Professor Susan Smith
Professor of General Practice (1991), Public Health & Primary Care
Biography
Susan Smith is Professor of General Practice at Trinity College Dublin and works as a General Practitioner at Inchicore Family Doctors in Dublin 8. She did her undergraduate medical degree in TCD and then did GP training in Ireland and the UK, followed by a period working as an academic GP in Australia. She retuned to Ireland where she has worked as an academic GP in UCD, RCSI and TCD and continues to work as a GP at Inchicore Family Doctors in Dublin 8. Prof Smith is the Associate Director of the HRB Primary Care Clinical Trials Network Ireland and the Clinical Lead for HRB CICER, which provides evidence synthesis supports for the National Clinical Effectiveness Committee.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Humphries, Niamh, Hanlon, Holly R, O"Callaghan, Mike, Byrne, John-Paul, Cullen, Laura, Murphy, Andrew W, Smith, Susan M, Ní Shé, Éidín, Changing Working Patterns in Irish general practice: Findings from a Qualitative Remote Ethnographic Study, Health Policy, 164, 2026, p105505
Sophie Brown, Sharon Simpson, Colin Greaves, Paulina Daw, Sarah Dean, Rachael A. Evans, Thomas M. Withers, Zahira Ahmed, Shaun Barber, Gwen Barwell, Patrick Doherty, Nikki Gardiner, Tracy Ibbotson, Bhautesh Jani, Kate Jolly, Frances S Mair, James Manifield, Emma McIntosh, Daniel M. Miller, Paula Ormandy, Susan M. Smith, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Ghazala Waheed, Rod S Taylor, Sally Singh, Personalised Exercise Rehabilitation FOR people with Multiple long-term conditions (PERFORM): findings from a process evaluation of a randomised feasibility study, BMJ Open, 15, (9), 2025, pe100199 - e100199, pe100199-e100199
Rachael A. Evans, Sharon Simpson, James Manifield, Zahira Ahmed, Shaun Barber, Gwen Barwell, Sophie Brown, Paulina Daw, Sarah Dean, Patrick Doherty, Heather Fraser, Nikki Gardiner, Colin Greaves, Tracy Ibbotson, Bhautesh Jani, Kate Jolly, Frances S Mair, Emma McIntosh, Dimitrios Megaritis, Daniel R. Miller, Paula Ormandy, Susan M. Smith, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Ghazala Waheed, Thomas M. Withers, Rod S Taylor, Sally Singh, Personalised exercise-rehabilitation for people with multiple long-term conditions (PERFORM): a randomised feasibility study, BMJ Open, 15, (9), 2025, pe100195 - e100195, pe100195-e100195
Matrook, Khadija A., Whitford, David L., Smith, Susan M., McGilloway, Sinead, Piyasena, Mapa Prabhath, Cowman, Seamus, Family-based interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Primary Care Diabetes, 19, (2), 2025, p111-119
Calderón-Larrañaga, Amaia, Fabbri, Elisa, González, Ana Isabel, Perera-Salazar, Rafael, Grede, Nina, Guthrie, Bruce, Valderas, José M, Gregorio, Caterina, Muth, Christiane, Vetrano, Davide L, Meyer, Gabriele, Ferrucci, Luigi, Blom, Jeanet W, Bernartz, Kerstin, Schürmann, Lara, Hanf, Maria, Scherer, Martin, Steinman, Michael A, Rijken, Mieke, Straus, Sharon, Smith, Susan M, Montori, Victor M, Puzhko, Svetlana, van den Akker, Marjan, Understanding changes in complex care needs over time: key research insights into multimorbidity trajectories, The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 6, (11), 2025, p100790
Cronin, Thomas, Healy, David, McCarthy, Noel, Smith, Susan M, Travers, John, Prevalence and risk factors of frailty in people experiencing homelessness: A systematic review and meta-analysis, The Journal of Frailty & Aging, 14, (2), 2025, p100029
McAuliffe S, Wilson F, Foley G, Smith SM, Maxwell A, Daly R, O'Sullivan K., General practitioners' experiences of managing low back pain in primary care in Ireland: a qualitative phenomenological study, PLOS One, 20, (12), 2025, pe0339053
James Larkin, Susan M. Smith, Line Due Christensen, Thomas Schmidt Voss, Claus Høstrup Vestergaard, Amanda Paust, Anders Prior, The Association between Multimorbidity and Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Prescription Medicines among Adults in Denmark: A Population-Based Register Study, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2025
Paulina Daw, Colin J. Greaves, Nikki Gardiner, Patrick Doherty, Thomas M. Withers, Amy C. Barradell, Paul O"Halloran, Zahira Ahmed, Shaun Barber, Gwen Barwell, Sophie E. Brown, Sarah Dean, Carlos Echevarria, Rachael A. Evans, Tracy Ibbotson, Bhautesh D. Jani, Kate Jolly, James R. Manifield, Frances S. Mair, Emma McIntosh, Daniel Miller, Paula Ormandy, Susan M. Smith, Sharon A. Simpson, Ghazala Waheed, Rod S. Taylor, Sally J. Singh, on behalf of the PERFORM research team, Co-design and development of a Personalised Exercise-based Rehabilitation and self-management programme FOR people with Multiple long-term conditions: The PERFORM intervention, Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 2025
Larkin, James, Foley, Louise, Timmons, Shane, Hickey, Tony, Clyne, Barbara, Harrington, Patricia, Smith, Susan M., How do people with multimorbidity prioritise healthcare when faced with tighter financial constraints? A national survey with a choice experiment component, BMC Primary Care, 26, (1), 2025
Andrew Dullea; Lydia O"Sullivan; Kirsty K. O"Brien; Patricia Harrington; Marie Carrigan; Susan Ahern; Maeve McGarry; Karen Cardwell; Michelle O"Neill; Kieran A. Walsh; Barbara Clyne; Susan M. Smith; Mairin Ryan, Developing an approach for assigning GRADE levels in a systematic overview of reviews of diagnostic test accuracy using general principles identified from current GRADE guidelines: A case study, Research Synthesis Methods, 2025
Anders Prior, Claus Høstrup Vestergaard, Nynne Bech Utoft, Peter Vedsted, Susan M. Smith, Mogens Vestergaard, Morten Fenger"Grøn, Chronic care provision in general practices and association with patient level outcomes: a nationwide cohort study, BMC Medicine, 23, (1), 2025
Laura O"Connor, Sarah Delaney, Michelle Hanlon, Peter Hayes, Caroline McCarthy, Brian E. McGuire, Denis Mockler, Patrick Murphy, Louise O'Grady, Maryrose Tarpey, Andrew W. Murphy, Susan M. Smith, Identifying research priorities for chronic disease management in primary care: results of an Irish James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership, BMC Primary Care, 26, (1), 2025
Caroline McCarthy, Barbara Clyne, Susan M. Smith, Fiona Boland, Emma Wallace, Michelle Flood, Frank Moriarty, Impact of eliciting treatment priorities on analgesic prescribing in older patients with high levels of polypharmacy, Family Practice, 42, (4), 2025
Manifield, James R., Evans, Rachael A., Smith, Susan M., Holland, Anne E., Skou, Søren T., Taylor, Rod S., Singh, Sally J., The complexity of outcome measure selection within multiple long-term condition research: an analysis of exercise-based rehabilitation trials, Trials, 2025
Cunningham, C., Thong, L., Mockler, D., Hayes, M., Ní Cheallaigh, C., Smith, S. M., Differential attainment within medical education: a systematic review, BMC Medical Education, 2025
Steell, Lewis, Krauth, Stefanie J., Ahmed, Sayem, Dibben, Grace O., McIntosh, Emma, Hanlon, Peter, Lewsey, Jim, Nicholl, Barbara I., McAllister, David A., Smith, Susan M., Evans, Rachael, Ahmed, Zahira, Dean, Sarah, Greaves, Colin, Barber, Shaun, Doherty, Patrick, Gardiner, Nikki, Ibbotson, Tracy, Jolly, Kate, Ormandy, Paula, Simpson, Sharon A., Taylor, Rod S., Singh, Sally J., Mair, Frances S., Jani, Bhautesh D., , , Multimorbidity clusters and their associations with health-related quality of life in two UK cohorts, BMC Medicine, 23, (1), 2025
Smith, Susan M, Mair, Frances S, van den Akker, Marjan, Prof Martin Fortin, An appreciation, Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 15, 2025
Andrew Dullea, Lydia O'Sullivan, Marie Carrigan, Susan Ahern, Maeve McGarry, Kirsty O'Brien, Patricia Harrington, Kieran A. Walsh, Susan M. Smith, Máirín Ryan, Diagnostic accuracy of 18F Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) PET-CT radiotracers in staging and restaging of high-risk prostate cancer patients and patients with biochemical recurrence: an overview of reviews, Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2024
Walsh, Kieran A., O"Donnell, Helen, O"Loughlin, Mark, Eames, Heather, Jiang, Jingjing, O"Brien, Katie M., Broderick, Natasha, O"Brien, Kirsty K., Carrigan, Marie, Comber, Laura, Cardwell, Karen, Quigley, Joan, Smith, Susan M., Ó Murchú, Éamon, Butler, Karina, Corcoran, Brenda, Connolly, Kevin, Harrington, Patricia, Ryan, Máirín, O'Neill, Michelle, Duration of protective immunity following COVID"19 vaccination of individuals with underlying health conditions: A rapid review, Reviews in Medical Virology, 34, (2), 2024
Chua, Shiyun, Todd, Adam, Reeve, Emily, Smith, Susan M., Fox, Julia, Elsisi, Zizi, Hughes, Stephen, Husband, Andrew, Langford, Aili, Merriman, Niamh, Harris, Jeffrey R., Devine, Beth, Gray, Shelly L., , , Deprescribing interventions in older adults: An overview of systematic reviews, PLOS ONE, 19, (6), 2024, pe0305215
French H.P., Cunningham J., Bennett K., Cadogan C.A., Clyne B., Doyle F., Moriarty F., Ryan J.M., Smith S.M., Passos V.L., Patterns of pain medication usage and self-reported pain in older Irish adults with osteoarthritis: A latent class analysis of data from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 25, (1), 2024
Joice Cunningham, Doyle Frank, Jennifer Ryan, Barbara Clyne, Cathal Cadogan, Susan M. Smith, Helen French, Perspectives and experiences of individuals with osteoarthritis and healthcare professionals on the management of osteoarthritis in primary care in Ireland: a qualitative descriptive study, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 32, 2024, pS208 - S209, pS208-S209
Sharon Simpson, Rachael A. Evans, Hannah R. Gilbert, Amy Branson, Shaun Barber, Emma McIntosh, Zahira Ahmed, Sarah Dean, Patrick Doherty, Nikki Gardiner, Colin Greaves, Paulina Daw, Tracy Ibbotson, Bhautesh Jani, Kate Jolly, Frances S Mair, Paula Ormandy, Susan M. Smith, Sally Singh, Rod S Taylor, Personalised Exercise-Rehabilitation FOR people with Multiple long-term conditions (PERFORM): protocol for a randomised feasibility trial, BMJ Open, 14, (4), 2024, pe083255 - e083255, pe083255-e083255
