Dr Sarwar Shah

Contact

Information Systems and Computing St John's 002 Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1895 265463 Fax: +44 (0)1895 251686 Email: sarwar.shah@brunel.ac.uk

Research Interests

Health and safety of medical device users, users' involvement in medical device technology (MDT) development and evaluation, Electromagnetic fields in physiotherapy environment, Surrogate representation in healthcare decision making, Patients and point of care testing technologies, Taxonomies of MDT users, Health and environmental issues, Questionnaire surveys, Factor analyses, Structural equation modelling, Content analysis of internet blogs. Social media, medical device technologies and marketing.

Publications

Journal Papers

(2012) Shah, SGS. and Farrow, A., Trends in the availability and usage of electrophysical agents in physiotherapy practices from 1990 to 2010: a review, Physical Therapy ReviewsPTR7272

(2011) Shah, SGS. and Robinson, I., Patients' perspectives on self-testing of oral anticoagulation therapy: Content analysis of patients' internet blogs, BMC Health Services Research 11 25- Download publication

(2011) Shah, SGS., A framework for users’ involvement in medical device technology development and evaluation, European Medical Device Technology 2 (1) : 26- 29

(2011) Shah, SGS., Medical devices demand and utilisation in developing countries: The issue of maintenance, Medical Equipment & Automation 4 (3) : 47- 48

(2010) Shah, N. and Shah, SGS., Relationships between employee readiness for organisational change, supervisor and peer relations and demography, Journal of Enterprise Information Management 23 (5) : 640- 652

(2010) Shah, SGS., Health technology assessment in SAARC countries, Medical Equipment & Automation 3 (5) : 82- 83

(2010) Memon, S., Shah, SGS., Khoumbati, K. and Ismaili, IA., Securing Government eDatabases in Pakistan using Multibiometric Technology: A hypothetical model, Bahria University Journal of Information and Communication Technology (BUJICT) 3 (1) : 46- 49

(2009) SGS, S., Robinson, I. and AlShawi, S., Developing medical device technology from users' perspectives: a theoretical framework for involving users in the development process, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 25 (4) : 514- 521

(2009) Shah, SGS., Patient self-testing of oral anticoagulation therapy, Medical Equipment and Automation 3 (1) : 59- 61

(2009) Shah, SGS., Farrow, A. and Robinson, I., The representation of healthcare end users' perspectives by surrogates in healthcare decisions: a literature review, Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 23 (4) : 809- 819

(2008) Javaid, S., Shah, SGS., Chaudhary, AJ. and Khan, MH., Assessment of trace metal concentration of drinking water in the Pearl Valley, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, CLEAN - Soil Air Water 36 (2) : 216- 221

(2008) Mastoi, GM., Shah, SGS. and Khuhawar, MY., Assessment of water quality of Manchar Lake in Sindh (Pakistan), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 141 (1-3) : 287- 296

(2008) Shah, SGS. and Robinson, I., Medical device technologies: who is the user?, International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management 9 (2) : 181- 197 Download publication

(2007) Shah, SGS., Farrow, A. and Esnouf, A., Availability and use of electrotherapy devices: a survey, International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 14 (6) : 260- 264 Download publication

(2007) Shah, SGS. and Robinson, I., Benefits of, and barriers to involving users in medical device technology development and evaluation, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 23 (1) : 131- 137 Download publication

(2007) Khoumbati, K., Shah, SGS., Dwivedi, YK. and Shah, MH., Evaluation of investment for enterprise application integration technology in healthcare organisations: a cost-benefit approach, International Journal of Electronic Healthcare 3 (4) : 453- 467

(2007) Shah, SGS. and Farrow, A., Investigation of practices and procedures in the use of therapeutic diathermy: a study from the physiotherapists' health and safety perspective, Physiotherapy Research International 12 (4) : 228- 241 Download publication

(2007) Shah, SGS., Khoumbati, K. and Soomro, B., The pattern of deaths in road traffic crashes in Sindh, Pakistan, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 14 (4) : 231- 239

(2006) Shah, SGS. and Robinson, I., User involvement in healthcare technology development and assessment: Structured literature review, International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 19 (6) : 500- 515 Download publication

Book Chapters

(2007) Shah, SGS. and Robinson, I., Taxonomy of surrogate users for the development and evaluation of medical devices from the end users’ perspective. In: 3rd Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2006. (15) : 546- 549