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Newton S, Sohanpal R, Moore A, Dibao-Dina C, Pinnock H, Steed L, Wileman V, Taylor SJC et al. ( 2025 ) . Applying a cognitive behavioural approach in COPD: views of respiratory professionals . ERJ Open Research vol. 11 , ( 6 ) 00474 - 02025 .
Cragg WJ, Clifton-Hadley L, Dearling J, Dutton SJ, Gillies K, Hardy P, Hind D, Holm S et al. ( 2025 ) . Standardising management of consent withdrawal and other clinical trial participation changes: The UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Unit Network’s PeRSEVERE project . Clinical Trials vol. 22 , ( 5 ) 578 - 596 .
Wileman V, Steed L, Pinnock H, Kelly M, Sohanpal R, Heslop-Marshall K, Taylor S ( 2025 ) . Assessing competence of primary care respiratory healthcare professionals to deliver a psychologically-based intervention for people with COPD: results from the TANDEM study . npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine vol. 35 , ( 1 )
Sohanpal R, Mammoliti K-M, Barradell A, Kelly M, Newton S, Steed L, Wileman V, Rowland V et al. ( 2024 ) . Patient perspectives on the Tailored intervention for Anxiety and Depression Management in COPD (TANDEM): a qualitative evaluation . BMC Health Services Research vol. 24 , ( 1 )
Arora S, Taylor R, Sohanpal R, Taylor SJC, Bewley A, Mohandas P, Steed L ( 2024 ) . PS05 Exploring factors influencing implementation of an itch–scratch intervention for people with eczema: the END-ITCH study . British Journal of Dermatology vol. 191 , ( Supplement_1 ) i177 - i178 .
Nickolls BJ, Relton C, Hemkens L, Zwarenstein M, Eldridge S, McCall SJ, Griffin XL, Sohanpal R et al. ( 2024 ) . Randomised trials conducted using cohorts: a scoping review . BMJ Open vol. 14 , ( 3 )
Taylor SJC, Sohanpal R, Steed L, Marshall K, Kelly MJ, Underwood M, White P, Pinnock H ( 2024 ) . Reply: Cognitive behavioural therapy sessions approach ineffective for anxiety and depression in COPD: is the door closed for good? . European Respiratory Journal vol. 63 , ( 1 )
Sohanpal R, Pinnock H, Steed L, Heslop-Marshall K, Kelly MJ, Chan C, Wileman V, Barradell A et al. ( 2024 ) . A tailored psychological intervention for anxiety and depression management in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: TANDEM RCT and process evaluation . Health Technology Assessment vol. 28 , ( 1 ) 1 - 129 .
Wileman V, Rowland V, Kelly M, Steed L, Sohanpal R, Pinnock H, Taylor SJC ( 2023 ) . Implementing psychological interventions delivered by respiratory professionals for people with COPD. A stakeholder interview study . npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine vol. 33 , ( 1 )
Taylor SJC, Sohanpal R, Steed L, Marshall K, Chan C, Yaziji N, Barradell AC, Font-Gilabert P et al. ( 2023 ) . Tailored psychological intervention for anxiety or depression in COPD (TANDEM): a randomised controlled trial . European Respiratory Journal vol. 62 , ( 5 )
Jumbe S, Madurasinghe VW, James WY, Houlihan C, Jumbe SL, Yau T, Tomini F, Eldridge S et al. ( 2022 ) . STOP— a training intervention to optimise treatment for smoking cessation in community pharmacies: cluster randomised controlled trial . BMC Medicine vol. 20 , ( 1 )
L. S, V. W, R. S, MJ. K, H. P, SJC T ( 2022 ) . Enhancing and assessing fidelity in the TANDEM (Tailored intervention for ANxiety and DEpression Management in COPD) trial: development of methods and recommendations for research design . BMC Medical Research Methodology vol. 22 , ( 1 )
