Mr Ragy Tadrous

  • Research Associate (MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit)

Biography

Ragy is a research associate working on the Physical Activity, Social Connectedness, and Healthy Ageing Study (PACES). He joined the Complexity in Health Improvement Programme at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in March 2024.

 

He recently completed a White Rose Network funded PhD in the Department for Ageing and Stroke Research in the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences developing an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults aged ≥75 years.

He graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a First Class Honours degree in Physiotherapy, after which he undertook a Research Masters which profiled the physical performance of people with narcolepsy.

He has a keen interest in mixed-methods research and throughout his PhD he undertook: 

  • A mixed-method review of the literature relating to interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults.
  • A qualitative profile of sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults aged ≥75 years.
  • A co-production study informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework and Behavioural Change Wheel to develop an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults aged ≥75.
  • A mixed-method pilot study which explored the delivery of the co-produced intervention.

In 2022, he was appointed to the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE) Scholars Board, which aims to improve diveristy, and inclusion in doctoral education for BAME students. He was also a PGR Representative for the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences.

 

Research interests

  • Sedentary Behaviour
  • Physical Activity
  • Sleep
  • Older Adults
  • Intervention Development
  • Behaviour Change Theory
  • Mixed-Method Research
  • Systematic Reviewing and Meta-Analysis
  • Co-production

Publications

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Number of items: 5.

2024

Tadrous, R. , O'Rourke, D., Murphy, N., Quinn, G., Quinn, C., Slattery, L. and Broderick, J. (2024) Exploring exercise, physical wellbeing and the role of physiotherapy: perspectives from people with narcolepsy. Journal of Sleep Research, 33(12), e14007. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.14007) (PMID:37621198)

2023

Braithwaite, E., Todd, O., Atkin, A., Hulatt, R., Tadrous, R. , Alldred, D., Pirmohamed, M., Walker, L., Lawton, R. and Clegg, A. (2023) Interventions for reducing anticholinergic medication burden in older adults – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 52(9), afad176. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad176) (PMID:37740900) (PMCID:PMC10517713)

2021

Tadrous, R. , O'Rourke, D., Mockler, D. and Broderick, J. (2021) Health‐related quality of life in narcolepsy: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(6), e13383. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13383) (PMID:34036640)

Tadrous, R. , Broderick, J., Murphy, N., Slattery, L., Quinn, G. and O'Rourke, D. (2021) 510 A profile of physical performance variables in an out-patient adult population with narcolepsy. Sleep, 44(Supple), A201-A201. (doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab072.509)

Tadrous, R. , O’Rourke, D., Broderick, J. and Mockler, D. (2021) 509 Health-related quality of life in narcolepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep, 44(Supple), A200-A201. (doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab072.508)

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Articles

Tadrous, R. , O'Rourke, D., Murphy, N., Quinn, G., Quinn, C., Slattery, L. and Broderick, J. (2024) Exploring exercise, physical wellbeing and the role of physiotherapy: perspectives from people with narcolepsy. Journal of Sleep Research, 33(12), e14007. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.14007) (PMID:37621198)

Braithwaite, E., Todd, O., Atkin, A., Hulatt, R., Tadrous, R. , Alldred, D., Pirmohamed, M., Walker, L., Lawton, R. and Clegg, A. (2023) Interventions for reducing anticholinergic medication burden in older adults – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 52(9), afad176. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad176) (PMID:37740900) (PMCID:PMC10517713)

Tadrous, R. , O'Rourke, D., Mockler, D. and Broderick, J. (2021) Health‐related quality of life in narcolepsy: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(6), e13383. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13383) (PMID:34036640)

Tadrous, R. , Broderick, J., Murphy, N., Slattery, L., Quinn, G. and O'Rourke, D. (2021) 510 A profile of physical performance variables in an out-patient adult population with narcolepsy. Sleep, 44(Supple), A201-A201. (doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab072.509)

Tadrous, R. , O’Rourke, D., Broderick, J. and Mockler, D. (2021) 509 Health-related quality of life in narcolepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep, 44(Supple), A200-A201. (doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab072.508)

This list was generated on Tue Jul 16 16:35:12 2024 BST.

Professional activities & recognition

Selected international presentations

  • 2023: World Narcolepsy Day (Dublin, Ireland)
  • 2023: European Conference on Aging and Gerontology (London, England)
  • 2023: British Geriatric Society Autumn Meeting (Birmingham, England)
  • 2023: eSleep 2023 (Virtual)
  • 2021: Sleep (America)
  • 2021: Irish Sleep Society (Dublin, Ireland)