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Ray Fitzpatrick is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Surgery, Sociology and Political Science, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions

Fitzpatrick has published extensively, frequently contributing to the following venues:

  • International Journal of Integrated Care
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • Bone and Joint Research
  • Journal of Long-Term Care
  • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Among their recent papers are:

  • A core outcome set for pre-eclampsia research: an international consensus development study, 2020, BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Comparison of a theoretically driven cognitive therapy (the Feeling Safe Programme) with befriending for the treatment of persistent persecutory delusions: a parallel, single-blind, randomised controlled trial, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Home monitoring with technology-supported management in chronic heart failure: a randomised trial, 2020, Heart
  • Long-term Effectiveness of Adjuvant Treatment With Catechol-O-Methyltransferase or Monoamine Oxidase B Inhibitors Compared With Dopamine Agonists Among Patients With Parkinson Disease Uncontrolled by Levodopa Therapy, 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • The use of patient-reported outcome measures to guide referral for hip and knee arthroplasty, 2020, The Bone & Joint Journal

Frequent collaborators in Fitzpatrick's research include Michele Peters, Helen Crocker, Jonathan Cook, Laura Kelly, and Thavapriya Sugavanam. These collaborative relationships reflect ongoing engagement across interdisciplinary teams.

Best Publications

  • Framework for design and evaluation of complex interventions to improve health

    Michelle Campbell;Ray Fitzpatrick;Andrew Haines;Ann Louise Kinmonth

  • QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE PERCEPTIONS OF PATIENTS ABOUT TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT

    Jill Dawson;Ray Fitzpatrick;Andrew Carr;David Murray

  • Evaluating patient-based outcome measures for use in clinical trials.

    Ray Fitzpatrick;Claire Davey;Martin J. Buxton;David R. Jones

  • Quality of life measurement: bibliographic study of patient assessed health outcome measures

    Andrew Garratt;Louise Schmidt;Anne Mackintosh;Ray Fitzpatrick

  • Primary total hip replacement surgery: a systematic review of outcomes and modelling of cost-effectiveness associated with different prostheses.

    R Fitzpatrick;E Shortall;M Sculpher;D Murray

  • The use of the Oxford hip and knee scores

    D W Murray;R Fitzpatrick;K Rogers;H Pandit

  • The development and validation of a short measure of functioning and well being for individuals with Parkinson's disease.

    V Peto;C Jenkinson;R Fitzpatrick;R Greenhall

  • The Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39): development and validation of a Parkinson's disease summary index score

    Crispin Jenkinson;Ray Fitzpatrick;Viv Peto;Richard Greenhall

  • The Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29)A new patient-based outcome measure

    Jeremy Hobart;Donna Lamping;Ray Fitzpatrick;Afsane Riazi

  • Quality of life measures in health care. I: Applications and issues in assessment.

    R. Fitzpatrick;A. Fletcher;S. Gore;D. Jones

  • Surveys of patients satisfaction: I--Important general considerations.

    R Fitzpatrick

  • Evaluating patient-based outcome measures for use in clinical trials: a review

    Fitzpatrick R;Davey C;Buxton M;D Jones

  • Measuring the impact of MS on walking ability: the 12-Item MS Walking Scale (MSWS-12).

    J. C. Hobart;A. Riazi;D. L. Lamping;R. Fitzpatrick

  • QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE PERCEPTIONS OF PATIENTS ABOUT SHOULDER SURGERY

    J Dawson;R Fitzpatrick;A Carr

  • The routine use of patient reported outcome measures in healthcare settings.

    Jill Dawson;Helen Doll;Ray Fitzpatrick;Crispin Jenkinson

  • Effect of telehealth on use of secondary care and mortality: findings from the Whole System Demonstrator cluster randomised trial

    Adam Steventon;Martin Bardsley;John Billings;Jennifer Dixon

  • Impact of patient‐reported outcome measures on routine practice: a structured review

    Susan Marshall;Kirstie Haywood;Ray Fitzpatrick

  • PDQ-39: a review of the development, validation and application of a Parkinson’s disease quality of life questionnaire and its associated measures

    V Peto;C Jenkinson;R Fitzpatrick

  • Exploring barriers to participation and adoption of telehealth and telecare within the Whole System Demonstrator trial: A qualitative study

    Caroline Sanders;Anne Rogers;Robert Bowen;Peter Bower

  • Quality of life in older people: a structured review of generic self-assessed health instruments.

    Kirstie L Haywood;Andrew M Garratt;Ray Fitzpatrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Crispin Jenkinson
Crispin Jenkinson University of Oxford
Andrew Carr
Andrew Carr University of Oxford
David W. Murray
David W. Murray University of Oxford
Sue Ziebland
Sue Ziebland University of Oxford
Helen Doll
Helen Doll University of East Anglia
Martin Knapp
Martin Knapp London School of Economics and Political Science
Stanton Newman
Stanton Newman City, University of London
Louise Locock
Louise Locock University of Aberdeen
David J Beard
David J Beard University of Oxford
Glenn Robert
Glenn Robert King's College London

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