Jane Hughes

MSc

School of Medicine and Population Health

Research Fellow

I am a mixed-methods researcher specialising in qualitative methods.

jane.hughes2@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0762

+44 114 222987

2.11, CTRU, Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Jane Hughes
School of Medicine and Population Health
2.11, CTRU
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

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I am currently working on a study evaluating a Decision Support Tool for people with Thoracic Aortic disease. I previously worked on the mixed methods Patient Centred Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm study [PCAAAS] evaluating the National AAA screening programme.

Previous health research studies include;

The Scottish Minimum Unit Pricing for Alcohol study (SARG) – an evaluation of the MUP for alcohol policy in Scotland.

The TIME study – A take-home naloxone intervention multicentre emergency setting feasibility trial.

Te Cancer, Fertility and Me study - developing and evaluating a decision aid for women diagnosed with cancer considering fertility preservation (HEDS).

Before joining ScHARR I was a Clinical Data Manager at the Sheffield University Cancer Clinical Trials Unit – working on a variety of cancer drug clinical trials. I gained an MPH at ScHARR in 2012.

Qualifications: BA (hons) Economics and Geography, PGCE - primary education, MPH - Masters in Public Health, Scharr

Research interests: I am interested in a range of research methodologies - from quantitative surveys to qualitative interviews - in the evaluation of health outcomes in public health research.

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Journal articles

Grindell C, Hughes J, Lumley E, Elstone A, Hall J, Michaels J, Nasim A, Radley S, Shackley P, Smith NM , Stansby G et al (2026) Developing and Assessing the Acceptability of an Information Booklet for Patients in Surveillance for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: An Intervention Development Study. Health Expectations, 29(2).
Lumley E, Hughes J, Elstone A, Hall J, MacGregor‐Smith N, Michaels J, Nasim A, Radley S, Shackley P, Stansby G , Wood E et al (2025) Exiting surveillance From abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: the views of clinicians, and men in surveillance and their family members. Health Expectations, 28(5). View this article in WRRO
Field B, Lumley E, Hughes J, Elstone A, Hall J, Nasim A, Stansby G & O’Cathain A (2025) What help do men under abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance want to manage anxiety? A qualitative interview study. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. View this article in WRRO
Hughes J, Lumley E, Elstone A, Hall J, Michaels J, Nasim A, Radley S, Shackley P, MacGregor Smith N, Stansby G , Wood E et al (2025) Psychosocial problems caused by abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance: a cross-sectional survey. Journal of Medical Screening. View this article in WRRO
Hughes J, Sampson FC, Buykx P, Long J, Edwards A, Evans BA, Goodacre S, Jones MB, Moore C & Snooks HA (2025) Would provision of take home naloxone kits by emergency medical services be perceived as acceptable to people at risk of opioid overdose? A qualitative study. Prehospital Emergency Care, 29(4), 482-490. View this article in WRRO
Lumley E, Hughes J, Elstone A, Hall J, MacGregor-Smith N, Michaels J, Nasim A, Radley S, Shackley P, Stansby G , Wood E et al (2025) Managing anxiety in men undergoing surveillance in the NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme: a survey of screening staff in England. Journal of Vascular Nursing, 43(1), 10-17. View this article in WRRO
Buykx P, Perkins A, Hughes J, Livingston W, Boyd J, Perman‐Howe P, Johnston A, McCarthy T, McLean A, Wright A , Little S et al (2025) The impact of Scotland's minimum unit pricing for alcohol policy on people accessing services for alcohol dependence: a difference‐in‐difference structured interview study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44(1), 90-103. View this article in WRRO
Snooks H, Benger J, Bell F, Black S, Dixon S, Emery H, Evans BA, Fuller G, Hoskins R, Hughes J , Jones J et al (2024) Take-home naloxone in multicentre emergency settings: the TIME feasibility cluster RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 28(74). View this article in WRRO
Snooks HA, Jones JK, Bell FB, Benger JR, Black SL, Dixon S, Edwards A, Emery H, Evans BA, Fuller GW , Goodacre S et al (2024) Take-home naloxone administered in emergency settings: feasibility of intervention implementation in a cluster randomized trial. BMC Emergency Medicine, 24. View this article in WRRO
Sampson FC, Hughes J, Long J, Buykx P, Goodacre SW, Snooks H, Edwards A, Evans B, Jones J, Moore C & Johnston S (2024) Is a randomised controlled trial of take home naloxone distributed in emergency settings likely to be feasible and acceptable? Findings from a UK qualitative study exploring perspectives of people who use opioids and emergency services staff. BMC Emergency Medicine, 24(1). View this article in WRRO
Livingston W, Holmes J, Hughes J, Buykx P, Perkins A, Wright A, Gardiner K, Yannoulis Y, Johnston A & Maclean A (2024) Expected and actual responses to minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol of people drinking at harmful levels in Scotland. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 31(4), 453-462.
Hughes J, Livingston W, Buykx P, Johnston A, Little S, McCarthy T, McLean A, Perkins A, Wright A & Holmes J (2023) Views on minimum unit pricing for alcohol before its introduction among people with alcohol dependence in Scotland: A qualitative interview study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42(6), 1338-1348. View this article in WRRO
Jones GL, Moss RH, Darby F, Mahmoodi N, Phillips B, Hughes J, Vogt KS, Greenfield DM, Brauten-Smith G, Gath J , Campbell T et al (2022) Cancer, fertility and me: developing and testing a novel fertility preservation patient decision aid to support women at risk of losing their fertility because of cancer treatment. Frontiers in Oncology, 12. View this article in WRRO
Jones G, Brown Hajdukova E, Hanna E, Duncan R, Gough B, Hughes J, Hughes D, Ashworth F, Prevot J, Drabwell J , Solis L et al (2021) It’s long-term, well it’s for life basically: Understanding and exploring the burden of immunoglobulin treatment in patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders. Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare, 4(3), 117-131.
Jones M, Bell F, Benger J, Black S, Buykx P, Dixon S, Driscoll T, Evans B, Edwards A, Fuller G , Goodacre S et al (2020) Protocol for Take-home naloxone In Multicentre Emergency (TIME) settings: feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6(1). View this article in WRRO
Aber A, Phillips P, Hughes J, Keetharuth AD, Rooney G, Radley S, Walters S, Nawaz S, Jones G & Michaels J (2020) Electronic personal assessment questionnaire for vascular patients (ePAQ-VAS): development and validity. British Journal of Surgery, 107(8), 1004-1012. View this article in WRRO
Wickramasekera N, Howard A, Philips P, Rooney G, Hughes J, Wilson E, Aber A, Michaels J & Shackley P (2020) Author response to: Comment on: Strength of public preferences for endovascular or open aortic aneurysm repair. British Journal of Surgery, 107(5), 613-614.
Wickramasekera N, Howard A, Philips P, Rooney G, Hughes J, Wilson E, Aber A, Michaels J & Shackley P (2019) Strength of public preferences for endovascular or open aortic aneurysm repair. British Journal of Surgery, 106(13), 1775-1783. View this article in WRRO
Mahmoodi N, Bekker HL, King NV, Hughes J, Jones GL & Team CFMR (2018) Are publicly available internet resources enabling women to make informed fertility preservation decisions before starting cancer treatment: an environmental scan?. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 18. View this article in WRRO
Vogt KS, Hughes J, Wilkinson A, Mahmoodi N, Skull J, Wood H, McDougall S, Slade P, Greenfield DM, Pacey A , Ledger W et al (2018) Preserving fertility in women with cancer (PreFer): Decision‐making and patient‐reported outcomes in women offered egg and embryo freezing prior to cancer treatment. Psycho-Oncology.
Jones G, Hughes J, Mahmoodi N, Smith E, Skull J & Ledger W (2017) What factors hinder the decision-making process for women with cancer and contemplating fertility preservation treatment?. Human Reproduction Update, 23(4), 433-457.
Jones GL, Hughes J, Mahmoodi N, Greenfield D, Brauten-Smith G, Skull J, Gath J, Yeomanson D, Baskind E, Snowden JA , Jacques RM et al (2017) Observational study of the development and evaluation of a fertility preservation patient decision aid for teenage and adult women diagnosed with cancer: the Cancer, Fertility and Me research protocol. BMJ OPEN, 2017(7).
Jones GL, Jacques RM, Thompson J, Wood HJ, Hughes J, Ledger W, Alazzam M, Radley SC & Tidy JA (2015) The impact of surgery for vulval cancer upon health-related quality of life and pelvic floor outcomes during the first year of treatment: a longitudinal, mixed methods study. Psycho-Oncology. View this article in WRRO
MacInnes E, Erskine S, Collins K, Hughes J, Wilkinson J, Haines R, Cook J & Wyld L (2012) 141. Factors influencing risk management choices (risk reducing surgery or screening) in women at high familial breast cancer risk. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 38(9), 778-779.
Erskine S, Surgey E, Collins K, Hughes J, Wilkinson J, Haines D, Cooke J & Wyld L (2010) Psychosocial and physical outcomes for women at high familial breast cancer risk. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 36(11), 1107-1107.
Metwally M, Ridsdale K, Pye C, Dimairo M, Barr A, Cheong Y, Desoysa L, Drabble S, Drakeley A, Evbuomwan I , Flight L et al () Outpatient paracentesis for Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome: STOP-OHSS feasibility study and RCT Synopsis. Health Technology Assessment, 1-34.
Hughes J, Lumley E, Elstone A, Michaels J, Nasim A, Radley S, Shackley P, Stansby G, Wood E, MacGregor-Smith N , Hall J et al () Men’s Preferences for Exiting Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surveillance: A Deliberative Engagement Session Study. Patient Preference and Adherence, Volume 20, 1-12.

Conference proceedings

Emery H, Snooks H, Jones J, Benger J, Driscoll T, Edwards A, Evans BA, Fuller G, Hoskins R, Hughes J , John A et al (2023) EP09 Feasibility of methods and intervention for administration of take-home naloxone in emergency settings: a cluster randomised trial. 999 EMS Research Forum 2023 meeting abstracts (pp A4.2-A5)
Sampson FC, Hughes J, Long J, Buykx P & Snooks H (2022) PP39 Emergency service provider perspectives of feasibility and acceptability of emergency services distribution of take home naloxone. Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 39(9) (pp e5-e5). Sheffield, UK, 14 June 2022 - 14 June 2022. View this article in WRRO
Hughes J, Sampson FC, Long J, Buykx P & Snooks H (2022) EP12 Emergency services provision of take home naloxone to people at risk of opiate overdose: perspectives of potential recipients – a qualitative study. Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 39(9) (pp e5-e5). Sheffield, UK, 14 June 2022 - 14 June 2022. View this article in WRRO
MacInnes E, Erksine S, Collins K, Hughes J, Wilkinson J, Cook J, Walters S & Wyld L (2018) Views and experiences of MRI breast screening in women at increased familial breast cancer risk. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol. 44(6) (pp 905-906). Birmingham, UK, 18 June 2018 - 18 June 2018. View this article in WRRO
MacInnes E, Erskine S, Collins K, Hughes J, Wilkinson J, Cook J, Walters S & Wyld L (2018) Experiences of women and partners of women at increased familial breast cancer risk: A qualitative study of the impact upon partnerships. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol. 44(6) (pp 904-905)
Jones GL, Vogt K, Darby F, Mahmoodi N, Hughes J, Greenfield D, Skull J, Lane S, Brauten-Smith G, Yeomanson D , Baskind NE et al (2018) Experience of developing and evaluating a fertility preservation patient decision aid for teenage and adult women with cancer for use in oncology settings, UK (The Cancer, Fertility and Me study). PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, Vol. 27 (pp 45-45)
Jones G, Hughes J, Mattick E, Poku E, Mahmoodi N, Skull J & Ledger W (2016) What factors influence the decision-making process for women with cancer contemplating fertility preservation? A systematic review. BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, Vol. 123 (pp 70-71)

Preprints

Metwally M, Ridsdale K, Dimairo M, Pye C, Cheong Y, Desoysa L, Drakely A, Evbuomwan I, Hughes J, Loban A , Mathur R et al (2025) Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome: The STOP-OHSS RCT of outpatient paracentesis and survey on preventive practices, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Sampson FC, Hughes J, Long J, Buykx P, Goodacre SW, Snooks H, Edwards A, Evans B, Jones J, Moore C & Johnston S (2023) Is a randomised controlled trial of take home naloxone distributed in emergency settings likely to be feasible and acceptable? Findings from a UK qualitative study exploring perspectives of people who use opioids and emergency services staff, Research Square Platform LLC.
Jones M, Bell F, Benger J, Black S, Buykx P, Dixon S, Driscoll T, Evans B, Edwards A, Fuller G , Goodacre S et al (2020) Protocol for Take home naloxone In Multicentre Emergency setting (TIME): Feasibility Study, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
Jones M, Bell F, Benger J, Black S, Buykx P, Dixon S, Driscoll T, Evans B, Edwards A, Fuller G , Goodacre S et al () Protocol for Take home naloxone In Multicentre Emergency setting (TIME): Feasibility Study.

Research group: HSRU