Professor EAMONN FERGUSON's Outputs (173)

Validity and contributions to pain from the central aspects of pain questionnaire in rheumatoid arthritis (2025)
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Smith, S., Georgopoulos, V., Ifesemen, O., James, R., Ferguson, E., Wakefield, R., Wilson, D., Buckley, P., Platts, D., Ledbury, S., Choy, E., Pickles, T., Rutter-Locher, Z., Kirkham, B., Walsh, D., & McWilliams, D. (2025). Validity and contributions to pain from the central aspects of pain questionnaire in rheumatoid arthritis. PAIN Reports, 10(4), Article e1295. https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001295

Introduction:

The central nervous system (CNS) contributes to pain perception across musculoskeletal conditions. The central aspects of pain (CAP) questionnaire captures a single score associated with quantitative sensory testing (QST) evidence o... Read More about Validity and contributions to pain from the central aspects of pain questionnaire in rheumatoid arthritis.

Sleep disturbance and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Knee Pain and related health in the Community (KPIC) cohort (2025)
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Thompson, W., Swain, S., Coupland, C., Rees, F., Courtney, P., Hall, M., Ferguson, E., Walsh, D. A., Valdes, A. M., Morriss, R., Doherty, M., & Zhang, W. (in press). Sleep disturbance and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Knee Pain and related health in the Community (KPIC) cohort. SLEEP Advances, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf039

Study Objectives
To examine whether there is a temporal association between sleep disturbance and multimorbidity.

Methods
We performed a cross-sectional and longitudinal observational analysis in people aged 40 years or more, recruited from the... Read More about Sleep disturbance and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Knee Pain and related health in the Community (KPIC) cohort.

Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2023) (2025)
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Prosser, N. S., Hill, E. M., Gow, L., Cavallaro, M., Tildesley, M. J., Keeling, M. J., Kaler, J., Ferguson, E., & Green, M. J. (2025). Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2023). Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.5325

Background: Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD)is an endemic disease in the UK. In England, a voluntary control and eradication scheme, BVDFree England, has been running since 2016. Methods: We analysed test results from 7005 herds that were submitted to BV... Read More about Descriptive analysis of national bovine viral diarrhoea test data in England (2016–2023).

Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025 (2025)
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Jacobs, J. W., Booth, G. S., Lewis-Newby, M., Saifee, N. H., Ferguson, E., Cohn, C. S., Delaney, M., Morley, S., Thomas, S., Thorpe, R., Raza, S., Weaver, M. S., Woo, J. S., Sharma, D., So-Osman, C., Yurtsever, N., Tormey, C. A., Waters, A., Goldman, M., Yan, M. T., …Bloch, E. M. (in press). Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025. Annals of Internal Medicine, https://doi.org/10.7326/annals-25-00815

In the United States and other high-income countries, blood donation primarily relies on anonymous, voluntary donors. However, directed blood donation—where people donate for a specific recipient—has resurged, particularly due to misinformation surro... Read More about Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025.

Narratives, Emotions, and Slogans: Community Co-designed Campaigns to Recruit Black Blood Donors from the General UK Population (2025)
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FERGUSON, E., Dawe-Lane, E., Mills, R., Oteng-Attakora, K., Di Angelantonio, E., Wood, A., Masser, B., & Okubanjo, A. (in press). Narratives, Emotions, and Slogans: Community Co-designed Campaigns to Recruit Black Blood Donors from the General UK Population. Health Psychology,

Background: Blood is an essential medicine, and to deliver effective healthcare, blood services need to attract donors who represent the diverse demographics of healthcare users. At present, there is a substantial shortfall of Black donors. We report... Read More about Narratives, Emotions, and Slogans: Community Co-designed Campaigns to Recruit Black Blood Donors from the General UK Population.

Assessing the factor structure of the problem and pathological gambling measure (PPGM) (2025)
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Mou, C., Ferguson, E., Tunney, R. J., & James, R. J. E. (in press). Assessing the factor structure of the problem and pathological gambling measure (PPGM). International Gambling Studies, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2025.2481846

The Problem and Pathological Gambling Measure (PPGM) is widely used to assess problem gambling, showing strong correspondence between population surveys and clinical interviews. However, the literature on its factor structure is limited. This study u... Read More about Assessing the factor structure of the problem and pathological gambling measure (PPGM).