Kiely, Bridget and Hobbins, Anna and Boland, Fiona and Clyne, Barbara and Galvin, Emer and Byers, Vivienne and Loomba, Sonali and Oâ Donnell, Patrick and Connolly, Deirdre and Shea, Eamon O.â and Smith, Susan M., An exploratory randomised trial investigating feasibility, potential impact and cost effectiveness of link workers for people living with multimorbidity attending general practices in deprived urban communities, BMC Primary Care, 25, (1), 2024
Hanlon, Holly Rose, Shé, Éidín Ní, Byrne, John-Paul, Smith, Susan M., Murphy, Andrew W., Barrett, Aileen, O"Callaghan, Mike, Humphries, Niamh, GP emigration from Ireland: an analysis of data from key destination countries, BMC Health Services Research, 24, (1), 2024
Kiely, Bridget, Keenan, Ivana, Loomba, Sonali, Mack, Natalie, Byers, Vivienne, Galvin, Emer, O"Shea, Muireann, O"Donnell, Patrick, Boland, Fiona, Clyne, Barbara, O"Shea, Eamon, Smith, Susan M., Connolly, Deirdre, Implementing a General Practice-Based Link Worker Intervention for People with Multimorbidity During the Covid-19 Pandemic- a Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the LinkMM RCT, International Journal of Integrated Care, 24, 2024, p16
Muireann de Paor, Fiona Boland, Tom Fahey, Susan M. Smith, Eoin MacDonncha, Akke Vellinga, Management of sore throat (with focus on GAS) in young adults, Clinical Infection in Practice, 23, 2024, p100368 - 100368, p100368-100368
Ruairi Murray, Erindaa Magendran, Neya Chander, Rosarie Lynch, Michelle O"Neill, Declan Devane, Susan M. Smith, Kamal R Mahtani, Máirín Ryan, Barbara Clyne, Melissa K. Sharp, Co-design workshops to develop evidence synthesis summary formats for use by clinical guideline development groups, Systematic Reviews, 13, (1), 2024
Gillespie, Paddy, Moriarty, Frank, Smith, Susan M., Hobbins, Anna, Walsh, Sharon, Clyne, Barbara, Boland, Fiona, McEnteggart, Tara, Flood, Michelle, Wallace, Emma, McCarthy, Caroline, , , Cost effectiveness of a GP delivered medication review to reduce polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients with multimorbidity in Irish primary care: the SPPiRE cluster randomised controlled trial, The European Journal of Health Economics, 2024
Stefanie J. Krauth, Lewis Steell, Sayem Ahmed, Emma McIntosh, Grace Dibben, Peter Hanlon, Jim Lewsey, Barbara I. Nicholl, David McAllister, Susan M. Smith, Rachael A. Evans, Zahira Ahmed, Sarah Dean, Colin Greaves, Shaun Barber, Patrick Doherty, Nikki Gardiner, Tracy Ibbotson, Kate Jolly, Paula Ormandy, Sharon Simpson, Rod S Taylor, Sally Singh, Frances S Mair, Bhautesh Jani, Association of latent class analysis-derived multimorbidity clusters with adverse health outcomes in patients with multiple long-term conditions: comparative results across three UK cohorts, EClinicalMedicine, 74, 2024, p102703 - 102703, p102703-102703
O Shea, Muireann, Kiely, Bridget, O"Donnell, Patrick, Smith, Susan M, An evaluation of the social deprivation practice grant in Irish general practice, BJGP Open, 8, (2), 2024, pBJGPO.2023.0195
Kristien Coteur, Cristín Ryan, Susan M Smith, Greg Sheaf, Marjorie DeWert, David Gardner, Cathal Cadogan, Interventions targeting the reduction or discontinuation of long-term use of benzodiazepine receptor agonists: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews, HRB Open Research, 7, 2024, p71
Clyne, Barbara, Sharp, Melissa K., O" Neill, Michelle, Pollock, Danielle, Lynch, Rosarie, Amog, Krystle, Ryan, Mairin, Smith, Susan M., Mahtani, Kamal, Booth, Andrew, Godfrey, Christina, Munn, Zachary, Tricco, Andrea C., An international modified Delphi process supported updating the web-based "right review" tool, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 170, 2024, p111333
Cunningham, Joice, Doyle, Frank, Cadogan, Cathal, Clyne, Barbara, Ryan, Jennifer, Smith, Susan M, French, Helen P, Barriers and enablers to the management of osteoarthritis in primary care in Ireland from the perspective of healthcare professionals and individuals with osteoarthritis: a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework, BMJ Open, 14, (12), 2024, pe087054
Paust, Amanda, Vestergaard, Claus, Smith, Susan M., Friis, Karina, Schramm, Stine, Bro, Flemming, Mygind, Anna, Bech Utoft, Nynne, Larkin, James, Prior, Anders, Economic, cultural, and social inequalities in potentially inappropriate medication: A nationwide survey- and register-based study in Denmark, PLOS Medicine, 21, (11), 2024, pe1004473
Olena Mazurenko, Emer O"Brien, Anna Beug, Susan M. Smith, Caroline McCarthy, Recommendations for managing adults with chronic non"cancer pain in primary care: A systematic clinical guideline review, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2024
de Paor, Muireann and Boland, Fiona and Cai, Xinyan and Smith, Susan and Ebell, Mark H. and Mac Donncha, Eoin and Fahey, Tom, Derivation and validation of clinical prediction rules for diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis: a prospective cohort study, BMJ open, 13, (2), 2023, pe068877
Ming Chuen Chong, Melissa K. Sharp, Susan M. Smith, Michelle O"Neill, Máirín Ryan, Rosarie Lynch, Kamal R Mahtani, Barbara Clyne, Strong recommendations from low certainty evidence: a cross-sectional analysis of a suite of national guidelines, BMC Medical Research Methodology, 23, (1), 2023
Callanan A, Bayat F, Quinlan D, Kearney P.M, Buckley C.M, Smith S.M, Bradley C.P, Facilitators and barriers to the introduction of atrial fibrillation screening in primary care: a qualitative descriptive study of general practitioners in primary care, Rural and remote health, 23, (1), 2023, p8135-
Andrew Dullea, Lydia O'Sullivan, Marie Carrigan, Susan Ahern, Maeve McGarry, Kirsty O'Brien, Patricia Harrington, Kieran A. Walsh, Susan M. Smith, Máirín Ryan, 'Diagnostic accuracy of 18F Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) PET-CT radiotracers in staging and restaging of high-risk prostate cancer patients and patients with biochemical recurrence: protocol for an overview of reviews', HRB Open Research, 2023, -
Croke A, Cardwell K, Clyne B, Moriarty F, McCullagh L, Smith SM., The effectiveness and cost of integrating pharmacists within general practice to optimize prescribing and health outcomes in primary care patients with polypharmacy: a systematic review., BMC Prim Care, 24, (1), 2023, p41
Maria Pierce, Louise Foley, Bridget Kiely, Aisling Croke, James Larkin, Susan M. Smith, Barbara Clyne, Edel Murphy, Embedding formal and experiential public and patient involvement training in a structured PhD programme: process and impact evaluation, Research Involvement and Engagement, 9, (1), 2023
Stokes, Jonathan, Bower, Peter, Smith, Susan M, Guthrie, Bruce, Blakeman, Thomas, Valderas, Jose M, Salisbury, Chris, A primary care research agenda for multiple long-term conditions: a Delphi study, British Journal of General Practice, 2023, pBJGP.2023.0163
Karen Cardwell, Barbara Clyne, Neill Broderick, Barrie Tyner, Gwinyai Masukume, Louise Larkin, L. McManus, Marie Carrigan, Melissa K. Sharp, Susan M. Smith, Patricia Harrington, Máire A Connolly, Máirín Ryan, M O'Neill, Lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic in selected countries to inform strengthening of public health systems: a qualitative study, Public Health, 225, 2023, p343 - 352, p343-352
Prior, Anders, Vestergaard, Claus Høstrup, Vedsted, Peter, Smith, Susan M., Virgilsen, Line Flytkjær, Rasmussen, Linda Aagaard, Fenger-Grøn, Morten, Healthcare fragmentation, multimorbidity, potentially inappropriate medication, and mortality: a Danish nationwide cohort study, BMC Medicine, 21, (1), 2023
Farzana Ferdous, Niamh Arthurs, Louise Tully, S. O"Brien, Susan M. Smith, Aisling Walsh, Clodagh O"Gorman, Grace O"Malley, Addressing child and adolescent obesity management in Ireland: identifying facilitators and barriers in clinical practice, Frontiers in Pediatrics, 11, 2023
Jonathan Stewart, Judy Bradley, Susan M. Smith, Joanne McPeake, Timothy Walsh, Kimberley Haines, Nina Leggett, Nigel Hart, Daniel F. McAuley, Do critical illness survivors with multimorbidity need a different model of care?, Critical Care, 27, (1), 2023
R. D. Murray, Melissa K. Sharp, Adriana Razidan, Ben Hibbitts, Máirín Ryan, Kamal R Mahtani, Rosarie Lynch, Susan M. Smith, Michelle O"Neill, Holger J. Schünemann, Pablo Alonso"Coello, Zachary Munn, Barbara Clyne, Investigating how the GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) framework is used in Clinical Guidelines: a scoping review protocol, HRB Open Research, 6, 2023, p50 - 50, p50-50
Madalina JÀger and Graziella Zangger and Alessio Bricca and Mette Dideriksen and Susan M. Smith and Julie Midtgaard and Rod S. Taylor and S{\o, Mapping interventional components and behavior change techniques used to promote self-management in people with multimorbidity: a scoping review, Health Psychology Review, 2023, p1--24
Caroline McCarthy and Michelle Flood and Barbara Clyne and Susan M. Smith and Emma Wallace and Fiona Boland and Frank Moriarty, Medication changes and potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients with significant polypharmacy, International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 45, (1), 2023, p191--200
Emer O'Brien and Seamus Duffy and Velma Harkins and Susan M Smith and Noirin O'Herlihy and Aisling Walsh and Barbara Clyne and Emma Wallace, A scoping review of evidence-based guidance and guidelines published by general practice professional organizations, Family Practice, 2023
Alessio Bricca and Susan M Smith and S{\o, Management of multimorbidity, Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 13, 2023, p263355652311566
McCarthy, Caroline, Flood, Michelle, Clyne, Barbara, Smith, Susan M., Boland, Fiona, Wallace, Emma, Moriarty, Frank, Association between patient attitudes towards deprescribing and subsequent prescription changes, Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 133, (6), 2023, p683-690
Sally Singh, Susan M. Smith, Frances S Mair, Rachael A. Evans, Paulina Daw, Colin Greaves, Sharon Simpson, Rod S Taylor, Rehabilitation outcomes for an exercise based multi-morbid rehabilitation programme " a survey of healthcare professionals, 01.02 - Rehabilitation and chronic care, 2023, pPA954 - PA954, pPA954-PA954
