Clare Relton BA, RSHom, MSc, PhD

Research Fellow

Section of Public Health
ScHARR
University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 0796
Fax: (+44) (0)114 272 4095

email : c.relton@sheffield.ac.uk

Room 2037, 2nd Floor, Regent Court

Research Interests

  • Pragmatic RCT (randomised controlled trial) design.
  • Patient Experiences in clinical trials
  • Informed consent procedures
  • Obesity, Insomnia, Chronic Pain syndromes, Menopause
  • Homeopathic medicine

Current Projects

  • Principal Investigator of the South Yorkshire Cohort, a longitudinal cohort study of the health and weight of adults in South Yorkshire. Funded by the South Yorkshire NIHR CLAHRC (Nov 2008 - Nov 2013)
  • Clinical and cost effectiveness of a Financial Incentive programme for Healthy Lifestyle Adherence for patients with a BMI of 27.5+

Activities and Distinctions

  • Research Fellow in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds
  • DH Fellow 2003 - 2008
  • Short listed for Best Practice in Integrated Medicine Award (Foundation for Integrated Health) 2002
  • Fellow of the Society of Homeopaths
  • Module contributor - MSc in Public Health (Health Services Research), University of Sheffield
  • Module contributor - MBChB, University of Sheffield

Grants

  1. Barnsley hospital NHS small grants award (applicant). Pilot trial of treatment by a homeopath for patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome. £10k
  2. Homeopathy Action Trust (applicant). Pilot trial of treatment by a homeopath for patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome £3k.
  3. Department of Health National Research Capacity Development Training Award. £200k

Collaborations

Professor Kate Thomas, University of Leeds. Developing a programme of clinical homeopathy research.

Dr Ade Adebajo, Rheumatology consultant, Barnsley District General Hospital, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Widespread Body Pain clinical research.

Dr Christine Smith, Research Lead, Barnsley District General Hospital. FMS and Chronic Widespread Body Pain/Irritable bowel syndrome clinical research.

Dr Pat Strong, Homeopath, Wellforce Complementary Medicine Service, Sheffield. Menopause research.

Publications since 2001

Relton C, Torgerson D, O'Cathain A, Nicholl J. BMJ.com 'Rethinking pragmatic RCTs: introducing the 'cohort multiple RCT' design. BMJ 2010; 340:c1066.

Cooper K, Relton C: 'Homeopathy for insomnia: a systematic review of research evidence'. Sleep Medicine Reviews (2010) doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2009.11.005.

Relton C, Smith C, Raw J, Walters C, Adebajo A, Thomas K J, Young T A. 'Healthcare provided by a homeopath as an adjunct to usual care for Fibromyalgia (FMS): results of a pilot Randomised Controlled Trial' Homeopathy 2009, 77-82.

Thompson E A, Relton C, 'Designing clinical trials of homeopathy for menopausal sypmtoms: a review of the literature', Menopause International 2009, 15: 31-34.

MacPherson H, Thomas K, Armstrong B, de Valois B, Relton C, Mullinger B, White A, Flower A, Scheid V. Developing research strategies in complementary and alternative medicine. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 2008; 16: 359-362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2008.08.001

Relton C,O'Cathain A, Thomas K J. Untangling the debate. Homeopathy 2007, 92, 152-155.

Relton C et al. Chapter 2 `Users and practitioners of complementary medicine´. In Zollman et al (Eds) ABC of Complementary Medicine. Blackwell Publishing; 2nd edition (Jul 2008)

Hughes SL, Smith A, Relton C `Homeopathy service in an NHS hospital breast cancer clinic: outcome study´. Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10 (suppl 2) p93.

Relton C, Chatfield K, Partington H, Foulkes L. Patients treated by homeopaths registered with the Society of Homeopaths: a pilot study. Homeopathy 2007; 96:87-89.

Postgraduate Students

Emily Peckham (PhD supervisor)

Section

Clare Relton is based in the Section of Public Health

Section of Public Health


25 March 10