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Frances Griffiths

Researcher Next ID · RN-043269

Researcher · Health Professions

University of the Witwatersrand

Johannesburg, South Africa

Accepting doctoral researchersFunding unknown
Works count
405
Citation count
18,238
H-index
49
i10-index
197

Research interests

Health Professions
Medicine
Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
Primary Care and Health Outcomes
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Global Maternal and Child Health
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Publications

  • Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements

    BMJ Global Health · 2020 · 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003042

  • Exploring patients' and clinicians' experiences of video consultations in primary care: a systematic scoping review

    BJGP Open · 2020 · 10.3399/bjgpopen20x101020

  • Health workers’ perceptions and experiences of using mHealth technologies to deliver primary healthcare services: a qualitative evidence synthesis

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · 10.1002/14651858.cd011942.pub2

  • Experiences of in-patient mental health services: systematic review

    The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2019 · 10.1192/bjp.2019.22

  • Improving the content validity of the mixed methods appraisal tool: a modified e-Delphi study

    Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.03.008

  • Internet videoconferencing for patient–clinician consultations in long-term conditions: A review of reviews and applications in line with guidelines and recommendations

    Digital Health · 2019 · 10.1177/2055207619845831

  • The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) version 2018 for information professionals and researchers

    Education for Information · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.3233/efi-180221

  • Mobile phone use among patients and health workers to enhance primary healthcare: A qualitative study in rural South Africa

    Social Science & Medicine · 2018 · 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.01.011

  • Aerobic and strength training exercise programme for cognitive impairment in people with mild to moderate dementia: the DAPA RCT

    Health Technology Assessment · 2018 · 10.3310/hta22280

  • Timely Digital Patient-Clinician Communication in Specialist Clinical Services for Young People: A Mixed-Methods Study (The LYNC Study)

    Journal of Medical Internet Research · 2017 · 10.2196/jmir.7154

  • Do-not-attempt-cardiopulmonary-resuscitation decisions: an evidence synthesis

    Health Services and Delivery Research · 2016 · 10.3310/hsdr04110

  • Evaluating recovery following hip fracture: a qualitative interview study of what is important to patients

    BMJ Open · 2015 · 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005406

  • Healthcare workers’ perceptions and experience on using mHealth technologies to deliver primary healthcare services: qualitative evidence synthesis

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · 10.1002/14651858.cd011942

  • Digital communication between clinician and patient and the impact on marginalised groups: a realist review in general practice

    British Journal of General Practice · 2015 · 10.3399/bjgp15x687853

  • Social networks – The future for health care delivery

    Social Science & Medicine · 2012 · 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.023

  • The impact of patient and public involvement on UK NHS health care: a systematic review

    International Journal for Quality in Health Care · 2011 · 10.1093/intqhc/mzr066

  • Verbal and non-verbal behavior of doctors and patients in primary care consultations – How this relates to patient enablement

    Patient Education and Counseling · 2011 · 10.1016/j.pec.2011.04.019

  • A multicentred randomised controlled trial of a primary care-based cognitive behavioural programme for low back pain. The Back Skills Training (BeST) trial

    Health Technology Assessment · 2010 · 10.3310/hta14410

  • A scoring system for appraising mixed methods research, and concomitantly appraising qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods primary studies in Mixed Studies Reviews

    International Journal of Nursing Studies · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.01.009

  • Resilience and depression: perspectives from primary care

    Health An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine · 2008 · 10.1177/1363459308094419

  • Designing and evaluating complex interventions to improve health care

    BMJ · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39108.379965.be

  • Why Are Health Care Interventions Delivered Over the Internet? A Systematic Review of the Published Literature

    Journal of Medical Internet Research · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.8.2.e10

  • The nature of medical evidence and its inherent uncertainty for the clinical consultation: qualitative study

    BMJ · 2005 · 10.1136/bmj.38336.482720.8f

  • Complex consultations and the 'edge of chaos'.

    PubMed · 2005

  • Networks for research in primary health care

    BMJ · 2001 · 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.588

Current projects

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