Honorary Professor Nicola Cullum
Honorary Professor
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
Book Chapters
Cullum, Nicky and Dumville, Jo (2015). Comparative effectiveness research and meta-analysis. In Susan J. Henly (Ed.), Routledge International Handbook of Advanced Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research (pp. 361-380) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
Cullum, Nicola and Dumville, Jo (2015). Advanced approaches to evidence synthesis and its application to intervention design. In David A. Richards and Ingalill Rahm Hallberg (Ed.), Complex interventions in health: an overview of research methods (pp. 66-72) Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Cullum, Nicola and Dumville, Jo (2015). Systematic reviews of the effects of interventions. In David A. Richards and Ingalill Rahm Hallberg (Ed.), Complex interventions in health: an overview of research methods (pp. 57-65) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Journal Articles
Chaboyer, Wendy, Bucknall, Tracey, Webster, Joan, McInnes, Elizabeth, Banks, Merrilyn, Wallis, Marianne, Gillespie, Brigid M., Whitty, Jennifer A., Thalib, Lukman, Roberts, Shelley and Cullum, Nicky (2015) INTroducing A Care bundle To prevent pressure injury (INTACT) in at-risk patients: a protocol for a cluster randomised trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52 11: 1659-1668. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.04.018
McInnes, Elizabeth, Jammali-Blasi, Asmara, Bell-Syer, Sally E. M., Dumville, Jo C., Middleton, Victoria and Cullum, Nicola (2015) Support surfaces for pressure ulcer prevention. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 9: 1-119. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001735.pub5
Bland, J. Martin, Dumville, Jo C., Ashby, Rebecca L., Gabe, Rhian, Stubbs, Nikki, Adderley, Una, Kang’ombe, Arthur R. and Cullum, Nicky A. (2015) Validation of the VEINES-QOL quality of life instrument in venous leg ulcers: repeatability and validity study embedded in a randomised clinical trial. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2015 15: 85.1-85.12. doi:10.1186/s12872-015-0080-7
Aziz, Zoriah and Cullum, Nicky (2015) Electromagnetic therapy for treating venous leg ulcers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 7: Art No: CD002933-Art No: CD002933. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002933.pub6
Norman, Gill, Westby, Maggie J., Stubbs, Nikki, Dumville, Jo C. and Cullum, Nicky (2015) A 'test and treat' strategy for elevated wound protease activity for healing in venous leg ulcers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 6: CD011753.1-CD011753.19. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD011753
Petherick, Emily S ., Pickett, Kate E. and Cullum, Nicky A. (2015) Can different primary care databases produce comparable estimates of burden of disease: results of a study exploring venous leg ulceration. Family Practice, 32 4: 374-380. doi:10.1093/fampra/cmv013
Jull, Andrew B., Cullum, Nicky, Dumville, Jo C., Westby, Maggie J., Deshpande, Sohan and Walker, Natalie (2015) Honey as a topical treatment for wounds (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, 3 3: Art No: CD005083-Art No: CD005083. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005083.pub4
Vedhara, Kavita, Dawe, Karen, Wetherell, Mark A., Miles, Jeremy N. V., Cullum, Nicola, Dayan, Colin, Drake, Nicola, Price, Patricia, Tarlton, John, Weinman, John, Day, Andrew and Campbell, Rona (2014) Illness beliefs predict self-care behaviours in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: a prospective study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 106 1: 67-72. doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2014.07.018