McCarthy, Caroline, Pericin, Ivana, Smith, Susan M, Moriarty, Frank, Clyne, Barbara, Recruiting general practitioners and older patients with multimorbidity to randomized trials, Family Practice, 40, (5-6), 2023, p810-819
Karen Cardwell, Joan Quigley, Barbara Clyne, Barrie Tyner, Marie Carrigan, Susan M. Smith, Rosarie Lynch, Claudine Hughes, Declan Bradley, M.E. Kinsella, Deirdre Holland, Máirín Ryan, Michelle O"Neill, Systematic review finds processes used internationally, to update clinical guidelines, lack consistency and detail, Evidence & Policy, 19, (4), 2023, p572 - 590, p572-590
Robin Murray, Richard Lynch, M O'Neill, Susan M. Smith, Kamal R Mahtani, Máirín Ryan, Barbara Clyne, M. Keith Sharp, Communicating evidence synthesis: co-designing summary formats with end users, European Journal of Public Health, 33, (Supplement_2), 2023
Sharp M.K, Forde Z, McGeown C, Oâ murchu E, Smith S.M, Oâ Neill M, Ryan M, Clyne B, Irish Media Coverage of COVID-19 Evidence-Based Research Reports From One National Agency, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11, (11), 2022, p2464 - 2475
Carty P.G, McCarthy M, Oâ Neill S.M, De Gascun C.F, Harrington P, Oâ Neill M, Smith S.M, Teljeur C, Ryan M, Laboratory-based testing for hepatitis C infection using dried blood spot samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy, Reviews in Medical Virology, 32, (4), 2022
Helen French, Joice Cunningham, Caitríona Cahir, Cathal Cadogan, Barbara Clyne, Finian Doyle, Jennifer Ryan, Susan M. Smith, Kathleen Bennett, PAIN MEDICATION USE IN OLDER IRISH ADULTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS FROM THE IRISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGEING (TILDA): A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 30, 2022, pS374 - S375, pS374-S375
Kiely B, Croke A, O'Shea M, Boland F, O'Shea E, Connolly D, Smith S, Effect of social prescribing link workers on health outcomes and costs for adults in primary care and community settings: a systematic review, BMJ Open, 2022
Carty P.G, Teljeur C, De Gascun C.F, Gillespie P, Harrington P, McCormick A, O'Neill M, Smith S.M, Ryan M, Another Step Toward Hepatitis C Elimination: An Economic Evaluation of an Irish National Birth Cohort Testing Program, Value in Health, 25, (12), 2022, p1947 - 1957
McCarthy C, Pericin I, Smith S.M, Kiely B, Moriarty F, Wallace E, Clyne B, Patient and general practitioner experiences of implementing a medication review intervention in older people with multimorbidity: Process evaluation of the SPPiRE trial, Health Expectations, 25, (6), 2022, p3225 - 3237
Caroline McCarthy and Barbara Clyne and Fiona Boland and Frank Moriarty and Michelle Flood and Emma Wallace and Susan M. Smith and, GP-delivered medication review of polypharmacy, deprescribing, and patient priorities in older people with multimorbidity in Irish primary care (SPPiRE Study): A cluster randomised controlled trial, PLOS Medicine, 19, (1), 2022, pe1003862
Paula Byrne, Maryanne Demasi, Mark Jones, Susan M. Smith, Kirsty O"Brien, Robert DuBroff, Evaluating the Association Between Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Reduction and Relative and Absolute Effects of Statin Treatment, JAMA Internal Medicine, 182, (5), 2022, p474 - 474, p474-474
Clyne B, Hynes L, Kirwan C, McGeehan M, Byrne P, Killilea M, Smith S.M, Ryan M, Collins C, O'Neill M, Wallace E, Murphy A.W, Kelly M.E, Perspectives on the production, and use, of rapid evidence in decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study, BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 28, (1), 2022, p48 - 57
Barbara Clyne, Barrie Tyner, Michelle O"Neill, Karen Elizabeth Jordan, Paul G. Carty, Mahdiye K. Phillips, Karen A. Power, Michael J. Turner, Susan M. Smith, Máirín Ryan, ADAPTE with modified Delphi supported developing a National Clinical Guideline: stratification of clinical risk in pregnancy, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 147, 2022, p21 - 31, p21-31
Aine Ryan and Susan M Smith and Vanda Cummins and Catriona Murphy and Rose Galvin, Development and feasibility of an inter-agency physical activity and education programme for adults with multimorbidity in primary care: Activ8, Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 12, 2022, p263355652211423
Melissa K. Sharp, Dayang Anis Binti Awang Baki, Joan Quigley, Barrie Tyner, Declan Devane, Kamal R Mahtani, Susan M. Smith, Michelle O"Neill, Máirín Ryan, Barbara Clyne, Additional file 3 of The effectiveness and acceptability of evidence synthesis summary formats for clinical guideline development groups: a mixed-methods systematic review, Figshare, 2022
Gillespie P, Hobbins A, O'Toole L, Connolly D, Boland F, Smith, S, Cost-effectiveness of an occupational therapy-led self-management support programme for multimorbidity in primary care, Family Practice, 2022
Larkin J, Moriarty F, McGuinness S, Finucane K, Fitzgerald K, Smith S.M, O'Mahony J.F, Variation of prescription drug prices in community pharmacies: A national cross-sectional study, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 18, (10), 2022, p3736 - 3743
Sharp M.K, Baki D.A.B.A, Quigley J, Tyner B, Devane D, Mahtani K.R, Smith S.M, Oâ Neill M, Ryan M, Clyne B, The effectiveness and acceptability of evidence synthesis summary formats for clinical guideline development groups: a mixed-methods systematic review, Implementation Science, 17, (1), 2022
Walsh K.A, Broderick N, Ahern S, Fawsitt C.G, Oâ Brien K.M, Carrigan M, Harrington P, Oâ Neill M, Smith S.M, Spillane S, Teljeur C, Ryan M, Effectiveness of rapid antigen testing for screening of asymptomatic individuals to limit the transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A rapid review, Reviews in Medical Virology, 32, (5), 2022
Prof Susan M Smith and James Larkin and Brendan Walsh and Frank Moriarty and Barbara Clyne and Patricia Harrington and Susan M Smith, What is the impact of multimorbidity on out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure among community-dwelling older adults in Ireland? A cross-sectional study, BMJ Open, 2022
Barbara Clyne, Karen Jordan, Susan Ahern, Kieran Walsh, Paula Byrne, Paul G. Carty, Linda Drummond, Kirsty O"Brien, Susan M. Smith, Patricia Harrington, Máirín Ryan, Michelle O"Neill, Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by children: a rapid review, 30 December 2019 to 10 August 2020, Eurosurveillance, 27, (5), 2022
Kirwan C, Hynes L, Hart N, Mulligan S, Leathem C, McQuillan L, Maxwell M, Carr E, Roche K, Walkin S, McCarthy C, Bradley C, Byrne M, Smith S.M, Hughes C, Corry M, Kearney P.M, McCarthy G, Cupples M, Gillespie P, Hobbins A, Newell J, Glynn L, Roshan D, Sinnott C, Murphy A.W, The multimorbidity collaborative medication review and decision making (MyComrade) study: a pilot cluster randomised trial in two healthcare systems, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8, (1), 2022
Hynes L, Murphy A.W, Hart N, Kirwan C, Mulligan S, Leathem C, McQuillan L, Maxwell M, Carr E, Walkin S, McCarthy C, Bradley C, Byrne M, Smith S.M, Hughes C, Corry M, Kearney P.M, McCarthy G, Cupples M, Gillespie P, Newell J, Glynn L, Alvarez-Iglesias A, Sinnott C, The MultimorbiditY COllaborative Medication Review And DEcision Making (MyComrade) study: a protocol for a cross-border pilot cluster randomised controlled trial, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8, (1), 2022
Tully L, Arthurs N, Wyse C, Browne S, Case L, McCrea L, Oâ Connell J.M, Oâ Gorman C.S, Smith S.M, Walsh A, Ward F, Oâ Malley G, Guidelines for treating child and adolescent obesity: A systematic review, Frontiers in Nutrition, 9, 2022
Karen Cardwell, Joan Quigley, Barbara Clyne, Barrie Tyner, Marie Carrigan, Susan Smith, Máirín Ryan, Michelle O'Neill, Processes for updating guidelines: protocol for a systematic review, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p116
James Larkin, Louise Foley, Susan M. Smith, Patricia Harrington, Barbara Clyne, The experience of financial burden for people with multimorbidity: A systematic review of qualitative research, Health Expectations, 24, (2), 2021, p282--295
Kieran Walsh, Barrie Tyner, Natasha Broderick, Patricia Harrington, Michelle O"Neill, Christopher G. Fawsitt, Karen Cardwell, Susan M. Smith, Máire A Connolly, Máirín Ryan, Effectiveness of public health measures to prevent the transmission of SARS"CoV"2 at mass gatherings: A rapid review, Reviews in Medical Virology, 32, (3), 2021
Stewart W Mercer and John Patterson and John P Robson and Susan M Smith and Elizabeth Walton and Graham Watt, The inverse care law and the potential of primary care in deprived areas, The Lancet, 397, (10276), 2021, p775--776
Joice Cunningham, Frank Doyle, Jennifer M. Ryan, Barbara Clyne, Cathal Cadogan, Elizabeth Cottrell, Susan M. Smith, Helen P. French, Primary care-based models of care for osteoarthritis: a scoping review protocol, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p48
Susan Smith, Emma Wallace, Barbara Clyne, Fiona Boland, Martin Fortin, Interventions for Improving Outcomes in Patients With Multimorbidity in Primary Care and Community Setting: A Systematic Review, 2021
Kiely B, O'Donnell P, Byers V, Boland, F, Smith S, Connolly D, O'Shea E, Clyne B., Protocol for a mixed methods process evaluation of the LinkMM randomised controlled trial "Use of link workers to provide social prescribing and health and social care coordination for people with complex multimorbidity in socially deprived areas, HRB OPen Research, 2021
James Larkin, Ivana Pericin, Maurice Collins, Susan M Smith, David Byrne, Frank Moriarty, GPs" perceptions of their relationship with the pharmaceutical industry: a qualitative study, BJGP Open, 2021, pBJGPO.2021.0057
Barbara Clyne, Kieran A. Walsh, Eamon O'Murchu, Melissa K. Sharp, Laura Comber, Kirsty K O" Brien, Susan M. Smith, Patricia Harrington, Michelle O'Neill, Conor Teljeur, Máirín Ryan, Using preprints in evidence synthesis: Commentary on experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2021
Sinéad M. O"Neill, Miriam Bell, Avilene Casey, Brendan Leen, Barbara Clyne, Barrie Tyner, Susan M. Smith, Peter J. Watkinson, Michelle O"Neill, Máirín Ryan, COMMENTARY: Is a Change from the National Early Warning System (NEWS) Warranted in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Conditions?, COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 18, (2), 2021, p129--132
