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 a multi-centre quality improvement and implementation study, funded by NHS England, to transform the delivery of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) care in the UK.
The CFHealthHub Data Observatory brings together NHS CF centres into an 'improvement collaborative', to plan, test and deliver changes that allow adherence data to become part of routine clinical encounters. In addition, the study hosts the first cohort Multiple Randomised Controlled Trial (or 'Trials within Cohorts') platform, with a focus on behaviour change interventions. Within the project we have also designed 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. I am particularly interested in the application of evidence-based therapy in clinical practice. I hold an MSc in Psychological Research Methods and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Sheffield.
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Journal articles
- Psychological interventions for improving adherence to inhaled therapies in people with cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- 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
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.
- Psychological interventions for improving adherence to inhaled therapies in people with cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Research group
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Current projects
- CFHealthHub Data Observatory – A Quality Improvement project and Trial within Cohort platform for Cystic Fibrosis
Previous projects
- 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
- Masters dissertation supervisor