BARNARD HEALTH
Human Factors & Behaviours for Health
Translating Clinical Research into Quality of Life
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Barnard Health Research Limited is a Health Psychology Research company, providing expertise in public health, disease prevention and specific health areas and chronic conditions. These include, but are not limited to, diabetes (Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes); oncology; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); HIV; obesity and women’s health.
We are able to provide specialist services, having a unique understanding of the impact of disease and its management on those living with the condition and are able to translate this expertise into practical advice and support for healthcare providers, healthcare teams and industry clients to best meet the needs of key stakeholders.
Activities
Clinical Research Expertise – patient reported outcome measures; psychosocial measures and quality of life evaluationHigh quality specialist training for healthcare professionals
Expert advice on clinical guidelines; health policy; implementation of psychological interventions; training materials
Analysis, interpretation and reporting of patient reported outcome data
Literature reviews and evidence syntheses
Design and development of patient reported outcome measures (including adaptation and cognitive debriefing of existing measures)
Training and Development for healthcare professionals, including strategic planning, service development and collaboration with key stakeholders to deliver high quality and tailored training
Quantitative and qualitative research methodology to suit specific client needs
Our Objectives
To provide high-quality research services to support optimal biomedical and psychosocial outcomes in clinical and applied research
To translate our research findings into improving the healthcare experience for people living with disabilities and chronic conditions
To conduct research and training that supports patient empowerment and arms individuals with the relevant knowledge and tools to optimise self-management and healthcare access
Conduct review of current process and provide evidence-based, theory driven assessment via rigorous and robust research, publishable in high-quality peer-reviewed medical journals providing unrivalled credibility
OUR SERVICES
HUMAN FACTORS
New and higher regulatory standards have led to human factors and patient-reported outcome gaps in product submission
Provide high quality tailored human factors assessment and research services in evidence submissions, patient preference outcomes and patient engagement
Ensure assessments span age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status and health literacy using validated and reliable measures
Ensure outcomes provide clarity of functionality, patient interaction with devices for optimal usage and better psychosocial functioning and quality of life
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Leading clinical trials and other research to assess quality of life and patient-reported outcomes of therapies, devices and novel interventions
We employ rigorous and robust qualitative and quantitative methodologies
We provide high quality tailored research services and health psychology expertise
We lead psychosocial investigation in clinical trials to complement biomedical and safety outcomes
PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES
Development of patient-reported outcomes and patient preference measures
Expert advice on effective use of validated and reliable measures.
We ensure outcomes provide clarity of functionality, patient interaction with devices for optimal usage and better psychosocial functioning and quality of life.
KEY OPINION LEADERS
Participating in…
Research advisory boards
Industry advisory boards
Clinical research funding boards
Expert media advice
CONTACT US
AT THE HELM
Professor Katharine Barnard PhD, Chartered Health Psychologist, specializes in human factors assessment and the psychosocial impact of disease. She has a longstanding research interest in human factors, patient engagement and quality of life assessment. Her extensive evidence-based, theory-driven research portfolio has provided valuable insights into factors contributing to therapy choice, technology uptake and quality of life; behavioural interventions and the far-reaching impact of disability and disease on individuals and their family members.
Prof Barnard is currently leading on human factors assessment, patient preference, trade-offs and psychosocial assessment of diabetes technologies; she is an Expert Adviser to NICE; a close collaborator with the FDA and is the UK psychological lead on research to enhance patient engagement, optimised self-management heath behaviours, device functionality and human interaction thereof.
PUBLICATIONS
Most Cited
Professor Katharine Barnard has published over two hundred articles which between them have been cited over two thousand five hundred times since 2013. Find Prof Barnard on Google Scholar
Published 2006
The prevalence of co‐morbid depression in adults with Type 1 diabetes: systematic literature review
Cited 280 times
Valued Partnerships
KALMOD CIC
KALMOD Community Interest Company is the non-profit arm of Barnard Health Limited. The primary purpose is to serve the community of those who support individuals with disabilities and chronic conditions. Established to ring-fence profits from KALMOD Intervention tool to be used on good causes and reinvested into the community.
