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Dr Martin Cartwright

Senior Lecturer in Health Services Research

School of Health & Medical Sciences Department of Population Health and Policy

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About

Overview

Martin is a Chartered Psychologist and joined City University in November 2010 as the Project Coordinator for two large cluster RCTs of telehealth and telecare. Martin previously worked at University College London (UCL).

Martin studied Psychology (BSc) and Health Psychology (MSc) at Staffordshire University before taking a post at the Health Behaviour Unit (UCL) working on a longitudinal study of adolescence health behaviour. He moved to the Health Psychology Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry (KCL) to complete his PhD examining medical help-seeking behaviour in middle-aged men and after a further two years in the Health Care Evaluation Group (UCL) investigating access to antenatal care, he joined the Centre for Behavioural Medicine (UCL). He joined the Centre for Health Services Research at City University in November 2010.

Martin's is currently involved in evaluating the impact of telehealth and telecare on quality of life outcomes and patient self-care behaviour. Other projects focus on technology and health (mobile app development, gamification, serious gaming), development and evaluation of new questionnaire instruments, feasibility testing of a novel intervention for children with autism and an evaluation of an intervention to improve well-being during pregnancy. His research draws on a range of methodologies (quantitative, qualitative and systematic reviews) and study designs.

Administrative Roles

- HSRM Programme Committee (Chair)

- HSRM Staff-Student Liaison Committee (Chair)

- SHS Research Ethics Committee (Deputy Chair)

- SHS Assessment Board (Member)

- SHS Board of Studies (Member)

- Postgraduate Forum (Member)

- Programme Directors' Forum (Member)

- Dean' Scholarship Panel (Nursing / Health Psychology) (Member)

Qualifications

  • PhD, King's College London, United Kingdom, October 2002 - February 2007
  • MSc Health Psychology, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom, September 1999 - August 2000
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom, September 1996 - August 1999

Fellowships

  • Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Health Research, June 2019 - present

Memberships of professional organisations

  • Member, British Psychological Society

Teaching

Educational Leadership

Programme Director for the MSc Health Psychology / Psychology & Health
Programme Director for the MSc in Health Services Research

Module Leader for:

HRM004 Developing Complex Interventions
PHM004 Social Determinants of Health

Lecture on:

- HRM001 Introduction to Research Methods and Applied Data Analysis
- HRM011 Introduction to Research Methods and Applied Data Analysis (online)
- HRM002 Advanced Research Methods
- HRM003 Advanced Data Analysis
- PHM002 Epidemiology
- PHM004 Social Determinants of Health (*ML)
- HYM003 Lifespan, gender & Culture
- HYM005 Advanced Research Design & Statistics
- HSM301 Engaging in Practice / Personal Professional Development
- APM0017 Engaging Technology

Other education related responsibilities:

Chair of the Programme Committee for the Health Servcies Research & Management cluster (6 Masters programmes)
Chair of the Staff-Student Liaison Committee for the Health Servcies Research & Management cluster (6 Masters programmes)

Research

Research areas

Specific research activities:
- Self-management of long term conditions (heart failure, diabetes, COPD)
- Quality of life in long term conditions (heart failure, diabetes, COPD, atrial fibrillation)
- Technology for health - telehealth, telecare, mobile apps, websites, wearables, gamification, serious gaming
- Help-seeking behaivour (lower urinary tract symptoms)
- Screening behaviour (oral cancer)
- Adjustment to chronic eye disease (glaucoma)
- Men's health
- Impact of healthcare professionals' identity and competencies on patient experience and outcomes

Cross-cutting areas of interest:
- Trial methodology
- Complex healthcare interventions
- Use of theory in healthcare research

Other research related activities:

- Member of the Board of Scholars for the British Journal of Health Psychology
- Reviewer for various other journals including the British Medical Journal; Implementation Science; British Journal Clinical Psychology; Health & Social Care in the Community; Stress & Health.

Research students

Gemma Ryan

Attendance: November 2019 - October 2022, full-time

Thesis title: Developing and evaluating a parent-child intervention for intellectually able children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A feasibility study

Role: 1st Supervisor

Rafiah Badat

Attendance: May 2019 - April 2023, part-time

Thesis title: Exploring language, behaviour and wellbeing outcomes of a user co-designed digital vocabulary intervention for child language disorder

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Duncan Smith

Attendance: October 2018 - September 2020, part-time

Thesis title: DEveloping a Complex Intervention for DEteriorating Patients using Theoretical Modelling (DECIDE study)

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Florence Kanikasamy

Attendance: October 2016 - present

Thesis title: Developing and evaluating a tool to assess midwives' clinical skills and competencies

Further information: with Prof. Christine McCourt

Mandy Sekhon

Attendance: October 2014 - September 2017, full-time

Thesis title: Acceptability of healthcare interventions

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Further information: with Prof. Jill Francis

Sarah Horan

Thesis title: Development of a condition specific quality of life scale for atrial fibrillation

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Publications

Featured publications

  1. Lawrenson, J.G., Bourmpaki, E., Bunce, C., Stratton, I.M., Gardner, P. and Anderson, J. (2021). Trends in diabetic retinopathy screening attendance and associations with vision impairment attributable to diabetes in a large nationwide cohort. Diabetic Medicine, 38(4). doi:10.1111/dme.14425

    [publisher’s website]

  2. Darling, F., McCourt, P.C. and Cartwright, D.M. (2021). Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of a physiological approach during labour and birth: A systematic review and thematic synthesis. Midwifery, 92, pp. 102861-102861. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2020.102861

    [publisher’s website]

