Dr Deborah Cooke

Biography

Following completion of my Health Psychology MSc in 1997, I worked in three different research groups at University College London (UCL) until 2012 before moving to the University of Surrey. During my employment at UCL, I also worked in the Policy Research Programme at the Department of Health supporting the commissioning of research in a number of areas. I gained my PhD part-time whilst working as a Research Fellow at UCL. I evaluated the user acceptability, behavioural and glycaemic impact of continuous glucose monitoring devices for people with diabetes for my PhD. All of the research projects I have worked on are related to the management of long-term conditions. I have carried out research in a number of disease areas but my focus in more recent years has been on diabetes. In particular, I have been involved in an NIHR-funded programme of work to further develop and evaluate the Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) structured education course for adults with type 1 diabetes which is part of routine care in the NHS.   

Research Interests

Self-management of long-term conditions
Technological support for management of long-term conditions
Diabetes

Publications

Cooke D, Bond R, Lawton J, Rankin D, Heller S, Clark M, Speight J for the UK NIHR DAFNE Study Group. Structured type 1 Diabetes Education Delivered within Routine Care: Impact on Glycemic Control and Diabetes-Specific Quality of Life. Diabetes Care. In press.

Lawton J, Rankin D, Cooke D, Elliott J, Heller S, on behalf of the UK NIHR DAFNE Study Group. Patients' experiences of adjusting insulin doses when implementing flexible intensive insulin treatment: a longitudinal, qualitative investigation. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice. In press.

Byrne M,  Newell J, Coffey N, O’Hara MC, Cooke D, Dinneen SF (2012) Predictors of quality of life gains among people with type 1 diabetes participating in the Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) structured education programme. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice. EPub ahead of print.doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2012.09.017.

Rankin D, Cooke D, Heller S, Elliott J, and Lawton J for the UK NIHR DAFNE Study Group (2012). Experiences of using blood glucose targets when implementing an intensive insulin regimen: a qualitative longitudinal investigation involving patients with type 1 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine. 29: 1079-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2012.03670.x.

Rankin D, Cooke D, Elliott J, Heller S, and Lawton J for the UK NIHR DAFNE Study Group (2012). Supporting self-management after attending a structured education programme: a qualitative longitudinal investigation of type 1 diabetes patients’ experiences and views. BMC Public Health 12:652. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-652.

Hamer M, Batty GD, Cooke D, Stamatakis E (2011) Temporal trends in diabetes prevalence and key diabetes risk factors in Scotland, 2003–2008. Diabetic Medicine, 28: 595-598. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03254.x.

Lawton J, Rankin D, Cooke D, Clark M, Elliott J, Heller S for the UK NIHR DAFNE Study Group (2011) Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating: a qualitative longitudinal investigation of the food and eating practices of type 1 diabetes patients converted to flexible intensive insulin therapy in the UK. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 91: 87-93.

Rankin D, Cooke D, Clark M, Elliott J, Heller S, Lawton J, for the UK NIHR DAFNE Study Group (2011) How and why do patients with type 1 diabetes sustain their use of flexible intensive insulin therapy? A qualitative longitudinal investigation of patients’ self-management practices following attendance at a Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) course. Diabetic Medicine, 28: 532-538. 

Beard E, Clark M, Hurel S, Cooke D (2010). Do people with diabetes understand their clinical marker of long-term glycaemic control (HbA1c levels) and does this predict diabetes self-care behaviours and HbA1c? Patient Education & Counseling, 80: 227-232.

Cooke D, Hurel S, Casbard A, Steed L, Walker S, Meredith S, Nunn A, Barnard M, Kerr D, Weaver J, Ahlquist J & Newman S. The Impact of Continuous Glucose Monitoring on HbA1c in Insulin-Treated Diabetes (MITRE Study). Diabetic Medicine, 26: 540-547.

Barlow C, Cooke D, Mulligan K, Beck E & Newman S (2010). Critical review of self-management and educational interventions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastroenterology Nursing, 33(1): 11-18.

Newman SP, Cooke D, Casbard A, Walker S, Meredith S, Nunn A, Steed L, Manca A, Sculpher M, Barnard M, Kerr D, Weaver J, Ahlquist J & Hurel SJ (2009) A randomised controlled trial to compare minimally invasive glucose monitoring devices to conventional monitoring in the management of insulin-treated diabetes mellitus. HTA Technology Assessment Journal, No. 13 (28). 

Cooke D, Patel S & Newman S (2009) Facilitating self-management through telemedicine and interactive health communication applications. In Self-Management in Chronic Physical Illness. S. Newman, K.Mulligan & L.Steed (Eds). Open University Press.

Newman S & Cooke D (2009) Concluding Chapter. In Self-Management in Chronic Physical Illness. S. Newman, K.Mulligan & L.Steed (Eds). Open University Press.

Steed L, Cooke D, Hurel SJ & Newman SP (2008) Development and piloting of an acceptability questionnaire for continuous glucose monitoring devices. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, 10(2): 95-101.

Cooke D, Newman S, Sacker A, DeVellis B, Bebbington P, Melzer H (2007). The impact of physical illnesses on non-psychotic psychiatric morbidity: Data from the household survey of psychiatric morbidity in Great Britain. British Journal of Health Psychology, 12: 463-471.

Steed L, Cooke D & Newman S (2003). A systematic review of psychosocial outcomes following education, self-management and psychosocial interventions in diabetes mellitus. Patient Education and Counseling 51, 5-15.

Cooke DD, McNally L, Mulligan KT, Harrison MJG & Newman SP (2001) Psychosocial Interventions for Carers of People with Dementia: A Systematic Review.  Aging & Mental Health, 5(2): 120-135.

Cooke D, Lunn S, Weller I, Harrison M & Newman S (2000) Neuropsychological and psychological changes with disease progression in HIV. Journal of NeuroVirology, 6, 245.

Teaching

Departmental Duties