Karen Cardwell, Sinéad M. O"Neill, Barrie Tyner, Natasha Broderick, Kirsty O"Brien, Susan M. Smith, Patricia Harrington, Máirín Ryan, Michelle O"Neill, A rapid review of measures to support people in isolation or quarantine during the Covid"19 pandemic and the effectiveness of such measures, Reviews in Medical Virology, 32, (1), 2021
Fiona Riordan, Aileen Murphy, Christina Dillon, John Browne, Patricia M Kearney, Susan M Smith, Sheena M McHugh, Feasibility of a multifaceted implementation intervention to improve attendance at diabetic retinopathy screening in primary care in Ireland: a cluster randomised pilot trial, BMJ Open, 11, (10), 2021, pe051951
Emer O'Brien, Barbara Clyne, Susan M. Smith, Noirin O'Herlihy, Velma Harkins, Emma Wallace, A scoping review protocol of evidence-based guidance published by general practitioner professional organisations, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p53
Lynn O'Toole and Deidre Connolly and Fiona Boland and Susan M Smith, Effect of the OPTIMAL programme on self-management of multimorbidity in primary care: a randomised controlled trial, British Journal of General Practice, 71, (705), 2021, pe303--e311
Fiona Riordan, Katie Murphy, Colin Bradley, Patricia M. Kearney, Susan M. Smith, Sheena M. McHugh, Acceptability and feasibility of conducting a pilot trial in Irish primary care: lessons from the IDEAs study, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p73
Susan M. Smith, Emma Wallace, Barbara Clyne, Fiona Boland, Martin Fortin, Interventions for improving outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community setting: a systematic review, Systematic Reviews, 10, (1), 2021
Emer O'Brien, Barbara Clyne, Susan M. Smith, Noirin O'Herlihy, Velma Harkins, Emma Wallace, A scoping review protocol of evidence-based guidance and guidelines published by general practitioner professional organisations, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p53
Kieran Walsh, T Plunkett, Kelly K. O"Brien, Conor Teljeur, Susan M. Smith, Patricia Harrington, Máirín Ryan, The relationship between procedural volume and patient outcomes for percutaneous coronary interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis [version 1; peer review: 2 approved], HRB Open Research, 4, 2021
Kiely B, Connolly D, Clyne B, Boland F, O'Donnell P, Shea EO, Smith SM, Primary care-based link workers providing social prescribing to improve health and social care outcomes for people with multimorbidity in socially deprived areas (the LinkMM trial): Pilot study for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial., Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 11, 2021, p1 - 11
Raymond O'Connor, Patrick J. Murphy, Michael E. O'Callaghan, Susan M. Smith, Liam Glynn, Claire Collins, Rory O'Driscoll, Andrew W. Murphy, Development of a primary care research network focused on chronic disease: a feasibility study for both practices and research networks, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p89
Kieran A. Walsh, Thomas Plunkett, Kirsty K. O'Brien, Conor Teljeur, Susan M. Smith, Patricia Harrington, Máirín Ryan, The relationship between procedural volume and patient outcomes for percutaneous coronary interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p10
Louise Foley, Bridget Kiely, Aisling Croke, James Larkin, Susan M Smith, Barbara Clyne, Maria Pierce, Edel Murphy, A protocol for the evaluation of the process and impact of embedding formal and experiential Public and Patient Involvement training in a structured PhD programme, Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 11, 2021, p263355652110247
de Blacam C., Baylis A.L., Kirschner R.E., Smith S., Sell D., Sie K.C.Y., Harris H.E., Orr D.J.A., Core Outcome Set for Reporting Outcomes of Interventions for Velopharyngeal Dysfunction: Final Results of the COS-VPD Initiative, Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 2021
Melissa K. Sharp, Barrie Tyner, Dayang Anis Binti Awang Baki, Cormac Farrell, Declan Devane, Kamal R. Mahtani, Susan M. Smith, Michelle O'Neill, Máirín Ryan, Barbara Clyne, Evidence synthesis summary formats for clinical guideline development group members: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p76 - 76
Croke A, Moriarty F, Boland F, McCullagh L, Cardwell K, Smith SM, Clyne B., Integrating clinical pharmacists within general practice: protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial., BMJ Open, 11, (3), 2021, pe041541
Anders Prior, Claus Høstrup Vestergaard, Anette Riisgaard Ribe, Annelli Sandbæk, Flemming Bro, Peter Vedsted, Susan Smith, Mogens Vestergaard, Morten Fenger-Grøn, Chronic care services and variation between Danish general practices: a nationwide cohort study, British Journal of General Practice, 2021, pBJGP.2021.0419
Karen Cardwell, Éamon Ó Murchú, Paula Byrne, Natasha Broderick, Kieran Walsh, Sinéad M. O"Neill, Susan M. Smith, Patricia Harrington, Máirín Ryan, Michelle O"Neill, Pharmacological interventions to prevent Covid"19 disease: A rapid review, Reviews in Medical Virology, 32, (3), 2021
Kiely B, Clyne B, Boland F, Connolly D, O'Shea E, Smith s., Link workers providing social prescribing and health and social care coordination for people with multimorbidity in socially deprived areas (the LinkMM trial): protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial, BMJ Open, 2021
Karen Kyne, Caroline McCarthy, Bridget Kiely, Susan M. Smith, Barbara Clyne, Study protocol for a process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy in patients with multimorbidity in Irish primary care (SPPiRE), HRB Open Research, 2, 2020, p20
James Larkin, Louise Foley, Susan M. Smith, Patricia Harrington, Barbara Clyne, The experience of financial burden for patients with multimorbidity: A protocol for a systematic review of qualitative research, HRB Open Research, 2, 2020, p16
Bricca A, Harris LK, Saracutu M, Smith SM, Juhl CB, Skou ST, The benefits and harms of therapeutic exercise on physical and psychosocial outcomes in people with multimorbidity: Protocol for a systematic review., Journal of comorbidity, 2020
Comber L, O Murchu E, Drummond L, Carty PG, Walsh KA, De Gascun CF, Connolly MA, Smith SM, O'Neill M, Ryan M, Harrington P, Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via aerosols., Reviews in medical virology, 2020
Bricca A, Harris LK, Jäger M, Smith SM, Juhl CB, Skou ST, Benefits and harms of exercise therapy in people with multimorbidity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials., Ageing research reviews, 2020
Kieran A. Walsh and Susan Spillane and Laura Comber and Karen Cardwell and Patricia Harrington and Jeff Connell and Conor Teljeur and Natasha Broderick and Cillian F. de Gascun and Susan M. Smith and M{\'{a, The duration of infectiousness of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2, Journal of Infection, 2020
Paula Byrne and {\'{O, A qualitative exploration of the prescribing and use of statins in asymptomatic people in Ireland: A case of medicalisation, biomedicalisation and pharmaceuticalisation, Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 2020, p136345932094606
Karen Cardwell, Karen Jordan, Paula Byrne, Susan M. Smith, Patricia Harrington, Máirín Ryan, Michelle O"Neill, The effectiveness of non"contact thermal screening as a means of identifying cases of Covid"19: a rapid review of the evidence, Reviews in Medical Virology, 31, (4), 2020
Paul G. Carty, Michael McCarthy, Sinead O"Neill, Patricia Harrington, Michelle O"Neill, Conor Teljeur, Susan M. Smith, Máirín Ryan, Laboratory-based dried blood spot testing for hepatitis C: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy, HRB Open Research, 3, 2020, p78
Comber L, Walsh KA, Jordan K, O'Brien KK, Clyne B, Teljeur C, Drummond L, Carty PG, De Gascun CF, Smith SM, Harrington P, Ryan M, O'Neill M, Alternative clinical specimens for the detection of SARS-CoV-2: A rapid review., Reviews in medical virology, 2020
Riordan F, Racine E, Smith SM, Murphy A, Browne J, Kearney PM, Bradley C, James M, Murphy M, McHugh SM, Feasibility of an implementation intervention to increase attendance at diabetic retinopathy screening: protocol for a cluster randomised pilot trial., Pilot and feasibility studies, 2020
Riordan F, Racine E, Phillip ET, Bradley C, Lorencatto F, Murphy M, Murphy A, Browne J, Smith SM, Kearney PM, McHugh SM, Correction to: Development of an intervention to facilitate implementation and uptake of diabetic retinopathy screening., Implementation science : IS, 2020
Bricca A, Harris LK, Jäger M, Smith SM, Juhl CB, Skou ST, Corrigendum to "Benefits and harms of exercise therapy in people with multimorbidity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials" [Ageing Res. Rev. 63C (2020) 101166]., Ageing research reviews, 2020
de Blacam C, Baylis AL, Kirschner RE, Smith SM, Sell D, Sie KCY, Harris HE, Orr DJA, Protocol for the development of a core outcome set for reporting outcomes of management of velopharyngeal dysfunction., BMJ open, 2020
Barbara Clyne and Fiona Boland and Norah Murphy and Edel Murphy and Frank Moriarty and Alan Barry and Emma Wallace and Tatyana Devine and Susan M. Smith and Declan Devane and Andrew Murphy and Tom Fahey, Quality, scope and reporting standards of randomised controlled trials in Irish Health Research: an observational study, Trials, 21, (1), 2020, p494
Daniela Rohde, Susan Ahern, Barbara Clyne, Laura Comber, Susan Spillane, Kieran A. Walsh, Paul G. Carty, Linda Drummond, Tina Boland, Susan M. Smith, Máire A. Connolly, Patricia Harrington, Máirín Ryan, Michelle O'Neill, Effectiveness of face masks worn in community settings at reducing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A rapid review, HRB Open Research, 3, 2020, p76
Kieran A. Walsh and Karen Jordan and Barbara Clyne and Daniela Rohde and Linda Drummond and Paula Byrne and Susan Ahern and Paul G. Carty and Kirsty K. O{\textquotesingle, SARS-CoV-2 detection, viral load and infectivity over the course of an infection, Journal of Infection, 81, (3), 2020, p357--371
