Professor Chris Burton
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Professor of Primary Medical Care
+44 114 222 0704
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Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Room 3024
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I am a GP and researcher whose primary interest is in persistent physical symptoms and functional somatic disorders. I lead the research group in the Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care at the University of 91Ö±²¥.
- Research interests
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Persistent Physical Symptoms: this includes the current Multiple Symptoms Study3 trial and work to better understand both the mechanisms of persistent (or functional) symptoms and clinical communication about them.
Health Services Research: this typically involves analysis of large scale data to understand clinical practice (diagnosis and testing) and healthcare use (particularly of urgent and unscheduled care). I am particularly interested in examining healthcare use from the perspective of the science of complex systems.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . Public Health, 237, 307-315.
- . Value in Health.
- . The Lancet, 403(10444), 2619-2629.
- . The Lancet, 403(10444), 2649-2662.
- . SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 5, 100438-100438.
- . Patient Education and Counseling, 123, 108198-108198.
- . Patient Education and Counseling, 115.
- . PLoS ONE, 18(1).
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 39(1), 10-15.
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 39(1), 3-9.
- . BMC Medicine, 18(1).
- . BMJ Quality & Safety.
- . BMC Medicine, 16.
- . BMJ Open, 7.
- . BMJ Open, 7.
- . BMC Family Practice, 18(1).
- . Pat EducCouns.
- . British Journal of Cancer, 112, 1791-1798.
- . Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 21(1), 29-36.
- . British Journal of General Practice, 65(631), e114-e120.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 77(1), 34-39.
- . JAMA Internal Medicine, 173(6), 407-407.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 72(3), 242-247.
- . Family Practice, 22(3), 347-352.
- Beyond somatisation: A review of the understanding and treatment of medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS). British Journal of General Practice, 53(488), 231-239.
- . BMJ, m3745-m3745.
- . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- . PLoS ONE, 7(3), e34222-e34222.
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Edited books
Journal articles
- . The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 48, 101140-101140.
- . Public Health, 237, 307-315.
- . Value in Health.
- . BJPsych Open, 10(S1), S78-S79.
- . PLOS ONE, 19(6).
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 111827-111827.
- . The Lancet, 403(10444), 2619-2629.
- . The Lancet, 403(10444), 2649-2662.
- . SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 5, 100438-100438.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 111828-111828.
- . Kompass Onkologie, 11(1), 44-53.
- . Patient Education and Counseling, 123, 108198-108198.
- . Patient Education and Counseling, 115.
- . Age and Ageing, 52(1).
- . PLoS ONE, 18(1).
- . Emergency Medicine Journal.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 166.
- . BMJ Open, 12(11).
- . Frontiers in Health Services, 2.
- . BMC Medical Research Methodology, 22(1).
- . International Journal of Health Policy and Management.
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 39(1), 10-15.
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 39(1), 3-9.
- . Occup Environ Med.
- . British Journal of General Practice, 70(697), 413-416.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 133, 110073-110073.
- . Supportive Care in Cancer.
- . Social Theory and Health.
- . BMC Family Practice, 21(1).
- . BMC Medicine, 18(1).
- . British Journal of General Practice, 70(691), e78-e85.
- . British Journal of General Practice.
- . BMJ Quality & Safety.
- . Family Practice, 36(4), 378-386.
- . BMC Health Services Research, 19.
- . PLoS ONE, 13(12).
- . British Journal of General Practice, 68(677), e826-e834.
- . British Journal of General Practice.
- . Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(9).
- . BMC Medicine, 16.
- . British Journal of General Practice, 68(666), 8-9.
- . British Journal of General Practice, 67(665), e816-e823.
- . BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 7.
- . Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(9), 1008-1015.
- . BJGP Open, 1(3).
- . European Journal of Heart Failure, 19(9), 1095-1104.
- . BMJ Open, 7.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 98, 10-18.
- . BMJ Support Palliat Care.
- . BMJ Open, 7.
- . BMC Family Practice, 18(1).
- . Pat EducCouns.
- . Family Practice, 34(1), 107-113.
- . J.Telemed.Telecare, 22(6), 348-355.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 85, 58-59.
- . Br.J Gen.Pract., 66(647), e423-e433.
- . J.Psychosom.Res., 84, 37-43.
- . Crisis, 37(1), 42-50.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 78(6), 621.
- . British Journal of Cancer, 112, 1791-1798.
- . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 108(3), 84-88.
- . Huisarts en wetenschap, 58(9), 468-470.
- . BMJ Open, 5(6), e007758-e007758.
- . Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 21(1), 29-36.
- . Family Practice, 32(5), 520-524.
- . British Journal of General Practice, 65(631), e114-e120.
- . Psychosomatics, 56(2), 168-180.
- . Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 68(Suppl 1), a56-a56.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 77(1), 34-39.
- . BMJ Open, 4(1), e003917-e003917.
- . Family Practice, 31(6), 623-624.
- . BMC Family Practice, 14.
- Help4Mood--Supporting Joint Sense Making in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder. Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH), Washington DC.
