Laura Howells

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• workKing's Meadow Campus
  Lenton Lane
  Nottingham
  NG7 2NR
  UK
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• Laura.Howells1@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Laura joined the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology in 2016. She completed her PhD in patient-reported outcome measures for atopic eczmea in 2019. She has research experience in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, atopic eczema, vitiligo, hidradenitis suppurativa, and lichen sclerosus.

Laura studied Psychology (BSc) at the University of Sheffield, and then went on to study Health Psychology (MSc) at the University of Bath. She is currently training to be a qualified Health Psychologist. She is interested in improving the provision of psychological interventions for people with dermatological conditions.

Recent Publications

• THOMAS, K S, APFELBACHER, C A, CHALMERS, J R, SIMPSON, E, SPULS, P I, GERBENS, L A A, WILLIAMS, H C, SCHMITT, J, GABES, M, HOWELLS, L, STUART, B L, GRINICH, E, PAWLITSCHEK, T, BURTON, T, HOWIE, L, GADKARI, A, ECKERT, L, EBATA, T, BOERS, M, SAEKI, H, NAKAHARA, T and KATOH, N, 2020. Recommended core outcome instruments for health-related quality of life, long-term control and itch intensity in atopic eczema trials: results of the HOME VII consensus meeting. The British journal of dermatology.
• L.HOWELLS, CHALMERS JR, GRAN S, AHMED A, APFELBACHER C, BURTON T, HOWIE L, LAWTON S, RIDD M, ROGERS NK, SEARS AV, SPULS P and THOMAS KS, 2019. Development and initial testing of a new instrument to measure the experience of eczema control in adults and children: Recap of atopic eczema (RECAP) Br J Dermatol.
• HOWELLS L, THOMAS KS, SEARS AV, NASR I, WOLLENBERG A, SCHUTTELAAR MLA, ROMEIJN GLE, PALLER AS, MUELLER K, DOYTCHEVA K, KATAOKA Y, DAGUZE J, BARBAROT S, VON KOBYLETZKI L, BECKMAN L, GRAN S, COWDELL F, SANTER M and JR CHALMERS, 2019. Defining and measuring “eczema control”: An international qualitative study to explore the views of those living with and treating atopic eczema J EADV.
• HOWELLS L, RATIB S, CHALMERS JR, BRADSHAW L, THOMAS KS and , 2018. How should minimally important change (MIC) scores for the Patient Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) be interpreted? A validation using varied methods. The British journal of dermatology. (In Press.)