  3. Smith, D., Cartwright, M., Dyson, J., Hartin, J. and Aitken, L.M. (2020). Patterns of behaviour in nursing staff actioning the afferent limb of the rapid response system (RRS): A focused ethnography. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76(12), pp. 3548-3562. doi:10.1111/jan.14551

    [publisher’s website]

  4. Sekhon, M., Cartwright, M. and Francis, J.J. (2017). Acceptability of healthcare interventions: an overview of reviews and development of a theoretical framework. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1). doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2031-8

    [publisher’s website]

  5. Cartwright, M., Hirani, S.P., Rixon, L., Beynon, M., Doll, H., Bower, P.... Whole Systems Demonstrator Evaluation Team, (2013). Effect of telehealth on quality of life and psychological outcomes over 12 months (Whole Systems Demonstrator telehealth questionnaire study): nested study of patient reported outcomes in a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 346, pp. f653. doi:10.1136/bmj.f653

    [publisher’s website]

  6. Cartwright, M., Ogden, J., Grunfeld, E.A. and Weinman, J. (2012). Can Self-Report Questionnaires Create Illness Cognitions in Middle-Aged Men? HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, 31(4), pp. 534-538. doi:10.1037/a0026504

    [publisher’s website]

Publications by category

Chapters (2)

  • Emberton, M. and Cartwright, M. (2007). Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. In Ayers, S., Baum, A. and McManus, C. (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of psychology, health and medicine Cambridge Univ Pr. ISBN 9780521879972.
  • Cartwright, M. and Emberton, M. (2001). Urinary tract symptoms. Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (pp. 919-921). Cambridge University Press.

Conference papers and proceedings (10)

  • Rodgers, L., Botting, N., Cartwright, M., Harding, S. and Herman, R. Developing a new intervention for pre-school children with co-occurring features of DLD and SSD. International Developmental Language Disorder Conference 2023: From Evidence to Impact..
  • Lawrenson, J., Prothero, L., Lorencatto, F., Cartwright, M., Burr, J. and Peto, T. (2022). Development of interventions to facilitate uptake of diabetic retinopathy screening in young adults. ARVO Annual Meeting 2022 1-4 May, Denver, USA.
  • Wells, C., Cartwright, M., Hirani, S., Marsh, G., Hall, P., Jamalzadeh, A.... Saglani, S. Identifying predictors for referral to a physiotherapy service for children with difficult asthma. ERS International Congress 2020 abstracts.doi:10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.409
  • Darling, F., McCourt, C. and Cartwright, M. A systematic review and synthesis of facilitators and barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practices to support physiological labour and birth in obstetric settings. .
  • Long, A.L., Cartwright, M. and Reilly, C.C. M11 Fan therapy to the face during exercise improves breathlessness and recovery time in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot randomised cross over trial. British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2018, QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE, 5 to 7 December 2018, Programme and Abstracts.doi:10.1136/thorax-2018-212555.431
  • Hirani, S., Rixon, L., Cartwright, M., Beynon, M., Doll, H. and Newman, S. Exploring the impact of a Tele-health intervention on specific quality of life domains and psychological well-being in diabetic patients within the Whole Systems Demonstrator Questionnaire Study. .
  • Cartwright, M., Hirani, S., Rixon, L., Beynon, M., Doll, H. and Newman, S. The effect of Telehealth on disease-specific quality of life in patients with heart failure: the Whole Systems Demonstrator Telehealth Questionnaire Study. .
  • Rixon, L., Hirani, S.P., Cartwright, M., Beynon, M., Doll, H. and Newman, S.P. A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of telehealth on disease specific quality of life in patients' with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and their health-related quality of life and psychological distress over 1 year in the Whole System Demonstrator programme. .
  • Beynon, M., Hirani, S., Cartwright, M., Rixon, L., Doll, H., Henderson, C.... Newman, S. The impact on carers of individuals with social care needs: the Whole Systems Demonstrator study. .
  • Cartwright, M., Grunfeld, B. and Weinman, J. Exploring the urinary iceberg: A systematic review of help-seeking behaviour in men with lower urinary tract symptoms. .

Journal articles (40)

Professional activities

Events/conferences (9)

  • Impact of telehealth on quality of life in patients with heart failure: evidence from the Whole Systems Demonstrator Evaluation. London (2015).
    Description: British Psychological Society’s DHP Annual Conference
  • Telehealth and patient self-care behaviour: Current evidence & future challenges. CLHARC-SY meeting of Telehealth & Care Technologies (TaCT) Special Interest Group (Sheffield). (2013).
  • Does telehealth improve self-efficacy or self-care behaviour for patients with long-term conditions? British Psychological Society's DHP Annual Conference (Brighton). (2013).
  • Effects of telehealth on patient self-efficacy and self-care behaviour: Evidence from the Whole Systems Demonstrator Evaluation. The King's Fund 3rd International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare; London (2013).
  • Can telehealth improve patient self-care behaviour? Evidence from the UK Whole Systems Demonstrator Evaluation. American Telemedicine Association Meeting; Austin, Texas (2013).
  • The impact of telehealth on self-efficacy and self-care behaviour in the Whole Systems Demonstrator Telehealth Trial. The Royal Society of Medicine's Telemedicine & eHealth Conference: Integrating care, mainstreaming technology; London. (2012).
  • The effect of Telehealth on disease-specific quality of life in patients with Heart Failure: The Whole Systems Demonstrator (WSD) Telehealth Questionnaire Study. The King's Fund 2nd International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare; London. (2012).
  • Do questionnaires measure or create illness cognitions? British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference; Southampton University. (2011).
  • Telehealth for heart failure: exploring the mechanism of effect-a systematic review of self-care behaviour. The King's Fund 1st International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare; London. (2011).