McCarthy C, Moriarty F, Wallace E, Smith SM, Barbara Clyne for the SPPiRE Study Team, The evolution of an evidence based intervention designed to improve prescribing and reduce polypharmacy in older people with multimorbidity and significant polypharmacy in primary care (SPPiRE)., Journal of comorbidity, 2020
Byrne P, Cullinan J, Mintzes B, Smith SM, UK deal over inclisiran., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2020
Kiely B, Croke A, O'Shea E, Connolly D, Smith S., Effectiveness of link workers providing social prescribing on health outcomes and costs for adult patients in primary care and community settings. A protocol for a systematic review of the literature, HRB Open Research, 2, (21), 2020
O Murchu E, Byrne P, Walsh KA, Carty PG, Connolly M, De Gascun C, Jordan K, Keoghan M, O'Brien KK, O'Neill M, Smith SM, Teljeur C, Ryan M, Harrington P, Immune response following infection with SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses: A rapid review., Reviews in medical virology, 2020
James, O., Cardwell, K., Moriarty, F., M Smith, S., Clyne, B., Barry, M., Boland, F., Clarke, S., Finnigan, K., Daly, M., McCullagh, L., Wallace, E., Kirke, C., Bradley, C., Gallagher, P., Murphy, E., Byrne, A.M.P., Croke, A., Fahey, T., Pharmacists in general practice: A qualitative process evaluation of the General Practice Pharmacist (GPP) study, Family Practice, 37, (5), 2020, p711-718
Murphy ME, McSharry J, Byrne M, Boland F, Corrigan D, Gillespie P, Fahey T, Smith SM, Supporting care for suboptimally controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus in general practice with a clinical decision support system: a mixed methods pilot cluster randomised trial., BMJ open, 2020
, Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: An overview of systematic reviews, BMJ Open, 2019
, The association between pharmacy refill-adherence metrics and healthcare utilisation: a prospective cohort study of older hypertensive adults, International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 2019
Byrne P, Cullinan J, Smith SM, Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2019
Paula Byrne, Órla O"Donovan, Susan M Smith, John Cullinan, Medicalisation, risk and the use of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a scoping review of the literature, Health, Risk & Society, 21, (7-8), 2019, p390--406
, Barriers and facilitators to attendance at Type 2 diabetes structured education programmes: a qualitative study of educators and attendees, Diabetic Medicine, 2019
Steve Thomas, Conor Foley, Bridget Kane, Bridget M. Johnston , Brenda Lynch, Susan Smith, Orla Healy , Elsa Droog, John Browne, Variation in resource allocation in urgent and emergency Care Systems in Ireland., BMC Health Serv Res, 19, (657), 2019, p1-11
, Medication monitoring attitudes and perceived determinants to offering medication adherence advice to older hypertensive adults: a factorial survey of community pharmacy interns, International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 2019
Clyne B, O'Neill SM, Nuzum D, O'Neill M, Larkin J, Ryan M, Smith SM, Patients' spirituality perspectives at the end of life: a qualitative evidence synthesis., BMJ supportive & palliative care, 2019
Karen Cardwell, Susan M. Smith, Barbara Clyne, Laura McCullagh, Emma Wallace, Ciara Kirke, Tom Fahey, Frank Moriarty, Data and code: Evaluation of the General Practice Pharmacist (GPP) intervention to optimise prescribing in Irish primary care: a non"randomised pilot study, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 2019
, Evidence supporting the best clinical management of patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: a systematic guideline review and expert consensus, Journal of Internal Medicine, 2019
, Predicting poorer health outcomes in older community-dwelling patients with multimorbidity: Prospective cohort study assessing the accuracy of different multimorbidity definitions, BMJ Open, 2019
, Association between gaps in antihypertensive medication adherence and injurious falls in older community-dwelling adults: A prospective cohort study, BMJ Open, 2019
, Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: Modelling guidelines and patient preferences based on an Irish cohort, British Journal of General Practice, 2019
, Medical Student Perceptions of the Value of Learning Psychiatry in Primary Care Settings in Penang, Malaysia, Academic Psychiatry, 2019
, Predictors of adverse outcomes in uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infections, Annals of Family Medicine, 2019
Karen Cardwell, Susan M Smith, Barbara Clyne, Laura McCullagh, Emma Wallace, Ciara Kirke, Tom Fahey, Frank Moriarty, Evaluation of the General Practice Pharmacist (GPP) intervention to optimise prescribing in Irish primary care: a non-randomised pilot study, 2019
, Managing multimorbidity in primary care, CMAJ, 2019
Dillon P, McDowell R, Smith SM, Gallagher P, Cousins G, Determinants of intentions to monitor antihypertensive medication adherence in Irish community pharmacy: a factorial survey., BMC family practice, 2019
, A Best Evidence in Medical Education systematic review to determine the most effective teaching methods that develop reflection in medical students: BEME Guide No. 51, Medical Teacher, 2019
, What is the impact of physical activity and physical function on the development of multimorbidity in older adults over time? A population-based cohort study, Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 2018
Rankin A, Cadogan C.A, Ryan C, Clyne B, Smith S.M, Hughes C.M, Core Outcome Set for Trials Aimed at Improving the Appropriateness of Polypharmacy in Older People in Primary Care, 2018
, Patient reported health status and all-cause mortality in patients with coronary heart disease, Family Practice, 2018
, Cross-sectional analysis of the prevalence and predictors of statin utilisation in Ireland with a focus on primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, BMJ Open, 2018
, Group-Based Trajectory Models: Assessing Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication in Older Adults in a Community Pharmacy Setting, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2018
, Family-based interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018
, Assessing the multidimensional relationship between medication beliefs and adherence in older adults with hypertension using polynomial regression, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2018
, The PIPc Study - Application of indicators of potentially inappropriate prescribing in children (PIPc) to a national prescribing database in Ireland: A cross-sectional prevalence study, BMJ Open, 2018
, Clinical pharmacists working within family practice: What is the evidence?, Family Practice, 2018
, Impact of financial burden, resulting from prescription co-payments, on antihypertensive medication adherence in an older publically insured population, BMC Public Health, 2018
Audrey Rankin, Cathal Cadogan, Cristín Ryan, Barbara Clyne, Susan M. Smith, Carmel Hughes, Development of a core outcome set for use in interventions aimed at improving appropriate polypharmacy in older people in primary care, International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 26, 2018, p6 - 7, p6-7
, Does patient self-management education of primary care professionals improve patient outcomes: A systematic review, BMC Family Practice, 2018
Cardwell K, Clyne B, Moriarty F, Wallace E, Fahey T, Boland F, McCullagh L, Clarke S, Finnigan K, Daly M , Barry M, Smith, S , Supporting prescribing in Irish primary care: Protocol for a non-randomised pilot study of a general practice pharmacist (GPP) intervention to optimise prescribing in primary care., Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4, (122), 2018
Wallace E, Moriarty F, McGarrigle C, Smith SM, Kenny RA, Fahey T., Self-report versus electronic medical record recorded healthcare utilisation in older community-dwelling adults: Comparison of two prospective cohort studies., PloS one, 13, (10), 2018, pe0206201
, A core outcome set for multimorbidity research (COSmm), Annals of Family Medicine, 2018
de Blacam C, Smith S, Orr D., Surgery for Velopharyngeal Dysfunction: A Systematic Review of Interventions and Outcomes., The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 55, (3), 2018, p405-422
, Impact of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing on Adverse Drug Events, Health Related Quality of Life and Emergency Hospital Attendance in Older People Attending General Practice: A Prospective Cohort Study, The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2017
, Predictors of pneumonia in lower respiratory tract infections: 3C prospective cough complication cohort study, The European respiratory journal, 2017
, Reducing potentially inappropriate prescribing for older people in primary care: Cost-effectiveness of the opti-script intervention, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2017
, Long-term cost effectiveness of cardiac secondary prevention in primary care in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, European Journal of Health Economics, 2017
, Improving risk factor management for patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of healthcare interventions in primary care and community settings, BMJ Open, 2017
, Clinical-effectiveness of self-management interventions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An overview of reviews, Chronic Respiratory Disease, 2017
, Development of a complex intervention to promote appropriate prescribing and medication intensification in poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus in Irish general practice, Implementation Science, 2017
, Supporting prescribing in older people with multimorbidity and significant polypharmacy in primary care (SPPiRE): A cluster randomised controlled trial protocol and pilot, Implementation Science, 2017
, Editor's Choice: Adverse outcomes in older adults attending emergency departments: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the identification of Seniors at risk (ISAR) screening tool, Age and Ageing, 2017
, Antibiotic prescription strategies and adverse outcome for uncomplicated lower respiratory tract infections: Prospective cough complication cohort (3C) study, BMJ (Online), 2017
