Research Interests

Andrew Murphy has published nationally and internationally on his research interests of the management of cardiovascular disease in the community, professional practice (with an emphasis on rural practice), patients¿ perspectives and medical education. He is principal investigator of the Health Research Board (HRB) funded five year research programme on the provision of secondary cardiac care in the community as well as a co-applicant of the HRB Unit on Health Status and Health Gain. Andrew is the inaugural Chair of the University Research Ethics Committee and the first Chair of the newly established multi-disciplinary Centre for Clinical Health Services Research. He has contributed to national policy development as the Chair of the Primary Care Sub-Committee of the Advisory Forum of the Cardiovascular Strategy and through his collaboration in the publication of primary care strategies for the North Western and Western Health Boards. He was fortunate to be able to undertake, in Australia, a sabbatical at Flinders University and the University of Adelaide in 2004.

 

     

Peer Reviewed Journals

Murphy, AW,Leonard, C,Plunkett, PK,Bury, G,Lynam, F,Smith, M,Gibney, D (1997) 'Effect of the introduction of a financial incentive for fee-paying A&E attenders to consult their general practitioner before attending the A&E department'. Family Practice, 14 :407-410. [Details]

Murphy AW. (1998) 'Using email for abstracts submitted for conference was unexpectedly labour intensive'. British Medical Journal, 317 . [Details]

Buckley B, Simpson CR, Hannaford PC, Murphy AW. (1998) ''Inappropriate' attenders at accident and emergency departments II: health service responses'. Family Practice, 15 (1):33-37. [Details]

Murphy, AW (1998) ''Inappropriate' attenders at accident and emergency departments II: health service responses'. Family Practice, 15 :33-37. [Details]

Buckley B, Simpson CR, Hannaford PC, Murphy AW. (1998) 'Inappropriate' attenders at accident and emergency departments I: definition, incidence and reasons for attendance'. Family Practice, 15 (1):23-32. [Details]

Murphy, AW (1998) ''Inappropriate' attenders at accident and emergency departments I: definition, incidence and reasons for attendance'. Family Practice, 15 :23-32. [Details]

Murphy, AW,Leonard, C,Plunkett, PK,Brazier, H,Conroy, R,Lynam, F,Bury, G (1999) 'Characteristics of attenders and their attendances at an urban accident and emergency department over a one year period'. Journal Of Accident & Emergency Medicine, 16 :425-427. [Details]

Murphy AW. (1999) 'Searching for the evidence in pre-hospital care: a review of randomised controlled trials. On behalf of the Ambulance Response Time Sub-Group of the National Ambulance Advisory Committee'. Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine, 16 :18-23. [Details]

Murphy, AW,Bury, G,Dowling, J,Lynch, C (1999) 'The teaching of immediate cardiac and trauma care to general practitioners in a skills-based outreach format: an assessment in terms of information gain'. Medical Education, 33 :774-776. [Details]

Murphy AW. (1999) 'Characteristics of attenders and their attendances at an urban accident and emergency department over a one year period'. J Accid Emerg Med. Nov, 16 (6):425-427. [Details]

Murphy AW, McSweeney M, O'Dowd TC, Bury G, Shannon W, Bradley CP. (1999) 'Randomised controlled trial of general practitioner versus usual medical care in a suburban accident and emergency department using an informal triage system'. British Journal of General Practice, 49 :43-44. [Details]

Breen N, Woods J, Bury G, Murphy AW, Brazier H. (2000) 'Effect of patients seeing a general practitioner in accident and emergency on their subsequent reattendance: cohort study'. British Medical Journal, 320 :903-904. [Details]

Murphy AW, Leonard C, Plunkett PK, Brazier H, Conroy R, Lynam F, Bury G. (2000) 'Saves project'. Irish Medical Journal, 93 :278-279. [Details]

Gibney D, Murphy AW, Barton D, Byrne C, Smith M, Bury G, Mullan E, Plunkett PK. (2000) 'Research and development in Irish primary care'. Irish Medical Journal, 93 :69-71. [Details]

Murphy, AW,Plunkett, PK,Bury, G,Leonard, C,Walsh, J,Lynam, F,Johnson, Z (2000) 'Effect of patients seeing a general practitioner in accident and emergency on their subsequent reattendance: cohort study'. British Medical Journal, 320 :903-904. [Details]

Brazier H, Murphy AW, Lynch C, Bury G. (2000) 'A national census of ambulance response times to emergency calls in Ireland'. Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine, 17 :392-395. [Details]

Canny M, Wright P, Dowling J, Murphy AW, Bury G, Duffy S, McCarron F. (2001) 'Rural general practitioners' experience of the provision of out-of-hours care: a qualitative study'. British Journal of General Practice, 51 :286-290. [Details]

Murphy AW. (2001) 'A national general practice census: characteristics of rural general practices'. Family Practice, 18 :622-626. [Details]

Lynch, M.,Murphy, A.W.,Walsh, J.,Daly, K.,Hynes, M. (2002) 'The provision of secondary cardiac prevention measures in a hospital cardiac clinic population and the relationship to psychological variables'. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 171 (1). [Details]

Byrne M, Murphy AW. (2002) 'An approach to the education about, and assessment of, attitudes in undergraduate medical education'. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 171 :206-210. [Details]

Kelly ME, Fenlon NP, Murphy AW. (2002) 'The Management of Chest Pain in General Practice. Clinicians''. Guide to Angina Arnold, London, pp, . [Details]

Gabhainn SN, Murphy AW, Kelleher C. (2002) 'Secondary prevention of heart disease: a baseline survey of patients' lifestyles and service provision in the North Western and Western Health Boards. Research and Development Report, Department of General Practice, National University of Ireland, Galway'. . [Details]

Murphy AW, Plunkett PK, Bury G, Leonard C, Walsh J, Lynam F, Johnson Z. (2002) 'Inequalities in prescribing of secondary preventative therapies for ischaemic heart disease in Ireland.[comment]'. Irish Medical Journal, 95 . [Details]

Murphy AW, Byrne M, Plunkett P. (2003) 'Patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction to a district general hospital: baseline results and effect of audit'. Irish Medical Journal, 96 :70-73. [Details]

Byrne M, Murphy AW, Plunkett PK, McGee HM, Murray AW, Bury G. (2003) 'Implementation of anticoagulation guidelines in general practice: a practice report'. Irish Medical Journal, 96 (296). [Details]

Sloane PA, Brazier H, Murphy AW, Collins T. (2003) 'Primary care anticoagulant management using near patient testing'. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 172 :30-32. [Details]

Kelly ME, Fenlon NP, Murphy AW. (2003) 'Evidence based medicine in clinical practice: how to advise patients on the influence of age on the outcome of surgical anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a review of the literature'. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 36 :200-203. [Details]

Daly M, Murphy AW, O'Hanlon C, Cosgrove A, McKeown D, Egan E. (2003) 'Alternatives for automated communication in research. [Comment]'. Annals of Emergency Medicine(author reply 713), 42 :712-713. [Details]

Lynch M, Murphy AW, Walsh J, Daly K, Hynes M. (2003) 'Frequent attenders to an emergency department: a study of primary health care use, medical profile, and psychosocial characteristics'. Annals of Emergency Medicine, . [Details]

Glynn LG, Byrne M, Murphy AW. (2004) 'An evaluation of the cost of designing, delivering and assessing an undergraduate communication skills module'. Medical Teacher, 26 :610-614. [DOI] [Details]

Glynn, L.G., Byrne, M., Newell, J., Murphy, A.W. (2004) 'The effect of health status on patients' satisfaction with out-of-hours care provided by a family doctor co-operative'. Family Practice, 21 (6):677-683. [Details]

Glynn LG, Byrne M, Murphy AW. (2004) 'Factors influencing the decision to seek treatment for symptoms of acute myocardial infarction: an evaluation of the Self-Regulatory Model of illness behaviour'. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 56 :67-73. [DOI] [Details]

Glynn LG, Byrne M, Newell J, Murphy AW. (2004) 'The effect of rurality of patients' satisfaction on out of hours care provided by a doctor co-operative'. Rural and Remote Health, 4 (3). [Details]