KALMOD THE TOOL
Copyright © 2017 Katharine Barnard all intellectual property rights reserved
KALMOD Behaviours For Health provides a novel, individually tailored health service to improve patient empowerment, quality of life and improved disease self-management.
The underpinning Kaleidoscope Model of Care is unique. It is a holistic, wide-reaching model that addresses all aspects of living with chronic conditions to improve outcomes.
Provides an easy-to-use package of care for each person and their healthcare professional designed to meet their individual needs, streamlining healthcare processes and challenging current boundaries and norms of operation.
Streamlines healthcare delivery in consultations, without extending consultation time.
Facilitates more focused, productive consultations for people with diabetes and healthcare professionals to ensure each are able to achieve their own targets.
Removes the pressure from healthcare professionals to provide ‘the’ answer without really understanding personal barriers to self-management.
Removes pressure to conform to treatment that may not fit with individuals’ preferences and circumstances.
Identifies person and treatment options/medical devices to be aligned for best long-term, sustainable usage
Is scalable, modifiable to other chronic health conditions, adaptable to different languages, easily updatable to meet new care pathways and at minimum cost.
Significantly improves the healthcare experience, improves outcomes and reduces the risks of long-term complications by engaging patients in a holistic assessment, with responsibility for self-management with the patient and responsibility for the process and delivery of best practice healthcare with healthcare professionals.
RESEARCH
Be part of diabetes research; an opportunity to get involved!
Here at Barnard Health, we are creating a brand new database of diabetes research! Taking part in research gives you the opportunity to have your voice heard, whether you are a person living with diabetes, a partner or parent of someone with diabetes, or a health care professional working in diabetes care we would like to hear from you!
By becoming part of our research database, the details that you provide (such as type of diabetes, or location) will be used to see if you are eligible to participate in any research that we are recruiting for. Opportunities to participate do vary throughout the year, but by being on our database, you will be the first to know about opportunities to take part in research.
Once you are on our database, if you are matched up to any current research study we will invite you to hear more about Hive your research in question. Participation is entirely up to you and if you are interested in taking part then we will provide you with more information about the research. You will be required to give written informed consent before any research takes place.
There are a number of ways to get involved in research, you can:
Take part in a questionnaire or survey
Give your opinion in an interview or focus group
Acting as a lay advisor alongside research teams
Contributing to research design
Participation rates vary but we pay up to £100 a day for your involvement
MALE SEXUAL HEALTH
We would like to know more about the sexual health of men with diabetes so that we are able to develop resources to provide appropriate support and inform the provision of specialist advice in clinical services. To this end, we would very much appreciate your help in completing this brief survey.
Sexual health issues remain a neglected area of study in clinical medicine, but they also have an important impact on psychological well-being, self-image and relationships.
The following questions will ask you about your diabetes and different areas of sexual and relationships. The answers you provide are very useful to us, but more importantly, we do not want it to cause an embarrassment or discomfort. If any of the questions make you feel uncomfortable, please skip them if you prefer.
Thank you very much for taking the time to help us with this survey, it is very much appreciated.
FEMALE SEXUAL HEALTH
Here at BHR, in collaboration with JDRF, DiabetesSisters and Stanford University, we are running a survey on sexual health and would very much appreciate your help. Our research to date has shown us that sexual health issues affect three quarters of women with diabetes, physically and emotionally. Please help us to develop resources to help.
We would like to know more about the sexual health of women with diabetes so that we can develop resources to support women. The working definition of the World Health Organization on sexual health is: “Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence.” We consider sexual health as it relates to diabetes to also include things specific to diabetes such as loss of desire, lack of lubrication or difficulty reaching orgasm as well as potential impact on self-esteem, feelings of attractiveness, loneliness or isolation or having an impact on relationships.
Please answer the questions below as openly as you can. Your answers are confidential and will be deidentified. The deidentified answers you provide will be aggregated and used to help inform healthcare professionals (HCPs) about the needs of women with diabetes around sexual health. If any of the questions make you feel uncomfortable, please skip over them if you prefer not to answer; we do not want to cause any embarrassment or discomfort.
If you would like to contact the principal investigator, Professor Katharine Barnard PhD CPsychol AFBPsS, please contact her on: