Dr Anju Devianee Keetharuth

BA, MA, MBA, PhD (Sheffield)

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Health Economist

d.keetharuth@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0884

Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Dr Anju Devianee Keetharuth
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Profile: I joined HEDS as a health economist in November 2010. After my doctorate in development economics, I worked as a trade policy adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade in Fiji (Overseas Development Institute Fellow). I then worked as an Economic Affairs Officer researching foreign direct investment at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). I have also been teaching economics at the University of Sheffield. Prior to joining HEDS, I was employed as an Economic Adviser at the Department of Health in the Choice Analysis and Patient Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs) team.

Research interests

My research interests include outcome measurement, psychometrics, economic evaluation and current health policy analysis including PROMs. I am also interested in economic evaluation of mental health policies and community services. I am also a yoga teacher in my spare time and interested in researching how yoga can improve the health of the population.

Current projects

Policy Research Unit in Economic Evaluation of Health and Care Interventions (EEPRU)
- CI: Allan Wailoo and Mark Sculpher. (Funding body: DoH; 2019/24)
  - Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL): Development of a brief generic measure for use with mental health populations. Click here for more details.
  - Measuring and Valuing Health
Efficiency, cost and quality of mental healthcare provision (EMHeP)
- CI: Rowena Jacobs, University of York Funding body: Health Foundation
Health economist on BRIGHT trial. Brushing reminder 4 oral health: the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a short messaging service behaviour change programme to improve the oral health of young people living in deprived areas
Health economist on EMBEDDING trial: Evaluating the impact of an intervention to increase uptake of self-management education programme for Type 2 diabetes in primary care: a wait-list cluster randomised controlled trial.

Publications

Journal articles

Powell PA, Rowen D, Keetharuth A, Mukuria C & Shah K (2024) Who should value children’s health and how? An international Delphi study. Social Science & Medicine, 355. View this article in WRRO
Gould RL, McDermott CJ, Thompson BJ, Rawlinson CV, Bursnall M, Bradburn M, Kumar P, Turton EJ, White DA, Serfaty MA , Graham CD et al (2024) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy plus usual care for improving quality of life in people with motor neuron disease (COMMEND): a multicentre, parallel, randomised controlled trial in the UK. The Lancet. View this article in WRRO
Keetharuth AD, Gould R, McDermott C, Thompson B, Rawlinson C, Bradburn M, Bursnall M, Kumar P, Turton E, Tappenden P , White D et al (2024) Cost-effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy for people living with motor neuron disease, and their health-related quality of life. European Journal of Neurology, 31(8). View this article in WRRO
Davies MJ, Bodicoat DH, Brennan A, Dixon S, Eborall H, Glab A, Gray LJ, Hadjiconstantinou M, Huddlestone L, Hudson N , Keetharuth A et al (2024) Uptake of self-management education programmes for people with type 2 diabetes in primary care through the embedding package: a cluster randomised control trial and ethnographic study. BMC Primary Care, 25. View this article in WRRO
Wickramasekera N, Hole AR, Rowen D, Wailoo A & Keetharuth AD (2024) Exploring the factors that drive clinical negligence claims: stated preferences of those who have experienced unintended harm. Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. View this article in WRRO
Innes N, Fairhurst C, Whiteside K, Ainsworth H, Sykes D, El Yousfi S, Turner E, Chestnutt IG, Keetharuth A, Dixon S , Day PF et al (2024) Behaviour change intervention for toothbrushing (lesson and text messages) to prevent dental caries in secondary school pupils: the BRIGHT randomized control trial. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. View this article in WRRO
Powell PA, Rowen D, Keetharuth A & Mukuria C (2024) Understanding UK public views on normative decisions made to value health-related quality of life in children: a qualitative study. Social Science & Medicine, 340. View this article in WRRO
Hussain H, Keetharuth A, Rowen D & Wailoo A (2022) Convergent validity of EQ-5D with core outcomes in dementia: a systematic review. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 20(1).
Keetharuth D, Hussain H, Rowen D & Wailoo A (2022) Assessing the psychometric performance of EQ-5D-5L in dementia: a systematic review. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 20.
Grochtdreis T, König H-H, Keetharuth AD, Gallinat J, Konnopka A, Schulz H, Lambert M, Karow A & Dams J (2022) Psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) measures in patients with affective disorders. The European Journal of Health Economics.
Rowen D, Wickramasekera N, Hole A, Keetharuth D & Wailoo A (2022) A discrete choice experiment to elicit general population preferences around the factors influencing the choice to make clinical negligence claims. Value in Health. View this article in WRRO
Mayland C, Keetharuth AD, Mukuria C & Haugen DF (2022) Validation of ‘Care Of the Dying Evaluation’ (CODETM) within an international study exploring bereaved relatives’ perceptions about quality of care in the last days of life. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. View this article in WRRO
Xu RH, Keetharuth AD, Wang L-L, Cheung AW-L & Wong EL-Y (2022) Measuring health-related quality of life and well-being : a head-to-head psychometric comparison of the EQ-5D-5L, ReQoL-UI and ICECAP-A. The European Journal of Health Economics, 23(2), 165-176. View this article in WRRO
Seligman WH, Fialho L, Sillett N, Nielsen C, Baloch FM, Collis P, Demedts IKM, Fleck MP, Floriani MA, Gabriel LEK , Gagnier JJ et al (2021) Which outcomes are most important to measure in patients with COVID-19 and how and when should these be measured? Development of an international standard set of outcomes measures for clinical use in patients with COVID-19: a report of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) COVID-19 Working Group. BMJ Open, 11(11). View this article in WRRO
McKenzie E, Matkin L, Sousa Fialho L, Emelurumonye IN, Gintner T, Ilesanmi C, Jagger B, Quinney S, Anderson E, Baandrup L , Bakhshy AK et al (2021) Developing an international standard set of patient-reported outcome measures for psychotic disorders. Psychiatric Services. View this article in WRRO
Keetharuth AD, Rowen D, Bjorner JB & Brazier J (2020) Estimating a preference-based index for mental health from the recovering quality of life measure: valuation of recovering quality of life utility index. Value in Health. View this article in WRRO
Taylor Buck E, Smith CM, Lane A, Keetharuth AD, Young T & Cooke J (2020) Use of a modified World Café process to discuss and set priorities for a Community of Practice supporting implementation of ReQoL a new mental health and quality of life Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM). Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 4(1). View this article in WRRO
Rooney G, Aber A, Phillips P, Hughes J, Keetharuth AD, Walters S, Jone G & Michaels J (2020) Electronic personal assessment questionnaire for vascular patients (ePAQ-VAS) development and validity. British Journal of Surgery. View this article in WRRO
Carlton J, Peasgood T, Khan S, Barber R, Bostock J & Keetharuth AD (2020) An emerging framework for fully incorporating public involvement (PI) into patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 4(1). View this article in WRRO
Grundy A, Keetharuth D, Barber R, Carlton J, Connell J, Taylor Buck E, Barkham M, Ricketts T, Robotham D, Rose D , Kay J et al (2019) Public Involvement in health outcomes research: lessons learnt from the development of the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) measures.. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 17. View this article in WRRO
Keetharuth D, Bjorner JB, Barkham M, Browne J, Croudace T & Brazier J (2018) Exploring the item sets of the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) measures using factor analysis. Quality of Life Research. View this article in WRRO
Keetharuth D, Taylor Buck E, Acquadro C, Conway K, Connell J, Barkham M, Carlton J, Ricketts TN, Barber R & Brazier JE (2018) Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data in the Development of Outcome Measures: The Case of the Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) Measures in Mental Health Populations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(7), 1342-1342. View this article in WRRO
Keetharuth D, Brazier J, Connell J, Bjorner J, Carlton J, Taylor Buck E, Ricketts T, McKendrick K, Browne J, Croudace T & Barkham M (2018) Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL): a new generic self-reported outcome measure for use with people experiencing mental health difficulties. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 212(1), 42-49. View this article in WRRO
Mountain G, Windle G, Hind D, Walters S, Keertharuth A, Chatters R, Sprange K, Craig C, Cook S, Lee E , Woods R et al (2017) A preventative lifestyle intervention for older adults (lifestyle matters): a randomised controlled trial. Age And Ageing, 46, 627-634. View this article in WRRO
Mukuria C, Young T, Keetharuth A, Borghs S & Brazier J (2017) Sensitivity and responsiveness of the EQ-5D-3L in patients with uncontrolled focal seizures: an analysis of Phase III trials of adjunctive brivaracetam. Quality of Life Research, 26(3), 749-759. View this article in WRRO
Duncan R, Essat M, Jones G, Booth A, Woods H, Poku E, Kaltenthaler E, Keetharuth D, Palfreyman S & Michaels J (2017) Systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of patient-reported outcome measures for abdominal aortic aneurysm. British Journal of Surgery, 104(4), 317-327. View this article in WRRO
Poku E, Duncan R, Keetharuth A, Essat M, Phillips P, Woods HB, Palfreyman S, Jones G, Kaltenthaler E & Michaels J (2016) Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with peripheral arterial disease: a systematic review of psychometric properties.. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 14(1), 161-161. View this article in WRRO
Rowen D, Brazier J, Mukuria C, Keetharuth A, Risa Hole A, Tsuchiya A, Whyte S & Shackley P (2016) Eliciting Societal Preferences for Weighting QALYs for Burden of Illness and End of Life. Medical Decision Making, 36(2), 210-222.
Rowen D, Brazier J, Keetharuth A, Tsuchiya A & Mukuria C (2016) Comparison of Modes of Administration and Alternative Formats for Eliciting Societal Preferences for Burden of Illness. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 14(1), 89-104. View this article in WRRO
Ara R, Basarir H, Keetharuth AD, Barbieri M, Weatherly HLA, Sculpher MJS, Ahmed H & Brown S (2014) Are policy decisions on surgical procedures informed by robust economic evidence? A systematic review. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 30(4), 381-393. View this article in WRRO
Roberts J, Lenton P, Keetharuth D & Brazier JE (2014) Quality of life impact of mental health conditions in England: results from the adult psychiatric morbidity surveys. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 12(6).
Ara R, Basarir H, Keetharuth A, Weatherly H, Barbieri M & Sculpher MJ (2013) Economic Evidence of Surgical Procedures in Cancer: A Systematic Literature Review. Value in Health, 16(7), A411-A411.
Sprange K, Mountain GA, Brazier J, Cook SP, Craig C, Hind D, Walters SJ, Windle G, Woods R, Keetharuth AD , Chater T et al (2013) Lifestyle Matters for maintenance of health and wellbeing in people aged 65 years and over: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 14(1), 302-302. View this article in WRRO
Marshman Z, Ainsworth H, Fairhurst C, Whiteside K, Sykes D, Keetharuth A, El Yousfi S, Turner E, Day PF, Chestnutt IG , Dixon S et al () Behaviour change intervention (education and text) to prevent dental caries in secondary school pupils: BRIGHT RCT, process and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, 1-142.
Keetharuth AD, Gray L, McGrane E, Worboys H & Orozco-Leal G () Mapping Short Warwick and Edinburgh Measure of Well Being Scale (SWEMWBS) to Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) to estimate health utilities. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. View this article in WRRO
Swaby L, Perry DC, Walker K, Hind D, Mills A, Jayasuriya R, Totton N, Desoysa L, Chatters R, Young B , Sherratt F et al () Bracing Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (BASIS) study – night-time versus full-time bracing in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: study protocol for a multicentre, randomized controlled trial. Bone & Joint Open, 4(11), 873-880.
Longworth L, Yang Y, Young T, Mulhern B, Hernández Alava M, Mukuria C, Rowen D, Tosh J, Tsuchiya A, Evans P , Devianee Keetharuth A et al () Use of generic and condition-specific measures of health-related quality of life in NICE decision-making: a systematic review, statistical modelling and survey. Health Technology Assessment, 18(9). View this article in WRRO
Barkham M, Saxon D, Hardy GE, Bradburn M, Galloway D, Wickramasekera N, Keetharuth D, Bower P, King M, Elliott R , Gabriel L et al () Clinical and cost-effectiveness of person-centred experiential therapy vs. cognitive behavioural therapy for moderate and severe depression delivered in the English Improving Access to Psychological Therapies national programme: A pragmatic randomised non- inferiority trial [PRaCTICED]. The Lancet Psychiatry.

