Dr Priya Sugavanam
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Priya Sugavanam
MSc, PhD
Researcher
Priya Sugavanam is a researcher within the Health Services Research Unit and the Quality Safety and Outcomes Policy Research Unit (QSO PRU).
She is exploring how quality is approached and managed in the newly formed Integrated Care Systems (ICS). Her previous project included developing core outcome sets for adult social care.
Priya has previously worked for the Rehabilitation Research Group in Oxford (RRIO, NDORMS) on an overview of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and on the implementation of the Back Skills Training (BeST) programme.
Prior to this she worked for the Peninsula CLAHRC, University of Plymouth on multiple projects including developing a questionnaire to tap patient experiences of person-centred coordinated care, developing intervention for singing for people with aphasia, and a systematic review on experiences of goal setting.
She has also worked as a Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, for a short duration.
Priya has a Bachelor (SRIPMS, Tamilnadu, India), Masters (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh) and Doctoral (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh) degree in Physiotherapy. Her doctoral degree was on person-centred goal setting for exercise after stroke.
Recent publications
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Postural asymmetry in low back pain - a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.
Journal article
Sugavanam T. et al, (2024), Disabil Rehabil, 1 - 18
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The financial impact on people with coeliac disease of withdrawing gluten-free food from prescriptions in England: findings from a cross-sectional survey.
Journal article
Sugavanam T. et al, (2024), BMC Health Serv Res, 24
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Floundering or Flourishing? Early Insights from the Inception of Integrated Care Systems in England.
Journal article
Page B. et al, (2024), Int J Integr Care, 24
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Diaphragm and core stabilization exercises in low back pain: A narrative review
Journal article
Sannasi R. et al, (2023), Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 36, 221 - 227
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The development of a core outcome set for trials and evaluative studies in adult social care
Conference paper
SUGAVANAM T. et al, (2021)