Byrne, M. (2005) 'The SPHERE Study. Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: protocol of a randomised controlled trial of tailored practice and patient care plans with parallel qualitative, economic and policy analyses'. Curr Control Trials Cardiovasc Med, 6 (1). [ARAN Link] [Details]

Glynn LG, Byrne M, Newell J, Murphy AW. (2005) 'Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: patient beliefs and health-related behaviour'. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58 :403-415. [Details]

Murphy AW, Cupples ME, Smith S, Byrne M, Leathem C, Byrne MC. (2005) 'Job stressors and coping strategies as predictors of mental health and job satisfaction among Irish general practitioners'. Irish Medical Journal, 98 :199-202. [Details]

MacFarlane A, Clerkin P, Murphy AW. (2005) 'The SPHERE Study. Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: protocol of a randomised controlled trial of tailored practice and patient care plans with parallel qualitative, economic and policy analyses. [ISRCTN24081411]'. Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine, 6 (11). [Details]

Byrne MC, Houlihan A, Leathem C, O'Malley M, Murphy AW, Cupples MC, Smith SS, Byrne M. (2005) 'The SPHERE study: Using psychological theory to inform the development of behaviour change training for primary care staff to increase secondary prevention of coronary heart disease'. Irish Journal of Psychology. [no abstract available], 26 :53-64. [Details]

MacFarlane A, Clerkin P, Murphy AW. (2005) 'A comparative study on attitudes, mental health and job stress amongst GPs participating, or not, in a rural out-of-hours co-operative'. Family Practice, 22 (3):275-279. [Details]

Mc Loughlin M, Armstrong P, Byrne M, Heaney D, O'Brien N, Murphy AW. (2005) 'A comparative study on attitudes, towards the provision of out-of-hours care, of the spouses of general practitioners participating, or not, in a rural out-of-hours co-op'. Irish Medical Journal, 98 :267-269. [Details]

Murphy, AW,Cupples, ME,Smith, SM,Byrne, M,Leathem, C,Byrne, MC (2005) 'The SPHERE Study. Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: protocol of a randomised controlled trial of tailored practice and patient care plans with parallel qualitative, economic and policy analyses. [ISRCTN24081411]'. Current Controlled Trials In Cardiovascular Medicine, 6 . [DOI] [Details]

O'Sullivan B, Keane AM, Murphy AW. (2005) 'International variations in the generation of the evidence base for primary care'. European Journal of General Practice[no abstract available], 11 :33-34. [Details]

MacFarlane A, Clerkin P. Murphy AW. (2006) 'The contribution of qualitative research in designing a complex intervention for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in two different healthcare systems'. BMC Health Services Research; 6(1):90 [Impact Factor 1.625], 6 . [DOI] [Details]

DeSouza V, MacFarlane A, Murphy AW, Hanahoe B, Barber A, Cormican M. (2006) 'The RAMBLeR Study: The role of ambulatory blood pressure measurement in routine clinical practice: A cross-sectional study'. Irish Medical Journal, 99 (9):276-279. [Details]

Cunningham C, Faherty C, Cormican M, Murphy AW (2006) 'A qualitative study of factors influencing antimicrobial prescribing by non consultant hospital doctors'. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 58 :840-843. [Details]

MacFarlane A, Clerkin P. Murphy AW. (2006) 'Importance of clinical features in diagnosis of mumps during a community outbreak'. Irish Medical Journal, 99 (6):171-173. [Details]

MacFarlane A, Clerkin P. Murphy AW. (2006) 'Patients' and health professionals' perspectives on the sociocultural influences on secondary cardiac behaviour: a qualitative study of the implications in policy and practice'. Family Practice, 23 (5):587-596. [Details]

DeSouza V, MacFarlane A, Murphy AW, Hanahoe B, Barber A, Cormican M. (2006) 'Cluster randomised controlled trials in primary care: An introduction'. European Journal of General Practice, 12 :70-73. [Details]

DeSouza V, MacFarlane A, Murphy AW, Hanahoe B, Barber A, Cormican M. (2006) 'Socio-economic gradients in self-reporting health in Ireland and Northern Ireland'. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 175 (3):43-51. [Details]

Buckley B, Murphy AW, Byrne M, Glynn LG. (2007) 'The complexity of patients' satisfaction with out-of-hours care: A qualitative study'. European Journal of General Practice, 13 (2):83-88. [Details]

