Professor Ruth Garside
Associate Professor in Evidence Synthesis
Expertise
Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis
Biography
I am a social science researcher specialising in systematic review and evidence synthesis. I have a particular interest in using a broad range of evidence to investigate complex public health issues and have a particular interest in methods of synthesis for qualitative research. My current role is to coordinate & develop evidence synthesis methods around the interconnections between the environment and human health. Previous work has informed national policy customers including the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Home Office.
Projects
- GREENGAGE: Nature on Prescription for Mental Health
- Defra Green Social Prescribing Evaluation
- Developing methods for the overarching synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence: the interweave synthesis approach
- Social Prescribing – Cornwall and Plymouth Researcher in Residence
- Social Prescribing – Nature on Prescription
Publications
- What is the effect of intergenerational activities on the wellbeing and mental health of older people?: A systematic review
- Bursting out of our bubble: using creative techniques to communicate within the systematic review process and beyond
- Impact of COVID-19 and other infectious conditions requiring isolation on the provision of and adaptations to fundamental nursing care in hospital in terms of overall patient experience, care quality, functional ability, and treatment outcomes: systematic review
- Meta-ethnography of the purpose of meaningful occupation for people living with dementia.
- Therapeutic Nature: Nature-based social prescribing for diagnosed mental health conditions in the UK: Research Briefing
- “It has no meaning to me”. How do researchers understand the effectiveness of literature searches? A qualitative analysis and preliminary typology of understandings.
- “It Makes You Feel That You Are There”: Exploring the Acceptability of Virtual Reality Nature Environments for People with Memory Loss
- “It Makes You Feel That You Are There”: Exploring the Acceptability of Virtual Reality Nature Environments for People with Memory Loss
- What is the best way of delivering virtual nature for improving mood? An experimental comparison of high definition TV, 360◦video, and computer generated virtual reality.
- A cross-sectional study on the prevalence of illness in coastal bathers compared to non-bathers in England and Wales: Findings from the Beach User Health Survey
- Developing methods for the overarching synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence: The interweave synthesis approach
- What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A realist review
- Experiences of interventions aiming to improve the mental health and well-being of children and young people with a long-term physical condition: A systematic review and meta-ethnography
- Improving the mental health of children and young people with long term conditions: Linked evidence syntheses
- Interventions to improve the mental health of children and young people with long-term physical conditions: linked evidence syntheses
- Defining the process to literature searching in systematic reviews: a literature review of guidance and supporting studies
- Antibiotic prescribing for actute respiratory tract infections in primary care: an updated and expanded meta-ethnography.
- Systematic review identifies six metrics and one method for assessing literature search effectiveness but no consensus on appropriate use
- Exposure to and colonisation by antibiotic-resistant E. coli in UK coastal water users: environmental surveillance, exposure assessment, and epidemiological study (Beach Bum Survey)
- Prescribing gardening and conservation activities for health and wellbeing in older people
- Supplementary search methods were more effective and offered better value than bibliographic database searching: a case study from public health and environmental enhancement
- A comparison of results of empirical studies of supplementary search techniques and recommendations in review methodology handbooks: a methodological review
- Asking More of Qualitative Synthesis: A Response to Sally Thorne
- Understanding the challenge of weight loss maintenance: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research on weight loss maintenance
- A realist review and collaborative development of what works in the social prescribing process
- Attention restoration theory: a systematic review of the attention restoration potential of exposure to natural environments
- Techniques for Modifying Impulsive Processes Associated with Unhealthy Eating: A Systematic Review
- Participation in environmental enhancement and conservation activities for health and well-being in adults: a review of quantitative and qualitative evidence
- What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A protocol for a realist review
- How do older people describe their sensory experiences of the natural world? A systematic review of the qualitative evidence
- A systematic review of the health and well-being impacts of school gardening: synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence
- A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research: the influence of school context on symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- The experiences of and attitudes towards non-pharmacological interventions for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder used in school settings: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research
- Participation in environmental enhancement and conservation activities for health and well‐being in adults: a review of quantitative and qualitative evidence
- Meta-Study as Diagnostic: Toward Content Over Form in Qualitative Synthesis
- A crisis of visibility: the psychological consequences of false-positive screening mammograms, an interview study
- Understanding how environmental enhancement and conservation activities may benefit health and wellbeing: a systematic review
- Meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials show suboptimal validity of surrogate outcomes for overall survival in advanced colorectal cancer
- Non-pharmacological interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) delivered in school settings: systematic reviews of quantitative and qualitative research
- Improving screening recall services for women with false-positive mammograms: a comparison of qualitative evidence with UK guidelines
- What Is the Impact of Using Outdoor Spaces Such as Gardens on the Physical and Mental Well-Being of Those With Dementia? A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence.
- A qualitative synthesis of diabetes self-management strategies for long term medical outcomes and quality of life in the UK
- A qualitative study into the difficulties experienced by healthcare decision makers when reading a Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy review
- Should we appraise the quality of qualitative research reports for systematic reviews, and if so, how?
- Participation in environmental enhancement and conservation activities for health and well-being in adults (Protocol)
- Dasatinib, nilotinib and standard-dose imatinib for the first-line treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia: systematic reviews and economic analyses
- Psychological consequences of false-positive screening mammograms in the UK
- Vaginal practices as women’s agency in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of meaning and motivation through meta-ethnography
- Preventing unintentional injuries to children under 15 years old in the outdoors: a systematic review of the effectiveness of educational programs
- Ofatumumab for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in patients who are refractory to fludarabine and alemtuzumab: a critique of the submission from GSK
- Chemotherapeutic wafers for High Grade Glioma
- Temozolimide for High Grade Glioma
- The experience of heavy menstrual bleeding: A systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies
- Carmustine implants for the treatment of newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas: a cost-utility analysis