Ashby, Rebecca L., Gabe, Rhian, Ali, Shehzad, Saramago, Pedro, Chuang, Ling-Hsiang, Adderley, Una, Bland, Martin, Cullum, Nicky A., Dumville, Jo C., Iglesias, Cynthia P., Kang’ombe, Arthur R., Soares, Marta O.,, Stubbs, Nikki C. and Torgerson, David J. (2014) VenUS IV (Venous leg Ulcer Study IV) – compression hosiery compared with compression bandaging in the treatment of venous leg ulcers: a randomised controlled trial, mixed-treatment comparison and decision-analytic model. Health Technology Assessment, 18 57: . doi:10.3310/hta18570
Ashby, Rebecca L., Gabe, Rhian, Ali, Shehzad, Adderley, Una, Bland, J. Martin, Cullum, Nicky A., Dumville, Jo C., Iglesias, Cynthia P., Kang'ombe, Arthur R., Soares, Marta O., Stubbs, Nikki C. and Torgerson, David J. (2014) Clinical and cost-eff effctiveness of compression hosiery versus compression bandages in treatment of venous leg ulcers (Venous leg Ulcer Study IV, VenUS IV): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 383 9920: 871-879. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62368-5
Hodgson, Robert, Allen, Richard, Broderick, Ellen, Bland, J. Martin, Dumville, Jo C., Ashby, Rebecca, Bell-Syer, Sally, Foxlee, Ruth, Hall, Jill, Lamb, Karen, Madden, Mary, O'Meara, Susan, Stubbs, Nikki and Cullum, Nicky (2014) Funding source and the quality of reports of chronic wounds trials: 2004 to 2011. Trials, 15 1: 19.1-19.10. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-15-19
Hall, Jill, Buckley, Hannah L., Lamb, Karen A., Stubbs, Nikki, Saramago, Pedro, Dumville. Jo C. and Cullum, Nicky A. (2014) Point prevalence of complex wounds in a defined United Kingdom population. Wound Repair and Regeneration, 22 6: 694-700. doi:10.1111/wrr.12230
Lockyer, Suzanne, Hodgson, Rob, Dumville, Jo C. and Cullum, Nicky (2013) “Spin” in wound care research: the reporting and interpretation of randomized controlled trials with statistically non-significant primary outcome results or unspecified primary outcomes. Trials, 14 . doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-371
Dumville, Jo C., Hinchliffe, Robert J., Cullum, Nicky, Game, Fran, Stubbs, Nikki, Sweeting, Michael and Peinemann, Frank (2013) Negative pressure wound therapy for treating foot wounds in people with diabetes mellitus. Cochrane Database of Systematic Review, 10: . doi:10.1002/14651858.CD010318.pub2
Soares, Marta O., Dumville, Jo C., Ashby, Rebecca L., Iglesias, Cynthia P., Bojke, Laura, Adderley, Una, McGinnis, Elizabeth, Stubbs, Nikki, Torgerson, David J., Claxton, Karl and Cullum, Nicola (2013) Methods to assess cost-effectiveness and value of further research when data are sparse: negative-pressure wound therapy for severe pressure ulcers. Medical Decision Making, 33 3: 415-436. doi:10.1177/0272989X12451058
Petherick, Emily S., Cullum, Nicky A. and Pickett, Kate E. (2013) Investigation of the effect of deprivation on the burden and management of venous leg ulcers: a cohort study using the THIN database. PLoS One, 8 3: . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058948
McInnes, Elizabeth, Jammali-Blasi, Asmara, Cullum, Nicky, Bell-Syer, Sally and Dumville, Jo (2013) Support surfaces for treating pressure injury: a Cochrane systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 50 3: 419-430. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.05.008
Aziz, Zoriah, Cullum, Nicky and Flemming, Kate (2013) Electromagnetic therapy for treating venous leg ulcers. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2: . doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002933.pub5
McCaughan, Dorothy, Cullum, Nicky and Dumville, Joanne (2013) Patients’ perceptions and experiences of venous leg ulceration and their attitudes to larval therapy: an in-depth qualitative study. Health Expectations, 18 4: 527-541. doi:10.1111/hex.12053
O'Meara, Susan, Cullum, Nicky, Nelson, E. Andrea and Dumville, Jo C. (2012) Compression for venous leg ulcers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Review, 11: . doi:10.1002/14651858.CD000265.pub3
Ashby, Rebecca L., Dumville, Jo C., Soares, Marta O., McGinnis, Elizabeth, Stubbs, Nikki, Torgerson, David J. and Cullum, Nicky (2012) A pilot randomised controlled trial of negative pressure wound therapy to treat grade III/IV pressure ulcers [ISRCTN69032034]. Trials, 13 119: . doi:10.1186/1745-6215-13-119