Taylor S, Pinnock H, Sohanpal R, Steed E, Chan C, Healey A, Hooper R, Heslop K et al. ( 2021 ) . RCT Abstract - Tailored psychological intervention for anxiety/depression in people with COPD (TANDEM): a randomised controlled trial . Conference: Airway pharmacology and treatment
Kelly M, Steed L, Sohanpal R, Pinnock H, Barradell A, Dibao-Dina C, Mammoliti K-M, Wileman V et al. ( 2021 ) . The TANDEM trial: protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised trial of a complex intervention for anxiety and/or depression in people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) . Trials vol. 22 , ( 1 )
Steed L, Heslop-Marshall K, Sohanpal R, Saqi-Waseem S, Kelly M, Pinnock H, Taylor S ( 2021 ) . Developing a complex intervention whilst considering implementation: the TANDEM (Tailored intervention for ANxiety and DEpression Management) intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) . Trials vol. 22 , ( 1 )
Chan CL, Smuk M, Sohanpal R, Pinnock H, Taylor SJC ( 2020 ) . Tailored, psychological intervention for anxiety and/or depression in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), TANDEM (Tailored intervention for ANxiety and DEpression Management in COPD): statistical analysis plan for a randomised controlled trial . Trials vol. 21 , ( 1 )
Sohanpal R, Pinnock H, Steed L, Heslop Marshall K, Chan C, Kelly M, Priebe S, Roberts CM et al. ( 2020 ) . Tailored, psychological intervention for anxiety or depression in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), TANDEM (Tailored intervention for ANxiety and DEpression Management in COPD): protocol for a randomised controlled trial . Trials vol. 21 , ( 1 )
Steed L, Sohanpal R, Todd A, Madurasinghe VW, Rivas C, Edwards EA, Summerbell CD, Taylor SJ et al. ( 2019 ) . Community pharmacy interventions for health promotion: effects on professional practice and health outcomes . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews vol. 12 , ( 12 )
Sohanpal R, Jumbe S, James W-Y, Steed L, Yau T, Rivas C, Madurasinghe V, Houlihan C et al. ( 2019 ) . Evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Smoking Treatment Optimisation in Pharmacies (STOP) intervention: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial . Trials vol. 20 , ( 1 )
Jumbe S, James WY, Madurasinghe V, Steed L, Sohanpal R, Yau TK, Taylor S, Eldridge S et al. ( 2019 ) . Evaluating NHS Stop Smoking Service engagement in community pharmacies using simulated smokers: fidelity assessment of a theory-based intervention . BMJ Open vol. 9 , ( 5 )
Barradell A, Sohanpal R, Mammoliti K-M, Moore A, Pinnock H, Taylor SJ ( 2018 ) . Participant experiences in TANDEM feasibility pilot . Conference: General Practice and Primary Care
Carnes D, Sohanpal R, Frostick C, Hull S, Mathur R, Netuveli G, Tong J, Hutt P et al. ( 2017 ) . The impact of a social prescribing service on patients in primary care: a mixed methods evaluation . BMC Health Services Research vol. 17 , ( 1 )
Bertotti M, Hutt P, Carnes D ( 2017 ) . A realist evaluation of social prescribing: an exploration into the context and mechanisms underpinning a pathway linking primary care with the voluntary sector . Primary Health Care Research & Development vol. 19 , ( 3 ) 232 - 245 .