- . JAMA Internal Medicine, 173(6), 407-407.
- . Psychological Medicine, 43(3), 529-537.
- . Journal of Affective Disorders, 145(1), 21-28.
- . British Journal of Cancer, 107(9), 1644-1651.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 72(6), 419-421.
- . Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 181, 329-333.
- Is comorbid depression adequately treated in patients who have been repeatedly referred to specialist medical services?. J.Psychosom.Res., doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.03.005.
- Psychosocial implications of Avatar use in supporting therapy for depression. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 10, 329-333.
- Incidence and drug treatment of emotional distress after cancer diagnosis: a matched primary care case-control study. Br.J.Cancer, 107(9), 644-651.
- Help4Mood: avatar-based support for treating people with major depression in the community. International Journal of Integrated Care, 12(Suppl1).
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 72(3), 242-247.
- . BMJ Open, 2(1), e000513-e000513.
- . British Journal of General Practice, 62(595), e104-e112.
- . International Journal of Integrated Care, 12(4).
- . Psychological Medicine, 41(3), 555-563.
- . Psychological Medicine, 41(3), 555-563.
- . BMC Family Practice, 12(1).
- . Quality Management in Health Care, 19(4), 298-303.
- . Quality and Safety in Health Care, 19(4), 298-303.
- . Family Practice, 27(5), 479-486.
- Evidence of reduced complexity in self-report data from patients with medically unexplained symptoms. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 14(1), 15-25.
- . Postgraduate Medical Journal, 86(1020), 591-596.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 67(3), 207-211.
- . Psychosomatic Medicine, 71(1), 77-83.
- . BioPsychoSocial Medicine, 3(1), 7-7.
- . Familial Cancer, 6(2), 189-195.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 62(5), 553-561.
- Depression as chronic disease [6]. British Journal of General Practice, 57(540), 582.
- The safety and adequacy of antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation: A regional cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, 56(530), 697-702.
- . Family Practice, 22(3), 347-352.
- The scientific method(s) of primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 54(504), 553.
- Complexity - not as complicated as it looks. NZ Family Physician, 31(3), 139.
- Beyond somatisation: A review of the understanding and treatment of medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS). British Journal of General Practice, 53(488), 231-239.
- Beyond Somatisation: a review of the understanding and management of medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS). Br.J.Gen.Pract., 53, 233-241.
- . Journal of Cardiovascular Risk, 8(5), 307-309.
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Consensus Conference on Lipid Lowering to Prevent Vascular Events, 17 and 18 March 1999. JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE, 21(4), 464-467.
- . Journal of Public Health, 21(4), 464-467.
- . Coronary Health Care, 2(2), 91-98.
- The use of a near patient serological test for H. pylori [1]. British Journal of General Practice, 46(409), 492.
- Hyperventilation in patients with recurrent functional symptoms. British Journal of General Practice, 43(375), 422-425.
- . Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 1-5.
- . BJGP Open, BJGPO.2024.0074-BJGPO.2024.0074.
- . Emergency Medicine Journal.
- . BMC Health Services Research, 24(1).
- . BMC Medical Education, 24(1).
- . Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 1-183.
- . British Journal of General Practice, BJGP.2022.0363-BJGP.2022.0363.
- . BMJ Quality & Safety.
- . BMJ, m3745-m3745.
- . Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1-9.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 19(92), 1-142.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 19(48), 1-172.
- . Family Practice, cmv036-cmv036.
- . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- . Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 21(3), 288-294.
- . PLoS ONE, 7(3), e34222-e34222.
- . Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 17(2), 60-61.
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- . Family Practice.
Chapters
- Introduction to complexity In Sweeney K & Griffiths F (Ed.) (pp. 1-18). Oxford: Radcliffe.
- , Medically Unexplained Symptoms, Somatisation and Bodily Distress (pp. 97-123). Cambridge University Press
Conference proceedings papers
- . British Journal of General Practice, Vol. 70(Suppl 1). London, UK, 12 March 2020 - 12 March 2020.
- Multiple Symptoms Study 2 - feasibility of training GPs to deliver the Symptoms Clinic Intervention. Symptom Research in Primary Care. Vejle, Denmark, 2015.
- eHealth Support for People with Depression in the Community: A Case Study Series. Proceedings of HCI Korea (pp 138-144). Seoul, Republic of Korea
Other
- . International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 12, 8264-8264.
- . Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 141.
- . Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 1-2.
Preprints
- Research group
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My current PhD students (first supervisor) are Hani Al-Ghamdi (ScHARR) and Ben Jackson (AUPMC). I am keen to supervise PhD students from any relevant discipline interested in clinical communication and physical symptoms or health services research.