Dumville, J. C., Soares, M. O., O'Meara, S. and Cullum, N. (2012) Systematic review and mixed treatment comparison: dressings to heal diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetologia, 55 7: 1902-1910. doi:10.1007/s00125-012-2558-5
O'Meara, Susan M., Bland, J. Martin, Dumville, Jo C. and Cullum, Nicky A. (2012) A systematic review of the performance of instruments designed to measure the dimensions of pressure ulcers. Wound Repair and Regeneration, 20 3: 263-276. doi:10.1111/j.1524-475X.2012.00783.x
Vedhara, K., Beattie, A., Metcalfe, C., Roche, S., Weinman, J., Cullum, N., Price, P., Dayan, C., Cooper, A. R., Campbell, R. and Chalder, T. (2012) Development and preliminary evaluation of a psychosocial intervention for modifying psychosocial risk factors associated with foot re-ulceration in diabetes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 50 5: 323-332. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2012.02.013
McInnes, Elizabeth, Jammali-Blasi, Asmara, Bell-Syer, Sally, Dumville, Jo and Cullum, Nicky (2012) Preventing pressure ulcers—are pressure-redistributing support surfaces effective?: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 49 3: 345-359. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.10.014
Chuang, L.-H., Soares, M. O., Watson, J. M., Bland, J. M., Cullum, N., Iglesias, C., Kang'ombe, A.R., Torgerson, D., Nelson, E. A. and on behalf of the VenUS III team (2011) Economic evaluation of a randomized controlled trial of ultrasound therapy for hard-to-heal venous leg ulcers. British Journal of Surgery, 98 8: 1099-1106. doi:10.1002/bjs.7501
Soares, Marta O., Bojke, Laura, Dumville, Jo, Iglesias, Cynthia, Cullum, Nicky and Claxton, Karl (2011) Methods to elicit experts’ beliefs over uncertain quantities: application to a cost effectiveness transition model of negative pressure wound therapy for severe pressure ulceration. Statistics In Medicine, 30 19: 2363-2380. doi:10.1002/sim.4288
McInnes, Elizabeth, Jammali-Blasi, Asmara, Bell-Syer, Sally E. M., Dumville, Jo C. and Cullum, Nicky (2011) Support surfaces for pressure ulcer prevention. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 4: . doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001735.pub4
Watson, Judith M., Kang’ombe, Arthur R., Soares, Marta O., Chuang, Ling-Hsiang, Worthy, Gill, Bland, J Martin, Iglesias, Cynthia, Cullum, Nicky, Torgerson, David and Nelson, E. Andrea (2011) Use of weekly, low dose, high frequency ultrasound for hard to heal venous leg ulcers: the VenUS III randomised controlled tria. BMJ, 342: . doi:10.1136/bmj.d1092
Watson, J. M., Kang'ombe, A. R., Soares, M. O., Chuang, L.-H., Worthy, G., Bland, J. M., Iglesias, C., Cullum, N., Torgerson, D., Nelson, E. A. and on behalf of the VenUS III team (2011) VenUS III: a randomised controlled trial of therapeutic ultrasound in the management of venous leg ulcers. Health Technology Assessment, 15 13: . doi:10.3310/hta15130
Aziz, Zoriah, Flemming, Kate, Cullum, Nicky A. and Olyaee Manesh, Alireza (2010) Electromagnetic therapy for treating pressure ulcers. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 11: . doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002930.pub4
Vedhara, K., Miles, J. N. V., Wetherell, M. A., Dawe, K., Searle, A., Tallon, D., Cullum, N., Day, A., Dayan, C., Drake, N., Price, P., Tarlton, J., Weinman, J. and Campbell, R. (2010) Coping style and depression influence the healing of diabetic foot ulcers: observational and mechanistic evidence. Diabetologia, 53 8: 1590-1598. doi:10.1007/s00125-010-1743-7
Ashby, R., Bland, J. M., Cullum, N., Dumville, J., Hall, J., Kang’ombe, A., Madden, M., O'Meara, S., Soares, M., Torgerson, D. and Watson, J. (2010) Reflections on the recommendations of the EWMA Patient Outcome Group document. Journal of Wound Care, 19 7: 282-285.