Jumbe S, James WY, Walton R, Griffiths C, Madurasinghe V, Sohanpal R, Steed E, Taylor S et al. ( 2017 ) . Assessing NHS stop smoking service engagement in community pharmacies using actors . Conference: General Practice and Primary Care
Steed L, Sohanpal R, Heslop-Marshall K, Saqi-Waseem S, Barradell A, Pinnock H, Taylor S ( 2017 ) . Development of the TANDEM intervention for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: reporting on the pre-pilot phase . Conference: General Practice and Primary Care
Barradell A, Sohanpal R, Pinnock H, Taylor S ( 2017 ) . Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in TANDEM: A Tailored intervention for ANxiety and DEpression Management in COPD . Conference: General Practice and Primary Care
James WY, Taylor S, Jumbe S, Madurasinghe V, Sohanpal R, Steed E, Eldridge S, Griffiths C et al. ( 2017 ) . Supporting recruitment of community pharmacies for STOP intervention training . Conference: Nurses
Rivas C, Sohanpal R, MacNeill V, Steed L, Edwards E, Antao L, Griffiths C, Eldridge S et al. ( 2017 ) . Determining counselling communication strategies associated with successful quits in the National Health Service community pharmacy Stop Smoking programme in East London: a focused ethnography using recorded consultations . BMJ Open vol. 7 , ( 10 )
Steed L, Sohanpal R, James W-Y, Rivas C, Jumbe S, Chater A, Todd A, Edwards E et al. ( 2017 ) . Equipping community pharmacy workers as agents for health behaviour change: developing and testing a theory-based smoking cessation intervention . BMJ Open vol. 7 , ( 8 )
Madurasinghe VW, Sohanpal R, James W, Steed L, Eldridge S, Taylor S, Griffiths C, Walton R ( 2017 ) . Smoking treatment optimisation in pharmacies (STOP): a cluster randomised pilot trial of a training intervention . Pilot and Feasibility Studies vol. 3 , ( 1 )
Griffiths C, Bremner S, Islam K, Sohanpal R, Vidal D-L, Dawson C, Foster G, Ramsay J et al. ( 2016 ) . Effect of an Education Programme for South Asians with Asthma and Their Clinicians: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (OEDIPUS) . PLOS ONE vol. 11 , ( 12 )
Edwards EA, Lumsden J, Rivas C, Steed L, Edwards LA, Thiyagarajan A, Sohanpal R, Caton H et al. ( 2016 ) . Gamification for health promotion: systematic review of behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps . BMJ Open vol. 6 , ( 10 )
Sohanpal R, Rivas C, Steed L, MacNeill V, Kuan V, Edwards E, Griffiths C, Eldridge S et al. ( 2016 ) . Understanding recruitment and retention in the NHS community pharmacy stop smoking service: perceptions of smoking cessation advisers . BMJ Open vol. 6 , ( 7 )
Pinnock H ( 2016 ) . Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Reduced Nihilism, But There is Still a Ways to Go . Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation vol. 3 , ( 3 ) 605 - 609 .
Sohanpal R, Steed L, Mars T, Taylor SJC ( 2015 ) . Understanding patient participation behaviour in studies of COPD support programmes such as pulmonary rehabilitation and self-management: a qualitative synthesis with application of theory . npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine vol. 25 , ( 1 )
Kotta S, Gadhvi D, Jakeways N, Saeed M, Sohanpal R, Hull S, Famakin O, Martineau A et al. ( 2015 ) . “Test me and treat me”—attitudes to vitamin D deficiency and supplementation: a qualitative study . BMJ Open vol. 5 , ( 7 )
Sohanpal R, Epiphaniou E, Taylor S ( 2014 ) . Self-management for COPD?: Why does it generate negative connotations? . British Journal of General Practice vol. 64 , ( 625 ) e522 - e524 .
Robson J, Dostal I, Mathur R, Sohanpal R, Hull S, Antoniou S, Maccallum P, Schilling R et al. ( 2014 ) . Improving anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation: observational study in three primary care trusts . British Journal of General Practice vol. 64 , ( 622 ) e275 - e281 .
SOHANPAL R, Hooper R, Hames R ( 2012 ) . Reporting participation rates in studies of non-pharmacological interventions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review . BMC Systematic Reviews vol. 1 , 66 - 66 .
Sohanpal R, Steed E, Taylor S ( 2012 ) . S111 Understanding reasons for patient attendance and non-attendance in pulmonary rehabilitation and COPD self-management programmes. A qualitative synthesis and application of theory . Thorax . vol. 67 ,
Sohanpal R, Hooper R, Hames R, Priebe S, Taylor S ( 2012 ) . S112 Estimating Participation Rates of COPD Patients in Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Self-Management Programmes: The Importance of Defining Participation . Thorax . vol. 67 ,
Bourke L, Sohanpal R, Nanton V, Crank H ( 2012 ) . A qualitative study evaluating experiences of a lifestyle intervention in men with prostate cancer undergoing androgen suppression therapy . Trials vol. 13 ,
Taylor SJC, Sohanpal R, Bremner SA, Devine A, McDaid D, Fernández JL, Griffiths CJ, Eldridge S ( 2012 ) . Self-management support for moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A pilot randomised controlled trial . British Journal of General Practice vol. 62 , ( 603 ) e687 - e695 .