, External validation of the Vulnerable Elder's Survey for predicting mortality and emergency admission in older community-dwelling people: a prospective cohort study, BMC Geriatrics, 2017
, Beliefs about prescribed medication among older patients with polypharmacy: A mixed methods study in primary care, British Journal of General Practice, 2017
Susan M Smith , Gráinne Cousins , Barbara Clyne , Shane Allwright and Tom O'Dowd , Shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in management of long term conditions, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, February, 2017
, Geographical variation in anti-diabetic prescribing in Ireland in 2013 and 2014: A cross-sectional analysis, Family Practice, 2017
, Compassion in Family Practice: Do we need to go there?, Family Practice, 2017
, External validation of the Probability of repeated admission (Pra) risk prediction tool in older community-dwelling people attending general practice: A prospective cohort study, BMJ Open, 2016
, Antiviral agents for infectious mononucleosis (glandular fever), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016
, Reducing emergency admissions through community based interventions, BMJ (Online), 2016
, Comparison of count-based multimorbidity measures in predicting emergency admission and functional decline in older community-dwelling adults: a prospective cohort study, BMJ open, 2016
Murphy L.A, Teljeur C, Moran P.S, Harrington P, Ryan M, Williams D, Foley D.P, Smith S.M, Left atrial appendage closure versus oral anticoagulation for preventing stroke in people with atrial fibrillation, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016, (10), 2016
, A process evaluation of a cluster randomised trial to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care (OPTI-SCRIPT study), Trials, 2016
Moran P.S, Teljeur C, Ryan M, Smith S.M, Systematic screening for the detection of atrial fibrillation, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016, (6), 2016
Moran P., Moran P., Teljeur C., Teljeur C., Harrington P., Smith S., Smyth B., Harbison J., Normand C., Ryan M., Ryan M., Cost-Effectiveness of a National Opportunistic Screening Program for Atrial Fibrillation in Ireland, Value in Health, 19, (8), 2016, p985-995
Cooper JA, Moriarty F, Ryan C, Smith SM, Bennett K, Fahey T, Wallace E, Cahir C, Williams D, Teeling M, Hughes CM., Potentially inappropriate prescribing in two populations with differing socio-economic profiles: a cross-sectional database study using the PROMPT criteria., European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 72, (5), 2016, p583 - 591
, PIPc study: Development of indicators of potentially inappropriate prescribing in children (PIPc) in primary care using a modified Delphi technique, BMJ Open, 2016
, A comparison of medical records and patient questionnaires as sources for the estimation of costs within research studies and the implications for economic evaluation, Family Practice, 2016
Teljeur C, Moran P.S, Walshe S, Smith S.M, Cianci F, Murphy L, Harrington P, Ryan M, Economic evaluation of chronic disease self-management for people with diabetes: A systematic review, Diabetic Medicine, 2016
, Impact analysis studies of clinical prediction rules relevant to primary care: A systematic review, BMJ Open, 2016
, Interventions to Address Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2016
, Interventions for improving outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016
, 'Potentially inappropriate or specifically appropriate?' Qualitative evaluation of general practitioners views on prescribing, polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people, BMC Family Practice, 2016
, Utility of electronic international register of clinical prediction rules relevant to primary care, Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2016
, Sustained effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients in primary care (OPTI-SCRIPT study), Implementation Science, 2016
Donohoe, G., Rose, E., Morris, D., Authors' reply, The British Journal of Psychiatry, 206, (4), 2015, p344-
, Six-year follow-up of the SPHERE RCT: Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice, BMJ Open, 2015
Garvey J, Connolly D, Boland S, Smith S., OPTIMAL, an occupational therapy led self-management support programme for people with multimorbidity in primary care: a randomized controlled trial, BMC Family Practice, 2015, p1 - 11
, Managing patients with multimorbidity in primary care, BMJ (Online), 2015
, Potentially inappropriate prescribing in children, Family Practice, 2015
, Antiviral agents for infectious mononucleosis (glandular fever), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015
, Multimorbidity and functional decline in community-dwelling adults: A systematic review, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2015
, Prevalence of prescribing in pregnancy using the Irish primary care research network: A pilot study, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2015
, Caring for people with multiple chronic conditions, Preventing Chronic Disease, 2015
, Primary care organisational interventions for secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease: A systematic review and meta-Analysis, British Journal of General Practice, 2015
, Effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients in primary care: A cluster-randomized controlled trial (OPTI-SCRIPT study), Annals of Family Medicine, 2015
, Trends and interaction of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing in primary care over 15 years in Ireland: A repeated cross-sectional study, BMJ Open, 2015
Romero-Ortuno R, Frailty in Primary Care., Interdisciplinary topics in gerontology and geriatrics, 41, 2015, p85-94
Grimes RT, Bennett K, Tilson L, Usher C, Smith SM, Henman MC, Initial therapy, persistence and regimen change in a cohort of newly treated type 2 diabetes patients, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 79, (6), 2015, p1000 - 1009
, Retraction of statins article is not in the public interest: Better characterisation of benefits and risks is crucial, BMJ (Online), 2014
Galvin R, Moriarty F, Cousins G, Cahir C, Motterlini N, Bradley M, Hughes CM, Bennett K, Smith SM, Fahey T, Kenny RA, Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing and prescribing omissions in older Irish adults: findings from The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing study (TILDA)., European journal of clinical pharmacology, 70, (5), 2014, p599-606
, Translating policy into practice: A case study in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, Health Expectations, 2014
Cooper JA, Ryan C, Smith SM, Wallace E, Bennett K, Cahir C, Williams D, Teeling M, Fahey T, Hughes CM; (The PROMPT Steering Group) , The development of the PROMPT (PRescribing Optimally in Middle-aged People's Treatments) criteria., BMC Health Services Research, 14, 2014, p13
, Developing an international register of clinical prediction rules for use in primary care: A descriptive analysis, Annals of Family Medicine, 2014
, Using Postal questionnaires to evaluate physical activity and diet behaviour change: Case Study exploring implications of valid responder characteristics in interpreting intervention outcomes, BMC Research Notes, 2014
, Computer-based clinical decision support for general practitioners, Family Practice, 2014
, Risk Prediction models to predict emergency hospital admission in community-dwelling adults: A systematic review, Medical Care, 2014
, Family based interventions for type 2 diabetes mellitus, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014
, Patient generated "frequently asked questions": Identifying informational needs in a RCT of peer support in type 2 diabetes, Primary Care Diabetes, 2013
, Adverse outcomes in older adults attending emergency department: Systematic review and meta-analysis of the Triage Risk Stratification Tool, European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013
, Cochrane review: behavioural and cognitive-behavioural group-based parenting programmes for early-onset conduct problems in children aged 3 to 12 years (Review)., Evidence-based child health : a Cochrane review journal, 2013
Teljeur, C., Smith, SM, Paul, G., Kelly, A., O'Dowd, T., Multimorbidity in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes, European Journal of General Practice, 19, 2013, p17 - 22
O'Toole L, Connolly D, Smith S., Impact of an occupation-based self-management programme on chronic disease management., Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 60, 2013, p30 - 38
, The epidemiology of malpractice claims in primary care: A systematic review, BMJ Open, 2013
, Addressing potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients: Development and pilot study of an intervention in primary care (the OPTI-SCRIPT study), BMC Health Services Research, 2013
, Implementing a peer-support intervention for people with type 2 diabetes: A qualitative study, Family Practice, 2013
Gallagher N, Bennett K, Smith SM, O'Reilly D, Impact of two different health systems on the burden of type 2 diabetes, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 2013
, Do practitioners and friends support patients with coronary heart disease in lifestyle change? a qualitative study, BMC Family Practice, 2013
Wallace E, Hinchey T, Dimitrov BD, Bennett K, Fahey T, Smith SM, A systematic review of the probability of repeated admission score in community-dwelling adults, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61, (3), 2013, p357 - 364
, Cochrane reviews: Relevant more than ever, British Journal of General Practice, 2013
Moran P.S, Flattery M.J, Teljeur C, Ryan M, Smith S.M, Effectiveness of systematic screening for the detection of atrial fibrillation., The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 4, 2013
, Effectiveness of medicines review with web-based pharmaceutical treatment algorithms in reducing potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care: a cluster randomized trial (OPTI-SCRIPT study protocol)., Trials, 2013
Connolly, D. O'Toole, L, Redmond, P., Smith, S., Managing fatigue in patients with chronic conditions in primary care, BMC Family Practice, 30, 2013, p123 - 124