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• THOMAS, K S, APFELBACHER, C A, CHALMERS, J R, SIMPSON, E, SPULS, P I, GERBENS, L A A, WILLIAMS, H C, SCHMITT, J, GABES, M, HOWELLS, L, STUART, B L, GRINICH, E, PAWLITSCHEK, T, BURTON, T, HOWIE, L, GADKARI, A, ECKERT, L, EBATA, T, BOERS, M, SAEKI, H, NAKAHARA, T and KATOH, N, 2020. Recommended core outcome instruments for health-related quality of life, long-term control and itch intensity in atopic eczema trials: results of the HOME VII consensus meeting. The British journal of dermatology.
• L.HOWELLS, CHALMERS JR, GRAN S, AHMED A, APFELBACHER C, BURTON T, HOWIE L, LAWTON S, RIDD M, ROGERS NK, SEARS AV, SPULS P and THOMAS KS, 2019. Development and initial testing of a new instrument to measure the experience of eczema control in adults and children: Recap of atopic eczema (RECAP) Br J Dermatol.
• HOWELLS L, THOMAS KS, SEARS AV, NASR I, WOLLENBERG A, SCHUTTELAAR MLA, ROMEIJN GLE, PALLER AS, MUELLER K, DOYTCHEVA K, KATAOKA Y, DAGUZE J, BARBAROT S, VON KOBYLETZKI L, BECKMAN L, GRAN S, COWDELL F, SANTER M and JR CHALMERS, 2019. Defining and measuring “eczema control”: An international qualitative study to explore the views of those living with and treating atopic eczema J EADV.
• HOWELLS L, RATIB S, CHALMERS JR, BRADSHAW L, THOMAS KS and , 2018. How should minimally important change (MIC) scores for the Patient Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) be interpreted? A validation using varied methods. The British journal of dermatology. (In Press.)
• CHALMERS JR, THOMAS KS, APFELBACHER C, WILLIAMS HC, PRINSEN CA, SPULS PI, SIMPSON E, GERBENS LAA, BOERS M, BARBAROT S, STALDER JF, ABUABARA K, AOKI V, ARDELEANU M, ARMSTRONG J, BANG B, BERENTS TL, BURTON T, BUTLER L, CHUBACHI T, CRESSWELL-MELVILLE A, DELOZIER A, ECKERT L, EICHENFIELD L, FLOHR C, FUTAMURA M, GADKARI A, GJERDE ES, VAN HALEWIJN KF, HAWKES C, HOWELLS L, HOWIE L, HUMPHREYS R, ISHII HA, KATAOKA Y, KATAYAMA I, KOUWENHOVEN W, LANGAN SM, LESHEM YA, MERHAND S, MINA-OSORIO P, MUROTA H, NAKAHARA T, NUNES FP, NYGAARD U, NYGÅRDAS M, OHYA Y, ONO E, REHBINDER E, ROGERS NK, ROMEIJN GLE, SCHUTTELAAR MLA, SEARS AV, SIMPSON MA, SINGH JA, SROUR J, STUART B, SVENSSON Å, TALMO G, TALMO H, TEIXEIRA HD, THYSSEN JP, TODD G, TORCHET F, VOLKE A, VON KOBYLETZKI L, WEISSHAAR E, WOLLENBERG A and ZANIBONI M, 2018. Report from the fifth international consensus meeting to harmonize core outcome measures for atopic eczema/dermatitis clinical trials (HOME initiative). The British journal of dermatology. (In Press.)
• HOWELLS L, RATIB S, CHALMERS JR, BRADSHAW L and THOMAS KS, 2018. How should minimally important change scores for the Patient‐Oriented Eczema Measure be interpreted? A validation using varied methods British Journal of Dermatology. 178(5), 1135-1142
• CHALMERS, J. R., HOWELLS, L., ALPFELBACHER, C., SPULS, P., SIMPSON, E. L., WILLIAMS, H. C., SCHMITT, J., PRINSEN, C. A. C., GERBENS, L. A. A., WOLLENBURG, A., SEARS, A. V., IBRAHIM, N., COWDELL, F., SCHUTTELAAR, M. L., ROMEIJN, G. L. E., PALLER, A. S., MUELLER, K., DOYTCHEVA, K., KATAOKA, Y., DAGUZE, J., VON KOBYLETZKI, L., BOERS, M., BARBAROT, S., STALDER, J. F. and THOMAS, K. S., 2018. What is long-term control of atopic eczema? International qualitative studies and results of the HOME V consensus meeting BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 179(1), E17-E17
• CHALMERS, J. R., HOWELLS, L., HUMPHREYS, R., HALL, D., LAYFIELD, C., MASTON, B., BLACKWELL, J., SHELTON, M., COWDELL, F. and THOMAS, K. S., 2018. Understanding the barriers and facilitators to effective patient involvement in core outcome set development consensus meetings: experiences of HOME BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 179(1), E49-E49
• HOWELLS L, CHISHOLM A, COTTERILL S, CHINOY H, WARREN RB and BUNDY C, 2017. The impact of disease severity, illness beliefs and coping strategies on outcomes in psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis care & research.
• BRADSHAW, LUCY, HEPBURN, TRISH, MONTGOMERY, ALAN A., HARRISON, ELEANOR F., MITCHELL, ELEANOR J., HOWELLS, LAURA and THOMAS, KIM S., 2017. Frequency of data collection in a randomised controlled trial for long term eczema management in children TRIALS. 18,
• HOWELLS, LAURA, RATIB, SONIA, CHALMERS, JOANNE, BRADSHAW, LUCY E. and THOMAS, KIM S., 2017. The minimum clinically important difference (MCID) of the patient oriented eczema measure (POEM): do different methods of calculation give different MCIDs? TRIALS. 18,
• HOWELLS LM, CHALMERS J, COWDELL F, RATIB S and SANTER M, 2017. 'When it goes back to my normal I suppose': a qualitative study using online focus groups to explore perceptions of 'control' among people with eczema and parents of children with eczema in the UK. BMJ Open.
• HOWELLS LM, CHALMERS JR, COWDELL F, RATIB S, SANTER M and THOMAS KS, 2017. 'When it goes back to my normal I suppose': a qualitative study using online focus groups to explore perceptions of 'control' among people with eczema and parents of children with eczema in the UK. BMJ open. 7(11), e017731
• HOWELLS, L., THOMAS, K., RATIB, S. and CHALMERS, J., 2016. Is the Patient Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) fit for purpose as the core instrument for patient reported eczema symptoms? A series of linked validation studies to inform the Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) initiative BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 175, 48-49
• HOWELLS, L., CHISHOLM, A., COTTERILL, S., CHINOY, H., WARREN, R. and BUNDY, C., 2016. The role of beliefs, mood, coping strategies, disease severity and quality of life in patients living with psoriatic arthritis BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 175, 53-53
• BUNDY C, BORTHWICK M, MCATEER H, CORDINGLEY L, HOWELLS L, BRISTOW P and MCBRIDE S, 2014. Psoriasis: snapshots of the unspoken: using novel methods to explore patients' personal models of psoriasis and the impact on well-being. The British journal of dermatology. 171(4), 825-31