Dr Nicola Elizabeth Anderson RN PhD

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3354
Email: n.e.anderson.1@bham.ac.uk
Twitter: @neanderson100

Address: Department of Applied Health Sciences
Murray Learning Centre
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Nicola Anderson, PhD, is a Research Fellow within the Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research (CPROR) at the University of Birmingham and Lead Nurse for RD & I Research Education at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Nicola's primary research interests are mixed methods outcomes research, with a focus on the use and implementation of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) in routine health and social care settings.

Qualifications

PhD in Applied Health Research 2023
MSc Healthcare Law and Ethics, University of Birmingham, 2008
RN Dip HE (Adult Nursing) Homerton School of Health Studies, 1999
Law School Finals, University of Central England, 1993
BA Law Tripos, University of Cambridge, 1992

Biography

Having initially pursued a career in Law, Nicola retrained in 1999 as a Registered Nurse, working as a Clinical Research Nurse within the NHS since 2003. Nicola has worked across a range of specialities including oncology, palliative care and nephrology delivering and co-ordinating clinical drug and device trials.

Nicola completed an MSc in Healthcare Law and Ethics in 2008 and began an HEE NIHR ICA Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship in 2019 exploring the use and implementation of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in the management of patients with end stage kidney disease requiring treatment with haemodialysis.

Following completion of her PhD in 2023, Nicola has taken up a Research Fellow post funded by the Applied Research Collaborative West Midlands exploring the use and implementation of ePROs at the interface between health and social care.

Research

Research interests:

The use and implementation of ePROs

Current projects

The Easier Study - ARC WM funded project exploring the potential of ePROs at the interface between health and social care.

Nicola is also involved in CPROR research on equitable PRO data collection and the involvement of under-served groups in research, taking place across NIHR infrastructures to explore EDI aspects of PROs planning, development and implementation.

Previous projects – HEE NIHR ICA Clinical Doctoral Fellowship (Reference No: ICA-CDRF-2018-04-ST2-027 – Using electronic patient-reported outcomes to promote quality of care and safety in the management of patients with end stage kidney disease requiring treatment with haemodialysis

Other activities

Lead Nurse for RD & I Education, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Nicola sits on the Executive Committee of the Association of Nephrology Nurses UK (ANNUK) and is a nurse representative for the UK Renal Trials Network (UKRTN) and UK Dialysis Research & Innovation Network. As Lead for the ANNUK Nursing Research in Kidney Care Community of Practice, she is passionate about nurse-led research and increasing the voice of nurses within the research multidisciplinary team.

Publications

Aiyegbusi, O, Kyte, D, Anderson, N & Calvert, M (2017), 'A Patient-centred approach to measuring quality in kidney care: PROMS and PREMS', Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 442- 449. https://doi.org/10.1097/MNH.0000000000000357

Anderson NE, Calvert M, Cockwell P, et al. (2018) Using patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) to promote quality of care in the management of patients with established kidney disease requiring treatment with haemodialysis in the UK (PROM-HD): a qualitative study protocol. BMJ Open;8:e021532. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2018-021532

Anderson NE, Calvert M, Cockwell P, Dutton M, Kyte D. (2019) The Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients Treated with Maintenance Haemodialysis – A Perspective, American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Volume 74, Issue 3, September, Pages 399-406

Anderson NE, Calvert M, Cockwell P, Dutton M, Kyte D. (2019) In Reply to ‘A Psychiatrist’s View on Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis’ American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Volume 74, Issue 5, November, Pages 711-712

Kyte D, Anderson N, Auti R, et al. (2020) Development of an electronic patient-reported outcome measure (ePROM) system to aid the management of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. J Patient Rep Outcomes;4(1):55.

Anderson N, (2020). Association of Nephrology Nurses UK: Nursing research in kidney care special interest group. Journal of Kidney Care, 5 (1), pp. 38

Anderson N, White S, Waterfall H, Nagalingam K.(2021). Personal reflections of the contribution of research nurses and nurse researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Kidney Care, 6 (4), pp. 192-195

Anderson NE, McMullan C, Calvert M, et al. (2021). Using patient-reported outcome measures during the management of patients with end-stage kidney disease requiring treatment with haemodialysis (PROM-HD): a qualitative study. BMJ Open;11:e052629. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2021-052629

Kyte D, Anderson N, Bishop J, et al. (2022) Results of a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial exploring the use of an electronic patient reported outcome measure in the management of UK patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. BMJ Open;12:e050610. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050610

Fletcher BR, Damery S, Aiyegbusi OL, Anderson N, Calvert M, Cockwell P, et al. (2022) Symptom burden and health-related quality of life in chronic kidney disease: A global systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Med 19(4): e1003954. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pmed.1003954

Anderson N, Kyte D, McMullan C, Cockwell P, Aiyegbusi O L, Verdi R, Calvert M J (2022) Electronic Patient Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease. Nature Reviews Nephrology 18, 739–740. https://doi.org/10.1038/ s41581-022-00619-3

Calvert, M.J., Cruz Rivera, S., Retzer, A. et al. (Anderson N – co-author) Patient reported outcome assessment must be inclusive and equitable. Nat Med 28, 1120–1124 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01781-8

Cruz Rivera S, Aiyegbusi OL, Ives J, et al (Anderson N – co-author). Ethical Considerations for the Inclusion of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Research: The PRO Ethics Guidelines. JAMA. 2022;327(19):1910–1919. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.6421

Nicola Anderson, Paul Cockwell, Olalekan L Aiyegbusi, and Melanie J Calvert (2023). Green nephrology: the role of telemedicine and electronic patient-reported outcomes. Journal of Kidney Care 8:2, 77-81

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