Emma Wallace, Tim Hinchey, Borislav D. Dimitrov, Kathleen Bennett, Tom Fahey, Susan M. Smith, A Systematic Review of the Probability of Repeated Admission Score in Community"Dwelling Adults, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61, (3), 2013, p357 - 364, p357-364
Tadhg Stapleton, S Moriarty, Tara Cusack, Breon White, M. Casey, Keith M. Smart, Ashley R. Poynton, Catherine Doody, Patricia Gillivan"Murphy, Paul Carding, Nick Miller, Aoife Stephenson, Catherine Blake, Malachi McKenna, Susan van der Kamp, Caitríona Cunningham, Oliver FitzGerald, Ulrik McCarthy Persson, Marie Guidon, Hannah McGee, Kieran O"Sullivan, Peter O"Sullivan, Leonard O"Sullivan, Wim Dankaerts, Sara Hayes, Claire Donnellan, Emma Stokes, Sophie Doyle, Deirdre Hurley-Osing, Xiaoli Huang, Helen French, Caitríona Fingleton, Catherine Doody, Gillian McHugh, Alison Warren, Amanda M. Clifford, Cillan Condon, Katie Cremin, Edel Cronin, Katherine Doyle, Hayley A. Hamilton, Sue O"Sullivan, Siobhan Gilligan, Fiona Rothwell, Keith O"Connor, Louise O"Leary, Klara Anderson, A. Egan, Roisin O"Grady, Julia A. O"Rourke, Rónán Collins, Brian Condon, David Twoomey, Sinéad E. Delahunty, Eamonn Delahunt, Catherine Blake, Lynn O"Toole, Deirdre Connolly, Susan M. Smith, A Curley, Fiachra Macleid, Edwenia O"Malley, Siobhan Magner, John Murphy, Catherine Blake, Claire Hickey, Eamonn Delahunt, Michael Walsh, Timothy O"Brien, Diarmaid Fitzgerald, Marcin Uszynski, Aidan Larkin, David C. Sands, Sheila Sheridan, Marie T. Killeen, Carmel Burke, Susan Coote, Rachel Collins, Gemma Garvey, Deirdre Connolly, Jamie Sheehy, Clare O"Sullivan, Olukayode Balogun, Maura Moran, Carole Murphy, Peter Ward, Eileen Reilly, Mairead Traynor, Melissa Chavira, Eimear Ring, Miriam Mullaney, Siobhan Twomey, Claire E. Trotter, Lucinda Edge, Mohammed Atham, Laura Fitzharris, Conor Mc Nally, Michelle J. S. Spencer, Barry Kehoe, Joanne Dowds, Abstracts of the Rehabilitation and Therapy Research Society Eighth Annual Conference, Physical Therapy Reviews, 18, (1), 2013, p58 - 77, p58-77
, Interventions for improving outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012
Smith SS, Soubhi H, Fortin M, Hudon C, O'Dowd T, Managing patients with multimorbidity : systematic review of interventions in primary care and community settings, British Medical Journal, 345, (e5205), 2012, p1 - 10
, Variation in medical practice: Getting the balance right, Family Practice, 2012
Aronin, L., Singleton, D., Multilingualism, Amsterdam, John Benjamins, 2012, 1-230pp
Furlong, M., McGilloway, S., Bywater, T., Hutchings, J., Smith, S.M., Donnelly, M., Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural group-based parenting programmes for early-onset conduct problems in children aged 3 to 12 years., Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), 2, 2012
Paddy Gillespie, Eamon O"Shea, Gillian Paul, Tom O"Dowd, Susan M. Smith, COST EFFECTIVENESS OF PEER SUPPORT FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 28, (1), 2012, p3 - 11, p3-11
, Cost effectiveness of peer support for type 2 diabetes, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2012
Smith, S.M., Soubhi, H., Fortin, M., Hudon, C., O'Dowd, T., Interventions for improving outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings., Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), 4, 2012
, Relative cost effectiveness of the SPHERE intervention in selected patient subgroups with existing coronary heart disease, European Journal of Health Economics, 2012
, Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural group-based parenting programmes for early-onset conduct problems in children aged 3 to 12 years., Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), 2012
, Systematic review of the effect of diet and exercise lifestyle interventions in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, Cardiology Research and Practice, 2011
Smith, S., Paul, G., Kelly, A., Whitford, D., O'Shea, E., O'Dowd, T., Peer support for tyoe 2 diabetes: a cluster randomised controlled trial, British Medical Journal, 342, 2011
Smith SM, Paul G, Kelly A, Whitford DL, O'Shea E, O'Dowd T, Peer support for patients with type 2 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 342, 2011, pd715
, Optimized retrieval of primary care clinical prediction rules from MEDLINE to establish a web-based register, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2011
, Framework for the impact analysis and implementation of Clinical Prediction Rules (CPRs), BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2011
O'Kelly, Smith SM, Lane S, Teljeur C, O'Dowd T, Chronic respiratory disease and multimorbidity: Prevalence and impact in a general practice setting , Respiratory Medicine, 105, 2011, p236 - 242
Keogh KM, Smith SM, White P, McGilloway S, Kelly A, Gibney J, O'Dowd T, Psychological family intervention for poorly controlled type 2 diabetes., The American journal of managed care, 17, (2), 2011, p105-13
, GPs' and pharmacists' experiences of managing multimorbidity: A 'Pandora's box', British Journal of General Practice, 2010
Furlong M, McGilloway S, Bywater T, Hutchings J, Donnelly M, Smith SM, et al. , Behavioural/cognitive-behavioural group-based parenting interventions for children age 3-12 with early onset conduct pr, Cochrane database of Systematic Reviews (Protocol), 1, 2010
Glynn L, Murphy A, Smith S, Schroeder K, Fahey T. , nterventions used to improve control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2010, (3), 2010
Buckley B, Byrne M, Smith SM., Service organisation for the secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease in primary care., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (3), 2010
, 'The real deal': A feasibility study of peer-led sex education for early school leavers, European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, 2010
, Interventions used to improve control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension., Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), 2010
, Self-monitoring and other non-pharmacological interventions to improve the management of hypertension in primary care: A systematic review, British Journal of General Practice, 2010
Glynn, L.G., Murphy, A.W., Smith, S.M., Schroeder, K., Fahey, T., Interventions used to improve control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension., Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), 3, 2010
, The cost-effectiveness of the SPHERE intervention for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2010
Leathem CS, Cupples ME, Byrne MC, Byrne M, Corrigan M, Smith SM, et al., Using the opinions of coronary heart disease patients in designing a health education booklet for use in general practice consultations., Primary Health Care Research & Development, 10, 2009, p189 - 199
Susan M. Smith, Knut Schroeder, Tom Fahey, Summary of `Over"the"counter medications for acute cough in children and adults in ambulatory settings", including tables of key findings and quality of included trials, Evidence-Based Child Health A Cochrane Review Journal, 4, (1), 2009, p96 - 99, p96-99
Susan M. Smith, Knut Schroeder, Tom Fahey, Cochrane review: Over"the"counter medications for acute cough in children and adults in ambulatory settings, Evidence-Based Child Health A Cochrane Review Journal, 4, (1), 2009, p65 - 95, p65-95
Murphy AW, Cupples M, Smith SM, Byrne M, Byrne M, Newell J, et al., Effect of tailored practice and patient care plans on secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: cluster randomised controlled trial., British Medical Journal, 339, (Oct29_4), 2009, pb4220-
P White P, SM Smith, D Hevey, T O'Dowd. , Understanding Type 2 Diabetes: Including the Family Member's Perspective. The Diabetes Educator. 2009 September 1, 2009;35(5):810-7., The Diabetes Educator., 35, (5), 2009, p810 - 817
White P, Smith SM, Hevey D, O'Dowd T, Understanding type 2 diabetes: including the family member's perspective., The Diabetes educator, 35, (5), 2009, p810 - 817
Leathem CS, Cupples ME, Byrne MC, O'Malley M, Houlihan A, Murphy AW, Smith SM, Identifying strategies to maximise recruitment and retention of practices and patients in a multicentre randomised controlled trial of an intervention to optimise secondary prevention for coronary heart disease in primary care., BMC Medical Research Methodology, 9, (40), 2009
SM Smith, T Fahey, J Smucny, LA Becker, Antibiotics foracute bronchitis (Review), The Cochrane Collaboration, 0, (1), 2009, p1 - 56
SW Mercer, SM Smith, S Wyke, T O'Dowd, G Watt, Multimorbidity in primary care: developing the research agenda, Family Practice, 26, 2009, p79 - 80
ME Cupples, MC Byrne, SM Smith, CS Leathem, AW Murphy, Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in different primary healthcare systems with and without pay-for-performance, Heart, 2008, p1 - 6
Smith S, Henman M, Schroeder K, Fahey T, Over-the-counter cough medicines in children: neither safe or efficacious?, British Journal of General Practice, 58, (556), 2008, p757 - 758
Smith S.M., Ferede A. and O'Dowd T., Multimorbidity in younger deprived patients: an exploratory study of research and service implications in general practice, BMC Family Practice , 9, (6), 2008
Smith, S.M , Allwright, S. , O'Dowd, T., Does sharing care across the primary-specialty interface improve outcomes in chronic disease? A systematic review, American Journal of Managed Care , 14, (4), 2008, p213-224
ME Cupples, SM Smith, AW Murphy, How effective is prevention in coronary heart disease?, Heart, 94, (11), 2008, p1370 - 1371
Smith SM, Shroeder K, Fahey T, Over-the-counter medications for acute cough in children and adults in ambulatory settings, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 0, (1), 2008, p1-2
Buckley B, Byrne MC, Dineen B, Smith SM, Service organisation for the secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease (Protocol), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 0, (4), 2007, p1-8
Keogh K, White P, Smith S, McGilloway S, Gibney J, OʼDowd T., Changing illness perceptions in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, a randomised controlled trial of a family-based intervention: protocol and pilot study. , BMC Family Practice , 8, (36), 2007