Cullum, Nicky, Al-Kurdi , Deyaa and Bell-Syer, Sally E. M. (2010) Therapeutic ultrasound for venous leg ulcers. The Cochrane Library, 6: . doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001180.pub3
Dennis, L. A., Dumville, J. C., Cullum, N. and Bland, J. M. (2010) Value of a modified clinical signs and symptoms of infection checklist for leg ulcer management. British Journal of Surgery, 97 5: 664-670. doi:10.1002/bjs.6950
Nelson, Andrea, Bell-Syer, Salley E. M., Cullum, Nicky A. and Webster, Joan (2010) Compression for preventing recurrence of venous ulcers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2010 2: CD002303.1-CD002303.15. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002303
Mitchell, Natasha, Randell, Rebecca, Foster, Rebecca, Dowding, Dawn, Lattimer, Valerie, Thompson, Carl, Cullum, Nicky and Summers, Ron (2009) A national survey of computerized decision support systems available to nurses in England. Journal of Nursing Management, 17 7: 772-780. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.00986.x
Essex, Holly N., Clark, Michael, Sims, Joyce, Warriner, Ann and Cullum, Nicky (2009) Health-related quality of life in hospital inpatients with pressure ulceration: assessment using generic health-related quality of life measures. Wound Repair and Regeneration, 17 6: 797-805. doi:10.1111/j.1524-475X.2009.00544.x
Dumville, J. C., Worthy, G., Soares, M. O., Bland, J. M., Cullum, N., Dowson, C., Iglesias, C., McCaughan, D., Mitchell, J. L., Nelson, E. A., Torgerson, D. J. and on behalf of the VenUS II team (2009) VenUS II: a randomised controlled trial of larval therapy in the management of leg ulcers. Health Technology Assessment, 13 55: . doi:10.3310/hta13550
Bell-Syer, Sally, Brady, Marian, Bruce, Julie, Cullum, Nicky, Foxlee, Ruth, Jull, Andrew, Margolis, David, McInnes, Liz, Nelson, Andre, O’Meara, Susan and Ubbink, Dirk (2009) Letter: evidence-based wound care in the UK: a response to David Leaper’s editorial in International Wound Journal April 2009 6 (2). International Wound Journal, 6 4: 306-309. doi:10.1111/j.1742-481X.2009.00620_1.x
Cullum, Nicky, Bland, Martin, Dumville, Jo, Iglesias, Cynthia, O'Meara, Susan, Soares, Marta, Torgerson, David, Nelson, Andrea and Worthy, Gill (2009) Larval therapy for leg ulcers: study authors respond to points in editorial. BMJ, 338 . doi:10.1136/bmj.b2098
Dumville, Jo C., Petherick, Emily S., O'Meara, Susan, Raynor, Pauline and Cullum, Nicky (2009) How is research evidence used to support claims made in advertisements for wound care products?. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18 10: 1422-1429. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02293.x
Dumville, Jo C., Worthy, Gill, Bland, J. Martin, Cullum, Nicky, Dowson, Christopher, Iglesias, Cynthia, Mitchell, Joanne L., Nelson, E. Andrea, Soares, Marta O. and Torgerson, David J. (2009) Larval therapy for leg ulcers (VenUS II): randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 338 . doi:10.1136/bmj.b773
Soares, Marta O., Iglesias, Cynthia P., Bland, J. Martin, Cullum, Nicky, Dumville, Jo C., Nelson, E. Andrea, Torgerson, David J., Worthy, Gill and On behalf of the VenUS II team (2009) Cost effectiveness analysis of larval therapy for leg ulcers. British Medical Journal, 338 . doi:10.1136/bmj.b825
O'Meara, Susan, Tierney, Jayne, Cullum, Nicky, Bland, Martin, Franks, Peter J., Mole, Trevor and Scriven, Mark (2009) Four layer bandage compared with short stretch bandage for venous leg ulcers: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials with data from individual patients. British Medical Journal, 338 . doi:10.1136/bmj.b1344
Spilsbury, Karen, Cullum, Nicky, Dumville, Jo, O'Meara, Susan, Petherick, Emily and Thompson, Carl (2008) Exploring patient perceptions of larval therapy as a potential treatment for venous leg ulceration. Health Expectations, 11 2: 148-159. doi:10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00491.x
Dumville, Jo C., Petherick, Emily S. and Cullum, Nicky (2008) When will I see you again? : the fate of research findings from international wound care conferences. International Wound Journal, 5 1: 26-33. doi:10.1111/j.1742-481X.2007.00343.x
Spilsbury, Karen, Petherick, Emily, Cullum, Nicky, Nelson, Andrea, Nixon, Jane and Mason, Su (2008) The role and potential contribution of clinical research nurses to clinical trials. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17 4: 549-557. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01872.x
Cullum, Nicky and Petherick, Emily (2008) Pressure ulcers. BMJ Clinical Evidence, 3 .
McCaughan, Dorothy, Thompson, Carl, Cullum, Nicky, Sheldon, Trevor A. and Thompson, David R. (2002) Acute care nurses’ perceptions of barriers to using research information in clinical decision-making. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 39 1: 46-60. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02241.x
Conference Paper
Dowding, Dawn, Randell, Rebecca, Mitchell, Natasha, Foster, Rebecca, Thompson, Carl, Lattimer, Valerie and Cullum, Nicky (2009). Experience and nurses use of computerised decision support systems. In: Kaija Saranto, Patricia Flatley Brennan, Hyeoun-Ae Park, Marianne Tallberg and Anneli Ensio, 10th International Nursing Informatics Congress (NI2009), Helsinki, Finland, (506-510). 2009. doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-024-7-506