Clarke A, Sohanpal R, Taylor S ( 2012 ) . Patients’ perception of early supported discharge for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative study1) . Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Evidence Based Practice vol. 8 , ( 5 ) 9 - 10 .
Sohanpal R, Seale C, Taylor SJC ( 2012 ) . Learning to manage COPD: a qualitative study of reasons for attending and not attending a COPD-specific self-management programme . Chron Respir Dis vol. 9 , ( 3 ) 163 - 174 .
Taylor SJC, Bremner SA, Choudhury A, Cook V, Devine A, Eldridge S, Feder G, Foster G et al. ( 2011 ) . OEDIPUS: A CLUSTER RANDOMISED TRIAL OF EDUCATION FOR SOUTH ASIANS WITH ASTHMA, AND THEIR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CARE PHYSICIANS, TO REDUCE UNSCHEDULED CARE . J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H . vol. 65 , A13 - A13 .
Bremner SA, Barnes N, Choudhury A, Cook V, Devine A, Eldridge S, Feder G, Foster G et al. ( 2011 ) . Oedipus: A Cluster Randomized Trial of Education for South Asians with Asthma, and Their Primary and Secondary Care Physicians, to Reduce Unscheduled Care . American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine . Conference: C95. ISSUES IN GLOBAL ASTHMA vol. 183 , a5317 - a5317 .
Clarke A, Sohanpal R, Wilson G, Taylor S ( 2010 ) . Patients' perceptions of early supported discharge for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative study . Qual Saf Health Care vol. 19 , ( 2 ) 95 - 98 .
Taylor SJC, Sohanpal R, Bremner SA, Devine A, Eldridge S, Griffiths CJ ( 2009 ) . PILOT RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF A 7-WEEK DISEASE-SPECIFIC SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME FOR PATIENTS WITH COPD: BELLA (BETTER LIVING WITH LONG TERM AIRWAYS DISEASE STUDY) . THORAX . vol. 64 , A95 - A96 .
Taylor S, Eldridge S, Chang YM, Sohanpal R, Clarke A ( 2007 ) . Evaluating hospital at home and early discharge schemes for patients with an acute exacerbation of COPD . Chron Respir Dis vol. 4 , ( 1 ) 33 - 43 .
Clarke A, Sohanpal R, Taylor SJC ( 2006 ) . Evaluation of an innovation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care in an inner London hospital: Results of a qualitative study . THORAX . vol. 61 , II86 - II86 .
Croucher R, Sohanpal R ( 2006 ) . Improving access to dental care in East London's ethnic minority groups: community based, qualitative study . Community Dent Health vol. 23 , ( 2 ) 95 - 100 .
Pau AKH, Croucher R, Muirhead V ( 2004 ) . Emotional intelligence and stress coping in dental undergraduates--a qualitative study . Br Dent J vol. 197 , ( 4 ) 205 - 209 .
Croucher R ( 2003 ) . A lay evaluation of a leaflet on NHS primary dental care in East London . JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH . vol. 82 , 583 - 583 .
Sohanpal R ( 2003 ) . Access to nhs primary dental care: lay perspectives . JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH . vol. 82 , 515 - 515 .
Croucher R, Muirhead V, Sohanpal R ( 2003 ) . Emotional intelligence and perceived stress in dental undergraduates . J DENT RES vol. 82 , B105 - B105 .
Steed L, Heslop-Marshall K, Sohanpal R, Saqi-Waseem S, Kelly M, Pinnock H, Taylor S . A five-step process for designing implementable complex interventions: A worked example using the Tailored intervention for ANxiety and DEpression Management (TANDEM) for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) .
Steed L, Heslop-Marshall K, Sohanpal R, Saqi-Waseem S, Kelly M, Pinnock H, Taylor S . Developing a complex intervention whilst considering implementation: the TANDEM (Tailored intervention for ANxiety and DEpression Management) intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) .
SOHANPAL R . Improving inclusivity in UK clinical trials through good practice in the collection and use of ethnicity data: recommendations from the INCLUDED study . BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
Kelly M, Steed L, Sohanpal R, Pinnock H, Barradell A, Dibao-Dina C, Mammoliti K-M, Wileman V et al. . The TANDEM trial: protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised trial of a complex intervention for anxiety and/or depression in people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) .