- Grants
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Burton C, Bath P, Kadirkamanathan V: Re-engineering Services for Health to maximise person-centred care (RESHAPE-CARE) NIHR SEISMIC Systems Engineering Development Award £198,000 September 2023 for 15 months
Burton C, Leaviss J, Booth A, Davis S, Dawes H, Deary V, Fryer K, Ren S, Sutton A Effectiveness of Interventions For Fatigue in Long Term Conditions (EIFFEL) NIHR HTA July 2023 for 18 months
Guthrie E, Burton C, Mason S, Bojke C, West R, Ariss S, van der Feltz-Cornelis C, Relton S, Lee W, Dykes S. Frequent users of the Emergency Department: Improving and standardizing services- a mixed methods study NIHR HS&DR £1,327,296 March 2022 for 36 months
Jackson B, Ariss S, Burton C, Mitchell C. Framework development for action on health inequities in primary care NHS England £258,900 April 2021 for 18 months
Oliver P, Burton C, Huddy V, Horspool M. Joining up primary and specialist care for people with complex mental health problems: a mixed methods study NIHR RfPB £293,575 January 2021 for 19 months
Bath P, Strong M, Burton C, Weich S, Alvarez Lopez M, Willkinson M, Hopfgartner F Using Artificial Intelligence to Tackle Multiple Long-Term Conditions - Multimorbidity in South Yorkshire, NIHR £107,968 January 2021 for 12 months
Burton C, Walker T, Rosmalen JGR. ETUDE – Encompassing Training in Functional Disorders across Europe. EU Marie Curie Integrated Training Network, £265,016 January 2021 for 4 years
Jackson B, O’Hara R, Burton C. Integrating Advanced Clinical Practitioners into General Practice teams through clinical supervision: a realist evaluation. Royal College of GPs, £11,978 January 2021 for 24 months
Nagel C, Marshall M, Burton C. In-Practice Fellowship. NIHR, £123,921 September 2020 for 30 months
Cooper C, Burton C. Supporting reach and inclusivity in research in primary care. 91Ö±²¥ CCG (RCF) £19,888 October 2020 for 6 months
Chatters R, Burton C, O’Cathain A, Cooper C. Learning from COVID-19 related trial adaptations to inform efficient trial design - a sequential mixed methods study. NIHR £70,579 October 2020 for 12 months
Burton C, Dickson JM, Booth A. Association of persistent physical symptoms and socio-economic deprivation 91Ö±²¥ CCG (RCF) £25,128 October 2019 for 6 months
Conroy S, Mason S, Martin G, Street A, Burton C, Brailsford S, Preston L, Riley P, Jagruti L, Identifying models of care to improve outcomes for older people with emergency and urgent care NIHR HS&DR £931,654, September 2018 for 36 months
Burton C, Deary DV, Rowlands GR, Waheed W, Greco M, Nielson A, Cooper C, Dawson J, White D, Thomas R. Thomas S. Multiple Symptoms Study 3: pragmatic trial of a community based clinic for patients with persistent (medically unexplained) physical symptoms) NIHR HS&DR £1,194,291; February 2018 for 40 months.
Burton C, Hodges V, Jackson B, Sanders T. Wiser Testing 91Ö±²¥ CCG (RCF) £9,859 October 2017 for 6 months
Burton C, Weich S, Christensen H, Blackmore C, Easton K. Technology Assisted Recovery Goal Elicitation and Transaction (TARGET) Preparatory Work.91Ö±²¥ Health & Social Care Trust. £20,000, September 2017 for 6 months.
Burton C, Bhattacharya S, Iversen L, Ayansina, D, Saraswat L, Sleeman D. Longitudinal History Patterns For Earlier Diagnosis Of Endometriosis, Chief Scientist Office, £28,500, August 2015 for 6 months.
McKinstry B, Anderson S, Agakov F, Pinnock H, Burton C. Learning to Care. MRC Confidence in Concept £65,361 August 2014 for 6 months
Burton C, Entwistle V, Ryan M, Elliott A, Krucien N, Porteous T. Discrete Choice Experiment to value patient preferences for self-management. The Health Foundation £159,000 March 2014 for 15 months.
Burton C, Elliott A, Deary V, Thomas R, Multiple Symptoms Study 2. A feasibility study to manualise, teach and demonstrate the delivery of the Symptoms Clinic intervention. Chief Scientist Office £139,962 March 2014 for one year
Platt S, Burton C, Chandler A. General Practitioner understanding and management of patients who self-harm: a qualitative study. Chief Scientist Office £47,084. March 2013 for 15 months.
McKinstry B, Burton C, Wolters M, Pagliari C, Matheson C, in partnership with institutions in Spain, Italy and Romania. Help4Mood, a computational distributed system to support the treatment of patients with major depression. European Union (FP7 programme). January 2010 to June 2014 (total €2.8M, Edinburgh €455,398)
Burton C, Simpson C. Analysis of antidepressant prescribing data using the Scottish Primary Care Clinical Informatics Unit database. Scottish Government Directorate of Health Delivery. 2010 (£6,875)
- Teaching activities
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MBChB: I lead the Critical Appraisal SSC in Phase 1 and contribute to teaching on evidence based medicine. I contribute to the introductory lectures to the Research Attachment SSC in Phase 2 and regularly host groups of students on attachment. In later years I’m interested to teach advanced clinical communication techniques including effective reassurance.