The infected blood inquiry: Impact on public perceptions of blood supply risk, safety, and donation attitudes (2024)
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Mills, R., Merz, E., Croucher, M., Masser, B., Brailsford, S. R., Smith, R., & Ferguson, E. (2024). The infected blood inquiry: Impact on public perceptions of blood supply risk, safety, and donation attitudes. Transfusion Medicine, 34(6), 478-490. https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.13108

Background: The UK’s Infected Blood Inquiry (IBI) highlighted a major public health scandal, with at least 30,000 people infected and more than 3,000 deaths attributable to infected blood and blood products. This study investigates the impact of the... Read More about The infected blood inquiry: Impact on public perceptions of blood supply risk, safety, and donation attitudes.

Questions on travel and sexual behaviours negatively impact ethnic minority donor recruitment: Effect of negative word-of-mouth and avoidance (2024)
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Ferguson, E., Mills, R., Dawe-Lane, E., Khan, Z., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Edge, D., Smith, R., O'Hagan, N., Desai, R., Croucher, M., Eaton, N., & Brailsford, S. R. (2024). Questions on travel and sexual behaviours negatively impact ethnic minority donor recruitment: Effect of negative word-of-mouth and avoidance. Vox Sanguinis, 119(12), 1245-1256. https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13748

Background and Objectives
Donor selection questions differentially impacting ethnic minorities can discourage donation directly or via negative word-of-mouth. We explore the differential impact of two blood safety questions relating to (i) sexual co... Read More about Questions on travel and sexual behaviours negatively impact ethnic minority donor recruitment: Effect of negative word-of-mouth and avoidance.

Contribution of inflammation markers and quantitative sensory testing (QST) indices of central sensitisation to rheumatoid arthritis pain (2024)
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Georgopoulos, V., Smith, S., McWilliams, D. F., Ferguson, E., Wakefield, R., Platts, D., Ledbury, S., Wilson, D., & Walsh, D. A. (2024). Contribution of inflammation markers and quantitative sensory testing (QST) indices of central sensitisation to rheumatoid arthritis pain. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 26(1), Article 175. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-024-03407-5

Background: Pain, the primary complaint in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is multifaceted, and may be driven by inflammatory disease activity and central sensitisation. We aimed to ascertain what proportion of RA pain severity is explained by markers of... Read More about Contribution of inflammation markers and quantitative sensory testing (QST) indices of central sensitisation to rheumatoid arthritis pain.

The power of arts‐based film interventions to encourage Black blood donors (2024)
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Mills, R., Okubanjo, A., Acheampong, N., Croucher, M., Eaton, N., Kazi, A., Di Angelantonio, E., Wood, A., Barbara, M., & Ferguson, E. (2024). The power of arts‐based film interventions to encourage Black blood donors. Transfusion, 64(11), 2133-2143. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.17963

Background: Blood services must consider innovative ways to encourage more Black people to donate to enhance the efficacy of treatments. We evaluate how two innovative arts-based approaches (co-designed and locally produced films and a large-scale Ma... Read More about The power of arts‐based film interventions to encourage Black blood donors.

The prototypical UK blood donor, homophily and blood donation: Blood donors are like you, not me (2024)
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Ferguson, E., Bowen, S., Mills, R., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Lawrence, C., Maharaj, R., Starmer, C., Barr, A., Williams, T., Croucher, M., & Brailsford, S. R. (in press). The prototypical UK blood donor, homophily and blood donation: Blood donors are like you, not me. Vox Sanguinis, https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13731

Background and Objectives
Homophily represents the extent to which people feel others are like them and encourages the uptake of activities they feel people like them do. Currently, there are no data on blood donor homophily with respect to (i) peop... Read More about The prototypical UK blood donor, homophily and blood donation: Blood donors are like you, not me.

Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality (2024)
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Mõtus, K., Viidu, D.-A., Kaart, T., & Ferguson, E. (2024). Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 230, Article 106283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106283

This study aimed to describe the attitudes and personalities of farm managers (FMs) in large Estonian dairy herds and analyse the potential associations with calf mortality. The study included FMs from 114 free-stall farms with at least 100 cows. Eac... Read More about Beliefs, mindset and personality of farm managers working in large commercial dairy herds: Association with calf on-farm mortality.

The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people (2024)
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Ferguson, E., Dawe‐Lane, E., Ajayi, O., Osikomaiya, B., Mills, R., & Okubanjo, A. (2024). The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people. Transfusion Medicine, 34(2), 112-123. https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.13032

Background
Need-altruism (a preference to help people in need) and kin-altruism (a preference to help kin over non-kin) underlie two hypotheses for voluntary blood donation: (i) Need-altruism underlies motivations for volunteer blood donation and (i... Read More about The importance of need‐altruism and kin‐altruism to blood donor behaviour for black and white people.