Glynn LG, MacFarlane A, Murphy AW. (2007) 'Gender bias in enrolment to a programme aimed at the secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease in general practice: a cohort study'. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 61 (10):1767-1772. [DOI] [Details]

McMahon J, MacFarlane A, Avalos G, Cantillon P, Murphy AW. (2007) 'A survey of asylum seekers' general practice (GP) service utilisation and morbidity patterns'. Irish Medical Journal, 100 (5):461-464. [Details]

Buckley B, Murphy AW, Glynn LG, Hennigan C. (2007) 'The Lifeways Cross-Generation Study: Primary care utilisation rates in pre-school children'. Irish Medical Journal (supplement), 100 (8):23-27. [Details]

O'Mahony D, Fallon UB, Hannon F, Kloeckner K, Avalos G, Murphy AW, Kelleher CC. (2007) 'Consultation charges in Ireland deter a large proportion of patients from seeing the GP: results of a cross-sectional survey'. European Journal of General Practice, 13 (3). [Details]

Glynn LG, Reddan D, Newell J, Hinde J, Buckley B, Murphy AW. (2007) 'Galway KJ, Murphy AW, O'Reilly D, O'Dowd T, O'Neill C, Shryane E, Steele K, Bury G, Gilliland A, Kelly A. comparison of universal access and mixed private/public systems'. Irish Medical Journal, 100 (6):494-497. [Details]

Buckley B, Murphy AW, Glynn LG, Hennigan C. (2007) 'Fitzsimon N, Fallon UB, O'Mahony D, Loftus BG, Bury G, Murphy AW, Kelleher CC. asthma symptoms in children at 3 years'. Irish Medical Journal (supplement), 100 (8):27-33. [Details]

McMahon J, MacFarlane A, Avalos G, Cantillon P, Murphy AW. (2007) 'Chronic kidney disease and mortality and morbidity among patients with established cardiovascular disease: a West of Ireland community-based cohort study'. Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation, 22 (9):2586-2594. [Details]

Buckley BS, Murphy AW, MacFarlane A. (2008) 'Responses to language barriers in consultations with refugees and asylum seekers: a telephone survey of Irish general practitioners'. BMC Family Practice 2008, 9:68 [Impact Factor 1.30], 9 . [Details]

Glynn LG, Reddan D, Newell J, Buckley B, Dinneen, S, Murphy AW. (2008) 'How effective is prevention in coronary heart disease?'. Heart [Impact Factor 4.141], 94 (11):1370-1371. [DOI] [Details]

O'Reilly D, O'Dowd T, Thompson KJ, Murphy AW, Kelly A, O'Neill C, Shyrane E, Steele K, Bury G, Gilliland A. (2008) 'Attitudes of general practitioners to prehospital thrombolysis'. Irish Medical Journal, 101 (5):137-139. [Details]

Murphy, AW,Cupples, ME,Smith, SM,Byrne, M,Byrne, MC,Newell, J (2009) 'Effect of tailored practice and patient care plans on secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: cluster randomised controlled trial'. British Medical Journal, 339 . [DOI] [Details]

Glynn LG, Reddan D, Newell J, Buckley B, Dinneen S, Murphy AW. (2009) 'Expanding the value of qualitative theories of illness experience in clinical practice: a grounded theory of secondary heart disease prevention'. Health Education Research, 24 :357-368. [DOI] [Details]

Murphy, A., Cupples, M., Smith, S., Byrne, M., Byrne, M., Newell, J., et al. (2009) 'Effect of tailored practice and patient care plans on secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: cluster randomised controlled trial'. BMJ, 339 (b4220). [ARAN Link] [Details]

Gillespie P, Murphy AW, Cupples M, Byrne MC, Smith SM, Byrne M. (2010) 'The cost effectiveness of a complex intervention for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in both health systems on the island of Ireland'. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 26 (3):263-271. [Details]

Byrne M, Doherty S, McGee HM, Murphy AW. (2010) 'General practitioner views about discussing sexual issues with patients with coronary heart disease: a national survey in Ireland'. BMC Family Practice, 11 (40). [Details]

