Dr Joseph Lanario BSc, MSc, PhD

Institute of Applied Health Research
Research Fellow

Contact details

Address
Centre for Patient Report Outcomes Research
Department of Applied Health Sciences
College of Medicine and Health
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham

Joe is a Research Fellow working in the Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research (CPROR). He is currently working on the Inclusive PRO study which is supported by the Birmingham NIHR BRC and CRF. 

ORCiD: 0000-0003-0317-9774

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Qualifications

  • PhD in Construction of Patient Reported Outcomes 2023
  • MSc in Health Psychology, University of Bath, 2016
  • BSc (Hons) in Psychology, University of Plymouth, 2015

Biography

Joe has used mixed methods to identify items for and quantitatively assess three questionnaires including:

  • Development of a disease specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire for severe asthma. The Severe Asthma Questionnaire (SAQ).
  • Development of a questionnaire assessing the frequency of non-specific symptoms in fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and irritable bowel syndrome. The General Symptom Questionnaire 65 (GSQ-65)
  • Modification of this questionnaire for use as a measure of extra-pulmonary symptom burden in severe asthma. GSQ-Asthma (GSQ-A)

Joe has also carried out a feasibility assessment of a novel lifestyle and educational intervention for Fibromyalgia known as Body Reprogramming. He has since conducted a pilot study of a modified version of this intervention which targets the extra-pulmonary symptoms seen in severe asthma. 

Joe also has links with the Supported Self-Management work programme in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD). This collaboration between Birmingham and Exeter, has explored patient perceptions of using spirometers (devices to test the functioning of the lungs) to monitor disease progression.  

Since moving to the University of Birmingham, Joe has worked on the Inclusive PRO study. This project is collecting data from multiple NHS sites to identify what stops people from providing questionnaire data in health research, with a focus on under-represented groups. This study is supported by the Birmingham NIHR BRC and CRF.

Research

Research interests

Use of patient reported outcomes (questionnaires) as a means of capturing peoples’ experiences of their care/treatments.

Involving people with lived experience of disease and/or care responsibilities (formal and informal) in the early stages of research to better formulate studies.

Current projects

The Inclusive PRO study