David Thompson (nurse)

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David Thompson
Born
David Robert Thompson

(1955-02-10) 10 February 1955 (age 69)
Bradford, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Known forResearch into Cardiac nursing
Academic background
Alma materLoughborough University
Keele University
University of Hull
Academic work
DisciplineNursing
InstitutionsQueen's University Belfast
Websitepure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/david-thompson(f8c3bdf4-6992-43a6-bfa9-349f855e9aa6).html

David Robert Thompson (born 10 February 1955) is a British academic nurse and psychologist. He is professor of nursing at Queen's University Belfast.[1] He holds honorary and adjunct positions in the United Kingdom, China and Australia[2] and is an editor of European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.[3] He served as a panel member of the 2001 UK Research Assessment Exercise[4] and as a sub panel member of the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise.[5] He was the first nurse to be elected a member of the British Cardiac Society.[6]

Education[edit]

Thompson is a Registered Nurse and holds a BSc in nursing from the CNAA, a PhD in psychology from Loughborough University, an MA in policy from Loughborough University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Social Anthropology from Keele University, and an MBA from the University of Hull.

Professional life[edit]

Thompson's clinical area is cardiac nursing and his specialty is cardiac rehabilitation. He was the lead author of the first series of studies to examine circadian rhythms of chest pain in myocardial infarction.[7][8][9] Between 1998-2001 Thompson was the only person ever to serve as Professor of Nursing Research at the United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Care.

Awards and recognition[edit]

Thompson holds fellowships of the Royal College of Nursing,[10] the American Academy of Nursing[11] the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand,[12] the European Society of Cardiology[13] and the Florence Nightingale Foundation.[14] He is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Thompson is a Member of the Academia Europaea (2019).

Bibliography[edit]

Thompson has over 500 publications listed on Web of Science that have been cited more than 10,000 times, giving him an h-index of 48. His three most-cited articles are:[15]

  • Taylor, RS; Brown, A; Ebrahim, S; Joliffe, J; Noorani, H; Rees, K; Skidmore, B; Stone, JA; Thompson, DR; Oldridge, N (2004). "Exercise-based rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials". American Journal of Medicine. 116 (10): 682–692. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.01.009. PMID 15121495.
  • Anderson, L; Thompson, DR; Oldgridge, N; Swizler, AD; Rees, K; Martin, N; Taylor, RS (2016). "Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016 (2): CD001800. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001800.pub3. PMC 6491180. PMID 26730878.
  • Mayou, RA; Gill, D; Thompson, DR; Hicks, N; Neil, A (2000). "Depression and anxiety as predictors of outcome after myocardial infarction". Psychosomatic Medicine. 62 (102): 212–219. doi:10.1097/00006842-200003000-00011. PMID 10772399. S2CID 23434781.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Professor David R Thompson". Queen's University Belfast. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Professor David R Thompson". University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Editorial Board". Sage. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Panel Members". Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Professor David R Thompson". Queen's University Belfast. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  7. ^ Thompson DR, Pohl JE (1991). "Circadian variation in the frequency of onset of chest pain in acute myocardial infarction - reply". British Heart Journal. 66 (3): 257. doi:10.1136/hrt.66.3.256-b. PMC 1024658. PMID 1931358.
  8. ^ Thompson DR, Sutton TW, Jowett NI, Pohl JE (1991). "Circadian variation in the frequency of onset of chest pain in acute myocardial infarction". British Heart Journal. 65 (4): 177–178. doi:10.1136/hrt.65.4.177. PMC 1024574. PMID 2029438.
  9. ^ Thompson DR, Pohl JE, Sutton TW (1992). "Circadian variation in the frequency of onset of chest pain in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction". Age and Ageing. 21 (2): 99–102. doi:10.1093/ageing/21.2.99. PMID 1575099.
  10. ^ "RCN Fellowship and Honorary Fellowship Roll of Honour". Royal College of Nursing. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  11. ^ "David R Thompson - Profile". Main Site. American Academy of Nursing. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Fellowships". Queen's University Belfast. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Fellowships". Queen's University Belfast. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Fellowships". Queen's University Belfast. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  15. ^ "David Thompson - E-2431-2018". ResearcherID. Clarivate Analytics. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2019.

External links[edit]

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