Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research

Christina-Jane Crossman-Barnes

Project: Economic evaluation of a primary care at-risk asthma register

PhD overview

PhD Title: Economic evaluation of a primary care at-risk asthma register

Funded by: National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care East of England (CLAHRC EoE)

Supervisors: Professor Garry Barton, Professor Andrew Wilson, Professor Tracey Sach, Professor Graham Devereux

Based at: University of East Anglia

Email: C.Crossman-Barnes@uea.ac.uk

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Former Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research PhD student Christina-Jane Crossman-Barnes

Asthma exacerbations can be life threatening and lead to accident and emergency (A&E) attendances or hospital admissions. Quality of life deteriorates when experiencing such events and due to the sporadic nature of asthma exacerbations, this is not always captured. The aim of this PhD is to estimate the loss in quality of life associated with an asthma exacerbation that leads to an A&E attendance or admission. This estimation intends to provide an alternative way to measure quality of life in asthmatics for use in economic evaluations.

About me

In 2013, I graduated with a Biomedical Sciences (Hons) degree at the University of Southampton. Following this, I completed an MSc in Health Economics at the University of East Anglia where I continued my studies enrolling as a PhD candidate in Health Economics. My research interests are in applying health economics to chronic diseases.

Publications

Crossman-Barnes CJ, Peel A, Fong-Soe-Khioe R, Sach T, Wilson A, Barton G. Economic Evidence for non-pharmacological asthma management interventions: systematic review. Allergy 2018;73(6):1182-1195.

Peel, AM., Crossman-Barnes, CJ., Tang, J., Fowler, S., Davies, G., Wilson, A., Loke, Y. Biomarkers in adult asthma: a systematic review of 8-isoprostane in exhaled breath condensate. J Breath Res, (2017); 11(1).

Poster: Crossman-Barnes CJ, Peel A, Fong-Soe-Khioe R, Sach T, Wilson A, Barton G. Economic Evidence for non-pharmacological asthma management interventions: systematic review. Presented at the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research Annual Scientific Meeting (November 2016).

“Estimating Quality of Life in People with Asthma”. NCT02771678; clinicaltrials.gov (2016).

Crossman-Barnes CJ, Peel A, Fong-Soe-Khioe R, Sach T, Wilson A, Barton G. Economic evaluation evidence for non-pharmacological asthma management interventions: protocol for a systematic review. PROSPERO 2016:CRD42016032963 Available from http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42016032963

Poster: Crossman-Barnes CJ, Sach T, Wilson A, Barton G. Estimating the loss in quality of life associated with an asthma-related crisis event. Presented at the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research Annual Scientific Meeting (November 2015).

Acknowledgements

My PhD is affiliated with the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research. Funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care East of England (CLAHRC EoE).