Profiles
James Close
Lecturer in Clinical Education (Biomedical Sciences)
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
Publications
Publications
Key publications
(2022) 'Loot box engagement: relationships with educational attainment, employment status and earnings in a cohort of 16,000 UK gamers' Addiction , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Loot boxes and problem gambling: Investigating the “gateway hypothesis”' Addictive Behaviors 131, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Secondary analysis of loot box data: Are high-spending “whales” wealthy gamers or problem gamblers?' Addictive Behaviors 117, 106851-106851 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Measuring upper limb function in MS: Which existing patient reported outcomes are fit for purpose?' eNeurologicalSci 19, 100237-100237 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Longitudinal evaluation of a countywide alternative to the Quality and Outcomes Framework in UK General Practice aimed at improving Person Centred Coordinated Care' BMJ Open 9, (7) 0-0 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Validation of the person-centred coordinated care experience questionnaire (P3CEQ)' International Journal for Quality in Health Care 31, (7) 506-512 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2023) 'Measuring Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: There may be Trouble Ahead' Neurology and Therapy , DOI
(2022) 'Loot boxes and problem gambling: Investigating the “gateway hypothesis”' Addictive Behaviors 131, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Assessing the experience of person‐centred coordinated care of people with chronic conditions in the Netherlands: Validation of the Dutch P3CEQ' Health Expectations , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Loot box engagement: relationships with educational attainment, employment status and earnings in a cohort of 16,000 UK gamers' Addiction , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Gambling and Gaming in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 Lockdown' COVID 2, 187-101 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Development and validation of the RAFFLE; a measure of Reasons And Facilitators for Loot box Engagement' Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, (24) , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Loot boxes, problem gambling and problem video gaming: A systematic review and meta-synthesis' New Media and Society , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Measuring older peoples’ experiences of person-centred coordinated care: experience and methodological reflections from applying a patient reported experience measure in SUSTAIN' International Journal of Integrated Care 21, (3) 3-3 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'It’s the attraction of winning that draws you in” – A qualitative investigation of reasons and facilitators for videogame loot box engagement in UK gamers' Journal of Clinical Medicine , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Secondary analysis of loot box data: Are high-spending “whales” wealthy gamers or problem gamblers?' Addictive Behaviors 117, 106851-106851 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Open letter from UK based academic scientists to the secretaries of state for digital, culture, media and sport and for health and social care regarding the need for independent funding for the prevention and treatment of gambling harms' BMJ: British Medical Journal , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Measuring upper limb function in MS: Which existing patient reported outcomes are fit for purpose?' eNeurologicalSci 19, 100237-100237 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Longitudinal evaluation of a countywide alternative to the Quality and Outcomes Framework in UK General Practice aimed at improving Person Centred Coordinated Care' BMJ Open 9, (7) 0-0 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Evaluation of a countywide alternative to QOF, aimed at improving person-centred coordinated care' British Journal of General Practice 69, (suppl 1) bjgp19X702905-bjgp19X702905 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Can practitioners use patient reported measures to enhance person centred coordinated care in practice? A qualitative study' Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 16, (1) Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Validation of the person-centred coordinated care experience questionnaire (P3CEQ)' International Journal for Quality in Health Care 31, (7) 506-512 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Quality after the QOF? Before dismantling it, we need a redefined measure of ‘quality’' British Journal of General Practice 68, 314-315 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Patient-Reported Measures for Person-Centered Coordinated Care: A Comparative Domain Map and Web-Based Compendium for Supporting Policy Development and Implementation' Journal of Medical Internet Research 20, (2) Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Codesigning a Measure of Person-Centred Coordinated Care to Capture the Experience of the Patient: The Development of the P3CEQ' Journal of Patient Experience , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Adapting QOF to focus on wellbeing and health' BMJ j5541-j5541 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Creating and facilitating change for Person-Centred Coordinated Care (P3C): The development of the Organisational Change Tool (P3C-OCT)' Health Expectations: An International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy 21, (2) 448-456 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2014) 'The Compass within the Clock - Part 2: Does Cryptochrome Radical-Pair Based Signalling contribute to the Temperature-Robustness of Circadian Systems?' Hypothesis 12, (1) , DOI
(2014) 'The Compass within the Clock - Part 1: The hypothesis of magnetic fields as secondary zeitgebers to the circadian system—logical and scientific objections' Hypothesis 12, (1) Publisher Site , DOI
(2012) 'Are stress responses to geomagnetic storms mediated by the cryptochrome compass system?' Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , DOI
(2007) 'Intergenic variants of HBS1L-MYB are responsible for a major quantitative trait locus on chromosome 6q23 influencing fetal hemoglobin levels in adults' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104, (27) 11346-11351 Publisher Site , DOI
(2007) 'Replication profile of PCDH11X and PCDH11Y, a gene pair located in the non-pseudoautosomal homologous region Xq21.3/Yp11.2' Chromosome Research 15, (4) 485-498 Publisher Site , DOI
(2006) 'Inactivation status of PCDH11X: sexual dimorphisms in gene expression levels in brain' Human Genetics 119, (3) 267-275 , DOI
(2006) 'Accelerated evolution ofProtocadherin11X/Y: A candidate gene-pair for cerebral asymmetry and language' American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 141B, (6) 623-633 , DOI
(2006) 'Methylation of twoHomo sapiens-specific X-Y homologous genes in Klinefelter's syndrome (XXY)' American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 141B, (5) 544-548 , DOI
(2005) 'Heterogeneity of the egammadeltabeta-thalassaemias: characterization of three novel English deletions' British Journal of Haematology 128, (5) 722-729 , DOI
(2004) 'Genome annotation of a 1.5 Mb region of human chromosome 6q23 encompassing a quantitative trait locus for fetal hemoglobin expression in adults' BMC Genomics 5, (1) Publisher Site , DOI
(2003) 'A novel deletion causing (εγδβ)° thalassaemia in a Chilean family' British Journal of Haematology 123, (1) 154-159 , DOI
(2000) 'An Integrated Map of Human 6q22.3–q24 Including a 3-Mb High-Resolution BAC/PAC Contig Encompassing a QTL for Fetal Hemoglobin' Genomics 64, (3) 264-276 , DOI
Reports
(2017) A Guide for Commissioners on the Use of Metrics for Person Centred Coordinated Care for People with Long Term Conditions, Multiple Long-Term Conditions and Those at the End of their Life. National Health Service England
(2017) How To Use Metrics, Measures & Insights To Commission Person Centred Coordinated Care: A Guide for Commissioners. National Health Service for England (NHSE) NHSE Open access
EVALUATION OF THE SOMERSET PRACTICE QUALITY SCHEME (SPQS): PHASE 2.
Presentations and posters
'Primary care service innovation: The importance of measuring person-centred coordinated care' , DOI
Other Publications
EVALUATION OF THE SOMERSET PRACTICE QUALITY SCHEME (SPQS). SW Academic Health Science Network (AHS
How to Use Metrics, Measures & Insights to Commission Person Centred Coordinated Care.