Doherty S, Byrne M, McGee, H, Murphy AW, O'Donovan K, Jaarsma T. (2010) 'Cardiac rehabilitation staff views about discussing sexual issues with coronary heart disease patients: a national survey in Ireland'. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, . [Details]

Jessop L, Kelleher CC, Murrin C, Lotya J, Clarke AT, O'Mahony D, Fallon UB, Johnson H, Bury G, Murphy AW (2010) 'and the Lifeways Cohort Study Steering Group. Determinants of 5 in 1 uptake in Lifeways Cohort Study'. Archives of Disease in Childhood, . [DOI] [Details]

Jessop L, Kelleher CC, Murrin C, Lotya J, Clarke AT, O'Mahony D, Fallon UB, Johnson H, Bury G, Murphy AW (2010) 'Vaccine and the Lifeways Cohort Study Steering Group. Socio-demographic predictors of uptake of first MMR immunization in the Lifeways Cohort Study'. 28 (38):6338-6343. [DOI] [Details]

MacNeela P, McGuire B, Gibbons A, Murphy AW. (2010) '“We need to get you focused”: General Practitioners’ representations of chronic low back pain patients'. Qualitative Health Research, 20 (7):977-986. [DOI] [Details]

*Hor CP, O'Donnell JM, Murphy AW, O'Brien T, Kropmans TJB. (2010) 'General Practitioners' attitudes and preparedness towards Clinical Decision Support in e-Prescribing (CDS-eP) adoption in the west of Ireland: a cross sectional study'. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 10 (2). [Details]

Byrne M, Doherty S, McGee HM, Murphy AW. (2011) 'Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival in rural Northwest Ireland: 17 years’ experience'. Emergency Medicine Journal, 28 :437-438. [DOI] [Details]

Murphy, A. (2011) 'Raftery M, De la Harpe D, Murphy AW, Normand C, Sarma K, McGuire B. Chronic pain in the Republic of Ireland - community prevalence, psychosocial profile and predictors of pain-related disability: Results from the PRIME study, Part 1'. Pain, 152 :1096-1103. [Details]

Glynn, L, Valderas, J, Healy, P, Burke, E, Newell, J, Murphy, A (2011) 'The prevalence of multimorbidity in primary care and its effect on healthcare utilisation and cost'. Family Practice, . [DOI] [Details]

Murphy, A. (2011) 'Murphy K, Casey D, Devane D, Cooney A, McCarthy B, Mee L, Ní Chulain M, Murphy AW, Newell J. A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a structured pulmonary rehabilitation education programme for improving the health status of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): The PRINCE Study. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2011; 11:4'. . [Details]

Murphy, K., Casey, D., Devane, D., Cooney, A., McCarthy, B., Mee, L., et al. (2011) 'A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a structured pulmonary rehabilitation education programme for improving the health status of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): The PRINCE Study protocol'. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 11 (1). [ARAN Link] [Details]

Murphy, A. (2011) 'Masterson S, Wright P, Dowling J, Swann D, Bury G, Murphy AW. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival in rural Northwest Ireland: 17 years’ experience. Emergency Medical Journal 2011;28:437e438'. . [DOI] [Details]

Other Journals

Glynn LG, Reddan D, Newell J, Buckley B, Dinneen, S, Murphy AW. (2008) 'The sum is greater than its parts' Cardiology Professional 3 (3) :14-17. [Details]

Glynn LG, Reddan D, Newell J, Buckley B, Dinneen, S, Murphy AW. (2009) 'Adding up the sum of multiple conditions' Forum 26 (1) :12-17. [Details]

Kennedy K, Day B, Croghan C, Murphy AW, Killeen L, Harrington O, Nash P. (2010) 'Heart failure - meeting the challenge' Forum 27 (13) . [Details]

                         

Other Item

MURPHY, AW et al. (1998) Using email for abstracts submitted for conference was unexpectedly labour intensive. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. Other Item [Details]

MURPHY, AW et al. (2003) Alternatives for automated communication in research. ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. Other Item [Details]

Cupples ME, Smith SM, Murphy AW. (2008) How effective is prevention in coronary heart disease?. Heart [Impact Factor 4.964]. Other Item [Details]