Gillian M Paul, Susan M Smith, David L Whitford, Eamon O'Shea, Fergus O'Kelly and Tom O'Dowd , Peer support in type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial in primary care with parallel economic and qualitative analyses: pilot study and protocol , Biomed Central Family Practice, 8, (45), 2007
White P, Smith SM, O'Dowd T., Living with Type 2 diabetes: a family perspective, Diabetic Medicine, 24, (7), 2007, p796 - 801
Keogh KM, White P, Hevey D, McGilloway S, Smith SM, Family based interventions to improve outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. (Protocol) , Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1, 2007
Susan M Smith, Tom O'Dowd, Chronic diseases: what happens when they come in multiples? [Editorial], British Journal of General Practice, 57, (537), 2007, p268 - 270
Smith S, OʼDowd T. , In response to article on Codeire study., Irish Medical Journal., 100, (2), 2007, p378-9
Smith SM, Soubhi H, Fortin M, Hudon C, O'Dowd T, Interventions to improve outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings. (Protocol), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , 2, 2007
Smith SM, Allwright S, O'Dowd T, Effectiveness of shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in chronic disease management., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 0, (3), 2007, p1 - 46
Jennings S, Whitford DL, Carey D, Smith SM, Structuring diabetes care in general practices: many improvements, remaining challenges, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 175, (4), 2007, p42 - 47
Smith, S.M. , Primary care diabetes in the Republic of Ireland , Primary Care Diabetes , 1, (4), 2007, p207-208
Paul GM, Smith SM, Whitford D, O'Kelly F, O'Dowd T, Development of a complex intervention to test the effectiveness of peer support in type 2 diabetes, BMC Health Services Research, 7, 2007, p136-
Corrigan M, Cupples ME, Smith SM, Byrne M, Leathem CS, Clerkin P, Murphy AW, The contribution of qualitative research in designing a complex intervention for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in two different healthcare systems, BMC Health Services Research, 6, 2006, p90
Paul G, Smith S, Long J, Experience of intimate partner violence among women and men attending general practices in Dublin, Ireland: A cross-sectional survey, European Journal of General Practice, 12, (2), 2006, p66 - 69
Smith SM, White P, Whitford DL, Handy D, O'Dowd T, Consensus on Diabetes Management in Primary Care, Irish Medical Journal, 99, (8), 2006, p236 - 238
Byrne M, Cupples ME, Smith SM, Leathem C, Corrigan M, Byrne MC, Murphy AW, Development of a complex intervention for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care using the UK Medical Research Council Framework, American Journal of Managed Care, 12, (5), 2006, p261 - 266
O'Sullivan T, Smith SM, National Survey of Diabetes Care in General Practice, Irish Medical Journal, 99, (4), 2006, p104 - 106
Molly Byrne, Mairéad Corrigan, Margaret Cupples, Susan M. Smith, Claire Leathem, Andrew W. Murphy, The Sphere Study: Using Psychological Theory to Inform the Development of Behaviour Change Training for Primary Care Staff to Increase Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease, The Irish Journal of Psychology, 26, (1-2), 2005, p53 - 64, p53-64
Smith SM, Allwright S, Byrne M, Brazier H, O'Dowd T, Murphy AW, International variations in the generation of the evidence base for primary care, European Journal of General Practice, 11, (1), 2005, p33 - 34
, The SPHERE Study. Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: Protocol of a randomised controlled trial of tailored practice and patient care plans with parallel qualitative, economic and policy analyses. [ISRCTN24081411], Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2005
M. Byrne, M. Corrigan, M.E. Cupples, S.M. Smith, C. Leathem and A.W. Murphy, The SPHERE Study: Using psychological theory to inform the development of behaviour change training for primary care staff to increase secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, Irish Journal of Psychology, 26, (1-2), 2005, p53 - 64
Byrne M, Corrigan M, Cupples M, Smith S, Leathem C, Murphy A. , The SPHERE study: Development of theory informed behaviour change training for primary care staff to increase secondary prevention of coronary heart disease., Psychology and Health,, 20, (1), 2005, p37
S. Smith, J. Long, J. Deady, F. O'Keeffe, D. Handy and T. O'Dowd, Adapting developing country epidemiological assessment techniques to improve the quality of health needs assessments in developed countries, BMC Health Services Research, 5, 2005, p32
P. White, S.M. Smith, T. O'Dowd, The role of the family in adult chronic illness: A review of the literature on type 2 diabetes, Irish Journal of Psychology (Special Issue), 26, (1-2), 2005, p9 - 15
Patricia White, Susan M. Smith, Tom O"Dowd, The Role of the Family in Adult Chronic Illness: A Review of the Literature on Type 2 Diabetes, The Irish Journal of Psychology, 26, (1-2), 2005, p9 - 15, p9-15
Murphy AW, Cupples M, Smith S, Byrne M, Byrne M, Leathem C., The SPHERE Study. Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: a randomised controlled trial of tailored practice and patient care plans with parallel qualitative, economic and policy analyses. , Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine , 6, (1), 2005, p11
Multivariate Tests in, editor(s)A. B. Plowman , Zoo Research Guidelines: Statistics for typical zoo datasets, London, BIAZA, 2005, pp17 - 23, [Mellfi, V. A., Marples, N. M. & Ruxton G. D.]
, Lesson of the week: Burns caused by steam inhalation for respiratory tract infections in children, BMJ: British Medical Journal, 2004
Smith SM, Allwright S, O'Dowd T, Effectiveness of shared care across the primary-specialty care interface in chronic disease management (Protocol for a Cochrane Review), The Cochrane Library, (3), 2004
Smith SM., Diabetes and associated major comorbidity accounts for 15% of total healthcare expenditure in Saskatchewan [Commentary 2]. , Evidence-based healthcare. , 8, (1), 2004, p13-4.
Murphy SM, Murray D, Smith SM, Orr DJA. , Burns caused by steam inhalation for respiratory tract infections in children. , British Medical Journal., 328, (7442), 2004, p757.
Effectiveness of shared care across the primary-speciality care interface in chronic disease management (Protocol for a Cochrane Review) in, The Cochrane Library, Issue 3 2004, Chichester, UK, John Wiley & Sons, 2004, [Smith SM, Allwright S, O'Dowd T]
Smith SM., Randomised controlled trials in Irish general practice, Irish Medical Journal., 97, (7), 2004, p215-6
, Diabetes and associated major comorbidity accounts for 15% of total healthcare expenditure in Saskatchewan, Evidence-Based Healthcare, 2004
Smith S, Bury G, O'Leary M, Shannon W, Tynan A, Staines A, et al., The North Dublin randomized controlled trial of structured diabetes shared care., Family Practice. , 21, (1), 2004, p39-45.
Smith S, O'Leary M, Bury G, Staines A, A T, Shannon W, et al. , A qualitative investigation of the views and health beliefs of patients with Type 2 Diabetes following the introduction of a diabetes shared care service. , Diabet Med. , 20, (10), 2003, p853-7
Murphy AW, Nugent A, Black N, Parsons B, Smith SM., A national census of Irish general practice training programme graduates 1990-1996, Irish Medical Journal., 96, (1), 2003, p10-2.
Smith SM. , Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus., British Medical Journal., 326, (7403), 2003, p1371
Smith, S.M., 10-Minute consultation: Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus, British Medical Journal, 326, (7403), 2003
Smith S, Holahan J, McAuliffe A, Firth R., Irish Diabetes Detection Programme in general practice., Diabet Med., 20, (9), 2003, p717-22.
Smith SM. , The North Dublin Diabetes Shared Care (DiSC) Project: A randomised controlled trial with qualitative and economic analyses [MD]. , Dublin, University College Dublin, 2002
Bates M, Carmody P, Haba S, Smith S, Bradley C., Diabetes screening in general practice. Workload studies as well as clinical trials should be considered when drawing up guidelines., BMJ, 314, (7334), 2002, p426
Smith S, Bury G, Shannon W, O'Leary M, Tynan A, Staines A, et al., The North Dublin Diabetes Shared Care (DiSC) Project: A profile of current diabetes care in Ireland., Irish Medical Journal. , 94, (8), 2001, p240-2.
Smith S, Lynch J, K OD, Bury G. , Patients' views on out of hours care in general practice in Dublin., Irish Medical Journal., 170, (3), 2001, p192-4.
Smith S. , Family Medicine in Cuba, J Cardiovasc Risk, 30, (2), 2001, p104-6
McCormack P, Lawlor R, Donegan C, O'Neill D, Smith SM, Moroney C, et, Knowledge and attitudes to prescribed drugs in young and elderly patients, Irish Medical Journal, 90, (1), 1997, p29-30
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Creane, D., Hayes, C., O Ciardha, D., Smith, S. M., Campbell, A. & Mc Carthy, N., Health data to support local communities, 1, Trinity College Dublin, January 2024, 2024, p1 - 12
Paul G, Smith SM, Whitford D, O'Dowd T., Can a peer-care model improve diabetes outcomes?, Diabetes Voice, 50, (4), 2005, p20 - 21
Susan M Smith
Research Expertise
Description
Prof Smith's research interests include improving outcomes for patients with multimorbidity and related clinical issues such as medicines management, including access to medicines. She has been the PI or Co-PI on eight RCTs of interventions for chronic disease management in Irish primary care settings. She is an editor and author with the Cochrane Collaboration and is an advocate for Evidence Based Medicine and Shared Decision Making. She also has an interest in health equity and coordinates the Deep End Ireland Group, which advocates for appropriate primary care services for socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. During the COVID-19 pandemic she has been a member of the HIQA COVID19 Expert Advisory Group, which provides evidence based guidance to inform public policy and guidance.Projects
- Title
- HRB Collaborative Doctoral Award in Multimorbidity
- Funding Agency
- HRB
Recognition
Memberships
ICGP RCGP RCPI