Dr Keith Meadows

My academic background is in psychology. I hold a PhD in Psychology from Imperial College London and a BA in Psychology. I am a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Alongside my independent research, I am currently a consultant with Oxford University Innovation (OUI).

Over the course of my career, I have held a number of senior academic roles, including Senior Lecturer in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at University of Hull and Visiting Lecturer in the Public Health and Primary Care Unit within the School of Nursing and Midwifery at City University, London. These roles have enabled me to work across disciplines and contribute to research, teaching, and collaboration in health-related fields.

My research focuses on the patient perspective and the ways in which personal narratives can deepen our understanding of health, illness, and care. In particular, I explore:

• Phenomenology – applying phenomenological approaches to better understand the patient’s lived world
• Causation – examining how patient narratives contribute to our understanding of causation in health and illness
• Epistemology – exploring the relationship between philosophy, knowledge, and patient-reported outcomes
• Transdisciplinary research – encouraging dialogue across disciplines to generate richer and more meaningful insights into patient experience and advancing the understanding of health and illness

I have published more than 90 academic works, generating over 45,000 reads and more than 3,500 citations. My work reflects a commitment to bridging theory, philosophy, and real-world patient experience.

The Diabetes Health Profile (DHP-18)

Capturing meaningful diabetes outcomes that HbA1c alone cannot measure

I am also the author of the Diabetes Health Profile-18 (DHP-18) which is a scientifically validated, 18-item patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) designed to assess the psychological and behavioral impacts of living with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. It uniquely measures three core areas of diabetes management: Psychological Distress, Barriers to Activity, and Eating Behaviour.

Completed by more than 15,000 people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, the DHP-18 is designed specifically to capture the “patient’s voice” without relying on hypothetical or out-of-touch questions.

Why Healthcare Providers and Researchers Choose the DHP-18:

• Measures Eating Dysfunction: Unlike many standard quality-of-life scales, it explicitly measures disinhibited eating—an essential component of diabetes care
• Rigorous Psychometric Integrity: Demonstrates strong reliability with Cronbach’s alpha ranges of 0.70 to 0.88 across its sub-domains and confirmed construct and convergent validity
• Fast and Convenient: Taking only 5–6 minutes to complete, it features excellent patient acceptability with completion rates over 90%
• FDA-Compliant Framework: The conceptual framework conforms to the FDA’s Guidance for Industry on patient-reported outcomes, making it ideal for rigorous clinical trials
• Globally Trusted: Officially adapted and validated in over 32 languages, making it a reliable tool for international research and clinical care

The tool can be quickly implemented into your clinical trial or clinical care via the Oxford University Innovation Click-to-Licence Portal. For deeper, evidence-based details on its metrics and methodology, you can contact me at: info@healthoutinsights.com

Some of my recent peer reviewed publications

Meadows K. (2026). Focus Group-Based Cognitive Interviews: A Valid Method in the Development and Evaluation of Clinical Outcome Assessment Measures?. The patient, 10.1007/s40271-026-00802-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-025-03905-2

Meadows, K. A., & Reaney, M. (2025). Understanding the unique patient—causal singularism and patient reported outcomes. Quality of Life Research, 34(5), 1221-1231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-025-03905-2

Meadows, K. A., Ferrante, N., & Geršić, T. (2025). Cognitive Interviews: Recommendations for Best Practices in Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) Measure Development and Validation: KA Meadows et al. The Patient-Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 18(6), 609-621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-025-00752-8

Meadows, K. (2024). Phenomenology: A method for the interpretation of patient-reported outcomes. Clinical Nursing Research, 33(4), 262-270. https://doi.org/10.1177/10547738241240032

Meadows, K. A. (2024). The Role of Philosophical Tools in Nursing Research. Clinical Nursing Research, 33(7), 581-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/10547738241267159

Meadows, K. A., & Reaney, M. (2024). Story completion (SC) – an epistemological approach to the interpretation of patient-reported outcomes?. Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, 24(1), 49–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/14737167.2023.2268833

Meadows, K. A., & Reaney, M. (2023). Bringing the patient’s perspectives forward in drug development and health-care evaluation. Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, 23(3), 267–271. https://doi.org/10.1080/14737167.2023.2166492

Meadows K. (2022). Do Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Tell Us the Full Story? Guest Editor. Clinical Nursing Research. 31(2):159-162. https://doi.org/10.1177/10547738221078335

Meadows, K. (2021). Cognitive interviewing methodologies. Clinical Nursing Research, 30(4), 375-379. https://doi.org/10.1177/10547738211014099

Please get in touch if you would like to know more. You can reach me at: keith@healthoutinsights.com