Chapters

Keetharuth D, Knupfer M & Taylor Buck E (2023) Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) In Krägeloh C, Alyami M & Medvedev ON (Ed.), International Handbook of Behavioral Health Assessment Springer View this article in WRRO

Conference proceedings papers

Bjorner JB, Croudace T, Keetharuth A, Brazier JE & Browne J (2016) Factor analyses identified one dominant global factor in a new scale for recovering quality of life (ReQoL) for mental health patients. QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH, Vol. 25 (pp 95-95)
Rowen D, Brazier JE, Keetharuth A, Tsuchiya A, Robinson A & Mukuria C (2014) Comparison of an online survey and face-to-face interviews for eliciting societal preferences. QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH, Vol. 23 (pp 49-49)
Keetharuth A, Brazier J, Gibbons E, Ricketts T, Khan M, Connell J & Barkham M (2014) PROMs in Secondary Mental Health Services in the UK: a Feasibility Study and Lessons Learnt. JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND ECONOMICS, Vol. 17 (pp S10-S10)

Grants: Placement Fellowship financed by ESRC/MRC/CLAHRC/NIHR. During this placement (February - August 2013), I was based at the Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust working on the use of PROMs in clinical and managerial decision-making. A copy of my end of award report can be found here.

School of Medicine and Population Health