Dr Anju Devianee Keetharuth
BA, MA, MBA, PhD (Sheffield)
School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Research Fellow
Health Economist
+44 114 222 0884
Full contact details
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I joined HEDS as a Health Economist in November 2010. I am also an adviser working for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Support Service Hub delivered by University of York and Partners. I work part-time (3 days a week).
I completed a Phd in Development Economics at the University of Sheffield and worked as a trade policy adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade in Fiji (Overseas Development Institute Fellow). I then worked as an Economic Affairs Officer researching Foreign Direct Investment at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. Afterwards I taught economics at the University of Sheffield. I retrained as a health economist and worked at as an Economic Adviser at the Department of Health in Leeds.
- Research interests
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As a health economist, I design, supervise and conduct cost-effectiveness analyses alongside clinical trials mainly funded by the NIHR. I am particularly interested in economic evaluation of mental health interventions and have worked in several conditions (diabetes, lifestyle interventions, surgery) and populations.
My research interests also include development of outcome measures (including preference-based measures) and their assessment (psychometrics). I led the development of the commonly used outcome measures in mental health called the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL). I have an interest in modifying patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for different populations. I have been involved in the development of several outcomes sets by the International Consortium of Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM).I have an interest in incorporating lived experience in my work including methodological research.
In my spare time, I am a yoga teacher and interested in researching how yoga can improve the health of the population.
Current Phd students
Nick Burke – Department of Sociology, University of Sheffield (Developing a measure for adoptees)
Yingpen Qiu – Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield (Topic Selection Process for Health Technology Assessment in China)
I am interested in supervising students working on economic evaluation, development and assessment of outcome measures.Past Phd students
Hannah Hussain - Quality of life for Dementia economic evaluation:
integrating self and proxy report
Ahmed Aber - Developing outcome measures for patients with vascular conditions
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Enhancing HRQoL assessment for economic evaluation in dementia populations. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 11(1). View this article in WRRO
- A model based cost-utility analysis of embedding referral to structured self-management education into standard practice (Embedding) compared to usual care for people with type 2 diabetes diagnosis in the last 12 months in England. BMJ Open, 15(2). View this article in WRRO
- Who should value children’s health and how? An international Delphi study. Social Science & Medicine, 355. View this article in WRRO
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy plus usual care for improving quality of life in people with motor neuron disease (COMMEND): a multicentre, parallel, randomised controlled trial in the UK. The Lancet. View this article in WRRO
- Cost-effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy for people living with motor neuron disease, and their health-related quality of life. European Journal of Neurology, 31(8). View this article in WRRO
- Uptake of self-management education programmes for people with type 2 diabetes in primary care through the embedding package: a cluster randomised control trial and ethnographic study. BMC Primary Care, 25. View this article in WRRO
- Exploring the factors that drive clinical negligence claims: stated preferences of those who have experienced unintended harm. Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. View this article in WRRO
- Behaviour change intervention for toothbrushing (lesson and text messages) to prevent dental caries in secondary school pupils: the BRIGHT randomized control trial. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. View this article in WRRO
- Understanding UK public views on normative decisions made to value health-related quality of life in children: a qualitative study. Social Science & Medicine, 340. View this article in WRRO
- Convergent validity of EQ-5D with core outcomes in dementia: a systematic review. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 20(1).
- Assessing the psychometric performance of EQ-5D-5L in dementia: a systematic review. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 20.
- Psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) measures in patients with affective disorders. The European Journal of Health Economics.