Blood Donor Incentives across 63 Countries: The BEST Collaborative Study (2023)
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Graf, C., Oteng-Attakora, K., Ferguson, E., Vassallo, R., & Merz, E. M. (2024). Blood Donor Incentives across 63 Countries: The BEST Collaborative Study. Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 38(2), Article 150809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmrv.2023.150809

Incentives for blood donors are a much-debated strategy intended to ensure a sufficient supply of blood. Yet, there is a fundamental lack of knowledge about which incentives are offered by different blood collectors. We provide a comprehensive descri... Read More about Blood Donor Incentives across 63 Countries: The BEST Collaborative Study.

Blood Donor Incentives across 63 Countries: The BEST Collaborative Study (2023)
Journal Article
Graf, C., Oteng-Attakorac, K., Ferguson, E., Vassalloe, R., & Merz, E.-M. (2024). Blood Donor Incentives across 63 Countries: The BEST Collaborative Study. Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 38(2), Article 150809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmrv.2023.150809

Incentives for blood donors are a much-debated strategy intended to ensure a sufficient supply of blood. Yet, there is a fundamental lack of knowledge about which incentives are offered by different blood collectors. We provide a comprehensive descri... Read More about Blood Donor Incentives across 63 Countries: The BEST Collaborative Study.

Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood: evidence from two multilevel studies (2023)
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O’Connor, D. B., Branley-Bell, D., Green, J. A., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, R. E., & O’Connor, R. C. (2025). Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood: evidence from two multilevel studies. Psychology and Health, 40(6), 975-996. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2023.2281712

Childhood trauma has been found to have serious negative consequences for mental and physical health. However, the precise mechanisms through which trauma influences health outcomes are unclear. Childhood trauma-related disruptions to sleep in adulth... Read More about Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood: evidence from two multilevel studies.

Assessing the influence of affective attitudes, demography and blood donor status on organ donor registration active decisions in opt-out systems (2023)
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Shepherd, L., O'Carroll, R., & Ferguson, E. (2024). Assessing the influence of affective attitudes, demography and blood donor status on organ donor registration active decisions in opt-out systems. Journal of Health Psychology, 29(8), 825-835. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231208531

In contrast to opt-in systems, relatively little is known about what influences whether or not people register a decision about organ donation in opt-out systems. We address this gap in the literature. Participants (N = 756) living in a country with... Read More about Assessing the influence of affective attitudes, demography and blood donor status on organ donor registration active decisions in opt-out systems.

Exploring the nuances of cooperation in public health – a critical reflection of default policies and reputation effects: a reply to 'Nurturing, nudging and navigating the increasingly precarious nature of cooperation in public health: The cases of vaccination and organ donation' by Larson and Toledo (2023)
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Ferguson, E., & Mills, R. (2023). Exploring the nuances of cooperation in public health – a critical reflection of default policies and reputation effects: a reply to 'Nurturing, nudging and navigating the increasingly precarious nature of cooperation in public health: The cases of vaccination and organ donation' by Larson and Toledo. Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought, 13(3-4), https://doi.org/10.1332/20437897Y2023D000000008

Exploring the nuances of cooperation in public health – a critical reflection on default policies and reputation effects: a reply to ‘Nurturing, nudging and navigating the increasingly precarious nature of cooperation in public health: the cases of vaccination and organ donation’ by Heidi J. Larson and Alexander H. Toledo (2023)
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Ferguson, E., & Mills, R. (2023). Exploring the nuances of cooperation in public health – a critical reflection on default policies and reputation effects: a reply to ‘Nurturing, nudging and navigating the increasingly precarious nature of cooperation in public health: the cases of vaccination and organ donation’ by Heidi J. Larson and Alexander H. Toledo. Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought, 13(3-4), 323-343. https://doi.org/10.1332/20437897y2023d000000008

Warming up cool cooperators (2023)
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Ferguson, E., Lawrence, C., Bowen, S., Gemelli, C. N., Rozsa, A., Niekrasz, K., van Dongen, A., Williams, L. A., Thijsen, A., Guerin, N., Masser, B., & Davison, T. E. (2023). Warming up cool cooperators. Nature Human Behaviour, 7, 1917-1932. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01687-6

Explaining why someone repeats high-cost cooperation towards non-reciprocating strangers is difficult. Warm-glow offers an explanation. We argue that warm-glow, as a mechanism to sustain long-term cooperation, cools off over time but can be warmed up... Read More about Warming up cool cooperators.