Carla Girling
School of Health and Related Research
Study Manager
+44 114 222 4027
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School of Health and Related Research
Room 2.13
The Innovation Centre
217 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
- Profile
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My main responsibility is for the management of the ORION trial. This is a pragmatic multicentre randomisation-controlled trial to assess whether radiofrequency ablation (using the Rafaelo® device) is at least as good as existing methods for the surgical treatment of haemorrhoids. ORION is funded by the National Institute of Health Research, Health Technology Assessment grants (NIHR131861).
My academic interest is the implementation of evidence-based medicine into clinical practice.
Previously, I managed a multi-centre quality improvement and implementation study, funded by NHS England, to transform the delivery of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) care in the UK. I addition, the study hosted the first cohort Multiple Randomised Controlled Trial (or 'Trials within Cohorts') platform, with a focus on behaviour change interventions. As part of the implementation of CFHealthHub into CF care, I helped design and delivered quality improvement workshops to NHS staff. Within the project I designed and conducted a mixed-methods process evaluation, to understand barriers and facilitators to behaviour change in clinical settings.
Prior to joining CTRU, I was a Research Assistant for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. During this time I conducted National Institute of Health Research Portfolio projects across a range of adult mental health conditions.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Real-world adherence among adults with cystic fibrosis is low – a retrospective analysis of the CFHealthHub digital learning health system. Chest. View this article in WRRO
- Psychological interventions for improving adherence to inhaled therapies in people with cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. View this article in WRRO
- Facets of clinicians' anxiety and the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 77, 157-161. View this article in WRRO
Conference proceedings papers
- Developing an implementation strategy for the use of objective adherence data in routine clinical practice: a case study in cystic fibrosis clinics. IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE, Vol. 14 (pp 4-5)
All publications
Journal articles
- Prospectively predicting Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection/s using routine data from the UK cystic fibrosis register. Health Science Reports, 4(4). View this article in WRRO
- Using a learning health system to understand the mismatch between medicines supply and actual medicines use among adults with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis.
- Real-world adherence among adults with cystic fibrosis is low – a retrospective analysis of the CFHealthHub digital learning health system. Chest. View this article in WRRO
- Psychological interventions for improving adherence to inhaled therapies in people with cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. View this article in WRRO
- ePS5.06 Quality improvement within a learning health system: using PDSA cycles to embed a digital behaviour change platform, CFHealthHub, in routine care. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 18, S52-S52.
- P432 How physiotherapists improved prescription accuracy for nebuliser treatment: using click analytics from CFHealthHub, a digital adherence system, to monitor quality improvement. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 18, S179-S179.
- P433 Supporting patients to move from rescue to prevention: meeting patients on their own terms - a preliminary evaluation of out of hours adherence telephone support offered to cystic fibrosis patients using the digital health system CFHealthhub. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 18, S179-S180.
- Facets of clinicians' anxiety and the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 77, 157-161. View this article in WRRO
- Implementing the use of objective medication adherence data in routine clinical practice via the digital CFHealthHub platform: situation analysis and strategy development using the theoretical domains framework.
Conference proceedings papers
- Developing an implementation strategy for the use of objective adherence data in routine clinical practice: a case study in cystic fibrosis clinics. IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE, Vol. 14 (pp 4-5)
- Developing an implementation strategy for the use of objective adherence data in routine clinical practice: a case study in cystic fibrosis clinics. IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE, Vol. 14
Posters
- ePS5.05 Understanding objective adherence to preventative inhaled therapies at a centre level for quality improvement - a CFHealthHub (CFHH) improvement collaborative study.
- Real-world adherence among adults with cystic fibrosis is low – a retrospective analysis of the CFHealthHub digital learning health system. Chest. View this article in WRRO
- Research group
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Current projects
- RadiO fRequency ablatION for haemorrhoids (ORION)
Previous projects
- CFHealthHub Data Observatory – A Quality Improvement project and Trial within Cohort platform for Cystic Fibrosis
- ASTIC lite - Autologous Stem cell Transplantation In refractory Crohn’s disease – Low Intensity Therapy Evaluation.
- Teaching interests
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I am involved in various teaching activities within the faculty, including:
- HAR6030 Introduction to Research Methods
- MBChB 2, SSC Research Attachment, Undergraduate Medical Students
- Personal tutor to masters level students
- HAR 679 Masters dissertation module tutor and dissertation supervisor