking-Related Disease in Older Adults. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2017;98:78-86.
Psychometrics – scale development and validation:
- Freedland KE, Lemos M, Doyle F, Steinmeyer B, Csik I, Carney R. The Techniques for Overcoming Depression Scale: Mokken Scale Analysis and Concurrent Validity in Depressed Cardiac Patients. Cognitive Therapy & Research. 2017;41(1):117-29.
- Oldridge N, Hofer S, McGee H, Conroy R, Doyle F, Saner H. The HeartQoL: Part I. Development of a new core health-related quality of life questionnaire for patients with ischemic heart disease. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2014;21(1):90-7.
- Oldridge N, Hofer S, McGee H, Conroy R, Doyle F, Saner H. The HeartQoL: Part II. Validation of a new core health-related quality of life questionnaire for patients with ischemic heart disease. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2014;21(1):98-106.
Older adults – including meta-analytic techniques and qualitative research
- Donnelly NA, Hickey A, Burns A, Murphy P, Doyle F. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of carer stress on subsequent institutionalisation of community dwelling older people. PLoS One. 2015;10(6):e0128213.
- Donnelly NA, Humphries N, Hickey A, Doyle F. "We don't have the infrastructure to support them at home": How health system inadequacies impact on long-term care admissions of people with dementia. Health Policy. 2017;121(12):1280-7.
Mental health
- Keegan C, Conroy R, Doyle F. Testing a longitudinal model of depressive vulnerabilities, depression trajectories and poor outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome Journal of Affective Disorders. 2016;191:41-8.
- Ho S-Y, Alnashri N, Rohde DM, Murphy P, Doyle F. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of depression on subsequent smoking status in patients with chronic respiratory conditions. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2015;37(5):399-407.
- Doyle F, McGee H, Conroy RM, Conradi HJ, Meijer A, Steeds RP, et al. Systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of sex differences in depression and prognosis in persons with myocardial infarction: a MINDMAPS study. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2015;77(4):419-28.
Organ donation – attitudes and randomised trial
- Doherty S, Dolan E, Flynn J, O'Carroll RE, Doyle F. Circumventing the 'ick’ factor: a randomised trial of the effects of omitting affective attitudes questions to increase intention to become an organ donor. Frontiers in Psychology. 2017;8:1443.