- A discrete choice experiment to elicit general population preferences around the factors influencing the choice to make clinical negligence claims. Value in Health. View this article in WRRO
- Validation of ‘Care Of the Dying Evaluation’ (CODETM) within an international study exploring bereaved relatives’ perceptions about quality of care in the last days of life. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. View this article in WRRO
- Measuring health-related quality of life and well-being : a head-to-head psychometric comparison of the EQ-5D-5L, ReQoL-UI and ICECAP-A. The European Journal of Health Economics, 23(2), 165-176. View this article in WRRO
- Which outcomes are most important to measure in patients with COVID-19 and how and when should these be measured? Development of an international standard set of outcomes measures for clinical use in patients with COVID-19: a report of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) COVID-19 Working Group. BMJ Open, 11(11). View this article in WRRO
- Developing an international standard set of patient-reported outcome measures for psychotic disorders. Psychiatric Services. View this article in WRRO
- Estimating a preference-based index for mental health from the recovering quality of life measure: valuation of recovering quality of life utility index. Value in Health. View this article in WRRO
- Use of a modified World Café process to discuss and set priorities for a Community of Practice supporting implementation of ReQoL a new mental health and quality of life Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM). Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 4(1). View this article in WRRO
- Electronic personal assessment questionnaire for vascular patients (ePAQ-VAS) development and validity. British Journal of Surgery. View this article in WRRO
- An emerging framework for fully incorporating public involvement (PI) into patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 4(1). View this article in WRRO
- Public Involvement in health outcomes research: lessons learnt from the development of the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) measures.. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 17. View this article in WRRO
- Exploring the item sets of the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) measures using factor analysis. Quality of Life Research. View this article in WRRO
- Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data in the Development of Outcome Measures: The Case of the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) Measures in Mental Health Populations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(7), 1342-1342. View this article in WRRO
- Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL): a new generic self-reported outcome measure for use with people experiencing mental health difficulties. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 212(1), 42-49. View this article in WRRO
- A preventative lifestyle intervention for older adults (lifestyle matters): a randomised controlled trial. Age And Ageing, 46, 627-634. View this article in WRRO
- Sensitivity and responsiveness of the EQ-5D-3L in patients with uncontrolled focal seizures: an analysis of Phase III trials of adjunctive brivaracetam. Quality of Life Research, 26(3), 749-759. View this article in WRRO
- Systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of patient-reported outcome measures for abdominal aortic aneurysm. British Journal of Surgery, 104(4), 317-327. View this article in WRRO
- Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with peripheral arterial disease: a systematic review of psychometric properties.. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 14(1), 161-161. View this article in WRRO
- Eliciting Societal Preferences for Weighting QALYs for Burden of Illness and End of Life. Medical Decision Making, 36(2), 210-222.
- Comparison of Modes of Administration and Alternative Formats for Eliciting Societal Preferences for Burden of Illness. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 14(1), 89-104. View this article in WRRO
- Are policy decisions on surgical procedures informed by robust economic evidence? A systematic review. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 30(4), 381-393. View this article in WRRO
- Quality of life impact of mental health conditions in England: results from the adult psychiatric morbidity surveys. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 12(6).
- Economic Evidence of Surgical Procedures in Cancer: A Systematic Literature Review. Value in Health, 16(7), A411-A411.
- Lifestyle Matters for maintenance of health and wellbeing in people aged 65 years and over: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 14(1), 302-302. View this article in WRRO
- Behaviour change intervention (education and text) to prevent dental caries in secondary school pupils: BRIGHT RCT, process and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, 1-142.
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- Bracing Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (BASIS) study – night-time versus full-time bracing in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: study protocol for a multicentre, randomized controlled trial. Bone & Joint Open, 4(11), 873-880.
- Use of generic and condition-specific measures of health-related quality of life in NICE decision-making: a systematic review, statistical modelling and survey. Health Technology Assessment, 18(9). View this article in WRRO
Chapters
- Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) In Krägeloh C, Alyami M & Medvedev ON (Ed.), International Handbook of Behavioral Health Assessment Springer View this article in WRRO
Conference proceedings papers
- Enhancing HRQoL assessment for economic evaluation in dementia populations. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 11(1). View this article in WRRO
- Grants
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2025. Funder: NIHR HTA. Metformin to prevent anti-psychotic induced weight gain. £3m. Chief Investigator: Professor Paul French, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
2024. Funder: NIHR Research Capability Funds via the Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust. Modifying the ReQoL measure for use with people with learning disabilities. £17k Chief Investigator: Dr Anju Keetharuth, University of Sheffield
2024. Funder: NIHR HTA. Treatment of Toddlers Fractures: Observation or Immobilisation (TOTs). £1m. Chief Investigator: Nicolas Nicolaou, Sheffield Children’s Hospital
2023. Funder: Department of Health and Social Care/ NIHR Policy Research Programme. EEPRU3. £5.4m. Chief investigators: Professor Allan Wailoo (University of Sheffield), Professor Mark Sculpher (University of York)2023. Funder: NIHR HTA. Pain Relief After Instrumented Spinal surgEry trial (PRAISE Trial). £1.4m. Chief Investigator: Professor Matthew Wilson, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; University of Sheffield
2022. Funder: NIHR HTA. A Patient-reported outcome measure for PRolApse, Incontinence and meSh complication surgEry: The APPRAISE study. £1.5m. Chief Investigator: Professor Georgina Jones, Leeds Beckett University2021. Department of Health and Social Care. Clinical Negligence Cost Reduction Policy Research. £87k. Chief Investigator: Dr Anju Keetharuth, University of Sheffield
- Teaching activities
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I currently teach on the Economic Evaluation module (HAR 6260), MSc Health Economics and Decision Modelling.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Faculty of Health representative to the University Research Ethics Committee to the Senate (Committee of Senate), University of Sheffield.
I work closely with the Clinical Trials Research Unit at the University of Sheffield.
I have been a member of EEPRU, the NIHR Policy Research Unit in the Economic Methods of Evaluation of Health and Care Interventions since 2010.
Associate Editor Associate editor for Frontiers in Global Women’s Health – quality of life speciality.